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

[bigdamnprincipal]

The weather was warm, the food smelled good, and there was a good chance the new folks were a little extra glittery. What else could go into a perfect day for the picnic?

[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 2019]

[crack_that_whip]

Well now they had to.

"Ugh." Just ugh.

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2019]

[always_someone]

"Don't watch much TV, huh?"

TV was great, Trevor. It was so great.

Except when it was awful.

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2019]

[crack_that_whip]

"Not as much as other people." He didn't get it and always picked the wrong channel. "It's always people yelling at each other."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2019]

[always_someone]

"... Are you watching talk shows?"

That sounded like talk shows.

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2019]

[crack_that_whip]

"I don't know what those are." He was indeed watching talk shows. Or maybe Fox News.

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2019]

[always_someone]

"It's shows where... people talk," Norman ventured. "Sometimes they throw chairs."

This could still be Fox News, really.

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2019]

[crack_that_whip]

"That happens," Trevor admitted. "But sometimes it's people sounding like the shitty priests back home."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2019]

[always_someone]

"... Ew," Norman replied. And now he was wrinkling his noes. "Talking about sinners and how we're all blemishes in the eyes of God or whatever?"

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2019]

[crack_that_whip]

"It's like you're from back home," Trevor drawled with a little bit of humor.

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2019]

[always_someone]

"I've had my fair share of flaming torches and pitchforks shaken in my face while angry mobs scream 'necromancer,'" Norman noted, hiking his shoulders up in a shrug. "People are..."

Awful?

"Awful."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2019]

[crack_that_whip]

"Fucking awful," Trevor agreed. "Never come to Wallachia."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2019]

[always_someone]

"That bad, huh...?"

Well. That was worrisome.

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2019]

[crack_that_whip]

"The Church likes people stupid and pliable." Which did not bode well for anyone smart or different.

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2019]

[always_someone]

"... And this is why I'm glad my parents never really bothered taking me to church," Norman hedged.

That would've been awkward.

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2019]

[crack_that_whip]

"Smart parents," Trevor said, pointing at him like he'd hit the jackpot there.

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2019]

[always_someone]

"Mmm...."

Norman was going to just kind of hum and wave a hand around in a so-so gesture.

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2019]

[crack_that_whip]

"Smart enough to avoid that nest of bug-fucking crazy?" Trevor corrected slowly.

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2019]

[always_someone]

"Lazy enough that they only bothered with it around Christmas and Easter," Norman clarified, sighing.

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2019]

[crack_that_whip]

Trevor made a face. "Worst time of the year. Everyone pretends to be extra pious."

Liars.

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2019]

[always_someone]

"Yeah, Dad used to try to claim it's what his mom would have wanted, at least until he had to accept that I wasn't kidding when I told him that she was calling him a jackass again."

Funnily enough, that hadn't gone over well at all any time Norman had said it about Grandma Babcock before it was undeniable that he could talk to ghosts.

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2019]

[crack_that_whip]

"People can put all sorts of words into the mouths of the dead," Trevor replied sagely. Then kind of just squinted at him for a moment. "You some kind of seer?"

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2019]

[always_someone]

Norman paused a moment. And then kind of shifted his weight a little uncomfortably, and shrugged.

"I think that's exactly the word for it, yeah," he admitted, fidgeting with the corners of his comic book. "It kind of runs in the family."

A beat.

"On my mom's side."

Not that his mother had believed it was real, either.

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2019]

[crack_that_whip]

Trevor shrugged and glanced away because man did Norman looks all kinds of uncomfortable. "Can't really help that, can you? Anyone gives you trouble..."

He didn't want to say that he'd kick their ass, but... he'd kick their ass. Because he was the classic Knight in Sour Armor. And Norman was a nice person.

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2019]

[always_someone]

"Thanks," Norman replied, smiling a little. "People here have been pretty okay about it, at least. I guess once you've been on the island long enough, there's weirder stuff to deal with than a kid who can talk to the dead."

Even zombie babies.

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2019]

[crack_that_whip]

"It happened back home sometimes," Trevor said. "There's this travelling group, call themselves Speakers. They tend to have a few seers or magic users in there little pods."

And they were okay. You know. Even though everyone was a horrible piece of shit if you asked him.