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

[stars_and_money]

There was the bonfire for everyone who thought Maryland in January was a little too cool for their taste, as well as the moddable warm food and drinks, and chairs and tables in the school colors of blue and gold. Some tables were also set a little further away from the crowds.

Because there were always people who preferred the fringes.

[OCD up! 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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General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[stars_and_money]

Eat! Drink! Be merry (within reason) and meet new people!

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[notalender]

Arietty had grabbed herself a large Cheeto and grabbed herself a spot not too near the bonfire. It was a bit like a bean hanging out by an actively erupting volcano, but Arietty was a bit of an adrenaline junky and it was really, really pretty.

Hopefully her dress, made from a long piece of shiny reflective safety tape, would make her visible enough not to get stepped on by an inattentive bean while she munched on her snack.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[suitably_heroic]

Eating, drinking, being merry. Atton was fond of each of these things-- almost as fond as he was at using them to hide the fact he was scoping out all the new kids very, very closely.

It just looked like he was kicking back with his feet on a picnic table drinking something from an unmarked bottle.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[lockestheway]

Peter was keeping an eye out in a pretty transparent way, but that was half the point; it might draw people out to come and talk to him.

He'd collected a small amount of food items on one plate, which he held in his hand as he perused the people rather than the buffet.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[fewer_explosions]

Liara had gone back and forth on coming here for hours.

Eventually, she did show up, thick volume on the history of human space travel in hand. She sat down under a tree and read quietly.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[whenshewasnice]

Natalie was here largely for the free food. It was the only reason she wasn't at the very edges of where the action was. Or, indeed, back in her room at the dorms.

Still, she eyed the crowd and singled out the new people, even if she didn't look particularly interested.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[walkswithcoyote]

Mercy helped herself to a plate of food and made her way over by the bonfire for a while to enjoy the warmth and the beauty of the fire.

She was eager to see who had ended up in Fandom this time around.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[makemyownway.livejournal.com]

Cade was there for the free food (as evidenced by the knapsack he was filling with crackers and cheese when no one was paying attention), with an additional eye out for any cute new girls or potentially stupid rich people who wouldn't miss their stuff.

He wasn't wearing a coat despite the weather because Cade was just that stupid badass.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[rilla-myrilla.livejournal.com]

Rilla (well bundled and with her infamous green hat on her head) and Jims (equally bundled, with much less horrifying headgear) had found a spot near a tree to sit and watch for new students. Rilla had a basket of muffins with her (yes, she knew there was an extensive buffet but Susan hadn't trusted the idea of food made by Yankees) and a sign next to it:

FREE SWEETS FOR NEWCOMERS!

Now to stop Jims from eating dead leaves...

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[reven8e.livejournal.com]

Mingling.

How did you do that?

Emily was just going to walk around and try not to look too intimidated/intimidating and see what happened from there on.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[dollpocalypse]

Topher was rooming with a girl. Oh god.

He looked just the slightest bit green as he milled about the picnic, deciding to forgo his normal sky-high plate of food as a result. Way to kill the picnic for him, Bay. Well done.

Topher was such a baby.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[arsenicmauls]

After meeting (and re-meeting) the people the school said Gert had to meet, she and Old Lace made their way to the food tables to select an array of snacks. Old Lace whimpered a bit, as seven-foot dinosaurs did when confronted with delicious food, but Gert was used to that and just shook her head. Once she had her food picked out, with her plate in one hand and a bowl of water for Old Lace in the other, Gert set off for a shady tree to sit near, making sure to telepathically let Old Lace know not to knock anyone over while en route unless they sounded really, really annoying.

Gert was super responsible.

[[Old Lace for sure isn't going to be knocking anyone over, but feel free to be lightly jostled!]]

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[notacokeperson.livejournal.com]

Karina was two-for-two for things not being horrible between her sibling and her roomie and was feeling pretty good about being here.

She grabbed a drink and looked around, trying to decide who she should try talking to next.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[wasthecuteone]

Petra loved newbie day. Not only was it just so much fun to watch their little brains break the same way hers had on her first day, she got to indulge her helpful side and her social butterfly side at the same time. And there was free food.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

Free food, new people, and decent wifi service? Of course Tony was at the picnic!

Hey, this was going to be his last picnic. He was allowed to be mellow about it.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[dressedinblood]

Anna, in her decidedly unseasonable white cotton dress, was definitely one of those who preferred the fringes. She could be found sitting perched on the edge of one of those tables toward the edges, observing the new kids and waiting for such questions as, 'Aren't you cold?' to start coming her way.

'Where are your shoes?' would also be appropriate, since apparently she'd forgotten those somewhere this morning. She still couldn't quite get the hang of clothes that weren't permanently a part of her sometimes.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[abitlowkey]

Loki was perched on the edge of one of the benches, Ikol on his shoulder, as he ate and watched for anyone of interest. Perhaps Namor would arrive this time around...

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[robinonadderall]

Stiles wasn't in the greatest mood (still blaming that on Derek, yeah) but he had sibling duties so there's no way he was missing out on the picnic. Also there was free food and it wasn't like he kept Puppy Joe food in his dorm, so.

Just a boy and a poofball, hogging up all the food.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[pulseof_life]

It was interesting to be at the picnic a second time around, this time without her being new.

Yeul drifted between the fringes and the bonfire, going where she felt like as it occurred to her, watching the students, and just enjoyed the day.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[dontcallmebuffy.livejournal.com]

Charley was starting to cotton on that this wasn't exactly your normal high school. The tipping point might have been the dinosaur. Or the pink pony.

Or the everything.

So, for now, he was going to just watch everyone with wary suspicion.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[liarallmyown.livejournal.com]

Jace didn't know why he kept showing up to these picnic things since they didn't really do much for him. He guessed the free food was what kept him coming since he would do just about anything to not cook for himself.

He kept an eye out for anyone interesting while he ate but he doubted he'd be successful in finding anybody.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

James snagged a few snacks and looked for a quieter place to mingle. Free food, new people, all the joys of a picnic.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[notconflicted]

The picnics were always interesting to Sia, just because she never knew what to expect. Sure, she was slightly more tense in case anyone else like Cade showed up and she was stuck with the threat of more people turning on her over her head, but she wasn't showing it. It just looked a lot like she was sitting off to the side with a drink and watching the crowd.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[mummyspromdate.livejournal.com]

So. This was interesting.

If Maddie had been unsure about coming here before, she definitely was now, but she'd thought that before and... well, okay, that had gone spectacularly bad at the end there, but the point was she'd given it a chance.

At least she wasn't the only new girl? Look, she had to cling to something here, and that's what she was going with.

OOC [Spring 2013b]

[stars_and_money]

This OCD is blissfully easy.