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

[fairest-blood.livejournal.com]

Snow shook her head. "I do not know what those words mean," she said.

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

[makemyownway.livejournal.com]

"You'll figure it out," he assured her, grabbing a piece of cake. "Weapons are a big thing here."

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

[fairest-blood.livejournal.com]

"I need to learn to fight," Snow said solemnly. Maybe that's what she was here to learn.

And if Cade was going to have some cake, Snow was going to help herself to some as well. Her eyes rolled back as she took her first bite. "This is the best cake I have ever tasted," she said.

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

[makemyownway.livejournal.com]

"Then you're definitely in the right place," Cade said. "For cake and fighting. If you look through the refrigerators in the common rooms--big white things full of cold food--you'll always find some cake tucked in the back somewhere."

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

[fairest-blood.livejournal.com]

Wait until she discovered ice cream.

"This place sounds too good to be true," Snow said. "Like magic."

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

[makemyownway.livejournal.com]

She could move into Chilly Boulder with Ben Skywalker!

"Well, it has its downsides too," Cade said, thinking of the dungeon week, "but the food isn't part of it."

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

[fairest-blood.livejournal.com]

"What do you mean by downsides?" Snow had to ask, worried for a moment that Ravenna or Finn could follow her here.

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

[makemyownway.livejournal.com]

Cade tried to come up with an example that wouldn't send her off screaming.

"I spent a weekend as a woman once," he tried.

...and now he sounded like a weird cross-dresser. Good job, Cade.

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

[fairest-blood.livejournal.com]

Snow stared. "Dressing as one?" she said, not quite comprehending. She wasn't judging, either.

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

[makemyownway.livejournal.com]

Cade shook his head. "Becoming one. Most of the guys did."

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

[fairest-blood.livejournal.com]

"Was it sorcery?" Snow asked, eyes wide. "Someone cast a spell to turn the men into women?" That sounded like something Ravenna might do.

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

[makemyownway.livejournal.com]

"I don't think so," Cade said. "Most people just shrug and go 'Fandom thing' like this stuff happens all the karking time..."

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

[fairest-blood.livejournal.com]

"Karking?" Snow said. She could grasp what it mean in context, but she'd never heard the word before. People spoke so strangely here.

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

[makemyownway.livejournal.com]

"Fucking?" Cade offered helpfully.

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

[fairest-blood.livejournal.com]

Snow shook her head. Look, she was a sheltered princess for the first six years of her life, then stuck in a tower for the next decade.

"I have a lot to learn," she said.

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

[makemyownway.livejournal.com]

"I'd be happy to teach you how to curse," Cade said. "I'm fluent in about twelve languages."

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

[fairest-blood.livejournal.com]

"No one's ever offered to teach me that before," Snow said, laughing.

But it might come in handy down the line when she finally confronted Ravenna.

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

[makemyownway.livejournal.com]

Cade smiled at her. "Everyone has their specialties," he said.

And he didn't like for people to know that he had skills with weaponry.