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]

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"Hi," Kathy said, leaning over to help herself to a handful of chips and a spoonful of dip. "I like seeing a person who can enjoy a good cheesepuff."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2016]

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"Rediscovering how good they are," Velma said, debating whether she should go back for more. Reluctantly, she decided not to. After six years of not eating anything like this, too much more would probably make her sick.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2016]

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"Been awhile, huh?" Kathy asked, adding a handful of cookies and three hamburgers to her plate. "Glad Fandom could help you there. Hi and welcome, by the way." She put her plate down and offered a hand. "I'm Kathy and whatever you've heard about this place, the reality is almost certainly weirder."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2016]

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Velma winced. Right. She probably should have given Kathy a little more to go on. She'd forgotten how to talk to people as Velma instead of Velveteen. "Hi. Velma. You knew I was a new kid right away?"

That was a dumb question. There weren't at that many people around the bonfire. It was probably like recognizing when a new kid got recruited by The Super Patriots, Inc.

"I kinda figured that out when my roommate was eight feet tall and green," she said. "But I'm used to weird, so I'm sure I'll be okay."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2016]

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"Well, you're not freaking out about the huge green guy, so you're probably right about that," Kathy said. "Used to weirdness back home? Or just generally unflappable?

Honestly, Kathy hadn't run into any of the latter who weren't also from the former, but it never hurt to ask.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2016]

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"I'd like to say unflappable, but it's more the first one," Velma replied. "I mean, I arrived here by magic mirror and even I think of the Seasonal Lands as weird."

She was watching how much food Kathy was piling on her plate. Velma might have fallen on the cheesepuffs, but this girl looked like she was preparing for a famine. "Hungry?" she asked.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2016]

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Kathy also glanced down and laughed a little self-consciously. She'd forgotten how weird it probably looked to people who weren't used to it. "Yeah," she said. "I have powers that really ramped up my metabolism, so I eat a ton whenever I can."

Hopefully Velma's big sibling mentioned people with powers? Or it was one of those things covered by general world weirdness.

"The Seasonal Lands?" she asked. "What are those?"

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2016]

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Velma had just answered this for her roommate, which made explaining it a second time so much easier. "Parallel dimension to our own. My own, anyway. 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.""

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2016]

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"Wait, if Halloween is the focal point of Autumn, does that mean Christmas is the focal point of Winter?" Kathy asked, eyes alight.

Look, she really, really loved Christmas.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2016]

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"That's right," Velma said, nodding. "Santa's Village and Workshop are where the main Spirits of the Season live: Santa, Mrs. Claus, the Snow Queen, Jack Frost, and Jackie Frost. Jackie and Santa are bound to the holiday itself, the Snow Queen and Jack Frost are more involved with the Season as a whole."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2016]

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"You have a real, honest-to-goodness Santa?" Kathy asked, gasping. "Not just, like, a metaphor? But a real jolly old elf who delivers presents at Christmas and everything?"

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2016]

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"I think he's also a metaphor? Or an allegory? Something like that?" Velma said. The Super Patriots, Inc. were legally obligated to make sure their superheroes were educated to the standards of the state in which they resided, but there wasn't all that much oversight. "But also physical. He was the one who told me about this place."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2016]

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"You know Santa." Kathy wasn't sure she could handle hearing this. "You. Know. Santa." Was she hyperventilating? "How do you know Santa?" That came out in a squeak.