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

[teensybitdeadly]

"Oooh are you a princess then?" Entrapta asked. "An Elemental princess? Can I experiment on your runestone?!"

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[thishouseishaunted]

"That seems like a really personal question. We barely know each other."

Mae. Don't be mean.

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[teensybitdeadly]

"What does that have to do with science?" Entrapta asked, missing the mean entirely.

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[thishouseishaunted]

". . . Wow, usually I'm the naive one."

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[teensybitdeadly]

Entrapta just kept waiting for an answer.

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[thishouseishaunted]

"Anyway, no, I'm not a princess. It seems kind of like a lot of work, and I hate wearing skirts."

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[teensybitdeadly]

"Why would you have to wear skirts?" Entrapta asked, now thoroughly confused.

Mae said a lot of things that didn't follow the thing before it.

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[thishouseishaunted]

"Princesses on your planet have . . . runestones. Princesses on mine wear skirts."

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[teensybitdeadly]

Entrapta looked down at her coveralls and workboots and shoot her head. "Well that doesn't make any sense," she declared. "How are you supposed to climb around machinery and through vents in skirts?"

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[thishouseishaunted]

"That's what princesses do where you're from? Man, I could get behind being that kind of princess."

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[teensybitdeadly]

"Well, that's what I do," Entrapta said.

She didn't know much about what the other Etherian princesses did. She didn't get out much.

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[thishouseishaunted]

"I jump climb up to the tops of buildings and bounce around on electrical wires," Mae offered.

Bonding over going where people didn't want you to!