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!

OOC [SS2 2011c]

[bigdamnprincipal]

Aaaaand I'm spent. Have fun, folks!

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]

[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]

[onepunchguy.livejournal.com]

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

Re: More General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[weldedtomyspine]

Oh, look! It was exactly who Jaime was hoping to run into today! Like, really!

That facepalm of his was just a way of saying 'Yay!'.

"Guy. Hi. And, yes. Until the end of the summer."

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]

[onepunchguy.livejournal.com]

"Don't look too excited to see me."

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]

[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]

[weldedtomyspine]

Jaime rubbed his face, then sighed. "Sorry. I'm just a bit out of it today." He stood up and offered guy his hand. "Good to see you, Guy."

SEE! JAIME COULD BE POLITE!

Re: More General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[onepunchguy.livejournal.com]

Well, considering it was Guy he was being polite to...

Guy took his hand, yanking the kid forward to give him a noogie. It was in honor of Ted. Or because he could. Who knew? "This mean you graduated?"

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]

[weldedtomyspine]

"Dang it, Guy!" Jaime squealed complained. "Quit that!"

Jaime's hands were all flaily, trying to push Guy, who was quite a bit bigger than he was, away. "And yes I graduated!"

Re: More General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[onepunchguy.livejournal.com]

Oh, he was just lucky that Guy let him go.

"Congrats! I'd buy you a drink, but..." Look, someone still followed the law with his bar. Even though it was mostly alien clientele.

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]

[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]

[weldedtomyspine]

"But I don't drink."

Right. It wasn't that Jaime was still underage. Obviously.





"What are you doing here?"

Re: More General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[olympian-herc.livejournal.com]

Hercules thought he recognized those wings.

Which would be why he attempted to sneak up on the boy, and try and put him in a headlock and give him a noogie.

"Warren!" he exclaimed happily. "You seem shorter today!"

Yeah, maybe that might have been a clue, Herc.

Re: More General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[onepunchguy.livejournal.com]

Riiiiight.

Guy shrugged, focus firmly on some spot in the distance. "Back on Earth for now, so I might as well keep busy."

And grumble about Oa aaaaall the time.

Re: More General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[weldedtomyspine]

"Oh. Did they kick you out of the Corps?"

Like he could miss the Scarab's screaming about the ring.

Re: More General Mingling [SS2 2011]

[onepunchguy.livejournal.com]

"Don't make me put you in a headlock," Guy replied maturely. Because that was a completely responsible thing to do to a teenager.