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

[bigdamnprincipal]

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!]

Comments

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Spring 2018]

[refused2berescued]

"Ew!" Uma physically recoiled. "No! It's garbage."

She just...didn't know anything else. Some things were recognizable, their trash counterparts just shriveled and hard or covered in mold, but other things had a tendency to break down completely. And still others never made it to the Isle at all, though whether it just didn't survive the trip or tended not to get thrown away was debatable.

"I'm just not sure what all this is." Like the round yellow discs covered in salt. What were they?

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Spring 2018]

[justice_undone]

"No?"

Breq didn't find this strange, considering what Uma had just told her. She went on to give the name of everything on the plate, just to make sure.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Spring 2018]

[refused2berescued]

Uma followed that along carefully, sometimes making small noises of surprise when something Breq said turned out to be a food she'd heard about before and just never seen. Still, those she tried to stifle, to seem less like a rube than she already had been.

"So, what are you supposed to be then?" she asked after the explanation. "Don't suppose everyone needs an introduction to food."

See? She was admitting she didn't know what stuff was. Now you couldn't use it as a weapon against her, Breq.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Spring 2018]

[justice_undone]

"I'm a student here. I've been assigned to be your big sibling."

Breq added a smile, but her voice was a little flat. She had no intention of using any of this as a weapon against Uma. She was supposed to protect her, after all.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Spring 2018]

[refused2berescued]

There was literally nothing in Uma's life that would ever suggest such a thing could happen. "Why?" she asked, still suspicious, even as the food vanished from the plate at warp speed. "Been an only child for forever. What's a big sibling supposed to do for me now?"

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Spring 2018]

[justice_undone]

"Answer any questions you might have. Make sure you make yourself at home, if that's what you want."

Breq wasn't going to push Uma, but she seemed like someone who wasn't used to trusting people, and Breq was going to at least try and offer her some reasons to do so.

"You probably have to pick your own food eventually, though." She smiled.