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

[bigdamnprincipal]

Oh look, there are tables and chairs over here too. Enjoy the food!

[WAIT FOR THE OCD PLEASE. OCD IS UP. This is the FIRST post for general mingling. Please use this post first, if your browser can handle the comment load. Roommates, fake siblings and teachers are here and there is more room for mingling here.]

Comments

Re: General Mingling

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

"Of course!" He held out his hands, looking surprised. "Someone who has lost their faith is someone who's been hurt, damaged. Something has robbed them of their ability to believe. It can cause bitterness and resentment, and often hatred of that which they think betrayed them. Someone who has never had faith has lost nothing. They simply choose, for whatever reason, not to believe."

Karal frowned, thinking. "It's like a man who is born with only one arm compared with a man who has lost his in war. They may appear the same, but in here," he touched his heart, "they are very different.""

Re: General Mingling

[remember5th.livejournal.com]

Evey bit her lip, considering his words. "That's true," she said thoughtfully. "There's a drastic difference between those whose faith shatters, and those who never had any to begin with. I never thought of it that way."

Re: General Mingling

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

"It's a terrible thing to lose your faith," he said sadly, hands closing around his Vkandis medal. "I cannot imagine the pain that it would cause."

Re: General Mingling

[remember5th.livejournal.com]

"I hope you never have to," she said sincerely, and smiled sadly before recovering. "Not a very picnicky topic of conversation, I'm afraid. Sorry about that."

Re: General Mingling

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

Karal was actually a bit disappointed. There weren't many people he could talk with about these things. "No, no I guess it's not," he said reluctantly, then glanced up at her, eyes hopeful. "If you did want to continue, we could do so another time? We could go into the town for tea, maybe?"

Re: General Mingling

[remember5th.livejournal.com]

"Absolutely," she said, too surprised to think very hard about it. "I tend to get a bit carried away with my theories, but if you'd want to talk, then by all means, yes."

Re: General Mingling

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

Now he was beaming at her. "I would, yes. Maybe next weekend, after the first week of classes?"

Re: General Mingling

[remember5th.livejournal.com]

"Certainly," she said with a soft smile of her own. "That sounds very nice. Especially after classes, considering I've got no idea what to expect from them. Something to look forward to."

Re: General Mingling

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

"They're...different than ordinary classes," he said thoughtfully. "But you can learn a great deal more than you first expect."

Re: General Mingling

[remember5th.livejournal.com]

"It's been a few years since I was in a proper classroom," she admitted. "So that's good to hear. And they do sound interesting."

Re: General Mingling

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

"Which classes are you taking?" he asked, then hurriedly added, "Just in case we have some together."

Re: General Mingling

[remember5th.livejournal.com]

"Choose Your Own Government, Ethics, and Criminal Justice," she said, reciting from memory. "I didn't choose them, but I'm pleased."

Re: General Mingling

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

"Then we have two together! The only one I'm not taking is Criminal Justice." He bit his lip, considering it. "Professor Skywalker, he teaches Ethics, can seem...standoffish at times, but he does have a good heart."

Re: General Mingling

[remember5th.livejournal.com]

"I've met my share of men like that," she said, smiling softly as her thoughts turned to the man she concentrated on not thinking of every hour, every day. "But that is good, that there are two together. At least I know I'll know someone in those two classes."