The Causeway | Morning | Sunday | February 20

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It was just about time to depart for the annual Fandom High Spring Break trip. Portals had been called, arrangements had been made and now all the group had to do was wait for the scheduled portals to appear.

The causeway was a mess of students and adults, carrying bags and talking excitedly about whatever plans the might have for the upcoming week. It was chilly in Fandom but the group was about to head to the sunny shores of Hawaii. Hope you packed your sunscreen!

[This is the general HAI WE ARE GOING TO HAWAII POST YAY. Feel free to ping on in, talk to each other, be excited, etc. Up early for maaaaaaaaximum slowplay!]

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Mingling!

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It's time to say goodbye to Fandom for a week! Check your bags to make sure you brought everything, talk to each other, get psyched that you're gonna be leaving the cold!

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[endsthegame]

Sadly, 'getting psyched' wasn't really in Ender's line today. He'd packed - a quick rehaul of his pack for his recent trip home - and he was ready, but his conversation with Peter still rested heavy on his mind.

He did his best to look neutral; mostly he strayed near the edges of the crowd, not particularly looking for attention.

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[longislandiceme]

Bobby was actually bouncing from one portal right to another, as it happened. He looked around with relief as the portal from New York dropped him off right amidst the group waiting for the one to Hawaii.

He may have been among the minority in that he wasn't psyched to leave the cold, exactly, but he couldn't complain about a week off school. More importantly, it was a week off school not spent in New York and all the issues inherent in that.

And though his manner may have been somewhat subdued (for Bobby), his loud patterned shirt and the ridiculous pair of blue-tinted sunglasses he wore were anything but.

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[swordsandsoccer.livejournal.com]

Dolf was going to Hawaii!

Whatever AU-kids-infused brooding binge he'd been on all week, it was quickly starting to evaporate in the face of it. Hawaii! He'd never been there. Travel still excited him.

He had his bag (well-packed) and his smile, and he was practically bouncing where he stood.

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[stylin-wizard.livejournal.com]

Alex was extremely psyched to get out of the cold and head for surf, sun and sand in Hawaii. She was planning on spending a good amount of time on the beach and maybe even take a surfing lesson or two.

Her bags were resting on the ground next to her and she really was fighting the urge to bounce in place while waiting for the portal.

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[steel-not-glass.livejournal.com]

Cindy glanced around at the excited students on the Causeway and wondered exactly what the ratio of 'chaperoning' to 'enjoying herself' was supposed to be.

Also, if anyone complained about her settling in with a pina colada right off, she was going to declare jet lag. Somehow.

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[brat_inslayage]

Kennedy was already rocking sunglasses and her iPhone earbuds as she leaned back against her pile of luggage; no shorts, tank tops, or flip-flops yet, but from the way she was drumming her fingers against the edge of one of her suitcases she just might head right for the nearest restroom to change into a sun-appropriate outfit the second they got through the portal.

Her mood was awesome, provided she didn't devote any thought to how this was going to be her last crazy-extravagant Fandom break trip. Sure, she could afford trips like this pretty much whenever the hell she wanted to go. But, duh, it wasn't the same.

But the music was up loud, she was bopping her head along, and Operation Not Thinking About That was running nice and smooth.

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[solo_sword]

Jaina still wasn't entirely okay with going on this trip rather than staying home to work, but she had enough reasons she should be okay with it that she was just going to focus on that. Ignore that while waiting to go, you could find her sitting with a datapad in hand, going over reports about things she was missing back home.

Shhh, don't judge.

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[weetuskenraider]

The prospect of a week in weather where she wouldn't have to wear shoes if she didn't want to (unless the restaurants got weird about it the way they tended to, which was annoying) seemed like a very good thing to Tahiri, who wouldn't admit to having a lingering bit of a headache after all the interpersonal tension she'd picked up on her recent trip.

One bag would do her just fine, even if she did feel a bit out of place in civilian Earth clothing; she was scanning her datapad as she waited, though not paying too much attention to it.

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[batwaffles.livejournal.com]

Oh, boy, this was going to be exciting. A week in a tropical island paradise? Stephanie was going to enjoy the hell out of this, and she was practically bouncing in place.

There was nothing fancy or high tech about the simple point-and-shoot camera dangling from its lanyard around her wrist, or the well-packed duffel bag beside her, and she didn't care. Because Cluemaster's little girl got to go to Hawaii, and nobody had had to rob a bank to make it happen.

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[glacial_queen]

Karla had already decided that she was going to be fully recovered by Tuesday. Mostly because she'd be damned if she was going to spend her entire vacation sleeping on the beach--though she had no qualms about a daily nap or two.

Hmmm, was it possible for her to eat her weight in pineapples while she was there? Only one way to find out...

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[vanillajello]

Kate was psyched enough to be going to Hawaii, sure. Some random feeling at the back of her mind was just making her a little more subdued about it than she should've been. She just felt like... she was going alone. Which was a stupid and weird feeling to have, and when Zach had offered to take time off work and book himself into a suite at their hotel, she'd said no even though the idea had sounded really enticing. Now she almost wished she hadn't.

But she had big black sunglasses on and a little smile plastered on her face as she waited.

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[stars_and_money]

Jeremy? Had totally been to Hawaii before. That wasn't going to stop him from being excited to be going again, especially when it meant no school for a week.

He also may have packed a few too many bags but whatever. A guy needed his options.

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[furnaceface]

Jonothon? Was not excited about this. Jonothon was sticking around the edges of the group, which was really to be expected, with a grumpy white ermine perched on his head and twice his usual amount of luggage.

Yes, he needed the extra suitcase. It was for the weasel in the winter coat.

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[therewaslife]

Tropical vacations weren't something that Bod had a lot of experience with so he was taking his time to check his bag to make sure he'd packed what he needed.

And what he needed was a lot of sunscream considering the pale nature of his skin. He was so going to end up looking like a tomato, he just knew it.

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[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

Percy was pretty sure his mother had been more excited about this trip than he had. Still, he was pretty stoked to be getting some place for fun and not because he was on a quest.

He had a bag slung over his shoulder and Riptide secure in his pocket so he was ready to go.

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[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

Nathan was actually being quiet for once. That was mostly due to standing off on the edge of the crowd, cigarette lit and iPod blaring music that anyone around him would hear.

Look, it was early and he was a late sleeper. He was allowed his vices in the hopes that it'd wake him up and get him better prepared to rock the Hawaiian paradise they were about to go to.

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[trigons_child]

Raven was excited about the trip and looking forward to a week in Hawaii. Not just because of the warm temperatures; she was still having trouble relaxing and hoped the vacation would help ease her tension.

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[likes_scoundrels]

Leia had almost entirely forgotten about the trip. She'd been sorely tempted not to go, but realized she really needed a break from the politics back home.

She told Winter and her mother to send her word of anything that needed her attention only if it was really important.

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[wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com]

Birthday! And Hawaii! Wesley was chipper, all smiley and maybe a little bit bouncey. Shh. This was going to be a good week.

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[nosefullofsnot.livejournal.com]

Lucas finished boarding over to the causeway as fast as he could from the radio station and asked, "I didn't miss the portal, right? If I did, everyone here is getting kicked in the face!"

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[takesaftermom.livejournal.com]

Summer was looking forward to spending a week in Hawaii. She was all set to hit up the beach, check out the waves and perhaps, surf a little and explore the island as much as possible.

Her bag rested at her feet and as she played with the settings on her camera, she wondered if she should have brought her surfboard with her.

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[mathletenomore.livejournal.com]

Lindsay had been looking forward to this trip. She certainly didn't mind the week off from classes. Getting the chance to relax in Hawaii was a major bonus.

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[rilla-myrilla.livejournal.com]

Rilla's bags were packed...and heavy. Her idea of light vacation reading was a few collections of poetry and three Dickens novels.

She glanced around at the assembled mass of people and tried very hard not to bounce up and down her toes. It wouldn't be dignified.

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