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

[bigdamnprincipal]

Some extra tables had been set up in the shade of the trees on the lawn, away from the buffet in spots where it might be less crowded and much quieter. Well, aside from the mariachi band, but at least their music was entertaining? They might even take requests!

[OCD is up, have at it! This is the FIRST post for general mingling. Please use this post first, if your browser can handle the comment load. Roommates, fake siblings and teachers are all here and there's more room for mingling here. Since it's outside, the picnic is open to all students, teachers, and townies!]

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General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[bigdamnprincipal]

Eat, drink, fiesta?

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

There were churros. Churros everywhere. Tony was having an amazing Cinco de Mayo. Could you tell?

He took a seat, checking out all the new people in case someone wanted to punch him there were any interesting ones.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[abitlowkey]

It was Loki's turn to be the one who was knowledgeable about all the idiosyncrasies of the island. And so, he was going to use that to his advantage.

With Ikol perched on his shoulder, he stayed perched on a bench, keeping a wary eye on the roving minstrels. They boded ill for his enjoyment of this gather.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[godofxbox]

Was there a fourteen-year-old boy on the planet who would turn down free Mexican food? Because Alex was not him. He had a giant plate of nachos and was probably going to go back for seconds in a little bit. Aw yeah.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

Kenzi had been trying to bribe the mariachi band into following Vice Principal Deadpool and playing "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" but apparently they didn't have a collective death-wish. Who knew?

So she was trying to throw taco chips into the brims of their hats.

By now her name tag said, "Grace Winchester."

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[dressedinblood]

Anna would not be eating or drinking, and she was kind of unsure about the fiestaing. She wasn't really the fiesta type. After greeting her little sibling, she tended more toward the edges of the gathering.

Of course, if anyone could sense auras or magic or the dead, she was pretty impossible to miss. Just follow the giant scary power cloud until you found the pale girl in the white dress.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[wasthecuteone]

Free food, music, the chance to socialize with her fellow students and meet some new kids and try to reassure them they weren't going crazy? What wasn't to love about today? Petra was nibbling on a burrito as she wandered around.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[ihavediabetes.livejournal.com]

Stacey was here, checking out the boys.

And seeing whether there were any people she wanted to befriend.

But mainly smiling at any cute boy who caught her line of sight.

What.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[rilla-myrilla.livejournal.com]

Rilla had brought a blanket with her for Jims to sit on (though he was more interested in trying to eat a stick) and was sitting under a shady tree, nibbling on a churro and staring at the hats of the men in the band.

Could she pull one of those off? It might be a little too much...

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[locointhecoco]

Yep, Pinkie was here. Bouncing around like an overstimulated pink pony ping-pong ball, gasping anew at everything like she'd never been to a welcome picnic before.

It was a party, okay? This was what Pinkie lived for!

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[momslilassassin]

At first glance, it might look like Ben was attempting to build himself some kind of dwelling made entirely of enchiladas, but no. His plan was to eat them all.

Well, after he saw how high he could stack them.

He glanced up occasionally, hoping not to see any familiar faces.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[notconflicted]

Sia had either shown up on some sort of holiday or day of cultural significance, or this entire place was mad. She wasn't sure which, yet.

She looked calm, though, and was trying to get a feel for her surroundings. And possibly trying to see just how many other Force sensitives there were here.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[suitably_heroic]

Free food, actual sunlight, no Exchange thugs. Yeah, okay, Atton was going to keep his bitching about this place to a bare minimum - anything seemed like heaven compared to Nar Shaddaa.

The Jedi was going to be a problem, but he could deal with that.

He sat down at one of the picnic tables, got his pazaak cards out. He could play a game alongside his meal. Always helped to keep the mind practicing.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[endsthegame]

This would be Ender's penultimate newbie picnic. It felt strange to think of it that way, but also not: his own newbie picnic felt like it was decades ago.

He took his usual spot - not too far from the center of activity, but not in the middle of it anyway - and watched the new kids as they came in, classifying them in the back of his head.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[nomelancholy.livejournal.com]

Well, this didn't seem too bad, that was for sure. Although Ulrik was making a mental note to himself to acquire some up-time clothing as soon as possible. The doublet and breeches might've been perfectly sensible in 1636, but they made him stand out... 'like a sore thumb', he thought the expression went, here.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[serial-quitter.livejournal.com]

Ryan helped herself to a plate of tacos and coffee, of course before grabbing a seat. She chose a spot in the middle of the crowd, all the better to spot the newbies.

However, anyone who already knew her might notice that she looked a bit pale today.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[crapatnetball.livejournal.com]

Thelma, along with her notebook with her nametag plastered on it, had grabbed a plate of tacos and was sitting down to eat them. Because she could, and they were delicious, and had you ever tried Mexican food in Britain?

"God, these are to die for," she mused, her mouth still half-full. She paused. "Well I guess technically I did."

[ooc: Warning: I'm at work and being social a sizable chunk of tomorrow. But I really really want Thelma to meet people, so please, if you're okay with SP, tag off her.]

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[notagoose]

Goose had handwavily spent the past couple of weeks back at BETA Mountain and had only returned to Fandom earlier that morning, so he decided to spend some time down at the welcome picnic to have a look around.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[catchmeifyoucan.livejournal.com]

Frank was still more than a little awed by this place, so he continued to gaze out at his surroundings, barely restraining himself from ditching the picnic to explore the island.

If this meant he occasionally bumped into people, that was a total accident and he really hoped these rough-and-tumble public school kids weren't going to beat him up for it.

Someone was maybe a little sheltered.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[dollpocalypse]

Mmm, Mexican food.

Look, Topher was a fan, okay?

So he was here, enjoying his plate of lots and lots of food and wondering if he should text Peter a picture of the real mariachi band, which did not include him. As a follow-up to that time with that poncho he'd gotten at Ender's house when Peter had teased him for it.

Topher maybe needed to put less effort into remembering conversation fragments from five months ago and more effort into... everything else in his life.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[brat-detective.livejournal.com]

Tinny was impressed by all the free food and the mariachi band. The coffee was especially appreciated. She sipped on some as she scanned the crowd, ready to meet people. Socializing was expected as these things, right?

[Slow play is a necessity as I'll be afk for much of the day; will return in the early evening.]

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[solarhippie]

Karolina took a while to pick out the vegan options from the food tables, then set out just wandering around with her yummy meatless Mexican food, looking around a little curiously.

With everything going on, she'd almost forgotten what it was like to be in a big crowd of teenagers. Or at a school event, for that matter.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[nottheshoes.livejournal.com]

Figuring this place out completely was going to take a little time, George had decided. Time he was going to fill with snacks. Many of which he hadn't seen in years.

Well, that and trying to make a decent first impression. They weren't bluebloods, so he was feeling almost like that might work out for him.

Eating, watching people and eating. That was how it went.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[myownface]

Okay, so the mariachi band was a little weird, but it wasn't like they didn't greet new kids with song and dance numbers back at the group home either. Sparkle would break out his recorder, Lewis would do the singing, and whatever poor new mess stumbled through the door would stare at them like they'd both lost their minds.

It was kind of weirdly homey, almost, that way.

Sparkle was going to contemplate this homeyness over a heap of Mexican food that, overall, managed to balance pretty precariously on his plate, so that he had to be extra selective about the bits he picked off of it, lest he cause an avalanche that could very well kill them all.

OOC [Summer 2012-1]

[bigdamnprincipal]

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