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

[bigdamnprincipal]

In order to give people a place to get away from the traffic jam of the buffet and information tables, most of the chairs and tables had been set up further out on the lawn, away from the school building. The bonfires were going strong, and there was plenty of room for everyone to sit down and enjoy themselves. Assuming they weren't too busy still trying to figure this place out.

[OCD is up! This is the FIRST post for general mingling. Please use this post first, if your browser can handle the comment load. Roommates, fake siblings and teachers are all here and there's more room for mingling here. Since it's outside, the picnic is open to all students, teachers, and townies!]

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Re: General Mingling [Spring 2011]

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

Triela frowned.

"Something happened."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2011]

[intraspective]

"Yeah."

And she looked absolutely exhausted at that.

"I don't want to talk about it," she said, flatly. "Not--'cause of you. But 'cause..."

If she talked about it, it'd be real.

Ino wasn't ready to accept that Zack being dead was real in any universe.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2011]

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"If you talk about it you can't keep ignoring it," Triela suggested a bit hesitantly. The Conditioning meant she didn't have to worry about that herself, but she still saw it in those around her.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2011]

[intraspective]

Ino bit her lip.

"But if I talk, then I have to admit it's real. And that means--there's a few people who I have to deal with and I... I can't."

Not now.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2011]

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

Triela nodded. She... well, she didn't understand, not really, but it made sense.

"Is there anything I can do to help?" She couldn't think of anything, but... if Ino didn't want to talk about it there had to be something she could offer.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2011]

[intraspective]

"I don't know," she said honestly. "I don't think... there's a lot to do right now."

Maybe a hug?

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2011]

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

Triela wasn't really a huggy person, but... This seemed to call for one. She reached out toward Ino only a little bit awkwardly.

"I can be there for you," she offered quietly.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2011]

[intraspective]

She leaned into the hug and closed her eyes.

"Thank you," she said honestly. "I... I appreciate it."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2011]

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"You're welcome," Triela replied, her arms tightening almost too much. "You're worth it." They had their occasional differences, but Ino... Well, Ino understood in a way no one else at Fandom did, and that counted for a lot.