Toward the back of the bus, Abbie was sitting with her head resting lightly against the window beside her, her left foot tapping idly as she stared out at the nice little park on the other side. She'd been more or less like this for all of the bus rides over the last couple days, occasionally making a quick friend out of a nearby passenger, and asking them to wake her up at the stop they were going to get off, before taking a nap to keep herself going. She'd also been slowly working her way through the clothes she had packed away in her bag, changing in between buses whenever a restroom was available, and was now wearing a pair of simple denim shorts and a plain white tank top. It certainly wasn't the most luxurious way to be getting around, but it was the way that didn't cost her family an arm and a leg to get her out here to her new school.

Nope, just a leg.

Just as she was huffing a bit to herself at that, Abbie was jolted out of her thoughts as she felt the bus begin moving again. Suddenly realizing that she hadn't checked what stop this was, she glanced up and practically felt her heart stop as she realized that they were just beginning to pull away from her destination.

"Ah, hey, hold on! This is my stop!" She cried out as she jumped up to her feet, yanking her duffel bag up off the vacant seat next to her and slinging it onto her back as she hopped out into the aisle, ignoring the looks that all the passengers were starting to give her as she rushed up past the rows of seats, she stopped just as the bus was doing so again, pausing for a moment to turn to the driver and respond to his raised eyebrow with a sheepish smile. "Sorry about that, I was kinda spaced out there." She explained, before quickly fishing out the last loose dollar from her pocket and popping it into the fare box. "Thanks for stopping!" She added brightly, twirling on her artificial heel and quickly hopping out through the open doors to the sidewalk outside.

Straightening up as the bus finished setting off behind her, Abbie straightened up and took a deep breath of the fresh air, looking around for a few moments to get her bearings. The little park was nice, but not in any sort of showy way... exactly the kind of place she'd always loved. Looking to one side, she could already see what was presumably the river mentioned in the instructions for her meeting with the recruiter. With a quick adjustment of the strap of her duffel bag, she turned and started further into the park, beginning her search for the willow tree she needed to find.

After just a little while of walking as close by the bank of the river as she could, Abbie finally spotted what she could only assume was the willow tree she was searching for. If the tree itself wasn't enough to tip her off, there was also a guy with a funny-looking haircut waiting just underneath it. Recognizing what could only be another prospective student like herself, she smiled, and was about to make her way over to meet him when she happened to glance over and spot somebody else. Much nearer to her, on a little bench by the side of the main park path, was a girl with thick black hair, sitting with her eyes closed and looking just a bit out of place. Quickly theorizing that she'd just spotted [i]another[/i] potential new classmate, Abbie smiled a little more, changing course to make her way over to the bench, unslinging her bag from her back just as she was drawing up to it.

"Hey there!" She greeted brightly, turning to plop down on the bench just beside the other girl while dropping her duffel bag on the ground on her other side. Once she'd settled in place, she turned to look at the girl once more, already shifting into a more relaxed position with her left leg crossed casually over her right. "Are you here for the school, too?"

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"I don't care if you don't set the rates, it doesn't change the fact that they're ridiculous!" Kurtis snapped back at the understandably huffy taxi driver as he was stepping out of the cab with his wheeled suitcase, another bag tied onto the extended handle to make it easier to lug around as well. The blond was wearing a pair of thick gray sweats and a black jacket, both of which were just a bit warmer than was strictly necessary for the weather at the moment.

Grumbling a bit to himself after his little outburst as the door closed behind him, Kurt turned to look ahead at the park he'd been asked to meet the recruiter in. And what sort of 'recruitment' process was this anyways? Special school or no, he could easily think of some much better ways to welcome new students than making them stay overnight in some sketchy motel, only to meet in an even sketchier corner of some park. Letting out a noise halfway between a heavy sigh and a hiss, he just reached up to give the crook of his neck a few quick scratches, before setting off into the park proper, to meet with this representative of the school.

As he was walking along the path with his belongings wheeling along behind him, Kurt happened to glance up just as he was nearing the river he needed to head to. Thinking that he saw something move for just a moment in one of the oak trees just by the bank, he slowed down for a few steps, narrowing his eyes slightly, before letting out another heavy breath and shaking his head, turning instead to continue searching for the weeping willow that he apparently needed to find.