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

[bigdamnprincipal]

Whatever aspect of the island made sure the weather was nice on picnic day didn't seem to be able to control the temperature. It wasn't freezing, but it would definitely more comfortable out on the lawn with a coat on. Thankfully, the conditions were just right for a bonfire in the center of the lawn, so people could gather and stay warm once they'd made their introductions.

Once the tables and chairs were set up and everything was properly glittered, all that was needed were people!

[OCD is up! 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 [Spring 2021]

[chef_chocobro]

Just as he had suspected, Ignis could say with confidence that taking the newbie shuttle to the island had done nothing to enhance his experience, despite what the Argentums seemed to think, but at least he was here now, at the picnic, where...

...the surreal nature of the situation was beginning to dawn on him and settled in. To be here in a capacity that had nothing to do with Prompto and absolutely without Noctis was...

...well. It was different, to be sure.

But there was nothing to be done about it now, he supposed, except perhaps hoping that whatever they had by way of coffee here at the picnic was at least marginally better than what he had been subjected to at the bus terminal.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2021]

[1000yearstoolate]

"Are you Ignis Scientia by any chance?"

Seivarden wasn't a teacher buddy, but she had promised Summer to let her spare room to a new teacher.

Who wore gloves. Rather decadent ones. That was hard not to notice.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2021]

[chef_chocobro]

"My reputation precedes me, I see," said Ignis, with a considering lift of his chin as he tried to determine exactly which source of this foreknowledge might be coming from. "With whom do I have the pleasure?"

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2021]

[1000yearstoolate]

"Seivarden Vendaai."

She bowed slightly. "Summer told me you needed a room while staying here."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2021]

[chef_chocobro]

"Ah."

So there was the source.

"Then she must have been in touch with Prompto, because he assured me that living arragements were being made, despite the fact that living arragements hardly seem necessary when I am not intending to live here at all. Please don't feel obligated on my behalf; I appreciate the hospitality, but I will likely only be here for a few days a week with respect to this class I've been roped into, and the hotel accomidations here are more than adequate...It hardly seem fair to inconvenience a stranger for the sake of a madcap idea gone disturbingly into fruition..."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2021]

[1000yearstoolate]

"Oh, it's no inconvenience at all," Seivarden said, making a gesture with her hand. "I have a spare room, and you do need somewhere to sleep when you're here, don't you?"

She added: "I hope you don't mind cats."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2021]

[chef_chocobro]

A spare room was really all Ignis would need, he supposed, and it would probably be more cost effective than the hotel.

Better kitchen amenities, at any rate, he assumed.

But there was something that gave him a little extra pause as he peered over at Seivarden curiously.

"Cats?"

It wasn't the feline aspect itself that was the problem, but whether or not that was a plural in the general sense of cats overall, or a plural in the sense that there would be many specific cats involved in this situation.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2021]

[badassprodigy]

“And you must be Ignis,” Barry said coming forward with a hand for a handshake. “I’m Barry. I’ll be your teaching buddy and guide to the strange little shots how we call a school. Welcome to Fandom.”

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2021]

[chef_chocobro]

"Barry." Ignis nodded, taking the hand with the firm, assured shake of a man who'd known the measure of the gesture for quite some time. "Thank you. I'll admit, this experience will be a new one, but at least I can assure you, your job will be made at least a little easier in the fact that I've already had a bit of a...crash course regarding this place..."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2021]

[badassprodigy]

“Oh that’s good,” Barry said letting out a sigh of relief. “Breaking in someone into the weird shit around here might be a time honored tradition around here but I always thought it made for a rough start. At least you got a leg up on the interdimensional bullshit that is Fandom.”

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2021]

[chef_chocobro]

"Indeed." Ignis' tone was mostly dry for this face, with just a touch of amusement and the always present, lingering bewilderment that would exist when one regarded this place with anything more than a passing glance. "Apparently, while I am here, I might even consider myself an alien, a detail that has never failed to amuse my colleague for which I'm to blame for my being here in the first place. I don't suppose you knew him as a student? Prompto Argentum?"

He figured the last name alone would likely spark any indication of interaction with the other Argentum as well, though he couldn't imagine anyone being ever completely free of her wrath on such a small island...

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2021]

[badassprodigy]

“Prompt I haven’t met,” Barry said with a nod of recognition. “But Nina on the other hand is well known to me. I’ve heard her on the radio and talked during the last island attack.”

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2021]

[chef_chocobro]

And Ignis's smile came with a faint hint of a laugh. "That would be Prompto's sister, and I'm not in the least bit surprised. She's rather good at making herself known."

When she wanted to be, at any rate.

"I believe I probably have her to thank for being here."

Although, honestly, it had been a perfect storm of a few different factor, though he would be surprised if she wasn't ultimately the driving force behind it all.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2021]

[bookbeltof_love]

"Iiiiiiiiiiiggyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

And the only reason Nina didn't try to mob him with a hug was, guess what, she was sometimes really nice and was holding out some of his proper coffee for him, brought from home.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2021]

[chef_chocobro]

Well, considering she'd very successfully managed to upend Ignis's entire world for the next few weeks, it was the very least she could do to be nice.

"Nina." The difference between tones in their respective greeting could give a person whiplash. "Good to see you've had a nice, safe trip back from Insomnia."

You know. The one she'd taken by portal. Not invisible bus...

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2021]

[bookbeltof_love]

Yeah, Nina had kind of expected that.

"I come bearing Ebony for you," she said sweetly, offering him the can. It was still warm! "And yes, I did have a nice trip back!!!!!!!!! Did you enjoy the shuttle?????????"

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2021]

[chef_chocobro]

Ignis did have to hand it to her; she did know how to soothe over a sore spot rather effectively, didn't she? His steady gaze at her informed her that he did appreciate the gesture, as well as the...consideration that went into it.

"I have to admit," he said, "something about it felt a bit...lacking. I found it a bit difficult to see what all the hype was about."

And with that, he had a sip, and fought off the urge to ask if Nina had possibly brought more than one can with her.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2021]

[bookbeltof_love]

She had a couple of cases with her, back in her dorm room. A housewarming gift, once she knew where he was staying! But right now, no, he got one can and would have to suffer with subpar coffee.

"It wasn't the most extravagant iteration of The Bus," she allowed. "But, like, after the murderous inflatables I didn't want to go that route and I needed something I could do when I wasn't going to be around for it........."

So invisibility it had been!

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2021]

[chef_chocobro]

Ah, so it would seem that the Argentum appreciation for truly terrible puns did not entirely translate along adoptive lines.

"Well, I will say," he said, after another lingering sip of perfect, life giving Ebony, "I am glad to have witness your work with my own two eyes this time."

A sip.

"In a manner of speaking, anyway. But the ride was fine. It afforded me the chance to have a nice chat with your Bus Dean."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2021]

[firstofitskind]

If Ignis didn't know about Liam, he would soon, because here he was.

"Ignis Scientia?"

It wasn't really a question.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2021]

[chef_chocobro]

"I seem to be rather popular around here for having just arrived," Ignis noted, because even one person he didn't know being able to spot him out was surprising in itself, but this brought the count to at least three. The little plotting bunnies had been quite busy, indeed. He might be more impressed if it hadn't been leaving him feeling a little...disoriented. "You have me at quite the disadvantage, sir."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2021]

[firstofitskind]

"Liam Kincaid-Price," he introduced himself. "Sheriff- what passes for law enforcement around here. And more importantly, Nina's Dad."

"Not," he added, "in a stictly legal sense. But in every other way that matters."

The Argentums might have the job of 'parent' on paper, but considering they were two-for-two on having not really done much in that respect, did they really deserve it?

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2021]

[chef_chocobro]

One could make an argument that, in a strictly legal sense, the Argentums certainly had done an awful lot for their tow-headed warns on a very professional and, in one case, life-saving way, but when viewed through a purely familial, emotional lens...an arguement didn't stand a chance.

Ignis's chin lifted a little, leading the way for a tilt of his head.

"I see," he said, caught in a rare moment of not knowing precisely how to respond, especially since he knew absolutely nothing of this plan beyond the incredibly current news that he had apparently taken Nina under his wing, although his immediately thought was that he really was in no place to comment. Strictly speaking, his own relationship with Nina was...entirely professional.

The corner of his mouth moved into a small grin. "Then it's very nice to meet you, Liam. You must be a very brave man."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2021]

[firstofitskind]

They'd certainly checked all the boxes when it came to providing for physical needs, it was true. But yes, emotionally-speaking? Ahahahaha.

"You know, everyone keeps saying that?" he said with a laugh. "Though, that was also the reaction I got when I first started dating my wife, so."

It was possible he just gravitated towards a certain type of person, yes.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Spring 2021]

[chef_chocobro]

Ignis's smile gained a little more purchase with the relief that assuming Liam had a sense of humor had been the right move. He figured it wasn't too much of a gamble, though. Anyone dealing with Nina on the regular would need to be equipped with a healthy sense of that...or have absolutely no sense of self-preservation whatsoever.

And, since Ignis was also one to recognize patterns easily, he could not help somewhat reflecting the narrative with his own.

"So you're already well versed in the type," he noted. "And I'm sure their lives are much better for it, as well. As someone who's worked with Nina, might I recommend pehraps a touch more discipline? A tall order, though, I understand. Believe me. I also know the type."

Because actually Ignis had more experience in being a parent to a stubborn, willful child than years Liam had even been alive, which was quite the accomplishment for a twenty-year-old!