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

[bigdamnprincipal]

Look! More tables and chairs and food! It's like a miracle!

[WAIT FOR THE OCD PLEASE. OCD IS UP. This is the SECOND post for general mingling. Use this post if your browser can't handle the comment load of the first mingling post. Roommates, fake siblings and teachers are here.]

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Re: More General Mingling

[advicefrommice.livejournal.com]

Coraline considered the question. "No, I'm not an artist," she said, deciding that her scribbles didn't count. "I am Coraline, though, from England. Why did you ask if I'm an artist?"

Re: More General Mingling

[palestshadow.livejournal.com]

"Naminé, from ... I haven't really a home. Twilight Town, I suppose." She flushed. "You must excuse me. I thought you were doing what I do; hanging back a bit and observing rather than participating. I've always assumed that's because I'm marking things down so I can draw them out later."

Re: More General Mingling

[advicefrommice.livejournal.com]

"You wanted to know and so you asked," Coraline said, surprised at the apology. "There was no other way for you to know. I admit, I'm watching only out of curiosity. This school is extremely interesting. Is it fun being an artist?"

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[palestshadow.livejournal.com]

"It is," Naminé said, with a light smile. "So long as you don't mind not being any good at it. And I don't. It's more about creating than the end result, I think. And this school is far stranger than one might imagine. I tried to warn my little sibling earlier and she thought I was hazing her."

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[advicefrommice.livejournal.com]

"Having fun is more important," she agreed. It was what she'd always thought. "She didn't believe you?" Coraline thought about that. "I suppose if she'd never seen anything unusual, it might be difficult to believe. What's her name?"

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[palestshadow.livejournal.com]

"Her name's Dōjima," Naminé said, looking around to see if she could spot her new little sister in the crowd. "She seems very nice, but I suppose she's not accustomed to oddities. It's all right, it's practically a tradition here to tell the new students what to expect and not be believed most of the time. Has anyone explained the strangenesses yet?"

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[advicefrommice.livejournal.com]

"Dōjima." Coraline enjoyed the way the odd name felt when she said it, so she said it again. "It's hard to believe in things everyone says can't be true until you see them for yourself. I've been told some incredible things about what happens here, but I've decided to believe them all. And I would like to find a gremlin."

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[palestshadow.livejournal.com]

Naminé laughed. "I think you wouldn't, once it happens," she said lightly. "Someone was in a common room once attempting to sell all of the items to an incredulous audience. Another time, two friends thought themselves magicians, and for some reason called their robot a 'tiger.' It's better to see what happens to someone else when they've been gremlin-afflicted."

She grew thoughtful. "I think perhaps reality is easily influenced, here. Things which are metaphors elsewhere are startlingly literal. Future, past, dimensions all seem to bleed over onto one another. Perhaps there's some energy surrounding this place."

Re: More General Mingling

[advicefrommice.livejournal.com]

First thing tomorrow morning Coraline was going to explore and make sure this place was real, that it didn't disappear into mist and fog.

Some things left an impression. "Maybe," Coraline said agreeably. It sounded as likely as anything else. "And I don't want to be bitten by one." Surely that must be obvious. "I just want to see one."

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[palestshadow.livejournal.com]

"One's more likely than the other, I'm afraid," Naminé said, shaking her head. "They're ridiculously fast. I've yet to see one myself, just the aftereffects."

Re: More General Mingling

[advicefrommice.livejournal.com]

"Like rats," she murmured. And no Cat here to help her. "Well, if I do go looking, I'll be very careful."

Re: More General Mingling

[palestshadow.livejournal.com]

Naminé nodded. "Please do. And I hope this should never matter, but in case it might: there are many here who are quite experienced at rescue missions."

Trust her on this one.

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Corlaine watched her silently out of serious eyes, and then nodded. Just once. "That is a very good thing to know."