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

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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"Why are there people dressed like Vikings here?" Angelica had to ask. She could handle people with powers, so she had to get her brain broken in another way. "Is that the school mascot or something?"

~~WTF ICON. Let's pretend it wasn't that one.~~

"Thaaaaaaat's sort of a long story," Stephanie admitted, scratching at her ear. "Vikings in a spaceship invaded at graduation, and when we woke up the next day we were here instead of outside Lexington Park."

"But we took a bus here," Angelica protested. "I'm sure I didn't fall asleep." True, she'd been engrossed in a book, but it would've been a much longer trip to Iceland.

"And that I have no scientific explanation for," Stephanie admitted. "Which you'll find out applies pretty broadly to Fandom."

"How many mutants are here?" Angelica asked. "Do you know any? I met someone who said her big brother is a mutant."

Emma had made her promise to be careful about what she was and what she could do, but if everyone was so accepting here, it might be refreshing to be honest that she was a freak, too.

"I haven't counted, but I know of a few," Stephanie said carefully; she'd only met Iceman as Robin, so she couldn't admit to that. "There's definitely some here."

"D-do they have to stay in a separate building and take special classes?" Angelica asked nervously. She got to mingle with normal students in some classes, but then there were the training sessions with Ms. Frost and the other Hellions.

"What?" Stephanie looked horrified by that idea. "Ohmygod. No. That would be dumb. We all live in the same dorms -- they might room you with a guy, by the way, they did it to me -- and everything. Promise."

Yes, she had her suspicions about Angelica being a mutant already, in between her nervous questions and what Iceman had told her. See? Some of that detective training had stuck.

But Angelica was such a smooth liar, really!

"With a guy?" she said. "I think that would freak my dad out if he knew. But Faramir said Elphaba is a girl."

If she ahd to live with a boy she'd just die.

Hey, at least she wasn't her boss, who'd probably have been able to find at least five concrete biometric signs of proof that Angelica was lying or hiding something, on sight. It was just a vague guess.

"Well, we've ruled that out, then." Stephanie snapped her fingers. "That's good. Think of it as one less thing to get adjusted to!"

"What else is there to get adjusted to?" Angelica asked nervously, fidgeting with he gold bracelet on her wrist. "There's not like co-ed bathrooms, are there?"

"Nooooo, but sometimes -- so I've heard, I haven't lived through this one myself yet -- there are days when you wake up and find out you have to use the other bathroom," Stephanie said slowly, chewing on her lip. "Or a little kid again. That was fun."

"Use the other bathroom?" Angelica said, dropping her gaze to the lower half of her body, then back up to Stephanie. She started to laugh, not believing a word of it. "You're joking, right?"

"Scout's honor," Stephanie said, holding up a hand. Never mind that she'd never been a scout. "Fandom has its own unique sense of humor."

"But what do you do then?" Angelica said, trying not to look completely horrified. She couldn't imagine turning into a boy.

"Lie down and wait until it goes away," Stephanie said dryly, then relented. "Let's rephrase that: wait until it goes away, because it usually does the next day or by the end of the week, and feel better about the fact that there's a ninety-eight percent chance you're not the only one."

"But I don't know the first thing about being a boy," Angelica said. "Is there any way to make sure that kind of thing won't happen?"

The denial was strong in this one.

Stephanie tapped a finger against her lips. "If I hear of anything, I'll let you know. It's okay. The first time it rains something sugary and sticky, or random tiny animals start appearing everywhere, it'll help ease you right in."

"I'm not sure Ms. Frost knew about all this when she sent me here," Angelica said uneasily. She would have mentioned it, wouldn't she? Maybe if she told her she'd let her come back to the Academy sooner.

"Maaaaaaaaaaaaybe," Stephanie allowed. "But I'm pretty sure the people who sent me here knew exactly what they were getting me into, and wanted me to figure it out on my own. So who knows?"

"Ms. Frost is really protective of me, though," Angelica said. Well, she was more protective of the people she was worried Angelica might hurt with her powers, and rightfully so.

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