fh_trips | Limni Keri, Zakynthos, Monday Evening

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fall break 2018: zakynthos and athens

Limni Keri, Zakynthos, Monday Evening

The village of Limni Keri laid a little whiles out from the Portalocity terminal at Zakynthos's capital of Zante, but it was a pleasant trip full of beach views, tall hills and olive trees. The village itself was small, its various shops, homes and restaurants spread out across a square mile and a half, ending on a quiet beach.

The shuttle took them to a pretty yellow apartment complex. It held no restaurant, but the owners had left a spread of Greek mezedes behind for the arriving guests. Of course, if you were truly hungry, you could always take a stroll along the beach and pick one of the adorable Greek tavernas that lined the coast.

Come in, settle in. Enjoy the warm temperatures of Greece, and the sound of the surf.

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Simon was more than happy to let Alluka have that bed, flopping down onto the other with a contended sigh. "Yeah, this is pretty great," he agreed. He leaned up enough to see Alluka and grinned at her. "So do we get trips like this very often? Like, I've heard of spring break, but I never thought of the idea of taking a fall break before."

[Suuuuper SP for the next little; I'm doing volunteer scheduling. SO MUCH VOLUNTEER SCHEDULING.]

She opened the door to their sitting area and grinned at him through the glass, before she pulled her head back in to actually answer him.

"Um, usually twice a year we go places," she said, having to think about that. "Once in the spring, and once in the fall. Sometimes people invite each other to their places for holidays in the summer and the winter, but that's not school organized."

[Noted! Good luck with your scheduling!]

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"Huh, okay," Simon said. "So I've got another one to look forward to next semester, that's cool."

The whole 'sometimes people invite each other back home' thing made a lot of sense, too, not just for hanging out with friends, but... he rather got the impression that a lot of people in Fandom couldn't go back home themselves, or maybe didn't even have them to go back to.

He sat up and smiled back at his 'big' sibling. "So how've you been? Sorry, I feel like I've been kind of... hermit-y... since I got to Fandom."

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She shrugged at him, closing the door.

"And, and if you don't go places in the summer, that's okay too. The school keeps the dorms open--oh, though sometimes they move us to tents or cabins for camping instead of the dorms, but there's always a place to be here and your room stays yours."

That was important. To Alluka, anyway.

"I've been okay," she said, though that wasn't really the right word? "I'm sorry I haven't kept up with you. Were you staying in your room because you wanted to?"

If so, she couldn't judge. Alluka still did that, years out from having to stay in her room.

Simon nodded. "Yeah, I found everything... a little overwhelming?" he explained. "Like, I needed the time to kind of just, like, adjust to Fandom. I really didn't know what I was getting into when I applied."

He grinned again, shrugging. "I mean, I'm doing better now. Making some friends, and my roommate's great, and I even got a job."

"That's a lot better," Alluka said, nodding encouragingly, like how she imagined Kathy would, if Alluka had said the same sort of thing. "There's a lot to adjust to here, and rooms are safe places, aren't they? Where did you get a job?"

It was definitely encouraging!

... Also adorable.

"Groovy Tunes," Simon explained, "that, like, music shop? Apparently the fact that I know what vinyl is qualifies me to sell it."

Not that you need particularly high qualifications to sell vinyl.

"Oh! You're working for Papa!"

That was wonderful! She beamed at Simon. It was almost like he was even more like a real brother, now, since her Papa would also look after him.

"Oh, Jono's your- Papa?" Simon asked, a little nonplussed. Jono hadn't seemed old enough to have a kid his and Alluka's age. Maybe Alluka's apparent age, but he was pretty sure she'd been telling the truth about how old she was.

He couldn't help but grin back, though; that beaming smile was infectious. "Well, I guess that's kinda cool."

"Oh, not my, um, my father," she tried, tripping over the words as she clambered onto her bed to hug her stuffed elephant. "He's my adopted papa, him and Papa Hannibal both. They're married, you know."

And she wasn't officially adopted but Alluka knew that that didn't matter to them.

"And, and it was better for me, to be with them."

There was this brief, passing moment where Simon just blinked, and somewhere in the back of his head a voice wanted to scream, "Is everyone on this island gay?" (Never mind that he wasn't even on the island at the moment.)

But he didn't; he just nodded and grinned. "Well, that's good, then," he said, wondering if a hug would be appropriate. Not that he was normally a big hugger, but it kinda seemed like Alluka deserved them. "I'm glad you found them."

She laughed.

"They found me, well, Papa Jono did anyway," she said happily. "I went tumbling out of a portal and was on the island and Papa was there and he helped me figure out that I was supposed to be on the island." She considered that. "Though I still pretended to be in my room for a long time."

Because, well, she wasn't supposed to leave her room.

"He'll take good care of you," she added, since this was about Simon, not her. "And, and if you ever need help, he'll always do his best."

"That's really good to hear," Simon said. "Hopefully, I won't need it, but... it's good to know, y'know?"

Not that it was all that surprising, to hear that about someone at Fandom.

"... So was there any food in the kitchen there?"

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