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

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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Eat, drink, and enjoy the sight of confused new folks!

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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.

This was Toby's first welcome picnic as a non-newbie and, well- frankly it was just as overwhelming as it had been the first time around.

But the impressive array of food more than made up for it, and so he was taking full advantage of the selection with a couple of piled-high plates. It didn't quite make up for the rain, though, and Toby found himself wishing he had a waterproof jacket of some sort. At least it wasn't too cold out.

Wow, everypony sure looked weird in this town. Still, Pinkie knew better than to stare. That was just rude. And she'd never make any new friends here by being rude --

OOO FOOD.

Within two minutes of arriving, Pinkie had acquired herself a whipped cream beard. Look, you try eating a pie when you don't have opposable thumbs.

Marshall, honestly, felt like an old hand right now. He'd been here a whole two months! Two months with no progress on finding Josie, either here or at Blake Holsey. He needed to do more research on how the island moved around, if he could find anything on it.

First, however, he would research the food, and then see if he could meet any of the new kids.

[Heading to bed, will pick up pings in the morning -- but I wanted to get him out before I forgot!]

There was a PONY. Someone let their pony free to eat all the food.

"Okay!" Kenzi called out. "If no one claims this pony in the next five minutes, it's mine!"

Hmm. Now. Where would cute guy put his wallet, hmm?

Kenzi gave him a bright smile while inventorying hiding places. "Good food, hunh?"

Pinkie blinked at Kenzi, then licked the whipped cream from her face in one great big swirl of tongue, leaving nary a trace behind.

"Your what?" she asked, genuinely curious. "Do you want to be friends?"

"...."

Stare.

"HOLY SHIT TALKING PINK PONY. YES. FRIENDS!" Are you kidding? Friends forever!

"Well of course I talk, silly! It sure is hard to invite people to parties if you can't talk! You could write it, of course, but then what if they can't read? Then you'd be a real pickle, let me tell you!" This was all said at rather incredible speed before Pinkie stuck out a front hoof cheerfully. "Hi! I'm Pinkie Pie! What's your name?"

"Parties?"

Kenzi's brain was doing a tango between they drugged the food, I am SO high and Pink pony! Talking! Her inner 10-year-old just thought they'd hit the jackpot.

"Kenzi, I'm Kenzi, you're the first talking pony I've met, and hey, should I bring pickles to the party or something else?" Like weed? Just roll with it, right?

Sam was there, hanging out on the edge, eyeing up the new kids to see if any of them seemed cool.

She was maybe kind of half hoping to spot Carly, but it was one of those idle day dreams that one knew would never come true.

Oh Kenzi. If you thought Toby owned a wallet, you were sadly mistaken. He did, however, have an apple tucked in to the front pocket of the hoodie that was a few sizes too big. And a handful of cheese cubes wrapped in a napkin and stuffed in the pocket of his jeans.

He did his best to smother a smirk, because that was pretty much it as far as stuff he had stashed. Definitely nothing of value.

"Yeah," he agreed, turning that hint of a smirk into a friendly grin. "They really go all out with this sort of thing."

"Ooo, that'd be neat! You could bring pickles and pears and pralines and pies and pecans and popovers and plantains!"

SOOOOOOOOO HIGH.

"Personally, I plan on purchasing peppers and pancetta," Kenzi told Pinkie very seriously. She sniffed her food, then took another bite. What the hell.

Now, with all this food around, there was no reason to be coveting his apple, right? And yet, she did.

Kenzi grinned back at him and held out her hand. "I feel so totally welcomed. Kenzi. From Canada."

That might be the last true thing he got out of her.

"That's a perfectly proper plan," Pinkie decided. "Are you going to take my party class? You would be a wonderful student!"

"Pinkie, I am so there. If I am not scheduled for your class, I will cut the class I am scheduled for and show up to witness the awesome and spread the word," Kenzi said very soberly. For someone who was STONED. OH YES.

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.

Pinkie popped up on her hind legs and threw her front legs enthusiastically into the air in a V. "Yay!"

Don't ask where she was hiding the handful of streamers and confetti she just threw into the air. Somethings were better left unknown.

"Oh, I do hope you're in the class, I'd hate for you to get in trouble by skipping out on some other poor teacher's class, but I really want you in my class because you're clearly a very fun pony and would be chock full of great party ideas to share with everypony else!"

The wet hadn't particularly bothered Kate when she'd been out in it, but a few minutes of just being plain soggy under a tent kind of did.

At least she had food. Plenty of food, and a bunch of puzzled newbier-than-her's to watch.

"Toby. Canada's pretty big," he pointed out. "Any part in particular? I'm from Toronto." And if he angled himself as he shook her hand so that she wouldn't quite be able to reach that apple, well. It was his damnit. Even if he could easily get another one.

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

You'd think someone who'd just defended her food vehemently would respect other people's, wouldn't you? You would be wrong.

"Ohhh, here and there. London. Toronto for a bit. Winnipeg a while ago," Kenzi said vaguely. Okay, mostly true. Sorta. "So how'd you come to be here, handsome?" Kenzi leaned forward to pat his shoulder flirtily. And try to figure out a way to get to the apple.

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