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Okay. [ Kelsi takes a deep breath, trying not to look too frazzled. She's feasted, woken up, and...Nope. She's still here. She takes a quick breath and offers a shy, slightly waning smile to the network of lockets. She's in her room--it's one of the smaller ones--and Ryan Evans can be seen in the background with his eyes closed, doing yoga. More specifically, parsvottasana pose. Kelsi seems completely oblivious. ] So this isn't a dream, that's--great. [ That's one word for it ] Which means if we're all here for a very long time, it's probably a good idea to say hi? So...

[ A little awkward, but she lifts her hand in greeting, the smile completely gone after her hand moves to fall on her lap. ] Hi. I'm Kelsi, and if there are any Wildcats out there, please let me know? At first I thought this was a dream, except normally my dreams involve East High still, and musical signups, sometimes I dream about tea, and--oh! Right. I also wanted to know if anyone here has a good singing voice. And maybe if you were okay with letting me hear it?

It's not for something weird! I promise, I promise, it's just--If I'm going to be here for a while, I might as well do something. Like write, right? [ Wow Kels, way to not tell people what you actually do. ]

One last little thing--if anyone was going to university or college for music composition, I'd really like to get into contact with you. There's this bit in one of my text books that's really confusing to me for some reason. Thanks!

[ She ends it with a little wave--and throughout this entire conversation, Ryan has moved to Downward Dog, and eventually to a handstand. ]

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Socializing! I know it's a foreign concept still, but trust me, you'll like it.

[Is he making fun of her? Is he just being a dick? The world may never know.

Okay no, he's totally grinning though.]

What do you mean you have no idea though?

Ha-ha-ha, Wildcat. [ Jerk. Kelsi's still laughing, though. No offense taken at ALL, socializing is actually something she's trying really hard to work on. ]

I've started to make a promise to talk to at least one new person a day. [ Which is sort of daunting, and really stupid to admit, but she knows Ryan won't make fun of her. Not for this. ]

I just mean you were right--this isn't East High. This isn't even Julliard. I can handle Julliard, but Julliard doesn't have elves and fairies and imps.

[He would shrug if he wasn't busy centering himself, so instead he's just breathing deeply and keeping his eyes shut, listening to what she's saying.

He's not stupid though. He knows that it's actually sort of terrifying for her still and that they are two completely different people in that regard.]

That's a really good goal, but make sure you don't burn yourself out. [He opens one eye then.] Even I get tired of people now and then. [Eye. Closed.

Of course Kelsi's totally excluded from that. He's pretty sure he could't shake her off anyway even if he wanted to. Deep inhale…exhale.]

Or wizards. Or zombies. Oooor dragons. I think Juilliard was just preparing us for the culture shock that comes from this world. I've been here a while and I'm still meeting people that shouldn't really "exist."

[And because it's Kelsi, he knows he can tell her the one thing that's sort of been bothering him about all of this.]

It's like we're the ones that don't belong, not the other way around. I'm not used to being abnormal. [Not fitting in, sure, but that was minor and that was rectified thanks to befriending the Wildcats. This is different.]

[ Kelsi doesn't exactly hesitate, but she does look thoughtful for a few moments before pulling her beanie from her head and gently sliding her glasses off of her face and to the side. A small tug and her wool cardigan comes off, too, and she's just in a dress and leggings.

Yes, Ryan, she's going to start doing yoga with you because of that answer. Even if she only sort of knows how. ]

There's not fitting in, and then there's not belonging.

[ An agreement to what he's saying. An 'I understand.' ]

...And then there's us.

[Even with his eyes shut he can tell she's moving. It comes from not only being heavily aware of his surroundings but also just from being around Kelsi herself all the time. His sense of spatial awareness is probably more fine-tuned than most people's so the minute she's next to him he's coming out of his handstand and sitting down, opening his eyes to look at her.]

You still think we're the exception here? [He makes a face, moving forward to carefully rearrange her form so she doesn't hurt herself.] I mean I'm kind of wondering if there's such a thing as not fitting in here but you gotta admit it's weird.

It is weird.

It's like we're here to remind people how normal things can be. [ It's the first tone of slight disappointment, but she's trying her best not to show it. ]

Do you really think this is normal? [It's a question that's been weighing on him heavily for a while, the idea of normalcy. He doesn't really like it and he's curious if this really is that normal.]

If we're a standard of normal then…[He just grins a little, trying not to bum both of them out.] Can you imagine if the other Wildcats were here? [The real normal ones.]

[ Kelsi starts to laugh. She can't really keep the yoga post up while she does so, but she doesn't really care--she feels like she really needs it.

Trust Ryan to lift her spirits. ]

Taylor would be organizing the armory by now.

And Gabriella would be working out some formula for a battle strategy but Troy would keep distracting her. [Yessss good. Good Kelsi, this is exactly what he was trying to do.] Unless Chad were here, then they'd probably still be trying to organize a game of basketball in all of this craziness.

[ She laughs again, and winds up leaning all the way back to lay on the floor and look over at Ryan as he does Yoga. In a weird way, she can pretend they're in each other's dorm rooms again. ]

We should do something. We should--

[ She lifts her head up, eyes wide, excited. Passionate. ]

--We should make something for everyone here!

[Oh god, he recognizes that look. And it hadn't dawned on him until now how much he missed that look so he just gives her an amused look in response, playing right along.]

Like what? [He knows exactly where she's going with this, but...Kelsi's the playmaker. Kelsi's always been the playmaker and he'll feel horrible if he tells her he's already started thinking about putting something together.

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