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]

[kenselvren.livejournal.com]

The warmer weather meant Jalian was in a halter top and short pants, soaking up the sun and getting whiter all the time. She had a small plate of cheese, bread, and fruit next to her to nibble on.

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[tigerundercover]

"You know," Raven said. "I've heard it's a tradition for the boys to go shirtless at these things."

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[kenselvren.livejournal.com]

"Ezra and Face have been showing their chests," Jalian answered with a grin. "It isn't fair they should be able to and I can't," she groused. "It isn't even like I have much more chest than they do. Unlike some people," she added, grinning again.

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[tigerundercover]

"And these are even the size they are when I'm not trying," Raven noted. "There must be some loophole you can exploit. Do you have any pasties?"

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[kenselvren.livejournal.com]

Jalian frowned, then shook her head. "I don't know what those are."

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[tigerundercover]

"They're like little stickers," Raven explained. "That you put on your nipples. From what I can tell, those are the only bits people find that offensive, these days."

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[kenselvren.livejournal.com]

Jalian laughed. "Oh, they sound like fun! Silly, but fun." Honestly, nipples were the part that boys had too! Why were theirs okay and hers weren't? "Do they come in different shapes and colors?"

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[tigerundercover]

"More than you can imagine," Raven said. "I bet 'Dite's will have a bunch of them."

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[kenselvren.livejournal.com]

"They're a thing for sex, but they're safer to see than nipples?" Jalian laughed again. "This culture is so strange! But I will have to find some!"

She grinned at Raven. "You could wear them now if you wanted."

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[tigerundercover]

"I could! What pattern should I go for?"

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[kenselvren.livejournal.com]

"Fractals!" Fractals were always Jalian's favorite pattern. "Or..." She grinned wickedly. "You could make them not changed when the rest of you is. Pretty blue."

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[tigerundercover]

Raven actually blushed furiously at that suggestion. Something about having only her nipples be her natural shape sounded -- well. Really dirty. It was like the whole theory about people being more enticing partially clothed than they were totally naked.

"That's color and texture," she said. "But what about shape? I don't know how to do fractals."

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[kenselvren.livejournal.com]

Jalian wasn't going to complain if Raven wanted to be totally naked, either!

"Hm. Spiral, maybe?" She gestured in a swirl ending at her nipple.

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[soniaroadsqueen]

Ringo wasn't staring, exactly, but Jalian's hair had really caught her eye. It wasn't quite like anyone else's she'd ever seen before, even in pictures, and she found that her eyes kept roaming over to study it before she reminded herself, firmly, that staring was impolite.

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[kenselvren.livejournal.com]

Jalian's instincts told her she was being stared at, but in this place it was more likely to be curiosity than danger, so she said nothing and didn't move while she determined the source of it. Ah - a new person. She nodded pleasantly at the girl.

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[soniaroadsqueen]

Ringo started suddenly as she found herself caught staring, but that pleasant nod was enough to relax her. So she smiled and offered an abbreviated bow back.

And then, deciding to take a chance, she approached, managing a smile. "I'm sorry for staring," she apologize. "But I like your hair."

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[kenselvren.livejournal.com]

"Thank you," Jalian answered. She shrugged. "Everybody's will be like this if they get old enough, though," she pointed out. She stuck out her hand. "I'm Jalian. You just arrived?"

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[soniaroadsqueen]

"Ringo Noyamano," she responded, bowing politely at the waist before reaching out to take Jalian's hand. "And, yes. I get the feeling that I'm kind of obvious about it."

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[kenselvren.livejournal.com]

"This is a small place; if I don't recognize somebody, they're new," Jalian explained. "You're from..." she remembered the name of the place, "Japan? We have some students here from there."

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[soniaroadsqueen]

"Yes. From Tokyo," Ringo answered with a smile, oddly pleased to have had that recognized. "And I suppose that makes sense. Even with all these people here, I suppose only a handful of us are actually new, huh?"

"And," she grinned suddenly, as something hit her, "I suppose that the fact that there's a welcome picnic gives the whole 'new people are here' thing away."

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[kenselvren.livejournal.com]

"It does!" Jalian agreed, grinning. "And there are new classes starting, so there are usually new people. What brought you here?" Literally or figuratively.

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[soniaroadsqueen]

"Hmm..." Ringo chewed her bottom lip as she considered how to answer that. "I suppose I just needed... a change of pace? I wanted to go somewhere where no one knew me, just for a bit?" See what it was like to be normal.

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[kenselvren.livejournal.com]

...this was not the place for normal. Sorry, Ringo.

Jalian nodded. "Sometimes going to a new place helps. A 'fresh start' they call it."

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[soniaroadsqueen]

"Yes," Ringo smiled, nodding firmly. "That."

"It's not that I hate my old friends, or my family," she said quickly. "Just that... well, like you said. A new start."

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[kenselvren.livejournal.com]

"Sometimes it's harder to find who you are, with everybody knowing who you were," Jalian said a bit ruefully. "That was one of the reasons I left my clan."