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]

[pasunereveuse.livejournal.com]

"At least compared to the ones who look shell-shocked," Celia said, raising her brows. "Which I hardly blame them for. I mean, I'm still getting used to the place, and I've had nearly four months to do so."

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2014]

[nobloodymessiah.livejournal.com]

"I doubt one ever really gets used to this island," she said. "So tell me. What's new with you? Are there any interesting classes you'll be taking this summer? I hope we have some in common."

And also, was there booooooooooy news? Because Eleanor was far more girly than she had previously realized.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2014]

[pasunereveuse.livejournal.com]

"I've decided to learn about mechanics?" she offered, shrugging with a slight smile. "Somehow these summer courses seem even less academic than the others."

She didn't have boy news -- or, well, she had some, but the boy in question was here and Celia would probably melt into a puddle if he overheard her. Which wasn't to say she wouldn't share, necessarily.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2014]

[nobloodymessiah.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I'm in that class too," Eleanor said brightly. "I love tinkering with mechanical objects. I was disabling the alarms Mother set at five so I could sneak out."

Eleanor's own boy -- did he count as Eleanor's boy? She wasn't clear on that -- had been away for about a week. So she was hoping he'd arrived in time for the picnic, and not just because she wanted to catch up on missed kisses.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2014]

[pasunereveuse.livejournal.com]

"I'm not a mechanic," Celia said, making a face. "But! But it's a good way to practice my magic in detail. It's just parts fitting into each other, isn't it? A big puzzle."

And if she could manage the human hand, she could certainly manage something man-made, couldn't she?

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2014]

[nobloodymessiah.livejournal.com]

"It is," Eleanor enthused. "It's understanding a machine's skeleton and being able to reconnect the pieces to make it walk properly again. Or make it able to walk with its elbows. I can't wait to start taking things apart."

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2014]

[pasunereveuse.livejournal.com]

"It's the putting them back together that I think I'll struggle with," Celia admitted, frowning. "But it'll be nice to be back to normal -- normal classes, without everyone reeling from something-or-other. And summer."

The way she breathed it was like a prayer; Celia was tired of the cold and the dark.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2014]

[nobloodymessiah.livejournal.com]

"Do you think it's going to get as warm as it was in Bali?" Eleanor asked. "I want to go to the beach again. I want to dance on the beach. Why don't we hold dances there?"

Barefoot dances on the sand, bonfires, the cool ocean breeze ...

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2014]

[pasunereveuse.livejournal.com]

"We ought to," Celia said, sighing. "I'd like more reasons to wear my vacation dresses, aside from dates and...vacation."

Gosh, Celia, you could just...wear them.

"Though if it gets hot enough, that's an excuse itself."

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2014]

[nobloodymessiah.livejournal.com]

"I couldn't resist wearing one today," Eleanor said, gesturing to her sundress somewhat sheepishly. "I suppose if it's very warm, we could spend the whole day at the beach in our bathing-suits. Then wrap up in sarongs for the evening for the bonfire and dance."

The ones that they didn't even know if the island had. Yes.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2014]

[pasunereveuse.livejournal.com]

"I wish I was brave enough," Celia said, eyeing Eleanor enviously. "But -- I don't know, people might see me. Bali was different, somehow. I'd feel silly showing up to class with my legs showing and blinding everyone with their paleness. You look lovely. I need to come to terms with knee-length skirts before I'll be able to spend all day in my swimsuit, I think."

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2014]

[nobloodymessiah.livejournal.com]

"I daresay people would enjoy seeing you," Eleanor teased. "Especially boys. I don't think they'd care about how pale your legs were, either."

Having a boy-she-frequently-kissed was turning Eleanor more shameless by the day.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2014]

[pasunereveuse.livejournal.com]

"It's something to consider," Celia said reluctantly. "It doesn't seem like the girls here are only valued for their bodies, either, in return for showing them off a bit."

If the reason for Celia's modesty wasn't obvious before, it was glaring now.

"I've never gotten much male attention before. I have to admit, it's rather nice." She'd happily allow herself to be called adorable any day, thank you.