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Vacuo was beautiful, Adele decided, though very different from Atlas and from her home on Solace; a very different type of beautiful. The air was hot and dry, and the sun was relentless in its shining, reflecting off the tarmac in waves of heat. Well, the view of the Scheher Desert wasn't much, just a lot of sand, but it was something different.
Probably her favorite part was the beauty of diversity. At that moment, a young Faunus, around 5 and of the reptile variety, was running for a patch of open ground, pealing their shirt off to catch some sun. Of course there were some, mostly humans, that thought this was odd and inappropriate, but they were quickly silenced by the father who was a kind of frilled lizard and his frightening display, but it only caused Adele to laugh.
Bags in hand, she descended the stairs into the sub-terranian terminal; another thing that she liked about Vacuo- many of the cities existed underground. Grooved stone from the clearing process decorated the walls as she walked through the building, praying that the crowd would clear enough for her to make it to the bus on time.
In her pocket, her scroll chimed. Tossing her bags to the ground, she quickly looked at the screen. Smiling, she swiped to accept the call.
"Hi Sieg, how's it going?"
"You made it to the airport? How's Vacuo?"
"Exactly how it was described to us- hot and everything is underground. Are you and everyone good there?"
"Mom and Dad are fine, but we're all missing you. Why did you have to go to Beacon, Dela?"
"I've told you this, Siegfried," Adela sighed, sitting on her bags. "I can't just ignore my talents, same way that you can't yours. Beacon's my best chance at honing those skills and making something out of them."
"But what about…"
"Don't worry about me; I'll be far from Atlas…,"
"Far from us."
"I'm going to call you every week and write once a month, big brother," she giggled at his concern. "Stop worrying. I will be fine."
"But Dela…,"
"Sieg, you're going to make me late for the bus. Tell Mom and Dad I love them. I'll call when I get to the school."
"Fine, I love you sis."
"Love you too. Bye bye."
Adele quickly grabbed her bags and took off towards the entrance, weaving, diving, and ducking through the crowds while people scowled her for her rudeness and muttered about the state of the younger generation.
"Please tell me I didn't miss the bus," Adele gasped as she reached the curb outside the terminal.
The boy beside her laughed at the poor girl's ruffled and rushed appearance. "Depends, where are you heading?"
"The pier," she replied, trying to fix herself with full hands. "I need to get to the 3:30 boat for Vale."
"Then you're fine," he answered. "Name's Sky."
"Adele."
"I'm heading to Vale too; want to sit together on the bus."
She looked him over quickly. I might as well, she thought.
"Sure, but only for the bus ride."
"Great; pleasure to meet you, Adele."