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

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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Velma immediately put her hands up. "Did I mention I don't really know how to use most melee weapons?" she asked. She was smiling, so odds were good she wasn't actually intimidated.

Even if she had privately swore to never touch his sword, just in case.

"I let my toys do all my fighting for me. Not that I plan to do any of that anymore either. Like I said, I'm retired."

"In that case, if you ever need a hand, let me know," Skaar said. "I'm good at diffusing situations fast."

"Yeah, I can see where everyone in the room is inclined to calm the hell down when you walk in," Velma said nodding. It would be weird, calling on someone to take care of a situation for her, but the appeal of not putting herself in front of every calamity wearing spandex and bunny ears was undeniable. "You up for traveling, too? I would love to unleash you on Scaredy the next time Halloween decides to play tricks."

"I don't know what most of that meant, but it's possible," Skaar said. "Is Halloween the holiday or a person?"

"Uhhh, yes?" Velma said, scratching her head. "Okay, so your world doesn't have the Seasonal Lands. Good to know. Umm, so the Seasonal Lands are a kind of parallel dimension to ours. There are four, one for each season. And in each Seasonal Land dwells that season's holidays and various Spirits of the Seasons. No one's really clear on how much they influence us and we influence them, but there's a lot of give and take there. So, in Autumn, Halloween is kind of the focal point? Because it's the part of autumn that we've invested the most thought and energy and power into."

She checked to see if he was with her so far. "The Spirits of the Season who belong to Halloween are the strongest of all the Season's Avatars. And a couple of them have decided that anytime they have a problem, the best solution is to have me solve it. So every so often, I wake up in Halloween, with Hailey, the Halloween Princess, and Scaredy, who used to be a big deal and is now her minion, I guess, standing over me."

Which was never normal, no matter how often it happened.

"So I'd just be intimidating at Scaredy? Or would I get to punch Scaredy?" Skaar knew which one he would prefer, but he was open to either depending on how Velma actually felt on the topic..

Velma looked almost comically grumpy. "Punch away," she grumbled. "Wait, no. Threaten him once and then punish him."

"Can do," Skaar said. He wouldn't say no to scaring and punching spirits. He disliked spirits.They were asking for it.

"I like you," Velma declared. "You might just be my favorite roommate."

Again, Yelena had been disqualified due to her trying to kill Velma and then sleeping with her boyfriend so it wasn't exactly a crowded field, but anybody who was willing to punch out a denizen of Halloween was all right with her.

"I should probably point out that he's probably tremendously strong, even though he looks like a six-year-old," she added. "He's got all the power of the holiday to draw on."

In case Skaar wanted to rethink his offer.

"I'm stronger," Skaar declared. He actually couldn't guarantee that. He didn't think he could access the Old Power in an alternate dimension, but he felt that the odds were still in his favor just with his Hulk strength.

Well, Scaredy said that his power had waned, so Velma would give Skaar decent odds on being able to take him out. But she wouldn't let him tangle with Hailey on her behalf. Or at all. To mess with the Halloween Princess would be to incur the wrath of the entire holiday.

"And if you ever need..." Velma tried to think of what she could do help Skaar out. "Stuff fetched for you and you don't want to go yourself? Your bed made? Clothes put away?"

Drawing a blank here.

"Get enough of them and they might be able to get my sword if I'm in a hurry," Skaar offered.

"Ants." Velma said after a second of thought. "Let me get some plastic ants. They can lift up to something like twenty times their own body weight and are comparatively as fast as racehorses."

She paused.

"Or I guess I could just use horses."

She reached into her jacket pocket and pulled out a little green army man. At her touch it woke up, immediately saluting her, then aiming its rifle at Skaar.

"At ease, soldier," Velma said and the soldier snapped into parade rest, the rifle butt tucked against his shoulder. "I need you to run off and see if there are any stores on the island that sell toy ponies. Or ants, I guess. Come back and report to me when you find some or if you run out of stores."

"At once, ma'am!" the soldier snapped a salute and then jumped from Velma's palm, a parachute no bigger than a handkerchief slowing his descent.

Velma didn't pay him any more mind after he jumped, turning back to Skaar. "I think this is doable," she said.

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