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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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]

[life_inshadow]

"Yeah," Tara said, eying the cookies again. "I h-haven't seen a lot of recipes for gray cookies. That's ... creative of you."

And hopefully a warning to everyone else.

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[puppy_fair]

Zack was now actually taking a moment to look over the cookie platter thoughtfully.

"I think that might be from the blueberries," he shared. That didn't sound so bad, right? "Or maybe the instant oatmeal stuff we used. We couldn't find any of the regular kind, but we figured oatmeal is oatmeal, right?"

That was a little more iffy...

"Or it could be the fish paste!"

Stop talking, Zack.

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[life_inshadow]

"... why did you put fish paste in cookies?" Tara said. She couldn't quite keep the edge of 'are you out of your mind?' out of her voice, though she was trying to hard.

She tried to fix it. "I like blueberries!"

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[puppy_fair]

"Well, they were looking kind of powdery, and we needed something to hold them together after the flowers went in..."

Because flowers had sounded so much more exciting than the all-purpose flour had looked, naturally.

"And so it was either fish paste or toothpaste, but the fish paste won, because we figured that it was made to be eaten anyhow."

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]

[inneedofcoffee.livejournal.com]

"You could consider it a donation to the cause."

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[puppy_fair]

That suggestion kind of caught Zack off-guard, yes.

"You want to pay for them?" After calling them poisonous? Zack was still kind of pouting over that. They'd been made with love. And fish paste. "I don't know... I guess... whatever it would cost to be able to get more cookies from town, so that people don't go without?"

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[inneedofcoffee.livejournal.com]

Fish paste was not love, Zack. Fish paste burned at your very soul with it's hatred of all things sweet.

"As long as it helps the reserve, I believe it's well worth the effort."

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[puppy_fair]

Zack tilted his head at the girl slightly, and then sighed and shrugged it off a bit. He was already trying to separate the home-made cookies from the supplemental J,GoB ones that had been picked up earlier at Tara's behest.

"You have an interest in the reserves? I think I've seen you around, once or twice."

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]

[intraspective]

Ino gave him wide, wounded eyes.

"Would I be on a mission to do that?"

Yes, yes she would be.

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[puppy_fair]

Zack gave her one of those looks that pretty much screamed, 'suuuuure,' and then shook his head and laughed.

"Man-oh-man," he chuckled, "I might need help getting out of all of this, then."

Two belts! A girdle! Armor, armor, armor!

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[intraspective]

"Lucky for you," she chirped, "you've got a girl here who knows how your clothing works!"

And who was perfectly happy to help him strip! She was so thoughtful!

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[puppy_fair]

"And I can take your shirt back to the dorms with me if I leave here before you do," he added, holding his arms out to the sides and turning around so that she could get to the hard-to-reach straps along his back. "So that works out pretty well, huh?"