catcher in the rye

        The one miracle that had occurred for Theo after arriving at Luxor was being roomed with TK. They were like two pieces of the same puzzle, fitting perfectly together. Theo turned to TK once the pair finally reached the shore. “Stop talking about dawn patrol and let’s get on our boards before we lose the good waves.” He teased him, pushing him lightly and running off into the water with his board. Theo had been up all morning, buzzing with anticipation for the waves. Needless to say that New Zealand was better for surfing than France and he couldn’t wait to get out onto the water. He had spent that time waxing his board and preparing his wet suit so that when they got to the beach he would be ready. Clearly his roommate had not been so prepared. “Last one to stand has to buy lunch.” 

“not possible” TK objects, “me and the ocean are like this” he says crossing his fingers to show the tightness, laughing as theo went straight to the shore, quickly waxing his board to make up for the lost prep, he didn’t think about, then again TK rarely planned ahead, “It’s on!” He calls out before taking off to the shore after he was prepared, paddling out to where his roommate resided, “let’s see what you got” He says, eyeing the oncoming wave. 

open: @luxorstarters

location: the library

when: late night

The walls of the library were silent, a little too silent. You know exactly the type – the type of silence that would absolutely make you go insane. Exhaustion surrounded her eyes as she’d tried to remember the last time she’d even had a break and well, that didn’t help the headache that seemed to begin to brew. Ragged curls topped her head in a messy bun as she finally let her head fall into the book in front of her, too tired to even try and pay attention to what she was supposed to be focused on as eyelids finally slid shut.

The slightest scrape of a chair is what awoke her from the very brief slumber, shooting her brows as she sat back up in her chair in surprise “I didn’t steal the badger!” she yelled out, her own brows knitting together in confusion as she shook her head, hearing the echo of hushes that came from the front desk, only to respond with a roll of her eyes. “I’m way in the fucking back, how did they even hear me?”

TK typically avoided the indoors, especially indoor places with books unless he was playing table football or silent library, okay sometimes to look at the national geographic's but that was not the purpose of this visit tonight. He had overhead some people talking about mysterious sounds in the library, any other person would’ve came to the conclusion it was a sleeping student, not TK. 

TK was convinced it was a new Zealand possum that snuck in, and that’s when he transformed into Steve Irwin, on the look for the wild animal. Granted, TK was no stranger to letting his mind and imagination wander, though upon his investigation, he was startled by the abrupt confession, “it’s a badger??” He exclaims, “I was hoping for a possum” his eyes wandering around for the animal still, then a slow realization comes over him, as he realizes that maybe it was just a sleeping student, “I guess it’s just you” 

“Shhh! I’m reading! Whatever you were going to say can wait until I finish this page,” she said, holding up her hand to whoever was talking, eyes still focused on her book. She stayed that way, hand still held up as she quietly finished reading the page, turning to the next and placing her bookmark inside. “Okay now you have my full attention. But it better be good because I just left it on a cliffhanger.”

TK stood there idly, as he waited for her to finish the page, reminding him of the times he used to have wait for his brother to finish his page, he really didn’t get why people liked reading books without pictures, returning back to reality at the closing of her book, though the word cliff sticking out to him, “you wanna go cliff diving?”

“Thanks for the heads up,” Ruby muttered, although she didn’t take the advice regardless, not being particularly invested in the outcome of prayer. “I don’t think it’s a binding contract either way. Studying is in all probability more productive than waiting for divine intervention.”

“You’re welcome” He says content with his response, it felt good to help others, “what are you studying? division?”

location: study hall open: @luxorstarters

“How are we feeling about film club?” she asked abruptly to the person nearest, a single earbud tugged free so she could hear their verdict, although her eyes stayed glued to the course catalogue. She flipped a page, continuing to peruse. “Cool or uncool?”

“like movies?” TK asks, interested in the idea of a club that sits around watching movies, “cool” He peeked over at the course catalog, “they say what movies?”

“Hey TK” Andromeda smiled, spotting him sitting out in the quad. “Question, have you seen Theo? I’ve got to murder him and he’s seems to be avoiding me.” she huffed. @wtftk​

“More proof that Disney is fantastic at lying to children,” she commented dryly; unpopular opinion, perhaps, but she hated The Lion King. And all Disney films. “So this is something you do often? Well, it is one way to pass the time, I suppose.” A waste of paper and childish, she thought, but there were worse ways to spend one’s time. “You know this how? Did you keep a tally or did someone else?” She found it difficult to believe there were many who spent their time flicking paper through books. At his tip, she took the piece of paper again, flicking it, and, yet again, missing. “Sounds painful. I’ll just stick to swimming.” 

Noor’s lips parted in surprise when he asked to come with her, her eyebrows raising up on her forehead. “Pretty sure you already did,” she said, rather than actually answering the question, tossing her hair over her shoulder as she waited for him to get dressed. “You’re not serious, right?” 

“I could always come again” TK insists as he pulls his shirt over his head, as he continued, curious to know where it was she was going, he loved to go places and had a bad case of FOMO, “where are you going?”

Is that TAYLOR MORROW “TK”? Wow, they do look a lot like CHARLIE ROWE. I hear HE is an EIGHTEEN year old FRESHMEN who are studying BIOLOGY at Luxor University. Word is they are a(n)REGULAR student. You should watch out because they can be ALOOF and GULLIBLE, but on the bright side they can also be ECCENTRIC and KIND. Ultimately, you’ll get to see it all for yourself. 

who: @luxorstarters​ where: noor’s room when: sometime in the first week of december - could be morning, could be night, could be mid-day 😉

“This has been, like, so fun,” Noor said as she stepped over to grab the clothing that had been discarded, pulling hers back on before she even bothered to turn back to her guest. “But you should probably go. I have….things to do,” she said, meeting their eyes straight on as she held their clothing out towards them. 

who: @luxorstarters​ where: Anywhere on the beach when: Morning or Afternoon

        Theodore couldn’t have been happier about the new campus. New Zealand was way better for surfing than France had been and he was planning on soaking in as much of it as he could. This was what he lived for. Breaking out his surfboard, he headed for the beach. Running through the sand, he did his best to keep his balance so he didn’t end up toppling over. That wouldn’t have been the best look. “Come on, we’re gonna miss it.” He shouted back to the person he was with, eyes glued to the shore as waves broke against it.

“Not a chance” TK shouts back as he picked up his own speed, he could smell the sea. It felt so good to run barefoot on the sand, the land beneath his feet as he sprinted towards the embrace of the cool sea. New Zealand was going to be his favorite place, the marine life here was insane, he knew he’d be spending all of his hours at the beach, whether it be fishing or surfing. 

A grin growing across his face as they met the shore, heart pounding with excitement and adrenaline, watching barely as the light from the sun began to peak through, “dawn patrol has arrived” he laughs excitedly, as he began to wax his board.

@luxorstarters​

location: ​study hall

“Our father,” Ruby muttered, eyes closed, “who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name, all of that….. please just make statistics magically not come up in the final exam. I’ll become a nun, I promise.” The gesture was sarcastic, obviously, simply a demonstration of her being totally done with the subject, and she opened her eyes after a minute, before giving her paper another forlorn look. “I doubt I’m gonna be able to blame this nightmare on divine intervention due to my atheism, somehow.” 

"I don’t think it works unless you say amen” TK offers, not really sure what she was talking about after she said becoming a nun. The thought of a nun popping into his head instead of following along, “did you say amen?”

“No, I can swim,” she corrected him with a chuckle, amused by his reaction. “Nice to meet you. I am Yasmine. But everyone calls me Yas.”

“Oh!” He exclaims, finally having figured it out, “you don’t like marco polo”