BWI Portalocity Lounge | Saturday Morning

[princessarcasm]

One of the very few perks of having a meteorologist for a mother was that Amy could almost always avoid weather-related flight delays by relying on her mom for information. That was usually very convenient, but today it meant that due to anticipated late morning storms in northern Texas, Amy had been forced to fly in at ass o'clock in the morning so that she wouldn't run the risk of missing the bus to school. So it looked like she was the first person to reach the Fandom High banner in the airport lounge, and while Amy had always had hopes of one day winning a race, this wasn't quite what she had had in mind.

Armed with an overstuffed duffel bag and her favorite pair of sweatpants (they were decorated with little cartoon strips of bacon!), Amy stifled a heavy yawn and parked herself in a distant corner of the lounge where she could wait for more people to show up.

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Re: The Trip to Fandom!

[furnaceface]

//Hey, fresh meat headed to Fandom? Th'bus is now boarding.//

Yeah, Jono said that before he so much as opened the door to the shuttle, because he was an ass like that. He was going to open it and step off the bus a moment later, though, in case any of the new students needed a hand with any luggage, because he wasn't a total ass.

Mostly.

//Watch your steps, mind the glitter.//

The bus didn't actually have any glitter on it, by some miracle. Seriously, Jono lived for this.

Re: The Trip to Fandom!

[princessarcasm]

The fact that Jono's voice was coming from inside her head didn't immediately connect with Amy, since she was so tired she probably wouldn't have noticed if he had said it telepathically and in Portuguese.

"Hi, I'm Amy," she said as she stood up and hauled her duffel bag up off the ground. Grabbing for politeness, she offered, "I like your scarf?"

Scarf... thing.

Re: The Trip to Fandom!

[furnaceface]

Awww, a student who was both polite and not freaking out at him being the first on the bus? Jono liked this one already.

//Thanks, luv. I'm Jonothon. Professor Starsmore, I suppose, if you want to stand on propriety, but I still don't know how to react to being called 'Professor.'// He held out a hand to help her with her bag. //Long trip so far?//

Call it a hunch.

Re: The Trip to Fandom!

[princessarcasm]

"No delays or anything, so it could have been worse," Amy said automatically, handing the bag off to Jono. But then that other thing that was happening resonated, and she blurted out, "Hang on, how are you saying that?"

So much for the politeness?

Re: The Trip to Fandom!

[furnaceface]

Well, it had been nice while it lasted. Jono really didn't seem to mind all that much as he slung the bag over his shoulder and made his way to load the bag onto the bus.

//Most people wouldn't believe me if I were to tell them, on their first day,// he noted. //Ever hear of superpowers, luv?//

Re: The Trip to Fandom!

[seeks_truth]

This... man looked as if he knew what had happened here, and no, the fact his voice did not appear to be coming out of his mouth hadn't escaped Cassandra.

Of course, she leaped to the wrong conclusion.

"Mage," she snapped, looking up at him from the street. "You will explain this to me now."

Re: The Trip to Fandom!

[furnaceface]

'Mage' was a new one even for Jonothon, and he blinked at the girl - nice armour - before shrugging his shoulders.

//Close enough,// he decided. //This is the bus. It'll be taking you to school, where, presumably, unless you decide to skip your classes or something, you'll be learning things. Whatever things you registered to learn.//

A beat, and then he added, //Most of our classes are even useful, this semester.//

Re: The Trip to Fandom!

[seeks_truth]

To be entirely fair, at the moment it took very little to get an accusation of magehood from Cassandra, who was... frazzled, to say the least.

She was also possibly doing more gesturing with her sword than some might be comfortable with.

"Again with this school," she said. "Talk sense."

Re: The Trip to Fandom!

[furnaceface]

//Here, tell you what,// Jono sighed, waving a hand. //You put that thing away, and I'll tell you everything I can. Just be mindful that you might not like the answers... I'm not certain how you wound up here, if you're confused about it yourself.//

He totally got the 'no idea how I got here' deal. After all, his first day on the island had been courtesy of some kind of sentient fairy mist.

Re: The Trip to Fandom!

[wandering-stone.livejournal.com]

Jones eyed the man with the covered face curiously. "Telepathy?" She asked politely.

Re: The Trip to Fandom!

[furnaceface]

//Telepathy,// Jono confirmed, giving Jones a polite nod in turn. //You've got experience with it, I'm guessing?//

She didn't seem to be freaking out. The curiosity was a welcome change of pace, actually.

Re: The Trip to Fandom!

[wandering-stone.livejournal.com]

"My previous teaching position dealt with a wide variety of students," Jones said stepping onto the first step of the bus.

Which caused a slight creak in the suspension. Not that anyone might notice off the bat. "Most of them had rather unique abilities."

Re: The Trip to Fandom!

[furnaceface]

Eh, even if Jono had noticed, he'd seen much stranger things than creaky buses before. He didn't pay much attention, really.

//Well, then you'll do quite well on the island, I should think. You're here to teach, I'm guessing?//

My, Jono. What was your first clue?

Re: The Trip to Fandom!

[hexentotchen.livejournal.com]

"Why is there glitter?" Hanna asked, one foot on the steps. She peered into the bus, then gave Jono a questioning look. "I don't see any."

Re: The Trip to Fandom!

[furnaceface]

//I'm bracing you for it well in advance,// Jono shared, giving the girl a nod of his head. //Knowing this school, it can't hurt to have some time to process before we get to the welcome picnic. They really, really enjoy their glitter, on Fandom.//

Re: The Trip to Fandom!

[hexentotchen.livejournal.com]

"I think I like it," Hanna said, sounding hopeful. "Thank you. I appreciate any warnings you give me."

Polite, she could do. Having your dad as a drill sergeant made it reflex. And perhaps... "I have not been to school before, with other children. Is there anything I should know, first?"

Also, it was interesting that she seemed to hear his voice in her head. Ventriloquism?

Re: The Trip to Fandom!

[furnaceface]

Jono was the best ventriloquist act in town. He didn't move his mouth at least once!

//Oh, luv, you're in for a treat.// He held out his hand, ticking on his fingers. //There's usually free food in one of the common rooms, if you're feeling peckish. You'll most likely be sharing a room with another new student, but you'll be assigned a big sibling out of the existing lot to show you the rope. The year's 2015, just barely, Fandom Island is located in America, and yes, those are both things that will probably be relevant in conversation at least once.//

Re: The Trip to Fandom!

[elated-or-gassy.livejournal.com]

"There's glitter?" Anna asked, dragging one of the two trunks over towards the -- guy who smelled a little -- towards the guy who was picturesque and easily identifiable by scent. There.

"Wait. Did you ..." Anna was tilting her head and squinting at him funny, because -- wait. Did he just say that in her head!?!

Re: The Trip to Fandom!

[furnaceface]

Damn right he was picturesque. Look at that hair, Anna. Look at it.

//I did,// he replied with a little shrug, //if you're asking if I made the glitter up.//

Yes, he was being a brat, now. Which was completely unusual and not at all like him. Honest.

Re: The Trip to Fandom!

[elated-or-gassy.livejournal.com]

"You made up glitter?!" Anna asked, outraged enough to be distracted from her actual question. "That's mean! You got my hopes up! I was going to put glitter in my hair, and --"

Focus, Anna.

"Are you actually talking in my brain!?" she asked. "Because that girl over there is in armor and I've never seen what those big metal things are and so maybe I'm wondering if I hit my head."

Re: The Trip to Fandom!

[furnaceface]

//You'll get your fill of glitter before the day is through,// Jono promised, //and you probably haven't hit your head, so much as...//

He took a look at her dress.

//... Traveled through time, most likely. Yes, I am talking into your head. You'll get used to it, though there aren't many people around the island who do it on a regular basis.//

Re: The Trip to Fandom!

[talentforlying]

"Ignore Jon, he's being an arse since it's required to be snarky and British to be in charge of this run today. There's no glitter," another, male, voice said, and Constantine stuck his head out the backseat driver window window behind the driver. "OI! Fandom High! Asses in seats, or we leave without you!"

Re: The Trip to Fandom!

[furnaceface]

//If one more of them pulls a weapon on me or looks as though they're about to, they're riding on the roof,// Jono groused after he had dealt with a few of the new kids. //My count is one sword and what was almost certainly a gun, and I'm just thankful at this point that it's not my job to get them to check those into the weapons locker. Security can have fun with that.//

Even if a sword or a gun probably couldn't kill him. It still wasn't his idea of a good time.

Re: The Trip to Fandom!

[talentforlying]

"Yeah, I heard princess sword-up-her-butt there, towards the end. She starts giving you shite again, point her at me and say I'm the mage." John, that smile isn't nice. "I'll deal with the attitude."

Re: The Trip to Fandom!

[furnaceface]

//... I'd pay money to see that,// Jono decided. //Not that I didn't have it handled. I give the students we get plenty of credit, but she doesn't have half a bloody clue what she's getting herself into, and threatening me with a sword is a move that sits somewhere on the stupid scale right near the end that Darwin appreciates most.//

He shrugged.

//Won't do to have her doing that to her classmates, though. I know of at least two students who use magic in their day-to-day.//