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]

She giggled at his little demonstration. "I'd like to see that sometime."

"What sort of thing might make you feel you had to stop me?" she asked curiously. "And I've already saved children. And I work with the midwives to save more when I can and I help out at the Foundling Hall when I'm home."

Neither of those places was where she got the bruise on her face or the limp, but that was another story entirely. And Kaylin hadn't been a child in quite some time. Not since -

Not since the really bad thing had happened that sent her fleeing from the only home she ever knew. And the bad things that had happened after.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2015]

[nuclear_snide]

"Yes, but those types of saving have apparently not killed you," Bob pointed out. "And rushing out to get yourself killed might be a time I'd feel I had to stop you." He shook his head. "Not that I actually expect it to stop anyone; it's more a case of slowing them down enough to make them think first."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2015]

[notamascot]

"I'm... not always good about the stopping to think part," Kaylin admitted slowly. "Maybe making me slow down would't always be such a bad thing."

Not that she would feel that way in the moment, of course.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2015]

[nuclear_snide]

"There, you see? So I might just have to stand in your way." Bob grinned. Be a pest to someone? He was good at that!

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2015]

[notamascot]

"'Course, I probably wouldn't make it easy for you," Kaylin said with a grin. "And I'd swear a lot. I like swearing."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2015]

[nuclear_snide]

"Oo, I could stand to learn a few new words. I'll teach you some old ones, if you like," Bob answered gleefully. "The best part is you can sound completely innocent - educated, even - and nobody knows what you're saying."

Bob, don't corrupt the students.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2015]

[notamascot]

"Really?" Her whole face lit up. "I can teach you to swear in Barrani and Leontine and Aerian and you can teach me new ones! I learned a bunch from Atton when I took a class with him, not that I think he knew."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2015]

[nuclear_snide]

Bob chuckled. "Sometimes those are the best. I can teach you...let's see." He ticked them off on his fingers. "Latin, Greek, several eras of English and French, some slightly older German, Spanish, and Italian, and I'll have to see if I can remember the Welsh and Arabic I used to know. It's been some time since I used them."

Like, since the Celts and Moors were big.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2015]

[notamascot]

"Ohhhhh..." Kaylin breathed. "This is the best day ever!"

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2015]

[nuclear_snide]

Bob laughed. "Should we start now, or would you rather come by my office some time? As soon as I have one, that is."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2015]

[notamascot]

"Maybe... tell me a good one now and then I'll come to your office another day to learn more?" That sounded like a good plan, because after all, there was still food to eat today.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2015]

[nuclear_snide]

"All right. Give me a moment." Bob chewed his lip as he thought. "What about 'churl'? I was always rather fond of that one. Nowadays it's quite tame, but a thousand years ago?" He gave her a shocked expression. "That was the worst!"

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2015]

[notamascot]

"Churl?" She said it a few times, sounding it out. "I like it. What does it mean?"

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2015]

[nuclear_snide]

"In this sense?" Bob shrugged. "someone rude and coarse, the lowest of the low.Say that to a noble, and..." He gave her a shocked and outraged face.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2015]

[notamascot]

Kaylin giggled. She couldn't help herself. "If I said that to a noble in my world they'd be sure I was saying something even worse than that!"

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2015]

[nuclear_snide]

"Yes, but they wouldn't know, would they?" Bob made a thoughtful face. "Then again, nobles don't often need an excuse to get shirty."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2015]

[notamascot]

"I don't know what that means," Kaylin admitted, "but they can sure get upset over anything."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2015]

[nuclear_snide]

"Irritable," Bob said, both answer and agreement. "Why let anything pass when you could make someone else miserable for it? I've known a few good ones, but a lot more like that."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2015]

[notamascot]

She nodded with a smile. "Exactly. And since I'm not exactly the most tactful of people, they generally don't like me so much."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2015]

[nuclear_snide]

"Good," Bob said approvingly. "They need someone to remind them of their stupidity occasionally."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2015]

[notamascot]

That got a giggle out of her. "Maybe, but it sure makes my sergeant mad!"

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2015]

[nuclear_snide]

Bob grinned. "That just means you need more practice."

Bob was probably not the best role model here.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2015]

[notamascot]

And there was more giggling. "Oh, Teela would like you! Marcus would not be happy, though."

Teela was not the best role model either.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2015]

[nuclear_snide]

"Friends of yours back home?" Bob asked.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2015]

[notamascot]

"Teela is my friend," Kaylin explained. "Marcus is my sergeant."