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

[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

Well.

It was raining popsicles and suntan lotion today. Because Fandom liked to make the newbies cry sometimes. Yes, the island had a sense of humor about these things.

We've all learned to accept that and move on with our lives. Well, all of us except for Britta. But she's the worst.

[Please wait for OCD is up! 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.]

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Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

Now mingle. But not too much. And for the love of god, don't get hit by a popsicle.

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

Of course Deadpool was there for the picnic. He had a teaching buddy to hunt down and a teaching partner to... hunt down.

There was a lot of hunting going on here. A whole lot.

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[walks-two-paths.livejournal.com]

It took Savannah no time to find Deadpool since she knew who he was.

"I hear you're my teaching buddy," she greeted him with a grin.

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[givehimahand.livejournal.com]

Jaime Lannister had been well on his way to Riverrun when he had, somehow, managed to lose the entire column of men he'd been riding with. He had even managed to lose his squire.

Well. He'd never thought this whole 'losing' thing would spiral quite so out of control after he lost his hand as well.

Ah ha.

At least he had a sense of humor about him as he eyed the strange crowd gathered there. And then he was struck in the head by a sweetened chunk of ice. His day was just getting better and better.

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[endsthegame]

"Jaime Lannister?" Ender inquired politely.

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[halfman-lion.livejournal.com]

Tyrion knew about the picnic, but -- with no "buddy" for the term and no other particular reason to be timely -- he didn't get to the park until it was well underway.

He'd gotten hit by a glob of lotion as he passed into the park, and the mess and scent of it were quite preoccupying until he spotted a flash of white and gold. And then he was crossing the grass as fast as his stunted legs would carry him.

"Jaime?"

It was one thing to know the island could play tricks. Another when it was your brother.

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[wrongkindofsith]

Blissfully unaware she'd receive karmic payback by the next post, Cara couldn't help snickering at the man in the pretty white cloak getting pelted with coloured ice. Loudly.

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[yakkoyaks.livejournal.com]

Yakko was at the picnic, ready to meet his new teaching buddy.

So, seriously, they gave this guy a teaching buddy. Why would anyone do that? WHY?

A better question was probably why he was sitting on a bucket labeled "Icy Hot." He had his reasons.

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[ihavediabetes.livejournal.com]

Someone had to ask. "Why are you sitting on a bucket of Icy Hot?"

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[brat_inslayage]

Please, as if Kennedy was going to pass up a chance to look important and teacher-y? Besides, there were popsicles.

...not that she needed the suntan lotion. She didn't need help for that. Ha.

So, you know. Thumbs hooked into her belt loops, slightly smug expression, the occasional tilt of her head as if trying to listen to something-- the usual. Okay, that last bit was new. Whatever.

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[endsthegame]

Ender - looking tanned and like he'd just gotten off the portal - walked into the picnic fairly early, his eyes trained on the other teachers. He had a mission here, something to do before getting on his next portal back to Naboo a few hours later.

It had not escaped him that this would be his last welcome picnic here. It just didn't make him as nostalgic as it probably should.

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[not_a_whiner]

Okay. So they hadn't been joking when they'd said this posting was... different.

Kaidan - nametag neatly attached to the appropriate above-the-breast-pocket location on his Alliance casual uniform - frowned up at the sky. Occasionally, his kinetic barriers (had to be careful, so he'd come in wearing shield emitters under his casuals) flared up blue as something struck it.

"Remind me to thank Alliance brass for giving me all the details," he murmured under his breath.

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[not_in_the_book]

"Well, it looks like you get the easy introduction to life on the island." Ronan grinned at Kaidan, having glanced at the aforementioned neatly attached nametag on approach. He'd eventually resorted to a shield spell himself, one somewhat reminiscent of an umbrella hovering over his head -- only visible for the sunblock dripping down it, actually, and if you looked carefully, the slightest distortion of air.

"Ronan Nolan," he introduced himself, holding out a hand. "I believe I'm to show you the ropes around here."

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[stupid-metroid.livejournal.com]

Well. The shuttle bus to the island has been surprisingly uneventful, so Samus really couldn't complain. She was skipping the snacks and the drinks, though, keeping a cool eye on the picnic in process. She had been here for a long time without anything happening, but she was alive today because she knew to always be vigilant. There was still a reason she was on this island, and it sure as hell wasn't teaching.

Okay, well, maybe right now, it was going to be a little teaching, but...anyway...At least the Suit came equipped with AC.

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[locointhecoco]

Pinkie Pie spotted Samus from across the picnic and immediately rushed over. And started to sing. "Welcome, welcome, welcome, a fine welcome to you. . . ."

She had her welcome wagon with her, and everything. It was a hell of a thing.

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[100powered.livejournal.com]

Kotetsu was already looking disgruntled about this. Already. On top of being pretty much told by the company that he was being transferred for a few months to some place where he'd be less likely to cause as much property damage, he'd been told by Ben that he could think of it as a promotion if he wanted to. A promotion? To teacher? Look, Ben, Kotetsu wasn't always the brightest crayon in the box, but you better believe he remembered the old adage about those who couldn't do, and what they ought to be making of those skills they had instead.

And to top it off, there was a smear of sunscreen across the top of his hat. He'd been worried for a moment that it was bird crap, until he'd realized that it was falling everywhere and had ducked under a tree for shelter. It would be easy enough to wash out later, but for the time being... Sunscreen. Hat. Teaching. Come on.

[Going to be gone for a chunk of the afternoon, but I'll be back to grab pings in the evening!]

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[bigdamnprincipal]

Zoe felt kind of bad for all the new folks who had to deal with falling popsicles and such on their very first day. So, she was trying to look especially friendly as she kept an eye out for the poor teacher she had to buddy up with. At least she could try to explain that it wasn't like this all the time?

When she thought she spotted Kotetsu, she smiled and made her way over, ducking under the tree as well. "Hi there. Are you one of our new teachers?"

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

Valentine had to admit, out of all the different perspectives from which to be attending the picnic, this was possibly her favorite so far, though there had been a little bit of timid excitement when she first ventured onto this lawn as a student. As a teacher, though, even if only for a brief semester, she was nothing but confident, and she was enjoying a soda in one hand, a hot dog in the other, wondering which poor bastards out there were stuck with a Wiggin, either one, in charge of their classroom.

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[not_in_the_book]

Ronan had been a little surprised to see two notes about teaching buddies, but he figured that it couldn't be that hard.

The air hovering over his head, however, was hard. He had to keep the sunblock and popsicles off of him somehow, so. Shield spell it was!

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[ook-oook.livejournal.com]

No, the Librarian wasn't a teacher, but he was a librarian, which meant that he was sort of the keeper of the kind of knowledge that teachers used, and there was free food, besides, and he was always happy to come out from his nest to enjoy free food.

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[cataclysmicluck.livejournal.com]

This time last session, Zayne was in boot camp. There was really no way of expressing how much happier he was to be here in the teacher spot of the picnic rather than doing extra pushups because he refused to shoot a blaster during training.

Goddamn hippie.

Zayne was celebrating this change of fortune by walking around, drinking a grape soda, and not doing pushups. That last one was a small point, but it was probably his favorite point.

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[toteshammered.livejournal.com]

Thor was here! Thor had a name tag! (that read THOR!!) Thor... was being bombarded by popsicles?

[ooc: I have a parade I have to go to in a couple hours, so... ALL THE SP.]

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[electrocynic]

Having avoided getting assigned any more teaching buddies, Electroclash was here mostly for the food. So, she was eating, not even remotely curious about any of the new batch of people arriving.

She was also glowering at the weather, as you do.

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[bigdamnprincipal]

Grace was old enough that Zoe figured it was safe to let her wander through the picnic by herself. Of course, "by herself" meant that Zoe was watching her like a hawk, but it was a step closer to setting her off on her own.

Re: Meet Your Teachers (Summer 2012)

[daimonhost.livejournal.com]

Prof Tomoe was pleased at how the welcome picnic was developing. He'd needed a distraction from the fruitless hunt for talismans and this seemed as good a place as any to spend some time. He'd worried that this might have been one of those boring normal schools, but those fears seemed soundly waylaid by the large amounts of sunscreen falling from the sky.

The popsicles were better than expected. He'd managed to nab a cherry one before it hit the ground and was happily enjoying it while taking in the scene.

Somehow, he was still managing to keep his face cloaked in shadows.