BWI Airport Portalocity Lounge, Saturday morning [05/04].

[howareyanow]

"What the ever-loving fuck is a Portalocity Lounge?"

Apparently, it was precisely the place where Wayne was standing, squared shoulders, thumbs in his belt loops, frowning up at the softest, most sparkliest banner he had ever seen...and he'd een to at least a baker's dozen of Dary's traditional soft birthday parties, so he knew a soft fucking banner when he saw one.

"That," he stated, to no one in particular, especially since he seemed to be the first one there (if you're not five minutes early, you're five minutes late, bud), "is fucking 10-ply."

But it was what it was. No going back now, ain't no reason to get excited, he supposed. Pitter-patter. So he turned his head sharply to one side of the lounge, eyed the chairs against the wall, and went to have a seat, one hand on his knee, tohe other around the smallest cup of coffee he could get, and settled in to wait.

[[ and the ocd is incoming has landed! Let's get at 'er. ]]

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Re: Trip to Fandom - [05/4].

[sith_happened]

"Everyone heading to Fandom!" Anakin called from the doorway. "Bus is leaving in ten minutes! Move it!"

Just your normal, everyday pick-up for school from a guy dressed in black leather and a dark brown floor length robe. Noting to see here!

Re: Trip to Fandom - [05/4].

[following_my_fishie]

Delirium peered up - way up- at Anakin. She smiled. "Your dress is very nice!" she chirped, "All browny and flowy and long and I bet it swishes really really good! Do you ever do spins to make it swoosh out like a wave only if earth could do a wave and not just water?"

Barnabas wished his forelegs were hinged correctly to facepaw.

Re: Trip to Fandom - [05/4].

[sith_happened]

Anakin had been doing this a long time. If he didn't get at least one bathrobe reference when he picked up the new kids, it meant he had a bus load of people from the galaxy far, far away, and that was generally a bad sign.

"It's a robe. Dresses aren't open up the front like this," he said. "I'm Anakin Skywalker, the dean of students." He glanced down at his clipboard. "You seem like a...Delirium."

Re: Trip to Fandom - [05/4].

[following_my_fishie]

"But do you?" she asked, since that was an explanation but not an answer to the question.

Barnabas answered for her, "This is the Lady Delirium, yes." He nudged her leg. "She's pleased to meet you, Dean Skywalker."

"I am," Del confirmed absently, "But do you?"

Re: Trip to Fandom - [05/4].

[sith_happened]

"I do not twirl around in my robe," Anakin said dryly, "but my daughter does."

Re: Trip to Fandom - [05/4].

[following_my_fishie]

"That is so nice of you to let her use your robe to do all the twirling in!" Del chirped, quite pleased by this. What a nice man! She did an example twirl but jeans and a denim jacket do not lend themselves quite so well to twirly swooshes. She stopped and wobbled a little. "Oh. That only swooshed inside my head. Bad example."

Barnabas made a silent plea for patience.

Re: Trip to Fandom - [05/4].

[sith_happened]

Anakin smiled. "Juliet doesn't exactly ask," he said.

Re: Trip to Fandom - [05/4].

[following_my_fishie]

"Does she sort of ask?" Delirium asked curiously, "Maybe she thinks her asks exactly but sometimes they come out only sort of asks or not at all asks but she meant to ask?"

Re: Trip to Fandom - [05/4].

[sith_happened]

"Well, she's almost ten, so those are both very likely," Anakin said.

Re: Trip to Fandom - [05/4].

[following_my_fishie]

Del nodded sagely, "Thought so." Beat. "You're nice. I like you."

"I'm sure that makes him very happy, Delirium," Barnabas said dryly.

Re: Trip to Fandom - [05/4].

[sir_zapsalot]

It would be totally understandable for Billy to do a double take when he spotted Anakin, considering Anakin's aesthetic was a little bit reminiscent of Dr. Sivana's, right? Just for a second though, and then he was shouldering his bag and boarding the bus. He was pretty sure Eugene or Pedro would have mentioned something if there was an actual risk of him going to supervillain school by accident.

Re: Trip to Fandom - [05/4].

[sith_happened]

Anakin stared back.

Politely-ish.

"May I help you?"

Re: Trip to Fandom - [05/4].

[sir_zapsalot]

"No, sir, that's fine, thanks, everything's just fine, sir," Billy blurted out in a sliiiiiiightly high-pitched squeak. "That's a really dramatic, uh . . . Outfit you have there?"

Re: Trip to Fandom - [05/4].

[sith_happened]

"Oh, I'm not trying to be dramatic," Anakin said though ahahhahaha what, Anakin. "It's just what we wear at home."

Re: Trip to Fandom - [05/4].

[overparented]

Janet blinked when she actually saw what he looked like, but to her credit, she stuck with, "Nice look."

Because now she was wondering if she was somehow not dressed right, which raised all sorts of questions.

Re: Trip to Fandom - [05/4].

[sith_happened]

"Thank you," Anakin said. "I can get you one too, if you'd like."

Itchy brown robes: all the rage in Fandom! Really!

Re: Trip to Fandom - [05/4].

[overparented]

"Um, you know, that's okay. It's not really my color," she tried. "Thanks, though!"

Re: Trip to Fandom - [05/4].

[sith_happened]

"Let me know if you change your mind," Anakin said. "I have a bunch of them."

Because he kept leaving them behind.

Re: Trip to Fandom - [05/4].

[howareyanow]

Ten minutes gave Wayne more than enough time to go have a dart, and, while he was enjoying that smoke, he was contemplating whether or not to say something about the bus driver's outfit. He wouldn't, ultimately, because it seemed mostly just a waste of breath, but, fuck, bud, don't know if you got the memo, but it's a bus, not a bathroom.

Bed, Bath, and Beyond called, and even they think you've gone to far.

Fuck a duck.