BWI Airport, Portalocity Lounge

[sciclone]

So ... this was the East coast, huh?

Cosima wasn't sure what she had expected to see, and the bland nothing of an airport lounge wasn't giving her much of an impression of her new home yet. She felt a sudden twist of worry mixed with homesickness. Maybe she shouldn't have obeyed the impulsiveness that had led her to transfer to some tiny boarding school thousands of miles from home. Not that San Francisco was doing anything great for her lately, but at least she knew people there.

If she looked at it logically, she knew not to let her nerves wreck the experience. School would be fine, and if it wasn't, she could go home at the end of the summer -- or even sooner if she wanted. But logic wasn't the easiest thing to have when you were 16 and alone in a strange airport.

She lounged in a hard airport chair, earbuds in, and poked at her phone until she found a new science podcast to listen to. It was comforting.

Comments

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[goforthe_optics]

"Uh huh," Tali confirmed. Well, even with the curious looks she'd gotten so far, it was a much better reception than she'd gotten on Illium. "I'm starting to think I've come from a little bit farther away than most of the people here, but we're going to the same place."

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[boneyard_girl]

"I don't know, how far away is far away?" Ada asked curiously. "If you don't mind me asking, I mean."

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[goforthe_optics]

"The other side of the galaxy?" Tali offered. "This is the farthest I've ever been into Alliance space. Though technically I guess it isn't Alliance space yet."

Since humans in this century still thought Charon was a moon orbiting Pluto.