School Assembly, Wednesday, September 15, 2020

[sith_happened]

The auditorium looked like a regular auditorium, the chairs were arranged in a normal way and Anakin was pretty sure that the chance of teddy bear maiming was extremely minimal this week! He climbed up onto the stage and strode to the rostrum. "Hello again, students, and welcome to our third week of extremely productive and life-enriching talks. This week's is brought to you by two of our esteemed business leaders from town--Beau Lionett & Yasha Nydoorin--and they are hear to discuss with you--"

He reached for the cue card the office had provided, "--Using Your Destructive Tendencies for Fun and Profit! Wait."

Too late, Anakin, here come the speakers now!

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Re: Arrive and Mingle

[white_oleander]

"Just wait until your next semester," Astrid offered, the encouragement in her grin a little wry. "That's about how long it took me to sort of...get it, I guess. And there's still moments..."

There had been a few other factors with the volcano, too, like, god, that timing, but still...

"But then you'll be leaping into space and turning into dinosaurs with the best of us."

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[sparkinyou]

"Yeah. We'll see about that I guess," Miles said, forcing a smile. "Talking with Elli the other day it doesn't feel like I'm completely alone in that regard."

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[white_oleander]

"Elli's actually my little sibling," Astrid admitted a bit guilty. "I...don't think I did a very good job of making her feel very comfortable, though..."

Which was definitely why she skipped out on that this time around.

"But, like I said, it took me about a semester before it felt a little more normal. So yeah, there's at least a few of us."

She gave a soft laugh. "Maybe we could start a club."

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[sparkinyou]

"Is that for therapy or just to commiserate?" Miles joked. "And I don't think you're doing a bad job as a sibling. Talking to you has definitely made me feel less freaked out. I think with Elli and I we're just freaked out in general."

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[white_oleander]

"Aren't they sort of the same thing?" Astrid shot back lightly, before just giving a faint shrug. "And maybe..."

She did have some pretty big things besides Fandom to be freaked out about when she was in their shoes, too...

"I'm glad I could help, though. And that neither of you are just constantly trying to run down the causeway screaming."

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[sparkinyou]

Check in with him in two weeks, Astrid and you might find the story will be different.

"Well so far nothing has been chasing me so I guess that's a bonus. Does this place even have school clubs?" Miles asked. "Because I think that doesn't sound like half-bad idea"

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[white_oleander]

"What?" asked Astrid. "A 'We're Too Normal For This Crap' Club?"

She wasn't actually so sure she'd qualify, though, even without the time traveler stuff, but she was also pretty good at faking it...

"I guess you could go to talk to the dean or something about that, if you wanted something official, but it wouldn't be hard to put together something unofficially, either. Just pick a time and a place and spread the word..."

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[sparkinyou]

Mikes shrugged. “Actually I’m just a fan of showing up for Wayne’s breakfast on Mondays and commiserating there.”

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[white_oleander]

"That is a pretty good place for it," Astrid admitted, "especially since it comes with food. I've been kind of skipping them this semester, though, in favor of getting more sleep before science class."