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

[bigdamnprincipal]

There were tables and chairs set up all around the lawn. Some were in the sun, where folks could soak up that precious vitamin D, and some were in the shade where folks could stay cool.

All of the tables had at least a little glitter on them though. It was a welcoming gesture to get glitter someplace you didn't know glitter could go!

[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: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[locointhecoco]

Pinkie let out a happy little squeaky toy noise. "Gosh, thanks!" She fluffed her mane with one hoof a little self-consciously. "Rarity is always trying to straighten it for special events, but it just wants to be curly-fluffy-fun, ya know?"

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[that_oldsaying]

Alluka nodded her agreement.

"And it's hard to argue with hair!" she said, pleased that she knew this. "It does what it wants most of the time."

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[locointhecoco]

"Absatutely!" Pinkie agreed. "Hi, I'm Pinkie Pie. What's your name?"

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[that_oldsaying]

"I'm Alluka!" she said, beaming at getting to tell someone her name. She'd been asked for it! So much was new today. "Are, are you a student too?"

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[locointhecoco]

"Nopers!" Pinkie said. "I'm a teacher. Well, I'm usually a teacher. I'm taking a break for the summer and working at the candy shop in town instead but I just couldn't miss the very bestest party of the season and getting to break the brains of meet all the new people coming to the island!"

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[that_oldsaying]

"There's a candy shop?!"

That was the most important part of what Pinkie had said, right? Right?

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[locointhecoco]

Well yeah.

"There is! It's called Wonka's Sweet Shop, which is such a great name. Wonka! It's so silly and fun to say! I'm going to work there on Fridays and you should totally come by to visit me sometime! There's also a pretty good bakery --" not as good as the one the Cakes ran back in Ponyville, mind you, but pretty good "-- and a nifty little coffee shop and loads of funny little human restaurants that don't even serve hay."

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[that_oldsaying]

Her eyes got bigger and bigger with each thing Pinkie listed off.

Alluka had never been to any of these things before.

"I'll visit you!" she promised, then faltered a little. "We're all allowed to go and visit people right? We don't need permission?"

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[locointhecoco]

"I don't think you do?" Pinkie said. "I see students in town all the time. But I don't live in the dorms, so I don't know if you need a hall pass or something."

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[that_oldsaying]

"I don't want to be bad," Alluka confessed. "So I guess I'll have to ask if I can visit you. But if I can, I will!"

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[locointhecoco]

"Okidokiloki!" Pinkie said happily. "But don't worry too much. I think you have to try pretty hard to be bad around here."

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[that_oldsaying]

She giggled. "Do some people try to be bad?"

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[locointhecoco]

"Well sure! It takes all sorts, you know."

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[that_oldsaying]

"Does it?"

It wasn't like Alluka would know that!

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[locointhecoco]

"Oh definitely! The world would be pretty boring if everypony was just like everypony else."

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[that_oldsaying]

"Oh."

That wasn't something Alluka had ever thought about. She blinked at the cakes, rather than think about it now, too.

"What sort of cake is your favourite?"

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[locointhecoco]

"I like the apple ones!" Pinkie said, offering Alluka a little swirly-iced cupcake with an apple slice on top. "They remind me of my bestest friend Applejack back home."

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[that_oldsaying]

Ooooo!

"Thank you!" Alluka remembered to say, as she took the cupcake. "Do you have lots of friends?"

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[locointhecoco]

"I sure do! I'm friend with everypony. But I have one extra special human friend here and five extraspecial pony friends back home. Do you have an extraspecial friend back home?"

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[that_oldsaying]

Alluka looked down at both her cupcake and her stuffed bunny and fidgeted a bit.

"Killua visits me sometimes," she said, after a moment. "He's one of my brothers."

That was... yeah, that was the closest she had to a friend.

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[locointhecoco]

"Awwww!" Pinkie wibbled a little. "Well, that's okay, my friend Twilight didn't find us until she was practically an adult. It's never too late to find your very special friends."

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[that_oldsaying]

"You think so?" she asked hopefully. "I'd like them! Lots!"

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[locointhecoco]

"I know it," Pinkie said, with absolute confidence. "Getting away and out of your comfort zone is a big part of finding new friends. I know I was really nervous when I left the rock farm for Ponyville, but it's where I met all five of my bestest pony friends ever. Why, I bet you'll meet somepony here at this picnic!"

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[that_oldsaying]

"At this picnic?" That soon? Could she, could she, could she? "And they'll be my friends?"

She was going to have friends!

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[locointhecoco]

"I don't see why not! You're super friendly, I can tell already."