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 for guests were set up further out on the lawn, under a tall blue and gold tent. There was plenty of room for everyone to sit down and enjoy themselves, but it might not have all been dry. Did we mention being grateful that it was just water falling from the sky?

[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 [SS2 2011]

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

Kenzi was good with the food thing. Oh yes. She was perched on top of a table, and had three plates ranged in front of her, nibbling off each. Taste-testing was a time-honored way to get the most out of the food experience, and then smuggle the rest in your luggage.

Re: General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[hurtingzeebo]

Sam was just walking on by when she noticed Kenzi's stash of food.

"Ooo, cheetos."

And that would be Sam reaching out to grab a handful right off one of Kenzi's plates.

Re: General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

"HEY. Get your own!" Kenzi protested, using a slice of pizza to whap at Sam's fingers. "Mine! Very mine! So mine!"

Re: General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[hurtingzeebo]

Sam held up her hands defensively, then licked a bit of pizza sauce from her fingers. "Woah, chill," she said. Then she pointed over Kenzi's shoulder. "Oh look, gremlins!"

There were no gremlins. Sam was just now determined to acquire some of Kenzi's cheetos.

Re: General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

"What?" Okay, that was a new one. Possibly also insane. Kenzi started nibbling on the pizza, watching this person carefully and not glancing over her shoulder. "Oh look, buffet! Right over there!" If this chick wasn't going to *ask* for food, the food was going to be hoarded like hitpoints in a FPS.

Re: General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[hurtingzeebo]

Sam was not to be deterred. "No one's told you about the gremlins yet?" She shook her head like she'd just heard that fat cakes had been discontinued forever. "Oh you poor, poor, deluded new kid."

Re: General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

"Oh, don't even," Kenzi said, pointing at the blond. "Do I look that stupid? C'mon. That's insulting!"

Re: General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[lockestheway]

Might as well start scoping out the new kids somehow. "Ah, someone who's taking advantage of everything Fandom has to offer," he greeted, jovially. (Fake-jovially, but he was good at faking it by now.) "Now that's the way to do it."

Re: General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

Kenzi gave him a considering look over her bite of pizza, wondering why this guy sounded like he was running for something. Swallowing, she said just as jovially back, "I am already thrilled to be here, if only for the snacks and drinks. And meeting people like our bus driver. Did you know he's a single dad and role model?"

Re: General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[lockestheway]

"...No, I didn't know that," Peter said, blinking, "And now I'm very concerned. Think about that kid."

Re: General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

"If it's a girl, she's never gonna date. Not with a dad who carries double swords. On the other hand, a dad with two swords. She might be the luckiest little girl in the world," Kenzi reasoned, taking another bite. Pajamas, whatever, Mr. Deadpool would also mess with the guys' heads like it was going out of style. She wiped her hand off on her tights, and offered it. "Astra."

Look, it said that on her nametag and everything!

Re: General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[lockestheway]

"Peter," Peter said, shaking her hand without thinking about it twice, really. "Welcome to Fandom, Astra. Glad you've gotten the meeting-the-veep thing out of the way. That's a nice icebreaker."

Re: General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

"Him and the three other people on the bus. They all seem ... nice." There might be the faintest note of condescension there. They were nice, Miley and Ryan and Bart, and not one of them had ever broken a law, poor kids. "So what's your story?"

Re: General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

"Ahhhh," Ariel commented with approval as she narrowed in on a newbie and drifted on over, "it's good to see a new kid already appreciating the food as it was meant to be appreciated!"

Re: General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

Kenzi smirked at the newcomer, and waved a potato chip at her. "I wasn't gonna eat the airline food, so, yeah, first meal I've had in ages. Do they do this every time there's new people?" That would be something to look forward to, if she decided to stick around.

Re: General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

"You bet," Ariel said with a grin. "Great big old picnic to welcome the new kids in and give us older kids a chance to spot out all the fresh meat."

Re: General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

Kenzi gave her a narrow look. "I really hope you're mostly talking about the buffet table...."

Re: General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

Ariel could only meet that look with a lopsided grin. "Oh," she said, with one of those knowing sort of nod, "of course. What else could I have meant?"

And she was try her hardest not to spoil her seriousness with a giggle, which involved a very sobering clearing of her throat. Sobering for about five seconds.

Re: General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

Kenzi smirked back at her, and reached out to poke the other girl in the arm. She even gave her real name. "Kenzi. Junior. Aspiring entrepreneur. So what's the worst thing about this place, hmm?" Let her get the tall tales out of the way already, right?

Re: General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[dontvotemeout]

Jason wasn't sure what he found more amusing, where the girl was sitting, or how much food she had. "It's nice to see someone who isn't afraid of the food," he said. "Not that you have any reason to be. It's all good."

Re: General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

Kenzi waved back at the guy, since her mouth was full, and nodded happily. Also, her food! Hers! After a second she swallowed and said, "Seven hour flight with layovers, dude. Starbucks at the airport doesn't cut it."

Re: General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[dontvotemeout]

"Ouch. That had to have sucked," Jason said, trying to sound like he totally flew all the time. "Where'd you come over from?"

Re: General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

It was Kenzi's first flight too, but you'd have to remove fingernails to get her to cop to it.

"Canada. No place you've heard of, probably." Kenzi shrugged and pointed to her name-tag as she took another bite, to save time. ASTRA. Which could be her name! If her parents had been on a lot more drugs!

Re: General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[dontvotemeout]

"Well, I've heard of Canada," Jason said with a smirk, as he leaned in a little to look at her nametag. "Astra's a pretty cool name. I'm Jason, which isn't nearly as cool."

Re: General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

"It has the advantage that people don't try to tell you it means 'star', when thanks, you already know that," Kenzi quipped, then grinned more widely. "So how long've you been here? And where are you from?"