Who...are you? (Kad)

Kad meets Mark and Landon looking at memes after accidentally wandering into a school

“What an odd place” I think to myself wandering through a foreign landscape. I’m not exactly sure how I ended up here, I think that potion might have had something to do with it. The landscape seems to change rather suddenly, going from rainforest to desert in almost immediate succession. The sun begins to set over the desert sand and I notice a building up ahead, though rather dilapidated, it’s better than being outside all night. I headed inside to look around. 

Unsurprisingly, the building seems to be empty with the occasional light on and tired looking people sitting at their desks poring over seemingly endless amounts of papers…I’m happy I never took a desk job. I hear laughter up ahead and see a light behind a closed door. There’s two voices instead of one and I silently make my way to the door before knocking on it. “Hello?” I ask softly “Is someone in there?” The door opens suddenly and I’m pulled inside, the next thing I know I’m pinned against a wall by a tall thin man with wild eyes and flame red hair. Not unlike Adriana in a way. 

“LANDON?!” The other person shouts “Stop it let him go!” My eyes now adjusted to the new surroundings make out another man sitting in a chair, the tall man releases me reluctantly and goes back to sitting down mumbling something. “Who are you?” The smaller man asks. I fumble with my words but eventually introduce myself. “I’m Mark. This is Landon.” Mark and I shake hands while Landon just glares “What are you doing here?” He asks “It’s past school hours.” That explains the desks and stressed out people, it’s a rather delaptiated school. If I worked here, I’d be stressed too. “I got lost.” I explain how I ended up here, wherever that is and eventually made my way to the school. “Well we were just looking at memes at the moment until my boyfriend gets here with dinner. Care to join?” Mark pulls up a chair for me “Uh...sure? It’s not like I have much choice.” I sit and Mark searches something on his computer. “Marks a bit of a meme expert.” Landon says “And surprisingly good at the flamenco.” Mark kicks him lightly in response and pulls up a website. “Anything you like in particular?” I think about it a moment “I like cats, and dogs, animals in general.” Mark pulls up a tab and we scroll through amusing ourselves until there’s another knock at the door. “It’s open Steve!” Mark tells the person knocking and the door opens again. “Kad this is my boyfriend Steve.” Mark gestures to the man holding a bag. “I hope you brought enough for everyone.” I go to say something but Landon interjects “It’s ok, I have my own stash of butter and salsa.” I give Landon a while rather impolite, completely understandable confused look. Butter and Salsa? “Oh yeah I can see Mark forgot to mention Landon’s weird eating habits.” Steve says setting down the bag of food while Landon hisses and gives him a look as if he were stabbing daggers into him with only his eyes. “I hope you like Thai food.” Steve says opening the bag and handing out utensils “I’m up for anything as long as it isn’t straight butter.” I reply. No wonder that guy’s a little crazy, with a diet like that I think to myself as Landon breaks out his stash. 

“Kad? Kad! Where are you? Kad?! Come out come out wherever you are!!” I hear a familiar voice yell from down the hallway, Lucie must be looking for me. I open the door and wave “I’m in here! Hang on a second!!” I throw away my now empty plate and thank Steve for the dinner. “My friends are here, looks like it’s time for me to head home, it was nice meeting you all. And uh, Landon…Maybe try some different food combinations that don’t involve butter.” I grab my jacket from the coat hanger and bid them farewell before closing the door behind me and meeting Lucie down the hall. “Where have you been? I’ve been here for hours.” I explain, Lucie shrugs “Took us awhile to get the portal open again. They’re finicky things, as you know. Come on, Adri is waiting for us by the door.” I follow her until we meet up with Adriana. “So How was your day?” Adri asks in a singsong voice “Well I got somehow thrown into another world but I saw some memes and got free food, so at the end of the day all is good.” Adriana nods, seemingly impressed “Time to go home then, now that’s you’ve eaten and seen some memes?” I grin “Absolutly.” Adriana walks with us outside and a bit away from the now nearly completely empty school, and conjures a portal back to our own home. We step through one by one, Adri being the last as the portal closes behind her. “Well you know what they say; all’s well that ends well.” Adriana says as we walk home. The statement is true enough at that.