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BWI Portalocity Terminal [Saturday Morning]

Emma had flown with Angelica from Logan Airport in Boston to Baltimore so she wouldn't have to make the entire trip alone, and Angelica was grateful for that. But after a hug goodbye when the time came for Emma's flight back to Massachusetts, Angelica was alone in the lounge, waiting for the bus to Fandom High. She buried her face in a book and tried not to be too nervous about changing schools, counting out the positives. She might make new friends. Empath and Roulette wouldn't be there. She might accidentally fry someone with her microwave powers.

Oooookay, that last one wasn't too positive.

[Up early for SP! ~~Please wait for OCD!~~ The Ginger Express is now in service.]

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Ragnor Fell's portal had landed her inside security so Jocelyn didn't worry about problems with the weapons that took up a portion of her suitcase and were stashed inside her coat. She was feeling a little bit nervous about her clothes though. The long green velvet coat and dress underneath drew more stares from the traveling mundies than she was comfortable with. Mundies didn't usually notice her, but she'd been forbidden from using glamours for this trip. Stupid rule.

She pushed her way into the Portalocity lounge, surveying the other students there with some measure of interest as she found a seat. The door to Portalocity itself seemed to be glamoured in some odd way. What made these kids special to be able to see it?

"Hey" was the quiet greeting as Jocelyn took a seat, her boots up on the suitcase.

Mercy nodded at her. "Hey."

Seeking some hint of familiarity in her movement, Jocelyn eyed the other girl as she shook her hair back over her shoulders. "Pretty much," she agreed. "I'm Jocelyn. Fairchild."

"Mercedes. Thompson," Mercy offered. "Nice to meet you, Jocelyn."

"How do you know?" Jocelyn asked, a tad archly. "We've only exchanged fourteen words."

Mercy raised an eyebrow. "Because my mother taught me manners?" No need to try and explain which mother.

"Though if it'd make you feel better I could say something ruder."

"Did your mother teach you that too?" she replied, half-amused. "Because then it sounds like she covered all the bases."

"Evelyn taught me the first, Margi the second," Mercy said. "And yeah, I guess between them they did."

Jocelyn's eyes widened. She knew about homosexuality, sure, but it wasn't exactly accepted within the Clave. "...oh. Well...good. Then."

Mercy wasn't quite sure why the girl smelled - startled? She couldn't be the first person in the world to have a biological mother and a foster mother. "Yeah. I still miss Evelyn, but I try and remember what she taught me."

Oh. Right. That made more sense then. Jocelyn nodded, her own good manners finally kicking in. "I share your grief," she said formally, eschewing saying things like 'I'm sorry' by Shadowhunter tradition.

For some reason that formal sentence made Mercy's eyes fill. It had only been 2 years after all and things since then had been... Not. Good. "Thanks," she said, ducking her head to try and hide her emotions.

The other girl's sadness made Jocelyn feel ashamed of her rudeness earlier even as she heard Valentine's voice in her heard mocking her for caring about mundanes.

"My best friend's mother died recently," she offered. "I wish things were different."

"Me too," Mercy said. "And I'm sorry about your friend's mom. It's not fair, but it's life."

Jocelyn shrugged. The idea of death being 'fair' or not didn't quite compute. "It happens," she agreed. "Is that why you're going to Fandom? Because of your mother?"

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"Hi," Angelica said shyly, glancing up at the new arrival. "I like your coat."

"Thanks," Jocelyn replied, just stopping herself from readjusting it at the compliment. "My best friend gave it to me this winter. I forgot the mun-people would stare. We're more formal at home." She smiled at the girl. "I'm Jocelyn."

"Mun-people?" Angelica repeated, not sure of the meaning there.

"I'm Angelica. Where are you from?"

"Um. I was going to say mundanes. You know, just normal people," Jocelyn said. "And Idris - it's just a tiny country in Europe."

"Normal people?" Angelica glanced around and leaned forward, dropping her voice. "Are you a mutant?"

"A mutant?" she kept her voice a little low out of respect for Angelica's tone, but there was obviously a lot of confusion there. "No, I'm a Shadowhunter. What's a mutant?"

"You've never heard of mutants?" Angelica said. Well, she had no idea what a Shadowhunter was, so it was only fair. "They're people who aren't exactly normal. They have powers other people don't."

Well, that sounded familiar. "Powers like what?" Jocelyn said carefully.

"Like...being able to fly or turn into metal or walk through walls," Angelica said, squirming a little uncomfortably. Emma might get mad at her if she knew she was talking about stuff like this.

"Huh." Jocelyn noticed the nervousness and thought she should stop quizzing. It didn't sound like Downworlders so much - though they probably were. "It sounds a little like Shadowhunters only with more - variation. We're mostly born with some powers but the biggest is the ability to use the angel's marks." She extended her right hand to show the mark tattooed there.

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