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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Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[walkswithcoyote]

"I'd say you seem happy as well," Mercy pointed out, "But then you usually do. I'm not quite sure how you manage that, but I do envy it at times."

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[leavingthenest.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I don't know..." Rapunzel hadn't really thought about it much. "I guess... everything's just so neat?" And she tried not to think too much on the... less neat parts.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[walkswithcoyote]

Mercy nodded. "I can see that. So... Do you have a little sibling this time around?"

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[leavingthenest.livejournal.com]

Rapunzel shook her head. "I didn't think that I'd be able to help much. I'm still kind of lost sometimes myself." So the idea of being responsible for someone else was kind of scary!

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[walkswithcoyote]

Mercy nodded. "This is my second, so I guess someone thinks I can manage t. Though my first seemed to adjust much faster than I did and rapidly outgrew any need for me."

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[leavingthenest.livejournal.com]

"Well, you're probably a lot more responsible than me," Rapunzel decided. Because Mercy did seem very steady.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[walkswithcoyote]

"Me?" Mercy looked surprised, than nodded a little reluctantly.

"I guess I am pretty responsible," she said slowly. "I lived on my own for a couple of years before I came here."

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[leavingthenest.livejournal.com]

"See!" Totally proving Rapunzel's point. "So that means you make for a very good big sister." She nodded firmly to punctuate her point.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[walkswithcoyote]

"I'm not sure my two stepsisters would agree with you," Mercy said wryly, "But thanks."

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[leavingthenest.livejournal.com]

"Really?" Rapunzel blinked in surprise at the idea that other people wouldn't think it was obvious, too.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[walkswithcoyote]

"Well, they haven't really known me very long," Mercy admitted. "I was kind of a surprise to them. And their dad."

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[leavingthenest.livejournal.com]

"Oh. Well, I'm sure they'll adjust sooner or later." Right?

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[walkswithcoyote]

"That's the hope," Mercy agreed. "And part of why I'm here. It's better all around if we all have a little space, I think. Not that they all haven't been wonderful to me, but I definitely feel like an outside in the family."

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[leavingthenest.livejournal.com]

"You at least visit them regularly, right?" That was an option, wasn't it?

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[walkswithcoyote]

"Um... I went back for Thanksgiving and a couple of days over Christmas?"

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[leavingthenest.livejournal.com]

"Giving them a chance to get used to you?" Rapunzel suggested in approval.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[walkswithcoyote]

Mercy shrugged uncomfortably. "I don't know. Maybe. They just... they're this perfect little family and suddenly I come along and... I don't want to mess it all up."

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[leavingthenest.livejournal.com]

Rapunzel frowned slightly. "How could you mess it up?"

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[walkswithcoyote]

Mercy shrugged again. "My mom's been married to this guy almost my whole life. She had two kids with him, one just a couple years younger than me. But she didn't tell them about me and she didn't tell me about them. Sound like she wants me in that family?"

Not that Mercy felt bitter or lost or uncared for or anything, oh no.

"And they're perfect. Like a storybook family or something. And suddenly this unhappy, apparently secret, kid shows up? It's bound to go badly, no matter how perfect I try to be to fit in."

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[leavingthenest.livejournal.com]

"But you're so nice," Rapunzel objected. How could they not want Mercy around?

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[walkswithcoyote]

That got a blush from Mercy. "They say they do, but I'm just not so sure."

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[leavingthenest.livejournal.com]

"I'm sure they do," Rapunzel insisted. After all, she would mean it if she was in that position.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[walkswithcoyote]

"I don't know... maybe..." Mercy wasn't sure she'd have any idea to even belong to a family anymore.

"Anyway... thanks for the support. It means a lot." It really did.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[leavingthenest.livejournal.com]

Rapunzel shook her head in denial. "Just telling you what I think." It wasn't a big deal.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2012-1]

[walkswithcoyote]

"Well, I appreciate it," Mercy said a little shyly.