BWI Airport Portalocity Lounge, Saturday Morning

[apocalypsehow]

No more than a few minutes ago, Five had been waiting in Dallas, Texas in 1963 to make sure Kennedy died. The fact that he was in the future/past wasn't actually that strange for him. Because his job. The fact that he was now physically a teenager again, however, really was strange. And annoying.

Mostly annoying.

He grabbed a newspaper--it was 2021 somehow??--and a coffee to take a seat where he could unobtrusively observe people. The fact that he was basically a kid in an ill-fitting suit and sitting near a glittery sign that proclaimed this the pick up spot for Fandom High was just a side-note.

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Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[apocalypsehow]

"You moved between timelines," Five said like that was perfectly logical. "Easy."

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[noonedecidesmyfate]

"I did not," Belle said firmly. "I came through a magic portal. From a bean. I was there."

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[apocalypsehow]

"A what?" BELLE, WHY DID YOU HURT HIM THIS WAY?

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[noonedecidesmyfate]

Five, you brought this on yourself.

"A portal," Belle repeated slowly. "From a magic bean."

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[apocalypsehow]

Five looked furious at that level of sheer bullshit, opening and closing his mouth without any words coming out. Then did a series of teleports to go steal himself a strong drink from one of the airport bars.

Somewhere in the distance was a, "HEY!" before he reappeared in the lounge with a glass of whisky.

"No," he settled on.

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[noonedecidesmyfate]

Were you doing more magic now just to be difficult, Five?

"I'm sorry," said Belle who was not sorry in the slightest. "But yes."

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[apocalypsehow]

MAYBE HE WAS.

"I refuse to buy into magic beans."

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[noonedecidesmyfate]

Such an absurd attitude from what was clearly a young sorceror.

"They exist. Whether or not you believe in them won't change that.

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[apocalypsehow]

"Or there's a perfectly reasonable scientific explanation." Like the Commission's briefcases.

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[noonedecidesmyfate]

"Magic is a perfectly reasonable explanation," Belle pointed out. "Additionally, it's the correct explanation."

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[apocalypsehow]

He was going to end up drunk on the shuttle! His liver couldn't handle it at this age! He was a lightweight!

All bad things would be Belle's fault!

"Okay, then explain how the magic works," Five said, totally using finger quotes on the word. Like a douchebag.

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[noonedecidesmyfate]

Belle might feel a twinge of guilt about it. Just a twinge.

"Do I look like a witch? I am not an expert on magic," Belle, who looked rather like a fairytale princess for obvious reasons, said. "Perhaps I can find you a book that explains it well."

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[apocalypsehow]

Yeah, she did have some poppin' eyelashes, it was true.

"Then I'll find you a book disproving it all."

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[noonedecidesmyfate]

"And one of those books will be wrong."

Obviously Five's book. Belle's books wouldn't dare.

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[apocalypsehow]

"Very wrong," he agreed. Because it would be Belle's book.

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[noonedecidesmyfate]

"Hopelessly wrong."

"I'm glad we're agreed." She knew perfectly well they weren't.

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[apocalypsehow]

It was the beginning of a beautiful, deeply antagonistic relationship!

"Perfect agreement."

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[noonedecidesmyfate]

And to think, Belle never even knew she needed a frenemy before now.

"Good. That's settled then."