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

[electric-sitar.livejournal.com]

People. PEOPLE. Okay, act natural.

"Oh, uh...yeah." Smooth, Demyx. Very smooth. The Nobody shook a few stray strands of hair out of his bright, almost flourescent blue eyes. "I'm Demyx. I'm...not really sure how I got here. What is this place, anyway?"

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Ahhh. Well, this, my new friend, is Fandom. More specifically, this is Fandom High. It's kind of... an interdimensional cross rift thingamawhat's it. There's a bonde short-haired girl who could probably explain exactly what it is better. But that's not important. Point is, you're here. And, don't worry, we aren't going to hurt you."

He stuck out a hand and smiled. "Pip Bernadette."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[electric-sitar.livejournal.com]

"I know about inter-world travel, but inter-dimensional...?" Demyx blinked, then frowned at the (in his mind) patronizing tone. "What do you mean, 'don't worry, we aren't going to hurt you'? I'm a fully capable fighter, thanks!" He held tighter to the neck of his sitar. "I am a member of Organization XIII!"

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Sounds important!" Pippi piped in cheerfully. "I'm Pippi."

She held out her hand.

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[electric-sitar.livejournal.com]

Demyx's annoyance was rather quickly derailed, and he looked from Pip to Pippi and back again. "Pip and Pippi? Are you twins? Were your parents psychotic??"

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Yes." Said the 5'2" Redhead standing next to the freakishly tall blond guy with a French accent.

"Because we look so much alike."

She grinned and kept her hand out.

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[electric-sitar.livejournal.com]

"How am I supposed to know? I'm just asking!" Demyx looked at her hand, then blinked up at her face. "...Do you want something?"

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi laughed.

"To shake your hand in greeting." she said, "Or for you to kiss it or slap it away or put something in it... Whatever."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"It's a greeting here," Pip said. "A way of saying hello."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[electric-sitar.livejournal.com]

"...Right." Demyx put his hand out too, mimicking Pippi. "Hello." This place was so weird. Though Pippi was kinda reminding him of Sora... "Why am I at school? I'm supposed to be dead."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip raised an eyebrow. "I have no idea. Maybe the powers that be thought you'd be better off coming here? Maybe... I dunno, you're getting a second chance? Might be something best not worth questioning."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi takes his hand and shakes it (gently).

"Pleased to meet you. I'm glad you're not dead."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[electric-sitar.livejournal.com]

"But what about everybody else? Where's Axel?" Demyx jumped when Pippi shook his hand, pulling it back as soon as she let go. "...Wait. Do I actually have to, you know...go to classes?" His eyes went wide. "I'm a musician. And...and...I already did school when I wasn't a Nobody."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"In order," Pip said. "I don't know. Who's Axel? I'm not sure, maybe you could take it up with administration. I'm a musician too, actually. I play guitar. And what do you mean? Everyone's somebody."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[electric-sitar.livejournal.com]

"Axel's a friend of mine in the Organization. He's number Eight, I'm number Nine." Demyx frowned slightly. "You don't know what a Nobody is? Nobodies are created when somebody with a strong will is turned into a Heartless. It's the body and soul left behind." He grinned, shrugging. "So really, not everybody is Somebody."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi took this all in.

She reached out her hand, slowly, gently, poking him in the shoulder.

"You feel pretty much like somebody to me." she said ignoring the obvious question.

"If you have a soul, you're doing pretty good. Unless you mean you're physically without a heart? The people at the clinic are going to have a breakdown if you ever get hurt or sick."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[electric-sitar.livejournal.com]

"Oh, we do too have hearts." Demyx held his hands up in a symbol of peace. "Don't be mad."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"We're not mad," Pip said. "Just trying to understand. So... are you missing someting, then, if not your heart?"

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[electric-sitar.livejournal.com]

"I'm just as real as anybody else. I'm just a Nobody, not a Somebody. So I'm kinda half a person. Or something. I mean, Roxas was able to find his other half, so maybe someday I'll find mine." He had a habit of talking too much. "I guess I'm stuck here for now, though, so I better just make the most of it. Do they have any kind of music stuff here, or is it all like...writing papers?"

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip nodded. "Don't worry, mon ami. I"m going to introduce you to Professor Ted, the music guy. And you and me? We'll have to jam sometime."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[electric-sitar.livejournal.com]

"My name's not Amy, it's Demyx." His eyes lit up at the mention of a jam session, though. "You mean you actually want to play music with me?? Nobody else ever would! None of the other members was really musically inclined, so I've always just played alone, but it'd be really cool to play with someone else! But I'd have to be really careful to keep my powers in check." The blonde grinned, shaking his hair out of his eyes again. "I can summon water, and a lot of the time I kinda get carried away when I'm playing."

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip laughed. "Sorry, sorry. 'Mon ami' is French for 'my friend'. And yes, I'm totally serious about the jam session. Jam sessions rock." He laughed and lit a cigarette. "So, you control water?"

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Two of Pippi's favorite subjects.

Music and water.

She is well pleased by this new fellow, regardless of how real he thought he was.

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[electric-sitar.livejournal.com]

"French? What's French?" Demyx grinned, nodding. "Yeah. I control water, Axel's totally fire, Xaldin's air-element. You know, that sort of thing." He watched Pip smoke, tilting his head to the side slightly. "Those thing's'll kill ya, you know."

Looking at Pippi, Demyx gave her a curious look. "Are you going to jam too?"

Re: Mingle/Meet the Newbies

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"It's another language here," Pip said. "French, I mean. And yeah, I know these things will kill me, but there's a bunch of things out there that will probably get me first." He grinned. "So, who's Xaldin?"