BWI Airport Portalocity Lounge, Saturday morning

[notanaxemurderer]

Kiem had no idea where he was. Well, he sort knew, he was in the Portalocity Lounge, waiting for a shuttle to take him to his new school, which seemed to be as far away as the Emperor had been able to send him.

It could be worse, he supposed. He tried to hold on to that thought.

A large, glittery sign said FANDOM HIGH. It was hard to miss. Kiem sat down on a seat next to him and let the hoverchest that had floated next to him lower on to the floor.

He looked at his wristband. There was no connection, just some stored data available. We wasn't even going to be able to check the dartcar results.

[Newbie shuttle! After some OCD that is now up]

Comments

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[intheeyeofthebeholding]

"The planet...so you're...what, an alien?" Somehow, that was something Jon had never encountered before. He couldn't help being a little skeptical, just by default.

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[sword_chocobro]

Believe him, Jon, it was just as weird for Gladio to think about it, too.

He scoffed sort of a laugh and shook his head. "Technically speaking," he said, "yeah. Sorry for the lack of green skin."

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[intheeyeofthebeholding]

"Well," Jon said dryly, "I hear it's not easy being green. 'Technically speaking' sounds like a hell of a caveat."

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[sword_chocobro]

"Might be better than being red," Gladio pointed out, with another consideration for the poor, unsalvagable shirt. "And, yeah, trust me, 'hell of a caveat' feels like a real understatement sometimes. Teaching high school on a foreign planet wasn't exactly something on my bucket list. I didn't even know there was high school on foreign planets a few years ago."

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[intheeyeofthebeholding]

"So you're...your planet isn't Earth, then." He belatedly realized what Gladio meant. "I'm not terribly fond of being red, either."

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[sword_chocobro]

"It's called Eos," Gladio offered helpfully. "Not sure where it is in relation to this planet, but from what I can tell so far, they're really not too different from each other."

If you looked past the whole Starscourge thing, which was...pretty significant, really, but this guy seemed to have more than enough going on right now to bother with getting mired in details.

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[intheeyeofthebeholding]

"Goddess of the dawn," Jon noted. "Rosy-fingered Eos, who opens the gates for the sun to rise. She's Greek, though; your name's Roman. 'The sword'. Different languages here."