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

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The weather was nice, the school wasn't currently under attack from forces not of this universe and they were still in Iceland. Oh yeah, it was day one of the rest of the newbies' lives.

Welcome to fandom, kiddos. Try not to trip over left over sombreros from Thursday!


[Please wait for 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.]

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Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2011)

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Jocelyn considered him for a long moment, unsure how anyone could argue that mundanes could be worse than demons. That was the point of the Nephilim. Mundanes couldn't protect themselves from demons; they couldn't even see demons. Her people hid away behind glamours and wards to keep the mundies from freaking out more than to protect themselves.

He obviously didn't understand. And she could tell it wasn't something she'd be able to explain standing here. Valentine was right. Downworlders were very different sometimes.

"Of course," Jocelyn said, lifting her chin. "I don't wish to be rude." Just unconsciously snobby. That was totally different.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2011)

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Protect themselves? But who did that leave to protect the rest of the world from them?

"Hey, rude, I can handle," Warren replied, sighing and smiling a little all over again. "It's just something to keep in mind around here, okay? You never know who here might take offense to labels. Heck, some worlds use the same words to describe completely different concepts."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2011)

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Whyever would they bother with the rest of the world?

"Is that why the island is glamoured so heavily?" she asked, seizing the opportunity to find more out about this place. "Because there are people from all different 'worlds' here?"

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2011)

[wwiii]

"Glamoured?" Warren blinked and tilted his head a little. "I... sorry, I'm not sure I totally understand what that means. Magically, somehow?"

This would be one of those examples of same words, different meanings. Warren grew up with a vague notion of the word being used to describe feather boas and lots of sequins, for example.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2011)

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Jocelyn nodded. "To keep the mundanes from seeing what's here." She couldn't help raising an expressive eyebrow. She did rather think it sounded like something she'd mentioned before, yes. "I'm guessing people can't always find the island. And if you weren't invited or expected, you wouldn't be able to see the Causeway or the island at all."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2011)

[wwiii]

"I... guess not," Warren agreed, chewing on that for a moment. "Though we have had our fair share of uninvited guests. Like the Vikings, you know? So, either there's a bit of a glitch in the... glamouring... or else the island has a really weird sense of humor."

Warren really, really wouldn't put it past Fandom. How many times had it turned him into a parakeet, again?

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2011)

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"There are always some who have Sight without being marked for it," she agreed. "It's unusual though." She frowned at the Viking remark. "I wouldn't expect a contingent of Vikings to be among those though."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2011)

[wwiii]

"I wasn't there at graduation, but from what I hear, a spaceship dropped them off," Warren replied. And then grimaced. And then buried his face in his hand. "After going to school here for a year and a half, I think I've actually almost managed to forget how weird things like that sound when you say them aloud."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2011)

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And there was the utter stare of disbelief. Demons, mutants, vampires, she could deal with, but spaceships?

"...a spaceship full of vikings," Jocelyn repeated.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2011)

[wwiii]

"Well, I didn't actually see the spaceship," Warren replied. "Maybe a few facts got a little scrambled before I heard about it?"

He doubted it. But for the sake of not looking completely insane, that really seemed like the thing to say.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2011)

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"You'd think in interests of believability, people would take away the spaceship, not add it," she pointed out wryly.

"...this is going to be interesting." Even if she still pretty much would rather be taking a Latin exam and going to Shanghai next week.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2011)

[wwiii]

"Trust me, it will," Warren agreed, smirking a little. "Like I said, you're not going crazy. That was the first thing my now-girlfriend told me when we met, back on my newbie day. It's probably some of the most sound advice you can get. Right up there with, 'don't get too close to the flamingos,' and 'yeah, that random animal in your room probably is your roommate.'"

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2011)

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"My roommate's a shapechanger?" she asked, the rest of it all washing over her. Of course she wasn't going crazy. She was a Shadowhunter. "How do you know? I don't even know him very well."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2011)

[wwiii]

"Oh, no, I mean..." Hooboy, Warren. Stick your foot in it a little deeper. "Sorry, I don't even know who your roomie is. But sometimes, some pretty random things happen around here. I was speaking theoretically."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2011)

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"He's a boy," Jocelyn replied, frowning about that. It was not appropriate. "Okay, so people can turn into animals. Is it just random? Or are there faerie thinking themselves funny?" Because that last very definitely qualified as 'tormenting humans' and was not allowed.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2011)

[wwiii]

"My first roomie was a girl," Warren shared, sympathetically. "I think that's the office staff amusing themselves, honestly. So long as he isn't some kind of pervert, it isn't really as bad as it seems. And if he is some kind of pervert, seriously, let the office staff know and they'll do something about it."

Or let Warren know, and he'd thump somebody a good one with a wing.

"And the animals thing? Totally random. I've been turned into a little blue bird way too many times for comfort, now."

And always at the worst possible moments!

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2011)

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Jocelyn was nearly laughing as she pictured Warren as a little bird. "...at least it's not turning you into an angel?" she tried to empathise.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2011)

[wwiii]

"Oh, man. You have no idea how many people mistake me for one when they see me for the first time," Warren replied, chewing his lip and looking maybe a little awkward. "And I have to explain, no, I'm not really anything more divine than a human with screwed-up DNA. But then they start making weird comparisons, to ducks and things."

Which was generally kind of insulting, even if people didn't intend for those comparisons to be.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2011)

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"If you had longer hair and weren't wearing a shirt, you'd look like the pictures of the angel at home," she admitted. "But...it's mostly the wings. No offense." Jocelyn grinned. "Though I guess I'm probably okay if I'm not comparing you to a duck or a pigeon or something."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2011)

[wwiii]

"Ugh, pigeons," was Warren's so very eloquent response to that train of thought. "I'm pretty sure I'd rather take being confused for an angel over being compared to a pigeon any day."

A pause, and then a kind of sheepish smile.

"There's actually a newbie day tradition around here that has most of the guys peeling off their shirts before the picnic is through," he shared. "I'm still kind of warming up to that."

Which was funny, considering it had already been decided that managing to lose his shirt was somehow Warren's other-other superpower.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2011)

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"Warming up is right," she pointed out. "It's not really shirtless weather." A slow smile crept over her face. "But don't worry, you won't shock me if you need to undress."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2011)

[wwiii]

A blush moved over Warren's cheeks at about the same pace as that smile of hers, there.

"Well, that's good to know," he replied, trying to sound nonchalant. It was almost working! If only that blush didn't totally throw it off. "It actually happens more often than you'd think."

Shirts were for other people. People who weren't built like Warren. You needed a nice frame to be able to support yourself in flight, after all.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2011)

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She could believe that. Also she couldn't help noticing that he was way more muscled than usual pictures of angels. But then Warren actually had to fly whereas an angel...

How was she even seriously contemplating this? It was like the entire world had turned upside down since yesterday evening.

"Well, yes, of course," she agreed, smirking a little. "Showers...swimming...random needs to make other guys inadequate."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2011)

[wwiii]

"I try to bite down those urges as much as possible," Warren laughed, shaking his head a bit even as he ducked it so that his smile was aimed mostly at the lawn. "Well, not the showers, obviously. Those are kind of important."

But he looked kind of pathetic when his feathers got wet, so he avoided swimming, for the most part. And making other guys feel inadequate was just mean. And something that he did entirely unconsciously, between the wallet and the wings and the abs and...

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2011)

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"I know I thank you for giving into them," Jocelyn teased. "it'd be pretty uncomfortable to stand here and pretend like there wasn't a massive smell..."