loverlyviolets ([personal profile] loverlyviolets) wrote in [community profile] fandomtownies2009-05-03 03:04 am
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Graduation Brunch: The Park, Sunday, mid-morning to mid-afternoon

A banner, the letters wrapped with fresh spring flowers, hung from the trees, spelling out CONGRATULATIONS, CLASS OF 2009! No missing letters or anything.

Spread out across the park were plenty of tables and chairs, some under the shade of picnic shelters, some out on the grass in the sunshine. For those who felt like getting back to nature, there were even red and white checked blankets spread out in a few areas for old-fashioned picnic-y goodness. Lack of ants not guaranteed.

The long table that ran along next to the picnic shelters was laden with a vast moddable array of traditional brillig-y food, including fruit, veggie snacks, breakfast pastries, sandwiches for the especially hungry or those who arrived more toward the unch end of brunch, and a wide variety of J,GoB-catered desserts. Drinks included coffee, tea, juices and soft drinks, and while there were plates provided, there were also wee picnic-basket-shaped trays for carrying things back to your seat, wherever that might be.

A space had been cleared for dancing, if people cared to do more than just listen to the light music being played through the speakers, and there was also an area set aside for outdoor games of croquet, horseshoes, or frisbee.

Everybody's welcome. Come celebrate with the Class of '09!

[OOC: Wait for the OCD. Don't make Eliza Doolittle have to cut a bitch. OPEN! And no one had to get cut! It's a good day!]

Re: Tables, Chairs, and Blankets

[identity profile] noboynextdoor.livejournal.com 2009-05-04 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
If anything else, that made Jess even more uncomfortable, and he scrambled to get up from the table faster than necessary. "Thanks. I should...you know."

Re: Food & Drink

[identity profile] repeterpetrelli.livejournal.com 2009-05-04 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
"Who would've thought?" Peter replied with a grin.
withoutverona: (Making a point)

Re: Mingling

[personal profile] withoutverona 2009-05-04 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
"I always think guilt is the worst of all," Romeo commented, to keep with the theme. "Goodbye is second, though, and it can cut as deep."

"Will you spar tonight?" he asked, mostly idly.

Re: Mingling

[identity profile] minnesota-teen.livejournal.com 2009-05-04 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
"I know, I know. Okay, you can buy me lunch. And I'll buy you an ice cream after. How does that sound?"

Re: Tables, Chairs, and Blankets

[identity profile] lizandluke.livejournal.com 2009-05-04 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, go on," Jimmy said, getting serious for just one more moment. "Hey, tell your mom I'm sorry?"

Re: Tables, Chairs, and Blankets

[identity profile] whitedeathpod.livejournal.com 2009-05-04 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
"Busy. Hard," he admitted, wincing. "The school, not the life. Talyn's into putting things in his mouth. Aeryn gets a little concerned when that includes things like the water pistol."

Re: Tables, Chairs, and Blankets

[identity profile] stupid-toasters.livejournal.com 2009-05-04 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
"Right, great," he said and rubbed his eyes. "I'm not going back home, by the way."

Re: Food & Drink

[identity profile] izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com 2009-05-04 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
"I did. I put money on it in Vegas. I made a bundle." Obviously she was teasing.

Re: Mingling

[identity profile] sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com 2009-05-04 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
"But what would I do?" Triela asked, half-teasing.

Re: Tables, Chairs, and Blankets

[identity profile] noboynextdoor.livejournal.com 2009-05-04 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
All Jess could do was nod before heading out of the park as fast as he could. Distance was probably the only thing that would help him now.
withoutverona: (B+W serious)

Re: Mingling

[personal profile] withoutverona 2009-05-04 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
"In its way," Romeo assented. "It felt like it was months away, and then all of a sudden it was prom, then exams, then today." He shrugged a little, mostly at his own foolishness. "How is college?"

Re: Mingling

[identity profile] kawalsky.livejournal.com 2009-05-04 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
Kawalsky gave him a sympathetic look. He'd been there. "You could always move to Tortall," he joked. "Get a place in the Upper City. I'll be your neighbor again, but I don't think the locals would understand the iPez. They don't even understand vinyl yet."

Re: Tables, Chairs, and Blankets

[identity profile] daddy-adama.livejournal.com 2009-05-04 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
Adama hated surprises. Really hated them and after that display, he hadn't expected one.

"That sounds like a poorly planned decision," he said coolly.
raspberryturk: (Just talkin)

Re: Mingling

[personal profile] raspberryturk 2009-05-04 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
"If anyone wants to, I ain't gonna turn 'em down," Reno mused, and then shrugged. "Ain't really up for it, though, I don't think. I mean, not pickin' any fights. I'll have enough of 'em soon enough anyhow, I'm sure."

Re: Tables, Chairs, and Blankets

[identity profile] cowboy-sailor.livejournal.com 2009-05-04 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
"Don't think I've met her."

Re: Food & Drink

[identity profile] aimed-so-near.livejournal.com 2009-05-04 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
"That puts my mind at ease," Benvolio confessed, "that distance alone would not suffice to sunder thee from thy kin. Though I would hope to see thee make thy way home, I would not seek to make thee tarry 'gainst thy will."

Re: Mingling

[identity profile] robinthefrog.livejournal.com 2009-05-04 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
"I've never been to Minnesota. What's it like there?"

Re: Tables, Chairs, and Blankets

[identity profile] ecirpnellehada.livejournal.com 2009-05-04 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
It was Adah's turn to stay quiet; she really had said what she'd wanted to and had more than met her quota of talking for today. She wanted to get up, leave them to it themselves, but the main problem with that was that she was so upset, she knew she actually couldn't.

She half wondered if the reason she didn't say anything was because even her jaw had tightened so much she didn't trust it to move, either.

Re: Tables, Chairs, and Blankets

[identity profile] kawalsky.livejournal.com 2009-05-04 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
Kawalsky grinned again. "With parents like you guys, it's no wonder your kid's getting into trouble already. You liking it? Being a dad I mean."

Re: Mingling

[identity profile] ecirpnellehada.livejournal.com 2009-05-04 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
"Grinding," said Adah, after a moment to consider the best adjective out of a small list.

Re: Mingling

[identity profile] minnesota-teen.livejournal.com 2009-05-04 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
"Whatever I want you to do," she said, snickering.
withoutverona: (laughing)

Re: Food & Drink

[personal profile] withoutverona 2009-05-04 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
"That is more than I could ask for, father," Romeo answered. "I will make good on thine trust, I vow. And I thank thee again for it."
bigdamnprincipal: (i am glaring up)

Re: Mingling

[personal profile] bigdamnprincipal 2009-05-04 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
"That would be very good," she said. "Did you enjoy yourself yesterday?"
bigdamnprincipal: (i am very pleased)

Re: Mingling

[personal profile] bigdamnprincipal 2009-05-04 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
"Doing very well," Zoe said, with no small bit of pride. "How's life away from Fandom treating you?"

Re: Mingling

[identity profile] gkar-lastkhari.livejournal.com 2009-05-04 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
"A fair bargain in anyone's book," he grinned.