Fandom High Welcome Picnic, Front Lawn of the School, Saturday, All Day

[bigdamnprincipal]

So, it wasn't Fall yet by a long shot. The temperatures were still high, the leaves were still green, and the calendar still said August. But the calendar of consumerism didn't care about reality and thus, the welcome picnic was decorated for fall. The tables were covered in reds, oranges, and yellows, there was apple cider in the punch bowls and, of course, if the food on the table could come in pumpkin spice form, it was here in pumpkin spice form.

Enjoy your basic seasonal welcome picnic, everyone!

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Re: Mingle Time

[even_bigger_teeth]

"A DJ? Like on the radio?"

Eleanor had promised Luma that she would stop pestering her about being more social if she agreed to say hello to at least one person who looked new, so congratulations, Billie, you and that question she could bounce off of were the lucky winner, and Luma just hoped that it wasn't a stupid question that would get things started on the wrong foot.

And then she remembered that she hadn't technically said hello, and so Eleanor didn't catch her on a technicality, she added, "Hi. I'm Luma."

There. Try arguing with it now, Eleanor, ha.

Re: Mingle Time

[mostnonheinous]

“Like at a party,” Billie said with a scoff. So many of these people had been sorely deprived in their musical education! “Hi, Luma, I’m Billie! I am absolutely brand new here.”

There. Now Luma could even confirm for Eleanor that Billie was a new person!

Re: Mingle Time

[even_bigger_teeth]

Luma squinted a little, trying to think of the parties here that she'd been to, to make the connection between what Billie meant and what her context for a DJ was, and tilted her head slightly.

"I think," she said, "some parties here have had one. But usually in the evening. Where there might be some dancing. And I thought you might be. I'm a little new here myself, but not as much now with the new semester.

"So where are you from?"

Engaging in further conversation, too? Eleanor wouldn't be able to pestering her for at least a week now.

Re: Mingle Time

[mostnonheinous]

“San Dimas! That’s in California. How about you?”

Billie would so far give Luka excellent marks in socializing.

Re: Mingle Time

[even_bigger_teeth]

She had taken a class in it! Clearly, she had learned a thing or two!

Even if she hadn't even brought up the weather yet. Whoops.

"Winterport, Maine," she offered, the tug in the corner of her mouth a little rueful. "Originally. We've moved a little bit more north now. Oh. And the year 1976. Has anyone told you about the time travel yet?"

And here poor Luma didn't even know how hilarious she was!

Re: Mingle Time

[mostnonheinous]

Well, there was the part where Billie laughed in delight. So she’d find out immediately.

“I was just in the mid-twentieth century! We went to pick up Jimi Hendrix so he could play in my dad’s band.”

Re: Mingle Time

[even_bigger_teeth]

Only Luma hadn't meant to be hilarious, so the laugh just made her blink a little in surprise. But it didn't seem like a bad laugh, so she cautiously decided to chalk it up as a success regardless.

"Really?" she asked, wondering if she should ask who that was or just wait and look it up later. She wasn't sure, though, so she just trudged on ahead. "So then you know already. Good. That's kind of a shock to some people. What about all the magic and monsters," she waved her hand dismissively, "things like that?"

Re: Mingle Time

[mostnonheinous]

“I met a necromancer on the bus!” Sorry for outing you, Erasmus. “It took us a really long time to figure out that we were from different realities. I think I’ll get better at that, though.”

Re: Mingle Time

[even_bigger_teeth]

Luma nodded approvingly, that Billie seemed pretty up to speed on everything. Which was good for Billie. Bad for the limitations of Luma's conversational prowess.

"Some people have an easier time of it than others," she offered. "I was sort of lucky in that regard. I came here because it's so different...

"So..." Now to really drive the small talk home! "What's the weather like in San Dimas, California?"

Re: Mingle Time

[mostnonheinous]

“It has a most Mediterranean climate,” Billie said enthusiastically. “I imagine it’s very different from the weather in Maine.”