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Alli's school is not a terribly interesting school. It is, as far as Alli is concerned, a perfectly boring and average school in all possible respects. But some alumnus went and made themselves a bunch of money, and apparently they think it's a good idea to spend some of this money on "improving the cultural exposure of today's youth". (Alli has never met the alumnus in question, much less heard them speak, but she persists in picturing this spoken with a haughty British accent.) What this means for Alli is that she and a number of other 'deserving students' are being shipped over to France for free for a week. Alli's not quite sure why she counts as deserving- because her mom's single, maybe?- but she's hardly complaining. It's a free trip to France, after all.
In her usual style, Alli packs an hour before she has to leave and ultimately makes it out the door only ten minutes late after forgetting at least three vitally important items (her eyeliner!). But she makes it through Pearson security with plenty of time... well, more like barely enough time. But the important thing is, she's safely ensconced in her seat when they take off.
Once she's gotten her bag stowed and her legs rearranged in a doomed attempt at comfort and generally considers herself suitably settled, she turns to her seatmate. "Is your brain doing an Eeeeee France! thing too?"
lyonhearted
horsefeathers
There's a familiar face on the patio, sitting at a table across from a centaur girl. Jenny waves. "Alli! May! Hiiii," she calls over. "What're you guys doing here?"
maybeso
"I'm checking the place out. I belong to this obscure crittery religion now, got to know what it's about."
horsefeathers
Jenny giggles. "I belong to a perfectly normal non-crittery religion, thank you very much!"
horsefeathers
"Yessss, thank you! And not even a little obscure," Jenny replies airily. Then she refocuses. "Oh! Sorry. Emma, this is Alli and May, they go to school with me. Alli, May, this is my friend Emma."
maybeso
"Hi, Emma," says May. "I was referring to asking Alli earlier if being a critter is more like, I forget what else, or belonging to an obscure religion. No offense meant."
horsefeathers
"Oh it's totally fine, don't worry! I didn't think you meant actually," Jenny reassures her. "Whatcha think of Avalon so far?"
led_to_water
"Ohhh. Um, sorry, May. I thought you were just, uh- visiting Toronto, or something, at first. Welcome?"
led_to_water
"You too," Emma responds, not dishonestly but still somewhat automatically. "Oh, um, sorry, should've asked- are you two eating here? Did you want to sit? I can move." Her horse half is taking up a fair bit of space, but it's readily movable to the far side of the table to make space if necessary.
led_to_water
Emma scoots around the table until she's taking up the spaces behind the table rather than the spots to the side of her. "Better? Can you fit okay?"
led_to_water
Emma is slightly startled by this, but May can have a shy high five anyway. "You're, um. Adjusting okay, then...?" she asks tentatively.
maybeso
"I mean, it's a shock? Especially since Alli's never seen one of me before and I haven't looked through the library yet. But I'm rolling. So to speak."