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

[bigdamnprincipal]

Despite the fact that they were still in Antarctica, the weather for the picnic was beautiful. It was sunny, warm, and clear enough to see many of the icebergs circling the island from the school's location. If people were still cold, there was more warm food than usual out on the tables, and hot drinks were being kept well-stocked.

Along with the tables and chairs near the food, there was a table of nametags, and two signs: one listing the Big Sibling/Little Sibling pairings, and one listing rooms and roommates for the new students.

It was time for the picnic to begin!

[OCD is up! This is part one of the picnic, specifically for 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.]

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Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2008 - 2.0)

[tyler_gone]

There were only so many female teachers, as it turned out, and Tyler took a blind guess as to which of those he didn't recognize might be Abigail. It sounded like a name that went with Victorian dresses and small dogs.

"Hey," he greeted. "Are you Abigail Garrett?"

[OOC: And now I flee to the land of SP.]

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2008 - 2.0)

[brandyforapples.livejournal.com]

"Abigail Irene," she corrected mildly with a raise of one eyebrow "to my colleagues. Abby Irene to friends. Doctor Garrett to my students."

She looked him up and down somewhat skeptically once she'd righted herself and Mike was busy with his bowl.

"Which one would you happen to be?"

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2008 - 2.0)

[tyler_gone]

"Given I've never met you before, I'd say colleague, Abigail Irene," Tyler decided. "Unless my being your teaching buddy automatically qualifies me as a friend." Which, his tone made it clear, he did not, but he held out a hand for the woman to shake anyhow.

"I'm Tyler Durden."

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2008 - 2.0)

[brandyforapples.livejournal.com]

She took the hand with a firm shake that ended quickly, though it was obvious that this was from a lack of a patience with niceties more than any disrespect to him. She was used to getting down to business.

"A pleasure, Mr. Durden," she said with a nod. "My apologies for the brusqueness of the correction: I've never much liked my name shortened as such. I'm glad that you've managed to find me as I probably would have taken longer to find you."

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2008 - 2.0)

[tyler_gone]

"There's a shortage of new female teachers, especially compared the guys," he noted, in apparent agreement. "Tyler's fine, unless you want me to call you Ms. Garrett."

He glanced her up and down. "And I am going to take a wild guess that you aren't from around here."

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2008 - 2.0)

[brandyforapples.livejournal.com]

She smirked faintly.

"And here I thought I was the detective."

She laughed and shook her head, ending with a genuine friendly smile which she hoped might iron out a bit of her snappishness. It certainly wasn't his fault Richard was being an asshole. She'd even known he was an asshole when she'd fallen in love with him.

...perhaps this could use further consideration.

"As for my name, Garrett works as well. I'm used to being referred to as such. Whatever you're comfortable with."

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2008 - 2.0)

[tyler_gone]

"I'll stick to Abigail Irene," Tyler told her, not mentioning that Garrett had been his middle name in another lifetime.

"So what brings you to Fandom?"

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2008 - 2.0)

[brandyforapples.livejournal.com]

She considered him for a moment before a wry expression crossed her features.

"My immediate superior has decided that my presence would be something of a hindrance for the time being and as such has sent me off to be someone else's trouble until such time as he realizes he's being... unwise."

If she'd known the company better, she might have said something stronger, but she liked to make something of a decent impression. The substitution, however, was somewhat obvious.

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2008 - 2.0)

[tyler_gone]

He had the distinct sense that this woman had wanted to say something else, yes, and that amused him enough for his lips to quirk into a slight smile.

"A lot of troublemakers end up here," he ventured. "Most of them are students, but the staff, well..." He gestured around himself. "It's an interesting mix."

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2008 - 2.0)

[brandyforapples.livejournal.com]

"Then I should fit right in," she said with a breath out.

A curious look was turned on Tyler.

"Are you perhaps one of those troublemakers, or have they given me a saint to encourage good behavior? I don't know what the Duke of New Amsterdam might have told the administration."

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2008 - 2.0)

[tyler_gone]

"In between," he admitted. "Yours truly has the rare distinction of being one of the few students to get kicked out of Fandom High. Then I grew up, there was time travel I don't understand, and they let me come back to teach."

"Did the Duke tell you this place was weird?"

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2008 - 2.0)

[brandyforapples.livejournal.com]

Her attempt at good manners could only stand so much discussion of Richard before it turned a bit frank. Especially today.

"He informed me of very little. I suppose he wanted me kept busy so I would be less inclined to return before instructed."

Which she might do anyway; while she would never disobey her superior unless it was a matter of honor or her greater vows, she would go around any orders if she possibly could.

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2008 - 2.0)

[tyler_gone]

"Right..." Tyler said, eyeballing her. "Then I'll start with something easy. What year was it when you left home?"

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2008 - 2.0)

[brandyforapples.livejournal.com]

"1898," she said, as if this should be obvious.

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2008 - 2.0)

[tyler_gone]

It almost was obvious from her clothes, really, though Tyler wouldn't have been able to pin it to a specific year.

"And it was 2018 when I did," he noted. "It's July 2008 here, though."

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2008 - 2.0)

[brandyforapples.livejournal.com]

"...I see."

It was obvious enough that she was rearranging her perceptions to even consider this possibility. It was also obvious that she didn't seem particularly upset by the idea.

"A hundred and ten years from my own time. How interesting."

It would account for some of the oddities she'd heard from others.

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2008 - 2.0)

[tyler_gone]

Tyler raised an eyebrow. "Does this kind of thing happen a lot in your 1898?"

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2008 - 2.0)

[brandyforapples.livejournal.com]

"No. But I have only three options:

"Believe you and think you a madman or a liar, of which the former seems unlikely and the latter would serve no purpose.

"Disbelieve you, which would discount all the inconsistencies I have encountered thus far in the dress, deportment, and other behaviors of those I've spoken to.

"Or believe you and think you are telling me the truth, which would in fact be supported by the behavior of Lemuria and Atlantis, as well as explaining the inconsistencies mentioned a moment before."

She smiled.

"Besides, there's no harm in believing what you say for the moment. I'll have at least this term to figure out if you are lying or not and arguing at this moment, with no further information, is not just foolish but a waste of time and resources."

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2008 - 2.0)

[tyler_gone]

Tyler was not used to being on the receiving end of lectures, so he looked equal measures startled and amused when Abigail Irene finished.

"Okay then," he said, a little under his breath. "On the same theory, may as well tell you this place is some kind of dimensional nexus and we get pretty much any oddity you can imagine, from Jello dragons to Greek hellgod principals to tiny dancing lemurs. Oh, and at least one of the kids in your class will show up as an animal some week."

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2008 - 2.0)

[brandyforapples.livejournal.com]

"Fair enough," she said, chin up. She'd take whatever came head on and whatever happened happened. She wasn't foolishly brave, would face no danger that wasn't necessary or charge in unthinking, but she wasn't scared of the unusual or the unknown. That was just ridiculous.

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2008 - 2.0)

[tyler_gone]

"It's never dull," he said sincerely.

"Did you have questions for me? About teaching, or ... anything?"

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2008 - 2.0)

[brandyforapples.livejournal.com]

She considered that for a moment.

"I don't believe in corporal punishment," she said with a shake of her head. "And will not employ it. That won't be a problem, will it?"

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2008 - 2.0)

[tyler_gone]

"I think you'd end up in Principal Washburn's office explaining why you should keep your job the second after your hand went near a kid," Tyler responded. "Some of them richly deserve it, but corporal punishment's pretty much not done here. So that will fit in fine."

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2008 - 2.0)

[brandyforapples.livejournal.com]

She raised an eyebrow.

"Hmm."

It was an approving noise, though one that spoke of curiosity as well. Another mark to the tally towards her judgment on this place. Whether she was out of time at the moment or not. It certainly spoke for that theory.

"I'm glad to see that in the future, educators have learned a thing or two as well as students. I am assuming, however, that detentions are still used?"

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2008 - 2.0)

[tyler_gone]

"When the administration manages to hold one," Tyler nodded. "I only had to give one so far. Some girl felt the need to make it clear how stupid she thought I was for not letting her pretend to kill civilians."

Which reminded him of something. "You should know about Danger Shop. Tell the computer what you want, and it sets up a really good simulation of it. It's like walking into computer animation. I have no idea where they got the technology."