fandomhigh | Welcome Party for the Summer Students and Staff

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Welcome Party for the Summer Students and Staff

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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"It's an interesting place," she said. "But a lot of fun once you get used to it. I just started here in January and I've had the time of my life so far. And what brings you across the Atlantic? Looking for something different?"

"Transferred from my previous school," Cedric explains. "I'm unsure as to why at this moment but I'm trying to make the best of a rather confusing situation."

"That's a shame," she said. "But we're glad to have you here. You should have fun. There's a lot of really nice people around." And teal deer, and the occasional gremlin, and vanishing laundry was left unsaid. "Do you know who you're rooming with?"

"I do. His name is Dean Winchester and I believe we're in room 420," Cedric tells her. "And thank you. I'm sure I'll adjust to being here. It's quite new."

"He must be new because I don't recognize his name," Isabel said. "The school's small enough that you at least know people's names even if you don't know them. I'm in 406, just down the hall, so if you need anything feel free to knock."

"That's kind of you." Cedric smiles again. "I expect I'll have some questions so it's good to know someone is willing to put up with my confusion."

"I was just as confused in January. And don't worry," she said as she waved a hand at the crowd. "There's an awful lot of people in the same boat."

"What year are you?" Isabel asked.

"Second year," Cedric says without thinking.

Isabel wasn't familiar with the term but she figured it was an English thing. "Hmmm, how old are you?" she asked. "Because then I'll be able to figure out what year you would be here. Either a freshman, sophomore, junior or senior."

"Sixteen," Cedric answers.

"Then you're probably a junior," she said. "So am I. Are you staying for classes in the fall? Or is this just a summer thing?"

"Honestly, I'm not certain." Cedric shrugs and reaches up to loosen his tie. "The transfer was very sudden so I guess my return to England will be sudden as well."

"Sudden is not fun. I've had some experience with that myself," she said with a wry smile. "I hope you enjoy yourself while you're here though. Even if you'll be hard pressed to find a good cup of tea," she said thinking of all of Xander's stories about Giles. "Most everyone here lives on coffee."

"I hope I do as well," Cedric agrees. "Coffee? No food?" Cedric asks wryly.

"Baked goods, lots and lots of baked good," Isabel laughed. "Jeff, God of Biscuits is the bakery down in town. There's always stuff from there around. Plus there are kitchens in the common rooms. So some people will cook for everyone once in a while."

"I confess to not being a very good cook at all," Cedric tells her. "Baked goods? Sweet, by any chance?"

"Very sweet," Isabel nodded. "Cookies, brownies, doughnuts, you name, they have it. They probably catered in the desserts for this."

"Now that is something that's familiar," Cedric grins. "Good to hear that, if anything, I have sweets to help me adjust."

"Comfort food is definitely good," she smiled. "What else would help with the adjustment? What do you like to do?"

He almost says quidditch but stops himself at the last minute. "Time, most likely. You said you had experience in sudden changes? It took you awhile to feel comfortable, didn't it?"

"Well time is one thing we've got plenty of. A whole summer, even. Hopefully I can help you make the best of it," she smiled before growing more serious. "It takes time, but enventually everything that's new become more normal, what you expect. Before you know it, you'll be dodging tree thrown acorns with the rest of us without raising an eyebrow."

"You'd be willing to help me?" Cedric's look of relief is obvious. "Thank you. I mean, I don't mean to act helpless but it would be nice to have help with someone who was in a similar situation."

"Of course," she said. "I came here in January, expecting a nice, normal boarding school. Fandom is nice, but normal is not the right word. Interesting might be a better choice. Unique even. Probably the best piece of advice I can give you is to keep an open mind no matter what you see or hear." She grinned, "I'd say more but I wouldn't want to send you running back to England."

"I'll have to tell you about where I came from sometime," he says quietly. "Like this place, it wasn't your typical school."

"If it even half as interesting as this place, I'd love to hear about it," she said with a smile. "I've never been to England. I'd love to go one day."

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