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

[bigdamnprincipal]

There were plenty of tables and chairs scattered around the lawn for anyone who wanted to sit down once they'd had their fill of the buffet, or to recover from starting to find out what this place was all about. No one would judge the need to take a mental breather.

Some of the tables were out in the open, for those who weren't allergic to the sun, and some of the tables were in the shade, or far from the rest of the crowd. Wherever people decided to rest, there was space enough for everyone.

[OCD is up! This is the post for general mingling! Roommates, fake siblings and teachers are all here! Since it's outside, the picnic is open to all students, teachers, and townies!]

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Get Your Mingle On! [Summer 2013-1]

[bigdamnprincipal]

Eat, drink, don't get a sunburn somewhere uncomfortable!

Re: Get Your Mingle On! [Summer 2013-1]

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

Toby was almost finished with Cross Check so... yeah, he'd brought the book with him.

What? Shut up, it was a good book. And he needed to know if West and Sazanov could sort their shit out in time for the playoffs.

In an effort to make himself seem approachable despite the bringing along of reading material to a social event, he'd made sure to pick a table that was close to the majority of the picnic activity. Engrossing as the plot was, Toby was perfectly amenable to being interrupted.

Re: Get Your Mingle On! [Summer 2013-1]

[not_a_whiner]

Kaidan had grabbed some food and a perch somewhere at the edges of the whole thing. Still keeping his eyes on the students, because again, you never knew.

Re: Get Your Mingle On! [Summer 2013-1]

[suitably_heroic]

Atton almost hadn't bothered showing up at all, because a day to sleep in was a day you shouldn't be wasting on anything else.

But eventually he got hungry.

So there he was now, tearing through the food.

Re: Get Your Mingle On! [Summer 2013-1]

[lockestheway]

Peter had gone outside for his habitual 'check out the newbies and see if anyone might be useful' vigil. But he got bored of that fairly quickly, and wound up sitting back with - yes - his phone in his hand not soon afterwards.

Re: Get Your Mingle On! [Summer 2013-1]

[fewer_explosions]

Liara sat on a chair she had picked out mostly for its distance to the picnic's epicenter. She wasn't terribly in her element talking to strangers as it was, and the deluge of 'but you're blue' she knew was coming... would not help with that.

Re: Get Your Mingle On! [Summer 2013-1]

[ultron_junior]

Victor was still recovering from the split with Olive, but a picnic was a picnic and it felt wrong to skip it totally. He might not stay that long, but he'd at least come down for a snack and some people-watching. He was putting the odds of someone he knew showing up at 50-50.

Re: Get Your Mingle On! [Summer 2013-1]

[justbeingbay]

The picnic was coming at the ideal time for Bay, who was glad to have something besides family stuff to think about. She was feeling more social than usual as she got to the picnic area, with an almost manic edge if you paid close attention.

Re: Get Your Mingle On! [Summer 2013-1]

[makemyownway.livejournal.com]

After a day to recover from the Great Shot Experiment of Thursday night, Cade was there with a large canvas bag (for extra food to bring back to the dorms), an enormous mug of (spiked) coffee and a sharp eye out for any new hot girls.

Cade had excellent priorities.

Re: Get Your Mingle On! [Summer 2013-1]

[tigerundercover]

Raven got herself some food, a little dazedly. She was not 100% convinced that she hadn't fallen asleep on the plane and was dreaming all this.

She'd been driven here by a talking pink pony, after all. Even for someone whose natural state was blue and scaley, that was a bit much.

Still, she made an effort to look around at her new fellow students, smiling any time she made eye contact and half wishing Charles were here. He was always much better at the charming first impression than she was.

Re: Get Your Mingle On! [Summer 2013-1]

[nottrivial]

Alec didn't always make it out to these things, but he'd spent the last few weeks so uncomfortably solitary that he'd actually paid attention to when it was happening this time. He was probably going to spend the good majority of it pacing around the circumference of the park and wanting to go back inside, but look, he was trying.

Re: Get Your Mingle On! [Summer 2013-1]

[arsenicmauls]

Freshly back from Bay's universe, Gert was more than ready for a picnic. She and Old Lace found a shady spot to sit in, where Gert sat leaning against her dinosaur, who was curled protectively around her.

Look, Old Lace was a genetically-engineered deinonychus; she could take the pressure of one teenager leaning against her.

Re: Get Your Mingle On! [Summer 2013-1]

[theoplustwo.livejournal.com]

He'd met his big sibling and he'd met his roommate so Theo figured he was free to get some food and wander around the rest of the area.

So far, this place didn't seem that different from his old school though there did seem to be less of the hulking meathead variety of bullies. Theo could live with that.

He could live with free food too. So much better than hot pockets.

Re: Get Your Mingle On! [Summer 2013-1]

[whenshewasnice]

Natalie wasn't having the best day, maybe. But when was she? So she was out here, getting food and drink, and watching people.

She wasn't planning to stick around for too long, though.

Re: Get Your Mingle On! [Summer 2013-1]

[fairest-blood.livejournal.com]

Snow White jumped through the portal (http://fairest-blood.livejournal.com/1044.html) and found herself on the edge of the picnic. She stared around herself in confusion and fear. The magpies had led her here, but where was she? This definitely wasn't Tabor.

Re: Get Your Mingle On! [Summer 2013-1]

[genesishero]

Evan hadn't really been getting out much, lately. There were so many things to be done!

... Mostly, reading. And cuddling his puppy. And then reading some more.

Three guesses what he was doing under the tree he'd staked out at the edge of the school grounds. Hint: It involved a book and a dozing corgi/husky cross, and it was absolutely Evan's idea of being social, yes. See? He was outside. At a picnic, even! And now and again he'd glance up to see if he could spot any new, interesting faces, before plunging back into his reading material.

Re: Get Your Mingle On! [Summer 2013-1]

[myownface]

Sparkle had spent a lot of the morning deliberating with himself over whether or not he actually wanted to show up to this thing. And then a little of the morning realizing just how ridiculous he was being. Of course he wanted to come to the picnic. There was fresh meat and free food, not even necessarily in that order. And... well... there might be other people, here, too.

He'd staked out a claim on one end of the food table, and was alternating between stuffing sandwiches in his bag and pieces of fruit into his mouth while he checked out the new faces.

Suckers.

Re: Get Your Mingle On! [Summer 2013-1]

[abitlowkey]

Loki took a seat where he could keep an eye on the crowd. Well, Ikol could keep an eye on the crowd while Loki played on his phone.

He had to catch up on all he missed telling his loyal Twitter followers, after all.

Re: Get Your Mingle On! [Summer 2013-1]

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

Hey, it was probably Tony's last picnic. Of course he was there. And eating all the food.

Because that was what you did here. While keeping an eye out for anyone who might know him. In case they slapped him or something.

Re: Get Your Mingle On! [Summer 2013-1]

[robinonadderall]

Stiles was there to take advantage of the free food, of course. How someone that skinny managed to stuff that much food into them was truly one of the great mysteries of the world.

Re: Get Your Mingle On! [Summer 2013-1]

[endsthegame]

When the worst of the bustle near the teacher's area had calmed down, Ender left for his favorite spot during newbie picnics: on the grass a little whiles away from all the chairs, his legs pulled up towards him and his eyes fixated on the crowd.

Re: Get Your Mingle On! [Summer 2013-1]

[lil-nikita.livejournal.com]

Wow, there were a lot of people wandering about. Or at least more people than Alex was used to being around.

Still, she made the best of it, even enjoying a snack or two.

Re: Get Your Mingle On! [Summer 2013-1]

[mummyspromdate.livejournal.com]

This was Maddie's first picnic as a veteran of Fandom. And while she was mostly off to the side and watching everyone, she was also running through her head all the things she was not allowed to say. Telling them about the dungeon thing, for instance, was probably something that should wait for after an introduction.

Re: Get Your Mingle On! [Summer 2013-1]

[notconflicted]

Sia tended to like these picnics. It was nice and low-key, she could leave anytime she wanted to, and every once in a while you actually met new people. She was completely fine with all those things.

She found a spot at a table in the sun, holding a drink in hand and checking out who looked interesting.

OOC! [Summer 2013-1]

[bigdamnprincipal]

Oooh, living on the edge with only one mingling post. Yes, this is my idea of excitement.