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

[bigdamndean]

Everyone might have been getting ready for the fall semester, but it was definitely still summertime in Fandom. The temperature was high, the wind was low, and it was only going to get hotter once everyone arrived.

There were chairs and tables set out around the lawn, some in shady spots and some out in the sun, and there was a long table of

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Meet Your Roommate [Fall 2015]

[bigdamndean]

Current students who had been assigned new rooms and/or roommates had been handwavily informed of the change, but the list had been posted for everyone to see at one of the tables:

202: Alluka Zoldyck and Mabel Pines
206: April and Isabela
315: Mara Jade and Merrill
322: Anders and Dante
420: Gary Unwin and Xanthippe Voorhees
426: Frank Doyle and Maria DeLuca
508: Kathy Li and Raven Darkholme

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Fall 2015]

[spin_kick_snap]

Kathy didn't have a little sibling this time around, but she did have a new roommate. One she needed to have a word with, apparently. "Okay," she said, pointing at Raven. "How is it you were the one going on and on about upholding important Fandom traditions, but I'm the one in a bikini today?"

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Fall 2015]

[tigerundercover]

"Because I'm the one with a new little sibling I'm trying not to traumatize," Raven said, grinning. "We'll match later, I promise."

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Fall 2015]

[spin_kick_snap]

"This is entirely unfair," Kathy said, folding her arms over her chest and unsuccessfully fighting off a blush. "For...reasons. That I will inform you of just as soon as I think of them. Just know they exist."

Granted, she was wearing a shirt over her bikini, but still! She was going to feel vastly under-dressed until she saw other people wearing a similar lack of clothing.

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Fall 2015]

[tigerundercover]

"It is," Raven agreed readily. "You look far cuter than anyone else here. Someone's sure to be jealous."

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Fall 2015]

[spin_kick_snap]

Not helping the blushing, Raven, seriously.

"You're just trying to get out of the epic thumping I'm going to give you later," she threatened. "It won't work, though. I am immune to flattery."

Suuuuuuuure.

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Fall 2015]

[tigerundercover]

"Right. Because it absolutely couldn't be that I actually think you look great."

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Fall 2015]

[spin_kick_snap]

Again, just making her blush harder, Raven!

"Don't be silly," Kathy mumbled, kicking at a patch of dirt while she tried to get her stupid cheeks under control. It was easier to write off compliments as teasing than to accept them properly.

"...You think so?"

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Fall 2015]

[tigerundercover]

It was now Raven's personal mission to get Kathy to accept compliments as they were offered.

"Absolutely. And you know I have impeccable style, so my opinion's worth quite a bit."

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Fall 2015]

[spin_kick_snap]

Well, she'd mostly been broken of the habit of apologizing every five minutes, so that was a good new goal to have!

"That's true," Kathy said, eyeing Raven's dress with unconcealed envy. It was gorgeous. "You have no idea how disappointed I am that I can't actually borrow any of the clothes you wear."

To be fair, even if most of Raven's clothing did exist, Kathy wouldn't be able to wear it anyway. They were very much not the same size in certain...areas.

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Fall 2015]

[tigerundercover]

"You know, I hadn't even thought of that. I was just thinking that you must like all the extra closet space you have now."

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Fall 2015]

[spin_kick_snap]

"Which has me thinking of all the extra money I'm going to have to spend filling it," Kathy said with a wink. "You'll come along and help me pick stuff out, right? I think the salesgirl I usually ask for advice is getting worried I don't have any friends."

To be fair, a few years ago and she'd have been right. On the other hand, a few years ago, Kathy wouldn't have dreamed of wearing any of the clothing in that store.

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Fall 2015]

[tigerundercover]

"I think that sounds like a lovely plan."

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Fall 2015]

[spin_kick_snap]

"We can add that to our list of roommate bonding plans," Kathy said with a laugh. "Show the newbies how it's done."

Yeah, Kathy might have just overheard Xanthippe's reaction to her roommate's identity.

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Fall 2015]

[tigerundercover]

It was hard to miss.

"Well, we do have an advantage. It'd be rude to lord that over them too much."

Re: Meet Your Roommate [Fall 2015]

[spin_kick_snap]

Kathy heaved a great sigh. "You never let me have any fun."

And then grinned. Because--really.