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

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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"Don't know if there's anything specific I'd want in a school besides not to go." He was supposed to be freaking twenty one, after all. It was hard to still be in high school. "You been here long?"

"Since May," Anders told him. "Why don't you want to go to school? If it's the classes, they're almost all easy here. Odd, but easy."

Oh so many reasons, Anders.

"To make a long story short, my last school didn't do me any favors," he said, understating the whole situation a lot. "And school's never been a strong suit of mine. But, I'm here and willing to try. Means something, right?"

"Of course it does," Anders nodded. "And whatever went wrong at your last school, this place seems to be better for a lot of people. Most people here really are incredibly nice. No one's trying to control you."

"I guess that's a point in the 'pro' column of being here then," Travis said, glancing around. "Seems almost too good to be true. A giant castle for a school, free food, a beach, that's...not typical."

"Well, you do have to deal with rains of fish and the possibility you might wake up a mongoose tomorrow," Anders said, as lightly as he could manage. "It's an extraordinary place. But there are bad parts. If you're asking why it's here at all -- I don't know."

"I...don't want to wake up as mongoose," Travis said lamely. "No thank you."

"Well, it doesn't happen all the time -- I haven't woken up with fur yet," Anders said, trying to sound reassuring. "But I also got preoccupied and missed a gigantic evil carnival, so my luck may just be good. Yours might be too."

"Giant evil carnival." Travis blinked and then rubbed both hands over his face. "I am...not sure what sort of place I just got myself enrolled at but it sounds a little better than my last school. Worst thing there were pop quizzes."

Well, there were other worse things but pop quizzes were the simplest to explain.

"And I'm not sure what a pop quiz is, but I'll take your word that it's bad," Anders said. "I promise, it all starts making sense after a while. Or -- you understand that it's not going to make sense, so the not-making-sense makes sense."

"This is far away from Missouri and that's what I need right now," Travis said after a moment. "If it's weird, it's weird. I'll just deal with that. Or I'll end up in therapy, talking to a doctor who's actually doodling on his notepad instead of listening me to drone on."

"Or you could do both," Anders suggested, with the faintest smile. "Anything else you need to know?"

Travis thought about it before he shook his head. "Not that I can think of right now. Might be a little overwhelmed to do anything but look at the sky and go 'ooh, colors'."

"'Oooh, colors' is about right for a first day," Anders said. "If you think of something later, I'm in Room 322.Stop by anytime."

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