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

[bigdamnprincipal]

Whoever worked the weather magic around here had done an excellent job to make sure things were nice outside for all the new (and old) residents of Fandom. It was warm and sunny, but not so humid that people would melt. There was plenty of moddable food and drinks, places to sit in the shade, and more than enough nametags to go around. It was time to celebrate the start of the summer!

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Re: General Mingling

[singlenakedwhat]

"London, huh?" Henry said. "Cool. I guess."

If she noticed that stumble at all she certainly didn't indicate that she had.

Re: General Mingling

[hasaknightjob]

"I used to work at the British Museum," Steven said. Again, not attempting to press Henry for details. Merely sharing his own. "I work at the Museum here now. On Thursdays, usually. Feel free to pop by anytime. No cost to entry. Or - er - obligation or expectation even though it's free."

Re: General Mingling

[singlenakedwhat]

"I came here from Barcelona," Henry offered, feeling only the slightest of pangs as she did so.

It had been her and her mother's go-to answer every time someone had asked where they'd come from, whenever they'd arrived in a new town. And now- well, it was no longer a lie, at least. For Henry, anyway.

Re: General Mingling

[hasaknightjob]

"I hear it's lovely," Steven said. Given the way Henry pronounced Barcelona Steven could guess she wasn't actually from there. But he had no need to press. After all, Marc didn't care to tell people where he was from. "I don't think I've ever been? Do like to travel though. Perhaps one day Spain."

Re: General Mingling

[singlenakedwhat]

"It's not terrible," Henry said. "Better than some shitholes I've been to."

Re: General Mingling

[hasaknightjob]

"I'm sorry you've had to be in shitholes," Steven said. He tried not to make his sympathy too obvious, because he knew sometimes that could be unwelcome to someone not far enough removed from a bad situation. But at the same time it wouldn't have sat right with him to say nothing about how Henry didn't deserve that. "Hopefully we'll be the start of something better."

Re: General Mingling

[singlenakedwhat]

"Yeah," Henry said without any real enthusiasm. "Hopefully."

Re: General Mingling

[hasaknightjob]

"Before I came here it - it wasn't bad but neither was it ideal, I think," Steven said. "There's a fair few of us who had things in our lives that could have been better. It's been good for us. Hopefully you'll find that for yourself as well."

Steven naturally believed Henry would but again he didn't want to push. Especially when it was still her first day.