Fandom High Welcome Picnic, Front Lawn of the School, All Day: Part I
The forecast for today might have called for rain, but thankfully, there was no sign of bad precipitation in Fandom. The weather was bright and sunny, but still a bit chilly, so the first thing people might have noticed when they arrived was the bonfire set up in the middle of the lawn. There were tables and chairs scattered around the bonfire,
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There was something about Jono that piqued his curiosity, however. Perhaps it was the bandages.
"Your pet is keeping awfully calm in this crowd," he said.
... it was the cat. It was definitely the cat.
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It helped that she had remained surprisingly small since he'd gotten her, either because of some genetic quirk fitting for the pet of a mutant, or because of some whimsy of the island. Jono wasn't complaining.
//I've been through thick and thin with her. She's sat out a war or two, but picnics are nothing at all.//
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He said it as much to Joni as he did to Jono. Perhaps even more to Joni than anyone else.
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She was already purring. Apparently Joni approved of the new man with the furry face, too. A good sign, if you asked Jono. She was generally a good judge of these things.
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Such a tiny thing was managing one hell of a mighty purr. Even Jono was pretty impressed.
//Fan of cats, are you?//
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He glanced towards the crowd of teenagers just up ahead. "More so than others at this picnic."
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He didn't seem entirely bothered by having a sword waved at him, at least. Par for the course, for Fandom.
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He doubted any of these could be as much of a nightmare as Anakin had been, at certain stages of his life.
"You've worked here a long time, I presume."
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Obi-Wan's arm was now getting happily kneaded at by a purring kitten who was also licking his thumb. Because thumbs were delicious, clearly.
//Opinion really doesn't have much to do with it, so far as Fandom is concerned. You're either here or you're not here, and it might take you a while to put a finger on why you stay, but those who do don't often regret it.//
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"It seems interesting enough," he said mildly. "Though that isn't necessarily a good thing."
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He glanced towards Jono again. "What does 'unsafe' entail here?"
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//It changes up to keep us on our toes,// he explained. //Not long ago, it was ghosts, trying to take over the locals. Occasionally people get grabbed right up and dumped into other realities, alternate timelines, darker echoes of things that shouldn't have ever been. The whole of the multiverse started vanishing, once... Just started disappearing entirely. Fandom doesn't do danger by half-measures, I'm afraid. Though I'd be willing to wager you have a bit of experience with danger, yourself. You're Jedi, right?//
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But no. He had apparently already been found out.
"The robes are a bit of a giveaway, I suppose."
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