Roleplay Sentence Starters: First Interaction.
@vinditia asked: “i was hoping I’d run into someone like you.” / for tobias ❤️
Perhaps it is the familiar sentiment (how many times has he heard this claim before?) that prompts conniving steels to glance over at the stranger, or maybe it is the prospect of repelling the boredom lurking beneath the surface that manages to pique Tobias' intrigue, but nonetheless the genius' gaze shifts onto the fellow teenager's visage, silently taking in Eito's features and assessing the potential motives behind this (undoubtedly staged) encounter. What are you looking to gain here? An easygoing smile remains stretched across the brunette's features however, unconcerned yet faintly amused.
Experience dictates that no one except for the world's foolish and the world's daring have the tendency of drawing closer to one whose nature reeks of shrouded danger (one ought to be of either stunning naivety or dauntless courage to set aside the common folk's precious sixth sense in favor of willingly approaching peril in human skin) and should Tobias' instincts be ringing true, the boy in front of him should be a part of the latter (there is something lacking in this guy which the gullible typically have an abundance of.) ❝ "Someone like me", huh? You don't say. ❞ A dreadfully broad category, most oft utilized to form an imagined bond of sorts between the speaker and the receiver. A kinship forged one-sidedly, routinely against the secondary party's will.
Someone like implies a rather comprehensive insight of another, and such knowledge can only be inferred through delusions or through careful observations. Which one shall this fall under? Greys narrow ever so slightly, unblinking still, as Eito finds himself under the full weight of Tobias' attention. Hoping, was he? What an interesting choice of phrasing. ❝ Well, what do you suppose I am like? I definitely wouldn't want to disappoint. ❞ Subtle mirth betrays how little the query matters as long as it shall pave the path for a worthwhile outcome, and although the brunette might prefer a shrewd analyst over a deluded stalker, playing out a role borne of false perceptions (be it an alleged recognition of the self through the other, a misguided idolization or an immediate enmity) should prove to be of no issue either.
