fandomhigh | 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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"Oh, something like that. My mom said she wants me doing something productive with my summer," Kira said. "Who sent you?"

"Marcus and the Hawklord," Kaylin said glumly. "And if I don't do well, I don't get to be a Hawk."

[off to my show. sp?]

"That doesn't sound nice. Is that like a military thing?" Kira asked.

[Yay SP!]

"It's a Halls of Law thing," Kaylin explained. "The Hawks investigate cases."

"Oh, that sounds really cool," Kira said. "I'm sure you'll do well. There's no sense in worrying before you've even started, right?"

"You clearly haven't met me before," Kaylin said."Worrying is one of the things I do best."

"Oh, I worry a lot too. I'm worried about being away from home. It's my first time," Kira admitted.

"That's hard," Kaylin said, wondering what it would be like to have a real home to miss. The Hawks were her home, sort of. Mostly. Or she hoped they would be. But every now and then she remembered her mother and...

"It's not exactly my first time, but it's my first time in a place as different as this is."

"Have you not been to an airport before?" Hey, some people didn't get to have stressful experiences like plane rides.

"A what?" Kaylin was completely baffled. "Is that what this is? I've never seen a place like this before with all these loud weird carriages. And where are the horses? Though how a horse could pull a monstrosity like that, I have no idea."

"We use engines, not horses. Technology's pretty awesome," Kira said. "They don't have this stuff where you're from?"

Kaylin shook her head. "Nothing like it at all," she admitted.

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