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

[bigdamnprincipal]

Thankfully, the weather on the island today was fairly nice for the tail end of December, but there was still a medium-sized bonfire going in the middle of the lawn, partly due to tradition and partly due to the potential for shirtlessness (which, Zoe supposed, was also tradition.)

The usual tables were set up with warm foods, nametags, and lists for the new and old folks to find each other. Once everything was set up, it was time to celebrate a new year and the start of a new semester!

[OCD is up! I'm consolidating this down to one post, so bring all your new and old folks over here! Since it's outside, the picnic is open to all students, teachers, and townies!]

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Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2017]

[imafuturist]

"Steve said the same thing," Tony replied dryly. "Might be a different Steve, though."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2017]

[shiroi_tiger]

"Because of course there are multiple Steves, too," Nathan sighed, shaking his head a little. This was weird by his recent day-to-day standards, but around here it wasn't exactly surprising, either.

Just wait until he saw this Steve. He'd be so confused.

"Well, then," he shifted his armload of things around, balancing everything in the crook of one elbow, and offered Tony a handshake. "Tony. Mr. Stark. Pleased to meet you."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2017]

[imafuturist]

"Tony," he insisted with a laugh, shaking his hand. "And likewise.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2017]

[shiroi_tiger]

"Tony," Nathan settled on, giving him a brief flash of a grin. "Then Nathan will do just as well in turn. You might not be the Tony I know, but that would have been a difficult habit to kick, anyway."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2017]

[imafuturist]

"We're the best people to know," Tony assured him easily.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2017]

[shiroi_tiger]

"I'll allow that you're at least among the most interesting people to know," Nathan decided. "I'm going to reserve judgement on the 'best' part until I've known you long enough to decide how you compare to the original."

He'd met the original over drinks at Caritas. New-Tony already had some catching up to do.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2017]

[imafuturist]

"I like to think I'm the original," Tony replied, glancing at the pile of things in Nathan's arms. "Do you... need a place to stay? My spare room is taken, but I have a very comfortable couch."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2017]

[shiroi_tiger]

"I've slept in worse places," Nathan admitted, though there was a touch of relief on his face all the same. "I have my doubts that the place I was living in six years ago is still standing vacant, though I wouldn't want to impose on your hospitality for too long. Even just a place to leave my things while I get a feel for what the island has to offer would be appreciated, thank you."

Really, at this point, his priorities mostly involved shoes first, a place to sleep at night second. And only if he couldn't get a portal back before either. But he wasn't holding his breath for that portal. He'd been sucked in my Fandom once before, after all.

... He was going to need that couch.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2017]

[imafuturist]

Tony waved him off. "I like a noisy house. Just don't blow anything up. I'd offer you some shoes, but I don't know if they'd fit."

This Tony also managed to be taller than the old one. Which was nice. You know. For him.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2017]

[shiroi_tiger]

Yeah, Nathan was just telling himself that was his imagination, because he'd been spending his time largely around people who were short even without taking genetics into consideration.

Mostly. Higen had grown considerably since Nathan had moved back to be with Taka. The boy was in his teens now, and sprouting like a damn weed. Either way, for the most part, he'd almost felt tall for a while, there!

"I'll pass on the shoes, then," he replied, shrugging it off. "I've gotten this far without them, I might as well just go for broke and find a pair in town that fits for sure."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2017]

[imafuturist]

Tony hung out with people like Steve and Thor. It was super nice to feel tall for a change.

"Did your Tony have the shop?" Or was it the other Tony?

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2017]

[shiroi_tiger]

"I'm pretty sure my Tony would have chewed off his own arm going stir crazy if he didn't have the shop."

And Nathan wasn't the sort to get so chummy with a Tony who had been, like, sixteen at the time.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2017]

[imafuturist]

He wasn't judging! Much.

"Same place. I'll let JARVIS know to let you in."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2017]

[shiroi_tiger]

"Thank you," Nathan said, nodding just slightly. "I probably won't need the couch for long. Long enough to find a place of my own, at least, but here that's generally as easy as finding a building that doesn't already have somebody living in it, and then musing out lout that perhaps I would like to."

More or less. Fandom.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2017]

[imafuturist]

"However long you need," Tony replied. Then had to eye him again. "I have to know what's going on with the outfit."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2017]

[shiroi_tiger]

"Six years in Japan, roughly a hundred and thirty years ago."

Yeah, even after all this time, that didn't sound less insane to even him.

"The lack of shoes was because I was indoors when the island grabbed me, this time around."

As opposed to drowning.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2017]

[imafuturist]

"...well, that makes more sense," Tony admitted. "I was guessing a really intense cosplayer."

Tony.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2017]

[shiroi_tiger]

There was a long moment of silence before Nathan finally just sighed and gave in.

"Twenty-first century thing?"

He probably didn't want to know.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2017]

[imafuturist]

"Twenty-first century thing," Tony replied with a grin. Hey, Steve would have someone around who had almost as much to catch up on as him!

He did not know about the two cowboys yet.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2017]

[shiroi_tiger]

Those poor, poor cowboys. Nathan had only met the one, and he actually almost felt bad about just how in over his head Goodnight probably was around here.

He'd feel less guilty about it if the man hadn't apparently been shot to death this morning.

"Then I'll smile and nod while contemplating updating my wardrobe slightly. Eventually."

There had been Armani his last time living here. That was also Tony's fault.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2017]

[imafuturist]

At least he got some good bourbon from the other cowboy.

"Maybe after your first paycheck," Tony suggested. Because Tony couldn't afford Armani right now.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2017]

[shiroi_tiger]

That was fine, really. Nathan had enough clothes to get him by, and the price tags on the Armani then had been enough to leave his head spinning.

"Not until after then," he agreed, "though the bank here might still have some money in my account from my last time staying on the island. I'll have to add looking into that to my to-do list, as well."

Because having enough money for a damage deposit on an apartment would be great.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2017]

[imafuturist]

Learn to enjoy the nicer things, Nathan!

"You came just in time to avoid the zombie apocalypse," Tony said cheerfully.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2017]

[shiroi_tiger]

"Another one?"

Nathan had been fighting zombies since back before fighting zombies was cool.

And... dancing Thriller with them.

It had been a very exciting time.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2017]

[imafuturist]

"There was one before?" Tony was so out of the loop.