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

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

"Hey there, new person," Molly said as she approached 494 after seeing the obviously mind bending meeting of doppelgangers. "How is it going so far? Brain break yet?"

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

"Glad to see a marginally friendly face that's not mine," he said, with an edge of exasperation. Then he smiled, almost sheepish. "Sorry, not broken but definitely a little bent. I'm 494. You?" She did seem nice, yeah, but a little young for him maybe.

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly looked at him oddly for the number-name, but gave him a grin. "I'm Molly," she said and held out her hand. "494, was it? Nice to meet you. Welcome to Fandom High. And if it makes you feel any better, you're not the only person here with an unrelated duplicate."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

"Really? That happen a lot?" He looked a little relieved, glad he wasn't the only one to suffer, and took her hand to shake firmly. "So you're not a new student, I take it."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

"I've been here since January. So, I'm newer, but with you all here now, no longer a newbie," Molly said with a grin.

"And, yeah, the duplicate thing is not new. There aren't as many as there used to be because some people have left. I think there's only the one set left now."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

"I'm not exactly new to cloning, but the completely unrelated doppelganger thing? Way different." He wrinkled his nose slightly. "Plus, two of me is kind of interesting, but I'd rather people didn't get tired of seeing my face around twice as much, you know?"

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly gave him a look. "Yeah, I can see why you would worry about that," she said, deadpan.

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

His eyes widened slightly and he fought back a grin. "Hey, it could happen, right? Familiarity breeds contempt, or something like that." He shrugged. "So what else is weird about this place, besides the lookalikes and the apparent time-displacement?"

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

"Oh, odd things happen around here for no apparent reason," Molly said casually. "Like, a bunch of inanimate object went on strike during finals week. The weekend before that, most of the entire student body turned into little kids. There was the snow monster attack a while back. Stuff like that." She shrugged.

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

"Unions, rejuvenation, snow monsters. Got it." He nodded, managing quite nicely not to look as completely weirded out as he felt. "If I ask about aliens or superheros or something, are you gonna tell me I'm crazy?"

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

She laughed. "There are quiet a few aliens as students and one of the professors is a super hero," she said.

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

He whistled, shaking his head. "Fandom's not what I expected, but it's definitely different."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly smiled brightly. "It is the best school ever," she said.

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

When she smiled like that, he wondered if maybe she wasn't too young after all. "Yeah?" 494 grinned a bit. "Gotta say, I think I might be looking forward to this summer a little more, then."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

"It'll be interesting, that's for sure," Molly said with a return grin.

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

"Good word for it," he agreed. "So, since you seem in-the-know here, what do you guys do for fun?"

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

"There are a few places in town that are fun to go, but most of the parties end up happening in the second floor common room."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

"Second floor is the place to be," he said, noting that mentally. "Got it. I'm up on the third floor though - they have a problem with inter-floor fraternizing?"

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

"Not really, no," Molly said. "There are a couple of guys who have a floor superiority problem, but they don't care if people from other floors hanging out there."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

He shrugged. "Some guys feel the need to be jerks. But if it's cool, then I'll probably see you there sometime too, right?"

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

"Oh, definitely," Molly said. "I hang out there more than I do my own floor. But then, there are only four people living on my floor. Well, until today anyway. And the guys on the second floor aren't jerks. They're just being dorks. They're all really nice."