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

[bigdamnprincipal]

Over on this part of the school lawn... yeah, it was still chilly. Stupid winter, doing its winter thing. But there were plenty of chairs and tables for people watching, feasting on warm foods and drinks, and generally attempting to meet the new folks!

[OCD is 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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General Mingling [Spring 2018]

[bigdamnprincipal]

Mmmm, hot drinks and hot new people, such a good combination.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2018]

[midichlorianfail]

Theron was a growing teenager who'd now had to watch every cred he spent. Of course he was taking advantage of the free food with little of the care he'd usually take with unfamiliar food. The majority of the people here seemed to be human or human adjacent.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2018]

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Hey, new kid. What's your name and do you have a phone? I want to add you to my group invite for my New Years' party."

See, in Summer's mind, a complete stranger coming up to you and inviting you to a party was, like, the ultimate in acceptance, so she figured it wouldn't be a bad place to start, maintaining a proper amount of aloofness in the whole thing.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2018]

[refused2berescued]

Uma still wasn't about to trust the food yet or the people who kept telling her it was all right. So she skulked along after Theron, stealing little bits of whatever it was that he'd eaten.

If he got sick or in trouble, she'd have an advanced warning.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2018]

[always_someone]

Introductions with the living out of the way, Norman grabbed himself some of the warm food that was being offered and settled himself under a big, sturdy tree to people watch.

And to ghost watch. Even if he hadn't met some of the living locals, the ghosts around here were strange enough to get him wondering just what kind of school this even was. Sharks? Giant bunnies?

What?

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2018]

[somethingwithturquoise]

Last night and this morning had really cemented into Summer's brain the fact that Shiemi really was gone, and it was bumming her out way more than she wanted it to. And she saw that she wasn't assigned a new roommate, which was...good, she wouldn't have wanted to replace her so quickly after all, and she supposed it would be kind of cool having her own room during her last semester. But who would help shove dead sharks out of a giant gaping hole in the wall now? Or try to perform exorcisms on her robot doppleganger? Shiemi leaving sucked.

She tried not to sulk, though, because there were some new people to meet and a potential New Years party to plan, so Summer was sitting by the fire, doing that thing where it seemed like all she was doing was texting and pissing around on social media, when she was really paying a lot more attention to what was going on around her than she let on.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2018]

[era_two_triangle]

Peridot was not hot or new, and she didn't drink, either. But she did have a cup of fruit punch, which she was holding out for Pumpkin to sample if she cared to.

Pumpkin wasn't entirely certain what to make of it. Possibly because Pumpkin was a pumpkin. Not typically known for drinking fruit punch.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2018]

[revengenotebook]

Paris was from New England and had no patience, well, in general, but especially for people bitching about how cold it was. It wasn't cold, it was perfect, okay, and the rest of you were wimps.

She had a cute scarf and a large coffee and this is how you winter, people. God. She kept her eyes peeled for new, hopefully non-weird, people to meet.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2018]

[onefootoutthedoor]

Right, so Peebee had just up and taken off for a while; she'd been in one place for too long, and the old familiar impulse to get up and just be on the move had gotten too strong to ignore. Besides, Portalocity was right there, so how was she not going to take advantage of that?

(It had been an interesting time, careening giddily around from stop to stop without knowing or caring where she was going. Sliding down the side of Khufu's pyramid at sunrise for one, or that stop in Antarctica.)

Anyway, she was back now, much to her own surprise, and sipping on a cup of hot cocoa as she perched on a low-hanging tree branch at the edge of the picnic and -- look, she just wanted to see if anyone was going to try and go shirtless in this weather, okay?

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2018]

[justice_undone]

Breq had picked up some food and found a table. She was wearing her warm coat, and wasn't particularly bothered by the cold, but found it a little unexpected to have a picnic this time of year. It must be a tradition.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2018]

[reicicled]

Bobby? Still not terribly bothered by that cold. He was gonna avail himself of all that food, though, because growing boy.

[ooc: annnnd i'm off to work. might be able to sneak a few pings before I get back in the evening, though!]

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2018]

[spell_chucker]

Khadgar didn't mind the cold so much, especially when there was free food to be had. His plate had been filled, and now he was eating slowly and looking around at all the people. New faces were especially exciting this time around!

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2018]

[okteiviakom]

Octavia wasn't bothered by the cold. She was dressed for it, and even if she hadn't been, she probably would've somehow withstood it anyway.

She wasn't here for socializing. She was here strictly for the food. But still... While she stuck around the food tables, stuffing her face as well as her pockets, she stole glances around, at people. At all the kids.

Life could've gone so differently.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2018]

[thatwaslucky]

As a desert girl, Rey was not a fan of this. She was bundled up in a cloak that would absolutely be warm enough and had a hot drink mostly to warm up her hands, but this was stupid and she might not be here long.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2018]

[wiredweird]

So, after a fall he'd ended up mostly spending in Riverdale, Jughead was back in Fandom. Feeling like a new kid. Again. Also wearing a leather jacket with a South Side Serpents patch on the back, which probably shouldn't have given him comfort but, well, sometimes you didn't get to choose how you felt.

He was just going to stand by the food table and eat, now. He was starving.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2018]

[intotheout]

Tip had herself a giant hot chocolate and her awesome frog hat, so she was okay with hanging out in the cold -- for now, anyway. She had her camera out, too; it made for a decent ice breaker when she felt shy about introducing herself to someone new.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2018]

[got_hijacked]

Rhys was not going to prance around shirtless for newbie day tradition. Because no one needed to see that.

Also, it was cold.

Also, he'd have to stop huddling at the bonfire and glaring to do that.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2018]

[in_sidon_we_trust]

Sidon was being careful not to sit too close to the fire, lest he turn himself into a fried fish! But the fire was a nice place to warm up as he tried to pinpoint the new faces, as he curled up around a large mug of hot cocoa. He'd rather missed hot cocoa, and he felt warmed inside and out with memories of their ski trip. Maybe winter might not be too bad after all!

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2018]

[rebelseekspizza]

Awww, yeah, people watching.

... Okay, so Dante didn't really want to ditch the house of Warmth and Good Feelings for too long today, but he was willing to show up, grab a seat near the center and a big mug of hot chocolate, and people-watch. Just for an hour or so.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2018]

[not_of_the_nora]

Aloy was sitting at the edge of the picnic, underneath - not in - a tree. She'd assembled a small collection of food items to eat, but her primary attention was on the crowd.

That was primarily because she was busy Focus-scanning everyone new who showed up, just in case there'd be any clues she'd need to come back home.

But you could call it 'watching the crowd' if you wanted to.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2018]

[misshapen_spark]

Yang didn't really feel the cold, which was why she was here in shorts and a tanktop, and her favorite motorcycle boots. Once it started snowing, then she'd switch to pants, but for now she was perfectly comfortable, thanks, thoughtfully enjoying her hot coco and the food.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2018]

[squidpiddge]

Molly had a cup of hot cocoa in her hands, less for sipping and more to warm her hands up a bit in case anyone tried to shake one.

Things were definitely completely unexpected here. This was hardly anything she could have imagined, and it would have probably been absolutely overwhelming if she'd been, well, alive.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2018]

[that_oldsaying]

Alluka wasn't cold at all! She had her bunny cape, and that was warm enough for her.

She had chocolate, and hot chocolate, and was sitting at a table with Mr. Bubbles, her stuffed giraffe, as she people watched. She'd probably have to go get something vaguely healthy in a bit but...

Well, chocolate came first.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2018]

[refused2berescued]

Uma had never seen so much food in her life. Not all at once and possibly not even spread out over her life. There were whole different types of food that she didn't recognize. There were so many types of brown food, which she was used to, but none of it looked like it was spoiled. None of the vegetables were wilted or had rotten bits to be cut out, she couldn't spot a speck of mold anywhere, and--was that candy? Baked goods? Fresh fruit?

She'd been told that this bounty was for everyone, herself included, but that couldn't be right. Could it?

She was torn between grabbing a bunch of food and running off with it before anyone could shoo her away and trying to figure out what everything was. The curiosity was winning.

"What the hell is this?" she asked, picking up a random bit of food and examining it.

OOC [Spring 2018]

[bigdamnprincipal]

*STEALS WARMTH FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PLANET*