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

Entry tags:

!event: welcome picnic

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

If anyone had hoped for good weather for the picnic, their wish had been granted as the day turned out to be sunny and warm. Everything had been cleaned up, spiffed up and ~~bedazzled~~ ~~dazzled~~ made as perfect as possible for the new arrivals. They deserved at least a few moments of pleasantness before the weirdness started to sink in.

May whatever deity they believed in help them now.

As usual, there were long tables set up with food and drinks, 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. With everything in place, the picnic was ready 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.]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Ghanima was aware of being watched, but had initially dismissed it as one of the new students being overly-curious about her eyes.

Except that it was lasting too long, and it felt too familiar for that. She scanned the crowd a bit more actively, and found herself standing and moving towards the culprit.

She should not be surprised, really. And the way he held himself left little doubt in her mind: he was her Leto.

~You aren't funny,~ she said briskly in the Atreides battle-language, folding her arms. ~Or you won't be funny, take your pick. I ought to call you and tell you how unfunny you really are.~

Clearly he wasn't being funny, and usually that would be through his own doing, but he couldn't see how he could be the cause of this. ~I said goodbye to you in Arrakeen last night, Ghani.~ Regardless of her mood, he was still happy to see her. ~Although you looked younger then.~

~Oh, so now I look old!~ she teased, putting her hands on her hips. ~ I last saw you a few months ago, when I had to keep you from thrashing a Guild Ambassador. ~

He looked so young. And, unless her eyes deceived her, this Leto had not yet undergone the Agony.

~Thrashing a Guild Ambassador?~ Now Leto looked quite confused. ~Alia would... I'm not sure what she would do. And you should know me better than thinking I meant older as an insult.~ He couldn't help it, he smirked.

Ghanima reached out to touch his face; a gesture with echoes of an earlier time for her, a time yet to come for him.

~ I am not the same Ghani you left in Arrakeen, ~ she said quietly. ~ And you should know better than most why I can not say more than that. ~

He blinked. ~You're from our future.~ He said our future out of habit, because there had never been a time for him without his sister.

~ When in our past are you from? ~ she asked. ~ So that I know what I can and cannot say with safety? ~

There was still no doubt in her mind that he was her Leto, and it made some things her brother had said make much more sense, and it clarified why he had not recalled her to Arrakeen once Irulan had left the school.

~We're sixteen,~ he said, then recounted a few events from the past few weeks. He had no doubt Ghani would remember. Then a grin appeared. ~But as I know you are celver enough never to say what you shouldn't I can torment you with questions.~

"You live to torment me, as all brothers tease their sisters," she said, switching to English. "But not all brothers have twin sisters that are teachers! Beware, Leto Atreides, that I don't convince my coworkers to assign you detentions if you get too terrible!"

Putting on a face of mock-hurt, Leto replied: "I can't believe you would do that to your own brother."

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

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

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Spring 2009)

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Spring 2009)

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Spring 2009)

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Spring 2009)

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Spring 2009)

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Spring 2009)

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Spring 2009)

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Spring 2009)

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Spring 2009)

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Spring 2009)