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

[bigdamnprincipal]

The last picnic for new arrivals had involved a bonfire, but there was no need for artificial warmth today. The weather outside was sunny, and just breezy enough that no one would roast, hopefully. There were tables and chairs arranged around the lawn, along with a long table of food, drinks, and desserts for anyone who stopped by.

There were stacks of nametags for people to label themselves with, and lists to help folks find their siblings and roommates. With everything in order, it was time to welcome some new people!

[OCD is up! This is part one of the picnic, specifically for meeting siblings, roommates, and teachers. The rest of the picnic is happening here. Since it's outside, the picnic is open to all students, teachers, and townies!]

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RE: Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2015]

[geniuswithasmartphone]

"Twenty bucks says there's at least four kids in this school as smart or smarter than me in this school," Hardison noted, but he was calming a little. Talking to his crew, feeling their absolute faith in him, had that effect.

"I s'pose if I get too nervous, I could just approach this like a con," he mused. "Pretend it's just another role like in...what job was that? With Nate's terrible hairpiece?" He snapped his fingers. "The Fairy Godparents Job, right. You in them gym shorts an' me an' Parker as yuppies in pastels."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2015]

[vdistinctive]

"I didn't wear gym shorts," Eliot grumbled. It was important that he note that. "And don't con the kids, dammit, they'll see right through you. Just -- you make your style work." That's what Nate had told him going into that job, anyway. And it'd worked well enough.

RE: Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2015]

[geniuswithasmartphone]

"...So you sayin' I shouldn't use an accent when talkin' to them on the first day?" he asked, giving Eliot a tiny grin.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2015]

[vdistinctive]

"Yes," Eliot said. "I am absolutely sayin' that." He clapped his hand on Hardison's back, the gesture turning into a reassuring rub about halfway through. "You're gonna be fine, man. Seriously."

RE: Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2015]

[geniuswithasmartphone]

And Hardison leaned into that rub, not unlike a very large cat. "Thanks, man," he said, all sincerity. "But now I gotta ask you a question. What's it like havin' all the confidence in the world?"

It seemed nice.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2015]

[vdistinctive]

"Ain't bad," Eliot said with a grin. "You'll have to try it, sometime."

RE: Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2015]

[geniuswithasmartphone]

"Prolly should," Hardison agreed. "You know the only way I know how to get somethin' is to steal it, right? Might end up borrowin' some of yours, maybe."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2015]

[vdistinctive]

Eliot snorted. "That's your trouble, Hardison. Haven't figured out how much better somethin' is when you grow it on your own."

RE: Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2015]

[geniuswithasmartphone]

"Blame it on the company I keep," he said, giving Eliot a flirtatious smile. "I'm still young an' impressionable. S'not my fault you an' Parker are bad influences on me."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2015]

[vdistinctive]

"I'm a great influence on you," Eliot protested. "Parker's the one who wants to steal everything she gets."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2015]

[geniuswithasmartphone]

"I'm sorry, how did we meet again?" Hardison snarked. "Boy Scout charity drive was it?"

Parker wanted to steal everything. Eliot wanted to hit everything. And then there was Hardison.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2015]

[vdistinctive]

"I didn't say I didn't steal. I said I don't steal everything." There was totally a difference.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2015]

[geniuswithasmartphone]

"Still enough to warp an innocent guy like me," Hardison declared. "You know I look to my elders for moral guidance."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2015]

[vdistinctive]

"You hacked the Pentagon when you were twelve. I was still a fine, upstandin' soldier, back then."

Well, not really 'upstanding'. He'd already been doing special ops wetwork for a few years by then.

RE: Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2015]

[geniuswithasmartphone]

"An' if you were a hacker, you'd be findin' that unbearably sexy right about now," Hardison said with a grin. "Be nice to me an' maybe I'll bring you along to the Oscars. I don't even gotta hack to put myself on the guest list no more."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2015]

[vdistinctive]

"What do I care about the Oscars?" Eliot's grin went a little evil. "Get me into the CMAs, then I might be impressed."

RE: Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2015]

[geniuswithasmartphone]

"How many times do I gotta tell you Eliot," Hardison said, even as he made plans to do just that. Though Eliot would owe him SO MUCH for that evening out, ye gods. "I can't hack a hick."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2015]

[vdistinctive]

"Dunno 'bout that, Hardison," Eliot said, letting his accent get ridiculously thick. "I dun heard these days they're usin' all sortsa fancy technologies, even in the country."

RE: Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2015]

[geniuswithasmartphone]

"Well, that thar elek-trici-tee sure is newfangled," Hardison retorted because their way of flirting was the absolute best. "I hear y'all gonna get indoor plumbin' any minute now, too! Won't Ma an' Pa be pleased as punch 'bout that?"

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2015]

[vdistinctive]

"Oh my god," Eliot groaned. "And I thought your British accents were bad."

RE: Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2015]

[geniuswithasmartphone]

"Like to hear you do an accent," Hardison grumbled. "I mean, one you ain't grown up with."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2015]

[vdistinctive]

"What, you mean like this?" Eliot asked, southern accent completely drowned out in the bog standard "American" accent.

RE: Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2015]

[geniuswithasmartphone]

"Man, everyone can do that one."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2015]

[vdistinctive]

Eliot pouted scowled. It taken him years in the service to perfect dropping his accent completely. "I can speak Arabic, Hardison, I don't need to do accents."

RE: Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2015]

[geniuswithasmartphone]

"An' I speak Perl, BASIC, C++, COBOL, FORTRAN, Ada, Python, and Pascal," Hardison said, trying not to grin at that pout. "You don't hear me bragging about it."

EXCEPT FOR HOW HE ABSOLUTELY DID.