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

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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"... I don't suppose you can just tell somebody you don't want to cry on street corners and it doesn't happen?"

There was always hope. Always.

Topher grimaced. "Unfortunately I'm thinking no."

Victor sighed and muttered a curse word in Spanish.

"So, basically the island is out to screw with us," he said, and scratched along his jaw. "But it's not actually a trap."

"Exactly," Topher confirmed. "And we've already had the secret cameras/reality show possibility ruled out, unless it's, like, the most meta reality show ever."

Victor shook his head. "Nah, I'd be able to sense the cameras. There's nothing like the number you'd need for a show. I think this is just ... real life."

Or something strangely like it. Though the whole topic reminded him of Karolina, again.

"Oh, hey, is it normal for there to be somebody here who you know, but they don't know you?"

"Yes!" Topher confirmed, glad to be able to answer an actual question. "That... is a thing that happens. Like, I know this guy who this other guy I know knows from back home, except he's way younger and apparently less..." Hmm, how to describe hotass future!Tony's charming demeanor? "Um, direct. Less direct."

Beat.

"Nicer. Would be the word. Also, there's two siblings here who are from totally separate timelines, so the one that's supposed to be four years younger is two years older, weird, and if you ever meet anyone named Skywalker, it's no guarantee that the other ones here are the same ones they know from back home."

That was helpful, right?

At first Victor looked totally confused as he tried to parse all of that out. Then --

"Oh thank God," he said, looking relieved. "There's this girl who came in with us who I know really well at home, and she has no idea who I am. Kind of shook me up. I mean, I still don't love it, but at least now I know probably neither of us had a mental breakdown."

"Oooh, yeah," Topher said. "That definitely happens. Buuuut, if you didn't wind up serenading each other and sharing all your feelings, you can probably call it a success."

Topher, the Wiggins were not a basis for judging the success or failure of timeline-wackified reunions, okay?

"Plus, yeah, not crazy. Which is good news!"

Here, Victor, have a high-five in celebration.

Vic would return that high five. "Yeah, if she and I ever just start singing at each other, pretty sure it's a sign the world is ending," he said. "So -- good news all around."

"Oh, you'd be surprised what Random Singing Day does to people," Topher warned him.

Clearly Topher had not been instructed as to its proper name. But he tried!

"... random singing day."

There were some things you just needed to repeat. Evidently that was among them.

"Yeah, I guess I kind of led with the answer there," Topher admitted. "It provokes random singing."

The more you know!

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