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

There really was just no getting around the fact that it was cold outside today as Fandom welcomed its newest residents. Food? Check. Nametags and lists for people to look at for their siblings and roommates? Check. Bonfire? Definite check, it was hard to miss in the center of the lawn. Temperature away from the fire? Around 40F/5C.

At least there was a lot of warm food and chairs by the fire?

[OCD is 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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"Oh," Peridot replied, tilting her head a little. "I hadn't encountered rain at all before coming to Earth. I've just been taking the word of the locals for it."

Shows what they knew, right?

"So you're familiar with places that have a month where sugary confection falls from the sky at least once a week?"

...

"What?"

Theron was saying that a lot lately.

"Sugary confection," Peridot repeated. "Do you not have sugar where you're from?"

That was okay, Theron. Neither did she.

"There is sugar," Theron said slowly, unaware he was getting material to beat Lana in 'strangest thing that ever happened to you' competitions for years to come.

"And does it sometimes appear in the form of precipitate?"

Because if his answer was no, Peridot was going to be thrilled to find that it was weird after all.

Material for years, all Lana was going to be able to come up with was a stupid haircut.

"Not really?"

"Well, we had powdered sugar and marzipan both this month," Peridot said, proudly. "I had no idea what either one was, but I work in a library, and I did some cross-referencing of chemical compositions, and... I suppose I could have just asked somebody."

Little bit, 'Dot.

"Oh! And food just shows up randomly behind doors and things from time to time, too. That's not really about the weather, the weather's still a force all its own. How do you feel about sharks?"

"Sharks?" Theron was widely picking only the most alarming things to follow up on. "There are some on Manaan?" That had tried eating his more famous ancestors.

Theron's ancestors were probably delicious, considering what a dish Theron was.

At least until that stupid haircut.

"Well, there are sharks on Earth, too," Peridot replied, having no idea where Manaan was, and not particularly caring. "Sometimes they fall from the sky."

The haircut would be for his cover. That would be his story and he'd stick to it despite it being as stupid as the haircut.

"Don't they need to be in the water?"

"They do!" Peridot nodded enthusiastically. "They all died."

That part was said utterly flatly. Because sometimes Peridot's delivery could use some work.

"So there were dead, flying sharks?" Peridot's wasn't the only flat delivery.

"Well, no. There were alive flying sharks, and then they landed, and then they were dead," Peridot replied, completely straight-faced. "I think they did more damage just by smashing through things than they did with their teeth."

It was pretty easy to outrun a shark on land, after all.

Thereon thought about it. "They are a big thing to be landing on something."

Peridot gave a nod that was entirely too enthusiastic, considering she was about to say, "Right! They pretty much crushed half the town!"

But look, it was exciting to be reaching some kind of understanding with her new little sibling, even if it was about falling sharks.

"And that happens...often?"

"With the sharks? I think only twice," Peridot mused. "But there were really big slugs a couple of weeks ago, too."

She paused for effect, and then waved down at Pumpkin, who was sitting at Theron's feet, looking up happily at the both of them.

"Pumpkin saved us all!"

Well. Pumpkin was involved in the solution. Same thing, right?

Theron managed not to ask 'how?'.

"That's a good..." he settled finally on "...pet, then."

"She's pretty much the best," Peridot replied, beaming proudly. "You can hold her, if you like."

It was a great honor, Theron. A great honor.

Theron figured as much from the beaming.

"...thanks?" He crouched down to pat the pumpkin.

Apparently Pumpkin approved of this great honor, too, because she was giving a happy bark and then wiggling up to try to lick his hand.

Her tongue was made of pumpkin innards. Sorry, Theron.

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