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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Re: Trip to Fandom

[livingartifact]

"Interesting. I have a friend whose hair does something similar, though in a rather less . . . uniform manner."

Also, Jacob Stone used a lot of hair gel.

"Well, I'm certain you'll fit in just fine at Fandom, either way."

With the giant shark people and tiny rock people and other assorted oddities.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[always_someone]

"Yeah," Norman replied, smiling lopsidedly and deposting his butt in one of the seats. "That's kind of the idea."

He really had no clue what he was in for. The picnic was going to be super interesting.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[livingartifact]

"Stood out a bit too much at home, did you?"

Jenkins was pretty sure that was a common theme among Fandom students.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[always_someone]

"It's hard not to stand out with hair like this, right?"

Yeah, like that was the only reason. Still, Norman settled back in his seat and allowed himself another smile. Hey, this whole 'fresh start' thing could work out for him, right? What wasn't to like about that?

Re: Trip to Fandom

[livingartifact]

"If your fellows back home don't also have similar hair, certainly," Jenkins said. "If they did, though, those of us whose hair lies flat would find ourselves the odd-persons out."

Re: Trip to Fandom

[always_someone]

"Nah," Norman laughed with a small shake of his head. "Most people back home have hair that behaves itself. You'd probably fit in just fine there."

It was weirdly refreshing to be talking about his hair as the thing that set him apart, too.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[livingartifact]

Well, Jenkins hadn't looked closely enough to see the boy's eyes, and he hadn't started obviously interacting with the dead, so.

"Mmm," hummed Jenkins. "Based purely on hair, you're likely right."

He hadn't bothered to fit in in any other way since people wore platemail.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[always_someone]

While there were dead people wandering around pretty much wherever he went, at least while he was in the city, there weren't any ghosts currently catching a ride on the bus.

And getting in his face to stare at his eyes would just be weird.

"Well, then based purely on hair, I suppose now I have some idea of what I'm getting myself into."

No. Not really.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[livingartifact]

"A remarkably optimistic outlook," Jenkins said. Because . . . yeah, kid. You had no idea. "How refreshing."

Re: Trip to Fandom

[always_someone]

It was entirely possible that hair was a terrible rubric for this sort of thing.

"It'll be something new," Norman noted. "Maybe that will be good enough."

Re: Trip to Fandom

[livingartifact]

"I hope it will be, young man," Jenkins said. "I hope it will be."