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

[nomoresportscars]

There was the bonfire for everyone who thought Maryland in January was a little too cool for their taste, as well as the moddable warm food and drinks, and chairs and tables in the school colors of blue and gold. Some tables were also set a little further away from the crowds.

Because there were always people who preferred the fringes.

[OCD up! This is the picnic 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: General Mingling [Spring 2014]

[jaegerborn.livejournal.com]

"She called me 'mundane' because I'd 'never met a werewolf'," Chuck drawled, sounding unimpressed. "Queen of the local geek club, I take it."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2014]

[genesishero]

"Or just rude," Evan replied, wrinkling his nose a little. "Mundane doesn't exactly sound like a flattering sort of term."

A little like flatscan, actually. Evan frowned a bit.

"We, uh--" How to put this? "We have all kinds of people around here, you know? It takes all types." Case in point, he was the extra pale bluish kid with lips to his ears, here. "We're used to people being a little weird around here, you know? You adjust to it eventually. Students here come from all over the place."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2014]

[jaegerborn.livejournal.com]

Chuck figured the blue skin was just some weird goth club... thing. The island seemed like that kinda place. With that idea planted firmly in his mind, he copped to a bored "Sure."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2014]

[genesishero]

Evan would be so out of place in a goth club. But, hey, so long as it meant people weren't staring, he was okay with them making that assumption.

"Okay, um. Good." He gave Chuck a little smile. "Did anyone mention the squirrels, yet?"

That seemed like the most immediate, easiest weirdness to point out.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2014]

[jaegerborn.livejournal.com]

That was about the weirdest damned segue Chuck had ever heard.

"What, the island has a rodent problem?"

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2014]

[genesishero]

"You could say that," Evan agreed, and then glanced around, spotting one in a nearby tree, complete with tiny notebook, pencil stub, and fedora. He pointed to it. "They're kind of everywhere."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2014]

[jaegerborn.livejournal.com]

Chuck looked over in that direction, already planning to demand to know why Evan was wasting his time--

He blinked. "What the hell?"

Ren faire fangirls. Goths. People who liked to dress up squirrels. The old man had a lot to account for.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2014]

[genesishero]

"They belong to the radio station," Evan explained. "The one that considers 'everything you did the day before' to be newsworthy. It's a small island, I get that, but sometimes the morning news involves notes like, 'So-and-so read a book in the privacy of their own room,' or 'this person ate breakfast.' It's kind of creepy. You can sometimes bribe the squirrels to take off with a bit of rum, though."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2014]

[jaegerborn.livejournal.com]

That had to be a euphemism.

"Keep rum for bribery, right," he drawled. "Check."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2014]

[genesishero]

Evan just gave a knowing little smile at that. It'd come in handy eventually.

"And so long as you do that and keep an eye out for little green things that skitter along the floorboards, you should be fine, mostly. They bite."