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fandomhigh2019-08-30 11:56 pm
bigdamnprincipal) wrote in fandomhigh2019-08-30 11:56 pm
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Fandom High Welcome Picnic, Front Lawn of the School, All Day: Part I
The island was still thankfully, blissfully normal, so fingers were crossed that the picnic would go off without a hitch.
The weather was pleasant enough - sunny, but not so hot that people would melt outside - and all the decorations had been safely pulled out of storage. There were tables and chairs set up with blue and yellow balloons, a table for all the information the new students would need, and enough food to probably feed two islands. It was time to welcome some new folks, everyone!
[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!]
The weather was pleasant enough - sunny, but not so hot that people would melt outside - and all the decorations had been safely pulled out of storage. There were tables and chairs set up with blue and yellow balloons, a table for all the information the new students would need, and enough food to probably feed two islands. It was time to welcome some new folks, everyone!
[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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"Really? It's a really old holiday. I think old timey people wanted to make sure the sun came back in the winter."
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"I mean, parts of it sound like other festivals I know about, but we don't have anything that combines it all like that back home." She frowned thoughtfully. "And I don't think we have anything specifically for the longest night of the year? That's, what, sometime in January?"
Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Fall 2019]
"December 21st," Mae said. "So you never heard the story of how Adina Astra had to travel to the Frozen Lake on Longest Night so she could see her dead wife again? It's a classic! How did you learn to appease the Forest God?"
It was possible that that legend wasn't quite as universal as Mae thought even in her own world. Her grandfather was quite the storyteller.
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"Um, which forest god?" Not that there were any traditions about forest gods in Academy City, what with the lack of forests, but she was pretty sure she'd learned about something similar in school at some point.
Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Fall 2019]
". . . There's more than one?"
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"Are there?" Mae asked. "Or are they actually one big forest and we can't see how it's connected together?"
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"I guess I never thought about that before? So maybe it's possible?"
To be fair, forests weren't really a top-of-mind topic for Kuroko.
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See, that was exactly the sort of attitude that got you eaten by bears.
Mae nodded like she was at all wise (she was not). "Right, so. Um. Do you have any questions about, like. The school or something?"
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Kuroko wasn't exactly complaining, but it was weird.
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“Nowhere!” Mae said, sounding VERY pleased. “I mean. I think you can do independent studies if you want, but you totally don’t have to.”
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“Understanding ones?”
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"I guess coming from a place called 'Academic City' this place might be kind of an . . . adjustment."
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Kuroko shrugged.
"It's a good thing I'm adaptable."
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"That is good! Because otherwise it's possible Fandom will make your brain explode."
Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Fall 2019]
"I do want to avoid having that happen."
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It almost wasn't!
"I recommend it. Um. Let's see. Is there anything I'm missing?"
Most of Fandom life.
Re: Meet Your Big/Little Sibling [Fall 2019]
The idea that there was more to be aware of was more than a bit concerning.
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"Oh yeah, I mean, Fandom is a lot. But it can also be really fun. And the roofs are great for running around on."
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". . . Mostly that there's a lot of them. And they're pretty close together. Makes jumping from one to the other easier."
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"Have you ever been in a big city before?" she asked abruptly. Because if Mae thought of these as "a lot" and "close together", she had to wonder.
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Mae shrugged. "Sure, sometimes." Big city roofs weren't as much fun! They were too tall to scale up to easily and usually full of weird crap or security guards who yelled at you for trespassing.
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