Fandom High Welcome Picnic, Front Lawn of the School, All Day: Part I

[mouthy_merc]

There was, thankfully, modded--razzumfrazzum storms-- good weather for the day of the picnic. It was almost eerie how that always seemed to happen

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Meet Your Roommate (Fall 2009)

[mouthy_merc]

The list of roommate assignments was, but of course, located in a prime spot on one of the tables. Current students who had been assigned new rooms and/or roommates had been handwavily informed of the change.

Room 204: Andrew Wiggin, Ben Skywalker
Room 221: Angela Martin, Blysse Norwood
Room 232: Clark Kent, Tony Foster
Room 304: Matrim Cauthon, Zayne Carrick
Room 305: Calvin, Cordelia Chase
Room 306: Azula, Zach Wright
Room 308: Andy Gallagher, Jack Priest
Room 315: Chuck Bartowski, Eric Matthews
Room 320: Illyria, Sam Winchester
Room 321: Cyd Sherman, Jonas
Room 322: Didi, Jaime Reyes
Room 406: Hayley Fitzpatrick, Rebekah Cooper
Room 408: Jak, Jonothon Evan Starsmore
Room 411: Jason Stackhouse, Kelly Rajnigandha Kapoor
Room 415: Kennedy, Worf
Room 420: Chloe Saunders, Helen Haras-Urqua
Room 516: Lois Lane, Sookie Stackhouse

Re: Meet Your Roommate (Fall 2009)

[armybrat_lois]

"Wow, I got Stackhouse everything today, don't I?" Lois mumbled to herself. Not that was a bad thing. It was just kind of weird.

Re: Meet Your Roommate (Fall 2009)

[datemyavatar]

Codex checked the list to see where she was going to be living. "Room 321," she said aloud. Wait for it.

Wait for it.

"Isn't Jonas a boy's name?"

There it was.

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[see_beyond]

"It's my name," Jonas said, having heard his name above the din of the crowd. He followed the source and approached Codex slowly, eyes down and movements easy. He didn't think of himself as intimidating but this was a completely new experience. People didn't just automatically know him.

"Hello," he added after a moment.

Re: Meet Your Roommate (Fall 2009)

[datemyavatar]

She hadn't expected a response, so Cyd was startled at first. Then she saw Jonas. Jonas was definitely a boy. "Oh," was the first thing out of her mouth, followed by a "hello." Then she managed to recover from the initial confusion. "This list says we're roommates. Surprise!"

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[see_beyond]

"Which means we live together," he put together considering roommate was one of those easily figured out compound words. "I've only ever lived with my brother."

And Gabriel had been young and fussy, nothing like the girl standing in front of him.

"I'm not messy," he added for no good reason than he didn't want to surprise her further.

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[datemyavatar]

"I am," she said apologetically. "But it's usually an organized mess. I'll try to keep it clean, and only ever keep things on my side of the room," she promised. "Is your brother here too?"

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[see_beyond]

Gabe was young, still growing so he was used to toddler messes and decided he could handle an organized mess. He almost welcomed it after years spent with so few things to make a mess with.

"He's not," he answered, shaking his head. "Gabriel's still in the Village. He's young. Younger than me. He's an..."

Ages still threw him and the phrasing was started before he could stop himself. He'd just have to correct it. "He's about three."

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[datemyavatar]

"Oh, so young! I can promise you I'm tidier than a three year old." Most days. "I had a male housemate for a little while, so I'm sure we can work this all out and get used to each other." She prayed over and over and over in her head that Jonas was a better (and less obsessive) housemate than Zaboo. "It could be fun," she said, attempting to stay upbeat.

Re: Meet Your Roommate (Fall 2009)

[see_beyond]

She didn't talk quite as much as Kelly from the newbie shuttle but Jonas got the sense that she talked for far different reasons than Kelly too.

"It could be," he agreed with a small nod and matching smile. "And I think anyone's tidier than a three year old. He likes to throw things and make me pick them up. I think he thinks it's amusing."

And really, Jonas didn't mind. Being able to see Gabe do that after having been so close to Release was reward of it's own.

Re: Meet Your Roommate (Fall 2009)

[datemyavatar]

"He sounds adorable." In a 'that kid over there that I don't have to clean up after' kind of way, of course. "I promise not to do that either," she joked. "You can have whichever side of the room you want," Codex went on to say. "I'll just need access to wherever there's a power outlet, but I brought some extension cables with me, so it shouldn't be a problem."

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[see_beyond]

"Power outlet?" It was a technological term, he knew that but he was more curious as to what she had. "For a...television?"

Not a video screen like he wanted to call it. Television. Moving pictures on a video screen used for entertainment purposes. The extension cables weren't something he was going to ask about yet.

Re: Meet Your Roommate (Fall 2009)

[datemyavatar]

"For my computer," Cyd explained, not understanding that he was unsure what a power outlet was. "I use it a few hours a day." 10-12 was a few, right?

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[see_beyond]

"Oh, I don't know have one of those," he explained, shaking his head, "so I won't need the power outlet."

He barely knew what a computer was. Just barely.

"I don't know if I brought anything that actually needs power."

Re: Meet Your Roommate (Fall 2009)

[datemyavatar]

"Oh." She sounded a little sorry for him. "Are you Amish?"

Re: Meet Your Roommate (Fall 2009)

[see_beyond]

"No, Jonas," he said, thinking she'd just missed his name. They were going to have tons of fun, weren't they? "Since I was born."

Sort of.