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

[bigdamnprincipal]

When the planning for the new semester had started, no one had really noticed that the welcome picnic would coincide with Cinco de Mayo. When the food arrived and all of it, including the desserts, had somehow ended up as a variety of Mexican food, well, it was a little too late to change anything.

Hopefully, the wandering mariachi band that had shown up wouldn't throw anyone either. It was a festive day of new arrivals, after all.

The blue and gold tables and chairs had been set out, along with nametags and the lists of Big and Little Siblings, and rooms and roommates for the new students. Assuming the shuttle arrived with all of the students and teachers in one piece, everything was set for the picnic to begin!

[OCD is up, have at it! This is part one of the picnic, specifically for meeting siblings, roommates, and teachers. The rest of the picnic is happening here and here, in an effort to keep browsers from breaking for as long as possible. Since it's outside, the picnic is open to all students, teachers, and townies!]

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Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Summer 2012-1]

[myownface]

SPARKLE WOULD SAY THAT SHIT TO WHOEVER HE WANTED TO. AND THEY WOULD TAKE IT. TAKE IT LIKE MEN.

"People keep saying that. So far the weirdest part has been the band," Sparkle decided. "And maybe the angry talking cat back at the airport."

Yes. Yes, that would be kind of strange.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Summer 2012-1]

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"Pink pony who is a teacher?" Tony suggested, pointing over at Pinkie Pie. "Or--well, I guess they don't look like aliens, but people with the last name Skywalker are from other planets."

With British accents.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Summer 2012-1]

[myownface]

Tony, now you were getting a weird look. Yes, even after Sparkle looked over at Pinkie Pie and did a brief double-take.

"... Seriously?"

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Summer 2012-1]

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"Seriously."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Summer 2012-1]

[myownface]

Sparkle gave that revelation the consideration he felt it was due.

"Maybe this place won't completely suck after all."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Summer 2012-1]

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"People are nice too!" Thank you, Tony.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Summer 2012-1]

[myownface]

"See, now I know you're pulling my leg," Sparkle decided, smirking a little. "Like, you mean to tell me everyone here is like some kind of brainwashed love-and-peace zombie?"

People didn't work like that. People were nasty. People were assholes. It kept them from being boring.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Summer 2012-1]

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"Well... I haven't met all the new people, so I couldn't say no to that."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Summer 2012-1]

[myownface]

Yeah. Yeah, Sparkle kind of had to ask it again.

"... Seriously?"

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Summer 2012-1]

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

WELL...

"Welcome to Fandom?"

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Summer 2012-1]

[myownface]

"I give it to the end of the week before I steal a boat and try to row back to Canada," Sparkle decided, shooting Tony a grin. "Maybe I should start gathering provisions. Smokes. Beer. Don't suppose you know anybody over the drinking age here who'll pick up a case for an almost-sixteen-year-old, huh?"

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Summer 2012-1]

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"Well, one of the bars in town serves beer to anyone," Tony offered. "I couldn't really say anything about cigarettes."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Summer 2012-1]

[myownface]

"... Wait, you mean to tell me that there's seriously a place on this rock that doesn't card?"

He wouldn't even have to break out his fakes at this rate!

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Summer 2012-1]

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"Nice, right?"

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Summer 2012-1]

[myownface]

"Maybe worth sticking around for. What else does this place have?"

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Summer 2012-1]

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"The coffee shop is amazing and the pizza place delivers at weird hours." Priorities: Tony had them.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Summer 2012-1]

[myownface]

Yeah, see, this was actually kind of working, if Tony's aim was to get Sparkle to not want to take off for the causeway at a run!

"... How weird?"

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Summer 2012-1]

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"I got one at 3 AM once." BECAUSE YOU TIPPED WITH TWENTIES, TONY.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Summer 2012-1]

[myownface]

SPARKLE COULDN'T AFFORD TO PAY IN TWENTIES. HE WAS NOT GETTING PIZZA AT THREE.

"... Not bad. Not bad. So, you can just... hit up the bar, stumble home, get a pizza delivered, and have cold slices left over for the hangover the next day? Almost sounds like you've got it made here, honestly."

It sounded good. A little... too good.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Summer 2012-1]

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

SORRY, SPARKLE. BE RICH LIKE TONY.

"Well, we are still at school," Tony pointed out.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Summer 2012-1]

[myownface]

"School as taught by ponies?"

Somehow, that didn't strike Sparkle as being terribly academic.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Summer 2012-1]

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"We also have a teacher who I remember from fighting in World War II where I'm from, but not everywhere else."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Summer 2012-1]

[myownface]

Sparkle actually needed to take a second in order to parse that statement into logic that made sense to people who weren't used to alternate realities and timelines, yeah.

"... So... there's more than one of this guy?"

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Summer 2012-1]

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"And more than one of me," Tony added. "Apparently some version of me who was older owned a place in town for a while."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Summer 2012-1]

[myownface]

"And not just some old guy with the same name?"

Because Sparkle could totally see how people would make the mistake of thinking that some dude had dropped a few years and had magically come back as a student here, sure.