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

[bigdamnprincipal]

Oh look, there were tables and chairs over here too, away from all the informational stuff. 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.]

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Re: General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

Ned paled at one word and looked around. "Vampires? Did I fall down and end up in one of my nightmares?"

Re: General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[the_merriest]

"Do not even worry about the vampires," Rikku said confidently. "We had a Slayer here, and she patrolled, and it was boring most of the time because there just aren't any, here. And if anything bad would happen -- it won't, I mean, this place is weird, but it's safe -- you'd be totally okay because a lot of us are ass-kickers. I mean. I saved the world."

Helped, but close enough.

Re: General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

Ned was still stuck on vampires. "With the teeth and everything?!"

Re: General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[the_merriest]

"Dude." Rikku said, reaching out to lay a hand on his shoulder, unless he got all jumpy at the possibly-being-touched. "Listen to me. No vampires. This place is totally, totally safe. Weird? Yes. Safe? More so. Okay?"

Re: General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

The touch caught him by surprise and he stiffened up and snapped his eyes shut, waiting for something bad to happen. Something bad always happened when he touched things.

Re: General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[the_merriest]

She pulled her hand back quickly. "Sorry? I ... was just trying to ... I should go."

Now she was traumatizing the newbie. Awesome.

Re: General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

She was still talking so the touch hadn't hurt her or worse. Good thing she wasn't dead. Then, there's be some nice trauma."

"Sorry," he said, voice tight. "It's...sorry."

Re: General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[the_merriest]

"It's okay," she said quickly. "I ... I wasn't going to ... hurt you. Sorry. I ... get all huggy with people and I forget, you know. Personal Space Boundaries, not everyone's a crazy person like me. I didn't mean to, at all, I'm so sorry."

Re: General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

Ned took a few quick breaths and chanced opening his eyes just a crack. She was still alive. Still.

He let out a breath and tried to calm himself down. "No, it's okay. Sorry about that."

Re: General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[the_merriest]

"Do not apologize," she said firmly, still misunderstanding his panic. "I came over here 'cause you looked nervous and I thought I could help and instead I freaked you out worse. Uh. Listen. There's nothing to be freaked out about. I promise. I'm a Guardian, back home. I protect people. We get a lot of people like that, here. Nothing bad's gonna happen."

Re: General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

"Okay," he said, nodding a few times. "All right. Don't worry, don't ask why weird things happen, don't let a gremlin bite me."

Re: General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[the_merriest]

"Oooh, yeah, that's a good one," she nodded. "But gremlin bites are more ... I mean. If it happens, it's embarrassing and everyone teases you and then they all forget about it until it's someone else's turn. Not dangerous."

Re: General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

"Not dangerous," he repeated. "No one's died from a gremlin bite?"

Because that would just be the freaking worst.

Re: General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[the_merriest]

"Oh, heck no." Rikku waved off his concern. "It just makes you do crazy, stupid, embarrassing stuff for a couple of hours. Like when Gavin and Luke were telling everybody they were magicians, and they had a horrible accent and they kept referring to Artoo as und tiiiii-gah."

Just to make sure this was a reassuring story and not a panicky one, she added, "Artoo isn't a tiger."

Re: General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

"Like drugs?" Ned asked because he still thought maybe gremlin was a street name for something hard.

Re: General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[the_merriest]

"I guess?" she said, scratching her head. "Maybe people could use it like that? Usually it's more like you're cleaning your room and boom, Gremlin bite, and then you go insane for a few hours and everyone else tries to get it on tape. Not sure anybody would pay for that."

Re: General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

"Does this place sell gremlin repellent?" Ned asked hopefully. "I'd like to buy some of that."

Re: General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[the_merriest]

"No, but if you ever find some, you could make a fortune," she said cheerfully.