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

[bigdamnprincipal]

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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Re: General Mingling [Spring 2015]

[notamascot]

"Some of the Hawks are stupid, just like anywhere else, but.." she tried to think carefully of how to say it. "The Emperor is a dragon and... and Elantra is his horde. All of it. Every last person and thing. And he doesn't like anyone messing with his things. So the three Halls of Law protect them."

Totally lacking explanation of 'horde' and one which might just get her eaten if she ever expressed it that way to a dragon, but still.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2015]

[myownface]

"Uh. An actual, literal dragon? Like... scales and big teeth?"

Sometimes, Sparkle needed to clarify these things.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2015]

[notamascot]

"Uh huh. When he's not in human form anyway."

Oh, she should explain. "Not that I've seen him. Everyone's afraid that I wouldn't be polite enough and he'd eat me."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2015]

[myownface]

"... You know, one of these days I'll get used to shit like that," Sparkle declared. "Probably not any time soon. But eventually."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2015]

[notamascot]

"No kidding," Kaylin said, nodding her head in agreement. "Like all the hot water here just waiting in the pipes without even any magic. Who'd believe that back home?"

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2015]

[myownface]

"Probably the same sort of people where you're from as the kind who actually believe in magic, where I do," Sparkle mused. "Takes a special sort of person, I guess."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2015]

[notamascot]

"Mostly they just think I'm telling crazy stories. Nobody believed me when I said there was a girl here who could make herself have wings if she wanted." She grinned. "It confuses them, 'cause I'm a realy bad liar, so they don't know what to think."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2015]

[myownface]

"And see," Sparkle grinned, "I'm a really good liar, telling them things that should be impossible, but they're the truth. God, the looks on their faces are priceless, though."

Sparkle kind of lived to screw with people.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2015]

[notamascot]

"They do look funny," Kaylin admitted. "Though Marcus usually just roars at me and tells me that if I don't have anything useful to do he'll find me something and then I have to show him my neck so he knows I'm taking him seriously."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2015]

[myownface]

".... Okay, silly question, but... roars? And your neck?"

This was the same place that had dragons, so, Sparkle was going to check, again.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2015]

[notamascot]

"He's a Leontine." Kaylin tried to think how to explain about him.

"Oh, I know. He's like your lions - except a person. He has a mane and large teeth and hands, or paws like a lions, and when he's angry or, well, enraged or whatever, you need to sort of tip your neck like this..."

She demonstrated, baring her neck. "It's a dominance sort of thing, offering him your neck so that he can bite it or, well slash it out or whatever and hoping that he doesn't - which he never has, at least not in the Halls of Law or anything."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2015]

[myownface]

All of this was serving to make Sparkle thankful that, when Lewis got angry, all he did was yell and then lock himself in his office to smoke Export As.

"... Do me a favour and never let me piss off a dude with claws, okay?"

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2015]

[notamascot]

"I try, but I never quite seem to succeed myself. But if you ever come to Elantra or he ever comes here, I'll try to keep you out of Marcus' way."

No matter what Sparkle did there, Marcus would undoubtedly blame it on Kaylin anyway, so he was pretty safe.