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.

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Re: Trip to Fandom

[likesthebeatsandshouting]

She nodded, sort of accepting that logic. But only sort of.

"I was told school would be interesting for other reasons."

Re: Trip to Fandom

[uncertain_dume]

"Yeah? What reasons are those?"

Couldn't hurt to figure out what students here thought they were getting themselves into, after all.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[likesthebeatsandshouting]

"Socializing," she said like it was a word that had been spoken at her and she felt was completely irrelevant to her future in Starfleet.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[uncertain_dume]

"I'm guessing you don't have much experience in that?"

Wild guess.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[likesthebeatsandshouting]

"I have enough." You know. Kicking scavengers and hiding a lot. Loads of socializing.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[uncertain_dume]

"Fair enough," Kanan said, holding up his hands. "So, is that why you're coming to Fandom? Socializing? Or are you here for the higher education parts?"

Because she so wasn't going to find that there.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[likesthebeatsandshouting]

"Once I have completed one year here, I will be able to move onto Starfleet academy," she said. Which, you know, had special acceptance policies when you came from different planets.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[uncertain_dume]

Okay, so at least she was definitely from somewhere with space travel. That was good to know.

"Never heard of it," Kanan mused, looking thoughtful. "Sounds prestigious, though."

And hopefully a little less authoritarian than what most people talked about when they mentioned 'going to the academy' these days.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[likesthebeatsandshouting]

Now that they were 'nopenopenope-ing' away from Into Darkness, it was A-OK, Kanan.

"You have not heard of it?"

Re: Trip to Fandom

[uncertain_dume]

That was good. The only thing to do was to nopenopenope away from Into Darkness.

"I'm not from around here. Or around wherever you're from, I guess. Different galaxy entirely." He shrugged. "You'll probably get a lot of that around the island."

Re: Trip to Fandom

[likesthebeatsandshouting]

So many opportunities for a decent film. So, so many.

"How is that possible?"

Re: Trip to Fandom

[uncertain_dume]

"I'd say something like 'our hyperspace is just that good,' but it's really not," Kanan said, smiling a little. "It's more a... multiverse thing, I suppose. Fandom attracts people not just from all worlds, but all possible worlds. Multiple realities and timelines all kind of clashing on one little island."

To go to high school. As you do.