BWI Airport Portalocity Lounge, Saturday Morning

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The glittery welcome banner had been hauled out from storage, by now looking decidedly worse for wear, which made it a good match for now fairly battered Jedi robes Theron was wearing as he sat under it, trying to meditate.

Master Till'in hadn't quite kicked him out of the enclave with nothing but the (donated) clothes on his back, but the whole detachment and lack of worldly possessions gig meant they hadn't had much to spare either. Especially for random strays without connections to the Order like they were still selling Theron as, and among the practical skills Master Zho had taught him was enough financial sense not to waste his limited creds on replacing perfectly serviceable clothing just because he wasn't actually entitled to it.

At least no one where he was headed was going to recognise them for what they were.

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Wait for the Shuttle

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Meditation optional.

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[always_someone]

Yeah, Norman wasn't terribly big on meditation. That didn't mean he wasn't going to kind of just sit quietly off to the side once he arrived in the lounge, granted. And maybe, maybe he was going to kind of side-eye the guy in the robes doing the meditating under the big sparkly banner.

Well, Grandma had said that he wasn't going to be the only odd kid out, he supposed.

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If Theron had actually been meditating, it would have been easy for him to ignore the other kid, but the proper state of mind had been elusive ever since Master Zho had left him and Till'in had dropped that little bombshell, so he opened his eyes.

And just kind of stared at the guy.

Yeah, he hadn't quite got the hang of interacting with people his own age yet.

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[always_someone]

Well, at least he was in good company, there. Norman offered Theron a crooked little smile and lifted a hand to wave hello.

"Fandom High, right?"

He hoped? Otherwise he'd just be the random weirdo staring at some stranger at the airport.

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"Right." Theron mimicked the wave, awkwardly, and looked up at the banner. "At least that's what the sign says."

He thought. Why couldn't they use Aurebesh like normal people?

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[always_someone]

Norman looked up at the sign, and then nodded his agreement. Yep, that was totally what the sign said!

"Yeah." This was going to be such an awkward conversation, wasn't it? "First time going to boarding school?"

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[squidpiddge]

Molly was doing her best to look inconspicuous. It was a bit difficult when you were in a yellow dress that was 100 years out of style, wearing pitch black sunglasses, and were staring at every piece of modern technology while scribbling notes on her little paper reporter's pad.

So really, she wasn't doing anywhere near her best to be inconspicuous. But in her heart, she was trying, honest.

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[always_someone]

"You... look a little lost," Norman offered, after looking at the girl for a few moments, trying not to be too obvious about it. "First time going to boarding school?"

In really, really old hand-me-downs?

As if it wasn't Norman's first time, too? But, look, he was trying to start this whole 'new school' thing off on the right foot.

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[squidpiddge]

"Hmmm?" Molly said, turning to look at the boy who greeted her. A smile spread across her face. Conversation was a bit difficult with most of the people she tended to spend time with back in Malifaux, especially ever since she'd lost track of Philip.

"Oh! Yes, boarding school. First time ever, it's going to be great, isn't it?"

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"That's kind of what I'm hoping," Norman replied, his own smile going a little more relaxed. "I've never really done anything like this before. I mean, I went to school back home, of course, but just back home."

He paused, and then added, for further clarification, "I don't travel much."

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[squidpiddge]

"Well, traveling to a new place is usually great. Though, can be dangerous," Molly said. "Do you know much about where we're going? Is it safe? Is it mysterious? Anything?"

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[midichlorianfail]

Conspicuousness was relative. Though given it was the guy in the hand-me-down Jedi robes's narrative saying that...

Theron nodded at the girl, just as awkwardly as he'd waved at Norman earlier.

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Molly nodded back, and tucked her pad away before walking over to Theron.

"Do you mind if I ask about what you're wearing?" she said. A normal way to start a conversation.

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Hey, Theron had been raised by an eccentric Jedi old enough to be his grandfather, and was still getting the hang of the small talk thing, for all he knew it was. Though he was pretty sure it wasn't.

"Clothes." Nice and specific answer there, Theron.

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[squidpiddge]

"Well of course," Molly said. "That's to be expected. The question is more if they have some significance." She chewed idly on the back end of her pencil. "I feel like I could jump to a few conclusions about your clothes, but almost certainly I'd be wrong."

Trip to Fandom

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Reconsider your life choices upon actually seeing the shuttle.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[livingartifact]

Hey, at least the bus driver was reasonably normal this time? Presuming you were from Earth. And didn't mind a bus driver wearing a three piece suit.

"All aboard, as it were," Jenkins said as he levered the door open. "Anyone going to Fandom, this is your last chance to change your mind."

Well, to change it without ever getting to the island, anyway.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[always_someone]

Norman kind of blinked as he hefted his battered backpack onto his shoulder and looked up at the bus driver.

"Wait, is there some reason I should change my mind?"

It would have been good to know that before being this close to stepping onto the bus, of course.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[livingartifact]

"Certainly," Jenkins said. "There may be all sorts of reasons why one might change one's mind. Perhaps you are loathe to leave your family, or are wary of potential adventure. I don't know your life, young man, I am merely here at the moment to provide transport."

Re: Trip to Fandom

[always_someone]

Norman kind of hesitated at the mention of adventure, but sighed and shrugged it off when he figured the bus driver was probably just talking about the whole adventure of going to a new school... thing.

"Okay, that makes sense," he decided. "Then... I guess transport is what I need, adventure or not."

Re: Trip to Fandom

[livingartifact]

"Happy to be of service," Jenkins said, sounding more faintly bored than actually happy. "Do you require further reassurance? You seem to have been recently alarmed." He gestured towards his hair. "Or is this simply the latest hip young fashion?"

Re: Trip to Fandom

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Molly made sure her dark glasses were secure as she stepped up with her bags in hand. "That's a very nice suit for a driver," she said. "Who's your tailor?"

Re: Trip to Fandom

[livingartifact]

A magical spinning wheel. "Thank you, my dear," Jenkins said with a small nod. "I might perhaps ask the same of you. I have not seen an outfit the likes of yours in many, many years."

There hadn't been a magical crisis at a steampunk convention as of yet, so it'd actually been since about the Victorian era, for Jenkins.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[squidpiddge]

"Really?" Molly said, intrigued. "About how many years, would you say?"

Time travel seemed... at this point, very possible.

OOC

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Toiling in the packing mines, so SP is the Order of the day from me.