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, sorry to drop in, but this is the only real spot for camping here.

CHRIS

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!

FADE OUT.

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