fandomhigh | Continued Earth Tourism, third period

"Welcome and welcome back, everybody!" Lana said when they gathered at Portalocity. "My sincerest apologies for missing last week; I'm afraid I had miscalculated my time spent back home. So, introductions will be this week, but we'll still be traveling. And apparently spending extra time and adjusting the portals is something we can do," thank you, Raiden and radio! "so we'll still have plenty of time for our explorations."

She led them through the portal. "We're back in Italy today, but quite a bit drier. This is the Colosseum in Rome. It's the ruins of what was apparently quite a spectacular site a couple thousand years ago, holding gladiatorial combats and other such contests. Not far away, you can also view the remnants of the Forum, the center of political, religious, and commercial life at the time, and the Palatine, which houses the remains of the earliest settlement in the area and later palaces."

She handed out tickets. "I've never done this time-adjusting portals before, so I've arranged for four hours here, and we'll be back at the end of class. We'll see how it works out."

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Ruins!

Kamala Khan

Eleanor Zarrin

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Wonder why your teacher sounds so excited about the prospect of ruins.

She's a nerd, that's why.

Before you head off, introduce yourself! Lana spots some new faces.

"Hi! I'm Kamala. I took this class during the summer and it's just a fantastic way to see the world," Kamala said, her attention already drawn to the ruins and just everything around her.

"Welcome back, Kamala," Lana said. She kept it short; she understood that draw toward history.

"Hi!" Graham beamed as he waved a hand in the air, with that small thrill that would always come with introducing himself now that he had his fancy new title. "I'm Sir Graham! Of Daventry!"

Of course he struck a knightly pose!

"And I'm really excited about this opportunity to see a little more of Earth and have lots more exciting adventures here before I commit myself to becoming a full time knight back home!"

"Welcome, Sir Graham," Lana said, smiling at his enthusiasm. "It's good to see you."

"I'm Eleanor," she offered, with a small smile and a somewhat restrained wave of her hand, especially compared to others. "And I know there's still a lot more of this world out there to see, so I'm really looking forward to experiencing more of it."

Also a good excuse to just go cool places and hang out with her friends, which, let's admit it, was the reason most of them were here, right?

"Welcome back, Eleanor; I hope you get that experience. Let me know if there's anything in particular you'd like to see."

"Hi, I'm Charlie!" She waved at everyone. "I took this class in the summer and wanted more, so here I am!"

"Welcome back, Charlie," Lana said. "It's good to see you."

"I am Miss Lydia Bennet," Lydia said with a bob of a curtsey. "Traveling is ever so much more difficult where I am from, so I have decided to try to see as much of the world as I can while I have the opportunity."

Lana nodded. "Travel is more difficult most places, I think. I'm glad we can give you this opportunity."

"I'm Belle, I enjoyed the trips we took over the summer, and I wanted to see more."

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"Hi, I'm Arden," she said with a little wave. "I also took this class over the summer and wanted more. Coming to Fandom was the first time I'd left my section of North Carolina and I wanna see as much of the world as I can."

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"Henry," Henry said. "I like going new places. So," she shrugged.

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Explore! Ruins and digs and rocks, oh my!

Kamala sat on the worn stone steps of the Colosseum, her breath catching in her throat as she took in the ancient grandeur around her. She couldn’t help but whisper a “wow” under her breath, her eyes darting from the towering arches to the blue sky peeking through the ruins. Her imagination immediately kicked in, thinking of epic gladiator battles and cheering crowds, and she sighed happily at the thought of being in the middle of it all. She pulled out her phone to snap a selfie, grinning ear to ear, because she couldn’t wait to share this with Bruno and Nakia.

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For all his bright-eyed, bushy-tailed enthusiasm in his introduction, Graham found himself a little quiet, a little soberly reflective, as he explored the ruins ans especially spent some time in around the Colluseum. A little distant. Definitely thoughtful. Mostly just reverent and with a swell of something he was somewhat wrestling with inside.

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Between this and her American History class, Eleanor was really nailing the whole wandering around and looking at things with scholar interest down. Not that it wasn't interesting, of course, or impressive, but she mostly just sort of enjoyed contemplating it and checking things out quietly.

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Oh. Well. This was...Lydia could certainly understand why every young man who went on a tour of Europe went to Rome.

She wished she had brought a sketchbook. She wished she had a sketchbook. As it was, she supposed she would have to just take pictures with her phone.

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She's here! If you can pry her away from the history.

Day 2 of putting me on speed. Let's see how it works.

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