So About the Project

[Victoria Foster]

I hope she doesn't get lost. Why would she get lost? She lives in the dorms. Stop worrying. But what if she's late? How long will I have to sit here before we can start planning stuff? Will I just have to start without her? Okay, Tori, it's only been five minutes. Just stop thinking about it. When she shows up, she shows up. It's not like this thing is due tomorrow.... What if my breath stinks? Is my room clean enough? Oh god, stop, brain, stop!

Tori sat cross-legged on her bed doing what she did best- worrying. Why worry? It was a pointless thing to do. So she tried to concentrate on something else... like the group project itself.

Group projects were great because it allowed you to work as a team, and Tori loved working with other people. When the professor had declared they would be doing a joint portfolio, Tori had instantly been excited.. and a little nervous. Photography was her thing. She didn't like sharing it. It was her way of venting and escaping and finding the beauty in everything she snapped a picture of. It felt personal, and personal things were hard to share. 

For the project, she had been chosen to be Roxana's partner. The two of them weren't close, they weren't even friends. All Tori knew about Roxana was her name and the fact that she was the quiet girl who rarely spoke up in photography class unless she had something very interesting to say. This project would give Tori the perfect opportunity to find out more about her classmate and hopefully spark a new friendship.

Movement in her blanket drew Tori out of her thoughts. She reached over and moved the blanket back, smirking as one of her rats was uncovered. Scatters. His nose twitched and sniffed in curiosity while he scurried over to Tori. She picked him up and plopped him in the middle of her legs before looking for her other rat. Skitters was a bit harder to find given the fact he was pure white on a very white bed. But Tori twisting and shifted until she found him sitting next to her pillow. She scooped him up and plopped him right beside the other rat, giving each of them their turn in pets.

"You're freedom is running short, fellas." Tori spoke as she normally did to her rats, in that baby voice everyone either understood or made fun of. "Enjoy it while it lasts."

[Roxana Strix]

Roxana was not really worried or feeling any particular way about this meeting with a girl from one of the many art classes she took. This specific art class was focused on photography, which Roxana also enjoyed. It was not as hands on as she liked, but it was still art and she had a great appreciation for being able to capture an imagine in another way. She had been assigned to do a project with a teammates, which was interesting at times. Rox honestly preferred to work alone but there were always times where she would have to deal with working with someone. Be it for class; like now, or for her job that very few new about.

Her partner was Victoria Trinity Foster, twenty years old, with Empathy Assimilation as her power. Roxana had known the basics about the girl ever since school started up and Roxana figured out who was in her class. The girl did have a talent for photography but Rox had never really talk too much to her; she didn't really talk much to anyone in class. She barely talked in class unless called upon or pointing something out, that was just how Rox was. Still, it was interesting that she had actually been invited to the girls room to discuss the project they had to do.

Normally people would invite her to the library or meet in a public place, so Rox was a little bit on edge as to why the girl had invited her to her room. Had Victoria had a different power, Rox likely would not have felt as on edge as she did now. It was part of why she was running a little late, but the main reason was because she was handling a few things for the Security Squad since that was working on starting up soon. "Victoria. Are you there?" Roxana asked once she got to the girl's dorm room and knocked. She didn't bother to check if the door was unlocked because she was not just going to walk right on in there without an invitation.

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[Victoria Foster]

The knock on the door wasn't unexpected, but it resulted in Tori jumping in surprise nonetheless. "Just a second!" She called in return, her nose wrinkling in distaste as her full name was used. She really ought to change her name on all the legal documents she possibly could. Get a new SIN number, change it on her birth certificate, driver's license, and especially on the attendance list for school. That way her full name wouldn't turn up on every single document the school had which resulted in all the students in all her classes knowing it. That's what the teachers called out when wanting to talk to her so that was what the students heard. What was the point of putting a "preferred name" box if no one was willing to use it? Maybe that was a bit dramatic. It was an easy fix. Just let people know she preferred Tori. Simple.

With some control, Tori removed the look from her face and jumped from the bed, both her rats dangling from a single hand as she moved to their cage and carefully placed them back behind bars. Tori ducked down, giving them a little kissy face as she whispered "Sorry, duty calls."

She sprung towards the door and opened it, offering Roxana a smile before beckoning her inside. "Hey! I'm glad you could make it. Sorry if it's weird I invited you here. I just thought it would be nice to be somewhere that wasn't so loud or... yeah. Also, you can call me Tori."

As in only call me Tori. Please. Please, for the love of god!

Clearing her throat, she made her way back over to her bed and plopped down, reaching for her book bag to drag out a notebook and a pen. "So, where should we begin? Probably need to pick a theme right? Eh, do you want to get right into it? We could brainstorm, bounce ideas back and forth. Do you want to chat a little bit first? Maybe asking each other a few questions to get to know each other a little better will help us pick a theme we both can enjoy. Do you want me to ask the first question?"

Nervous talking, that's what she was doing. Tori found it hard not to be intimidated by new people, especially when those new people were good looking and probably very smart and astonishing at what they did. Roxana was probably way better at photography than Tori. Oops, low self esteem alert. Tori would just hate herself if she was the reason the two of them got a bad mark for the project.

[Roxana Strix]

"Take your time." Roxana assured the girl in response to the called out words through the door. Rox had made sure to set assigned a decent amount of time to work on this project with the other girl so she was not in any rush at the moment. However; she didn't want to be kept waiting forever, no one did. She had never really talked much to the other girl but knew what she was capable in the photography class and had no problem working with her on the project. While she was still a little iffy about being in the other girl's room she was not going to say anything about it nor was she going to behave differently then she normally did in most situations.

Soon enough the door was opening, revealing Victoria who had a smile on her face so at least Rox could assume that she was excited about this project and friendly. "It fine and I shall call you Tori if that is what you wished to be called." Roxana responded with a small nod. She then would proceed into he girl's room when there was enough space for her to enter the room. Her blue eyes were already looking around the room, making several mental notes as she did, and doing her usual mapping out in any difference in the room compared to the others. While all the room were the same, students were allowed to move certain things around and give the room their own special touch.

Tori was then taking a seat on her bed, Rox remaining standing for a moment before she took a seat on the floor. She didn't really often sit on other people’s beds and if she did it was not because they were going to be talking about a project together. In fact, Rox rarely even went into other people’s bedroom unless she was looking for something, had been summoned, or invited to a bedroom or bed in particular. Then there were a lot of questions that just had Roxana sitting there in silence for a moment while she waited for the other girl to get it all out. Clearly she was nervous and must have forgotten that Roxana was a person of very few words, but she was already working on adjusting for the sake of the other girl.

"We can do whatever you would feel comfortable with. I suggest going with getting to know one another a little bit better to help with your current nervous state." Roxana spoke up in her usual not real emotions tone but she did give a small smile for a moment, going for that reassuring smile to help relax the other girl a bit. She was not sure if the other girl caught the smile since it disappeared as quick as it appeared, but Rox made the effort. "If you have a question in mind you wish to ask, feel free." Rox added then. She had no question really, nothing at the moment.

((Tag:Victoria Foster))