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

[bigdamnprincipal]

Picnic-ing in January - still not the best idea ever! But there were tables and chairs set up in the sun, and a nice bonfire going, and plenty of warm food for everyone to encourage socializing for as long as possible.

[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 [Spring 2016]

[spin_kick_snap]

"Nice shoes." Kathy had only come to appreciate heels recently, but anyone willing to sport them at a winter picnic--without falling!--deserved acclaim and respect.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2016]

[idecidemystory.livejournal.com]

Kathy would love Ever After High, then. The girls there were practically born in these kind of shoes.

"Thanks!" she said. "Aren't they just amazing? And hi, I'm Raven."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2016]

[spin_kick_snap]

There were a hundred reasons Kathy would love Ever After High, let's be real here.

"They're gorgeous," Kathy said. "Now I'm sorry I decided to wear snow boots instead." Except that her toes were so nice and toasty in them and her two pairs of woolen socks. "I'm Kathy, hi! Welcome to Fandom. Probably everything you've heard so far is true."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2016]

[idecidemystory.livejournal.com]

"I haven't heard too much yet," Raven admitted. "My roommate told me that Fandom is the center of many different sorts of realms. And the portals are like our wells."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2016]

[spin_kick_snap]

"That's one way to put it, yeah," Kathy said. "I think it also warps causality in some way, but I don't have enough physics under my belt to prove it." She tucked her hair behind her ear and smiled. "But nattering on about string theory and quantum mechanics is probably just going to make everything even more confusing. I take it wells are your world's way of traveling from one place to another?"

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2016]

[idecidemystory.livejournal.com]

Kathy was absolutely correct; Raven wasn't quite following what she was saying. "Quantum...mechanics?" she repeated slowly. "I'm not sure what that is. But wells are one way, yes. Or another kind of magic."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2016]

[spin_kick_snap]

"Quantum mechanics is study of how matter and energy interact on a sub-atomic scale," Kathy explained helpfully. 'Helpfully.' "Regular physics helps us understand and describe the natural world around us that we deal with on an every day basis. Quantum physics does the same thing, just on a scale so small that it's hard to comprehend. When matter and energy get very small, the rules as we understand them change."

And then Kathy realized she was babbling again. "Of course, since you just mentioned magic, it's entirely possible that things don't work like that in the reality you're used to. Sorry. I was studying before I came down for the picnic, so my brain's kind of focused on that right now."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2016]

[idecidemystory.livejournal.com]

"I know all about magic," Raven said brightly, hoping that none of her classes at Fandom High had "quantum" or "physics" in the title.

"Well, not all," she clarified. "I'm still learning it. I can do a lot of spells, but sometimes they backfire a little on me."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2016]

[spin_kick_snap]

Oh, you didn't have to worry about that, Raven. Anything with quantum or physics in the title was probably too academic for the school. Kathy had to take extra classes elsewhere for this.

"And I don't know anything about magic," she said. "Do you have a wand or do you speak spells or do you have to put things into a cauldron to make potions, or...?"

Maybe Raven could explain how a rhyming couplet and an eye of newt were supposed to accomplish anything.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2016]

[idecidemystory.livejournal.com]

Raven laughed. "No, no wand, but some people like to use them to focus. And if it's a simple spell I don't have to say anything. Really powerful ones might have certain words you need to say, though."

And yes, rhyming. Always rhyming.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2016]

[spin_kick_snap]

Which made total sense. Sure.

"Why? How?" Kathy asked. "I confused you with quantum theory for a little while--I wouldn't mind at all if you wanted to do the same with me about magic."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2016]

[idecidemystory.livejournal.com]

"Oh, sure!" Raven said. "What room are you in? Mine is 212. My roommate's Lucille, but she's a little...distant."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2016]

[spin_kick_snap]

"I'm up on the 5th floor--room 518," Kathy said, her expression turning to sympathy as soon as Raven said Lucille's name. "You're welcome to come up and visit whenever you need a break. And if I'm not there, my roommate Raven probably will be. Have you met her? She's awesome and will welcome you in, too."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2016]

[idecidemystory.livejournal.com]

"My Big Sister Raven?" Raven said. She definitely liked Kathy and Raven so far, so having both in one room made things convenient.

She laughed and shook her head. "I don't suppose there are many Ravens here, are there?"

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2016]

[spin_kick_snap]

"I think there's another one sometimes, but she's an alumni," Kathy said. "So yeah! You couldn't ask for a better Big Sister, either. Raven's amazing." Kathy all but shone with pride.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2016]

[idecidemystory.livejournal.com]

Mmm, pride...wait, wrong Raven.

"She is!" Raven agreed. "I've never met anyone who could change like she can, not without really powerful magic, or else it's only one thing they can turn into, like my friend Maddie's friend Bunny Blanc."

Go ahead, guess what she could turn into.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2016]

[spin_kick_snap]

Jackalope?

"Right now, she's practicing flight," Kathy bragged. On Raven's behalf, yes. "Turning into animals and actually being able to fly like them. Isn't that so cool?"