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

[bigdamnprincipal]

Throughout the lawn, tables and chairs had been set up and scattered, some out in the bright, sunny center of everything, and some in the darker, more remote areas.

Eat up, folks! Don't let that food go to waste!

[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 [Summer 2014]

[likes-ducklings.livejournal.com]

"I'm growing it out," she offered as an explanation, because she was getting really, really used to people asking about her hair, and she needed a good cover story to run with.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2014]

[abitlowkey]

"Why yes you are!" A lot. A whooooole lot. "I am Loki."

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2014]

[likes-ducklings.livejournal.com]

Rapunzel eyed him, since she'd studied mythology up in that tower of hers. "I'm Rapunzel. It's really nice to meet you, Loki. Are you a new student, too?"

She was still adjusting to the idea that she was.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2014]

[abitlowkey]

Damn right she had!

"Oh no, I have been here for some time now. It is a wonderful school."

Comparatively.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2014]

[likes-ducklings.livejournal.com]

"Oh, good," Rapunzel said, beaming at him. "No one's said anything about the school itself so far. Everyone's just been really nice and explaining that I've tame-travled and stuff. I don't know anything about the curriculum."

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2014]

[abitlowkey]

"It can be however you wish it to be." Through the power of online courses. Not the real ones.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2014]

[likes-ducklings.livejournal.com]

"Really?" He really had her interest now. "I can study anything I want here? Not just...math and reading and science? I mean, there's nothing wrong with that -- I love those things."

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2014]

[abitlowkey]

Loki smiled widely. "Has anyone told you of the wonders of Wikipedia?"

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2014]

[likes-ducklings.livejournal.com]

"What is a Wikipedia?" Rapunzel asked, dropping her chin into her hands. If people kept distracting her with interesting things like this, she was going to forget to be afraid of them. Oops.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2014]

[abitlowkey]

They were insidious like that. "Imagine a vast library of information that you might access anywhere you like," Loki said, digging out his phone.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2014]

[likes-ducklings.livejournal.com]

"...really?" Rapunzel breathed, watching him raptly. "What's that? Is that a Wikipedia?"

A whole library, there in his hand?

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2014]

[abitlowkey]

"It can be," Loki replied, turning it si she could see the screen. "You touch the glass to type out what you wish to learn."

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2014]

[likes-ducklings.livejournal.com]

"Is it magic?" Rapunzel asked, leaning in to inspect the screen.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2014]

[abitlowkey]

"Science. Which might look like magic."

Magic was rarely this neat.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2014]

[likes-ducklings.livejournal.com]

"Different science from what I'm used to," Rapunzel replied, tapping lightly on the glass. "Different from the magic I'm used to, too."

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2014]

[abitlowkey]

"There are also larger screens on which to view."

She'd be stuck online for a week, wouldn't she?

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2014]

[likes-ducklings.livejournal.com]

"Where? In the school?" Rapunzel asked, glancing up from the screen. "And -- and the Wikipedia is in those, too?"

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2014]

[abitlowkey]

"Yes and in the dorms. The Wikipedia is everywhere."

It was like Google that way.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2014]

[likes-ducklings.livejournal.com]

"But you need a -- um, a this," she pointed at the screen, "to access it?"