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

[bigdamnprincipal]

Whoever worked their magic to ensure that the welcome picnics had nice weather had cut their mojo very close this time around. The weather was lovely today - sunny and hot enough to make it clear that summer in Fandom had finally begun - but the overnight thunderstorms had left puddles all over the lawn that hadn't quite dried up yet.

Still, the tables and chairs had managed to be scattered around, along with the buffet table of moddable food and drinks, and the information table with name tags, the Big and Little Sibling list, and the list of new roommates. The only thing missing was people to enjoy the festivities!

[OCD is up! This is part one of the picnic, specifically for meeting siblings, roommates, and teachers. The rest of the picnic is happening 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 Roommate [Summer 2013-1]

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

Snow White, huh?

Toby was pretty sure that meant he'd ended up with a girl this time around. Really, though, being a foster kid meant he'd had roommates most of his life, so... as long as she didn't steal his stuff, okay.

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Summer 2013-1]

[fairest-blood.livejournal.com]

The thought of a roommate was strange to Snow. She'd had a room to herself as a child, and no one had been allowed to share her cell. The only people she saw were the servants who brought her food and water, or Finn during his creepy visits.

"Toby?" she called out, hoping this person was close enough to hear and answer.

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Summer 2013-1]

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

And he was! His copy of Cross Check tucked under his arm, Toby glanced over at the sound of someone calling his name.

The bits and pieces of memory he caught flashing through Snow's mind were- intense- he didn't really know what to do with that. But it wasn't exactly the way to start one's first conversation with a roommate, so instead he settled on a smile and a friendly "Hey, that's me. Snow White, then?"

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Summer 2013-1]

[fairest-blood.livejournal.com]

"Yes, I am," she said, unable to hide a stare of surprise. Her roommate was a boy?

She caught herself and smiled apologetically. "This place is very strange to me," she said. "Its ways are very different from home." But given home had been a cell, she really couldn't complain.

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Summer 2013-1]

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I said pretty much the same thing when I got here," Toby admitted. He let his gaze drift over what she was wearing and then added, "Though- it was maybe not quite as big a difference for me."

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Summer 2013-1]

[fairest-blood.livejournal.com]

Snow suddenly felt a little self conscious about her filthy, tattered dress. "Everyone here is dressed so strangely," she said. "I have never seen clothing like this."

Wait until she saw electricity and indoor plumbing.

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Summer 2013-1]

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

Toby had arrived in a sweatshirt and jeans a couple sizes too big, so. Yeah. He knew how that went, having nothing but the clothes on your back, and not being able to be picky about those either. "We could- there's a clothing place in town. If you wanna get something," he doesn't say cleaner, "a little more modern."

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Summer 2013-1]

[fairest-blood.livejournal.com]

"I don't have any gold," Snow said reluctantly. "Everything I own has been taken from me." She'd taken all her fancy dresses and jewels for granted until she'd been thrown in the tower.

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Summer 2013-1]

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

Okay, the 'gold' thing makes him blink for a bit, but... he's been in Fandom long enough to know there's all sorts of weird universes out there. "It's cool," he says with a shrug and an easy smile. "I was in pretty much the same boat when I got here, too. People helped me out. I'm just- paying it forward."

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Summer 2013-1]

[fairest-blood.livejournal.com]

Snow gave him a shy smile back. "Thank you," she said. "Everyone I've talked to so far has been so kind."

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Summer 2013-1]

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

"It can take a bit of getting used to," Toby admitted. "I mean, when I came here, I was pretty much- I'd come from somewhere where it was basically everyone looked out for themselves, you know?"

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Summer 2013-1]

[fairest-blood.livejournal.com]

"And it is different here?" Snow said, feeling a surge of hope in her heart. Even when she'd escaped, seeing the land and people so devastated had crushed her. "People help one another?"