BWI Airport Portalocity Lounge, Saturday Morning

[thegreatmanfredo]

Saturday morning, an elderly teal and white RV pulled into the dropoff lane outside the airport and disgorged a lanky teenaged boy and his bags onto the pavement, the driver asking him as he went if he had his laptop, migraine medication, and assorted other essentials. "Now get going and make some friends," she told him. "I've got a consult to get to in Virginia."

"I love you, Grandma," he said, and closed the door of the RV. As Xylda peeled out on her way to, he assumed, her next mark, Manfred headed into the airport, stopping off at Starbucks for a caffeine infusion before following airport employees' instructions until he found the right room. He was apparently the first one here, but he knew it was the right place because of the incredibly glittery banner.

High school, here he came.

Comments

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Do I look like I'm going to a convention?" Sabine asked.

Mando armor was known everywhere!

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[thegreatmanfredo]

"Kind of?" Manfred asked. "But you could also be going to...summer camp...?" Since that was what this was the room for.

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Wrong again," Sabine said, and paused. "You're going to this Fandom place?"

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[thegreatmanfredo]

"Yeah, that's--what the sign says." Manfred indicated it in all its obnoxious glory.
"Is that where you're going too?" Maybe she just thought of it as 'boarding school.' That was fair.

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Apparently," she grumbled. "What are you going for?"

He seemed to know what was up, right?

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[thegreatmanfredo]

"Uh, the school? Well, camp. Then school. At least, my grandma promised it wouldn't be like, summer school. I'm not behind academically or anything." He swore.

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Yeah, that's not my situation at all."

This was so weird.

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[thegreatmanfredo]

"Okay, well, what is your situation? Maybe that'll help."

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"I got bounced around the multiverse for like three days and now they're telling me I have to go to school."

He was probably not eckectibg that?

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[thegreatmanfredo]

He was not, it was true. He considered it for a moment before he said, sympathetic, "Well, that sucks."

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Yeah, it does," she said. "So, do you actually know anything about this place?"

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[thegreatmanfredo]

"I definitely know more than you do, I think," Manfred said. "But I'm not sure what would be helpful to you. Uh, it's a boarding school on an island in Maryland." He paused and then added, "On Earth." If that helped any.

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Okay? That's something," she said. "What's Maryland?"