BWI Airport Portalocity Lounge- Saturday morning

[lovethatjourney]

It was't so much that Alexis wanted to go back to school, it was just that her options to bounce around a bit had dried up for the moment, and she should probably at least check this place out? She hadn't gotten to see much of it aside from the volcano and all, and very little of the area outside, so why not hang out for a while?

She'd amassed a lot of bags around her: on the floor, the seats next to her. A throne of luggage, of sorts. She was already a little bored waiting, wondering who else would show up, and how much glitter had gone into the giant "FANDOM HIGH" sign that was hanging.

...and how that glitter had already gotten on her designer luggage, which she was now trying to pick off with an, "Ew."


[OCD up. Go! Go! Go!]

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Wait for the shuttle

[lovethatjourney]

New friends? New friends!

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[snowdroplace]

Elli had kissed her parents and her grandmother goodbye and left her home with a smile and a wave that had belied how nervous she really was. She'd been to the city before but never alone and the whole rigmarole of getting from the city onto a plane—a plane, why hardly anyone back home had ever done such a thing!—and reaching Baltimore… why, the journey alone was enough to make anyone nervous!

Rolling her one suitcase (which was clean and plain, not new but in good condition) into the waiting area for the shuttle, Elli swallowed hard against the surge of butterflies in her stomach.

Finding a seat that didn't look like it was taken, she fished out a ginger candy to suck on in the hopes it would calm her stomach, as she took her first look around at the people who would be her classmates.

I hope they like me, she thought, hands tight on her suitcase's handle. I hope this wasn't a mistake.

Because she'd read the pamphlets about this school. It was supposed to be different with students from all sorts of places and circumstances. Everyone was likely to be more worldly than she was.

After all, she was just a very small town country girl…

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[lovethatjourney]

Maybe this girl looked worried to her. Or maybe Alexis was just bored of waiting, because she let Elli sit down and settle in before asking, "You're going to Fandom High, right?"

Yes, there was a sign, but it was also a little too obvious of a sign, you know?

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[nicedragonsfinishlast]

The hallway Julius found himself was long. Very long. It seemed almost like a maintenance tunnel at times, with exposed pipe and brickwork and the occasional snarl of wires. He walked for a good ten, fifteen minutes and saw nobody. No signs of life. And not a single door or turn. His fears of coming to a juncture and needing to take the right path faded as he just kept walking.

Still, the longer he walked, the better he felt. This had to be be a secret entrance into the DFZ proper. Probably going under the airport and tarmac and into the city? Never mind he didn't remember ever actually going down. He'd put his trust in his brother Bob and he'd come out better for it and--there! Bright light! He'd finally reached the end!

Julius trotted out, certain he was going to come out in the middle of the most magical city on Earth to find himself...still in the airport?

What the hell?

"Okay, but where the hell am I?"

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[lovethatjourney]

"Baltimore. I think. I've kind of been everywhere this week," Alexis said, immediately putting on a smile because there was a boy. "So I'm Alexis..."

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[snowdroplace]

"Baltimore's airport?" Elli suggested, though not until after she'd given him a bit of a look for such language. Honestly, boys... "Waiting for the shuttle over to Fandom Island?"

She paused.

"Did... did you not mean to be here?" Maybe he'd gotten lost...

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[dauntlessdragoon]

Something very...peculiar was going on here, but Freya would be lying if she said it hadn't captured her curiosity. Things were quite normal at first; she'd just gotten off the cable car in the Business District, intent to speak with someone about some upgrades on her lance, only to be handed an odd ticket by the attendant that read Fandom High and little else. Perhaps a new production in the Theater District, some sort of guerrilla marketing? She'd heard there was a new troupe setting up shop, perhaps she'd check it out...

But when she stepped out of the station, she found herself not on the streets of Lindblum at all but, instead...in another station? And those certainly didn't look anything like cable cars! Or mist ships, for that matter! How curious indeed! And even though she was getting quite a few strange looks, she found an attendant to help point the way to a section of the station where a large, incredibly sparkly banner matched the words on the ticket in her paw.

She looked at the ticket, back to the banner, and then back to the ticket.

"Well," she murmured, mostly to herself, her tail twitching slightly behind her, "I suppose this is the place."

And then she looked up, past her long snout, the one green eye that wasn't hidden by the careless shag of her white hair taking in the little lobby and wondering what this might be all about, with a very particular thrill of excitement racing through her.

After all, she'd searched the continents high and low, but perhaps this odd occurrence might be the thing to finally lead her to her lost Sir Fratley!

[[ wiiiith an SP warning because work, but I was going to be twitchy until I pinged her in officially! ]]

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[lovethatjourney]

Alexis paused.

And blinked.

Huh.

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[snowdroplace]

It was bad manners to stare but Elli couldn't help it.

She swallowed, reminded herself that the brochures had said people would be from all over and this was likely a costume of some sort (though it didn't look like a costume...) and there was no need to keep staring like a bumpkin.

"Are you here for Fandom High?" she said, a touch diffidently.

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[nicedragonsfinishlast]

Julius was also staring, but less in bewilderment and more like he was trying to place her species. Some kind of spirit perhaps? Learning about different magical creatures had been part of his training, of course, but this...individual...didn't seem to fit any of the species he'd ever heard of.

...But then, it wasn't like he got out much.

"Are you also going to this...Fandom High?" he asked.

Was he the only person who'd never even heard of this place?

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[sexy_giraffe]

Tahani came over, along with a long-suffered valet (he hadn't known her long but still, he'd suffered) carrying her very own throne of luggage-to-be. "Louis Vuitton as well?" she checked, glancing at Alexis over her extremely stylish sunglasses, which she was still wearing inside.

Because she was that person.

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[lovethatjourney]

Okay this was going to be interesting and Alexis wasn't exactly sure how yet.

"Good of you to notice," she said, and patted one bag on the seat. "This one's actually named after me."

Not to brag or anything.

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[nicedragonsfinishlast]

Yeah, Julius was definitely feeling really self-conscious about his lack of luggage. And the general state of his clothing all around.

How had he gone from training with his clutch to a boarding school full on people with vintage designer luggage? Louis Vuitton were antiques!

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[snowdroplace]

Unlike Julius, Elli at least had luggage: one suitcase, plain and simple.

She hesitated a little, looking at the girl and her... valet? Clearly out-classed, Elli simply ducked her head a little, choosing to mind her own business.

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[dauntlessdragoon]

Another one with so much luggage and here Freya only had her lance, a ticket, and an endless quest full of longing a heartbreak! It was difficult not to give the other girl a thoughtful, somewhat curious glance, but she'd never even know what to say to someone like that.

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[canlendanear]

Alara adjusted her one duffel bag that she was carrying on her shoulder and awkwardly made her way towards the shuttle.

She was trying to calm her nerves about going to boarding school but she was only somewhat succeeding.

It was only boarding school on Earth, she kept trying to tell herself, her parents wouldn’t have sent her here if they didn’t think it was right for her.

“Hey,” she said, trying not to sound as awkward as she felt, as she approached the group.

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[snowdroplace]

Oh my.

That... that was an unfortunate facial... situation. But, well, there were odder things to stare at (hello, Freya) so Elli simply smiled instead.

"Hello," she said softly. "Are you here for Fandom High?"

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[lovethatjourney]

Yeah, Freya had tempered expectations a little by now.

"Looks like you made it to the right place," Alexis said, and while she was wondering about the eyebrow situation she actually thought it sorta worked for her.

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[dauntlessdragoon]

Freya had a curious look for the other girl, who was clearly not as human as the others in the waiting room, but she couldn't pinpoint exactly what she was. But the greeting got a faint smile out of her and nodded her head in greeting back.

"I suppose you're here to wait for this somewhat mysterious shuttle as well," she guessed.

Trip to Fandom

[lovethatjourney]

Which had better go easier this time, eff why eye.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[sith_happened]

The students probably heard the bus way before it arrived and definitely noticed it in all of its lightbrite-esque glory.

(And yes, it was definitely pulsing to the beat because everything hated Anakin.)

"GET ON THE BUS."

Hello to you too, guy in a brown robe with a bad attitude.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[snowdroplace]

"Um."

She... she was pretty sure normal buses didn't look like that.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[lovethatjourney]

"Hey, you again."

Hi, Anakin!

Re: Trip to Fandom

[dauntlessdragoon]

Something about that music sounded oddly meta familiar to Freya, which was somewhat comforting, as so much about this was so, so strange.

The lights, however, were something else. Not even the most flamboyant and obnoxious theater ship would go that far!

But what was one more strange thing? Being sure to remember to duck her head to not hit her hat, Freya handed over a small slip of paper to the shuttle driver as she stepped up.

"Here's my ticket."

Yes, Anakin. She had a ticket, for some reason.

OOC

[lovethatjourney]

Technically I'm at work but I don't feel like doing anything.