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

The weather was just as hazy, hot and humid as a typical July on the East Coast of the United States could get, but the sun was shining brightly, which was kind of a rarity this summer.

It wasn't raining anything weird, the teal deer were keeping to themselves in the Preserve, and another welcome picnic was underway complete with tables and chairs for chatting around and a buffet table filled (and then some) with all kinds of ~~moddable~~ summer treats.

The lists of new roommates, student siblings and teaching buddies were posted in a prominent location. Now all that was needed were people to enjoy the day!

[OOC: This is part one of the picnic, specifically for meeting siblings, roommates, and teachers. The rest of the picnic will be in post two in an effort to stop our browsers from dying. Since it's outside, the picnic is open to all students, teachers and townies!

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What a crazy coincidence! Evan just so happened to have a nametag, too, and he'd been informed of a little sibling that he was supposed to meet today, so he had been keeping an eye open for an Emma ever since the shuttle had arrived. He was smiling warmly as he walked up to her, pleased that hse hadn't been all that difficult to find.

"Hi! Emma, right?" He gave her a little wave hello. "Welcome to the island! I'm Evan, you might have seen my name next to yours on the sibling list already?"

Maybe! Maybe not! These new student days were always full of surprises.

Emma hadn't looked at the sibling list at all, since she wasn't meant to be here. Let alone have a new 'sibling' who was some variation on tiny goth.

"That's what's on the name tag, but, no, didn't really notice."

He was the tiniest goth you were ever going to meet, Emma. And he was going to tiny goth at you until you were feeling comfortable around here, if you'd let him.

"Oh." He blinked, and then gave her a sheepish little smile and a shrug of his shoulders. "Well... the school assigns the new students to people who have been around for a while, so that we can show you guys around and help you settle in more easily," he explained. "This place can be pretty overwhelming, so it's actually a surprisingly useful setup, you know?"

Oh, expensive schools with your mysterious ways. "Right, I can see how that would be a thing." Not sure how it was relevant to her though, since she wasn't going to stick around that long.

"Right," Evan echoed, smiling because clearly this meant he was making some headway with his new little sibling, didn't it? "So... what brings you to the island? The school offers a pretty good education for pretty much anyone from anywhere, you just kind of have to know how to take some of it in stride."

Even if tipping her hand wouldn't be a monumentally stupid idea, Emma suspected telling him 'I got on the bus to avoid airport security' would be kind of like kicking a puppy.

"There was a brochure," she said instead. "It was glittery."

Evan had been kicked by far meaner than Emma, and he'd been on the island long enough to know what it was like. The honest answer probably would have had him nodding his head sympathetically, more likely.

... Like a very sympathetic puppy.

"Yeah, they... kind of really like glitter around here," Evan replied, spreading his hands a little in a 'what can you do?' gesture. "Which isn't so bad, really, except that it can go a little overboard at school dances. Everything in the brochure is true, at least. It's just maybe a little understated."

"Right," Emma said, nodding. "That's good, right?" Now if only she had actually read a brochure instead of just saying she had.

"It is," Evan agreed, perking up a bit. "Everyone here is really open-minded, and the classes have plenty of variety. The pool in the dorms is pretty good, and the beach is even better, and... okay, the sports teams aren't too bad, considering we don't actually have anyone to play against. But the library is awesome."

He worked there. He was biased.

Oh, there was a pool, Kathy from the bus would probably like knowing that. "That all sounds nice." Pity she wasn't really enrolled here. Not that she'd fit in even if she was.

"It's better than some schools, anyhow," Evan replied, wrinkling his nose a little. "We get a lot of students here who are running from worse things back home, you know? From people who just don't understand them, so they're afraid... things like that."

Tiny little voice of experience, right here.

"It's great to be going to school on an island where everyone fits in, even if it's only by virtue of nobody fitting in."

"Yeah, I can guess," Emma said. She figured some didn't fit in more than other though.

Evan nodded a little, and then gave his toe an awkward little scuff against the ground.

"So... is there anything that I can help you with, now that you're here? I can tell you how to get to any of the stores in town, or help you find your room, or... pretty much anything like that."

"No, I think I'm good for now," Emma said with a just as awkward half shrug. She wasn't sure she'd be sticking around long enough to need any of that.

"Oh..." Evan bit his lip for a moment, and then nodded a little. "That's fine. Some people settle in faster than others, right? But if you do need anything, I'm pretty easy to find. I'm in room 330, and if I'm not there, I'm probably in the library or in class."

"That they do." Or had learnt their lesson about trying to settle. "I'll keep an eye out for you."

"Cool..." Evan offered Emma one last tiny, fairly awkward smile, and then scratched the back of his neck. "I guess I'll go and join the rest of the picnic, then. Um... See you around, Emma. And welcome to Fandom Island."

Best of luck to you.

"Thanks, Evan," Emma said, kicking at a tussock of grass.

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