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

[bigdamnprincipal]

The weather was thankfully behaving, so it was fairly warm outside as everything was set up for the picnic. Tables and chairs had been set up, and there was plenty of food and drinks, along with nametags, and two signs: one listing the Big Sibling/Little Sibling pairings, and another listing rooms and roommates for the new students.

[WAIT FOR THE OCD PLEASE. OCD IS UP, HAVE AT IT. This is part one of the picnic, for specifically meeting siblings, roommates, and teachers. The rest of the picnic is happening here and here, in an effort to keep browsers from breaking for as long as possible. *g*]

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Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Spring 2008)

[palestshadow.livejournal.com]

Naminé wasn't sure whether it was "Dōjima" or "Yurika" that was her little sibling's given name, or in fact whether she had a little sister or little brother. So she had carefully written "Dōjima Yurika" on a small sign and was holding it with her, wishing she could sit under a tree and sketch instead.

(Hooray, sib who also has an accent in her name! We shall take over the world with our mad character map skills!)

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Spring 2008)

[dojima-hime.livejournal.com]

Oh thank god, another girl, and blond to boot. Well, Dōjima always had wished for a sister.

Flouncing up to the other girl, Dōjima pulled her sunglasses down slightly to examine the girl blearily. "Naminé-sama? Sugoi...you're absolutely adorable!"

Eyes flickering to the sign she grinned devilishly and pulled a glittery pen from her pocket. "Ay-ya. They lied to you. Dou - shi - ma. Is easy." Sticking out her tongue in concentration, she leaned over to draw a neat line through the 'Yurika'. "All better!"

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Spring 2008)

[palestshadow.livejournal.com]

Naminé flushed, laughing at the other girl's assessment. "My apologies," she said. "I wasn't sure which would be your proper name. It's very nice to meet you, Dōjima. Welcome to Fandom. I'm your ... my, it seems presumptuous to call myself your sister, doesn't it?"

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Spring 2008)

[dojima-hime.livejournal.com]

"Yurika is girly, even for me," she explained, waving the pen for emphasis. "I mean, do I look like a lily flower? No way, just call me Dōjima, everyone else does."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Spring 2008)

[palestshadow.livejournal.com]

"Lily flower?" Naminé smiled. "That sounds pretty. But I suppose if it doesn't suit you, that's far more important. I've only the one name myself. It has something to do with ocean waves, I've been told."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Spring 2008)

[dojima-hime.livejournal.com]

"Kawaii! With big blue eyes like that, it suits you!" Dōjima grinned at Naminé, still twirling her pen. "I'm too loud to be a lily, much to my parents' eternal chagrin. Hence, my enrollment at Fandom, where I hopefully cannot be too much of an embarrassment from across the ocean."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Spring 2008)

[palestshadow.livejournal.com]

Naminé blushed again, feeling caught up in the other girl's enthusiasm. "They sent you away? I'm so sorry. Will you miss them? It's very nice here, you know. Lots of good people. That should help."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Spring 2008)

[dojima-hime.livejournal.com]

"It's got to be better than my last boarding school. The uniform there? Dreadful. They made us wear knee-length skirts in winter!" Dōjima shuddered. "Nah, I won't miss them. The less I hear my mother nag me about marriage, the better."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Spring 2008)

[palestshadow.livejournal.com]

"We haven't any uniforms," she reassured quickly. "In fact, people wear ... an amazing variety of things." This was her attempt at tact. "... Your mother wants you to be married? We're a bit young for that, aren't we?"

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Spring 2008)

[dojima-hime.livejournal.com]

"Well, I get a year or two once I'm out of high school, but that's it! Then it's time for babies! Yuck." Dōjima flopped down on the ground to watch the passing students. "I'm an only child, so it's my duty to make a political marriage and carry on the honor of the Dōjima Clan, blah blah blah whatever."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Spring 2008)

[palestshadow.livejournal.com]

"That seems horribly unfair," Naminé said, frowning. "What if you're not inclined to such things? Your life shouldn't be subject to their dictates, in such important matters as that."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Spring 2008)

[dojima-hime.livejournal.com]

"Welcome to Japan," she said dryly, "Where Daddy is king of the household. It's a very male-oriented society, especially in the older generations. That was the one good thing about some of my boarding schools; they sent me to a few in Europe, and those ones weren't quite so fawning over the male students."

"Surprisingly, the all-girls schools were wretched. Never go to an all-girls school, it's terrifying."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Spring 2008)

[palestshadow.livejournal.com]

"It seems as though it would be ... catty," Naminé said, making a face. And then her eyes twinkled. "And it would be a shame to miss out on the male half of things, I think."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Spring 2008)

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

Sokka practically tackled Naminé when he saw her. "SNOWMONSTER!!!!! You're all right!!!! Don't you ever get kidnapped again, you hear?"

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Spring 2008)

[palestshadow.livejournal.com]

Naminé hugged Sokka back, carefully. Ow. Still a little sore. "Sokka," she said. "I'm so sorry to have worried you. I assure you, I'm not fond of being taken."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Spring 2008)

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

"Well next time, make sure Valentine comes and gets me. Except there won't BE a next time, because it's not going to happen again. ...Are you okay?"

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Spring 2008)

[palestshadow.livejournal.com]

"I ..." Naminé wasn't entirely sure how to answer that. She'd spent an evening in the clinic and was much better. She was jumping at shadows again. She had stayed strong this time. "I'm fine," she said softly. "I'll be sure to pass along your grievances."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Spring 2008)

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

"...Yeeeah. Uh-huh. You're real convincing, you know that?"

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Spring 2008)

[palestshadow.livejournal.com]

She flushed, looking down. "I'm all right," she said. "We're all back, and that's what matters, isn't it?"

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Spring 2008)

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

"Nooooooo..." Sokka looked at her critcally. "What matters is that you're SAFE and OKAY." He frowned. "Do I need to go hurt Demyx? Because I can."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Spring 2008)

[palestshadow.livejournal.com]

Naminé's eyes widened. "Demyx? He ..." The color drained from her face. "Are you ... is that how they ..."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Spring 2008)

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

Sokka was a bit confused by her reaction. "He, uh... I guess not? I just sort of assumed. Sorry."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Spring 2008)

[palestshadow.livejournal.com]

"No, that's ..." Naminé shook her head. "He may well have been the way they found me. I can't say for sure. I knew it wasn't safe here. I never should have stayed."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Spring 2008)

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

"Don't be ridiculous!" Sokka sputtered. "If you'd been somewhere else, who would've come rescue you?"

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Spring 2008)

[palestshadow.livejournal.com]

"They shouldn't have," she said firmly. "It was dangerous. Any of them could have been hurt."