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

[bigdamnprincipal]

The nice thing about the fall welcome picnics was that, well, they didn't typically happen in the fall. It was definitely still summer in Fandom, with sunny skies and a light breeze blowing through the front lawn of the school. Folks had gotten up bright and early to make sure there were plenty of tables, chairs, and blue and gold streamers to decorate the picnic area.

And glitter. So much glitter for the new folks to learn to love.

Getting the food out was the finishing touch, and then everything was ready for the new (and not-so-new) arrivals!

[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 [Fall 2014]

[locointhecoco]

"Yeeeeees?" Pinkie said.

Forgive her, she was trying to work out how "gorram" meant "gorram". Context-wise, it sounded kinda dirty.

"You didn't know you were gonna teach?"

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2014]

[notasalad.livejournal.com]

"Hell no! What Ròu yúchǔn de zì jiāo xì zhàn¹ hire a guy like me to teach?" Jayne replied looking even more grumpy.

Wait.

"Am I getting paid?"

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¹ Translated from Chinese: Stupid inbred stack of meat.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2014]

[locointhecoco]

Ooo, there was more of that pretty language! Pinkie made a mental note of the phrase to use it in casual conversation later.

"Probably," she said. "I make more than enough bits a week to keep me in hay and balloons. I could probably buy myself a whole spare party cannon, by now."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2014]

[notasalad.livejournal.com]

That last bit finally caught Jayne's attention. "You have a cannon? What caliber?"

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2014]

[locointhecoco]

"Ooo, I'm not sure," Pinkie said. "Let's see." She yanked the cannon out from offscreen somewhere Jayne wasn't looking. It was pastel blue and had flowers on the wheels. Pinkie tipped it up towards the sky and scanned the underside. "Where does it say the caliber on it?"

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2014]

[notasalad.livejournal.com]

Jayne boggled for moment. "Never seen a cannon like that before..."

He paused. Something wasn't right here.

Wait. It'll come to him.

Waaaaaaaaait.

"Wait! Why do you get a weapon here and I don't?!"

Poor Jayne and his lack of party cannon knowledge.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2014]

[locointhecoco]

"I don't have a weapon," Pinkie said. Never mind the fact that she had, in fact, occasionally used the party cannon as a weapon. She'd also once used her best friend as a weapon, sooooooo.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2014]

[notasalad.livejournal.com]

Jayne frowned and pointed at the cannon sitting in front of them. "Then what in rutting hell do you call that?" He asked.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2014]

[locointhecoco]

"It's my party cannon!" She was certain she'd mentioned that. "Wanna see?" And she aimed the cannon -- at Jayne -- and fired, letting loose a stream of festive party gear, balloons and streamers and confetti, as well as a jaunty party hat which would float down to land precisely atop Jayne's head.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2014]

[notasalad.livejournal.com]

Which of course led to Jayne swearing in Chinese and ripping his hat off. "That's a rutting toy!"

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2014]

[locointhecoco]

Pinkie shook her head. "Nuh-uh! It's a tool. Like a sewing machine or a hoe!"

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2014]

[notasalad.livejournal.com]

"Tools fix stuff!" Jayne argued. "Not put hats and shiny stuff on people!"

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2014]

[locointhecoco]

"But you look so pretty in hats and shiny stuff!"

This was the best conversation ever.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2014]

[notasalad.livejournal.com]

"Do I look like someone who would wear a silly hat?" Jayne growled menacingly.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2014]

[locointhecoco]

"Everypony should wear a silly hat now and then."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2014]

[notasalad.livejournal.com]

"I ain't a pony," Jayne declared defensively. "This place is crazy!"

Jayne didn't like crazy.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2014]

[locointhecoco]

"That's right," Pinkie said cheerfully. "But 'everyhuman' sounds silly."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2014]

[notasalad.livejournal.com]

"Nothing wrong with 'everybody'. Everybody uses everybody."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2014]

[locointhecoco]

Pinkie shook her head. "I don't know that one." Yeah, she'd totally managed to miss that variation in her last several years amongst the humans. "But nopony I know complains when I say 'everypony'" more than once, anyway, since most folks weren't into exercises in futility "so I just say 'everypony' like everypony back home always does!"

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2014]

[notasalad.livejournal.com]

"Why can't you say nobody? Everybody gots a body. Ponies have bodies."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2014]

[locointhecoco]

"I dunno," Pinkie said with a cheerful shrug. "Why do you say 'Ròu yúchǔn de zì jiāo xì zhàn'? Some ponies talk differently than other ponies. That's part of what makes the world a super special place!"