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fandomhigh2020-05-09 01:24 am
bigdamnprincipal) wrote in fandomhigh2020-05-09 01:24 am
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Fandom High Welcome Picnic, Front Lawn of the School, All Day: Part I
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!]
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!]
Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2020]
Oh god, this was like a window into her past and would Nina be okay with a hug?
Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2020]
She hesitated. A lot.
But, like, if she was wrong and Kathy didn't understand her then... no harm, no foul, right? Just, at a picnic, where anyone could hear... she didn't want to say it in English.
And languages were her favourite thing to study. She loved magic and she loved spying and languages were useful for both but Nina just loved language for itself too.
Her Korean wasn't perfect, not at all, since she hadn't the time yet to smooth down the rough edges of this particular language, but in it, she confessed, "Until I came here, no one cared about my feelings at all."
So. Yeah. Nina was used to having her feelings ignored, even by herself.
Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2020]
Because, dammit, Nina needed a hug.
Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2020]
Between all of this and her brother leaving and Vette's disappearance and...
"Please," she said, in a small voice.
Re: Meet Your Teachers [Summer 2020]
Look, if there was one thing Kathy was good at by now, it was comforting hugs.
"It's hard," she murmured. "So, so hard to let yourself believe that your thoughts and feelings matter when all you've learned so far is that no one else thinks that way. Every step feels weird and off-balance, like a dance out of rhythm. But I can't tell you how important it is. And I promise you're not going to be the only one who cares about them for forever. You're probably not the only one who cares about them now."