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 Teachers! [Fall 2018]

[built_fjord_tough]

"Like... lightning?"

No. That would be a no.

Re: Meet Your Teachers! [Fall 2018]

[special_rabbit]

Amaya couldn't help grinning a little at that. "Just you wait until you get a load of electricity," she said. "It'll blow your mind."

Hopefully not literally. "It's....like the energy in lightning, only concentrated into machines to make them run. Not like magic, though. It's not magic, it's science!" And her eyes lit up as she said it. "What this place lacks in moons it makes up for in technology."

Re: Meet Your Teachers! [Fall 2018]

[built_fjord_tough]

"Well then..." Fjord smiled a little. "That sounds like something I'll just have to see for myself. It sounds pretty fascinating."

Re: Meet Your Teachers! [Fall 2018]

[special_rabbit]

"Oh, it's great," Amaya said with enthusiasm. "And it's everywhere. I'm pretty sure all the buildings on this island are equipped with it, maybe with a few exceptions. They've also got these here," she dug her phone out of her pocket. "They're communication devices. Again, all machine, no magic! You just put in a number and you can talk to anyone through it! Much faster than letters, though I wish it were a little more user friendly. It's a bit of a hassle that I have to take my gloves off if I want to do anything that involves needing to touch the screen."

Re: Meet Your Teachers! [Fall 2018]

[built_fjord_tough]

Oh yeah, Fjord was kind of entranced, now.

"Communication devices? How does that little thing work, exactly?"

Because 'put in a number' and 'talk through it' weren't actually as helpfully descriptive as one might think, for someone who had never encountered a telephone.

Re: Meet Your Teachers! [Fall 2018]

[special_rabbit]

Amaya was pretty quick to pick up on the technology, it was true, but the details of it...

"It's science!" she repeated, with all the enthusiasm of someone who'd only recently discovered it, fell in love with it, but still didn't really comprehend it entirely. "It uses little tiny pieces of metal to transfer energy and information. Go ahead," she held out the phone for him to take if he wanted to take a closer look, "check it out. You can take it apart if you want, too, I don't mind. I've busted up and pieced this thing back together more times than I can count."

It never...quite worked as well afterwards each and every time, but not to the point where it was problematic, except those first few times.

Re: Meet Your Teachers! [Fall 2018]

[built_fjord_tough]

"I don't think I'll go so far as to take it apart," Fjord said wryly, though he was reaching to take the phone to inspect it all the same. "But, ah, I see."

Poking at the little pictures on the surface made it do things. What those things were, he wasn't sure, exactly. But definitely things.

This is really unlike anything I've ever seen before."

Re: Meet Your Teachers! [Fall 2018]

[special_rabbit]

"And that's just the beginning, big guy," said Amaya, folding her arms in front of her and grinning a little as he poked around the phone. "Welcome to Fandom Island."