Welcome Party for the Summer Students and Staff

[bigdamnprincipal]

Despite the slightly overcast sky, the weather is still good for welcoming all of the new arrivals for the Fandom High summer session. The graduation decorations (and gremlin debris) have been cleared from the front lawn, and replaced with tables of information packets, food, and drinks. A series of signs point the students to the information table first, where they can pick up their room assignments from the office drones, and then continue on to the food tables to mingle.

And no, there are no inflatable gremlins around today. It's far too early to start scaring the new folks. That's what the mingling section is for!

[OOC: All right folks, have at it!]

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Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

Greg wandered over and sat down at a table with a plate piled high with food.

Yes, he had just eaten an hour ago. But he was sixteen. Those cookies? Were vital to his growth.

He looked around in what he really thought was a very sneaky way at all the people milling about.

Cute girl, cute girl, cute girl...really cute girl....

Camp? Not going to suck. He'd write home and let his sister know to call off the protest later.

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

A voice with a French accent spoke from behind Greg. "Your attempts to look at girls are impressive, my young apprentice, but you lack stealth."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

Greg tilted his head back to look at whoever it was upside-down.

"Yeah, well maybe I don't want to be stealthy," he proposed. "If the ladies don't see the interest, then how will they know it's safe to flock to me?" He winked. "I understand how intimidating I can be, what with my devastating good looks and all."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe walked by and heard this and grinned. "Oh you're going to fit in just fine here."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Yes," Pip said. "But he is new and does not know which girls will appreciate the attention and which will cut his head off. Or blow him up, if he happens to look at your sister."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[sensethevisions]

"This is very true and he'll need help to learn the difference." She grinned at pip. "Piper won't blow him up... the first time. However, if he were to say, try to flirt with Callisto?"

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Or say, Aeryn," Pip responded. "Callisto is arguably scarier, though. Because her boyfriend is also capable of being scary, wheras I'm pretty sure I could take John."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

"Sister? Are you guys really that harsh? Jusy admiring the scenery, honest," said Greg, straightening back up and completely ignoring his hair, which had spiked up even more due to that fun gravity thing. He waved. "I'm Greg."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip grinned. "Pip. Pip Bernadette. Welcome to Fandom, Greg. Where are you from?"

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth spotted him checking out the girls and grinned. Maybe Isabel's wish had come true.

"Hi, welcome to Fandom," she said, snagging a cookie for herself on the way past.

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

"Hi," Greg said, looking up. He grinned. "I'm Greg."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth smiled back. "I'm Elizabeth," she said. "You seem a lot less scared than some of the people around here."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

"Didn't know there was a reason to be scared," he replied, raising a brow.

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"Well, some people can suffer anxiety or nerves when being thrown into an unfamiliar situation or place, especially alone," Elizabeth said, shrugging slightly. "Other reasons to be scared of Fandom? Yeah, I'm sure the island will welcome you in its own special way soon."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

Greg rolled his eyes. "You too? Look, hazing's cute, but I'm not scared of random possibilities. I'm a man of fact, Elizabeth."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

Mac smirked, wow that was a lot of food for one guy.

"Would this be a good time to mention the content of the food around here?" Oh yes, she remembered the first comment she'd heard about the food here.

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

"Seems fine to me," Greg noted, smiling up at her. "I'm Greg, hi."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

Mac chuckled, "well, my first day here someone announced to me that they put people in it. I feel like I really should pass on the tradition, or try at least"

"I'm Mac and I'm guessing you're new here, so welcome to Fandom."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

"They don't, right?" he asked, glancing down at his plate. "And hi, Mac. Like as in Macintosh?"

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

"As far as I can tell... no." She shrugged, "but I'm vegan, so I don't eat the food they serve around here anyway."

"Actually the Mac is short for my surname, MacKenzie, but it fits either way. I do love techno-stuffs."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[blonde-elle.livejournal.com]

Elle took a seat next to the clearly ravenous boy and dug in her bag for a collapsable bowl. Filling it with Evian, she pulled a little chihuahua from her bag and set them both on the floor beside her feet. Snapping back up and tossing her hair, she smiled and chirped, "Hi! I'm Elle!"

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

"Hey," he said, smiling. And kind of staring a little, because that was an awful lot of pink. "I'm Greg. Are you a new student?"

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[blonde-elle.livejournal.com]

Trying on the dignified role, even though her eyes sparkled with wonder at all the new faces, she shook her head a little. "I'm a counselor for the summer, and Bruiser here is my assistant." she said looking down at the dog who was wearing a pink scarf that matched Elle's. "I take it you're a camper, Greg?"

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

"Yep," he said, nodding. He looked at the dog. "Bruiser. What a...totally fitting name."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[blonde-elle.livejournal.com]

Bruiser looked up at him and nearly danced over on teeny tiny legs in order to sniff at his shoes. "You're the first person who's ever said that. Most people think it's a silly name for a tiny dog but I really think it's not size that matters, but attitude because you can always wear heels and shoulder pads but being confident and liking yourself isn't always the easiest thing in the world and even as a puppy Bruiser was just every mucha big dog and so I named him that and he's lived up to his name all his life." she explained without breathing, then looked at him and blinked while she waited for his opinion.