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 Big/Little Sibling [Fall 2014]

[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

"I've dated models. I'm an expert on hotness. Just laying that out there," Johnny said as humbly as he could. "The raining fish is weird. The horrid teeth thing is a lazy Tuesday for me. I'm also an expert in dealing with those."

"Did it seriously rain fish?"

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Fall 2014]

[wildandbrave]

How humble was that, exactly? Cosette wasn't entirely sure if that meant he was flattering her, but if so, she'd humor him. For now, anyway.

"Yes, the lampreys one day, and tiny ones the day before that," she said matter-of-factly. "Our weather's a bit funny sometimes, but one gets used to that sort of thing fairly quickly. Oh! Over the summer the dorms had an infestation of singing insects -- not to worry, they're gone now -- and the school had to move us all over to the little island nearby while they got rid of the pests, so they put us in a house that turned out to have ghosts in it."

She frowned; she was still a little bit disappointed that she hadn't been able to cheer the ghosts up.

"But what brings you here? And where have you come from? And when? That's another thing, we aren't all from the same planet or even the same time. I'm from 1829, and I know there are a few other girls from around the same time, but different versions of the world entirely."

Which covered Fandom in a nutshell fairly well, she thought, except for the things like evil doom carnivals or weird weekends, but that might be overwhelming.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Fall 2014]

[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

"What year is it here? I didn't see anything in the airport that seemed out of place, so I think I'm from the present day," Johnny said. "New York. And I'm here for a change of pace. But it sounds like it's about as crazy here as it is in New York."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Fall 2014]

[wildandbrave]

"It's 2014," said Cosette, "and I don't know much about New York except for things I've read about it, but I think it's safe to say this place is most certainly a change of pace from a big city like that. Is your New York really as mad as this place, with the strange things that happen?"

She paused, thinking.

"Maybe even more so, since it's so much bigger."

That actually sounded fascinating.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Fall 2014]

[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

"Well, I can set myself on fire and fight monsters and supervillains all the time," Johnny said. "So monsters show up here and I'll fight them here, too. It doesn't sound like a real change of pace."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Fall 2014]

[wildandbrave]

"Ah." Cosette had to take a moment to wonder when, exactly, she'd started not only taking statements like that at face value, but doing it without so much as a double take. "Then I think you won't have any trouble at all getting used to the place! Only, though, that it's hardly as crowded."

Wait a moment.

". . . set yourself on fire?"

All right, there was still a little bit of double-taking.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Fall 2014]

[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

"Flame on," Johnny said, and his arm lit on fire below his sleeve. "Flame off." And it went back to normal. No burns or anything. "It's a thing I do. I use it to fly. Throw fireballs. Roast marshmallows."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Fall 2014]

[wildandbrave]

Cosette had given a little bit of a yelp of surprise at first, when she saw his arm burst into flame, but that quickly turned into intrigue once she realized it wasn't hurting him. "You must be very popular at campfires."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Fall 2014]

[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

"I like to think I'm very popular everywhere," Johnny mused. "But especially campfires. Not that I've been to any campfires since I got these powers."