chillin' in dorm one

Nathaniel laid back on his bed, glancing at the rest of the room. His only regret about this place, sure... The dorm was big, but the only separate room in the entire thing was the bathroom. Right now, as far as he knew, it was just him. Everyone else was out doing their own thing. He sat up and grabbed a photoframe off his nightstand, inspecting it.

OOC: gah.. It's so hard to concentrate when the Swan Queen is dancing in the middle of the page XD

Of course, just as Nathaniel thought that he had the room to himself, Sarah quietly opened the door and walked in, holding onto the strap of her large bag that hung heavily on her right shoulder. She had just come back from studying and thought that the room was empty as she threw her belongings onto her bed only to realize that she had been completely wrong in her guess as she turned around and saw Nate sitting on his bed staring at a picture frame. Startled by her not realizing she wasn't alone, she quickly tried to cover up her small state of shock. "Oh, uh, hello," She stuttered as her gaze moved away from him.

xDD amazing, rite?

Nate stood staring at the picture frame as if in a trance-like state for a few more moments before snapping his head up, a little surprised to see Sarah come walking in. He quickly shot his head back down, now using the picture as a distraction to keep himself occupied while his roommate got comfortable.
He moved again when she spoke, "Hey." He greeted back, a small smile on his face. Nathan eyed the books for a moment before looking back at Sarah. "Sorry my being here disappointed you."

As his last sentence left his mouth, Sarah's eyes widened in slight terror at the thought of him being a disappointment. "Oh, no! You're not disappointing me, not at all! I just wasn't expecting anyone to be in here is all. No, you're perfectly fine!" She rambled, hoping that she hadn't made Nate too upset upon her entry. "I mean, I hope I wasn't interrupting anything. I can leave if I need to." As she spoke, she had involuntarily taken a small step towards the door.

Nate's hand immediately shot up, telling her to stop. "No, no - It's alright." He forced a small smile, "Really, I think we just surprised each other." The young man put his hand back down, tapping the small frame again and smiling a little more naturally this time, "I don't mind... And after all, we both live here, so..." He shrugged.

Stopping dead in her tracks, she finally took a deep breath to try to calm down. It obviously wasn't in her nature to be in social situations like this, so she had almost no idea as to what she was doing. "Yeah, I guess you're right," She replied softly before finally glancing at the frame in Nate's hands. "What's that?" She asked curiously in hopes to keep the conversation going.

Nathan smiled softly, looking back down and minding his own before she spoke up again. His amber eyes glancing up at her. "Oh." He glanced down back at the photo. "It's my mother..." He stood up and walked quietly over, not getting to close in fear of breaking her personal space. Nate passed over the frame to her so she could look.
It was a pretty old photo. The woman in the picture strongly resembled Nathan and couldn't look more than her early 20s.

Holding the frame gently in her hands, Sarah stared at the picture in amazement as to how much Nathan looked just like his mother. "Wow," She said breathlessly. "She's beautiful." Carefully handing the picture back to him, she smiled.

OOC: That settles it- I'm gonna get a random GIF in my signature. :U *shot*

IC: And at that, Carter walked in, because his RPer had an uncanny ability to come in at horrible times. He looked around and spotted the two talking over by Nathaniel's bed, but he ignored them and walked over to his own right by it. Carter wasn't in a good mood, and taking a walk hadn't helped either. The class and the pendant owned his thoughts at the moment, and he couldn't think of anything else as he plopped down on the bed, back down. He was still trying to figure out what the stupid pendant hanging around his neck was for! Gah! But he was brain dead at the moment, so he just turned on his side and looked at Nate and Sarah. "Sup." He mumbled, his cheek pushing on the pillow.

Nate grinned at the compliment, "Thanks." He said, taking the picture back gently, the grin dying down to a soft smile. "I really miss her. You're luck you have family here with you." Sarah was actually on her bed, and he was on the floor, but close enough. cx
Nathan waved gently to Carter. "Hey, you seem a little upset."

Sarah immediately looked up as the conversation was suddenly cut off by Carter's entrance. Trying to quickly switch the subject, she looked at the pimped out boy with a concerned look on her face. "Is everything okay?"

"What? Oh yeah, everything's fine... I'm just thinking- probably overly so- about this pendant." He answered with a sigh as he toyed with the green necklace, looking it over from every angle.

He paused for a moment to think. He quietly set the picture frame down and brought out the necklace from under his shirt. It had been hanging around his neck the entire time. "It's so strange." Nathan thought aloud and looked at Sarah, then Carter. "Why'd she give it to us?"

Sarah took a moment to look at both Nathan's necklace and Carter's before placing her hand upon her chest where her own dangled underneath her shirt. Giving them a slight shrug, she started to wonder the same thing. "Don't get me wrong, it's a nice gift, but it's also very odd."

"I know! And she said we'd need it later on... But for what, exactly?" He wondered aloud, rubbing his temples as he was starting to get a headache. Carter toke his training and anything to do with it very seriously, and not being able to figure this out hurt him a little pride wise.

OOC: Ebs should send me a PM now. C;

Nathan shrugged, "Maybe it's some kind of clue, or an ID or something...?" A small smile suddenly shown on his face, "Or a small reminder of how we almost all died on that damn island."

Carter pushed himself up on the bed and leaned over to get a closer look at his pendant. "Yeah, that could be a part of it. But I think there's more to it. Why would she want us to always have it close? What good will it do?" He mused in a monotone voice. His gaze didn't waver from the pendant, and he rubbed it between his fingers while he studied it closely.

ooc;;

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*edits*

OOC: Edit. cx NOW WAIT FOR SHADOW.

OOC: ;u; This is a bad time to join...

I'm joining anyways, 'cus I'm douchebag like that.

Sarah stared down at her own necklace. "I guess we will have to wait and find out," she said softly. "I mean, it obviously does something. I am sure we will find out in due time."