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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Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2012)

[notalender]

"They don't make them very small. Most Borrowers don't bother with phones at all."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2012)

[catchmeifyoucan.livejournal.com]

"Lucky," Frank said vigorously. "Back home they're manageable, since they're still big and, you know, attached to walls, but here they're so tiny and they don't even really have buttons for the numbers."

Beat.

"...Oh, right. Back home for me it's 1959." That should explain some things. And, you know, cause a lot of other questions.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2012)

[notalender]

"I'm pretty sure James never mentioned beans learning how to time travel." The Underground had movies about it, sometimes, but she'd been lead to believe they were just stories. . . .

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2012)

[catchmeifyoucan.livejournal.com]

"We can't. Yet. I don't know. We can't back at home, anyway," Frank said. "Not in time machines or anything. But what I'm trying to say is that this place is sort of a... nexus, I guess? For people from lots of different worlds. I'm not sure how it works exactly. But for me it's 1959 at home, and for other people it's, like, outer space, and for you I guess... you're from now?"

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2012)

[notalender]

"Assuming it's July and 2012, I am." Professor Mildeye would have had a stroke at this place, if what Frank was saying was true. "That would explain the underground hole into the sky."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2012)

[catchmeifyoucan.livejournal.com]

"Oh! Those are called portals," Frank filled in helpfully. "I didn't know they existed either. They take people places. Like in sci-fi books, except real." Dork. "But yeah, it's July 2012, this is Fandom Island, just off the coast of Maryland, and this place is pretty weird." He shrugged. "Any questions?"

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2012)

[notalender]

"Maryland!" It sounded like some mystical fantasy land. "Where's that?"

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2012)

[catchmeifyoucan.livejournal.com]

"Oh," Frank said, blinking a bit in surprise. Her being four inches tall was one thing; not having heard of Maryland was another. "It's a state? Where are you from, anyway?"

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2012)

[notalender]

"Underneath a grandfather clock in a house in Hackney. That's in London," she continued, striving to prove that she wasn't a completely floorboards-bumpkin. "In England, which is in Europe."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2012)

[catchmeifyoucan.livejournal.com]

"Oh! Okay, that makes sense." Because for a moment he'd worried he had been dealing with an alien or something. "Yeah, this is America. We're not far from Baltimore, if you've ever heard of it? It's sort of close to Washington DC and New York."

...Ish.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2012)

[notalender]

"New York!" Arietty said, now smiling. "Lots of movies happen there."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2012)

[catchmeifyoucan.livejournal.com]

"Yes!" Frank agreed. "That's where I'm from. Well, upstate, but it still counts." You just keep telling yourself that, Frank. "I've always wanted to go to London, though. I'm kind of jealous of you."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2012)

[notalender]

"I've only seen a very little bit of it," Arietty admitted. "But some of that was even from an airplane."

A remote control toy airplane.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2012)

[catchmeifyoucan.livejournal.com]

"Even more jealous," he said excitedly. "I love planes. I've only ever been on one once, though. It was... kind of one of the main reasons I decided to come to school here."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2012)

[notalender]

"Oh? Do they teach you how to fly one, here?" Arietty spun in place on Frank's shoulder, looking up at the sky as though she might spot a student flight right now.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2012)

[catchmeifyoucan.livejournal.com]

"Oh! No, unfortunately," he said sheepishly. "I got to fly from home to here, though. But man, how awesome would a pilot class be?"

Doooork.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2012)

[notalender]

"That would be wonderful!" Arietty agreed. "I've already gotten to drive, but I didn't get to fly the plane, I had to let James do that!"

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2012)

[catchmeifyoucan.livejournal.com]

"You live in London and your friend's a pilot?" Oh god, Arietty. He was never going to shut up about this now. "You have the coolest life."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2012)

[notalender]

That . . . never happened to Arietty. "My other friend, Spiller, has a motorbike. He almost ran me over with it when we first met."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2012)

[catchmeifyoucan.livejournal.com]

"Neat." Well. "I mean, you know, ow, but as long as you didn't get squished. That's so cool. Do you get to ride on it?"

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2012)

[notalender]

"He offered, but Mum says he only really wanted to get into my pants."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2012)

[catchmeifyoucan.livejournal.com]

...

"So he's... your size, right?"

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2012)

[notalender]

"Spiller? He's a little taller, but he's a Borrower like me."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2012)

[catchmeifyoucan.livejournal.com]

"Okay, whew." Though he was still blushing a little at the expression, because he was tiny and innocent like that. "Oh, and on that note, right. I don't know if there are any other Borrowers around here? I mean, we've got a lot of, what did you call us, beans? But if we've got other Borrowers, I haven't seen any."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling (Summer 2012)

[notalender]

"Well, yes," Arietty said. "You wouldn't. You know, unless they fall out of the sky and land on your head accidentally."