09-06-2019, 12:53 AM
It wasn't particularly often that Aethelred – affectionately nicknamed "Worm" by all of his friends – actually got to take a break and relax during the school year. He would never dare to even come near Disneyland during the summer, considering it would be boiling hot and full of kids on their summer vacations, but it wasn't exactly easy for an English professor to just leave so soon before test time. It had taken a lot of pleading and quite a bit of thoughtful searching for a substitute that could match his high class standards – standards that the professor insisted entailed him usually going spectacularly off the rails into a completely unrelated topic, ignoring the actual lesson plan and then giving fifty pages of completely random homework – but eventually he had, and that meant that he got to go on his trip with everyone. If he was being entirely honest, he probably would've preferred a smaller trip, with him, Roy, Rhea, V, and maybe even Red, if he wanted, but this was good too. More people just meant more fun, right?
Well, that certainly wasn't true of a long car trip. Stuck between two of the other Tangle group members, he had been trying his best to ignore the growing headache from people speaking loudly over each other, and the motion sickness that usually came to him when being in a car for a long period of time. He had spent most of the time desperately just trying to sleep, because if he wasn't awake, he couldn't get motion sickness. He had stayed up a couple of times to explain things to Roy or tell him about what could be expected at Dismeyland. He had chatted with Red a couple of times, but since the professor wasn't willing to raise his voice beyond a moderate volume, these conversations never lasted particularly long. For the most part he was sure that Selby was suffering far more than he was, having to both focus on the road amid all of the chaos and stay awake over the long drive, no doubt with a great deal of stress hanging over his head. He'd be sure to thank Selby for that later, when his legs weren't so shaky and his head wasn't vaguely spinning as he stared up at the ceiling of the van for a long moment. His eyes traced over a couple of faint scratched along the ceiling of the vehicle before taking a deep breath once one of his seat neighbors was out of the car. He moved out after them, carefully shimmying into the outside world and leaning back against the van so that he didn't fall over.
He had vaguely heard what Selby had said while they were still inside the metal clown car, but it was only now that he finally responded, closing his eyes briefly so that his head wasn't spinning, "Sounds good to me, Selb... although honestly I don't think that itinerary will actually be followed that strictly." He said the second part in a slightly softer voice, not wanting Selby to immediately freak out in a panic. He just wasn't entirely sure that any of the people in that car would actually care about any sort of plans that Selby had in mind. After many years of dealing with young people, he knew that they could do very well at not listening, and while not everybody in that vehicle was a young person, he still didn't have much faith that they would actually listen particularly closely. If he was being honest with himself, however, he wasn't sure he would focus too much on any sort of plan either. After all, this was his vacation, and he kinda just wanted to go where his feet took him... provided they could actually keep him upright.
When another of the doors of the van opened, Worm glanced over and smiled softly as he saw Roy hop out, always happy to see his adopted son. Honestly Roy was a large part of the reason Worm had decided to come, and he really hoped that the boy had a good time on this trip, and it wouldn't be too stressful. The professor knew that if he had gone to Disneyland when he was a child, he would've been far too stressed out from the crowds to enjoy himself at all, but it didn't seem like Roy was much like him when he was a kid, and that was something he was very happy for. He didn't want Roy to show the same sheltered abused tendencies that he had shown as a child, and him being happy reflected that Worm was actually doing a halfway decent job at his parenting job so far. Warmly smiling, the male held his hand out to Roy if he wanted to take it, his legs still slightly wobbly.
Well, that certainly wasn't true of a long car trip. Stuck between two of the other Tangle group members, he had been trying his best to ignore the growing headache from people speaking loudly over each other, and the motion sickness that usually came to him when being in a car for a long period of time. He had spent most of the time desperately just trying to sleep, because if he wasn't awake, he couldn't get motion sickness. He had stayed up a couple of times to explain things to Roy or tell him about what could be expected at Dismeyland. He had chatted with Red a couple of times, but since the professor wasn't willing to raise his voice beyond a moderate volume, these conversations never lasted particularly long. For the most part he was sure that Selby was suffering far more than he was, having to both focus on the road amid all of the chaos and stay awake over the long drive, no doubt with a great deal of stress hanging over his head. He'd be sure to thank Selby for that later, when his legs weren't so shaky and his head wasn't vaguely spinning as he stared up at the ceiling of the van for a long moment. His eyes traced over a couple of faint scratched along the ceiling of the vehicle before taking a deep breath once one of his seat neighbors was out of the car. He moved out after them, carefully shimmying into the outside world and leaning back against the van so that he didn't fall over.
He had vaguely heard what Selby had said while they were still inside the metal clown car, but it was only now that he finally responded, closing his eyes briefly so that his head wasn't spinning, "Sounds good to me, Selb... although honestly I don't think that itinerary will actually be followed that strictly." He said the second part in a slightly softer voice, not wanting Selby to immediately freak out in a panic. He just wasn't entirely sure that any of the people in that car would actually care about any sort of plans that Selby had in mind. After many years of dealing with young people, he knew that they could do very well at not listening, and while not everybody in that vehicle was a young person, he still didn't have much faith that they would actually listen particularly closely. If he was being honest with himself, however, he wasn't sure he would focus too much on any sort of plan either. After all, this was his vacation, and he kinda just wanted to go where his feet took him... provided they could actually keep him upright.
When another of the doors of the van opened, Worm glanced over and smiled softly as he saw Roy hop out, always happy to see his adopted son. Honestly Roy was a large part of the reason Worm had decided to come, and he really hoped that the boy had a good time on this trip, and it wouldn't be too stressful. The professor knew that if he had gone to Disneyland when he was a child, he would've been far too stressed out from the crowds to enjoy himself at all, but it didn't seem like Roy was much like him when he was a kid, and that was something he was very happy for. He didn't want Roy to show the same sheltered abused tendencies that he had shown as a child, and him being happy reflected that Worm was actually doing a halfway decent job at his parenting job so far. Warmly smiling, the male held his hand out to Roy if he wanted to take it, his legs still slightly wobbly.
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