BWI Airport Portalocity Lounge, Saturday morning

[desertwolfcub]

Malia had never been out of California before. Or Beacon County, for that matter. She'd barely been out of Beacon Hills proper, and that was mostly as a coyote hunting for food.

So this was new and exciting! Or, you know, new at least. She was going to school. One that didn't, as far as she could tell, require her to learn math. So right there it had one up over BHHS. It also didn't have Scott or Stiles, which was not a point in its favor, but in the end, she'd decided that not having to struggle through eleventh grade math beat out getting to have the few people she knew around, especially when Scott agreed he could try to teach her control over the internet.

So here she was. Her ears still felt stuffed full of cotton from the plane, and the whole airport smelled like cleaning fluid and anxiety, and she was managing to claw tiny holes in the upholstery with claws that didn't want to stay hidden away like they were supposed to, but hey. At least she was having an adventure?

[IT'S NEWBIE SHUTTLE TIME! Up early-ish because work has been dumb this week and I might be slow.]

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Wait for the shuttle

[desertwolfcub]

Side-eying your fellow new students is optional.

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[kawaii_complex]

There had been cats, just outside the terminal, and Sakaki probably should have known better. But she couldn't help thinking that maybe American cats were different, maybe they were nicer than Japanese cats, kinder, more affectionate and used to being pet.

They were not.

Luckily, they were very helpful at the first aid station with patching up her wounds, so it was with a bandaged hand and one across her cheek where she'd been scratched that Sakaki made her way over to where the shuttle was going to take them all to their new school, clutching a map and brochure and double checking both before feeling certain she'd arrived at the right place.

And even though there weren't many people there, Sakaki felt seized by a strong anxiety about the whole thing, causing her to stalk off for a seat that felt out of the way of everyone else, clutching her English language guide tightly and rehearsing some of the more basic phrases in her head to distract herself.

Or just making herself more nervous.

That. It was definitely that second one.

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[desertwolfcub]

Malia tilted her head up a little as she sniffed.

"You smell like cat," she observed. "And fear."

Oh. Maybe that was one of those things that humans weren't supposed to say to each other?

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[kawaii_complex]

There was at least a brief spike of one of those when Sakaki looked up and blinked at the other girl, but soon settled, as her eyes fell back down to her book, as if the phrase she was looking for (which she knew, she didn't need the book, why had she looked at it? She couldn't focus on the letters anyway) would just appear magically on the page.

"There were cats," she finally explained, looking up again and for eyes drifted toward the direction she'd come from, "outside."

So that explained half of it, at least.

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[imawizard]

Harry had never been on a plane before, and there were a lot of things he could pass off as just being new to him, but between the trunks that didn't look like anyone else's luggage and the way people kept looking at his owl in her cage that he was carrying, he figured maybe he was a little new to other people, too.

He was good at dodging weird looks by now, though, and got to the lounge, and took a seat and got settled.

And then thought to ask, "Is this for Fandom High?"

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[desertwolfcub]

Malia glanced around and shrugged. "It'd better be." She looked at all this kid's stuff. "You have a bird."

Because, you know, maybe he hadn't noticed.

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[imawizard]

"Yeah. She's an owl, really." Which was pretty obvious, if anyone had ever seen an owl, and he probably didn't need to say that. "Her name's Hedwig."

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[kawaii_complex]

Sakaki was definitely one of those people eyeing the owl, although her look was almost entirely admiration and awe, because she was just beautiful! She'd never seen an owl up this close before, and the moment she saw her, Sakaki was absolutely enamored !

She would have never expected owls!

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[imawizard]

"Hi," said Harry.

He was here too.

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[craic_killer]

Clare had never left Northern Ireland, never been on airplane and never spent more than a weekend away from home in her life.

So this was already a LOT.

She was lugging her backpack and the world's heaviest hard-sided suitcase and finally just stopped, panting. "Please tell me this is the right spot," she said, words tumbling over themselves, "because I'm absolutely knackered in I have to move one more step, I'm going to burst right into tears."

Hopefully someone could hear through all of the Irish accent there and help her.

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[desertwolfcub]

Malia had very little idea what this short blonde girl had said, but she could recognize someone struggling with something heavy when she saw them, so she got up (making sure she wasn't actively showing claws or anything) and came to over to wordlessly pick up the bag she seemed to be struggling more with.

Malia would manage it like she was picking up a teddy bear.

"It's the right spot," she said, mostly to avoid tears. "If you're going to Fandom High, anyway."

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[craic_killer]

"I am," Clare said. "My friends back home are terribly jealous. Hello," she stuck out her hand to shake. "I'm Clare."

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[imawizard]

"Fandom?" Harry guessed. He was pretty used to deciphering accents by now.

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[craic_killer]

Well, she was a bit like an over-excited female Seamus, if that would help at all. "Fandom!" she confirmed, smiling. "I didn't know it was co-ed!"

Oooh.

Trip to Fandom

[desertwolfcub]

On the bus with the Bus Dean!

Re: Trip to Fandom

[sith_happened]

Well, you were certainly not going to miss the bus, painted as a giant chocolate bunny as it was.

Anakin was going to have some Words with Nina and Prompto later.

He got up from his chair--activating the whoopie cushion--and stomped down the steps.

"FANDOM HIGH!" he roared.

Enjoy your seats, kids. They were individually, custom painted and all had little baskets of Easter candy in them because paying attention to a calendar was for other, non-Nina-and-Prompto people.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[desertwolfcub]

"That's the ugliest bus I've ever seen," Malia told him. "The whole school doesn't look like that, does it?"

Re: Trip to Fandom

[sith_happened]

"Probably not," Anakin said, "but I've left it unsupervised for an hour to come get you, so I can't make any guarantees."

Re: Trip to Fandom

[imawizard]

Oh good, a teacher who roared. Harry looked like he was trying to get by without being noticed, aside from eyeing the bus like he didn't trust it at all.

Which he probably shouldn't.

And it still wasn't the weirdest bus he'd ever been on.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[sith_happened]

"Oh, good, another Harry Potter," Anakin said.

So helpful, that Anakin.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[craic_killer]

"I have never seen anyone quite this excited about Easter," Clare told him, "and I went to Catholic school all my life."

Re: Trip to Fandom

[sith_happened]

"I'm not this excited about Easter," Anakin said. "It just happens."

Re: Trip to Fandom

[kawaii_complex]

The bus...looked like a bunny.

The bus. That was taking her to her new school. Looked like a bunny!!!.

Sakaki couldn't handle any more. Her hands covered her face and she began trembling from the sheer effort it took to keep all her joy and elation contained inside.

Someone....might need to help the poor girl.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[sith_happened]

"Are you all right?" Anakin checked.

OOC

[desertwolfcub]