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BWI Portalocity Terminal [Saturday Morning]

Rather than fly from Philadelphia to Baltimore, Eric's parents had given him a lift. They had offered to drive him directly to the school, but he told them he would rather meet the group at the airport and take the shuttle. That way he'd get an early glimpse at all the hot girls he was sure would be going to his new school.

So now he was relaxing in the lounge, drinking a soda and waiting. It wasn't going to college, but it would do.

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Tony dropped his duffel bag by one of the benches and dropped into a seat. He wore a Vancouver Academy of Dramatic Arts t-shirt that was a little big on him (it was Lee's) with his cargo pants and Doc Martens. His left eyebrow had a gold ring through it.

He looked around at the new kids. Weird to think he was one of the old folks, now.

"Dude, you're from Vancouver?" Eric asked. "That's like, a foreign country. Do you speak English?"

Well, at least he knew it wasn't part of the U.S. "Most of us do," Tony said. "Where are you from?"

"Philadelphia," Eric said. "I thought you guys spoke Canadian."

"Yeah, but it's close enough to English that we can understand each other," Tony said, deadpan.

"Cool, maybe I'll take that if we have a foreign language requirement then," Eric said.

Tony shrugged. "Spoken's not tough, but the spelling differences are a bitch."

Eric nodded. "I'll keep that in mind."

"So you're a real, live American," Tony said, keeping a straight face. "Where's your gun?"

"Huh? I don't have a gun," Eric said. "Those are for thugs and cops."

"I thought all Americans had to have them," Tony said. "Isn't it part of your Constitution?"

Eric shrugged. "I don't think so. But I can ask Feeny next time I talk to him."

"Who's that?" Tony asked.

"Holy crap!" Cal said, with a laugh and exaggerated (and intentionally poorly acted) surprise. "Someone I actually know. Unless you just look like someone I know. In which case, I probably sound like an idiot now."

"But I'd be getting a good intro to Fandom Weird," Tony grinned. "Hey, Cal. How was your summer? I like the hair."

Cal snorted, but, of course, had to give a slight toss of his recently long locks. "Thanks," he said. "I call it the I'm Too Lazy to Get it Cut...cut. It was good. Very...broadening. How about yours? And it's weird, all these newbies? I feel like a king among a sea of peasants, or...something."

"Also broadening," Tony said. "Some of these peasants might be royalty. Although none of them have any idea what they're in for."

"We should make sure to take a nice, good, long look now," Cal said. "It's like looking on a blank canvas, so pure, so unblemished, just waiting for the splashes of insanity called paint."

"Can you believe we were once that young and naïve?" Tony asked.

Cal's short laugh was a little rueful. To go back to young and naive, he'd have to go back way, way before Fandom... But he grinned, shaking his head.

"Ages ago. Lightyears, even. It's like leading lambs to the slaughter."

"We could warn them," Tony said. He shook his head sadly. "But they'd never believe us."

"And then what will we do once they start actually be exposed to things? Takes all the fun out of later, Tony. Gotta think of the big picture."

Tony nodded. "Only thing to do is let them go in blindly. Besides, how will we identify the newbies if they don't have that shell-shocked look?" He thought for a second. "Other than being people we haven't seen before."

"Yeah, but we've been away all summer," Cal pointed out with a laugh. "Or at least part of it. There's older newbies in there we haven't even seen yet!"

"I almost forgot," Tony admitted. "That'll be weird."

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