Aka'ashe'na was the last one to board the bus, stopping just short of the stairs and looking back at the ship they'd come in on; hell a way to start off the new semester. She took a seat toward the front and at a window, leaning her head up against it and smiling wearily to herself.
Once everyone had boarded the buses, they began to move; winding their way through a maze of streets built beneath the starport before coming to a security checkpoint and stopping briefly for an inspection before being permitted onto the main roadway. The roadway was obviously not at surface level, considering that there was a sheet of transparent armor right above them that showed the dark sky that was presently covered in a dense layer of clouds, the occasional flash from lightning would illuminate the tunnel.
For a while the drive through the tunnel was a bit of a bore for the students, with the only real differences being the occasional turn off into the cities underground parking lot which was connected to the various surface buildings. This changed however when the buses changed over to an off ramp and drove up onto the surface level, where-as the underground looked bland - above ground was quite a different story. There was quite a bit more activity as students and their families walked the streets, going into the various stores that lined the roadway - there were restaurants, gift shops, toy stores, and clothing stores, basically everything the students would need to live their daily lives.
The streets themselves had an odd design to them, symbols and glyphs built into the street, overhead street lights gave off just enough illumination so that their natural night vision would allow them to see clearly.
Occasionally the bus would come to a stop at an intersection, as small cars driven by students would pass through the intersection due to the light being green on their end; after a moment then the bus would continue to move deeper into the city before coming across a sign that read:
‘Now entering school district 12, Welcome!’ the holographic sign would fade in and out, changing colors every so often. It took another ten minutes before the buses would arrive at a large rounded building surrounded by large, beautiful looking trees and rose bushes.
Standing along the curb were a number of adults, all dressed casually, but they all wore a somewhat worried expression – the events that had transpired was obviously not lost on them. When the buses came to a complete stop, each one was boarded by an adult, who looked the students over curiously.
“We know you have all had a rough time getting here, but we must remain strong and ensure that such acts don’t break us,” each adult would say in their own way, but always in a calm and mature manner. “Please gather up your luggage, if you are a new student then please head into the auditorium where we will handle your final registration and answer any question you have – whether it is about the school, or the incidents that have occurred. If you are a current student, we ask that you provide assistance to your fellow schoolmates and help out with the registration.”
Aka'ashe'na let out a tiny yawn, one unseen by the adult on her bus thankfully. Her bus actually had the majority of younger students, obvious given how rowdy some of them had gotten during the ride here. After the adult was done speaking she grabbed her bag and got off the bus, she wasn’t a new student persay – given how she’d been a student of the school previous to this one – but she would help out regardless.. now she wondered about the other three in her class and how they were doing and with that thought in mind, glanced toward the other buses.
