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

There were chairs and tables set up all across the lawn; some were by the bonfire, for the people who wanted to be warm and central to everything else at the picnic, and some were set farther away from the action, for the people who wanted more peace and quiet.

There was no escaping the glitter though. Sorry, but not really.

[OCD is 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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Rapunzel had actually worn the shoes Barry gave her today -- because cold -- and found herself a spot near the fire to stay a little warmer.

And as much as she wanted to see the new kids, she was cold enough that people were gonna have to come to her -- or, at least, she was going to just quietly watch from the coziness of her hair. It helped that she didn't like dragging all seventy feet of it all over the place in crowds like these, too, and honestly, there were enough people here that she'd probably be finding her way back to her room sooner rather than later.

But still! New kids!

"Hi!" Cecil plopped down not too far away. "You're cold too, huh?"

Foucault honked a hello.

"I'm not really used to being outside in the winter," Rapunzel admitted sheepishly, in an enormous understatement. Pascal scampered up out of her hair to peek suspiciously at Foucault, while Rapunzel herself offered him her hand to sniff.

Because she didn't know. Maybe giant birds were like dogs and liked that?

Well, Foucault would lean close enough to that hand to blink at it and determine there was no food before just settling down next to Cecil. And eyeing Pascal. Was Pascal food or friend?

"I still can't get used to winter," Cecil confessed. "But at least it's not raining or snowing or anything yet."

"Yet," Rapunzel agreed, ominously. (For a given, Rapunzel-influenced value of 'ominous,' anyway.) "You're from the desert, right? They don't have winter at all, or is it just, like, not snowy?"

"It gets a little colder?" Cecil shrugged. "Still more like Spring is here, though. Well, except mostly not wet. And I'd never seen snow until I came here! Well, not the water kind; just the radioactive or purple kind the government sends."

"Purple snow?" Rapunzel's eyes went wide. "We have snow in Corona, but I've never, you know, played in it or anything."

Which was maybe a plus side to this whole winter thing.

"I got to play with snow a little bit!" Cecil grinned. "In Skyrim. Elsa made just a little, and we built snowmen on the windowsill. It was really cold!"

"Elsa showed you that?" Rapunzel asked, dropping her voice. "That's -- isn't it neat, how she can make snow?"

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Edward had a large hamburger in his hand and a large grin on his face. "Rapunzel!" he called ebulliently, as he settled by the large heap of hair. "How're you faring?"

"Coooold," Rapunzel whined, which was not a totally grammatically-correct response but she didn't really care. "How come we still do this outside in the winter? It's January, Edward!"

"Do you want my coat?" Edward asked promptly. "I can lend it to you, if you like."

And then he'd be cold, but he was used to it.

"But then you'll be cold!" Rapunzel protested. "It's okay, I've got my hair, I'm just not used to, like, winter. Outside winter, I mean. Are you having fun looking at the new kids?"

She hadn't mustered up the courage to go talk to any, yet. Even if she was kind of blaming it on the cold, anyway.

"There's some pretty girls in this batch," Edward said. "I'm not goin' near the one with a face like a storm cloud, though." He waved vaguely towards the robed figure standing next to the oddly stone-faced-looking woman. "The teachers don't seem like a boring lot this time around, either."

"There's pretty girls in every batch, Edward," Rapunzel sighed fondly, because seriously, this place was like a magnet for cute people. (She seemed to be the exception, if you asked her, actually.) She craned her neck to look at the girl he was indicating, and winced. "Yeah, but she looks kind of mean. I mean, I'd be...careful. She looks like she'd take a couple teeth for smiling at her."

"Just because they're in every batch doesn't mean they shouldn't go appreciated," Edward said, grinning. "Surely there's some lads you're appreciating yourself."

"Oh sure, there's a couple of cute new boys, sure," Rapunzel agreed, her cheeks heating slightly in a blush. "And lots of pretty girls, like you said. Kind of a tiny batch, this time, in any case. We had a lot more people come in with us, right?"

That was how she remembered it, anyway.

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Proper ladies didn't stare. Especially not princesses. But Anna couldn't help it, because there was just -- hair. Piles of it. It was beautiful.

"Is all of that yours?" she asked. "I mean, is it real?"

Aww, yay, a new person! And a new person who...okay, she didn't look familiar, exactly, but her clothes kind of did. Hmm.

"It's all mine," Rapunzel said, straightening up a little with a small smile. "And it's all real, too. It's okay, you're not the first one to ask."

Not that the girl had said anything, but Rapunzel was pretty used to people feeling bad for asking, for whatever reason.

"Are you new, today?"

"It's so pretty," Anna breathed. She hadn't realized yet that it might possibly have been rude, to ask. Because she was struck by just the sheer awe-inspiring majesty of it. "Wait, isn't it heavy?"

Not only did the girl have exquisite hair, but she was actually dressed like a normal person, and not -- whatever all of the other people here seemed to be wearing. Which was nice! Just not, well, exactly ... what she was expecting, per se.

"Oh! Oh, I didn't introduce myself." The girl with the liquid gold hair was getting a curtsy. "Anna, of Arendelle."

"Arendelle?" Rapunzel perked up, forgetting her explanation about how her hair was heavy, but she was used to it. "You're from Arendelle? Do you know Elsa?"

Because of course everyone in the country knew each other, Rapunzel.

"She's my sister," Anna gushed, excitedly. "You know her? I mean, the her that's here? Because she's not my sister. My sister's back home. And her Anna is back home. But if they're almost the same person then they're a lot alike, they'd have to be. But I haven't -- seen her yet."

She fidgeted, a touch awkwardly. "It's complicated," she said, hoping she hadn't just made one of Elsa's friends think badly of her. "We'll -- we're going to talk later."

They were, because she would hunt Elsa down if she had to to make that happen. But she was trying this thing called 'patience' right now.

Wow, that was even more talking than Rapunzel usually did, but that was kind of great?

"I know the her that's here!" Rapunzel assured her, nodding eagerly. She worried her lower lip a little, because things sounded -- complicated, yes, perfect word. But it wasn't really her business, but she also didn't want to pry, but Anna seemed really nice and if Elsa had her reasons for being standoffish it...frankly, kind of just sounded like Elsa. "Um, and the her that's here is...private?" she offered. "I don't know if that's how she is at home, but Elsa's, um. Reserved."

A pause, and then: "And I'm Rapunzel!" in a rush, because oh gosh, how rude. "Of...Corona," she added, with a shy little smile. Yay, neighbors kinda!

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"Reserved," Anna said quickly, feeling a rush of relief swill through her. "That's exactly it." Reserved sounded stately, and busy, not anything bad. Just someone who edged back a little in front of others. "Plus she's kind of bad with germs. Or people. Maybe both."

She hadn't decided yet if it was some kind of clean freak status or social anxiety, but those were her two best guesses right now.

"Corona?" she added, reached out to clasp the other girl's forearms. "Oh! I know where that is!"

Nobody all day had mentioned a place she knew. This was wonderful news.

"You have that light thing every year! The candles? I've never seen it but I've heard it's beautiful."

"Candles?" Rapunzel's eyes went huge. "It's candles? I've always wondered what it was. You mean -- you mean the thing in the summer, right? With the -- with the floating lights?"

This was clearly really, really important to Rapunzel -- sorry, Anna, she was going to freak out a little over this.

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