BWI Airport Portalocity Lounge, Saturday Morning

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The Khan family was not known for doing the minimum for anything. Which is why the entire family drove down in multiple cars the entire way from Jersey City to BWI. Three hours in the car of her mom and dad asking if she had everything. Asking if she needed anything. There's a Target on the way in case she needed or forgot something. Meanwhile Aamir kept texting her complaints about Abbu's driving skills and asking if Kamala needed anything.

"I'm fine," was the common answer to everything. Again, again and again. Then there was hugs and fussing over everything when they got to the airport and reminders and more fuss. To which everything Kamala laughed and said "I'm fine."

And then they got in their car and left.

And Kamala was standing in the Portalocity Lounge taking it all in while holding her stuffed sloth and a pile of luggage next to her.

Deep breath. "I'm fine."

...

"Why is there so much glitter?"

[OCD Incoming]

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Re: Trip to Fandom

[aroughtempestiwillraise]

That sounded much more reasonable!

"Now where are my manners?" Morena raised him better than this! "Gale of Waterdeep. Archmage."

Re: Trip to Fandom

[sith_happened]

"Anakin Skywalker," Anakin replied, "Master Jedi and the Dean of Students in Fandom. What's an archmage?"

Re: Trip to Fandom

[aroughtempestiwillraise]

"A wizard who has become learned enough and skilled enough to assume the title of an archmage." And then fucking exploded or ended up getting killed doing dumb shit. Oh! Or turned into a lich! Look, wizards have bad track records in general. "If I may ask, what is a Jedi?"

Re: Trip to Fandom

[sith_happened]

"Think wizard without needing to cast spells," Anakin said. "I'm from a different galaxy."

Re: Trip to Fandom

[aroughtempestiwillraise]

He was just gonna jot you down as a sorcerer then.

"Yes, Ms. Khan there did mention that this is a sort of nexus," Gale said with just way too much enthusiasm. "Would you know anything about it?"

Re: Trip to Fandom

[sith_happened]

"Not the science behind it, but I've lived here for almost twenty years," how. HOW, "so I can do my best to answer your questions."

Re: Trip to Fandom

[aroughtempestiwillraise]

"If one wished to study this anomaly, how might they go about it?" If there was ever a time to have a bad feeling about this, it was now.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[sith_happened]

Yeah, the hair was standing up on the back of Anakin's neck. "I don't believe that's a good idea," he said carefully.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[aroughtempestiwillraise]

"But the academic pursuit of knowledge!" Cool motive, still potentially breaking reality.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[sith_happened]

"Not always a great path!" Anakin countered.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[aroughtempestiwillraise]

"Ahh, we'll get you there." You would not, Gale. Your persuasion was shit.

Re: Trip to Fandom

[sith_happened]

Anakin snorted. "I wouldn't hold your breath on that."

Maybe he could try to interrogate the Portalocity gnomes.