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

[omgnochecksyet]

The fall semester was about to get into full swing, but summer wasn't about to let go of the island just yet. The sun was out, the temperature was holding steady at a comfortable 80F/27C, and most importantly, the tables were beglittered.

Speaking of tables, there were of course the ones that were filled with a vast array of food and drink, and also the ones with nametags and lists to facilitate the meeting of new roommates and siblings.

There was room to sit, room to sprawl, room to walk around and mingle... and it was a big lawn, so if you needed to get away from the crowd for a bit, room for that too.


[OCD 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 Big/Little Sibling [Fall 2017]

[omgnochecksyet]

Put on a nametag sticker to help your sibling out!

... Or don't. Whatever.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Fall 2017]

[justice_undone]

So, she was going to a school. That could be considered a waste of time, but considering her situation, Breq had decided that it would be useful for now. She had picked up a name tag and attached it to her shirt.

They were outside Radch space, which was also a good thing, for now. Which also meant there was no need for gloves, and Breq wasn't as bothered by that as a Radchaai would have been. In order to fit in -- although looking at the crowd here, who did? -- she had pulled them off and put them in her pocket.

She was supposed to have a sibling, too. Eric Bittle. Hopefully she had a nametag.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Fall 2017]

[omgnochecksyet]

Eric did have a nametag, as it happened.

Also a basket hanging off one arm for his new sibling, as soon as he found them.

Which, ah- there we go.

"Breq? Hello! I'm Eric," he introduced, waving cheerfully with his free hand.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Fall 2017]

[revengenotebook]

Paris was wearing her nametag and was glancing around for someone who looked like they might be named Summer.

She was mentally betting on a vegan hippie who she'd hate.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Fall 2017]

[somethingwithturquoise]

Oh, it was going to be so much worse.

The nice thing about robotic eyes, Summer was realizing, was that she could spot a nametag from a mile away, so she knew exactly who she was going for when she wandered into the area with newbies before they dispersed further into the crowd and threw out her arms excitedly as her proximity was deemed appropriate for human stranger-to-stranger contact.

"Ohmygod," she gushed, "you're, like, totally Paris, aren't you? I'm Summer." Those hands went to cover her chest with the impression that it was just fluttering so much with excitement. "I'm your Big Sibling, which means if you have any questions, or need anything, like, totally at all, you come to me, and I will totally help you out. Are you doing, like, okay so far?"

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Fall 2017]

[era_two_triangle]

So, what on Earth did a Sidon look like? Peridot had been on Earth long enough by now to know that Earth naming conventions often had little to do with outward appearances, but that wasn't helpful in the least. It simply meant that anyone here could be a Sidon.

"I wish it was as easy on Earth as it was on Homeworld," Peridot muttered before climbing up onto one of the picnic tables, throwing her arms into the air, and shouting, "Hey! Is anybody here a Prince Sidon?!"

The direct approach was often the best approach, in her experience.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Fall 2017]

[in_sidon_we_trust]

Sidon had been frowning at the table of nametags with a mild bit of distress over the unfamiliar characters on them that all seemed like gibberish to him when the sound of his name drew his attention up and toward the source. Such a big voice from such a little creature! It was hard not to be instantly amused, though he hoped he hadn't somehow made a bit of a faux pas and was in trouble. Still, he made his way over, lifting a hand in greeting to the tiny (SO TINY!) green person.

"I am a Prince Sidon," he said. "The only Prince Sidon, I should imagine, unless it is a very popular name for royalty here."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Fall 2017]

[not_of_the_nora]

To say Aloy was actively looking for her sibling would be to deeply overestimate the amount of knowledge she currently had about her predicament. But there was an equal parts fascinated and worried young Nora wandering the picnic, dressed in practical leathers and several bead necklaces.

She was also holding a bow, but that was a detail she wasn't currently too concerned with. (Security was, and she'd soon be liberated of it. That would probably concern her.)

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Fall 2017]

[intotheout]

Tip was slightly late getting to the picnic, much to her chagrin. She'd somehow woken up with much more hair than she'd gone to bed with, so she hadn't accounted for as much time as it would take to get ready. Even just putting it up in poofs like she wore when she was younger took a lot longer than the "absolutely nothing" she'd had to do with it when it was buzzed short.

Anyway, she came into the picnic at a rush, looking around for any new students that didn't look like they'd already paired off with someone she recognized. Then she saw the bow.

"Ooo, wow, I hope you know how to use that and aren't just carrying it around for the ~aesthetic."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Fall 2017]

[misshapen_spark]

"Wait, I get another sibling? Like Ruby isn't enough trouble on her own?" Yang asked rhetorically as she tried to find a spot to slap her nametag on that wasn't immediately on top of her chest. "Oh god, this sibling and Ruby are never allowed to meet."

Mostly because Yang would never hear the end of it.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Fall 2017]

[soniaroadsqueen]

Hey, Ringo and Ruby both started with the letter 'R'. That probably meant, you know, something.

"Yang, Yang, Yang," Ringo was sort of muttering under her breath as she looked around, examining nametags. She'd done enough of these things by now that she'd slapped on her own nametag and forgotten about it.

"If I were a Yang, what would I look like?"

Meet Your Roommate [Fall 2017]

[omgnochecksyet]

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:

304 - Aloy & Kaylin Neya
401 - Breq & Yang Xiao Long
420 - Paris Geller & Prince Sidon

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Fall 2017]

[justice_undone]

Breq didn't mind sharing a room, as long as the person she was sharing with was too nosy. Having to come up with too much of personal history at short notice wasn't something she had planned for.

She looked around for someone wearing a nametag saying "Yang Xiao Long".

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Fall 2017]

[misshapen_spark]

Yang had squinted at the list, then jumped up on a table. "YO! I'm looking for a Breq!"

Nosy? Yang? Eh, depended on her mood. But she was noisy. Sorry, Breq.

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Fall 2017]

[revengenotebook]

"No," Paris said immediately to the list.

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Fall 2017]

[notamascot]

A new roommate. Kaylin was here to meet them (late due to mun's water heater flooding her cellar with four inches of water).

She looked around for anyone named Aloy.

Meet Your Teachers! [Fall 2017]

[omgnochecksyet]

Some of whom could even reasonably be called respectable role-models!

Re: Meet Your Teachers! [Fall 2017]

[sith_happened]

Anakin was an amazing role model! Probably! To someone!

not you, Kylo Ren.

He had also not crashed the school bus OR killed anyone on his way to the school, so he was rewarding himself with a donut.

Re: Meet Your Teachers! [Fall 2017]

[firstofitskind]

Liam was... making a concerted effort to meet more people around here. So he gave Anakin a friendly nod as he headed for the pastries himself. "I didn't realize how all-out this place went for the kids," he commented. "It's impressive."

Re: Meet Your Teachers! [Fall 2017]

[heroic_jawline]

Steve was looking extremely wholesome today in his plaid shirt and pleated khaki pants that he'd unearthed from somewhere.

Re: Meet Your Teachers! [Fall 2017]

[likethegun]

Sam could still remember his first welcome picnic with Dean, but he also felt like he couldn't possibly have ever been that young. It was still weird to be among the teachers, even though he'd done this before, but he'd managed to arm himself with some coffee, and a friendly expression.

Re: Meet Your Teachers! [Fall 2017]

[suitably_heroic]

Atton was...

Twitchy.

Sure, Sparkle had said he'd call if something really bad happened, but it'd been a week. There was a lot of trouble you could get up to in a week.

"I can't believe I got roped into doing this again," he muttered, fishing around his pocket for a cigarette.

Re: Meet Your Teachers! [Fall 2017]

[livingartifact]

It was Jenkins' first welcome picnic as an actual member of the school community. In fact it was his first welcome picnic at all. He'd been busy with -- well, something magical, probably -- at the beginning of the summer.

Had he known there were so many snacks, he might have made more of an effort to attend, busy or not. Really, he just couldn't get enough of this "soda" business. And donuts! Well. Donuts may as well have been created by gods.

That was probably why the bakery was named for one, come to think of it. . . .

Re: Meet Your Teachers! [Fall 2017]

[sharp_man]

Hannibal showed up somewhat later than he usually would have, but he'd needed time to have a talk with Sparkle, get here from Toronto, and then get ready.

Now he was here, with his usual sandwiches, coffee, and presents of food for whomever Daria turned out to be.

OOC [Fall 2017]

[omgnochecksyet]

Reject toxic masculinity, embrace taco masculinity.