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

[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 SECOND post for general mingling. Use this post if your browser can't handle the comment load of the first mingling post. Roommates, fake siblings and teachers are here. Since it's outside, the picnic is open to all students, teachers, and townies!]

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More General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[bigdamnprincipal]

Eat more, drink more, and gaze at more new people!

Re: More General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[weldedtomyspine]

Jaime was not moping. Moping was not what Jaime was doing. He was just sitting in one of the out-of-the-way chairs with an untouched plate of food and a gloomy expression.

But it wasn't moping!

He was, to be fair, trying to look around and spot some newbies he could welcome. Or... something.

Re: More General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[onepunchguy.livejournal.com]

"Still here, Reyes?" Urge to kill Reach technology... rising.

Re: More General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[serial-quitter.livejournal.com]

Ryan was grateful to see such a large spread of food. She loaded up her plate like someone who'd been eating bland hospital food for weeks and made sure to grab a cup of coffee before finding a spot to sit away from the crowd.

Re: More General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[therewaslife]

Bod arrived a little later than usual due to his shift in the library but he didn't want to completely miss the picnic. He'd picked up a bottle of water and was drinking it slowly while strolling through the crowd, almost enjoying the rain that was falling.

Re: More General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

Nathan didn't have any real reason to be out the picnic but the food. He wasn't a big sibling (and you could all be thankful for that) and he wasn't any sort of welcome wagon (and, be thankful).

Instead, he was standing off to the side, lit cigarette between his lips while he glanced around the crowd and made up stories for everyone new he saw. It was kind of really fun and entertaining.

Re: More General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

Caroline joined him on the outskirts, wondering if he'd seen the posting or not. For once she wasn't going to complain about the smoking. "So, how are you rating this batch of newcomers?"

Re: More General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

Percy really kind of had other things on his mind that weren't picnics so distraction was the name of his game today. He was standing under a tree, enjoying the rain (this place needed more water) and thinking of someone who was a long ways away.

Re: More General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[olympian-herc.livejournal.com]

Having finished his food, now Herc was amusing himself by balancing olives on his biceps then flexing to see if they'd stay put.

This is what happens when there is no alcohol. Be grateful he hasn't started singing.

Re: More General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[richieryan.livejournal.com]

This guy looked like he would have fit in to that circus class last session. A strong man or something like that.

"Nice party trick," Richie remarked. "You do that with other food, or is olive-exclusive?"

Re: More General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[longislandiceme]

Yeah, there really weren't too many people who could possibly dress like that, so when Bobby got close enough to confirm that yes, that definitely was who he thought it was, he did the only logical thing: launched a cherry tomato right at Herc's forehead.

Re: More General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[sexonyoursheets.livejournal.com]

Puck was still around, and still without a shirt. No one had said anything bad about it yet. Why close the gun show early?

Re: More General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[dabblinginbitch.livejournal.com]

Ramona had pulled her hood away from her face, at least, and was looking a little more on edge than she had been earlier -- if you knew her, anyway. To the untrained eye, she was about as bored as ever.

Re: More General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"You look amazingly excited to be here," Nathan declared, keeping his distance but wanting to talk to someone familiar anyway. "Did the picnic interrupt your nap or something?"

Re: More General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[wwiii]

Warren was a little late to the picnic today, but that was because humidity tended to be extra uncomfortable when one had large quantities of feathers. Feathers which he wasn't bothering to hide, today. After all, what was one guy with wings when compared to an island currently off the coast of Atlantis? And besides, some of the teachers this semester were way weirder than he was.

He hoped.

Either way, he'd made his way to the picnic a little late, and was standing just inside one of the tents, making faces at the rain. And keeping an eye out for interesting new people too, sure.

Re: More General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[necroslacker]

Last time, Sam had been one of the new kids. This time, he wasn't new but he still felt out of place and like he hadn't really settled in yet. He'd wandered down a little later in the day, glancing out at the crowd and then really looking to see if he noticed anything unusual.

Nothing was pinging yet but he figured if anyone smelled death on him, the vision in his head would start going off big time. For now, he was just going to grab a plate and take it easy.

Re: More General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[didntchewgrass.livejournal.com]

Elphaba wasn't particularly sociable on the best of days, but she came to the welcome picnic. She'd gotten a bit wet on her way, and sat down at a table with a soggy squelch and frowned a bit.

Thank goodness she wasn't actually allergic to water or anything.

Re: More General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

Bruce was still around, only now he had a bottle of water. Because apparently he wasn't getting enough water from the rain.

Re: More General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[cursedconman.livejournal.com]

Cassel was still around, mostly because he didn't really have anywhere else to go. He had stopped looking so nervous and instead just watched people closely, trying to guess what their stories were.

Re: More General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[richieryan.livejournal.com]

The rain had kept Richie away for a little while. Then he'd decided he was from the Pacific Northwest and could handle a little rain. Besides, if this picnic was anything like the one when he'd arrived he wanted to get some of the free food.

He had, and was now working on a large plate of food and doing a little people watching. Mostly because they were there.

Re: More General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

Sookie was still snacking a little and looking around at people, though her head was starting to hurt a little from keeping everyone out. It was good practice for next year, though.

Re: More General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[longislandiceme]

Bobby was a bit late, but he was here, damnit. And, yeah, totally wondering who would show up from some version of his world this time. It had happened pretty consistently almost every newbie day, after all.

Re: More General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[locointhecoco]

Pinkie . . . was maybe a little bit overstimulated. There were so many new strange ponies (and wolves and Thundercats) to meet! And so much sugar!

Which would be why she was currently doing cartwheels around the picnic, giggling and shouting "Whoo!"

Re: More General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

Toby was maybe looking more than a little glassy-eyed and unfocused by this point. It couldn't be helped, with so many people around, their thoughts were bound to leak through what could laughably be called his mental defenses. But still, he was here, and nibbling away at some snacks.

Re: More General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[bigshoestofill.livejournal.com]

Bart looked around at the people gathered, then noticed the food. Food was easier to understand than people. Food it was. There was a blur and the words "excuse me" and "sorry" came from seemingly nowhere as food disappeared from the tables in bits.

And then Bart was back where he started from, but this time with a plate of munchies, happily chomping away. He didn't look like he didn't want to talk to people, but food came before people. Them's the rules.