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

[blonde-elle.livejournal.com]

"You think so? I've had a lot of experience with speeches and defense and stuff. One time..." and she launches into another handwavey story about her sorority that requires little breathing except for a couple of dramtic pauses. Bruiser gives Elizabeth a 'run for your life' look, then wriggles into a more comfortable position.

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth's well used to at least looking as though she's interested and paying attention. She "mmmhmms" and nods in hopefully the right places.

And has a horrific thought about what would happen if Ms Woods breeded with Rodney.

Her eyes widened slightly, and she chokes back an exclamation of horror.

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[blonde-elle.livejournal.com]

"...so then I said that there is no excuse for that shade of green, especially if you don't have chestnut hair and she looked at me like I totally never read Cosmo and...Elizabeth, are you ok?" she said cocking her head and looking worried.

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"Fine," Elizabeth said brightly. "Just horrified by green?"

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[blonde-elle.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I know. The things people put next to their faces, I mean, ugh. Like the army...olive? Please. But then i guess everyone looks equally ill. People just really need to think before they dress." she nodded seriously, betraying her real ideology.

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"I think they think that it's good for camoflague?" Elizabeth suggested helpfully. She had been much happier with the Atlantis gray for their uniforms. "You're lucky you missed the laundry machines going on strike."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[blonde-elle.livejournal.com]

"Oh. My. God. You can't be serious. Your laundry people went on strike?" she said, clearly horrified.

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"Not the people. The machines," Elizabeth nodded. "Held our clothing hostage and everything."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[blonde-elle.livejournal.com]

"The machines?!?" she squeaked. "They just held them...didn't ruin them? Because I have no idea how you'd prosecute a Kenmore."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"All was returned freshly laundered. Thankfully," Elizabeth said. "I think we were all pretty much down to the dregs of our closets by that point."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[blonde-elle.livejournal.com]

"How horrifying! Do things like that happen around here often?" she asked, tipping her head to the side and bringing her fingertips to her mouth as she quickly made plans to have clothes set aside for just such an occasion.

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"Odd things with no explanation? Yes," Elizabeth nodded. "That was the first involving clothes though."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[blonde-elle.livejournal.com]

She sighed with relief, then looked up horrified and asked, "What about shoes?"

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"Nothing involving shoes." Yet Elizabeth left the last part unspoken. She didn't want to scare Elle too much on the first day.

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[blonde-elle.livejournal.com]

"Whew, well, that's a relief." she said. "So you've been here for a while...what's the deal? Some of these people, uh" she looked atound and noticed the tall boy with the tail and the girls with the wands, "aren't the type who go to CULA or Harvard. That I'm aware of." she asked diplomatically.

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth grinned. "Fandom High, and indeed, the island of Fandom itself, is interdimensional. Through the wonders of, well, I don't know what, we have students and teachers from a variety of times and locations. And some of these different universes involve things like magic, say."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[blonde-elle.livejournal.com]

Her jaw dropped and she stared at Elizabeth unblinking for a long time until Bruiser yipped out a sharp bark.

"Whoa." she said insightfully.

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"Good reaction," Elizabeth nodded.

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[blonde-elle.livejournal.com]

"Well," she said, trying so very hard to process, "I guess every campus has it's own culture. Like when I went from CULA to Harvard? Oh. My. God. You've never seen so much tweed in your life." she said as she scooped Bruiser up again. "As long as people are just accepted for what they are and don't have to change into militant lesbians or be mean or anything, I can deal." she held Bruiser up. "We can deal with it, huh, Bruiser?" she asked and was treated to a sharp bark in return that was probably some kind of agreement.

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"It's not all tweed, right?" Elizabeth asked nervously, wondering if she'd be better off with Yale or Columbia. Or would they be worse. She nodded. "Fandom is a place where everyone is accepted. It's pretty great, actually."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[blonde-elle.livejournal.com]

"Well..." she said with a dramatic pause, "It's not all tweed, but there are some serious 'bless-her-heart's there. I mean, I get the whole Birks with socks thing? I just cannot condone it." she said and nodded with a sympathetic look in her eyes for the fashion victims.

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"I'm sure I'll manage to survive fashion disasters," Elizabeth nodded. "We get odd mixes of fashion around here, because of the whole interdimensional thing."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[blonde-elle.livejournal.com]

"Really?" she asked, fascinated, "I can't wait to see what people come up with. I had a real fear it might be shabby-camp-chic, and I just don't see a reason for that at all."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"You know, you'd get on really well with Parker," Elizabeth said, nodding.

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[blonde-elle.livejournal.com]

"Oh, really? Parker?" she asked "I mean, wow, I think I'm going to really love it here. You're so wonderful, and now you're helping me make friends! You're the best, Elizabeth!"