BWI Airport Portalocity Lounge- Saturday morning

[stacyexperiment]

A few days ago Gwen saw New York destroyed and drowned and her friend/roommate/surrogate brother type was presumed dead for a while- got a really amazing obituary for his alter-ego and everything. Today she was waiting for a portal that was going to take her to a school in Maryland. She was actually looking forward to school, just to get back to doing normal things again, but the timing was weird.

She seemed to be the first one here, and the banner meant she was probably in the right seat, so.

Gwen would be the sullen-looking girl sitting under the glittery Fandom High banner and showing too much midriff. And occasionally brushing at the top of her head with her hand because she was convinced the glitter was probably raining down on her.

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The Trip to Fandom

[stacyexperiment]

Starring our lovely guest driver!

Re: The Trip to Fandom

[raspberryturk]

Bus? Check. Driver? Check. License to drive a bus?

... Mostly optional. But Reno was licensed to drive a helicopter, and the shuttle was likely to spend almost as much time airborne, so he was counting it close enough.

"All aboard for Fandom High, yo!"

If any of you newbies are the praying type, you might want to start doing that now.

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[stacyexperiment]

Gwen got on the bus, but couldn't resist checking, "This is a legitimate shuttle thing, right? You're not just picking up groups of teenagers to take somewhere and dismember us?"

Either way, she was already on the bus.

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[raspberryturk]

"Oh, yeah, I spent years saving up for the shitty school bus just for that purpose," Reno snorted, but he gave the girl a grin all the same. "Nah, I'm one of the teachers up at the school. Teaching a class about public service and everything this semester, yo."

It was probably actually the first very-nearly-legitimate-if-you-squinted classes he'd ever taught. He was kind of proud of himself.

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[stacyexperiment]

"They have classes on that? Sounds pretty progressive."

Oh you just wait, Gwen.

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[raspberryturk]

"Progressive," Reno echoed, pursing his lips thoughtfully. "Yeah, I guess that's one way to put it. We also got classes on food, an intro to technology, sex ed, history, a couple of lit classes..."

And then, realizing that he'd exhausted pretty much every typical high school course not taught by a high-tech simulation, he shrugged and added, "meditation and ass-kicking..."

Re: The Trip to Fandom

[stacyexperiment]

Gwen blinked. "Wait, what?"

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[raspberryturk]

"Taught by the dean of students," Reno added, just a touch too cheerfully. "So you know it's gotta be good. I mean, if you're into that meditation thing."

Who wouldn't be into ass-kicking?

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[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

"Hey, we have someone on staff who says 'yo,' yo!" Johnny said, far to amused by this fact.

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[raspberryturk]

"Like it's a religion," Reno replied, smirking. "What, that's unusual somehow?"

For Fandom, it was probably one of the less strange things about the faculty.

Hell, it was one of the less strange things about Reno.

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[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

"I'm used to teachers who punctuate sentences with explanations of how Quantum Physics is really easy," Johnny said. "And then I'd laugh at them because that's nuts. So you're an improvement already."

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[raspberryturk]

"See, I can already tell that yours is the sort of bright young mind Fandom High needs," Reno snorted, giving Johnny a thumbs-up. "Quantum physics, huh? Shit, I'm lucky if I can get regular physics to work in my favor, yo."

Said the guy who can just eight feet into the air from a standstill and run straight up a wall just because.

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[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

"I prefer chemistry," Johnny said. "I don't understand it, but hey, fire is awesome."

He did not flame on. He was so tempted to, but he didn't want to melt the bus.

Re: The Trip to Fandom

[raspberryturk]

Reno probably would have just given him a casual once-over before dumping his coffee on him.

"Yeah, I'm a fan. That and lightning, yo. Probably for the best I don't teach a chem class at the school, though. We'd burn the whole damn island down within the first week."

It would be awesome.

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[giveherahand]

"Does this thing have wheels?!" Mara asked in an appalled voice.

Guess which galaxy the slightly mouthy redhead's from, Reno. Go ahead.

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[raspberryturk]

Hmmmm, let him think about this one for a moment...

"Yeah, you're gonna have to take the wheels thing up with the Dean," Reno replied, gleefully fobbing that headache off on Anakin. "If I had my way, we'd be flyin' to the island, yo. Faster. Way more opportunity to scare the shit outta newbies by doin' barrel rolls..."

Re: The Trip to Fandom

[giveherahand]

"Who's scared of barrel rolls?" Mara asked, looking unimpressed.

This was a stupid, stupid planet. And she'd been to the Outer Rim.

Once.

But it counted!

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[raspberryturk]

"Clearly not you," Reno mused, nodding his approval. The little daredevil types were always the most amusing. "Bet we got at least one or two in this batch. There are a few every semester who freak the hell out whenever less than four of the wheels on the bus ain't touchin' the ground."

And for anyone who had ever counted the wheels on a school bus...

Re: The Trip to Fandom

[giveherahand]

Mara had counted, yeah. "How many are supposed to be touching?" she asked. "We don't use such hopelessly ancient tech where I'm from."

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[raspberryturk]

"All four," Reno replied, wrinkling his nose a little. "Or so I'm told. I dunno. I come from a world where most land vehicles have three at most. Or, you know, they hover."

Hovering was kind of a new addition, mind. Thanks for that one, Rikku!

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[poison-princess.livejournal.com]

...

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...

Right. This was very much not what Evie had been expecting. She supposed she was grateful that they didn't send out a bunch of orderlies in scrubs, but...

Maybe she could take a picture of him and send it to her mom. Caption it Well-supervised, thanks.

"You're the bus driver?" For reals? Not just another student suffering from delusions?

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[raspberryturk]

"Nah," Reno replied, raising an eyebrow at the girl. "I just like sitting at the wheel when the real bus driver isn't looking."

Gods, he'd be almost flattered to still be mistaken for a student, if he cared all that much about how old he looked.

"You a student?"

For reals? Not, like, a bus driver or anything?

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[poison-princess.livejournal.com]

See, considering what Evie had heard about this place, that was a distinct possibility. This guy looked like he could be the kind of person who needed a day pass to leave the island anyway.

"Nah," Evie returned, Southern drawl even thicker than usual. "I just like hitchhiking on weird buses. Makes it easier to travel with all my luggage."

Re: The Trip to Fandom

[raspberryturk]

"See, then you're the perfect kind of crazy for our little island," Reno snorted, clearly amused. "We get all types on Fandom, yo."

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[poison-princess.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, don't worry, the doctors gave me the spiel already," Evie muttered sourly, reflexively checking around to see if anyone had heard.

Look, she and her mother had told everyone that she'd spent the summer at special school for deportment. After all, it was never too early to start prepping for those competitive sororities in the South. So talking openly about it now was very unsettling.

"I can hardly wait, I'm sure."