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]

[notamascot]

"The food is better," Kaylin said, wandering past with a plate far past overfull. And please don't check her pockets. "The glittery stuff... bleah. And it seems to get all over everything here."

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[dwarvenswagger]

"Edible, I'd venture," Thorin replied, eyeing her plate.

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[notamascot]

"The food? It's incredible. Not as good as Dr. Lecter's, of course, but better than pretty much anything we have back home." The right thing to do was to offer her hand to shake, but it was going to take her a moment to shuffle everything around.

"I'm guessing you're new. Don't worry, it's not as bad as it may seem."

That was Kaylin, just a cheerful ball of sunshine.

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[dwarvenswagger]

Thorin looked down at the hand, grasping her forearm instead of it. Because that was more what he was used to.

"Thorin, son of Thrain. At your service."

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[notamascot]

For a moment she thought she might need to drop her food and go for her daggers, but then she realized what he was doing and grasped his forearm as well. "Kaylin, daughter of... my mother?"

And shook her head. "Kaylin. Of the Hawks. At yours."

That was better.

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[dwarvenswagger]

"The Hawks?"

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[notamascot]

"We protect the citizens of Elantra - the place I am from."

All right, all right, so she wasn't exactly a Hawk yet, but she would be! She trained with them and walked the beat and all that, so that had to count for something, right?

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[dwarvenswagger]

Another city of men, Thorin had to assume. "A soldier then?"

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[notamascot]

Men and Leontines and Aerians and Barrani, at least.

She considered this for a moment. "Not exactly. The Swords are more the soldiers. The Hawks fight if they need to and we certainly train for foghting, but we mostly try to investigate crimes and stop them if possible."

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[dwarvenswagger]

"Like city guards then?" Somewhere... Pratchett was cackling.

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[notamascot]

He was indeed.

"Not exactly, but close enough," Kaylin said. "Here they're called 'the police'. So, are you from a world like this? With electricity and internets and cars and almost no magic?"

Except on the island, obviously.

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[dwarvenswagger]

"Electricity?" If that stopped him up...

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[notamascot]

"Oh thank the gods," Kaylin said. "When I arrived it seemed like I was the only one on the whole island who didn't know what it was."

She made a face. "I still don't really, so I can't explain it, but it's what makes the light work and the heat and the TeeVee thing with lights and pictures and stuff and, well... pretty much everything in this place."

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[dwarvenswagger]

"I'll be certain to ask my roommate then." After he artfully crafted her a privacy screen.

nbd just being a dwarf here.

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[notamascot]

"Hopefully they can explain it to you better than I can. Sorry."

Kaylin nibbled absently on something tasty from her plate. "Back home most everything runs on magic. Or you know, we use candles and stuff. Here, everything is very weird. Like the talking pony. And the random invasions and changing into things and all."

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[dwarvenswagger]

"Magic is not commonplace where I'm from." He meant the sort wizards did. Because duh. Everything else was just normal.

Re: Mingling and Such [Summer 2015]

[notamascot]

"Ordinary people mostly don't do magic back home," Kaylin explained. "But they do make lights and door wards and the mirrors to communicate. I couldn't explain that any more than I could explain electricity."

And she wasn't about to explain that she did magic, even if the discussion did lead her to glance down at the gold, jewel encrusted bracer peeking out from under her sleeve.