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

[bigdamnprincipal]

Other places might have been expecting a cold front wtf polar vortex, but the weather in Fandom was just right for welcoming in new people. The bonfire was mostly going for decoration, but there were also the makings for s'mores among the food offerings.

Mmmm, summer food.

The food was ready, the tables and chairs had been spread across the lawn with just the right amount of glitter on them, and everything was ready to welcome a new batch of folks to the island!

[OCD is coming! 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 Teachers [Summer 2020]

[bookbeltof_love]

She beamed at him.

"Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Nina said happily. "I'm, like, teaching what the moose called 'Black Magic Cookery'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Even though, like, there's no magic involved?????????????????"

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2020]

[betterthanaplan]

“That noise has some very strange ideas about appropriate classes.” And he still didn’t know about the ‘ungulate’ thing for his class. “You’re probably lucky it’s still cooking.”

He was lucky his was still yoga.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2020]

[bookbeltof_love]

He really was! It could've been making more hats!

"I mean, like, I figure I'll just cook like I do at home???????????????????" Nina confessed. "People seem to think that's weird enough??????????????????"

Because it was, Nina.

"And you're finally doing yoga officially!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2020]

[betterthanaplan]

Well, it'd been set up before the graduation ceremony was picketed. He was sure to end up making more hats eventually.

"I am. I'm excited about it. What's weird about how you cook?"

If only he knew.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2020]

[bookbeltof_love]

"I don't know," she said, shrugging a little. "I mean, like, Wayne always makes faces at me when I take over breakfast????????????????? It's not my fault that French Toast is made with pork, cabbage, and a cup of sugar????????????????????"

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2020]

[betterthanaplan]

Yeah, Duke didn't have anything to say to that. He was probably making many of the same faces Wayne made.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2020]

[bookbeltof_love]

"Not you too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" she protested. "It makes perfect, fluffy French Toast every time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

The black magic part of that was, well.

She was telling the truth.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2020]

[betterthanaplan]

"There's no toast in it," Duke pointed out. "How?!"

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2020]

[bookbeltof_love]

"There's toast when you're done cooking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" she insisted.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2020]

[betterthanaplan]

"Yeah, no. You cook those things together and you've got a weirdly sweet porkchop."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2020]

[bookbeltof_love]

"Not when I cook them together," she said matter-of-factly. "I get perfect French Toast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

And she hadn't even mentioned cooking it in a wok and a stew pot yet!

"Like, I don't think you're signed up for my class????????????????? But you can always peek in and see it in action!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2020]

[betterthanaplan]

"I may have to do that." He was also absolutely seeing where the 'black magic' part of that class title came from. "'Cause I'm pretty sure french toast is made from, you know, toast. And eggs. And . . . yeah, maybe a little sugar."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2020]

[bookbeltof_love]

"I mean, like, if I used eggs then I'd wind up with a totally different dish," she said shrugged. "One egg and I can make pudding, two eggs and I can make an entire cake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

The ability to make six cakes for the cost of a dozen eggs was pretty impressive, wasn't it?

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2020]

[betterthanaplan]

"Yeah, see, in my experience eggs require kind of a lot more than that. Flour, for instance."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2020]

[bookbeltof_love]

"That," she said, "is definitely not used in my cooking, like, ever................."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2020]

[betterthanaplan]

"Yeah, I'm definitely seeing why the moose called your cooking 'magic'."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2020]

[bookbeltof_love]

"Anyone can do it," she said or, well, grumbled. "Like, not everyone can do magic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2020]

[betterthanaplan]

"I am pretty sure not everyone can bake a cake without using flour." He frowned and tilted his head, because flourless baking was a thing. "Or at least without using more than eggs."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2020]

[bookbeltof_love]

"Everyone back home can, if they're taught," she said thoughtfully. "Like, I guess it's weird here but, really, we've got magic back home and none of it is used in cooking??????????????"

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2020]

[betterthanaplan]

"Maybe it's just . . . an every day magic," Duke said. "We've got weird things back home that no one's been taught to do. Not quite on the same level as that, though."

Her cooking did not actually sound at all like a trouble, but it was the best Duke could do comparison-wise.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2020]

[bookbeltof_love]

"I don't think so," she said, "because, like, I've shown people before and they can copy it????????????????"

Suspiciously and resentfully but it could be done!

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2020]

[betterthanaplan]

“People who aren’t from your world,” Duke checked. “... Can they do it when you’re not there?”

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2020]

[bookbeltof_love]

"Vette could," Nina said, eyes wide. "I taught her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2020]

[betterthanaplan]

"Huh." Duke decided against pointing out that Vette wasn't entirely normal herself. "I'm definitely going to have to swing by this class. When's it happening?"

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2020]

[bookbeltof_love]

"Tuesdays," she said brightly. "Third period, right after Summer's class!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Where Nina was going to be the least tameable wife ever!