BWI Airport Portalocity Lounge, Saturday morning

[thishouseishaunted]

"Portalocity lounge," Mae read aloud, and heaved a sigh of relief. "Finally. First time I ever travel alone and I get lost in the stupid airport." She walked into the lounge, looked around, and hopped up onto the bench, her duffel bag tucked under her feet. There was plenty of room, since her legs were too short to reach the ground. "Of course, it's bigger than, like, all of Possum Springs put together, so I guess that can't be too surprising. Good thing Mom and Dad insisted I take the early bus."

She tapped her heels on her duffel bag and eyed the door. "And now I'm talking to myself. Good job, Mae. Perfect first impression." She made her eyes comically wide and waved to an imaginary audience. "HeY, I'M mAe, i'M TOtallY NOrmAl, niCE To MEeT yoU." She frowned and tapped her feet harder. "Good job, Killer."

Another glance around the lounge. There wasn't a lot to look at yet.

"I wish I had a video game."

[NEWBIE SHUTTLE TIME! Possibly slightly early, but I want a distraction]

Comments

Wait for the shuttle

[thishouseishaunted]

Give Mae someone other than herself to talk to.

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[crack_that_whip]

Well. Trevor was sort of from a video game. Kinda.

At least he wasn't in that shitty barbarian outfit in this version. Instead he was in clothing that might be vaguely period appropriate. You know, For the 15th century.

"What. The fuck."

Language less so as he stumbled on into the waiting area.

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[thishouseishaunted]

Mae raised an eyebrow. "Nice cosplay, dude."

Was she sarcastic? It was hard to tell just now. If she wasn't, she was definitely hedging her bets to make sure she didn't obviously approve of his outfit.

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[crack_that_whip]

His hand went immediately to the whip at his side because, you know, talking cat person. Then stared for a moment longer as he tried to put those words together.

"Alright. Had some bad beer. Everything's... Alright."

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[mountaingorilla]

Kagura arrived in the lounge with a long black rectangle of pickled seaweed dangling out of her mouth, an open parasol over one shoulder, and a small suitcase in the opposite hand.

"...are there snacks?" she asked, in hopes someone would make her getting other food as low effort as possible for her.

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[thishouseishaunted]

"Not that I've seen. There's probably a vending machine around here somewhere, though."

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[mountaingorilla]

Kagura made a face of disappointment, then went back to chewing her seaweed stick.

"What's the point in a waiting room if they don't give you snacks!" she declared, flopping down onto a bench and folding up her purple parasol. "You get stuck having to go to a dumb school too?"

She was completely unbothered by Mae's appearance. Just a different kind of Amanto, she figured.

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[teensybitdeadly]

Honestly, considering the group already gathered, a girl walking in on a platform made of hair seemed, well, not normal, but not terribly out of place, either. "Log. Hour five. Hour four? No, definitely hour five. This is not a First Ones facility, as it appears initially." She looked up at the banner, slightly disappointed it was in a language she could read. "The writing is all wrong and there isn't - hello. I'm counting several other lifeforms here with me. Hmm. An unexpected social experiment in the making?"

[Fleeing for dinner soon, but will absolutely hit everyone up for pings when I return.]

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[thishouseishaunted]

"Oh. My. God." Mae didn't even pretend not to stare. "Your hair is AWESOME!!!"

It was purple and you could ride it. Mae didn't even care that she had no idea how it could possibly work. It was hair that you could ride!

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[teensybitdeadly]

"And you are very cute!" Entrapta said, eyes going big and starry. She loved cute things, like teensy food and cat paintings. Come to think of it, Entrapta was pretty sure that the big-eyed kitty cat painting she had in her castle kinda looked like Mae, too.

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[mountaingorilla]

"...why are you getting your hair all dirty?" Kagura asked, because that was the important question.

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[teensybitdeadly]

Entrapta looked at the other girl, confused, and then down at her hair, pulling a tendril up to examine it. "It mostly takes care of itself," she said, shrugging. "It never seems to get dirty anyway."

Trip to Fandom

[thishouseishaunted]

This bus is way nicer than the one Mae rode down to Baltimore on. If smaller.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[uncertain_dume]

Kanan's best-laid plans to avoid some manner of traumatic bus-thievery had been thwarted by a pair of teenagers with an uncanny knack for picking locks and a disposable income that apparently had been spent on balloons and sequins. And of course he hadn't had time to check out the bus sooner that morning before taking off. He'd had to brew his caf so that he wouldn't need to get off the bus upon arriving at the airport today, after all. And Stance had needed a walk, and by the time he'd made it to the parking lot with only minutes to spare to keep himself on schedule, it was far too late to do anything about the purple and gold reversible sequin seat covers that had been equipped to every seat on the bus.

Or the blue and pink bedazzled steering wheel cover.

Or the large number of balloons that were hanging around the top of the bus, all of them dangling streamers.

Or, of course, the glitter. Everywhere.

So if Kanan looked a little bit resigned to this particular hell that was his life as he opened the bus and called out to the people waiting at the terminal today, it was because he'd found the girls' new calling card: A small toy bus sitting in the drivers' seat with a pretty bow tied to it.

Ah well, at least they hadn't stolen the thing.

"All aboard for Fandom! Mind the glitter."

Re: Trip to Fandom

[thishouseishaunted]

Mae eyed the interior of the bus dubiously.

"Is that Fandom the school, or Fandom the strip club?"

Honestly . . . she was kind of hoping strip club.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[uncertain_dume]

That would have made for a very different educational experience, granted.

"The school," Kanan sighed. "The island doesn't have a strip club."

Which in hindsight was actually kind of weird, considering some of the locals.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[biotic_psychotic]

Kaidan had talked to EDI and mentioned Kanan being the 'bus driver guy'. EDI had mentioned it to Jack. Jack had called the Portal place and changed her arrival destination.

That is how you get a bald tattooed nightmare stepping through a portal, smirking at Kanan and chirping brightly, "Think fast, Kanan!"

Before pitching that entire duffle right at him. Parts of it were soft. Most of it clanked.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[uncertain_dume]

And that was how you successfully managed to bean a Jedi with a duffle bag.

Okay, he didn't let it drop, no. He brought his arms up somewhere after the clanking heft of it got him upside the head, and was left standing there with it clutched to his chest like a small child or something while he stood there gaping.

But, mostly, that was how you mananged to bean a Jedi with a duffle bag.

"Jack?"

Re: Trip to Fandom

[crack_that_whip]

It looked like Mardi Gras threw up in there. Which was apt for that particular holiday.

"The hell is this thing?"

Where to start, Trevor. Where to start.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[uncertain_dume]

"The bus, the glitter, or the balloons?"

Really, that was just a handful of things Kanan had managed to grab at off the top of his head. For all he knew, the boy didn't know what school was, either.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[mountaingorilla]

Kagura peered around the bus and looked back at Kanan, pinky jammed in her nostril out of boredom.

"...did you have prostitutes in here?"

Re: Trip to Fandom

[uncertain_dume]

"Question of the day," Kanan muttered, reaching a hand up to pinch the bridge of his nose.

Which was a step up from jamming his finger up there, kid.

"No. No I did not."

But she could be forgiven for assuming so.

"I'm afraid I'm not that exciting."

Re: Trip to Fandom

[teensybitdeadly]

While Kanan was busy talking to other people, Entrapta had wandered over to the front of the bus and opened the hood, examining the interior. "Faaaaascinating," she murmured, hair already poking and prodding at various bits.

At least she hadn't started removing things? She was still at the 'examination' stage!

Re: Trip to Fandom

[uncertain_dume]

That was probably for the best, since this bus was on loan, dammit.

"One in every group of new students, huh?"

Hello, Entrapta. The bus driver couldn't help but notice that the hood was up, here.

OOC

[thishouseishaunted]

We should have another Random Icon day. I love that button.