Shifting Worlds V2.1

Shifting Worlds V2 Notes

Title: Shifting Worlds

Author: Alan Batie

Draft date: 2024/01/12

FADE IN:

EXT. DRIVEWAY - LATE SUMMER DAY

A naked (except for SANDALS) CHRIS, a "well rounded" 30ish man with a moderate amount of hair all over, but not too much, loads a BACKPACK and some HIKING BOOTS into the back of an SUV and closes the liftgate. He gets in, backs out of the driveway and heads down the road.

EXT. REMOTE PARKING LOT IN A FOREST - DAY

Chris' SUV drives to the end of a road in the forest with a rounded pseudo-parking area, parks, gets out, pulls out the hiking boots and puts them on in favor of his sandals. After putting on the boots, he puts the sandals in his backpack, puts it on, and starts walking up a trail.

EXT. SMALL MEADOW BY SMALL LAKE - DAY

Chris walks out of the forest into a small meadow, stops to take in the view, then finds a good spot by the lake and starts to setup his TENT.

With the tent setup, Chris takes off his boots, walks over to the lake, wades in, and starts swimming. After not very long, he SHIFTS into his GRIZZLY BEAR form (a small one, as it only has his mass of 120ish kg) and continues to play in the lake.

While Chris is playing in the lake, an oddly shaped BIRD flies in, with a BAG clutched in its feet. It has very large wings - each wing 3m long by 1m deep at the body, which is not much longer and just enough tail for control (this won't become apparent until it lands however).

The bird sees the small lake, with a small clearing that has a tent setup by the lakeshore on one side. All around the lake otherwise is forest and the bird comes in for a landing on the far side of the meadow from Chris' tent. It drops the bag first before actually landing, and then shifts into XANDER, a cute, late 20's, smooth twink, short, about 1.6m high.

Chris shifts into his human form and freezes as Xander turns into his human form, and Xander does as well, except for certain body parts that demonstrate they are both highly attracted to each other as they walk towards each other for introductions.

XANDER

Hi, I'm Xander - sorry to drop in, but this is the only real spot for camping here.

CHRIS

Hi, I'm Chris, and there's plenty of room for the two of us, do you need any help setting up?

Xander opens his bag and takes out the small tent and sleeping bag.

XANDER

No, I can't carry much flying, so it's a pretty simple setup. Fortunately, it's still pretty warm so I don't need much of a sleeping bag.

He starts unpacking the tent

CHRIS

It can still get pretty chilly at night...

XANDER

Well, if I get cold, maybe a nice teddy bear will keep me warm!

CHRIS

You never know, he just might!

Xander sets up his tent as they continue chatting

CHRIS

Do you do much camping?

XANDER

As much as I can, but I've not had a chance to do much in Oregon - I live in the Bay Area and usually go up into the redwoods, and Lazy Bear in Guernville, of course!

CHRIS

You do like bears then!

XANDER

Definitely, love to cuddle up with them

CHRIS

What else to you do for fun - out of bed! - besides camping?

XANDER

I love traveling to new places; I'd actually camp in them if it weren't such a hassle to bring along the camping gear. I like to read, mostly scifi, fantasy, and mystery, especially if there's a gay romance involved. I also like do some amateur filmmaking, especially editing.

CHRIS

That's cool, I know what you mean about the camping gear, but I do enjoy regional road trips where I can bring it along. I'm a bit of a computer geek, playing with networks and data analysis.

Xander has finished setting up his tent at this point, and tosses his stuff inside it, then kicks off his shoes.

XANDER

After the flight up here, I need a swim!

Xander heads for the lake, and Chris follows. They cavort in the lake, dunking each other, and all the usual antics in water, before coming to a stop in shallower water, where Xander is standing in water up to his neck and Chris pulls him in for a passionate kiss. They make out for a while, as hands disappear under the water and they jack each other off, then cuddle for the recovery period.

XANDER

Wow, I needed that, thanks!

CHRIS

Yeah, me too! How about we go fix some dinner now? It's about that time...

XANDER

Sounds good to me.

They wade back to shore, each heading for their own tent. Xander looks back at Chris.

XANDER

Mind if I get my stuff and join you?

CHRIS

I was hoping you would!

Xander grabs his bag, which, now devoid of the tent and sleeping bag, is much lighter, and joins Chris. They both have small 3-legged chairs and small folding tables to work on.

EXT. SMALL MEADOW BY SMALL LAKE - EVENING

Chris and Xander finish their meals and go down to the lake to rinse off the dishes, then head back to Chris' tent where their chairs and tables are.

XANDER

You know, it is starting to get a little chilly. How would you feel about actually being a teddy bear to keep me warm tonight?

CHRIS

Sounds like a great idea to me! I doubt our sleeping bags will zip together, but we can use one underneath us and the other one on top.

XANDER

I'll run over and get mine...

He does, and they crawl into Chris' tent, arrange the sleeping bags, and cuddle up in them for the night.

EXT. SMALL MEADOW BY SMALL LAKE - DAY - MONTAGE

...Chris and Xander cavorting in the lake

...Chris and Xander cuddled up in the meadow, napping

...Chris fucking Xander

...Chris and Xander cuddled up in the meadow, reading on their ereaders

...Chris in bear form in the lake, with Xander in bird form trying to drop sticks and rocks on him

...Xander, in bird form, diving into the water and bringing up a fish

...Chris and Xander cooking fish for dinner

...Xander fucking Chris

...Chris and Xander eating and talking

...Chris and Xander laying in the meadow making out, Xander's tent collapsed and his stuff sitting next to Chris' tent

...Chris and Xander 69'ing

...Chris and Xander cuddled up in the meadow, napping

EXT. SMALL MEADOW BY SMALL LAKE - DAY

Chris and Xander pack up their stuff, preparing to leave

CHRIS

It's not a far hike to my car - I can give you a ride back to town if you like.

XANDER

Sure - I even brought hiking shoes in case I wanted to do some hiking here, and let's exchange contact info too - I'd like to keep in touch with you.

CHRIS

Definitely!

Xander quickly grabs his boots and puts them on, then Chris puts on his backpack, Xander grabs his bag, and they head down the trail back to the SUV.

EXT. REMOTE PARKING LOT IN A FOREST - DAY

At the car, they put the bag and backpack in the SUV, Chris changes back to sandals and Xander takes off his boots to go barefoot.

CHRIS

Hey, how about we go out to dinner tomorrow night after work. I know a great steakhouse that will make a nice change from fish!

XANDER

Well, I can never get too much fish, but steak sounds good too. Sure! Why don't you pick me up at my hotel at 7pm?

CHRIS

It's a date!

They get in the SUV and drive off.

INT. COMPUTER TECH OFFICE - DAY

Chris is viewing pictures of Xander on a social media site, where he's posted pictures of himself in various camping and tourist spots around the world.

SPOCK'S VOICE

Fascinating!

Chris looks up, startled, and pulls up a window that has a red flashing alert. He clicks on the alert, and the classic picture of Mt Hood as seen from the Portland Rose Garden comes up, with a caption that reads "45.956589 123.585693 202510050600".

CHRIS

Hmmmm

Chris pulls up Google Earth and pastes the coordinates into it, which shows a gravel pit near Jewel.

CHRIS

Why would someone want to meet out there at 6 in the morning?

Chris looks at the IP address in the alert, and pulls up another window with a table of IP address/user information in it.

CHRIS

Shifting Streams? That's who Xander works for!

Chris clicks on an entry in the table and sure enough, it pulls up an IT contact info with Xander's picture and info.

FADE OUT.