Fandom High Welcome Picnic, Front Lawn of the School, All Day: Part III

[bigdamnprincipal]

Amazingly enough, this part of the lawn looked pretty clear. For the moment, at least.

[Welcome to the third post, for more general chatting. This part of the picnic is going on at the same time as the previous two posts. Feel free to continue the conversations you've already started in those posts, and make new threads there if your browser isn't crashing yet, but otherwise, if you want to make a new thread come on in here.]

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Re: More General Chatting

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

Hoshi wouldn't mind knowing the truth about Fandom, but she had a problem. "Five cents?" she asked. "I thought currency was no longer used." At least, they no longer used money in 2144 where she was from and she hadn't yet realized that she was in 2007.

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[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Wow." Dawn blinked at the idea of not using money, too much her sister's sister to not go omg, how will I shop? as she watched the other girl. "Okay, I have a couple of questions for you, and you shouldn't be afraid. When and where are you from?"

Re: More General Chatting

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

Hoshi had already seen and heard enough to make her very afraid. "Kyoto, Japan. 2144. About 80 years after first contact with Vulcan?" she said, looking hopeful.

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[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Oooh!" Dawn switched to passable, if not spectacular, Japanese. She also stumbled over a couple of phrases and numbers. "//It's only 2007 here, so we're not quite where you're used to, yet. Who's Vulcan?//"

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[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

Hoshi smiled. It wasn't the most exotic language she spoke, but Japanese was still her first and it made her feel a bit more like home, even if it was the wrong year. "//I guess you haven't met the Vulcans yet either. They're from another planet. And it's only 2007? That shuttlepod ride must have been longer than I thought.//"

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[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

She shook her head. "//No, no Vulcans. Not many people from other planets, other than here in town, either. Shuttlepod? Do you fly?//"

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[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

"//Only as a passenger,//" said Hoshi. "//Maybe one day, though, when I've gone through my Starfleet training.//"

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[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"What's Starfleet?" Dawn asked, switching back to English.

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[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

Hoshi had to think about how to explain this one. "Well, they're eventually going to have ships that go out and explore the galaxy, in about 150 years from now if it's only 2007," she answered in English.

Re: More General Chatting

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Right. Spaceships, gotcha." She nodded, unsurprised. After all, she had a thorough grounding in sci fi and was buddies with Luke Skywalker. "What's Starfleet, though? Just a bunch of explorers?"

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[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, they're kind of like the Navy, except their ships go out into space," said Hoshi. "There's also talk of forming of team of space marines, but the politicians keep arguing over whether it's necessary."

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[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Why would it be necessary?"

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[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

"In case they ever run into something unfriendly, I guess," said Hoshi.