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

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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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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.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[craftyladyparts.livejournal.com]

"Hey, New Kid," Jessica said. "I hope Fandom's treating you well so far."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[mummyspromdate.livejournal.com]

It was probably bad to automatically turn when someone called you "New Kid," wasn't it? But again, it was a nicer start than she was used to.

"So far," Maddie said. "I mean, I'm rooming with a dinosaur but that happens at all boarding schools, right?"

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[craftyladyparts.livejournal.com]

"Well, I've only been to the one boarding school, and it just happened to someone, so based on this limited sample size I have to say yes. Yes, it does," Jessica said. "Give me time and I'll even prove it with graphs."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[mummyspromdate.livejournal.com]

"How much time?" She sort of wanted to see this.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[craftyladyparts.livejournal.com]

"Depends on how fast I can get a piece of paper and a marker," Jessica said. "After that, however long it takes to draw a pie chart."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[mummyspromdate.livejournal.com]

"Doesn't sound very scientific," Maddie said.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[craftyladyparts.livejournal.com]

"It's a sample size of one. Science went out the window the second I brought it up," Jessica said. "By the way, I'm Jessica. And I usually have a much greater appreciation for science than that."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[mummyspromdate.livejournal.com]

"Maddie," she said. "So I guess you're one of the smart kids?"

Oh, just wait, honey.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[craftyladyparts.livejournal.com]

"I like to think so. I also like to think I'm one of the funny ones," Jessica said. "There are people who would argue with both of those, but they're dumb and not funny."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[mummyspromdate.livejournal.com]

"Also they'd be kind of rude," she added.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[craftyladyparts.livejournal.com]

"That's what I say whenever that happens," Jessica said. "Which is, to be fair, all of zero times. But it's what I would say."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[mummyspromdate.livejournal.com]

"And now you're prepared for the second time," she said. "Have you been here long?" She didn't exactly seem new.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[craftyladyparts.livejournal.com]

"Only a semester," Jessica said. "But you adapt quickly. A month in and you'll feel like you've been here forever, but not in a bad way."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[mummyspromdate.livejournal.com]

"That's... more encouraging than I would have thought." Seriously, was she hallucinating by this point?

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[craftyladyparts.livejournal.com]

"I'm an encourager by nature," Jessica said. "Think positive thoughts, do good deeds, and by this time next semester you'll be the one telling a new kid that it's fine here."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[mummyspromdate.livejournal.com]

Maddie couldn't really see herself doing that, despite the fact that she was actually pretty good at doing that. "Everyone's so nice. I sort of think I'm being Punk'd," she blurted out.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[craftyladyparts.livejournal.com]

"Well, you're not completely wrong. It's kind of a wacky place where wacky things - like dinosaurs - happen. So everyone being nice is the karmic balance for whatever you might have heard about already," Jessica said.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[mummyspromdate.livejournal.com]

"I'm used to some wacky things happening back home, too. People can still be jerks there," Maddie pointed out.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[craftyladyparts.livejournal.com]

"I have to ask, what kind of wacky? Because I'm from a crazy superhero place, and I think that gave me a leg up on a lot of people," Jessica said.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[mummyspromdate.livejournal.com]

"A crazy superhero place, actually," Maddie said. "Ever hear of the Avengers, or Ms. Marvel, or anyone?" Striving for casual, probably failing....

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[craftyladyparts.livejournal.com]

"Avengers. That's Captain America and Iron Man and everyone, right?" Jessica asked. She was on the other side of this conversation months ago. "We have them on my world, but they're called the Ultimates. By the way, there are alternate universes where superhero teams are called different things. That's one thing you should know."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[mummyspromdate.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, that's them... Wait, seriously?" She'd kind of thought she was done with all that.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[craftyladyparts.livejournal.com]

"Sorry, I just assume that's public knowledge anyplace there's a Reed Richards," Jessica said. "You have a Reed Richards, right? Preferably a non-evil one?"

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]

[mummyspromdate.livejournal.com]

"Yeah. Sorry, I just... kind of thought I left all that stuff behind. You have an evil one?" Was it bad that made her feel slightly better about people thinking she was a potential supervillain?