Skew
HP: 1 | LP: 2 | Cnd: Snarky
Wally Iverson leaned against a nearby brick wall where he could see newbies coming in. If he were more empathetic he'd remember his own flailings around the unfamiliar and daunting campus 6 weeks ago. But that wasn't Wally. He stood casually with a vape between his lips the occasional puff of fluffy white smoke followed the *currr* sound of the percolating fluid. A slight shimmer over one eye wouldn't be familiar yet to anyone else as an indicator that he was scanning the whole of the campus for similar scenes of amusement as evidenced by the smirk across his face.
He'd initially been pissed that his academic aptitudes indicated he needed to be with the first years. He was ten-and-six already!
I aint no blarmy kidminder! Let 'em wipe their own fannies and sniv'lin' noses, he'd complained. An industrious school counselor had told Wally to consider that it was another year he could stay, rent-free, basic-meals-included, and stipend-receiving so he'll be better set up when he left on his own. It bypassed the adult-at-18, end-of-benefits clause, and he could stay in the loophole status for extra time, including legal help if he got pinched. Wally'd scoffed at the last - like bobbies would ever nick him, yeah right! - but the rest made sense and he didn't feel as bad about it.
One new arrival caught his attention though. Even as he was stepping forward a silvery portal appeared like a slash in the air before him. His foot landed on a path somewhat different than the ground he left and the rest of his body followed through the instantly-expanding portal.
A few feet in front of
Max Butler and his brother a lanky kid with light brown hair emerged from a sliver disk that appeared, and just as quickly disappeared.
"Cor! You aint nuffin' but bones! 'Ow you even walkin', Bruv?" Wally stares in awe at the tall skeletal figure before him, the vape in his hand visible but forgotten in the face of this new oddity.