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

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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Alex was excited about getting a new little sibling. She grabbed her nametag, and made sure it was displayed in a spot that was easy to see. She scanned the crowd for George, wondering where he could be.

George had stared at the nametag table for a long time. She looked under Millie, under Hagen, even under Mildred.

And that's when she spotted "George." There had been a flicker of envy for whatever other-George out there got to be George -- probably a guy, and he was probably a loser -- while she kept looking for Millie.

No Millie. So ... she was George here? That was kind of weird. Maybe someone had listed it as a nickname, on her forms.

Fuck it. She grabbed the name tag that said "George" on it, and slapped it onto her shirt. If it was someone else's, they could make their own damn name tag.

And now, she was skimming the crowd, looking for some guy named Alex.

You would think a girl named George would have anticipated that Alex might be a girl. She'd have to blame the jet lag, for that one.

Edited 2010-08-28 18:32 (UTC)

It looks like they were both mistaken. At least George had the jet lag excuse. Alex should have known better due to being in Fandom for so long, for one.

Finally spotting George (and she was initially surprised at her being a girl instead of a guy and really, she shouldn't have been), she made her way through the crowd to her (getting over her initial shock, of course). "Hi George? I'm Alex, your big sibling." If she seemed a bit excited by that? Well, she was.

[Slowplay okay? I'm scarce due to family dinner.]

"Hey," George said, mentally adjusting to -- female Alex. Right. More common than female Georges, so she should have seen that one coming. "Hi. I'm ... George."

That was really obvious. Great. Off to a fabulous start, here.

"My ... big sibling?" she said. "Is this some kind of buddy program?"

(slowplay is AWESOME because I am juggling threads and failing at it!!! enjoy family-time!)

Edited 2010-08-28 23:05 (UTC)

"It is, yeah. Fandom assigns new students 'big siblings' to help them get adjusted to the school -- to answer any questions they might have, help them get around, that kind of thing," Alex explained. "And I should say, welcome to Fandom. How are you finding it so far?"

Translation: how much crazy have you been exposed to so far?

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

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