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

[bigdamnprincipal]

Were you a veteran Fandom resident? Did you finish getting your brain broken by your sibling and/or buddy? Did you just want to sit down to recover from the shuttle ride? If so, then there were plenty of tables and chairs set up across the lawn just waiting to be filled!

[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 [Fall 2014]

[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

"I'm glad someone noticed. I work out," Johnny said casually. "It helps me save the world pretty much all the time."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2014]

[kenselvren.livejournal.com]

"You work out what?" Jalian asked, confused. Physics equations? That would explain the saving the world, maybe. "And why does that affect your body temperature?"

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2014]

[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

"Oh, hot body temperature," Johnny said. "Sorry, I thought you were flirting. Um, I have fire-based superpowers. They call me the Human Torch."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2014]

[kenselvren.livejournal.com]

"Why would that be flirting?" Jalian asked, curious. "You don't look hot enough to set things on fire. You get hotter?"

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2014]

[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

"When someone says 'you're not,' that usually means 'you're attractive and I might want to make lip-to-lip contact if this conversation goes well or if you're famous and I like attention or if we're both drunk,'" Johnny explained. "As for your second question..."

Johnny's hand burst into flame as he held it up to show a peace sign.

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2014]

[kenselvren.livejournal.com]

Jalian had started to file away the uses of that slang, but got completely derailed by the hand on fire. She came closer, peering at it interestedly. This wasn't anything like Jono's, which put off no visible infrared - this was actual fire. "How doesn't that hurt?" She assumed, since he wasn't writhing on the ground in agony.

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2014]

[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

"Because I'm special," Johnny said. "And something scientific I don't care much about."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2014]

[kenselvren.livejournal.com]

Jalian gave him an exasperated look. How like a male! "How can you not care about the science?" You'd been doing so well, too, Johnny!

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2014]

[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

"Because it's boring," Johnny answered. "I can sit around in a lab and read all the reports my sister and her ex-boyfriend put together, or I can fly around fighting monsters and dating models. I'm out the window at the word 'or.'"

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2014]

[kenselvren.livejournal.com]

"Science is important for changing things!" Jalian protested. "Don't you need science for dating models of things?" she asked. "And I would leave the monsters alone, unless they get in my way or try to hurt me."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2014]

[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

"Dating...?" It took a moment for that to sink in before Johnny facepalmed. "I think we really are from two completely different worlds."

"That's a metaphor."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2014]

[kenselvren.livejournal.com]

"It's true," Jalian pointed out. "My timeline is very different from here."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2014]

[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

Face remained in palm. "Just out of curiosity, does figurative language or slang exist in your timeline? If not, just tell me now and I'll try to adjust."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2014]

[kenselvren.livejournal.com]

Jalian rolled her eyes. "I know what a metaphor is! But it is also true. We have plenty of slang - do you know Silverspeech?"

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2014]

[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

"Nope. I've never heard of your timeline. But it was a genuine question. I know a guy who talks like a textbook," Johnny said. "He's one of the smartest people in the world - like, it's on record, I think he was number three last year - but he was so busy inventing that he had almost no people skills or anything. Half the time, he had no idea what I was saying, so I either had to be really, really specific or just let him figure it out on his own."

"And he turned out to be an ass, so I have no problem letting him dangle. I don't think you're an ass, so I wanted to check."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2014]

[kenselvren.livejournal.com]

Only slightly mollified, Jalian gave him a side-eye. "I speak my own slang. I didn't need to know yours until recently."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2014]

[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

"That's fine. I'll try to choose my words more carefully," Johnny said. "But just as a warning, I'm not that smart, so it's going to be tough."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2014]

[kenselvren.livejournal.com]

Jalian nodded. "It's important to know your limits. I don't expect much of males," she reassured him. "That fire thing is very..." she searched for the word she'd heard. "...cool? That seems the wrong word. Very interesting, though."