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Fandom High Welcome Picnic, Front Lawn of the School, All Day: Part I
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!]
[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!]
Re: Meet Your Roommate [Summer 2019]
She looked out over the crowd. More people had shown up. "Some of these people were mine. Some of them mightwillcould be mine someday. I see them all. I'm here now. They won't remember me. They almost never do, you know. That's ok. Then I get to meet them all over again and that's nice too, don't you think?"
Delirium looked at Norman, focused on him for a second and said quietly, "You aren't, you know. One of mine. Even when it's craziest, it's never cuz of me." She hesitated and then, since he'd asked a question felt that she could. "You're visiting my sister right now and while I'm really glad she's got company it's almost always because people are sad. Despair looks after her people too but her realm. It's damp and squooshy and smells a little bit like feet and she likes it just like that but most people don't. Why are you so sad, Norman?"
Re: Meet Your Roommate [Summer 2019]
And that was when he bowed his head and stared toward the ground.
"I made a mistake and people got hurt," he said, softly. "A stupid, horrible, selfish mistake. And just because people got better doesn't mean I didn't make it."
Re: Meet Your Roommate [Summer 2019]
She reached to pat him. "It will be ok, Norman. It almost always is, eventually."
Re: Meet Your Roommate [Summer 2019]
Re: Meet Your Roommate [Summer 2019]
"Um.. um um um.. Do you know them? The people you want to make things more okay now for? Do they like frogs? I'm really good at making pretty rainbow frogs. Or.. or food? Or flowers? Those.. I'm not so good at making but you can buy all of those and they're things people give when other people get hurt, aren't they? I see them in hospitals all the time? Maybe? Or.. or.."
Barnabas whuffed and licked her face. "I don't think face licks are really what I'm looking for right now but thank you, Barnabas," Delirium said. She was a small personification of crazy on a mission here.
Re: Meet Your Roommate [Summer 2019]
"It's okay," he replied, turning a little smile her way. "It's my mistake to fix. I mean. Someone else already fixed the mistake itself. I wasn't any good for that. But it's mine to make up for. But that's all very kind."
Re: Meet Your Roommate [Summer 2019]
In case he'd forgotten.
"Being kind is easy. Being mean is hard. It should be hard. Some people find it easier to be mean than to be kind. I don't like those people so much. I would rather be kind. I can't always be kind but when I can, I am. It makes the world nicer, don't you think?"
Re: Meet Your Roommate [Summer 2019]
Re: Meet Your Roommate [Summer 2019]
Re: Meet Your Roommate [Summer 2019]
"I mean... sometimes it feels like it would be easier to be mean," he admitted. "Sometimes I get mad enough, when people are hurtful, that I want to hurt them back. But it never does any good. They'd just hit back harder."
He'd said similar once before, to a little girl that had been about his age when she'd been hanged.
Don't think just because there are bad people out there that there aren't any good ones. Don't think you have to go through everything alone. I thought the same thing, for a while.
He scuffed his toe against the grass.
There's always someone out there for you. Somewhere.