Welcome Dance - the Gym

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

The streamers and banners are up. So are a zillion multi-colored helium balloons.

The floor is cleared, and the bandstand is up at the north side of the room, ready for Dusted Bunnies to take their places.

The refreshment table, with the (as yet) unspiked punch is in place. There are chips and stuff as well, Chex mix, a few nachos and some guacamole.


Party on, dudes! And welcome to Fandom High.

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Re: Pippi chats with Alanna - pre-spiking

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Where'd they get that idea anyway?"

Re: Pippi chats with Alanna - pre-spiking

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

"Something about women being the weaker sex." She shook her head sadly. "I'm one of the best fencer's at court, and that's me being honest."

Re: Pippi chats with Alanna - pre-spiking

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Ptch. Yeah, I'd like to see a boy carry a baby around in his body for nine months and then push it out like I saw native women doing on Tuka-Tuka island." she rolls her eyes, "Then we'd see who the weaker sex is."

Re: Pippi chats with Alanna - pre-spiking

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

Alanna made a face. "Don't remind me. There are women, in other countries, who are warriors. And even a hundred years ago in Tortall women could be Knights and warriors."

Re: Pippi chats with Alanna - pre-spiking

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Where's Tortall? Never been there."

Re: Pippi chats with Alanna - pre-spiking

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

"Probably not. It's in my world, which, is not somewhere you can get easily. Basically, think the fourteenth century, only cleaner and with magic." She let a little ball of purple light form in her palm.

Re: Pippi chats with Alanna - pre-spiking

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"The former is a natural result of the latter I would think." Pippi says, "That's very pretty! How do you do that?"

Re: Pippi chats with Alanna - pre-spiking

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

"I'm Gifted, and yeah, it's something you're born with, but some students here can do the same spells I can, and vice versa. Mostly, I'm pretty good at healing like I said. Broken bones, scratches, bruises, those are all things I do. Um, and there's just some random spells. I've been working on transformations and transportations lately, with mixed results. My twin's the really magical one." She let the ball extinguish.

Re: Pippi chats with Alanna - pre-spiking

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Mostly, I'm just strong." says Pippi, "But I do have a crystal ball that will show me people if I ask it very nicely... I'm not sure if it's me or the ball though." It doesn't occur to Pippi to mention any of the other things she's done in the past; like, fly or make cars run on rain water and glue...

Re: Pippi chats with Alanna - pre-spiking

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

((I only know the Russian version of Pippi, so this? Is hilarious))

"Strength is useful, and the crystal ball thing must be cool. I have no talent for scrying at all."

Re: Pippi chats with Alanna - pre-spiking

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

More nodding. "Yes, both came in very handy when my Papa was captured by a rival band of pirates. The ball showed me where he was."

[[OOC: The only thing I have of Russian Pippi is a picture I got off the internet from a Russian translation of the books. Though I'm re-reading the books for obvious reasons. I'm most familiar with the Swedish movies/TV shows that were dubbed into English. Was there a Russian movie or TV show made?

Re: Pippi chats with Alanna - pre-spiking

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

((ooc: Honestly can't remember. My only memory of Pippi is my dad reading the books to me when I was sick. From that, I'm assuming I was under four.))

Alanna raised a brow. "You travelled with pirates?"

Re: Pippi chats with Alanna - pre-spiking

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Naval tradition has a much similar drawback to your situation. I certainly couldn't grow up to be a Captain in the regular Navy... We weren't normal Pirates you see. Only ever caused trouble with certain of other Pirates. Firstly, because they are the ones with all the money. Secondly, they rather deserve it. And thirdly, people who aren't pirates tend to like you as a result. Since there a great deal more non-pirates then there are pirates, you don't have trouble finding a place to dock and re-supply. Sometimes we would be hired to sail alongside another ship and protect it. That was always fun, because the other Captain would often have Papa and I over for dinners."

Re: Pippi chats with Alanna - pre-spiking

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

"That...must have been awesome. So you're going to be a Captain?"

Re: Pippi chats with Alanna - pre-spiking

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"That's the general idea." Said Pippi. "It's all well and good to be the Captain's daughter but you can't be that forever, and it's better to have a ship of your own eventually. Not that I'd have a problem taking orders from another Captain for a while, but... I don't think I'd want to do it for the rest of my life." she paused, "Of course, 'proper' schooling may change my mind."

Re: Pippi chats with Alanna - pre-spiking

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

Alanna nodded. "You're close with your dad then I take it? And if you're looking for 'proper' schooling, you're not going to find it here."

Re: Pippi chats with Alanna - pre-spiking

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi harumphed, "More proper then Fredolf yelling, 'Come down from the crows nest and learn this i before e rule right now Pippi!'" Alanna would note that when she says that she changes her voice so that it does, in fact, sound like a man.

"As for being close with my father? Yes we are very close. That is possibly why it takes less cajoling to get the crystal ball to show me him. Or so the witch-doctor told me."