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THEODORE SIMMONS


Location; Camp Ground -> Lake -> Camp Ground -> Main Hall

Interacting With: Noticing Audrey, Nicholas, Nathan @HushedWhispers, Alex@reiko, Sunny @HalfofLancelot, Emilie, Mathius @Lockerz, Jackson@Altered Tundra and Aisling @lovely complex



Besides the various somber stares at the young man, none of his teammates seem to have noticed him waving the flag or were to embarrassed to approach him which made him think whether that was actually a thing or he just got ripped off. Taking a good look at the people around him, none of which were holding a flag, he quickly came to a conclusion - "Yup. I've been duped". Slightly embarrassed and disappointed, he slowly pulled his waving arm down to his thighs, with the flag still in his hand only to fold it around the stick immediately after as to avoid further awkwardness.

It didn't take long before the long awaited event was due - the introductions. Theo found a free spot to sit down in silence and watch the ceremony. Well, perhaps ceremony is not a fitting label as it implies something prestigious and well-thought-out. In comparison, Theo was in a room full of sweaty teenagers with the stench from the heat being nearly visible and if there's anything to break the immersion of this being a glorious formality it must be the non-stop chit chat coming from all around the room, echoing off the walls and enchancing the feel of not a scene fitting an inauguration of the new president but a stinky school cafeteria full of delinquents. Sitting there collecting his thoughts and being unsure of how the procedure goes, Theo decided to wait for the older members to go first. This might even be a good opportunity to see who'd be a decent friendship candidate he considered while browsing through the masses. Surely of all the hundreds of teenagers some of them have something in common with Theodore. 

As he thought about this, the first people finally stood up and he hastely turned his attention towards them. First who dared to say something about themselves in front of a huge crowd was a girl who claimed to be leading the red team. She seemed alright. Cute. Some of her interests did match Theo's though for the most part he wasn't too caught up in technology as in his mind this meant estrangement from the nature and reality we live in and that was a commodity he was not ready to sacrifice. Surely, Theo used cell phones and watched TV but he was not the kind to mindlessly surf the internet and social media for hours wasting the precious time that he had. He would much rather use the time to hang out with his two favorite people instead, or at the very least enjoy a good day on it's own. If the weather was not in his favor then he would settle for an in-door hang out with the same people either playing video games or watching movies and TV shows. Game of Thrones in particular is one show that kept him busy thinking about it all weekend. He'd have Kylie over every Sunday to watch it together in his room. 
Following the brunette, two twins stood up one after the other using the same pattern of introduction, more or less. Theo recognized one of them from the small wooden pier where he saw him about half an hour earlier getting touchy feely with another guy. Well, technically he recognized both of them since they look alike and he wasn't sure which one is which. 
Then... he overheard two girls throwing tantrums at each other, no doubt others did as well yet no one said anything. Figures. This amount of hormones bottling up in a room like this can't go without fireworks. Smack. The blunt sound echoed around the room like the one you hear after beating a bug with a slipper. People trying to hold their grinning to a minimum as most knew what was happening from what Theo could gather. Nonetheless, the two girls caught in a clinch over some personal bullshit were too embroiled in it to notice the rest of their peers attempts to hold in their laughter. Eventually the brunette stormed off holding some dude's hand who was sitting beside her  and Theo noticed an eerie grin on the other girl's face. Clearly she was entertained just as much as the public around them.

Next up was a massive blonde guy stood up as he furiously propelled himself up off of a table he was sitting at. "Aren't you a little bundle of joy." - Theo processed the tall fellow's words in his mind. Theo was never fond of arrogant douchebags and this guy was the walking embodiment of just that. A meathead who's sole goal in life is to bully others. It doesn't take long to recognize them and once you do you tend to notice them everywhere you go. Might be nature's way of keeping track of danger when you're out in the wild because this Mathius guy looked like the only veggies he enjoyed were the ones he gave fat kids at lunch break.

Suddenly a blonde popped out of the mass and contributed with her summarized background. It was the girl he saw earlier exchanging slurs with some other guy. Running down on the experience he's had so far in the past 2 hours since he was here Theo realized this place was a drama-infested hell hole with male and female violence, sexual predators and bullies. Only one institution in the world could be compared with this reality and that was prison. Given, in prisons the guards actually have a role. Theo is yet to see the adults handle anything around here. Maybe his fear of strict rules was exaggerated. A beer now and then doesn't seem that improbable anymore.

And just like clockwork, the drama continues. The guy he just mentioned in his mind suddenly stood up and yelled out his name for the world to hear. The sound piercing through Theo's ear drums and resonating in his brain, a name he will surely remember - Jackson. No doubt this guy is hyperactive... and a future wife-beater. And right in the middle of  his judgement rampage Theo backtracked. Perhaps there's more to him than meets the eye? Who knows what the story is behind that scene he walked into. Granted a guy should never hit a girl, there are exceptions to the rule. Maybe she's the aggressive one and hit him before and he's merely protecting himself. But that can't be it, by the time he swung his fist the poor girl had already ducked under her arms and it didn't seem like he was going to stop. 

As he analyzed the show that occurred little over 30 minutes ago, the hothead soon caught Theo's attention again as he pointed his finger towards a familiar face. "Oh shit." - Theo quickly sat upright in his chair taking a better look at the girl. "Good thing this guy's a loudmouth since I totally forgot her name. Ashley." - as he misheard it. Well this was certainly an unexpected surprise. Of all the people he had met in his life time, the girl he expected the least to find in a place like this was Ash. Surely he had to let his friend know about this discovery. He quickly pulled out his phone and dialled his best friend trying to shy away from her sight behind the person sitting next to him, peeking out again every few moments almost as if to make sure he's seeing this right. The ringing stopped and Theo immidiately opened:

"Hey man. Remember that chick we met last year during our trip out to Brentwood Heights to a party?" - hearing nothing on the other end of the line Theo clarified: "The one wearing leather jacket to a pool party in 100 degrees."
"The 32C cup?"
"What? No. I don't know." - Theo was taken aback by a weird follow up and continued: "Anyway, she's here."
"Bro, stay away from that nutjob."

A quick flashback to the time Dean was telling Theo about how crazy this girl was combined with his answer made him laugh barely keeping his volume under the radar of the adult overseers. "Relax, man. I'm not talking to her. But you never really said what happened between you two, though. She was cool." - Theo further inquired with a looming question he finally gotten the chance to ask.
"Well you know I'm not the guy that gets tied down, bruh." - Dean was unconvincing with the same old boring answer he always gave.
"You sure about that? 'Cause it was pretty suspicious when you bought her darts only 'cause she said she liked them. You don't usually get out of your way for that kinda stuff."
Dean now sounding a little ticked off straightened up as he explained further: "Okay pansy, listen up. You know my sex life is like golf - tryin' to hit that hole in one." The comparison could not leave Theodore indifferent as the smile on his face again tensed up the skin around his lips near the point of bursting.
"And you, my man, are the caddy so I hope you come back to civilization soon so we can resume the course." - Dean added now with a more cheerful tone.
"And what does that make Kylie?"
"She's the golf cart." - Theo's friend continued almost immediately to Theo's complete excitement, tears condensing in his eye sockets as he barely makes it through without making a noise.
"But seriously though, that girl is off the charts on the hot/crazy scale. Stay away." - Dean announced in a more genuine manner. With a smile on his face and giggling as he hears his friend talk Theo agreed: "Alright alright. You made your point. I'll talk to you later."
"Alright pansy, make me proud and lay something."
"Shut up." - the brunette boy conveyed though his smile as he hung up. 

Being able to hear Dean's voice this far away was definitely a great deal for Theo as it meant he might pull through this mess he put himself in after all. The doubts he developed from earlier now cleared out as Dean's good humor forced through the clouds of depressing shit like sun beams after a rainy day. By the time he had finished his conversation and attempted to take another glance at the girl he and his best friend just talked about she was gone, and so was Jackson. He missed her introduction completely being too caught up in another fun chat with Dean. But it didn't matter. He wasn't going to go over there and talk to her, anyway. Not after all the crap Dean mentioned about her. Theo wasn't usually a judgemental person but one explanation behind his caution also lies in the fact that this girl despite being seemingly normal when they spoke on several occasions in the past had a pair of piercing brown eyes that gave Theo shivers at times. Something about her always seemed off. Then again she never really gave him a reason to doubt her, it was just these physical features and her posture that was throwing him off. I mean, what sane person wears leather jacket to a pool party?

Getting caught up deep in thought yet again Theo missed a bunch of other people after him so he finally snapped out of it only to stand up instinctively without thinking it through, luckily immediately after someone had just finished, and freestyled his introduction: "I'm Theodore Simmons and I've been assigned to the purple team."- he exclaimed and then cracked a familiar smile - "You'll find me outside most of the time so if you do see me, feel free to say hello."
He softly lowered himself back into his chair with one last glance thrown towards an empty seat where Ash was sitting just to make sure whether she knew he, too, was here. 
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