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

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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"Oh, absolutely," Charlie said. "When I put my mind to something I find a way. And I mean, music, right?"

She grinned at her. "But I mean, a good DJ rocks, but nothing compares to live music."

“A good DJ. . . .” Billie said, “. . . working with live musicians.” She made fists by her head and then opened them wide with an explosion noise. “I mean I won’t say it’s objectively the best shut, but it can save the world.”

"Woah..." Charlie drew out the word with slowly growing amazement, picturing it in her head. "Holy crap, a DJ and live musicians together? Oh my gods, that would be incredible! That could just..bring down the world. Or save it, yeah!"

“I have a video of it! My uncle Deacon sent it to me.” Billie patted down her pockets until she found her phone, then pulled up a video, holding it up to show Charlie. “That’s me and my cousin Thea, working the equipment. And Hendrix, Armstrong, Mozart, Ling Lun, and Grom.” She pointed to the historic musicians in turn. “And that’s Kid Cudi, and that’s Death on bass. . . . And that’s my dad and uncle Bill playing the riffs that seal the rift!”

"Hendrix? You met Hendrix? And Armstrong? Holy..." Charlie watched the video intently. "And that's Mozart? The actual Mozart? And Ling Lun? Man."

For a moment she just closed her eyes and listened. "That is beyond awesome. I don't even have words for how beyond amazing that is. One day I want to be a part of something like that. Maybe not saving the world big, though that would be unbelieveable, but something!"

She shook her head. "I mean, I can do magic with my music, but that... that there is not only next level, it's like next a million levels!"

“You can do magic with it? Like, literal magic or like ‘this song is magic’? Because both are good, but the first one would be most righteous!”

"Magic magic," Charlie said. "Or at least that's what they call it here. Back home we just say ist using charms."

She slung her guitar to the front and looked around for a good target. Probably not the squirrel watching them since she didn't want to get on their bad side, but there was a bird in the tree there. It didn't take her a moment to settle on the chorus from a Celtic lullaby and less than a stanza in the bird was asleep.

"Simple, but effective. Bigger things take a lot more oomph, obviously. Ooohhh, together we could do totally cool things!"

“Woah!” Billie stared at the bird. “You just sang that bird to sleep!”

"I'm still learning ways to make things happen with music," Charlie said. 'The straight up charms that I've been doing forever are easier, obviously, but music... that's at the core of me."

“Me too! I’m from a very musical family. Have you heard of Wyld Stallyns?”

She had a feeling it was a long shot. But she had to try.

"I haven't," Charlie said regretfully, "But we might not be from the same Earth - assuming you're from an Earth and not somewhere else."

“Right! I keep forgetting. This is my first time encountering actual alternate realities.”

"Crazy, right? But boy can it be fun!" Charlie said. "And I work in this store called Groovy Tunes and you can get music from anywhere. Like anywhere anywhere. Another time, another world, another planet... It's incredible!"

“Any time? Like . . . do you use time machines?”

Just, say. As an example.

"No, it's got something to do with this being a multidimensional nexus," Charlie explained. "And, of course, there's Portalocity. The gnomes can hook you up to a portal to just about any where and any when that you want to go."

She sighed. "No times machines. But I can Walk the Wood to get to places and I can get places before I start if I want - not by a lot yet, but I'm getting better at it. Playing the guitar helps me follow the tunes through the Wood."

“I have no idea what lost of that means!” Billie said cheerfully. “But it sounds most fulfilling for you!”

"I'll show you sometime if you want," Charlie offered. "It's pretty cool."

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