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Tony Foster ([personal profile] wantstodirect) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2008-08-29 04:14 pm

Baltimore-Washington International Airport, Portalocity Port, Saturday Morning

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!]

Re: Waiting for the shuttle!

[identity profile] joan-notjane.livejournal.com 2008-08-30 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
That confused Joan. "Are you a teacher?"

He looked kind of young... but maybe he was new?

Re: Waiting for the shuttle!

[identity profile] talon-wraith.livejournal.com 2008-08-30 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
"No, I'm a..." Myn pulled out the acceptance packet Wedge had given him. All on paper flimsi. So weird. Why couldn't they just put it on a datapad? "..A senior?"

Re: Waiting for the shuttle!

[identity profile] joan-notjane.livejournal.com 2008-08-30 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh."

Joan was still confused then. "How come you have military experience then?"

Re: Waiting for the shuttle!

[identity profile] talon-wraith.livejournal.com 2008-08-30 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
"I was in the Corellian armed forces, then transferred to the New Republic armed forces." Donos shrugged. "And now I'm here."

It made perfect sense to him.

Re: Waiting for the shuttle!

[identity profile] joan-notjane.livejournal.com 2008-08-30 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
Joan had never heard of those places, but they sounded foreign. And he did seem to have an accent. "Oh, that's cool."

Re: Waiting for the shuttle!

[identity profile] talon-wraith.livejournal.com 2008-08-30 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
Donos didn't think it was all that cool, but he wasn't the best judge. "Well, when the shuttle gets here, I'll help you with your bags."

Re: Waiting for the shuttle!

[identity profile] joan-notjane.livejournal.com 2008-08-30 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
"That's really very sweet," Joan said. "I appreciate it."