Chasing Comets

Sip when:

“Pirates”

you see an alien with more or less than two eyes

you see a solar surfer

Jim says “cool”

John Silver cooks

Jim speaks back to anyone

Morph changes into a character

Drink when:

the Captain and Arrow have a moment

someone speaks about Jim’s father

Day 22: An Underrated Movie

I know I’m only supposed to choose one, but for this specific challenge I just can’t. Treasure Planet and Atlantis: The Lost Empire are both such amazing films, yet neither of them get as much recognition as they should.

In a way, their stories are both similar: finding a land that some people believe do not exist, and both places have untold treasures, heroines that kick mega butt, and so much more.

Two more weeks of waiting, Penelope thought with a sort of grim anticipation as she walked through the hustle and bustle of the Montressor Spaceport.

In about two more weeks, she was going back to school via space shuttle (this was the nearest stop for her-Interstellar Academy, one of the best schools in the nearby galaxy. She was immensely grateful, of course. She’d worked her butt off to enter the science program (with honours) and she enjoyed the work she did there.

Yet…she still felt a sense of dread.

It wasn’t the coursework that bothered her Not at all. It was more or less the students. Roughly five or so months she’d been there, and Penelope hadn’t managed to make a single friend. Even worse, she’d made lots of enemies. Penelope, in short, was outcasted for being a little (okay, a lot) different and socially awkward than most.While she tried not to let this bother her and focus on her work, it still hurt, feeling so isolated from her peers.

Last week, Jim was granted a one week leave of absence by the Interstellar Academy to visit his mother. At first, he was thankful, but now that the week had come to an end he wished they had given him more time.

He lifted his head from his invention and began to glance around the spaceport. Nothing seemed to be of any interest to him until his eyes wandered to the bench besides his. There sat a girl reading a book. A book with the Interstellar Academy stigma.

The right corner of his mouth curled into a grin.

Besides, it wasn’t very often that she got to meet students from IA that lived relatively close to her. Or were even remotely friendly to her either. She couldn’t say that she wasn’t at all interested.

In a sort of calm, half amused tone, she replied, “Well, I don’t reallly live in Montressor, just one of its outer moons.” She pointed to a small, pale glowing object in the sky, not very far up. “I live on the moon base, but it’s kind of small. Doesn’t have it’s own spaceport. But it’s pretty close, ” she admitted. “I didn’t know there were other students around this area,either.” She hoped that the conversation didn’t end up being completely about Interstellar Academy-that was a topic she didn’t like to talk about that much (or the other students at least.)

“Huh..” he mused, returning his gaze to her hazel eyes. “To be honest, I don’t hear much about students from Montressor, much less one of its moons. You must be pretty smart then, miss.. uh..?”

He looked down at his invention. “Oh, this little thing? Just something I made during a flight.”

“But anyways,” Penelope continued, “I guess I could say that I am…pretty smart. My grades are fairy decent. Probably  a good chunk of why I got in.” She put a hand behind her hair, laughing a little nervously.  Still, there was an unmistakeable change in her posture, just a little straighter.

She noticed that there was a slight hesitance, almost a wistful tone when he mentioned that, and it made her feel a little guilty. Almost as if she was boasting.“Of course, that’s not the most important thing, There are lots of different types of students studying different subjects and striving to become leaders in respective fields. Whether it is the area of science and technology, like I am, or future ambassadors for different planets and things, or members of the Royal Naval Cadets, people excel at different things.You learn different skills and have different qualities depending where you might want to go. ”

She hoped that was able to make him feel slightly better, even though it was probably more cold and technical than was helpful.

“Oh, I’m sorry!…I got so caught up going off tangent, I forgot to tell you my name…It’s Penelope, Penelope Van Der Kamp.”

He looked down wistfully at the object. "One time, I was sent as far as the Coral Galaxy under the command of General Cross. We seemed to sail on forever. And I guess when I wasn't too busy with ship work, I spent some time on this little thing." 

Jim smiled up at her. 

"Smart and quite the talker too. Nice to meet you, Penelope Van Der Kamp. I'm James. James Hawkins." 

He extended a callused hand out to her. 

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