Parents' Weekend Meet & Greet, The Park, Friday Afternoon

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

The day had dawned crisp and clear, but by the time afternoon had rolled around... it was really still kind of ridiculously warm for fall. People could probably get away with not wearing a sweater, even.

Which made rather good weather for a picnic, convenient since that was the traditional way of kicking off the Fandom High Parents' (and assorted other relatives, friends, acquaintances, or sometimes even enemies, but that was harder to fit nicely on a banner) Weekend. So there were rows of picnic tables decked out in blue and yellow, laid out with just about any sort of foodstuff one could imagine. And just in case there was any lingering doubt as to the purpose of the picnic, a glittery banner (Petra's work, naturally) adorned the registration tables:




[ooc: ocd up! registration / security / food & drink / mingling / post two ]

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Re: Mingling! [PW1]

[godofxbox]

Considering that Ares was a wall of muscle, while Alex was on the small and slight side for an almost-fourteen-year-old, the blow probably should have sent him to his knees, but Alex didn't so much as turn an eyelash. "You make that sound so ominous, Dad," he complained. "Did you know one of my teachers is Deadpool?"

Re: Mingling! [PW1]

[warandfury.livejournal.com]

"Yes," Ares said. "Yes, I know." He didn't sound terribly happy about it, but he knew. "We have much to talk about, you and I," he said. "And I have something for you."

Re: Mingling! [PW1]

[godofxbox]

"A present?" Alex asked hopefully.

Re: Mingling! [PW1]

[warandfury.livejournal.com]

"No," Ares told him, "not a gift. It is already one of your possessions, but given what you have told me of this school, I felt it would serve you better here than gathering dust in your room at home."

He totally had presents, too, though.

Re: Mingling! [PW1]

[godofxbox]

Well, it couldn't be a sword. Alex already had Grasscutter...

Something about that thought made some odd, niggling feeling, like poking at the place where something he had known but forgotten dwelled, start up in his mind. His brow furrowed in concern as he tried to puzzle it out, and when he'd been quiet long enough that his dad noticed and started to look concerned, he said slowly, "Dad? Is there...is there something about Grasscutter? Did I...forget...something?"

Re: Mingling! [PW1]

[warandfury.livejournal.com]

Ares sighed heavily, then confirmed, "Yes. But it is nothing to worry about. We'll discuss it later. This is not the time. Now. I would like to meet your teachers, and also your roommate, and there is this feast for us to partake of." Ares was doing kind of a shitty job of pretending to be a normal human. Ask him if he cared. "Let us by all means do so."