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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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"Um, he's a puppy," Elsa said, blinking down at Canute, and then offering Kaylin a sheepish smile. "Eleanor and Joker gave him to me, right before I left for the break."

Canute was already trotting over to say hello. Hello! He was adorable and just wanted to love you!

Kaylin didn't jump back. She totally didn't jump back. Much anyway.

Her hands did go automatically to the daggers on her hips and then fell away as the... puppy?... came up and bumped against her legs.

She stayed very still. It didn't seem as if it intended to attack her as yet, so maybe if she stayed very still...

"What is a puppy?" she asked.

"He's a dog," Elsa supplied. "He's a baby dog, only a few months old."

And then, because she didn't much like the look of those daggers, and really didn't want her roommate stabbing her new pet, she added, "And he's very friendly. He probably just wants to sniff your hand."

Kaylin wouldn't stab the dog. Probably not even if it attacked her now since it was Elsa's. She gingerly held out her hand, hoping that Elsa was right.

"You say it's just a baby? Are you sure? It's very big."

"He's a very big baby," Elsa confirmed, watching as Canute sniffed at her hand, and then licked it a few times in greeting before barking and trotting around in a circle. "And I think he likes you."

This was not difficult to ascertain. Canute liked everybody.

"Can I... touch him?" Kaylin asked. "He looks very soft."

"He is very soft," Elsa promised. "And if you would like to stroke his fur, he'd like that, very much."

Here he came, trotting around for another good sniff.

Kaylin reached out very gingerly, trying to both touch him and keep a good distance.

And ended up on her behind on the ground, feeling foolish. And even more so when the puppy thing decided she must be playing and climbed happily into her lap.

There was a brief moment of panic at the climbing and the happy bark and the puppy Right There, but then he nuzzled at her and Kaylin stroked his fur - not entirely to appease him and keep him from taking a nibble - and then it was all over.

Her eyes went wide and she stroked him again and then actually giggled as he nuzzled at her face. "Oh my!"

"See," Elsa laughed, crouching down nearby. "He's really very friendly. And I think he likes you."

He was doing that happy but-wiggly tail wagging thing again, which Elsa had quickly discovered was a good sign.

"He did that to me when I first met him, too," she added.

"I guess... babies like to be held," Kaylin admitted. "And made much of."

She giggled again as she dodged a tongue-licking. "Stop it, silly."

She smiled up at Elsa. "I think I like him too."

Oh, good. Elsa gave a soft little laugh at that. Knowing that Kaylin liked Canute took at least a little bit of the anxiety of her day away.

"Well, good," she replied. "Then we'll all be happy, won't we? I have toys for him to play with in a box in our room, and if he was going to be too much trouble, I was going to ask Barry if I could keep him in the warehouse..."

She really, really wanted to keep this dog.

"Oh no!" Kaylin said quickly. "He shouldn't be locked up in a warehouse! Besides, he'd miss you! No, no, it's fine - better - if he stays in our room."

Elsa wouldn't have to look far for someone willing to take the dog out or on walks or anything else if she ever needed it.

See Elsa, see Elsa giving Kaylin a brilliant smile.

"I was hoping you would say that," she admitted. "You're welcome to play with him all you like, too. I wouldn't bring a dog home and then declare him off limits or anything. Especially not when he seems to like you so much already."

"Oh, well..." Kaylin looked down at the dog still happily playing in her lap and thought about the sheer foolishness of denying that she would like that.

"That's very nice of you."

Elsa just smiled and shrugged her shoulders a little.

"It's the least I can do if you're going to let me keep him," she pointed out. "Besides, I think he's got more say in the matter than I do."

And he wasn't going to be letting Kaylin up any time soon.

Kaylin leaned in and ruffled the dog's fur. "I think he does like me," she said. "At least, he seems happy."

Given that he had sprawled out belly-up in her lap to demand scratching it was a pretty fair guess.

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