BWI Airport, Portalocity Port, Saturday Morning

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

Timing had worked in Bruce's favor this morning. After a long overnight flight from Japan, he was really early for the shuttle to Fandom. That was according to plan. This way he'd get to see how people came into the room marked "Fandom High," whether they were nervous, or excited, or annoyed at the very thought of having to go to school.

Those first impressions didn't necessarily mean anything, but Bruce felt they often gave a good insight into how his new classmates would react in a stressful situation. You never knew when that kind of thing might come in handy.

[OOC: OCD is coming up!]

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Re: Waiting for the Shuttle

[notmyownage]

He wasn't making any threatening moves, so Claudia didn't much care about his height or ethnicity.

The werewolf thing mighta gotten a reaction out of her, though.

"Wouldn't know. I've never seen a welcoming committee before."

Re: Waiting for the Shuttle

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

Turning into a bull sized wolf did make a certain impression on people.

"I honestly can't say I have either," he admitted. "I wouldn't mind if they brought food with them."

Re: Waiting for the Shuttle

[notmyownage]

"Yeah, my flight didn't even offer any tiny packets of snack food."

Re: Waiting for the Shuttle

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"Had to pay for them," Jacob said, "but I had to connect in Atlanta so I just ate something there. Where were you flying from?"

Re: Waiting for the Shuttle

[notmyownage]

"Minneapolis. Managed to land me a direct flight."

Re: Waiting for the Shuttle

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"My dad just decided this week that I should come here so the only flights still available were with stops," Jacob said. "I actually flew in from Seattle. I'm from La Push."

Re: Waiting for the Shuttle

[notmyownage]

"I'm assuming that's in Washington." Claudia shrugged. "Unless Mrs. Frederic is, like, even creepier than I thought, she managed to land a direct one on pretty short notice. But Minneapolis is one of those, like, hub airports."

Re: Waiting for the Shuttle

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"I guess the travel gods were against me or something," Jacob shrugged. "Who's Mrs. Frederic?"

Re: Waiting for the Shuttle

[notmyownage]

"The freaky new social worker who decided to send me here. I figured she was some kind of recruiter or something."

Re: Waiting for the Shuttle

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

Jacob grimaced. "Did you get in trouble or something?" No, he had no problems asking personal questions straight off. At least he sounded sympathetic, it hadn't been his decision to go to Fandom, after all.

Re: Waiting for the Shuttle

[notmyownage]

"I kind of figured everyone here did. This is some kind of juvie school, right?"

Re: Waiting for the Shuttle

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

Jacob blinked and... "I hope not," he said, looking disturbed. "That could explain why my dad can afford a school on a frigging island."

Re: Waiting for the Shuttle

[notmyownage]

"So you didn't, like, recently blow something up totally and completely on accident?"

Re: Waiting for the Shuttle

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

Did a vampire-werewolf treaty count? Probably not.

"No," he said, frowning. "I'm apparently worrying my dad, but I haven't done anything wrong."

He paused.

"What did you blow up?"

Re: Waiting for the Shuttle

[notmyownage]

Claudia's shoulders rose up slightly and she peered up at him through her hair. "My foster parents' bathroom."

Re: Waiting for the Shuttle

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"Ouch," Jacob sounded mostly amused now. "So what it an accident?"

Re: Waiting for the Shuttle

[notmyownage]

"Turns out those particular chemicals have a fairly . . . unstable chemical reaction. Who knew?"

Re: Waiting for the Shuttle

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

Jacob shook his head. "And they threw you in boarding school because of an accident?"

Re: Waiting for the Shuttle

[notmyownage]

"It maybe wasn't the first time I'd managed to destroy private property."

Re: Waiting for the Shuttle

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"Okay," he rubbed the back of his neck as he watched her. "Maybe you should give me a warning when you decide to play with your chemicals?"

Re: Waiting for the Shuttle

[notmyownage]

"I try to keep them away from other people." Claudia shrugged. "Science requires risks. And theory is boring."

Re: Waiting for the Shuttle

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"So what exactly were you studying when you blew up the bathroom?" Jacob asked, curious now.

Re: Waiting for the Shuttle

[notmyownage]

"Ever heard of Georg Joachim Rheticus?"

Re: Waiting for the Shuttle

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"Um... I'm pretty sure I haven't," he said. "The most science I know involves engines."

Re: Waiting for the Shuttle

[notmyownage]

"He pretty much predates internal combustion. He was a sixteenth century mathematician. Who could teleport."