The Perk, Tuesday Morning

[doubleohblonde]

James wasn't really sure where he'd woken up, it hadn't been his room at Fettes, or Aunt Charmian's place, though he supposed it was better than... well, best not to think about it.

Venturing out in search of a bracing hot drink he also managed to deduce from the accent of the girl behind the counter that it definitely wasn't Scotland or England either. Which left the nagging question of how the bloody hell he'd gotten to America in his sleep.

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[abitlowkey]

Well, it could always be worse than waking up in Fandom. He could have woken up in Oklahoma.

Yeah.

"Hello," Loki said to the person he did not recognize. Because he was polite like that. Or just liked to talk. Probably the latter.

[doubleohblonde]

"Good morning," James replied neutrally. It cost nothing to be polite back to this new boy, and he could always be impolite later if he turned out to be a tosser.

[abitlowkey]

Heeeey. Don't be hating on his tossing.

"Are you new? Or perhaps just very antisocial?"

[doubleohblonde]

Who said there had to be an 'or' involved?

"I just got here today." Which was true enough, James supposed. "I'm James."

[abitlowkey]

Oh snap!

Loki extended his hand for a shake, giving a bright smile. "Hello, James. I am Loki, son of Laufey. Formerly of Asgard and now of Fandom."

[doubleohblonde]

"Pleased to meet you, Loki," James said, taking Loki's hand and returning the smile, if not quite as brightly. Just because he was a nutter who apparently thought he was a god, didn't mean he couldn't be a perfectly lovely sort of person. "So this is Fandom, then?"

[abitlowkey]

"It is," Loki confirmed. "An odd sort of place, but nowhere else is the coffee so good."

Because he'd only ever had it from the diner in Broxton.

[doubleohblonde]

James actually grinned then. "I'd noticed that." You weren't going to get decent coffee at a British boarding school.

[abitlowkey]

"They have ceased serving the latte of pumpkin spice, but there is now one with peppermint." Yes, Loki was super excited about this.

[doubleohblonde]

"Peppermint?" They also didn't have flavoured coffees at British barding schools.

[abitlowkey]

James, don't mention that to Loki. He will never be able to travel to England then. "You must try it," Loki informed him, waving at the barista to add a second drink to his order.

[doubleohblonde]

Well, they probably had them now, but as far as James knew it was still the mid-eighties. "If you insist," he said agreeably.

[abitlowkey]

Oh, like a little thing like two decades would stop his horror.

Loki nodded seriously. "Are you to go to school here?"

[doubleohblonde]

"I expect so," James said, as yet unaware that wasn't quite accurate. It made as much sense as a reason for being here as any. "I imagine it'll made a change from my last two."

[abitlowkey]

"What were they like?" Asked the god who never attended a school before this.

[doubleohblonde]

"The first was a frightful bore and incredibly stuffy." Which was one way to describe Eton. It would probably come as a terrible shock he'd gotten himself kicked out. "Fettes was slightly less self-important, and it had girls." As far as James was concerned, girls were important.

[abitlowkey]

"There are also girls here," Loki informed him kindly. "I had a girl for a roommate for a short period of time."

Yes. Loki and Dorothy.

[doubleohblonde]

James's eyebrows rose. "That's defintiely a step up then," he said. "The girls were in different houses back at Fettes."

[abitlowkey]

"...why would they do that? Are they diseased?"

It was a toss up on if Loki didn't know or was just saying it for the hell of it.

[doubleohblonde]

"...no. It's supposed to keep us out of trouble and focused on our work."

Not that that had really stopped James.

[abitlowkey]

"That sounds like it would only cause more trouble." Because the forbidden aspect. Like Loki and a book he wasn't allowed to read.

[doubleohblonde]

James smiled. Well, he was trying for a smirk but he was too young to really pull that off yet. "It does encourage creativity."

[abitlowkey]

IT WAS ADORABLE ANYWAY.

"I am certain your-ah-creativity will be put to good use here."

[doubleohblonde]

"I'm sure it will." Because that couldn't possibly go wrong.