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

[bigdamnprincipal]

Everyone had been keeping a close eye on the weather, and gave a sigh of relief as it turned out to be a pretty decent day. Sure, it was still a little warm, but it wasn't humid, or raining something strange. You had to take your wins where you could get them around here.

As usual, there was a buffet of food awaiting the folks on the welcome shuttle, and blue and gold tables and chairs were set up across the lawn, most still covered in glitter from the last picnic. Sorry not! Happy picnic day!

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

[chirpchirpchirp]

Vette gave Tip a grateful smile at that, heck yes.

"I will take those tips," she declared, throwing in a nod for good measure. "At this point, I probably need all the help I can get, you know?"

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

[intotheout]

"See, then the Sib program is already working," Tip said. "Oh, and if a you see a little green scaly thing running around, don't let it bite you. I mean, not letting things bite you is generally a good plan, but especially not the little green scaly things."

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

[chirpchirpchirp]

"No getting bitten by little green things," Vette echoed, nodding thoughtfully. "Okay, what are those? Dangerous? Should I stay armed while I'm out and about?"

... She was already going to stay armed while she was out and about. But still.

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

[intotheout]

"I mean, that's no the worst plan. Most of the time things here are perfectly safe, but we do get invaded fairly regularly." Tip shook her head. "But the little green things are called gremlins. Their venom is a hallucinogenic."

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

[chirpchirpchirp]

Vette was silent for a long while.

"I'm adding 'bitten by a gremlin' to my list of explanations for today now, you know."

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

[intotheout]

"It'd be weird if you didn't."

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

[chirpchirpchirp]

"And I definitely wouldn't want to do anything weird."

Said the one who had tried to steal the shuttle this morning.

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

[intotheout]

"Not on your first day," Tip agreed, facetiously wide-eyed. "You'd get a reputation!"

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

[chirpchirpchirp]

"A reputation! Oh, what is a girl to do?"

Vette let a hand flutter about in front of her chest for a moment, and then she bent over a little, laughing.

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

[intotheout]

Tip giggled back, then shook her head, her curls bouncing.

"Okay, but on a more serious note: the radio could potentially report on anything you do."

. . . Damn, that sounded creepy when she put it that way.

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

[chirpchirpchirp]

Yeah, there was no way to not make that sound creepy. Vette sobered up almost immediately, giving Tip a faintly concerned, slightly suspicious look.

"Report on me? Are there cameras set up that I haven't noticed? That wasn't what that one kid taking selfies was doing, was it?"

Note to self: Beat Prompto up and steal his camera later.

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

[intotheout]

"Nope. It's all squirrels." Tip looked around and finally spotted one hanging out on a nearby tree trunk. "Those little things. I've heard you can bribe them with alcohol, but I've never tried."

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

[chirpchirpchirp]

Vette looked at what Tip was indicating, and then frowned and pointed a finger at it.

"You better watch what you say about me, you little creep!"

Seriously, spying on students? That was just wrong.

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

[intotheout]

"Haven't tried that either," Tip admitted. "We'll have to listen to radio tomorrow to see if it worked."

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

[chirpchirpchirp]

"I guess we will," Vette replied. And then paused. "Do you have a radio?"

She had... nothing. Her blasters? A few credits? Everybody else on the bus had come with some kind of luggage, and she'd shown up with her arms outstretched, making a reach for a relic that hadn't even had the courtesy to come along too.

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

[intotheout]

"I can hook you up," Tip assured her. "And I can probably get you a phone, too. It's the standard for Earth communication."

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

[chirpchirpchirp]

"If that's the standard, that's probably what I'm going to need," Vette agreed, looking thoughtful. "Not all that big on holos around here, huh?"

She'd noticed with Prompto's camera, too, how flat everything was.

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

[intotheout]

"Nah, maybe some day, but we're not even that into video phoning, either. Kids these days are all about the text message."

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

[chirpchirpchirp]

"Aaaand that's where I hit my stumbling block," Vette sighed. "Well, looks like I have some work to do, I guess."

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

[intotheout]

"Someone really needs to get onto making a translation app for those of you who aren't familiar with the Roman alphabet."

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

[chirpchirpchirp]

"I would even just take something that reads things out loud," Vette admitted, "but that might not work for everybody anyway."

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

[intotheout]

"That I'm pretty sure they already have!" Tip said. "We can check when we get you one, but I bet I can find it."

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

[chirpchirpchirp]

"That would be so useful," Vette replied, pleased at the thought. "I mean, if I'm still here long enough I'll have to learn to read anyway, but I'll take anything that can make my life easier in the meantime."

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

[intotheout]

"Sure. If you want, we can head into town tomorrow and go looking for supplies. Including a phone with a screen reader and dictation functions."

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

[chirpchirpchirp]

"Oh, that is something I very much want," Vette replied brightly. "How many credits would something like that set me back?"