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

[bigdamnprincipal]

Look! More tables and chairs and food! It was 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 (Summer 2008)

[notyourpawn.livejournal.com]

Dinah was very happy to be free of her suitcase, and Alice was content to find a seat on the grass, studying the strange fashions and mannerisms of the students walking by.

No one had told her the States would be so different.

Re: More General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[lordofthecats.livejournal.com]

Lion-o was actually relieved to see that someone had a cat. Not the same type of cat that he was used to, and this one didn't look like it spoke, but still, it was something familiar.

Re: More General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[notyourpawn.livejournal.com]

"Hello," Alice said cheerfully, nodding to the ... boy? Cat-boy. Hmm. This island appeared to have cat-boys. How fascinating. "Have you met Dinah? She's friendly but not all that communicative. Only meows and growls and purrs."

As soon as the words left her mouth, she blushed. And found herself hoping rather desperately that cat-boys spoke English, and she hadn't committed a rather rude faux pas.

Re: More General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[lordofthecats.livejournal.com]

"Well, meows and growls and purrs can communicate a lot," said Lion-o, crouching down so he was on Dinah's level. "Hi there, Dinah. My name's Lion-o and it's my first day here."

Re: More General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[notyourpawn.livejournal.com]

"You're right, do please apologize to Dinah for my blatant species-ism," Alice nodded. "I only meant that we muddle along without a common tongue, her and I."

Dinah sniffed in Lion-o's direction. Human shaped but the scent was distinctly feline. She wandered closer, intrigued.

Re: More General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[lordofthecats.livejournal.com]

"That's okay. There aren't a lot of humans where I come from, so I've never really spent any time with them," said Lion-o. "My father can actually talk to cats and they do as he commands! I... haven't quite figured it out yet."

Re: More General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[notyourpawn.livejournal.com]

"We're an odd sort, humans," she said, nodding calmly. "Although I suppose that can change depending on how you define 'odd.' I've no idea how catpeople are, perhaps we're strikingly similar and will seem very normal indeed. And I hope your father only commands them to do good things. I shouldn't like for someone to boss Dinah around for their own purposes."

Re: More General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[lordofthecats.livejournal.com]

"I've definitely met some Thunderians who were odd," said Lion-o. "And my father is the Lord of the Thundercats, so he only commands people to do good things. He says that one should not abuse power and that being a leader is about helping people, not commanding them to do your bidding."

Lion-o's face lit up as he talked about his father. Someone was going to have a problem with homesickness.

Re: More General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[notyourpawn.livejournal.com]

Alice lifted an eyebrow at the boy's speech. "Bold words, but it's far easier to say such things than to follow them. Power brings temptations. Little ones. Excuse it with "for their own good" and they're easier to swallow."

Dinah was still sniffing curiously at the boy's feet. Strange scent, she couldn't place it.

Re: More General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[lordofthecats.livejournal.com]

Lion-o smiled timidly. "You sound just like Lord Jaga. He's my father's closest adviser and the best warrior of all the Thundercats," he said.

Re: More General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[notyourpawn.livejournal.com]

Alice flushed, dropping her eyes to her lap. "I'm no warrior," she said, shaking her head. "The gryphon, perhaps, he was brave. I only fight when need says I must."

Re: More General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[lordofthecats.livejournal.com]

Lion-o nodded. "Jaga says the same thing, that one must fight only when necessary. But we get attacked a lot by the mutants of the planet Plundarr, so we have to do a lot of fighting back to protect ourselves."

Re: More General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[notyourpawn.livejournal.com]

"Sometimes the only defense is a good offense," Alice mused. "And I sound far more innocent than I feel. There's something to the thrill of the hunt, the victory of blade over skin. One could develop a taste for it rather quickly."

Re: More General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[intraspective]

"New right?" Ino asked brightly. "Having fun?"

Re: More General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[notyourpawn.livejournal.com]

"I am," Alice smiled, offering a hand to the blonde girl. "Alice Liddell, I only arrived this morning. Is it terribly obvious, then? I suppose if everyone here looks dressed strangely to me, then I'm the one who appears out of place to everyone else."

Well (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v328/Rellyjean/alice/g_alice.jpg). She did.

Re: More General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[intraspective]

"I'm Ino," she said, going to shake Alice's hand, "and, ha, I barely notice people's clothes here," Ino admitted, "but I've been here since last September, so there's a good chance that if I don't recognize someone then they've totally got to be new."

Re: More General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[notyourpawn.livejournal.com]

"Do you like it here?" Alice asked, clasping the other girl's hand firmly. "Really, I'm grateful to be anywhere else, but it would be nice to know that here is pleasant. I suppose I only notice the clothes for what they lack. I had no idea Virginia was so forward."

Re: More General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[intraspective]

"I totally like it here," Ino assured her, "and most everyone's really nice." A beat. "And I don't know if Virginia really is all that forward or if we're just special," she admitted, "we get all sorts here."

Re: More General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[notyourpawn.livejournal.com]

"Everyone's seemed very nice so far," Alice smiled. "And I suppose it isn't Virginia at all, right now, but Greece. Still. Things are rather more modest in Oxford, or at least they were last I noticed."

Perhaps a lot had changed in eight years.

"I don't mind the oddities, they make me feel rather at home. I just hope no-one is enforcing the dress code."

Re: More General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[intraspective]

"Well," Ino said thoughtfully, "I don't think we've got one. It'd be a bit hard really, all things considered."

Re: More General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[notyourpawn.livejournal.com]

"I suppose I meant the lack thereof," Alice confessed. "So long as no one cares that I'm not about to run around starkers, then I'll do fine with everyone else dressed as they are."

Re: More General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[intraspective]

She grinned. "Oh, good. And you'll, I hope, appreciate the shirtlessness of the guys?"

Ino definitely appreciated that.

Re: More General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[notyourpawn.livejournal.com]

Alice flushed a darker red. "I suppose ... with such artistic surroundings, it would be a shame not to ... appreciate the view."

Some very Victorian part of her was tsking in disapproval.

Re: More General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[intraspective]

Her smiled widened. "No one minds if you look," she said reassuringly.

Re: More General Mingling (Summer 2008)

[notyourpawn.livejournal.com]

"Well, I'm certain the Queen would disapprove, but she's very old and it's none of her business," Alice laughed. Not quite realizing Victoria had been dead for a very, very long time.