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

[vaguelyretired.livejournal.com]

Although the summer had been record-breakingly hot, the weather outside today was actually kind of pleasant. There was a cool breeze blowing across the lawn, making the smells of the buffet wander, and hopefully enticing people to come over to the school and welcome all the new folks.

The blue and gold tables and chairs had been set out as usual, 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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Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2012]

[vaguelyretired.livejournal.com]

It's time to find out who all your new drinking buddies are! Or see if the new teachers are as easy to freak out as the students.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2012]

[givehimahand.livejournal.com]

Jaime was there, armored and clad in the white cloak of the Kingsguard. Though, in all honesty, it still had a few splotches of blue and red from the popsicle rain at the last picnic.

It was better than shit and blood, Jaime supposed. He was a cheerful man like that, after all.

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[halfman-lion.livejournal.com]

"You'd be more intimidating if you got a squire to get the stains off your armor," Tyrion muttered, and held his plate up toward Jaime. "Apple?"

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[solo_sword]

It was a little strange to be back here after a long time (for her) of thinking she'd had her last picnic ever, but Jaina was sort of okay with that. Here, strange was sort of familiar.

She was off to the side a bit, out of the way, and keeping a lookout for familiar faces. Or faces that might passingly be familiar because they might be related to her and she hadn't met them yet. You never knew.

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[cataclysmicluck.livejournal.com]

"I thought my teaching buddy's name looked kind of familiar," Zayne said, approaching Jaina. "Making it a long visit this time?"

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2012]

[fates_jaye]

And once again, the school was allowing Jaye to teach and to be a teaching buddy. It was like they never learned or something.

She looked innocuous enough, though, nursing a soda and people-watching in case anyone looked interesting. Maybe something would top the (shudder) talking pony.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2012]

[cataclysmicluck.livejournal.com]

It was a new school year, and Zayne had both a successful mission and a successful haircut under his belt and atop his head, respectively. He knew he'd have to leave the picnic a little early in case anyone needed to get an apartment, but he still always liked showing up and seeing if he could spot any Jedi. Old habits died hard.

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[not_a_whiner]

Yeah, Kaidan wasn't happy to be stuck here for another semester, but he was going to make the best of it. He'd gotten thrown into the 'teaching buddy' pool this time around - didn't really sound like anything that played to his strengths, exactly, but he was willing to give it a try. His own had been spectacularly helpful, and the place could be...

Well. The place could be.

So there he was, name tag visible on top of his Alliance uniform, keeping an eye out.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2012]

[vaguelyretired.livejournal.com]

The nametags were ever so useful, so it only took Minerva a few minutes to find one of the people she was supposed to see. "Good day," she said politely. "Kaidan, is it? I'm Minerva McGonagall, I believe I'm supposed to speak with you."

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[screwyoumarvel]

Steve was here to meet the new teachers and students, and catch up with the old, looking like his usual upstanding self in a polo and khakis.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2012]

[givehimahand.livejournal.com]

"Captain Rogers," Jaime said, tilting his head down in greeting of his teaching partner.

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[sith_happened]

Anakin was there in his requisite swirly cape, on the lookout today for an Englishwoman who seemed to like cats.

If she showed up in pink, Zoe's assurances or not, he was going to do something Drastic.

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[vaguelyretired.livejournal.com]

Minerva was certainly not in pink. A welcoming gathering seemed an appropriate place for her tartan-adorned robes, and seeing someone else in a cape was a welcome sight. "Good day. Are you Mr. Skywalker?"

Zoe had given her some Signs To Look For when it came to him. "Cape" and "brooding look" were both on the list.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2012]

[solo_sword]

After a few days here, it probably wasn't a huge surprise to see Jaina at the picnic. She was smiling when she came over, greeting him with, "Hi there."

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[halfman-lion.livejournal.com]

Tyrion had a half-smile on his face as he watched the crowd coalesce, and he kept returning to the food table for more of ... well, everything. His eyes kept darting to Jaime, and he was keeping an eye out for anyone who looked to be from Westeros, but he wasn't precisely worried about any of it.

And so the great comedy began again.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2012]

[atreideslioness]

"Lord Tyrion," Ghanima called out, making her way towards him. "Tell me, are you looking forward to this as much as I am?"

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2012]

[hisownagenda.livejournal.com]

And from the sky a figure clad in purple in red began to descend. As the figure grew closer one could tell that he was wearing an ornate helmet as well as a giant dramatically flapping purple cape.

He landed on the ground, his cape billowing in the slight breeze. He crossed his arms and scanned the ground knowing full well that he made a dramatic entrance. He was, after all, Magneto.

He continued to scan the crowd, his chin pointed outward defiantly as if daring someone to approach him.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2012]

[furnaceface]

Well, there was Jono, doing just that, and well aware that he was approaching the Master of Magnetism while he was wearing a metal collar around his neck and a wary look on his face, yes.

Fortunately, Jono was not the sort to attack first and ask questions later.

"That's... one hell of an entrance you made, there."

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[hatesmoststuff.livejournal.com]

Gosh, that had been a fun drive. In the sense that April should never be allowed to drive anything.

It was possible there was stuff in her hair now. But she also had pop, which, by virtue of being caffeinated, improved her morning significantly.

She could still live without all the students, though.

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[not_in_the_book]

Ronan was cheerily making his way through the crowd, grabbing not one, but two cups of coffee.

He rather thought his new teaching buddy might appreciate it, yes.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2012]

[furnaceface]

Jono was doing his damnedest to look approachable. He really, really was. In fact, he'd even left his coat collar down this afternoon, because there really wasn't much approachable about a massive grey man glowering at you with the bottom of his face obscured from view.

Mostly this just meant that it was fairly obvious that his default mode today seemed to be stuck on 'what the hell am I getting myself into?'

... With a side of 'this is a very tasty sandwich.' If the food was free, Jono was going to eat it, okay? He'd never had the chance to sample the buffet at one of these picnics before.

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[yakkoyaks.livejournal.com]

Yakko walked into the teacher section with a large sack slung over his shoulder. When he felt he was in a good spot, he dropped the sack, opened it up, and pulled out a six foot tall lifeguard chair.

Yakko placed the chair in a good spot, then climbed up and started looking. in part, he was looking for his teaching buddy, because yes, somebody gave HIM a teaching buddy. He couldn't believe it either. Partially, he was looking for any good run-through gags. But mostly, he was looking to confuse people. Naturally.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2012]

[vaguelyretired.livejournal.com]

Minerva had been a little nervous about taking on this job, but the look of the island and the school had done a great deal to put her at ease. Perhaps being here wouldn't be so different after all, and for the moment, she was content to observe, and save her feasting for later.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2012]

[daimonhost.livejournal.com]

Prof Tomoe was there, checking out all the new faces. He'd swapped out usual his hot coffee for an iced one.

He'd tucked a collapsible umbrella inside his lab coat, just in case there was another popsicle rain during this picnic too.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2012]

[atreideslioness]

A season of the suns and sand of Dune had done Ghanima well, to the point she had waited until the last moment to take her 'thopter and return to the island, parking it in the junkyard with all the others.

She had come straight from Tabr, so there was sand in her robes, cinnamon-scented wind in her hair, and laugh-lines from where she'd been throwing things at the Aunties who were not-so-subtly hinting that there should be more of Chani's grandchildren running around.

Still, the air was uncomfortably wet and heavy after months on Dune, but she'd bear it with good grace and spirits since it meant she'd be back in a classroom instead of schooling politicians.