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

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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Warren looked at the hand, eyebrow raised. And then he looked up at Evey, eyebrow raised. And then back at the hand.

He didn't, however, reach to shake her hand at all. He wasn't exactly the hand-shaking sort.

"Warren," he agreed with the slightest of nods. "You been here for a while?"

If he had to resort to falling under the buddy system, the least he could do was ask questions.

To be honest, she was grateful to have escaped the inevitable hand-shaking. She still wasn't entirely comfortable with touching.

Besides, a quiet sort might be easier. Kindred spirits, the like. "Since winter. We aren't normally in Antarctica, by the by."

"Good to know," Warren grunted, nodding faintly. "I figured I was coming to Virginia. The icebergs were a surprise."

The quieter a sibling Warren had, the better. This buddy-system thing would be less intrusive, that way. He could live with that.

"Normally it's Virginia. I don't exactly know how it works," she admitted. "The island has been moving all summer. I promise I'm not mad."

"A moving island isn't a stretch," Warren decided. "And I don't think you're crazy, either."

This was possibly the nicest Warren was going to be to anyone for a while. It was entirely possible that he was secretly thrilled not to have a clingy sort of mentor-figure, here.

"I know crazier."

That got a real smile. "That's an attitude that'll do you well here," she replied. "Believe me. As soon as you think you've seen the craziest thing ever, you'll find something to top it."

That notion actually earned a bit of a smile in turn.

"Is that so? This place might not be so bad, then, after all."

"Yes. It's not bad here at all. I promise. I didn't particularly want to be here myself," she assured him.

"I was just getting used to my last school," he stated. "Wasn't really expecting to be shipped off to Virginia. I'm going to have to find a job here."

He was on an island that moved from Virginia to Antarctica and who knew where else, and he was more worried about being employed. Go figure.

"Those aren't too hard to come by," she replied. "And there are TAships, as well. I was an assistant last semester."

Warren took that option into careful consideration for a moment.

"I suppose that would depend on the class," he mused. "Or the teacher."

"You might be surprised at the selection of those," she noted. "I was the TA for an anarchist chemistry class. Not really normal fare for most schools."

"Chemistry isn't much of a stretch. My last school had a mad science course."

Perhaps it said a good deal about Warren's last school, when he considered mad science to be a more normal class than chemistry.

Yeah, that said a bit.

"Oh." Evey's brow raised significantly at that. "You should do well here, then. Um, is there anything you're particularly concerned about?"

"Not particularly."

Clingy people, supervillains, clingy supervillains. Yeah, there was a good deal that Warren was concerned about.

"At least I don't have to take a bus to get to classes."

"No, it's all very convenient," she said, nodding. "Um, do you know if you have a roommate?"

"Some guy called Lee," he replied with a small nod. "Room 315. Never had a roommate before. That'll be... different."

"That's right above me," she told him. "I know Lee, if it's the Lee I think. Good bloke. If you need anything, though, I'm in 214 -- not that I expect you to need anything," she added quickly, "but the offer comes with the position."

"Noted," Warren agreed. And he was making a mental note. Big sibling. Evey. Room 215. "Thanks."

The weird thing was, he was actually thankful for the offer.

"You're welcome," she said warmly, nodding.

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