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

[bigdamnprincipal]

Okay, admittedly, having a picnic at the beginning of January wasn't the best idea the school had ever come up with. Thankfully, the weather was sort of agreeable today - it wasn't too chilly, the sun was out, and there were still pretty pockets of unmelted snow on the lawn.

In the middle of the lawn, a bonfire had been set up for warmth and light--mostly the warmth--and the tables and chairs had been set out to mostly be in the sun. There was a long table with a variety of moddable warm foods, and there was the usual table of nametags and lists to help folks find their siblings and roommates. With everything set up, it was time to welcome the new folks!

[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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Meet Your Roommate [Spring 2016]

[bigdamnprincipal]

Current students who had been assigned new rooms and/or roommates had been handwavily informed of the change, but the list had been posted for everyone to see at one of the tables:

212: Lucille Sharpe and Raven Queen
216: Eric Bittle and Rey
304: Laura Kinney and Kaylin Neya
320: Skaar, Son of Hulk and Velma Martinez

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[fckedupx5000.livejournal.com]

Skaar, Son of Hulk, huh? That was a name. That was a name that wouldn't be out of place in The Junior Super Patriots, West Coast Divison lineup. Velma looked around the lawn to see if she could spot anyone who looked like a Skaar, Son of Hulk.

And if that didn't work, that's what the nametags were for.

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Spring 2016]

[oldstrongest1.livejournal.com]

"You're Velma?" Skaar checked. He spotted the nametag, so he walked over. It was possible she might change her opinion of whether or not anyone looked like a Skaar, Son of Hulk when she actually saw him.

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Spring 2016]

[fckedupx5000.livejournal.com]

"And you are definitely Skaar, Son of Hulk," Velma said upon seeing him. No, she hadn't bothered to look at his nametag. The name matched the face (and the everything else), and they both could have stepped off of one of the Super Patriot's front lines mere minutes before. "...Say, dumb question, but you're not with the East Coast Division, are you?"

Look, she just had to ask!

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Spring 2016]

[oldstrongest1.livejournal.com]

"No idea what that is. I did some work with the Dark Avengers as their babysitter," Skaar said. "But mostly I've been solo or with the other Hulks."

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Spring 2016]

[fckedupx5000.livejournal.com]

"Wait, you've been working with non-incorporated teams?" Velma asked, astonished. She couldn't think of a single team that operated outside of The Super Patriots, Inc. that hadn't been some kind of cabal of supervillains. And the name Dark Avengers (or the Hulks for that matter) didn't exactly scream 'we're with the good guys!'

What had Santa done? Had he deliberately sent her to a school for villains in an attempt to make her put her ears back on? Surely not! This was Santa! He wouldn't manipulate her like that!

"You don't have any plans for the world or anything that you'd like to tell me about or anything, do you?" she asked, reaching for her lessons in Unmasking the Miscreants.

She really hoped he'd say no. Not just because this was her roommate, but because she really didn't want to have to call someone to come and take care of him. Maybe she could get away with calling the Princess?

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Spring 2016]

[oldstrongest1.livejournal.com]

"Not in particular. Mostly I just want to get back to the Savage Land sooner than later," Skaar said. The fact that she didn't seem to recognize words like 'Avengers' or 'Hulk' was a little worrisome. He had just spent enough time in a pocket AU where everything was a crazed version of the Earth he called home. He really didn't want to deal with more of that.

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Spring 2016]

[crimson_sister]

Raven Queen? The students here had strange names indeed. Lucille wore her nametag, in case the girl was paying attention to that. If not, they would anyway meet later in their room, no doubt. Not that she cared much either way, it wasn't like she expected to make friends with her. Politeness would have to be enough.

She pulled her wool shawl tighter around herself, not wandering far from the bonfire.

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Spring 2016]

[idecidemystory.livejournal.com]

Hey, Raven could argue that with a name like Lucille Sharpe, she sounded a little sinister herself!

But she was smiling cheerfully as she approached Lucille. "Hi!" she said. "I'm Raven."

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Spring 2016]

[crimson_sister]

Sinister? Of course Lucille wasn't sinister. Who would think such a thing?

Lucille returned the smile, although with less cheerfulness, and said: "How lovely to meet you, miss Raven. I'm Lucille. I believe we are to share a room."

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Spring 2016]

[idecidemystory.livejournal.com]

"Nice to meet you, too," Raven said. "I'm sure we're going to be great friends!"

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Spring 2016]

[crimson_sister]

"Of course we are," Lucille replied. "Almost like sisters, I think."

The sarcasm was very subtle, but it was there, if Raven was someone who paid attention to that.

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Spring 2016]

[idecidemystory.livejournal.com]

Raven employed a great deal of sarcasm herself, so she overlooked it for the moment.

"Where are you from?" she asked. "This looks a lot like my last school, so it's not too weird for me."

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Spring 2016]

[thatwaslucky]

Rey had only come over here out of curiosity, and now she was trying to figure out why her name was on this list.

Also she did not think this roommate thing would work out well anyway.

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Spring 2016]

[omgnochecksyet]

Eric, on the other hand, was really, really hoping it would. So, yes, Rey was also getting a basket full of pies. As soon as it was established that Rey was who he was talking to, anyway.

"Hello!" he said brightly. "Looking for your roommate?"

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Spring 2016]

[thatwaslucky]

"Not particularly, but I'm not sure that's up to me," Rey admitted, and frowned at the pies. "What's this?"

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Spring 2016]

[omgnochecksyet]

"Just some pies, a little 'Welcome to Fandom' sort of thing," Eric explained. And 'some pies' was a half-dozen mini-pies. Because he had no idea what her favourites might be yet (that his new roommate was coming from a situation where she likely had never had anything much like pie was not even something that had crossed his mind). "Eric Bittle," he introduced himself.

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Spring 2016]

[thatwaslucky]

"Rey," she said cautiously. "Pies? You give food here?"

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Spring 2016]

[omgnochecksyet]

"Oh!" Eric's smile got wider, if possible, and he held out the basket to her. "Then these are for you!" That smile faltered a bit, however, when the rest of what she said registered. "Uh, yes? Well, mostly. There are restaurants and stores in town where you can buy food, of course, but the school provides a lot," he gestured to the banquet tables, "especially on days like this. And as for myself, I just- I like baking? And sharing it with people."

[ungue.livejournal.com]

Laura wasn't new to roommates. She wasn't new to the disappointment and awkwardness that usually came after spending enough time around someone about her age in a closed space. Had she known, she would've asked to be put somewhere on her own, but it was too late for that now.

Better keep her expectations low. Harder to get disappointed that way.

[notamascot]

Kaylin was rather sad that Elsa had left. She'd gone once before though and returned, so maybe she'd see her again sometime. In the meanwhile she had a new roommate she was supposed to meet. Some Laura person.

She sighed and went looking for her. She supposed she'd have to try and be polite and welcoming - two things that Kaylin wasn't always so good with. Finally she saw her.

"Laura? I'm Kaylin. I guess you'll be rooming with me. I should probably apologize in advance for the mess."


[So sorry for not being around this weekend! It was unexpected or I'd have planned better. If you don't want to thread this out, that's fine, but it would be nice for them to meet!]

[ungue.livejournal.com]

Laura turned around, inspecting her roommate. She didn't sense anything weird with her, so she just shrugged. "I do not mind as long as my mess and your mess do not touch." Messy roommates were the least of her problems.

[Don't worry! And I have no issue threading this. Tag on!]

[notamascot]

Kaylin rolled her eyes. "I'll try not to contaminate your mess. Mostly I don't have enough stuff for you to worry about it ending up on your side. And I'm not around all that much anyway."

Between patrolling the island - just to stay in practice, you know - and not sleeping a lot because of the nightmares, well...

"Anyway, um, welcome to Fandom."

See? She could do polite and welcoming. Okay, okay, semi-polite and welcoming.

[ungue.livejournal.com]

"I have only the bag I brought from... home." Not exactly home, but yeah.

She could feel the awkwardness and the effort. Laura could appreciate that. "Thank you."

[notamascot]

"You're welcome."

There was an awkward pause.

"It's not a bad place," Kaylin said after a moment. "I mean, it's not home and it's very weird and crazy things happen, but... I expected to absolutely hate it and I don't."

Another pause. "And there's always lots of food. Like at the picnics and in the common rooms and if you ever order take-out they always give you like four times what you ordered, no one knows why."