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]

[lilac_eyed_lieutenant]

"They really do that?" Tisarwat was trying to imagine it, but it seemed so contrary to her experiences so far, and she looked around a little, trying to spot these squirrels. "How do you even hear the broadcast? I couldn't even communicate with the Station before I took the...shuttle," it still felt wrong to call it that, "and I haven't seen much technology since then besides maybe what looks like personal communication devices..."

Speaking of which...

"...where can I get one of those?"

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2019]

[justice_undone]

"There's a store," Breq said. "I can show you, or maybe your big sibling wants to help. You have to have some kind of device, including this one, to listen to the broadcast. And the squirrels recruit people to report, so make it understandable."

At least Tisarwat seemed smart and willing to get an idea how things worked here.

"There's no point in trying to find an AI here," she said. "You'll have to do a lot of work yourself."

A lot more than a young Radchaai lieutenant was used to anyway.

"Do you know which classes you're taking yet?"

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2019]

[lilac_eyed_lieutenant]

Tisarwat's first instinct was to fight off the feeling of helplessness just then, to push it aside, ignore it, fight past it, to prove herself capable, but at the same time, what would be the point? She was lost and adrift, she was overwhelmed, and even though this was not her Fleet Captain, she still looked like her and sounded like her and acted like her, too, except for those odd smiles. She understood in a way that no one else here would, except maybe Seivarden. And there was comfort in that.

So her shoulders slumped as she let out the tension of trying to be so poised and unflappable and polite.

"I don't know much of anything at all!" she admitted, somewhat miserably. "I was told everything would just be taken care of."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2019]

[justice_undone]

"That's not entirely wrong though, in a way. Getting used to things is the hardest part."

And quite hard.

"If you feel like you need something practical to do once a week I am looking for employees. It's not the kind of work that you're used to, but sometimes keeping busy helps."

Tisarwat didn't look like she would take an offer of a job in a shop as an insult just now, which Breq would expect from a Radchaai Lieutenant.

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2019]

[lilac_eyed_lieutenant]

Before any of this, Tisarwat hadn't even really wanted to be assigned to a ship, anyway. Too bad someone else had different plans for her.

And it didn't seem quite so bad, framed the way Breq had put it.

"In your music shop?" she asked, with a tone of amusement in her faint grin, after a long moment to consider it, looking at her.

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2019]

[justice_undone]

"In my music shop. It's an unpredictable place, but usually pleasant, and I'm looking for employees. The former owner just recently left it to me, and I've been working on turning the basement into a living space."

Best not mention the Silence just yet.

"You can think about it if you like, and let me know if there's a day that suits you if you decide you want to."

Breq knew how to deal with young lieutenants, and she was sure she could teach Tisarwat how to deal with both the shop and the customers.