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]

[kenselvren]

"I'm going to make sure the ones in charge aren't stupid, or take away their reasons to be stupid. Or their ability." Jalian shrugged. "I have to see the best way to do it first."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2017]

[era_two_triangle]

Peridot nodded her head a little at that.

"Well," she drawled, looking thoughtful, "if you ever need any help with that..." She smiled a bit. "You helped me save my reality's Earth. I would be happy to return the favor."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2017]

[kenselvren]

Jalian nodded gravely. "Thank you. If you can help, I will let you know."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2017]

[era_two_triangle]

"So... how much longer are you going to be here?"

Peridot... had never really said a goodbye before. She wasn't quite certain how to approach it.

At all.

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2017]

[kenselvren]

"A day or two," Jalian said. "They'll have a portal for me soon, back to the time and place I came from. Then I'll use my Doorway to get when I need to."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2017]

[era_two_triangle]

"More time to plan, then." She paused. "Though I suppose if you can travel through time and space, you can buy more time using Portalocity, if not your Doorway anyway..."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2017]

[kenselvren]

Jalian nodded. "Portalocity says they can only get me back to when I left from. But then I will go back to long before Armageddon, to have plenty of time. And I've learned quite a bit by living here, about the people of this time and the history."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2017]

[era_two_triangle]

"Mostly that they're all insane?" Peridot meant that affectionately, for what it was worth. This entire planet was crazy. But it was getting to be more like home every day.

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2017]

[kenselvren]

"That too," Jalian agreed. "But many of them are worth saving."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2017]

[era_two_triangle]

"Yeah," Peridot agreed, smiling a little more softly. "I guess they are."

And seriously, Jalian, if you ever needed somebody to build a giant drill for you...

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2017]

[kenselvren]

She was more likely to need hacking nuclear codes and building AIs, but...

"I'm going to do my best to save them."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2017]

[era_two_triangle]

Peridot could do those things! She was a certified Kindergartener!

... You didn't need those AIs any time this century, did you?

"If anybody can do it, I think you stand a good chance."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2017]

[kenselvren]

Last century, actually.

"Thank you," Jalian said. "And thank you for your friendship." She gave a little bow.

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2017]

[era_two_triangle]

Peridot blinked, and then smiled faintly, standing and bowing to Jalian in turn.

"And thank you for yours," she replied. "It was... good... having somebody here who made sense. I'll miss that."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2017]

[kenselvren]

"I will not forget you," Jalian promised.

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2017]

[era_two_triangle]

"And I won't forget you, either," Peridot replied. "I have an excellent memory."

And she'd be around for a long, long time.