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]

[hashtag_chocobro]

A different...planet...

Prompto's face filled with red.

That explained why no one here had heard of Insomnia! And why that Lana girl with the cool eyes hadn't even heard of Eos! Geeeez, he felt like such an idiot now! But different planets???

Also, he noted to himself, that bus driver was probably definitely not talking about an airship.

"Wait," he said, holding up his hand, looking down at the ground while his brain tried to catch up with this spinning information. "Does that mean we're on a different planet? Right now? What's the planet called? It's Eos, right? Eos."

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

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Earth," she said. "Welcome!"

Did that make it better?

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

[hashtag_chocobro]

"Earth," Prompto repeated. And then one more time, as if that could help give it some more believably. "Earth."

But then he laughed a little, held up a finger, shaking it slightly in the air. "Wait a second," he said. "No, no, I think I know what this is. This is just a really...really...really elaborate joke, right? Hazing the newbies, seeing just how many you guys can get to fall for it, right?"

RIGHT??

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

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"You think anyone's going to sit and get that much blue makeup done just to prank a handful of new kids?" Sabine asked.

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

[hashtag_chocobro]

That...was a very good point, yes.

"...some people are just really dedicated to their craft?" Prompto tried.

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

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Sorry, no. It's okay, I think a lot of people think the same thing when they show up." Sabine had not. Sabine had figured out a good portion of the weirdness before she even got to the island. "You're in for a weird day, tomorrow will be better."

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

[hashtag_chocobro]

"Weird's okay," Prompto decided, smiling faintly. "I think I can deal with weird."

He..was pretty weird himself, in his own estimation, anyway.

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

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Good, then you'll do okay," she told him. "Is there anything else you're curious about? Any questions you have?"

There was so much stuff for new kids. So much.

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

[hashtag_chocobro]

"Mmmmmm...."

Yes. Yes, Prompto had questions, so many questions, probably about a million questions, a million and one, almost too many to know which to ask first, but then one did manage to rise to the top and begged to be asked.

"Yes. I have at least one," he held up a finger, "very important question. If Vette's really blue...is that," the finger now pointed at Sabine's head, "your real hair color?"

The most important questions!

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

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Not even close, and it'll be different as soon as I'm bored with it," she answered. Changing it was just a process. "What else?"

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

[hashtag_chocobro]

"Nice," said Prompto, his grin tilting a little. "But I like this color, it looks good. But it'll be cool to see what you come up with next..."

And he'd really kind of focused on trying to make that sound as smooth as he possibly could, so, despite plenty of questions, he suddenly drew a blank for all of them.

"Uhhhhh, um, well...what are the classes like? Are the teachers pretty strict?"

Bus Driver said he was a teacher, though, and he seemed pretty laid back and cool, but he could have been an exception and not the rule.

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

[seriesofbaddecisions]

She sort of wanted to pat him on the head.

"A lot of the classes barely count as classes," she said, and added, "but some of them are pretty good. They're not typical, but there are some where you actually learn things, and the teachers I've had have been pretty good."

And then, "One or two also barely count as teachers."

There had been a class on Netflix.