fandomhigh | Have Portal, Will Travel; Tuesday, Fourth Period [01/19].

There were space suits in the classroom that day, so hopefully that would mean that everyone should guess where they all might be going this week!

Or, well, considering the class, there was a good chance that some of them would be wondering what the fuck spacesuits even were, but if Summer believed in things like learning curves, she was very bad at implimenting them.

"Suit up, everyone!" she announced cheerfully. "And please let me know if you need help, because you do not want to mess this up, even if we're only going to be needing these for the first, like, ten minutes or so of class. Because today, we're going to tap into a little bit of both the location as well as the dimensional aspects of portal travel by traveling to two locations that are the same place but are very different based on the dimension, to the far reaches of this solar system: Pluto!

"So once everyone's ready so no body freezes to death and we can all, you know, breathe when we get there, let's hitch this thing," she pointed a thumb over her own suited up shoulder, "to a place whose only relevence is thanks to a bunch of people who just can't get over galactic cancel culture."

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Like either a dwarf planet or a Roman god of the underworld.

Ulysses Zane

Illyana Rasputin

Belle

Nell Ingram

Seriously, you definitely want to make sure your suit is on properly, and this is the chance to fling a hopefully good excuse at Summer if you're a little bit leaning toward the 'I'm really not okay with heading out to a deadly planet this afternoon, but thaaaaanks!'

Was Illyana trying to do the dimensional math in her head on if she could use her stepping disks to go Pluto/AU!Pluto > Limbo > Fandom in case of an emergency?

Absolutely. Though despite the distances required in those jumps not being in her favor, she was suiting up anyway. Lots of risk, sure, but possibly lots of fun.

Belle was one of those who had no idea what the fuck spacesuits even were! As a result she really had no idea how to properly wear one. Still, she was doing her best to get into one as well as not look too nervous.

"So this is what Pluto is like in the dimension we've just come from ~~as far as we know~~," said Summer, gesturing at the extremely cold landscape of just a shit ton of ice and plains and mountains and stuff. "Super exciting, right? But it has five moons, so that's pretty cool, I guess. It's, like, too cold for there to conceivably be life on this planet, but I read on the internet that the inside of the planet is, like, way warmer, and there could be an ocean down there? And if we were to go in there, who knows? Maybe we'll discover some subterrainian culture, but we are so not doing that today, that's not the lesson, although if anyone's interested, definitely let me know? We can come back and we'll do a whole spelunking lesson, I don't know. Today, we're focusing on differences, so in about five minutes, we got another portal scheduled to take us to Pluto in my dimension, and you'll see what I mean, but for now, just chill, take some space rocks as a cool souivener, don't go too far, though, because I am not losing one of you on a declassified planet. If you're going to ditch class for your own adventures, hold out for, like, an actual planet or something, yeah?"

Clearly, Summer was not exactly impressed with Pluto, no.

It may not have been impressive for Summer, but Illyana loved it. Unreservedly, unabashedly, in love.

She was just going to climb up on the nearest, tallest bit of stable rock, and sit there, looking up at the stars for as long as she could.

And yes, taking a space rock or two.

And, after a few minutes on one Pluto, it was time to hop portal into another Pluto, which was definitely way different, from the clear signs of an advanced civilization, to the mushroom like fauna dotting the otherwise barren landscape, to the small, orange, big-eyed Plutonians milling around.

"And this," said Summer, removing the helmet of her suit as she did so, because they could breathe without an issue here, wouldn't you know it?, "is Pluto in my dimension. Clearly, there's a few notable changes. And here's the thing about this version of Pluto: they're not too happy about the whole 'declassification as a planet' thing, and the king, King Flippy Nips--yes, that is his real name--is hoping that we'll all get on board with the Keep Pluto a Planet campaign. Meanwhile, his son, Scroopy Noopers, insists that this whole campaign is just to cover the fact that Pluto is in a serious environmental crisis from pumping all the plutonium out of the core, which is making it shrink increasingly until eventually, they'll not have to worry about not having to be a planet anymore, they're gonna have to worry about not even existing anymore.

"Gee," she added a particularly derisive scoff with a roll of her eyes, "where have I heard that kind of thing before?

"So, anyway, point one of this class: two dimensions, two very different Plutos. Point two? Now that we're on a Pluto with intelligent life, what can we do about it while we're here? Do we just do the whole tourist thing, take a few space rocks for souveniers, and go home at the end of the class period? Do we want to get ourselves involved in this debate raging on that could determine this place's entire existence? Or do we want to just stay the fuck out of it because it's none of our business? Like, this isn't even your dimension, right? What do you guys think?

"Spoiler alert, though? When my dad actually got involved in Plutonian politics, he screwed it up big time and caused a riot, but, then again, my dad tends to screw up everything he gets involved in, sooooo.....yeah, I definitely trust you guys with this more than I would my dad."

"We're only here for, what, an hour? We can't fix a civilization in an hour," Illyana scoffed. "We aren't superheroes."

Just please nobody ask what she was involved in while her dad and her brother were getting all up in Plutonian politics, because it was super awkward, and also suggestive of a pattern she would rather not attempt to explore.

It took me way too long to think of what to do for class today.

I should, like, plan things?

But that's, like, silly.

Have Portal, Will Travel; Tuesday, Fourth Period [01/19].

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Suit Up and Get Ready! - HPWT, 01/19.

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Pluto 1: This Dimension - HPWT, 01/19.

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Pluto 2: Dimension FH-001 - HPWT, 01/19.

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