Fifth Floor Common Room, Friday Evening

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

Toby had a stack of pizza boxes with him as he flopped down on the common room couch and flipped through the channels until he found one playing a marathon of the Death in a Fence movies.

One might ask how exactly a kid with no money to his name managed to afford enough pizza to feed several people other than himself. The answer? A few rounds of pool with the old guess-your-weight trick for good measure.

In any case, once again there was pizza and a Toby and a common room, and this time he'd be far more inclined to share.

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[exactlyaverage.livejournal.com]

"On this planet," Jack said slowly nodding as if this made his disbelief go away. "As in... you're not from this planet. And yes... obviously? New student. Because: Cat. You look like one. But with two legs."

He'd get that whole cat person thing wrapped up in his head any minute now.

[lordofthecats.livejournal.com]

"It was a bit of a shock for me when I first got to Fandom," said Lion-o, not at all surprised by the reaction he was getting. "I didn't know when I got there that all the other students would be human. I'd never seen so many of them in one place! And yes, I'm not from this planet. I'm originally from a world called Thundera."

[exactlyaverage.livejournal.com]

"Thundera," Jack echoed. "So is that... like a local solar system to us or waaay out there?"

[lordofthecats.livejournal.com]

"It must have been pretty far away, though I didn't exactly pay attention to the journey," said Lion-o. "Of course, when portals are involved, it can be tough to tell how far you've traveled."

[exactlyaverage.livejournal.com]

"Portals. Right. There'd have to be portals," Jack said running his hand over his head and letting out a sigh. "Interesting. Very weird but interesting.

[lordofthecats.livejournal.com]

"They can be kind of annoying when they pop out of nowhere, but they're pretty handy. It's the only way I know of to get to my new home planet," said Lion-o. "But for now, you may want to avoid them. Also, there's a locker that you should probably avoid. It's #327. People tend to fall in and get lost for days."

[exactlyaverage.livejournal.com]

"Well sure," Jack said shaking his head in disbelief. "There'd have to be a vortex thingy in a locker here. Really?"

That can't be good.

[lordofthecats.livejournal.com]

"I got to experience it for myself last summer," said Lion-o. "It took me at least a weekend to figure out the way back. At least it didn't drop me off anywhere unpleasant."

[exactlyaverage.livejournal.com]

"Where does it put you exactly?" Jack asked. "Another part of the island? Oklahoma?"

[lordofthecats.livejournal.com]

"If it was the island, it was a part that I'd never seen before," said Lion-o. "I didn't recognize anything there. Maybe I'll find it again one day."