(IC) Lost In Dreams [Peter]

[the_matrix_walker]

Spoiler:  

I made Peter come from my hometown of Burlington MA, School starts the first or second week of September... So we have some evidence Peter is not from this Earth (as if we didn't already know).


Research - Defaults to Writing-3 - Effective Skill 8 - Rolled 10, fail by 2 if there is no skill bonus.

Acting - Skill 12 - Rolled 9, Success by 3

After finding little of interest in his searches, Peter talks to Marcus and tells the story and he thinks he's convincing.

He agrees to hang out with Marcus and they meet in their usual spot in the copse of trees between the cul de sac and the school fence. Really too small to call a forest after being cut up by developments.

He gives his friend a long hug when they are reunited.

Peter steps on a thorny branch with a crunch and looks down and stomps on it again. 'God, I missed proper boots' he thinks.

He hangs out with Marcus for several hours. At first, he thinks he won't be able to keep his secret and will tell Marcus his whole story, and if he's half-honest with himself, he'd realize it was his subconscious plan to do so once they were together like this.

But while they are spending time together, Peter feels like something is off. It's not long before he knows, it's not that Marcus has changed, it's that he has. Marcus just seems to be just the same as he ever was, but Peter... Peter is different now.

For better or for worse, Peter had to grow up fast in a lot of ways and he comes to the realization that it wouldn't be fair to ask Marcus to share his burden.