BWI Airport Portalocity Lounge, Saturday Morning

[wiredweird]

All of Jughead's possessions fit inside a single backpack.

He didn't mind it. At least it was crammed as full as it could be crammed, that was good enough for him. And if he could keep people from figuring out that was the case, even better. This was supposed to be a break from –– everything. Riverdale and all associated drama.

Still, when he arrived in the lounge and checked his phone, he found himself wondering whether Archie even remembered he was moving today.

Whatever.

He dropped his backpack on the floor and leaned against the wall. Good. This seemed like a decent spot to stand in while eyeing everyone else warily.

[ooc: And we have moved! Welcome to a brand new DW edition of the traditional shuttle post. WAIT FOR THE OCD. OCD up, have at! EXCEPT YOU, WHO KNOWS WHO YOU ARE.]

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The Trip to Fandom

[wiredweird]

Once your drivers ping in!

Re: The Trip to Fandom

[uncertain_dume]

Vehicles with wheels.

Vehicles with wheels were so quaint, but there was something exciting about driving something that remained in constant contact with the ground. So many more obstacles to avoid, for example. Little things like 'traffic rules' to figure out as one went...

Kanan was grinning broadly as he finally pulled the bus up to the airport and opened the door, calling out to the gathered crowd, "All aboard for Fandom!"

Hang on to your butts, kids.

Re: The Trip to Fandom

[magnusrushesin]

"Uh, hail and well met," Magnus said, checking out the kinda janky battle-wagon.

Re: The Trip to Fandom

[uncertain_dume]

"And hello to you too," Kanan said, raising a hand to fire off a sloppy salute in greeting. "Heading to Fandom Island?"

Going by the whole getup, that seemed like a fair assumption. That didn't seem very 'modern Earth,' unless this was another one of those Renn faire deals.

Re: The Trip to Fandom

[magnusrushesin]

Which Magnus just had to return because it was only polite.

"Noooo," Magnus replied. "No, no, no. I'm trying to figure out where I am, actually."

Re: The Trip to Fandom

[uncertain_dume]

Yeah, Kanan wasn't terribly sure that was going to work out well for this guy, really.

"Ever hear of a place called Baltimore?"

Re: The Trip to Fandom

[magnusrushesin]

"That it's better than Balti-less, ammiright?" Magnus immediately joked, holding a hand up for a high five.

Re: The Trip to Fandom

[uncertain_dume]

Kanan blinked. And then he shrugged, grinned, and reached forward to give the guy that high-five.

"I'm guessing that's a no, then," he replied. "Here's one, then. Ever heard of an airport?"

It was like a cute baby spaceport. Aw, Earth.

Re: The Trip to Fandom

[magnusrushesin]

"Definitely a no," Magnus agreed, turning slightly more serious again. "And, I mean, yeah. Fantasy airports. Or flying glass spheres."

God help anyone listening to him.

Re: The Trip to Fandom

[uncertain_dume]

Like Kanan? Kanan was going to need all the help he could get?

"... Flying glass spheres?"

So, what, TIE fighters?

Re: The Trip to Fandom

[magnusrushesin]

"They're sort of top secret stuff, so forget you heard that," Magnus replied, making a bit of a face as he thought about the Bureau and then a sort of stricken one at what had been happening there. "Is there a wizard in this Fandom who might be able to help me?"

Re: The Trip to Fandom

[uncertain_dume]

"I mean, there are people who can do magic," Kanan noted, looking thoughtful. "What do you need help with, exactly?"

Yeah, that stricken face wasn't lost on him.

Re: The Trip to Fandom

[magnusrushesin]

"Getting back to my friends." Oh god, he was so earnest and full of conviction about it, it would make you puke.

Re: The Trip to Fandom

[uncertain_dume]

Well, that was kind of adorable. If generally unhelpful. Kanan raised an eyebrow at the guy, and then waved for him to get onto the bus.

"And where are your friends?"

Re: The Trip to Fandom

[somethingwithturquoise]

Summer had repeated the mantra of not starting any trouble straight out the gate, but her sarcasm couldn't be held back as muttered a deadpan little "whoo hoo" while she climbed aboard. Complete with twirly finger of friggin' excitement, too.

Re: The Trip to Fandom

[uncertain_dume]

"Please, do try to contain your excitement," Kanan scoffed, though he was smirking easily as she boarded the bus. "The goal here is to get from here to the island safely, and I'm not certain I can manage that if you're going to party all the way there."

Re: The Trip to Fandom

[somethingwithturquoise]

Bus Driver Man used counter-sarcasm. It was super effective.

And that was not Summer trying to hold back a smile, really. It was a big, big, disapproving, moody, mopey teenager frown. Really!

It probably helped that he was kind of cute. Summer had to hand it to Galactic Federation Fandom High Brainwashing whatever. At least they made it pretty.

"Well," she finally managed with a little cough, tossing up her chin, "if it gets to be too much for you and you need some help, you let me know"

Yeah, Summer thought she was hot shit because she'd driven her grandpa's interdimentional space ship a few times.

Re: The Trip to Fandom

[uncertain_dume]

But did she have a ship of her own? Kanan had a ship of his own.

And yet here he was, driving the bus.

"Pretty sure this thing doesn't have a seat for the copilot," he chuckled, shaking his head a bit. "But sure, if it turns out that this thing is too much for me, I'll keep you in mind."

She was probably marginally less likely to run them through a red light or five on the way.

Re: The Trip to Fandom

[somethingwithturquoise]

Hey, she didn't even have her own car yet. Baby steps!

"Good," she said, nodding, and another small smile slipped out as she headed back to a seat, "cool."

It was such a silly little interaction, but, weirdly enough, it made Summer feel a lot better.

Re: The Trip to Fandom

[uncertain_dume]

"Cool," Kanan agreed, still wearing his little grin. "Not big on the whole boarding school thing?"

Call it a hunch.

Re: The Trip to Fandom

[somethingwithturquoise]

And there the ire rushing right back. Summer narrowed her eyes, and then reminded herself that she should watch it, because she didn't need to get herself into more trouble by being outwardly antagonistic. Don't be the bitch, Summer. Flies with honey, not vinegar.

So her glare softened and she just shrugged. "Well, you know, school in general I guess. I mean, I know I should go, but couldn't I at least be with my friends at home while I do it? It's lame. It's kind of dumb, you know?"

Re: The Trip to Fandom

[uncertain_dume]

Whelp, here he went, stepping in it. Kanan gave his shoulders a little shrug.

"It sucks," he agreed easily. "Being uprooted when you don't want to be, having to leave everything behind? Damn, nobody wants that. Not that this school is especially academic. I think I might be teaching the closest thing to academia this summer, and even that's mostly just an excuse to get some travel in while pretending I know what the hell I'm doing with a class."

You know. In space.

Re: The Trip to Fandom

[somethingwithturquoise]

And there it was. There was the other shoe on the Adulting foot dropping. It wasn't too lectury, she had to give him that, but it definitely inspired a shoulder sag and a faint eye roll. And the cell phone was definitely back in texting position.

"Uh huh," she said. "And what are you teaching, Bus Driving for Convicts and Juvenile Delinquents?"

Re: The Trip to Fandom

[uncertain_dume]

"Nah, the bus driving is usually just when I'm done my bartending shifts back home." Which... was no longer a thing, but hey, it seemed worth mentioning. "I'm doing this one because I had nothing better to do this morning and it gets me out of helping set up for the picnic."

At least he was honest about it?

"Exploring the solar system," he added, because she'd asked. "I figure if I can get away with flying students to other planets for half the summer, I can get away with teaching karking anything later on."

Re: The Trip to Fandom

[somethingwithturquoise]

It...was worth mentioning the bartender bit. That was something cool, and kind of made the lectury bit a little more forgivable. Summer narrowed her eyes a little, struggling with her flip-floppy opinion of Mr. Bus Driver Bartender Man here.

She just had a lot to process right now.

"They have a class on exploring the solar system?" she asked, because that did NOT sound like the kind of thing she'd expect in a galactic government brainwashing school. Unless it was to explore the universe under their rule. Okay, so that made sense.

And then she scoffed and asked, "Which one?"

Because she was a smart ass sometimes.