fandomhigh | BWI Airport Portalocity Lounge, Saturday Morning

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BWI Airport Portalocity Lounge, Saturday Morning

There was a crackle of energy before reality split and portal opened up into the Portalocity Lounge. A few seconds later a figure popped through the portal wearing what appeared to be an environmental suit attached to an air supply hose going back into the portal. He then pulled out a tablet device and took some readings before stripping off the environmental suit revealing the teenager known as Barry Ween.

"Okay, Jeremy. I'm here and the atmosphere is breathable. Send the rest of my shit through," Barry said into his comm headset. "No. Just push it into the portal and pull back the suit. Jesus Christ! How fucking hard is it to push it through numb-nuts? Just fucking push it!"

Three suitcases and a large crate appeared through the portal. "About fucking time. Okay, now press the button to close the portal. Which one? The big fucking button that has a label on it that says 'PRESS THIS FUCKING BUTTON AND NOTHING ELSE.' Are you fucking kidding me? No. No. No! Just fucking forget it! Don't touch anything I'll shut it down remotely."

A couple of taps on his pad and the portal disappeared with a "plip." "All right it's done. Don't touch any of my fucking stuff while I'm gone, Jeremy. You hear me? All right. I'll check in with you later."

Barry looked up at the glittery sign bearing the name 'Fandom High' and grunted before going back to his tablet and taking further readings; muttering to himself occasionally when he found something of interest.

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A bus that did not have a Union Jack painted on it, thank you very much, Jono.

Anakin swept into the waiting area with his Jedi robes swirling behind him, a small glower on his face. Karking drivers and their terrible lack of driver skills. "Fandom High? Get your stuff."

Barry looked at the bus driver skeptically.

"You're our driver?" Barry asked. "What's with the robes?"

"I like them," Anakin said, frowning.

He really did just set himself up for abuse every time he did this by wearing the Jedi uniform.

"And I'm the Dean of Students who just happens to enjoy driving."

Driving really, really fast. And sometimes not on the road. Sorry, kids.

Barry was throwing his bag on his shoulders and activating the hover devices on his trunks from his tablet. "Dean of students? Really?" he asked. "Can't you delegate that job to someone with a smaller paycheck?"

"I do sometimes," Anakin said, "but I like meeting the students early."

He was a people person, Barry. Couldn't you tell by the glowering?

Yeah Anakin was all sugar and rainbows. He could tell.

"Most faculty I know fake a smile and try to be nice on a students' first day. Somebody piss in your Cheerios?"

"I wasn't watching my son that carefully this morning, so it's possible," Anakin admitted. "He's not quite two."

Guess who'd never heard that expression before. Go on, guess.

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Oh God, this was so weird. Kate had not even actually taken any of Anakin's classes – she mostly knew him through Bod, and even then it was really that whole Hunger Games business – but seeing him, for a second she totally forgot she was here as teacher and not as some random loser trying to repeat high school three years after graduating.

Which was to say, she hoped her nervous smile didn't make her look like an impostor. "Hi, Professor Skywalker."

Anakin blinked. "Not a student, right?"

Kate shook her head and let a chuckle slip out. "Not unless Portalocity dropped me off somewhere between 2009 and 2011." A beat. "Which they might, but I don't think they did."

"It was 2014 when I left Fandom this morning, if that helps. You're teaching then? Or just needing a ride on a really fortunate day?"

"No, I'm teaching being awesome." That was a ridiculous thing to say for so many reasons. "The ride's just a plus."

"Can people really be taught to be awesome?" Anakin asked with a little smile. "I thought I was just born that way."

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Mostly only dragons wore robes like that back home. Or mages.

Kaylin stared at him for a moment, but his eyes didn't change at all, which said he wasn't a dragon, and he didn't make her markings itch or burn, so he probably wasn't a mage. Maybe they were dress uniform robes?

"Are you a Hawk? Well, of course, you're not, 'cause we're not in Elantra, but I mean, are you part of whatever the Halls of Law are like here?"

She'd kind of be happier if she met someone like that right away.

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Anakin tilted his head as he tried to process all of the titles. "I'm not a Hawk," he said. "I'm a Jedi. I'm also the Dean of Students for the school."

"Is a Jedi like someone who keeps the peace or who solves cases?" Kaylin asked and then the rest of what he said caught up with her.

"Oh," she said visibly deflating. "You're going to hate me then."

"Hate's a strong word," Anakin said. "I don't set out to hate anyone, young one. Why would I hate you?"

Kaylin sighed. "You will. All my teachers hate me. They say I'm not living up to my potential. Or that I'm rude and hopeless. One of them told me he wished he'd never been born if it meant he had me as a student."

She was pretty glum about it, but things were the way they were. "I'm always late and I fall asleep in class and I don't really care all that much about stupid politics and interspecies relations-whatsis. I learned to read and write, though! Mostly. That should count for something, right?"

"Something," Anakin agreed, looking slightly amused. "I think you'll discover classes here aren't quite as traditional as what you're used to."

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"Nice robes," Anders said dryly, picking up the skirts to his own. "Do you ever find them drafty?"

"Not particularly," Anakin said. "I think wearing two shirts helps with that, though."

"Two shirts and leggings," Anders added in agreement. "Though it seems warm enough here that I won't need them."

"Oh, by July, you'll be sweltering," Anakin said. "This place is incredibly humid."

Anders plucked unhappily at some of the fur trim on his robe. "I suppose I'll have to find a place to buy summer robes."

And money to buy them with, but never mind that.

"The clothing store on the island is remarkably well stocked," Anakin assured him.