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

[omgnochecksyet]

Sure, someone could question just how all that ice cream was staying cold and not-melty without any immediately apparent means of refrigeration?

But really, of all the should-be-impossible things Fandom makes possible on a near-daily basis, this one at least was fairly benign. And delicious. So shh, don't question it, just enjoy it.

[OCD 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 [Fall 2017]

[intotheout]

"They report for the radio. It's super gossipy."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2017]

[justice_undone]

Breq was still reluctant to assume they were talking about animals, so she asked: "How do they collect their information? And it is distributed to everyone?"

She would prefer them not to be anything similar to a station AI, especially not if everything became public knowledge.

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2017]

[intotheout]

"Tiny notebooks?" Tip guessed. "I think they just run around watching everyone and taking notes. Whatever they report goes into the morning radio broadcast, so in theory anyone on the island could listen. There's also a podcast version, but they're really easy to distract. Or bribe. Last fall they went on vacation all semester."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2017]

[justice_undone]

"I see." Breq decided she would have to ask more about the details later.

"Are you from this island? From this world?"

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2017]

[intotheout]

Tip shook her head. "I don't think anyone is? Maybe the principal's daughter, I guess, but most of us come from other places. I'm from a modern Earth that got invaded by aliens a few years back."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2017]

[justice_undone]

Breq was slowly getting an idea of this place, she thought. A meeting point between universes would be a good place to hide and a good place so make plans.

Perhaps this was where she offered some information about herself?

"I'm Radchaai," she said. Not true, but even in Radch space she could have passed for it. "You might not have heard of us."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2017]

[intotheout]

"Would've guessed it was your name. Soooo -- nope. Is that a culture? A species?"

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2017]

[justice_undone]

Oh, yes, they hadn't exchanged names.

"I'm Breq," she said. The name still felt new to her. She had chosen it about half a year ago, but the people she had stayed with during that time hadn't asked for it a lot. "The Radchaai are citizens of the Radch, and I suppose you could say it's a culture. I don't think it matters much here, though. What is your name?"

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2017]

[intotheout]

"I'm Gratuity. Most people call me Tip. Nice to meet you."