Chapter 1: The Portal

Shawn pulls up a map of the areaon half the screen
The other half is used to continue researching. Space exploration, the Moon and Mars colonization projects. The back to current local, national, and global news. Compare to what was happening in our world and anything else that stands out.
After they he will get up from the computer. Thanks he says to McKinley

"Oh shit... it's a magical exchange program!" Wes begins to laugh as he looks at the screen and back. "Sorry, sorry... but if she disappeared about three months ago and we just took the portal today... it's more questions without answers."

So what's next? I'll admit I was expecting something a bit more exotic when I stepped through that portal. Now that we're here I'm a bit stumped. I mean I don't want my family to worry but . . .
Hey McKinley, what's your prone number? Shawn checks his phone for service again. If it has service try and call McKinley. He also tries a couple of his contacts.
Shawn explains his thinking. We only tried one phone call earlier and may have quit to easily. If we were getting signal through what was left of the portal then maybe we can call home to at least tell them we might be a bit late
If there is no signal he suggests/asks if they can go back to where they arrived to test the theory

Chuckling ironically Yo. Sorry man. I've had a weird day and miss dialed. Anyway good it going? he will try to play it off and get a bit of information while revealing as little as possible. After inks a minute or so he will make something up and say bye before hanging up.

To the rest Well we're definitely here and my life at least is pretty close the this worlds version.

That verified Shawn makes sure all l location sharing and data sync is Thorne off then powers of his phone, pondering the next step