Newbie Shuttle, Portalocity Terminal, BWI (Saturday Morning Fandom Time)

[ultron_junior]

After everyone was done shouting at and/or hugging him to say goodbye – and there had been a lot of both –Victor Mancha had two choices in getting from Los Angeles to BWI. The first was taking a commercial flight, which would have been reassuringly normal.

The problem was that, even if he somehow got past the metal detectors, he suspected his circuitry might count as the kind of portable electronic device that wasn’t very takeoff-and-landing-friendly. He didn’t exactly have an easy off switch, and crashing a plane by mistake seemed like a big step towards super-villainhood.

Which meant he got to the Baltimore airport via portal. He’d never been through one before so he didn’t have much to go by, but it seemed like a nice portal: If nothing else, it smelled far better than Cloak’s ... cloak had. Victor was grateful to know that hadn’t been the state-of-the-art in teleporting.

And now he was on the East Coast other than New York for the first time. Once he’d exhausted the little potential for exploration the terminal had, he sat in a semi-comfortable airport chair, suitcase at his feet, and tried to break the Tetris high score on his phone while keeping watch for any other kids.

[OOC: Operation newbies: Go! I will be slow for a few hours after 5:30 EST, but otherwise around all night.]

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Re: The Trip to Fandom [5/04]

[sith_happened]

"You're very welcome," Anakin said. "Need a hand with any bags?"

Re: The Trip to Fandom [5/04]

[district12baker.livejournal.com]

"Just got the one," Peeta said, lifting up the bag that was in his hand. "I pack light."

Or that's just all he owned. Whichever.

Re: The Trip to Fandom [5/04]

[sith_happened]

"It's easier that way," Anakin replied. "I hope you get a roommate with as little stuff as you have."

The guy felt familiar, but he couldn't put his finger on why. "I'm Anakin Skywalker, the Dean of Students."

Re: The Trip to Fandom [5/04]

[district12baker.livejournal.com]

"Peeta Mellark," he said. "Sophomore."

Well that was less impressive than Dean of Students, wasn't it?

Re: The Trip to Fandom [5/04]

[sith_happened]

Anakin stared. "From District Twelve?"

Re: The Trip to Fandom [5/04]

[district12baker.livejournal.com]

Peeta blinked, taken aback that someone here actually recognized where he was from. "Yeah. How did you know that?"

If he looked a little nervous, well...people had been telling him this was a Capitol trap all week.

Re: The Trip to Fandom [5/04]

[sith_happened]

Anakin reached up to rub at the bridge of his nose. "I'm the Dean of Students," he said. "I know a lot of geography. You're a sophomore. So you're...fifteen?"

Katniss had been older--was Peeta her age? He couldn't remember.

Re: The Trip to Fandom [5/04]

[district12baker.livejournal.com]

"Fourteen, fifteen in September," he said. "Fall birthday. Makes me seem younger than everyone else in my class."

He wasn't quite sure what he did to make the Dean of Students look like he was getting a headache but Peeta felt bad about it.

Re: The Trip to Fandom [5/04]

[sith_happened]

Anakin nodded thoughtfully. "Welcome to Fandom," he said. "I think you'll enjoy the picnic. There's a lot of food available."