who: gemma & sora ( @xsorakim )
when: end january, when gemma returned to luxor
where: south africa campus
“So, I wasn’t really planning on coming back to Luxor for college - with the whole past year as Miss Teen USA and everything, it’s been so busy, but I am so glad to be back,” Gemma said with an overdramatic sigh, already preening in anticipation of compliments sure to come. “Though not going to lie, wish I had known about this South Africa campus earlier,” she added, a small laugh following her words. “So, tell me. Like, catch me up. What’s gone on in the past year, what have I missed? Has it been dreadfully boring without me around?”
“That makes two of us-- well, in my case, it’s more like I wasn’t planning on staying at Luxor for college, and yet, here I am...” She dramatically threw her hands in the air, as though to say “such is life”. “Congratulations on the Miss Teen USA thing, I suppose,” she tacked on after a brief pause. Sora wasn’t big on complimenting people and it was surprising that she’d even managed that much. “Yeah, I’m honestly not a fan of these new locations being surrounded by nature and I’m feeling a bit homesick for the city, but you get used to it.” She couldn’t speak for everyone, but Sora never truly had any issues adjusting to her surroundings. “While I might have used dreadfully boring to describe Luxor in the past, it’s anything but these days. Went from being tortured by a group of students having a little too much fun, to being tortured by another anonymous group who calls themselves the crusade. And while it sounds boring, they make it not by putting on quite a show. I’d be impressed if it wasn’t so irritating.”
Gemma knew that congratulations wasn’t a word that came easily to Sora Kim, at least not when it came to other people, so the smirk that spread across her lips was genuine. “Aw, Sora. I’m touched. I would’ve thought you would hate seeing somebody else with an actual crown,” she teased, crossing her legs as she leaned back slightly, basking in the compliment. “I feel that - not that the New York campus was all that city-like but at least it wasn’t too far. I’m sure there’s plenty to explore here, though,” she mused softly. Gemma had spent a lot of the last year traveling, so at this point....she was just sort of used to it. “The crusade?” she echoed, her eyebrows jumping up as she asked. “That sounds awfully self-important, don’t you think? What type of ‘torture’ are we talking here?”
