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

[bigdamnprincipal]

It might have been the start of the fall semester, but it was definitely still summer in Fandom. The sun was shining and the temperature was already starting to get high, even as the NPC crew set things up for the day.

Luckily, the school knew how to take care of folks on days like today. Beneath the blue and gold streamers and balloons, tables had been set up with cold drinks and food, and an entire section devoted to offering up different moddable ice cream flavors. As always, there was a stack of nametags set down next two signs: one listing the Big Sibling/Little Sibling pairings, and one listing rooms and roommates for the new students.

With everything set up and the crew out of the way, it was time for the picnic to begin!

[Please wait for OCD! The 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. Since it's outside, the picnic is open to all students, teachers, and townies!]

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Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[bigdamnprincipal]

Next to all of the informational tables was another table, filled with friendly faces. At least, one could assume that they were friendly, since this was the table for the reserves and their reservey business.

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[puppy_fair]

Zack looked pretty darn pleased with himself as he walked over to the table this morning, a tray of... something that was lumpy and gray in his hands.

They were, presumably, cookies. Ones that he and Karla had handwavily baked for just such an occasion! You could tell that they put so much love and care into them just for the picnic, because they were more or less round. Some of them.

He was totally setting that tray on the table with a grin on his face.

Run.

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[life_inshadow]

Aaaaaand now Tara spotted the plate of cookies.

"Hi, Zack," she said slowly, not wanting to insult him in the face of his obvious pride, "Um ... those look amazing. Did anybody else sign up to bake cookies?"

Not that she knew who else, since Francine was gone, Kennedy wasn't exactly the baking type, and Jak was gone and not the baking type. Maybe Raven had thought of it.

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[puppy_fair]

"Not that I know of," Zack replied, smiling and shrugging his shoulders. "But Karla and I baked plenty for everybody, I think!"

... If worse came to worse, there were several lovely businesses in town that would probably donate to the cause if anyone showed them one of these things and then explained that they had been intended for human consumption.

"Would you like one?"

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[life_inshadow]

Oh, god. What was she supposed to say to that? And why on earth had she trusted Zack and Karla with the food?

Temporary insanity. That was all she had. Temporary insanity and a general fear of arguing.

"Not right now," she said slowly. "I d-didn't realize you guys meant you were going to bake the cookies..."

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[puppy_fair]

"We were feeling really ambitious!"

Let this be a lesson to you all. Only tears and pain can come from ambitiousness. Only tears and pain.

"Oh well, that means more for everyone else, right?"

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[inneedofcoffee.livejournal.com]

Maladicta was very glad to not eat... cookies.

She looked them over, tilting the umbrella back just enough to give Zack a look. "Are you trying to poison the students?"

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[puppy_fair]

Oh, Maladicta had totally just earned the world record for fastest puppyface ever earned from a Zack.

"What?" See? See those sad, sad eyes? "I hope not... It was supposed to just be a nice gesture."

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[inneedofcoffee.livejournal.com]

Looking the cookies over more closely, Maladicta very carefully concealed the horror. "How much for all of them?"

...somewhere... a blond prince was wondering the same.

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[puppy_fair]

Zack blinked down at the cookies. And then up at the girl. And then back down at the cookies.

"Well, actually, they're all free."

They were trying to get people to voluntarily poison themselves! It would be great!

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[intraspective]

There was a girlfriend! In her bikini top (and still the shorts she'd had on this morning, yes)! Making her way for him with a grin.

"Why're you wearing your shirt?" she asked, upon reaching him. "I'm not, so you shouldn't be."

Logic at it's finest!

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[puppy_fair]

"My uniform makes this table look way more official, don't you think?" Zack laughed and rested his hands on his hips. "I had to leave out the sword, but I'm getting kind of used to that. You look good!"

Well, she did! And not just because his girlfriend was standing around in a bikini top, so there.

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[intraspective]

"Thank you!" She beamed at him. Simple thing, made her happy. "And you might look more official that way, but you'd get more people comin' over if you were shirtless."

... Yes.

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[puppy_fair]

Well, she had good logic, at least!

"You... suppose so?" Zack tilted his head a bit, thinking that over. "Or are you just saying that because you're on a mission to get all the guys to lose their tops?"

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[life_inshadow]

Tara tacked a banner reading "WELCOME, NEWBIES! ENJOY THE COOKIES, COURTESY OF THE MARTIAL, MAGIC, AND SUPPORT RESERVES" to the front of the table.

She hadn't seen the cookies yet. If she had, she might have changed the message. She'd be behind the table most of the day, beaming nervously at anybody who came up to the table.

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[swordsandsoccer.livejournal.com]

After meeting with Jason, Dolf felt a little more steady on his feet. A little being the key phrase; if anything, intellectually, he was more shaken than he had been. In looking for something that he could read, something familiar, something a little closer to home than not-quite-but-a-little, he found the banner in the end.

Reserves. Reserves? Reservisten, that's what it sounded like.

What was a school doing with a bunch of reservists? Curiosity finally spurred him into motion, and it was Tara he smiled at first - she seemed... nice, and more importantly, not like a body builder gone crazy. "Hoi," he prompted upon his approach. He'd have to start practising his English somewhere.

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[life_inshadow]

"Hoi?" Tara returned, after the delay it took her to realize it was a greeting. She smiled lightly. "Are you interested in the reserves?"

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[swordsandsoccer.livejournal.com]

Hoi. Hi. Hi, right. "...Hi," Dolf corrected himself, about two minutes too late, and smiled sheepishly. "I was..." Something-- questioning himself? Asking himself? "Thinking, why?" is what he settled on, and pointed at the banner. Why reservists? Was it a military camp, or was there something he'd missed?

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[talks-backwards.livejournal.com]

Did someone say magic? "Hey there", said as she approached, looking at the banner and pretty much grinning at the find; this was obviously a signal.

"And what are the magic reserves, actually?"

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[life_inshadow]

"It's magic and support," Tara explained, returning a smile. "We ... pretty much we get together to hang out and work on our skills, so we're covered if anything happens at school." A beat.

"N-not that it does. That often. Do you do magic?"

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[talks-backwards.livejournal.com]

Zatanna nodded. So it was like a group thing for magic people that wanted to talk about...magic! She already loved the idea; why hadn't she thought of that before? "Ah, that sounds pretty amazing! Not the part when something happens at the school, but still, sort of makes everyone more comfortable, I'd guess." It would sure make her feel more comfortable.

"And I do. Well, I'm still training and everything, but yes, magic. And then the other kind of magic", said as she showed her deck of cards. "My dad had this wonderful idea of covering her magic abilities by acting as a stage magician. You know, hiding in plain sight?"

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[trigons_child]

At some point during the afternoon, Raven took a turn at the Reserves table. She was interested to see if there were any potential new members among the new students.

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[talks-backwards.livejournal.com]

Another one! This girl looked a lot more...darker. And Zatanna felt a twitch at the back of her head. An odd twitch.

Shrugging the feeling away, Zatanna waved a hand towards her. "Hey, you are also in this Reserves thing?"

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[trigons_child]

Raven looked up with a smile that quickly faded. The girl wasn't wearing fishnets and a top hat, but she knew that face. "Zatanna," she said, her voice tight. "Is it not enough that you turned away my pleas for help and disrupted the attempt to bar my father's path into this world? You cannot chase me from here as well. This is my home."

She could feel a surge of anger starting to rise within her. Because of Zatanna, her mother was gone.

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[talks-backwards.livejournal.com]

"...Huh?"

She looked at the sides, and behind her, and then back at the girl. "Do I...know you?" Could she be wrong? She knew her name though. Something was wrong here. "Girl, I have no idea of who you are, but you apparently do know me, somehow. This must me a misunderstanding." It had to be; those were pretty serious accusations.