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

[nomoresportscars]

It was a new year, and with the new year came the new spring term, and Fandom High was all set to welcome its new students, along with those just returning from holiday trips home. It was a familiar setting for the latter bunch: there was the requisite bonfire, with tables and chairs scattered around it, as well as the buffet table with moddable warm food and drinks.

And of course, name tags and lists of Big and Little Siblings as well as roommates. Yep, the weather was okay (if snowy) for early January, and Fandom was all ready to celebrate the start of a new term.

[OCD up! This is part one of the picnic, specifically for meeting siblings, roommates, and teachers. The rest of the picnic is happening here. Since it's outside, the picnic is open to all students, teachers, and townies!]

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Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2014]

[legendaryhands.livejournal.com]

"You'd think keeping all my protons and electrons all sorted in one space and one time right where they ought to be is a simple request," he grumbled, "but not when you work for Starfleet." He nodded at Mindy. "Leonard McCoy. Doctor and now, apparently, teacher."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2014]

[beyonce_pad_thai]

The first part of that response was gibberish to Mindy, but she perked up once he introduced herself. Another hot doctor? Lovely.

"Mindy Lahiri," she replied pleasantly, extending a hand for McCoy to shake. "OB/GYN. And teacher."

She was already adopting the slightly forward-leaning posture she used when she flirted, because Mindy worked fast. "Good to know there's another person here without years of practice working with kids, right?"

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2014]

[legendaryhands.livejournal.com]

He took her hand and shook it. "Used to be a pediatrician, actually. A lot of kids. Much younger though."

Her name clicked in his head. "You're the Sexual Health teacher, right?" He smirked. "Good luck with that."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2014]

[beyonce_pad_thai]

"You know, I thought about specializing in pediatrics once, but I learned that I can't really tolerate the smell of vomit," Mindy shared. She punctuated that by nodding seriously, as though she had just answered a question McCoy had asked her. "I have so much respect for the people who can do it, though. It takes so much courage to see sick kids."

As to his other comment, she continued, "I actually think that it won't be so bad. I'm obviously young and relateable, so I'm thinking the students will connect with me." That was optimistic of her. "What are you teaching?"

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2014]

[legendaryhands.livejournal.com]

So much courage, right. McCoy frowned. Well, that stung.

"Emergency Medical Situations. Or, something like that. The class title was not my idea," he lied. It was, he just...didn't mean for them to write it down. "But I'm neither young nor relateable. Sure hope that teaching doesn't come down to that."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2014]

[beyonce_pad_thai]

She had meant it sincerely, just... hadn't been thinking. As usual.

"Are you kidding? That sounds like a great class." She was sincere about that too. "With, like, CPR and survival skills and stuff? Kids eat that stuff up. That's why so many of them sign up to compete on wilderness reality shows."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2014]

[legendaryhands.livejournal.com]

"Anyone who willingly puts themselves into danger like that should be thrown in jail, because clearly they're a menace to society." He didn't really mean it. Jim would've been thrown in jail ten times over. Just this week. But sometimes he just said things when he was in a mood. "My class should be for the unexpected, not for thrill-seekers."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2014]

[beyonce_pad_thai]

"What? But then there wouldn't be any reality shows," Mindy said, shocked. "And it's not like it's meta the Hunger Games, there's obviously doctors behind the scenes on those things because they always look perfect when they're doing their what-do-you-call-them, talking head shots."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2014]

[legendaryhands.livejournal.com]

McCoy didn't know what you call them, or what she was talking about, really. But that didn't stop him from having Very Strong Opinions about it. He shook his head. "Having a doctor right there doesn't change the fact that they are fixin' to put a scorpion on their face. Foolish."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2014]

[beyonce_pad_thai]

"Eh, the scorpions are probably CGI anyway," Mindy said with a flourish of her hand. "Anyway, that's what we're for, right? Damage control after people do weird things to their bodies?"

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2014]

[legendaryhands.livejournal.com]

McCoy's face cracked into something resembling a smile. Well, more of a smile that what was previously on his face. "Aren't you OB/GYN? Delivering a baby 'damage control' in your books?"

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2014]

[beyonce_pad_thai]

"Kind of," Mindy said with surprising enthusiasm. "There's the expectant mothers who've read some article about how they can have wine while they're pregnant, and the ones who don't want to give up pilates, and don't even get me started on the women who start taking all kinds of random homeopathic stuff as soon as they get pregnant because they think babies are allergic to modern medicine. My job is, like, forty percent waving at my diploma and telling them not to do that."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2014]

[legendaryhands.livejournal.com]

Waving diplomas, that sounded familiar. Or whacking other cadets in the head with it until they shut up and listened. One, in particular.

"How much easier would our jobs be if people knew even a single damn thing about their own bodies?"

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2014]

[beyonce_pad_thai]

"You know, I think it might actually be harder," Mindy said, looking pensive. "You know, like how the people at the phone store get really sassy if you tell them the battery is overcharged? I get it. I don't want some smartass know-it-all coming in and telling me what they did wrong. That's my job. I get to use my lecture voice and everything."

She did add, though, "But if they knew enough not to do weird things to themselves in the first place, now, that, I would appreciate. I could take a Friday off once in a while." She lowered her voice to add, "I'm referring to my yeast infection patients, not the pregnant ones."