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

[bigdamnprincipal]

With all the rain the island had seen during the week, everyone had been hoping for a sudden turn to nice weather for the welcome picnic. But as the crew from the school started to set up for the picnic, the sky got darker and darker, and by the time everything was ready, it had started to steadily rain. As tempting as it was to move everything inside, there just wasn't anywhere in the school for so many people to gather at once, and since it was still comfortably warm outside, extra measures were taken to ensure that the picnic could go on as scheduled. Tents were set up to cover the information tables, the food, and most of the tables and chairs, and umbrellas had been gathered, ready for use by anyone who wanted more personal protection against the weather. It didn't look like the rain would be letting up any time soon.

[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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Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [SS2 2011]

[bigdamnprincipal]

Slap on a nametag, grab an extra umbrella, and be grateful that it's actually water falling from the sky.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [SS2 2011]

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

Kenzi put on a nametag. It said ASTRA.

What, like she was going to make it easy on the guy who'd gotten stuck with her?

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [SS2 2011]

[notlikebobby.livejournal.com]

Jack had a sign for Miley Stewart with her name on it. It even had glitter! Yeah he was trying to make a good first impression. The corner was droopy though from being chewed on by a puppy.

He stood up on a chair and showed off his sign to everyone, waiting for his sibling to show...or the sign to melt in the rain.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [SS2 2011]

[stars_and_money]

Jeremy had an umbrella of his own. A Gucci one. He also had a nametag, resigned as he was to the fate that no one would recognize him without one, and he had a smile on his face.

He was scanning the crowds for a Cassel, and wondering how that was supposed to be pronounced.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [SS2 2011]

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

Shortly after getting back to town, Bruce discovered it was two months earlier than he expected it to be. Then he realized that they were in the middle of some kind of ancient civilization he hadn't placed yet, but it certainly wasn't Egypt. And then he realized that he was in line to be a big sibling. At this point, he was ready for "Ryan Clark" to be a Frankenstein's monster, just to finish off Fandom's attempts to throw him off his game.

THat was his line in the sand. Frankenstein's monster or better and he'd be able to brush everything else off. Worse than a Frankenstein's monster and he was willing to give the island this round.

Your move, Ryan Clark.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [SS2 2011]

[annieadderall.livejournal.com]

Annie wasn't new, but she was wearing the nametag to make it easier for her little... ooh, brother! to spot her if she didn't spot him first. She'd just be looking through the sea of people, checking out nametags and occastionally calling, "Bart?"

Meet Your Roommate [SS2 2011]

[bigdamnprincipal]

The list of roommate assignments was located in a prime spot on one of the tables. Current students who had been assigned new rooms and/or roommates had been handwavily informed of the change.

Re: Meet Your Roommate [SS2 2011]

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

Bart Allen.

What??

Re: Meet Your Roommate [SS2 2011]

[withasword.livejournal.com]

Take two it was.

Kate slapped a name tag on and perched on a nearby table to look out for some guy called Ryan. Maybe he'd hold out longer than her last roommate.

Re: Meet Your Roommate [SS2 2011]

[its-theclimb.livejournal.com]

Being involved in the glamorous world of Hollywood, Miley was familiar with a lot of weird names. But Surreal SaDiablo? That was among the weirdest.

She peered around, wondering what kind of person she was even supposed to be looking for.

Re: Meet Your Roommate [SS2 2011]

[twintuitionist.livejournal.com]

Juliet was wrapped in a stylish Betsy Johnson raincoat as she waited in the roommate area. It only did a so-so job at keeping her dry, but it looked amazing.

She wasn't exactly pleased to have to give up part of the closet again, but she'd decided to do her best to make Cassel feel welcome.

Meet Your Teachers [SS2 2011]

[bigdamnprincipal]

Enjoy them while they still have no idea what they've gotten themselves into!

Re: Meet Your Teachers [SS2 2011]

[locointhecoco]

Pinkie was very excited to see that her new home had set up a welcome party picnic for the new teachers and students. She was totally going to fit in here perfectly! She couldn't wait to start meeting everypony!

Re: Meet Your Teachers [SS2 2011]

[badnewsandwit.livejournal.com]

Well, this was definitely something different. Not the rain - Alistair had only just spent three weeks around Lothering, now they knew rain - but the everything else. The food! The people! The signs! ...The food!

He wasn't wriggling like a puppy or anything (he was a big, strong Grey Warden representative), but he was thinking very hard about the moral quandary of whether he should stick around to talk to students and his 'teaching buddy', or run off and eat all the food.

... Or maybe gape some more. Was that a pink pony?

Re: Meet Your Teachers [SS2 2011]

[suit-of-awesome.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, Barney was all-weather ready, suit kept safe from the rain by an automatic golf umbrella with a little hang-down sign emblazoned with the words 'DEAN AWESOME.'

Should anyone he deemed inappropriate attempt to speak with him, the sign had this super nifty feature where he could tap it and another sign fell on top of it that said, 'KEEP WALKING.' Sweet, right?

Re: Meet Your Teachers [SS2 2011]

[charming_thief]

This place wasn't so bad. It was on an island. Like Manhattan, except much nicer. And there were people to mingle with. People Neal could possibly persuade into doing things. Or not. People to socialize with, at the very least.

He wandered around the picnic, getting a feel for the place.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [SS2 2011]

[raspberryturk]

Ah, rookies.

Reno grinned and leaned back against a table, contenting himself to people-watch, today. Well, to people-watch, and to possibly make a drinking game out of the different things he noticed, with his water bottle that was actually water, for the occasion.

See a confused face, sip. See somebody actually stunned over the administration's choice in teaching staff, sip. Spot a new kid who didn't seem to think there was anything weird about any of this so far, sip. Overhear someone talking about gender-swapping, chug.

It wouldn't get him drunk, no. But it would probably mean that Reno was really going to have to pee, soon.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [SS2 2011]

[nookiepowered]

Bo would laugh herself sick if anyone thought she could be a teacher, but STAFF (as her I.D. badge proclaimed oh so subtly), she could just about handle.

Nor was she going to turn down the free food or the chance to meet the kids and the rest of the STAFF. (Who... didn't seem to be wearing less than subtle I.D. badges. Right. Fashion note: don't be a dork, Bo. I.D. badge could go live in her pocket. It was kind of hard to miss the t-shirt anyway.)

Re: Meet Your Teachers [SS2 2011]

[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

Considering Deadpool drove that group of kids here, it would be odd if he hadn't stuck around.

For the food.

Mmmm, free food.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [SS2 2011]

[exboywonder.livejournal.com]

Dick settled in toward the edge of the teacher area. Still visible, still obviously a teacher despite the hair and casual black shirt and pants (it was better than dressing like Deadpool, at least), but not trying to take up too much attention.

Although if people wanted to pay attention to his hair, that was their choice.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [SS2 2011]

[onepunchguy.livejournal.com]

Here again, huh? Well, it was better than moping around and pining after Tora until the Guardians got some sense smacked into those little blue heads of theirs.

Plus? He wasn't gonna puke prophetic lava blood here!

But the pink pony was a new one. Yup. Definitely a new one.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [SS2 2011]

[bookworm-beauty.livejournal.com]

Belle had swathed herself in a light cloak for the occasion (though she'd taken the hood down once she'd reached the tents) and was quietly, eagerly looking around as she studied the new faces of both students and her colleagues.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [SS2 2011]

[thefearwasreal]

Oz was deep in conversation on his cell as he arrived at the picnic.

"No, not Atlanta."

"I'm on sabbatical, I left a memo about it when I left the office last night."

"Relax, I have the whole place bugged, so you won't even notice I'm gone."

"Since I certainly haven't implanted you anything that tracks your vital signs, it doesn't matter if said device was also capable of transmitting any audio or visual data."

"Goodbye, Cameron."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [SS2 2011]

[bootlessjane.livejournal.com]

As much as Jane preferred the sunny weather, she was feeling quite pleased at the chance to parade out the new weather-strong parasol she'd gotten herself after those dreadful weeks off of the coast of Japan. Perhaps not entirely necessary with the tents, but it made for a nice accessory as she came out to enjoy the picnic and perhaps meet some of her new students and associates.

OOC [SS2 2011a]

[bigdamnprincipal]

*does the welcome picnic tango* I've got this thread tracked, so if you need anything, let me know here!