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

[stars_and_money]

It was a new year, and with the new year came the new spring term, and Fandom High was all set to welcome its new students, along with those just returning from holiday trips home. It was a familiar setting for the latter bunch: there was the requisite bonfire, with tables and chairs scattered around it, as well as the buffet table with moldable warm food and drinks.

And of course, name tags and lists of Big and Little Siblings as well as roommates. Yep, the weather was okay for early January, and Fandom was all ready to celebrate the start of a new term.

[OCD 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. Since it's outside, the picnic is open to all students, teachers, and townies!]

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Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Spring 2013]

[arsenicmauls]

"Gert," Gert corrected Hanna immediately, because... ugh, Gertrude. "This is Old Lace. She's not going to bite."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Spring 2013]

[new-it-girl.livejournal.com]

"Gert. I'll remember that," Hanna replied, grinning. She felt a little more at ease after confirmation that there would be no biting. "I'm Hanna, your assigned sibling, but you probably guessed that by now."

"So dinosaur," she continued, glancing at Old Lace. "Cool."

It wasn't even the strangest thing she'd seen here.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Spring 2013]

[arsenicmauls]

Well. If she liked Old Lace, at least Gert could say for sure that this girl wasn't scum-of-the-earth evil.

Meanwhile, Old Lace gave a happy noise at the praise and ducked her head as if expecting to be petted. She was a bit of a cuddlewhore.

"I guess that's velociraptor for 'thanks,'" Gert said. "So what's the whole assigned sibling deal?"

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Spring 2013]

[new-it-girl.livejournal.com]

"You're welcome," Hanna said to Old Lace, now more comfortable talking to a dinosaur.

To Gert, she replied, "Big siblings are assigned to help new students adjust to this place. I can tell you where everything is in town if you want. Or I can start by telling you about the town's...weirdness. It takes some getting used to."

She might as well admit that now.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Spring 2013]

[arsenicmauls]

"Let's go with weirdness," said Gert, who had a pretty decent sense of direction anyway.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Spring 2013]

[new-it-girl.livejournal.com]

"Good choice," Hanna said, grinning again. Preparing the newbie sibling for Fandom's oddities was part of the fun.

"First of all, this place is on a weird time and dimension vortex thing." She so was not a sci-fi person. "It doesn't care where or when you're from. There are people here from way in the future and some from ancient times."

Ancient times being before 1980 to Hanna.

"Oh, and there are witches, aliens, shapeshifters, people with super powers..."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Spring 2013]

[arsenicmauls]

"Okay," Gert said, nodding along with that. "That's not that weird. I spent the past few months with people who are all of those things."

Plus her parents had been time-travellers and she had a dinosaur. Who was she to call BS on this stuff?

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Spring 2013]

[new-it-girl.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, that's kind of normal for here," Hanna added. "Also normal for here? People from alternate time lines. You might meet someone who knows you that you haven't met, yet, in your time line."

That's one Fandom oddity Hanna had yet to experience. "There's also the occasional Fandom invasion. Anything from creepy dolls..."

She paused to shudder. "...to adorable kittens. That's how I got my cat."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Spring 2013]

[arsenicmauls]

"You mean that stuff just walks in here?" That actually fazed her a bit. "That's less normal. And then what does it do?"

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Spring 2013]

[new-it-girl.livejournal.com]

"They usually just go away on their own without causing any harm or anything," Hanna replied. "Usually lasts a day or a weekend. That's also the same for when people turn into random stuff like animals or kids...I was five twice."

She didn't even get into the gender swapping. There was so much to explain about Fandom. It'd take days! Or something.

"It's easier to just go with it," Hanna advised. "Hurts the brain less. Plus, there's so much about this place that's awesome. Most people are nice and accepting."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Spring 2013]

[arsenicmauls]

"O...kay." The being-aged-down was a little weirder than the rest of it, it turned out. "Would I get anywhere if I asked what the worst part of this place is, or do you have to give the school spirit spiel no matter what?"

Well then.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Spring 2013]

[new-it-girl.livejournal.com]

"Even if things get a bit dicey around here, we always get through it," Hanna said simply. "I'll tell you this. I have no supernatural abilities of any kind and I don't have any real fight skills, but I'm still here after a year and a half."

Meaning even the scarier aspects haven't sent her running.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Spring 2013]

[arsenicmauls]

That sounded like the biggest school spirit spiel Gert had ever heard, so she looked approximately as dubious as a person could possibly be as she replied, "Uh-huh."

She'd believe it once she saw it, Hanna.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Spring 2013]

[new-it-girl.livejournal.com]

Hanna just smiled, because Gert would likely see it sooner than later. "I'm in room 425 if you need anything or have more questions."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Spring 2013]

[arsenicmauls]

"229," Gert replied. "Will do."