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

[bigdamnprincipal]

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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Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

[spectre_alenko]

Kaidan tilted his head, "In general, or with regard to Hera?" Then he shook his head. It didn't matter; Kanan had no baseline for either.

"In general.. yeah, you worry almost to the point of panic. That's what had me scared. You're so afraid of feeling, well, almost anything, that you almost go to the opposite extreme. I don't know how Jedi..fall.. but you don't have to be a Jedi for fear to consume you to the point of crippling you. Fear can be a poison, because mostly, fear only breeds more fear. It's a hard habit to break," Kaidan answered.

"Hera? No. Where Hera's concerned, you're doing fine. The hardest thing you're going to have to do is to let her see under the mask, and you've already started, sounds like."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

[uncertain_dume]

Kanan answered that with a wry smile.

"Hera saw under the mask the moment she realized there was one," he noted, softly. "I think that's maybe how she managed to get under my skin so well in the first place."

Well. That and her pretty voice. But mostly that other thing.

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

[spectre_alenko]

Kaidan answered that with a wry smile of his own, "If you were nearly the trashfire you've indicated, the reason she saw under it is because you went out of your way to let her. Whether you realized you were doing it or not."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

[uncertain_dume]

And there went Kanan's hand. Right on a beeline for Kanan's hair.

... He'd been doing better with that, too. Damn.

"Remind me to tell you how we met, sometime. Somewhere less out in the open. It's one hell of a story."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

[spectre_alenko]

"Sure," Kaidan said automatically, but his eyes darkened. An unconscious mimic of Kanan, he ran a hand up through his hair, "Someday, sure, yeah."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

[uncertain_dume]

Yeah... that was hard to miss.

"... How are you hanging in there anyway, buddy?"

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

[spectre_alenko]

"I'm.." Kaidan bit his tongue, hard. He held it for a moment, then continued, "Not in a place where I want to talk about it." He gestured around vaguely.

Not in any sort of place. Physically, mentally, emotionally - he just didn't want to talk about it. But especially, not here. Not in front of the kids.

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

[uncertain_dume]

Kanan was quiet for a moment as he held up his hands.

"Okay," he said, calmly. "Okay, we don't have to talk about it. Not until you're in a place where you do."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

[spectre_alenko]

"This whole not being able to just say 'I'm fine' thing is balls," Kaidan grumbled.

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

[uncertain_dume]

"Yeah, you're telling me," Kanan replied, offering him a wry little smile.

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

[spectre_alenko]

Kaidan arched an eyebrow at him. "I never made you promise not to say it, I just don't let you get away with it when you say it."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

[uncertain_dume]

Kanan shrugged his shoulders a little.

"Would you like me to make that promise? It might save us both a headache down the road." He paused. "At the very least, it would force me to think a little bit harder about the answer to that question before I reply."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

[spectre_alenko]

Kaidan struggled with words for a moment, then had to look away before any would come out. "Not to me. I don't want you to promise me anything right now. Make the promise to yourself, if you feel the need. Just.. not to me."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

[uncertain_dume]

Well. That... was...

Kanan frowned, but nodded.

"If you say so," he replied. "I'll think about it, then."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

[spectre_alenko]

Kaidan nodded. His face relaxed a little with relief. Then he changed the subject entirely. "What sort of things will you be teaching the class?"

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

[uncertain_dume]

"Good question," Kanan replied, letting that topic shift. It seemed like the best course of action for now, anyway. "I suppose we'll have to start by gauging who all is in the class in the first place. What we can do. We can't exactly go to the mainland already, except maybe around Halloween. And I'd be hesitant to have students running supply drops on Lothal with us if only for the liability factor."

... And because he really didn't want to bring a Sith on a relief mission against the Empire.

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

[spectre_alenko]

"You could do online stuff?" Kaidan suggested, lost for any other clue. "Do an on-island charity drive and arrange for the stuff to be picked up?"

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

[uncertain_dume]

"That might end up being the winner," Kanan admitted. "Possibly after running around and doing odd good deeds around the island. I'll have to talk to Hera about what she thinks, too."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

[spectre_alenko]

"You could do random acts of goodness to the other kids, but that's probably not what you were aiming for," Kaidan said wryly.

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

[uncertain_dume]

Kanan considered that one for a moment.

"Doesn't seem like a bad way to start the semester off, though," he noted. "Hand that one out along with introductions. Kick things off light."