Baltimore-Washington International Airport, Portalocity Port, Saturday Morning

[wantstodirect]

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

[sith_happened]

"People with attitude problems walk to the island," Anakin said, not bothering to turn and look at her.

Clearly, his attitude didn't count.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[swipedthatfoot.livejournal.com]

"Can you do that?" Claire wondered.

Because she was pretty sure she couldn't walk on water.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[sith_happened]

"Do you want to find out?" he countered. "What's your name?"

Re: Trip to Fandom

[swipedthatfoot.livejournal.com]

She didn't, really. "Claire Fisher," she supplied, chastened. "Sir."

Re: Trip to Fandom

[sith_happened]

That earned her a small smile. "I'm Master Skywalker," he offered. "I teach ethics."

Re: Trip to Fandom

[swipedthatfoot.livejournal.com]

Claire raised an eyebrow just slightly at the title. Would she have to call all the teachers here Master? That was new.

"I don't think I'm in that class," she said finally. "I know I signed up for art and" -- Ruth had been watching her pick classes, so -- "the sex ed thing."

Re: Trip to Fandom

[sith_happened]

"The sex ed thing seems to be popular," Anakin commented. "It seems like someone is always teaching it."

Re: Trip to Fandom

[swipedthatfoot.livejournal.com]

"Yeah?" Claire asked. "Have you been here a while, then?"

He didn't seem that old, though the robes made it hard to tell. But she thought he might even be younger than Billy.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[sith_happened]

"I'm a graduate, then I came back to teach," Anakin said with a small smile. "I've been here a few years."

Re: Trip to Fandom

[swipedthatfoot.livejournal.com]

"Do you like it?" Claire asked.

Clearly he did if he stuck around.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[sith_happened]

"It's home," he said, smile getting wider. "I married a girl I met here. You'll like it."

Re: Trip to Fandom

[swipedthatfoot.livejournal.com]

"I hope so," she said, buckling her seatbelt. There seemed to be at least one sane teacher.