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** Layla and Mia’s Room**
A messy dorm room with half-unpacked boxes, fairy lights tangled on the bed.
Layla scowls at her phone while Mia bursts in with snacks.
Her phone buzzes with a message.
Layla
I’m drowning in chaos here!
Layla
Name: Layla
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Role: Freshman and
aspiring actress in the
Theater Society.
Mia
Name: Mia
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Role: Layla’s best friend
and her roommate in the dorm.
Mia enters with a confident grin
Holding a bag of chips and two bubble teas.
She tosses one onto Layla’s bed.
Layla
You call this guidance?
Layla
Look around this room looks like a natural disaster site.
Mia
Hey, chaos is where creativity thrives.
Mia
Now untangle those lights.
Mia
And let’s pretend we know what we’re doing.
Mia
First-year survival, baby!
(They wrestle with the lights, laughing. Layla’s phone buzzes a campus club alert.)
** Theater Society Booth**
The campus courtyard bustles with students.
Ryan, flamboyant and full of energy, stands at the
Theater Society booth under a makeshift spotlight.
Ryan
Name: Ryan
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Role: Senior and President
of the Theater Society.
Ryan
[Calling out to the crowd]
Ryan
With the killer hair flip!
Ryan
Have you ever considered acting?
Layla freezes mid-step, pointing to herself in confusion.
Ryan
The sparkle of a star is unmistakable.
Hannah
Name: Hannah
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Role: Member of the
Theater Society and
Ryan’s second-in-command.
Hannah
[Muttering while organizing flyers]
Hannah
Tone it down, Ryan.
Hannah
Freshmen are not prey.
Ryan
Auditions this Friday.
Ryan
No experience needed.
Layla
Well, I was a tree in kindergarten…
Ryan
Natural stage presence!
Ryan
You’re born for this!
But Layla chuckles nervously and grabs a flyer.
Nate enters the Robotics Lab.
Wide-eyed at the array of glowing machines and buzzing activity.
Ethan
Name: Ethan
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Role: Senior in the
engineering department
and Nate’s mentor.
Ethan
[From across the room]
Nate
Name: Nate
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Role: Engineering
freshman who rents an
off-campus room.
Nate
[Adjusts backpack nervously]
Ethan
Welcome to the land of caffeine-fueled genius.
Ethan
Or chaos, depending on the day.
He gestures to a half-assembled robot arm on the desk.
Ethan
Let’s see what you’ve got.
Nate
Nate hesitates but picks up a screwdriver.
Nate
Ethan watches with a grin.
Noelle sits at her desk, scanning a tenant ledger.
Yuna scrolls on her phone nearby.
Noelle
Name: Noelle
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Role: Owner of the
off-campus House
where Nate lives.
Noelle
Next tenant: Nate Park.
Noelle
Quiet engineering type, probably.
Yuna
Name: Yuna
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Role: Noelle’s younger
sister and occasional
helper at the house.
Yuna
Probably needs guidance from his amazing landlady.
Nate steps in, looking unsure.
Noelle
Rent’s due on the first.
Yuna
She’s nicer than she sounds… sometimes.
Nate looks unsure but nods as Yuna laughs.
Layla sits on her top bunk, texting Mia below her.
The soft glow of their fairy lights adds warmth to the room.
Layla
Signed up for auditions.
Mia
Told you college would be fun!
Mia
Claire and Rose invited us to a mixer tomorrow.
Layla and Nate unknowingly cross paths in the bustling courtyard.
Layla eyes the Theater Society booth,
While Nate pauses at the Robotics Club display.
Neither realizes their paths are about to converge.
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Noh Eun-ha
What a story🫡✨
2025-01-01
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