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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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"I've never met such a discerning dog," Jalian agreed. Well, it came out more like, "I've NEVER, MET such a disCERNing DOG!" Because stick-wrestling. Stick-wrestling was serious business!

Very serious! You could tell by Canute's playful growl, and the way he was wagging his tail so hard that his entire butt was going along with it.

"Fortunately, since you've passed the test, you won't have to worry about winning the favor of other dogs in the future," Elsa declared. Which wasn't at all how it worked, but whatever. "Since you've appealed to the best there is, of course."

Jalian laughed and sat on the ground, taking Canute's growly, licky, stick-infested face in both hands to scritch. "O great Canute, best of all dogs, will you vouch for me with others of your kind?"

It was remarkable, how he was going to attempt to bark, even with a stick in his mouth and Jalian's hands on his face. But there it was. Bark! Elsa recommended, Canute approved. And so it would be, for always.

That, or he wanted belly rubs. One of those things.

Elsa was crouching down nearby, smiling warmly.

"And there you have it," she announced. "He'll put a good word in for you from now on."

"I'm very pleased to hear it." Jalian grinned at him, then finally managed to get the stick away and tossed it again. "So much here is so different, but puppies are just the same. Well," she corrected, "a bit fuzzier."

"A puppy is a puppy," Elsa decided, watching him bound off after the stick, smiling. "He's the first one I've had much experience with, unless Barry counts when he turns into a dog. And... I really don't think he does."

Far too smart, for one. Far too cranky, for another.

"He does not." Jalian rolled her eyes. "Is he as grumpy as a puppy as he is a human?" She'd only really known him in class.

"Oh, no. He is far more grumpy as a puppy," Elsa shared, smiling impishly. "But he's so fluffy, I can't bring myself to care."

Jalian snickered. "As fluffy as Canute? Just think, they can play together next time it happens!"

"As fluffy, but much, much smaller. Just so long as Canute doesn't sit on him, puppy playtime should work out just fine."

... Should.

"You should take pictures," Jalian decided. "Then if you ever need him to do something, they'll make excellent blackmail."

"Usually, I can get away with asking very nicely," Elsa confided. "But making big eyes at him sometimes helps."

It was not actually difficult for Elsa to have her way, around Barry.

Jalian scrunched up her nose. "I'm not very good at that sort of thing. I prefer blackmail."

"And I'm really no good at blackmail," Elsa replied, amused. "Though I suppose I could stand to pick up a few pointers, eventually."

"We should share our knowledge," Jalian proposed. "Then we would both be more dangerous."

Oh, Jalian. The last thing Elsa, of all people, wanted was to be more dangerous. But she could probably stand to learn how to avoid being blackmailed herself, and the first step to that was learning what it was all about, wasn't it?

"... We could give it a try," she decided, nodding. "Why not? More knowledge is never a bad thing."

Well, this would be interesting.

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