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

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[thishouseishaunted]

"Making things instead of breaking them. It's good for your, like, soul, or whatever."

Breaking things was also fun, but sometimes you just wanted that sweet, sweet, soul improvement.

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[crack_that_whip]

"I've been told my soul is 'bound for the fiery pits of hell,'" Trevor said, deepening his voice dramatically like he was pretending to be on of the many shitty priests he'd run across in the past couple years.

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[thishouseishaunted]

"I think that's just something people say when they disapprove of your lifestyle."

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[crack_that_whip]

"Usually disapprove with fire," he added blandly.

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[thishouseishaunted]

"If you had boards, you could use them to make campfires out of their disapproval."

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[crack_that_whip]

Trevor opened his mouth to correct her on that before thinking better of it. Even if this was a weird fucking hallucination, it wasn't worth it. "Sure."

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[thishouseishaunted]

"And then you could make s'mores!"

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[crack_that_whip]

"S'mores?" EXPLAIN THIS WONDER TO HIM.

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[thishouseishaunted]

"Gooey melty blobs of sugary deliciousness!"

Mae was not great at explaining.

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[crack_that_whip]

Damn it, Mae! You were a terrible hallucination.

"Right."

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[thishouseishaunted]

"What do you make over a campfire?"

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[crack_that_whip]

Literally anything he could catch. "Meat?"

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[thishouseishaunted]

"Bah. You can cook meat anywhere. S'mores are a campfire-only food."

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[crack_that_whip]

"Why is that?" Why was he engaging in this? Because it was entertaining at least, that's why.

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[thishouseishaunted]

"You need a good open flame to get the proper burnt texture on your marshmallows."

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[crack_that_whip]

"You burn your food? On purpose?"

This was judgement coming from the guy who thought he was having a food poisoning fever dream, but sure.

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[thishouseishaunted]

"Not all of it," Mae said. "Just the stuff that'll taste better that way."

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[crack_that_whip]

"Burnt."

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[thishouseishaunted]

"Yup."

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[crack_that_whip]

"Well, if I come to from this dream, I'll go looking for them."

Man was he going to be mad when this all ended up being real. But the s'mores might help.

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[thishouseishaunted]

"Awwww, you're dreeeeeaming about meeeeeee," Mae teased. "Haha, your subconscious sucks."

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[crack_that_whip]

"It really does." Guys. Seriously. Next you'll be joking about the sweet embrace of death.

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[thishouseishaunted]

It sure took them long enough!

"I'm Mae."

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[crack_that_whip]

"Trevor," he replied with a little grin. "Pretty shitty hallucination if you don't know who I am."

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[thishouseishaunted]

"I think that says way more about you than about me," Mae said. She assumed an outrageously bad German accent. "Ah diagnoze you vis sefere lack of selv-esteeeem."