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

[bigdamnprincipal]

So this week had been... less than great overall, but everyone in town was okay again (as okay as they ever were, at least) and now there were new people to welcome to the island! Thankfully, the weather was warm and sunny, perfect for anyone who wanted to take part in some shirtless shenanigans, and the front lawn of the school was all set up for yet another tasty picnic. There were tables of blank name tags, lists of information, and enough food to probably feed two Fandoms. Time to be welcoming!

[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 [Summer 2019]

[goldfishontherocks]

"Sure, the family druidic tradition," Keyleth replied, her voice pitching up into a note of uncertainty. "That's . . ."

Hmm, maybe she'd missed a few steps in this whole welcome-speech process.

"Um. You're not from a world that has magic, are you?"

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Summer 2019]

[howareyanow]

Aww, come on now, Keyleth. Keyleth, come on. Here they were, having a perfeclty nice and normal and respectable conversation about family and tradition, and you had to go and put magic all into things.

Wanye's face did that scrunching thing again, and his head turned to look off to the side somewhere, as if suddenly fascinated with a very specific branch of a tree not too far off, blinking a few times to get his thoughts properly sorted.

"Don't know much about that," he said. "But I'll tell you what's magic. Ever seen Bobby Probert throw down with Wendel Clark in the third quarter of the December 9, 1992 game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Detroit Red Wings? Fuck, any fight with Bobby Probert, realleh, I could watch that man fight all day, got real magic in those fists, and you can take that one to be bank."

So...that was probably a hard no, there, Keyleth.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Summer 2019]

[goldfishontherocks]

It wasn't really a conversation with Keyleth until she'd managed to put her foot in her mouth somehow, really.

But she listened, politely, to Wayne's entire (sort of) speech, occasionally nodding.

And then finally said, "Iiiiiiiii'm taking that as a no, then, since I'm still trying to make most of those words make sense."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Summer 2019]

[howareyanow]

"Hawkey talk," Wayne explained, after a moment of deciding just what to do with the conversation now. "But, like I said, there was a talking dog. Correction: an English talking dog, and I ain't ever come across an English talking dog before."

Which might have been what you wanted to lead with as a response there, Wayne, big buddy, but he needed a moment to work it all ouwt.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Summer 2019]

[goldfishontherocks]

"You were really excited about the dog, weren't you?" Keyleth asked, because as unused as she was to a whole lot of socialization she could read people fairly well sometimes.

She grinned. "Not that I blame you. Doggos are awesome."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Summer 2019]

[howareyanow]

The fact that Wayne had actually smiled, small and restrained as it may have been, was a clear indication of just how excited he'd actually been.

Barnabas was such a good bo.

"Can confirm!"

See? Wasn't that much better than bringing magic into all this, Keyleth?

"Fuck, I love dogs. Ain't nothing better than a good doggo. 'Cept maybe a good long day of chorin' and a cold beer afterwards."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Summer 2019]

[goldfishontherocks]

"Ooooh, do you have any favorite kinds of dogs?" Keyleth asked, a bit more eagerly now because this was something she could talk about without getting too weird or confused! "I can never decide myself, really."

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Summer 2019]

[howareyanow]

"That's fair," Wayne allowed with a nod, "considering all dogs are good dogs, but I'm a bit partial to German shepherds and boxers, myself. That's what we've got back at the farm. I'm gonna miss those bos. If I'd've known we could bring dogs with us, I might've brought Gus, but he's an old boy, he's probableh happier back home, anyway..."

And that small, subtle, barely there intake of breath was as close to a disparaging sigh about that that Wayne was going to let himself get.

Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Summer 2019]

[goldfishontherocks]

"All dogs are definitely good dogs," agreed Keyleth, eagerly. "You know, there's an animal shelter in town with a lot of puppies, if you ever feel the need to just, oh, go and pet them for a while, get in some quality doggo time."

She nodded. "I always think a good puppy-cuddling session every now and then is very therapeutic, you know?"