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]

[soniaroadsqueen]

"Oh."

Wait.

"Is it hard to get to?" Is that why she'd never been?

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2017]

[not_of_the_nora]

"They don't let outcasts in there."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2017]

[soniaroadsqueen]

Ringo started to ask about that, but then realized it might be an insensitive question, so she shook her head instead.

"That sucks." Yeah, it was vague, and unclear whether she meant the rule or the being an outcast thing, but Ringo didn't want to say anything to offend the other girl.

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2017]

[not_of_the_nora]

"You get used to it," Aloy said. "I don't want to deal with a bunch of stodgy old matriarchs pushing me around anyway."

She shrugged. "So where you're from is more like here?"

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2017]

[soniaroadsqueen]

"Um, not exactly like here? I mean, I'd seen places sort of like this where I'm from, but Tokyo is a huge city, so you have to travel outside to find something like this island."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2017]

[not_of_the_nora]

"It's... bigger than this...?" Aloy said slowly.

Because this was pretty big.

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2017]

[soniaroadsqueen]

Ringo snorted. "Oh, not even close." She pursed her lips. "Like, I don't know, thousands of times bigger than this?"

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2017]

[not_of_the_nora]

"That seems... unrealistic," Aloy said.

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2017]

[soniaroadsqueen]

"Yeah?" Ringo considered that, then shrugged. "Maybe you just have to see it. Hold on." She pulled out her phone and started doing some quick image searches, trying to find the right photo to convey Tokyo.

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2017]

[not_of_the_nora]

"Everyone's really quick to pull those out, aren't they?" Aloy said, tilting her head at the phone.

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2017]

[soniaroadsqueen]

Ringo laughed. "Well, they're pretty useful! I mean, look!" She turned her hand so the screen was visible to Aloy. "That's an aerial shot of Tokyo. Well, part of Tokyo. That's most Shinjuku."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2017]

[not_of_the_nora]

Aloy's eyes went big and so did the frown on her face as she stared at the pictures. "So that's what they look like when they're intact," she breathed.

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2017]

[soniaroadsqueen]

"What?" Ringo asked, frowning herself as she looked closer at the screen, trying to figure out what the "they" in the photo was supposed to be.

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2017]

[not_of_the_nora]

"Those," Aloy said, gesturing in the... general direction of skyscrapers. "I've heard stories about them."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2017]

[soniaroadsqueen]

"Oh, the buildings?" Ringo grinned. "They're pretty great." A ton of fun for AirTrekking.

"Actually, if you want to see some in person, Baltimore's right across the causeway. I mean, it's not the biggest city, but they've got some serious skyscrapers."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2017]

[not_of_the_nora]

"Baltimore," Aloy echoed. "That's a city? How many people live there?"