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

[bigdamnprincipal]

Once people got through their introductions and initial brain breaking, some of them would surely want to sit down. Luckily, there were plenty of tables and chairs set up across the lawn, some in the shade, some out in the open, some close to the buffet, and some in as much of a shadowy corner as one could get in an outdoor space with no actual walls. It was all part of the Fandom experience, really.

[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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Re: More General Mingling [Fall 2011]

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"I can't blame you. They're annoying enough around here," Bruce said. "I can't imagine what they're like in the areas your parents work in."

Okay, he could. He'd done some research on them, but he still had a lot more study to go before he was an expert in that field.

Re: More General Mingling [Fall 2011]

[serial-quitter.livejournal.com]

"The worst was in El Salvador. I got bitten by something that the locals called an assassin bug. At first, it looked like just another mosquito bite, but then it started swelling. It got so bad that it looked like someone had inserted a baseball under my skin," said Ryan.

She was leaving out the part about how assassin bugs got their name because they transmitted a lethal parasite.

Re: More General Mingling [Fall 2011]

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"And you came out of that okay?" Bruce asked. He wasn't overly familiar with assassin bugs, but animals didn't tend to get names like that without some justification.

Re: More General Mingling [Fall 2011]

[serial-quitter.livejournal.com]

Ryan winced. "More or less okay," she said. "It left my immune system a bit weaker so I have to be careful to avoid infections."

There was actually a lot more to it, but Ryan just wasn't ready to share those details yet.

Re: More General Mingling [Fall 2011]

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"That's the other nice thing about Fandom. The infections you're likely to get here are just the kind that turn you into a monster," Bruce said.

Re: More General Mingling [Fall 2011]

[serial-quitter.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, that was really... interesting," said Ryan. "I helped out at the clinic, so I got a pretty good look at how it affected victims. I'd never seen anything like that, but I was impressed with how well the rest of clinic staff handled things."

Re: More General Mingling [Fall 2011]

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"And now you're better prepared in the unlikely chance that you and your parents come across an alien infection in the future," Bruce pointed out. "Very unlikely."

Re: More General Mingling [Fall 2011]

[serial-quitter.livejournal.com]

"I'm fairly certain that the jungles and rain forests of this planet have things that almost look alien if you go searching for it," said Ryan. "Strange rocks are now at the top of my list for things to watch out for."

Re: More General Mingling [Fall 2011]

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"Good call. It's nice to know you learn from the mistakes of others," Bruce said.

Re: More General Mingling [Fall 2011]

[serial-quitter.livejournal.com]

"Why make mistakes when others can make them for you?" asked Ryan with a smirk.

Re: More General Mingling [Fall 2011]

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"I knew there was a reason why I liked you as my little sibling," Bruce said.