Baltimore-Washington International Airport, Portalocity Port, Saturday Morning

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Tony's first airplane ride wasn't as interesting than he'd hoped. It was rather like riding the bus, only with less space and more pretzels. Although "boring" was probably the way to go when it came to air travel.

He'd spent a bad half hour in Customs after his flight had landed. They'd pulled him from line and fingerprinted him and for a bit he was afraid he'd be barred from entering the US. But they apparently realized he was neither a drug dealer nor a terrorist and let him through.

He retrieved his oversized duffle from the baggage claim and followed the instructions on the crumpled printout of an email from the school. He took a quick detour to buy a horribly overpriced breakfast sandwich with his shiny new American money. (Dollar bills? What was wrong with coins?) He made a wrong turn on the way back, but he managed to orient himself and find his way to the Portalocity terminal.

A piece of paper tacked on the wall in one corner of the room said "Fandom High." Looked like he was in the right place. He sat down on a bench under the sign, duffle near his feet, and clutched his laptop case as if it might walk away. (It wouldn't, would it? Arra would've warned him if that was a possibility.) It seemed he was the first to arrive. Not surprising, since he'd taken the red eye out of Vancouver. Late-night flights made it easier to say goodbyes to vampire ex-boyfriends.

[Newbie airport shuttle! Open to all new students and teachers, no matter which world they're from. Posted early for great slowplay. OCD coming. We can has OCD!]

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Re: Trip to Fandom

[talon-wraith.livejournal.com]

Myn blinked, momentarily taken aback by the man's crankiness. Rather than comment, he shouldered his bag again. "Yes, sir."

Starfighter Command was good at drilling in that following-orders thing.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[sith_happened]

Sir. Anakin could get used to that again. He almost smiled. "This way," he said, pointing towards the door.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[talon-wraith.livejournal.com]

"Thank you, sir." Donos moved past him with a respectful nod, the duffel bag's strap covering the rank bars on his chest but not the unit patch on his shoulder.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[sith_happened]

Anakin recognized the style of patch, if not the insignia, and put it together with the accent. This kid was from home.

Well, a version of home, anyway.

"Corellian?" he guessed quietly.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[talon-wraith.livejournal.com]

Donos jumped a little, giving Anakin a startled look. "Yes, sir. You know of it?"

That was a welcome change. Everyone else had been treating him like he was some kind of freak.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[sith_happened]

Anakin nodded. "I spent some time in the system."

Time to figure out when this kid was from.

"I'm Master Skywalker."

Re: Trip to Fandom

[talon-wraith.livejournal.com]

Myn's eyes narrowed slightly, looking Anakin up and down and then shaking his head. "You aren't Luke Skywalker."

Re: Trip to Fandom

[sith_happened]

And that answered that.

"Anakin Skywalker," he clarified. "Luke's father."

Re: Trip to Fandom

[talon-wraith.livejournal.com]

Donos took in the information, processed it, and then allowed himself to speak. "...It's a pleasure to meet you, sir. Lieutenant Myn Donos." He snapped to attention, throwing Anakin a precise salute that was much better than the silly icon indicates, shhh.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[sith_happened]

"Welcome to Fandom, lieutenant," Anakin said with a smile. "There's a few of us from our part of the universe kicking around."