BWI Airport | Portalocity Lounge | Saturday Morning | August 28

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

In most instances, no one would bat an eye at seeing a boy and his dog. In this instance, some people might actually run away screaming at the sight of this boy and this dog. Percy Jackson didn’t look all that intimidating on his own. He was average height, dark haired and carried a ball point pen in the pocket of his jeans.

Of course, the huge hellhound sitting behind Percy might have turned a few heads if not for the Mist. Thankfully, most mortals didn’t see Mrs. O’ Leary, Percy’s inherited hellhound sitting lazily in the BWI airport lounge (how the hellhound had fit, Percy didn’t know).

Percy himself didn’t look as relaxed as his dog. His eyes were jumping left to right, almost as if he expected something to attack him or for Luke to emerge from the crowd with that more smirk than smile look on his face.

This was about the fourteenth school Percy had been to since age twelve. He didn’t expect it to last. He wanted to be at Camp Half Blood. Instead, he was waiting in an airport lounge for a shuttle to cart him and his hellhound to a place called Fandom.

Percy frowned. He didn’t think this day could get worse.

[Open shuttle bus! Mrs. O’ Leary is a big ole hellhound that most mortals probably would not see because of something called the Mist. If you’re not exactly all the way mortal, you’d see her though. She’s not going to attack anyone, I promise.]

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Mingle [NS 08/28]

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

It's time to wait around for the shuttle and its driver arrive! Mingle with each other or just sit and wait!

Re: Mingle [NS 08/28]

[faithandscience.livejournal.com]

William was clutching his single rather battered suitcase in one hand and his hat in the other while trying not to gape at, well. Everything. He could practically hear Sister Genevieve's voice admonishing him about catching flies.

"Oh, I. Uh. Hello. Am I in the right place?" he asked.

Re: Mingle [NS 08/28]

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

"That depends on what you're looking for," Percy replied after a moment spent gaping at William. "So. What're you looking for?"

Percy was just hoping the answer wasn't 'you'. He'd had that happen too often already.

Re: Mingle [NS 08/28]

[steel-not-glass.livejournal.com]

Wow. Just wow. Cindy hadn't seen anyone dressed quite like that since the mid-70's. 1870's, that is.

Which would account for the gobsmacked expression.

"If you're looking for the shuttle to Fandom Island, you are," she told him, trying not to smile too broadly.

Re: Mingle [NS 08/28]

[didntchewgrass.livejournal.com]

Elphaba stood in a corner, arms folded deliberately across her chest. She had on her glasses, a simple black outfit and a blue woven cap on her head. Her hair was braided and tucked neatly behind her.

This was not what she had expected, especially not after having experienced the wonders of travelling through a magical portal. Elphaba felt quite alone, and was acutely aware that she had to brace herself for the inevitable gawking stares, pointed fingers, and whispered conversations.

Re: Mingle [NS 08/28]

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

Percy wasn't going to gawk or point but he was slanting glances at her every so often. He couldn't help it, her skin was pinging off his monster radar. He'd been attacked by green things and green people before. She didn't look dangerous but looks were deceiving, he'd learned that the very hard way.

Behind him, Mrs. O'Leary yawned like she was utterly bored and utterly over just sitting there. Percy looked at her and nodded. He could agree with that sentiment.

Re: Mingle [NS 08/28]

[faithandscience.livejournal.com]

Quite predictably, William was staring. Without trying to look as if he were staring. It's just that he'd never seen a green person before!

Re: Mingle [NS 08/28]

[talks-backwards.livejournal.com]

"You are green."

Zatanna smiled at Elphaba. "That is so awesome. Are you like, magic?" She had to, green people couldn't just be regular. Or she was a mutant, which wasn't as cool as being magical, but hey, it was something.

Re: Mingle [NS 08/28]

[onapalebicycle.livejournal.com]

George was trying to ignore people, and look unapproachable. It looked like the green girl might be doing the same thing.

Why would you dress up like that if you didn't want people to notice you? Maybe she'd been stuck at an early Halloween party. Maybe it was a new Goth trend she'd missed. Whatever.

She wasn't meaning to stare, but she probably was, anyway. Boredom and curiosity more than anything hostile. Not that it necessarily came across like that.

Re: Mingle [NS 08/28]

[onlymistaken]

If the skinny girl with the leather duffle over her shoulder looked like whatever airline she'd flown in on hadn't bothered to land, just shoved her out the door without a parachute, it was a fairly accurate impression. Cally supposed she ought to be happy just to be alive, and she was, but she'd tumbled out of a swirl of light directly into a wall, so even if she'd felt like smiling, it would have hurt.

Her head ached anyway, she was dizzy and confused, and the uniformed man in the corridor had simply stared at her when she asked -- three times -- where she was and where the nearest spaceport might be. Until she said it slowly and out loud -- then he finally muttered something about her being one of those and directed her to the room she was currently entering.

//Hello?// she sent as she pushed the door open and leaned for a moment against the frame for balance.

Re: Mingle [NS 08/28]

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

Percy immediately tensed at the sudden sound in his head and his hand curled around Riptide instinctively. He didn't know where it had come from but voices in his head tended only to happen when something bad was approaching.

Unfortunately, he couldn't blame this on a dream since he was wide awake. His eyes darted around, looking for whoever had done that, trying to pick them out of the growing crowd. He didn't say anything though, just in case someone was trying to figure out who he was.

Re: Mingle [NS 08/28]

[faithandscience.livejournal.com]

"What in the *world*?" by now, Will had taken a seat and was fiddling nervously with his hat, which was sent tumbling as he jumped halfway out of his chair in surprise.

Re: Mingle [NS 08/28]

[onapalebicycle.livejournal.com]

George's reaction was immediate, and leaning towards hostile.

"What the fuck?" she asked, jumping to her feet and glaring around her. "Who did that!?"

She hoped someone had done that. Otherwise she was losing her mind.

Could reapers be insane? Did Mason count?

Mingle [NS 08/28]

[super-tactile.livejournal.com]

Kon had landed a little ways off and walked the rest of the way, scowling a bit and dragging his feet the whole way. He still wasn't sure why he had to go to school. Or why he couldn't just fly there himself, it would be so much faster.

But no, Cadmus wanted him to socialize and learn to blend in better or whatever. Whatever, Kon was social!

Hopefully the girls were hot.

He spotted a group of people up ahead and shrugged as he headed towards them.

"This is place for that Fandom High thing?"

Re: Mingle [NS 08/28]

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

"This is it," Percy answered, nodding. "We're all just standing around, in plain sight, waiting for the shuttle."

Maybe he didn't think it was such a good idea to be out in the open where any person could see and attack him. Not that being hidden had stopped them either.

Re: Mingle [NS 08/28]

[didntchewgrass.livejournal.com]

"If it's not, then we're all in the wrong place," Elphaba replied, still off in her corner with her suitcase at her feet.

Re: Mingle [NS 08/28]

[faithandscience.livejournal.com]

"Indeed it is," William offered the other boy a slight smile.

Re: Mingle [NS 08/28]

[onapalebicycle.livejournal.com]

"Seems like it," George said. This was practically an excited welcome, from her. "Dunno what we're waiting for."

If it was another plane, she was going to be pissed.

Re: Mingle [NS 08/28]

[steel-not-glass.livejournal.com]

Well, at least one of the teachers was, at any rate.

"Another star pupil already in the making," Cindy said lightly. "It's good to be back."

Re: Mingle [NS 08/28]

[talks-backwards.livejournal.com]

Well, that had been an interesting trip...but although no, not really. Zatanna was already bored, the books she had brought stashed so they could save her from boredom later, the place new and somewhat not as impressive as she had been led to believe. And there people, some older, some younger. Some green. She stared for a bit, but her attention went to the rest of the people, and then back to being bored.

Taking out a deck of cards, she decided to kill some time with a couple of tricks on the other newbies. At least nobody would be betting any money. Probably.

"So, who wants to pick a card?" An inquisitive look to the boy with the huge black dog, as he looked somewhat gullible. No offense, really, but when you wanted to become the next best stage magician you had to know who to pick.

Re: Mingle [NS 08/28]

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

"Pick a card for what?" Percy asked, glancing back at Mrs. O'Leary to make sure she wasn't about to get up and try and chew on those cards.

Re: Mingle [NS 08/28]

[super-tactile.livejournal.com]

Kon didn't notice the girl when she first came in, but looked up at the sound of her voice.

Okay, maybe this place wasn't going to be so bad after all. The women were fine. Plus he was bored.

"Hey babe, why don't you show me what you can do?"

Re: Mingle [NS 08/28]

[deaths-demigod.livejournal.com]

Nico had only stopped in the Underworld for a day before he was due to report to Fandom. Just an attempt at a little familial bonding before getting stuck in some interdimensional nexus for the next six months. But in truth, sometimes a day with Hades felt like an eon. This had certainly been one of those times, perhaps designed to keep him from wanting to stay down there and not try this new school thing Chiron had set up.

Rather than fly down from New York, Nico had hopped a train and then a strange portal that dumped him out in an airport lounge. "Oh, for Hades' sake," he grumbled, hefting his duffel over his shoulder to have a look around. "If the school thinks I'm getting on a plane they're just looking to start trouble."

Re: Mingle [NS 08/28]

[onapalebicycle.livejournal.com]

Well, this sucked.

The flight had sucked, and getting her bicycle into (and then out of) the luggage compartment had sucked. Fighting with the stupid airline people about the bicycle, that had sucked.

And now, George was going to wheel her bike and her luggage into the lounge, and do her very best to look unapproachable. When she wasn't giving nervous looks to that ... dog-thing.

('unapproachable' from an IC standpoint, not an OOC one, i promise!)

Re: Mingle [NS 08/28]

[steel-not-glass.livejournal.com]

Somewhere over the Atlantic, Cindy had the brilliant idea of just taking the shuttle back to the island. That's what the shuttle was for, right? Ferrying people from the airport to the school? Using the school's resources just made sense!

Walking into the lounge filled with teenagers, however, made Cindy wonder just how jet-lagged she'd been when she came up with this bright idea.