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

[bigdamndean]

It may have just been a coincidence that the weather was sunny now that Fandom was back home in Maryland, but no one was going to complain.

Okay, maybe they were going to complain a little since the sun meant it was in the high 90s 32C outside, but that just meant there was a good excuse for all the ice cream on the buffet table of picnic food

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Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2016]

[uncertain_dume]

So, Kanan still seemed to be stuck in this galaxy. So, here in this galaxy, he was going to be teaching some more. Which was fine. He was fine with this. Maybe he still didn't think of himself as teacher material, but if he was going to be here anyway, he might as well. And hey, that dog that he'd insisted up and down that he wasn't going to keep had tagged along to the picnic, too.

He'd insist it was because he was teaching a class about weird Island things this semester, and a rainbow dog definitely fit the bill. The truth of the matter was more that Stance had given him big sad puppy eyes and even Kanan wasn't a monster who would make a sad-eyed puppy miss out on meeting all the new people. So here he was, occasionally feeding Stance cold cuts from the food tables. Apparently, rainbow dalmatians liked ham.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2016]

[electrocynic]

"... the bloody hell is that?"

Electroclash was talking about the dog, of course, having wandered by, and stopped for a double-take. And despite her usual gruff manner of going about it, she didn't exactly sound like she disapproved. A lot, anyway.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2016]

[uncertain_dume]

Kanan blinked up at the woman from where he was crouched, feeding Stance a slice of roast beef, and then he laughed easily and stood again with a shrug of his shoulders.

"People keep telling me he's a dog," he shared. "Or, actually, they seem kind of divided on that one, but he at least mostly looks like an Earth dog and definitely acts like one, if all the things around my apartment with chew marks in them serve as any indication."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2016]

[electrocynic]

Electroclash gave a quiet little snort. "Where the fuck did you get a dog that looks like that?"

Because the spots were criminally cute. She cute imagine She-Force's reaction (which was why it was a good thing She-Force wasn't actually here, because no one needed that kind of high-pitched flailing and babbling).

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2016]

[uncertain_dume]

"One of the stops the island made this summer. The one with... well, basically his color scheme," Kanan replied, smiling a little as Stance trotted over to investigate the new person, looking up at her with a big doggy smile. "I'm still mostly counting myself lucky it was just him. It could have been him, a few more dogs besides, some flying cats, and a bear. I can handle being followed home by just one of these things."

Well, mostly. He'd still lost a pair of boots to the little guy that he was going to mourn for a while longer. They'd been good boots, damn it.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2016]

[electrocynic]

"Huh." She tilted her head some. "Maybe I should've gone out a time or two when we were doing our little tour o' the universe."

Not that she was saying she wished she'd accidentally acquired a pet, but. You know.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2016]

[uncertain_dume]

"There were some interesting stops along the way," Kanan noted. "Mostly bars."

His priorities.

"You can pet him, if you want. He's friendly. And only slobbers a little bit."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2016]

[electrocynic]

Electroclash would've been the very first to tell him there was absolutely nothing wrong with those priorities. None.

"Pass," she said. "Slobbering reminds me of an ex." Oh, Alex. Still, she gave the dog half a smile before looking back up. "I'm Electroclash, by the way."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2016]

[uncertain_dume]

And he'd only been carried back to the island thanks to too much Krogan ale the one time! That was a good record for Kanan.

"Kanan," he replied, smiling easily and offering her a handshake. "The spotty one is Stance. I'll offer a handshake from both of us since he hasn't gotten to that part of his training, yet."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2016]

[electrocynic]

"Well, looks like we've got a new teacher who might be able to help," Electroclash replied with a drawl as she shook his hand. "At least we're assuming he's a teacher."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2016]

[uncertain_dume]

"If you're talking about the guy who licked my dog earlier, yeah, he's a new teacher," Kanan confirmed. He re-claimed his hand and gestured with it. "About this tall, floppy ears, covered in yellow fur? I'm his teaching buddy."

And Mr. Peanutbutter was not his apprentice, Obi-Wan.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2016]

[electrocynic]

She probably shouldn't have snickered.

But she didn't stop herself. "I'm sorry," she said, not sounding sorry at all, "did you just say he licked your dog?"

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2016]

[uncertain_dume]

Kanan just grinned faintly. A least Electroclash here could find the humor in it.

"Yeah, that's pretty much what I said," Kanan agreed. "Stance licked his hand, he licked Stance."

So, this semester was going to be an interesting one.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2016]

[electrocynic]

Hey, he'd just made this whole 'coming to the stupid picnic' thing worth it, as far as she was concerned.

"Oh that is brilliant," she said. "That is classic. This fucking island, I swear."

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2016]

[uncertain_dume]

"This island," Kanan agreed, chuckling and shaking his head a little. "Just when I think I'm getting a feel for this place, somebody licks my karking dog."

He wasn't even surprised, so much as slightly scandalized.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2016]

[electrocynic]

Oh, hey. Familiar vocabulary.

Electroclash raised an eyebrow, just slightly. "So you another one of our ever-expanding brood of space boys?"