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

The tables and chairs had been scattered around the lawn - some near the food, some not, some in the shade, some not - and the food was ready for anyone who wanted to come by and greet the new people.

Enjoy your last picnic where shirtlessness will be enjoyable until next summer, 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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"After the... what?"

Yeah, that one wasn't ringing any bells for Vette, either. She frowned a little.

"Maybe we can throw some pop culture around instead. Hello, My Name Is Vette, and my favorite popular cantina hit is Shapa Keesay? That sort of thing?"

"I haven't been great at keeping up with music," Hera said apologetically. "I prefer jizz, though." She sighed. "And don't mention that music to people around here; apparently that word means something entirely else."

"You know you can't say something like that and not tell a girl what that something entirely else actually is," Vette teased, grinning playfully. "Come on, spill."

Hera facepalmed. Then whispered into Vette's ear what it was.

And Vette, probably somewhat predictably... just burst into a fit of giggles.

Hera shook her head, laughing, too. "Isn't it the worst thing? I mean, who calls...never mind. Anyway, it's not at all the same thing."

"Good to know I won't be talking about music around here for a while," Vette decided, grinning as she heaped another few slices of cheese onto her plate. And some fruit stuff. And what was probably a cookie. "This place is so weird."

"It really is," Hera agreed. "And on the mainland, they've never even met anyone non-human. Fortunately, it's so far out of their way of thinking that if you go there, they'll just think you're wearing a costume."

"... A Twi'lek costume, with fully functioning lekku?"

Vette made a rude gesture with hers, shoving the tips of both into the small of her back, and then let them hang loosely behind her again.

"These backrocket worlds are so... weird."

Hera made a gesture of agreement, her expression rueful. "I don't claim it makes any sense. But since they think they're the only inhabited planet anywhere, I guess it does to them. They have a holiday coming up soon where everyone wears costumes. That's a good way to head over and see what it's like."

She snickered. "Last year Kanan painted himself green all over to match. Let me tell you, it is not a good color on him."

Yeah, Vette was trying to picture the cranky bus driver as a Mirialan guy, now.

... Nope. Not seeing it.

She shook her head, amused.

"Well, at least he tried, I guess?" It was kind of sweet in a... really weird kind of uncomfortable way. "I might have to keep an eye open for the holiday, though. I've only been here an hour and it's already weird feeling like I'm being stared at."

"We'll probably have an outing for it," Hera said. "And yeah, I know." She sighed. "Fortunately, it gets better once they figure it out, but it never stops being weird being with so many humans."

"At least back on Nar Shaddaa I had some other Twi'leks to hang around with," Vette sighed, picking up a piece of mystery fruit and inspecting it. Huh. It seemed to have a rind on it. Was that part edible? She supposed she'd find out... "I mean, you're here, and that's a huge relief, but we only just met. I don't want to be, I don't know... weird or anything about it."

"Don't worry," Hera assured her, "I get it. And you peel that one first," she said. "Kanan found that out the hard way. It's called, imaginatively enough, an orange."

Vette blinked at the fruit, and then at Hera, and then broke into another little laugh.

"Seriously? They just called it the color it is? Hello, I'm Azure, it's great to meet you, Chartreuse..."

Hera snickered. "Well, their planet is called 'Earth'," she pointed out. "Mostly they're not that bad, but there are a few things..."

"It's named ground," Vette agreed, setting her orange on the plate, and then picking up what she could only assume were a red, a yellow, and an orange-but-with-some-brown-and-green. "I bet they just call their sun 'sun,' too."

Yeah, kinda.

"Basically, yes," Hera said. "Or Sol, which is 'sun' in one of their old languages. But before you think it's all silly," she pointed at the fruits in turn, "apple, banana, and cantaloupe melon."

"Apple," Vette echoed, "and melon, good." She grinned. "Banana's just fun to say."

She had to take her kicks where she could get them, okay? Today had been weird, even for her.

"It is, isn't it?" Hera grinned back. "You peel that one, too. Not the apple, though."

"I'm going to really have to start taking notes," Vette mused, picking up the banana and inspecting it. "How does this thing even work?"

Please, Hera. Decipher the banana.

"Like this." Hera picked another one up, snapped the end off and peeled the skin back to break off a piece and eat it.

"Don't worry, it does get easier eventually. And people are mostly great about answering questions, even if you have to kick them to stop them from staring."

Hera mostly did that figuratively.

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