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 work on their tan while they ate, and some were in the shade where folks could stay cool and non-crispy.

All of the tables had some blue and gold glitter scattered across them, because there was always enough to go around. This school certainly was blesesed in all the right ways.

[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 [Fall 2015]

[that_oldsaying]

"Okay," Alluka said simply, since it wasn't like she didn't like any of what was on the plate that Kathy put near her. It just wasn't chocolate. "If it will help you think."

Yes.

Alluka eating was clearly the key to Kathy's thinking. Her bunny nodded solemnly.

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2015]

[spin_kick_snap]

Good job, Bunny. Way to have Kathy's back on that.

And while Alluka ate, Kathy would be doing the same from her own plate. Where she'd put much the same things on there, so they'd be eating together.

"Ethics is all about asking hard questions that you don't always know the answers to," she said slowly. "Not hard questions like math or literature, but questions about what you'd do in a situation. Like..." Kathy looked around for inspiration. "Like if you would...tell someone scary where I was hiding, if the scary person offered you all the chocolate you could eat in a day. You know I don't want to go with the scary guy, but it is a lot of chocolate he's offering."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2015]

[that_oldsaying]

Oooooh. That was a hard one.

Alluka chewed on a forkful of salad and thought about that.

"Could I lie and say you were somewhere and get the chocolate and still have you be not with the scary person?"

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2015]

[spin_kick_snap]

"That's definitely something you can do," Kathy told her. "And it's a creative way to solve the problem. And that's what Ethics is--finding out what you would do, compared to what you won't. Like..." She decided to change the scenario a bit. "What if the scary guy came as told you to show him where I was hiding or else he'd take away all your chocolate. Then what would you do?"

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2015]

[that_oldsaying]

"Probably cry," Alluka admitted, because she had the coping skills of a sheltered child, for obvious reasons. "And, and maybe call for Jono. He promised to come running if I was ever scared."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2015]

[spin_kick_snap]

And the last thing Kathy was going to do was tell Alluka that that wasn't an acceptable answer to the question. It worked for her, and that was good enough for Kathy.

"When I took it, Ethics class was pretty much like this," she said. "Asking questions about what you would do and figuring out the reasons why you answered that way. It's like a way to know yourself better."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2015]

[that_oldsaying]

And it wasn't even selling out Kathy for a pile of chocolate! See? She loved Kathy!

"That could be pretty fun," she decided, smiling a little. "Not as fun as field trips though."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2015]

[spin_kick_snap]

That was some love and Kathy was going to give Alluka a hug for it, if she was amenable. "Maybe not," Kathy conceded. "But still important. Especially since you already get a fun field trip class!"

With friends, even!

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2015]

[that_oldsaying]

Alluka loved hugs! And always was amendable!

"Truuue," she said, then laughed. "I might have two! Jono's class has the same name from last class and that was all 'go look at fun things and then make stuff after!'"

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2015]

[spin_kick_snap]

"See? Then you're all set," Kathy said. "Two fun classes where you get to explore the world, and one class where you get to explore yourself. That sounds like a fair compromise, right?"