The Park over by the Belthazor Commemorative Ditch [Saturday, September 5, 2015, dawn]

[makemyownway.livejournal.com]

Like so many weekends before it, the calm of a September Saturday morning was interrupted by the unscheduled opening of a portal in the park. This one sprang to life in a blaze of blue and gold and a burst of glitter before settling into something more stable.

The first to flood out were a score of squirrels, followed by some alots, a few teal deer, and some gremlins who had left Fandom to seek their fortune through biting. Then humans, humanoids, and those we never asked about too closely came through the portal.

Welcome back to Fandom, alums! Even if you hadn't planned on being here this weekend!

[OOC: Feel free to establish your folks coming through if they aren't taking alternative methods to arrive! HAPPY TENTH ANNIVERSARY, FANDOM! Come hang out in the IM chatroom gogremlins if you have time to kill and want to catch up/squee/find out what people have done IRL over ten years...]

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[sonofmogh.livejournal.com]

The were was a brief flash of light and suddenly where there was no one, a Klingon appeared.

Worf, son of Mogh, of the Klingon House of Martok, of the Human family Rozhenko and Ambassador to the Klingon Empire for the Federation stood on the island of Fandom for the first time in 40 years.

Unlike the last time, he wasn’t here because some omnipotent had flung him across time and space. This time he had received an invite. And after years of dealing with alien battles and intrigue he was curious to see if the island still held its… curiosities.

Curiosity was not necessarily a klingon trait but Worf had grown beyond the need to embrace all aspects of Klingon culture if not reject some of them. And perhaps now after the end of a long war where he had lost more than he cared to admit, a visit to the past might remind him a bit of who he once was.

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

Marty was in his suit. Anyone knowing Marty would not find this surprising. Why he was here? Well that was anyone’s guess. It certainly wasn't because he wanted to visit a certain pine tree. Although right now that's what he was doing. (How the hell did it get so tall?)

It had been years since Marty graduated. He was the father of two now, had a normal job and had lost contact with many of his friends since leaving Fandom. When he and Angela had received the invite to return to celebration, Marty had accepted with a good deal of twitchiness. It had been ten years since he had first stepped on the island. The things that happened to him here were mostly for the good but there were other things and memories that weren’t so welcome.

It hadn’t helped that Angela couldn’t have joined him. Between the start of the school year, her job and the kids, she couldn’t manage it.

So what was Marty doing here? Besides looking at a pine tree?

“I should have brought a gun,” he muttered almost inaudibly.

He was being twitchy.

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

"Hope you're not planning to shoot anyone this weekend, Blank," Veronica said, coming up behind Marty.

She wasn't entirely sure what possessed her to return to Fandom this weekend. Ever since her disaster of a drunken Vegas wedding to Dick and their inevitable divorce, she mostly avoided her old friends.

Maybe part of her just wanted to show off that she kind of had her life together now.

[likeguidelines.livejournal.com]

Barbossa staggered through the portal (but let's be honest, Barbossa staggered through just about every doorway) and glanced around.

"This be not the Pearl," he mused aloud. "There be far too many--"

And that's when he was tackled by a dozen radio squirrels.

"Aye," he said, bemused. "There be far too many squirrels."

[gudspellr-claud.livejournal.com]

Claudia Kishi, wearing leopard print leggings, a tie-dyed skirt and a vest that looked like the pelt of a Muppet over a hot pink tank top, tossed her multitude of braids back over her shoulder as she skipped out of the portal.

"OMIGOD," she squealed. "Fandom! It's been, like, weeks since I've been here!!!"

[genesishero]

Evan really hadn't expected to go tripping through a portal this morning when he went to take Old Lace for her morning walk through the woods, but apparently some days, a tiny Apocalypse and his telepathic dinosaur just kind of needed to end up...

"We're in Fandom?"

Old Lace gave a little snort of surprise, and then immediately trotted off to go antagonize the flamingos.

Sigh.

[deadly_little]

Miho stepped out of the portal and scowled, shading her eyes as she looked around. She'd forgotten how colorful everything was here.

[likeguidelines.livejournal.com]

"Miho!" cried the pirate currently covered in squirrels.

Way to make an impression, Barbossa.

[peace_n_war]

Warren pursed his lips a little as he looked around the park. Hey, it had been a while since he had been here last, and the place... still looked like Fandom. Which, he supposed, was probably the best he could hope for, remembering this place and all. Maybe he could find somewhere to sort of get his bearings, away from too many people.

Not that people actually bothered him that much, honest.

Mostly because he tended to threaten to light them on fire if they did.

Maybe he'd just go get a coffee or something and pretend that counted as socialization. That didn't sound like a bad idea, really.

[solarhippie]

Karolina was a burst of color light from the portal all on her own.

She hovered several feet off the ground, looking around confused.

"... Wait a minute."

[nojesusfreak.livejournal.com]

Biff stepped through the portal and grinned as he looked around. "Excellent," he said. "Breakfast time!"

Time to find all of the bacon!

[shiroi_tiger]

It had been a few years since Nathan Algren had traded in trousers for hakama, and while he still had a bit of a stiff hitch in his step when he walked, there was a sort of peace about him when he stepped through the portal onto the island that simply hadn't been there before. Life with Taka and her family in the mountains had been good for him, apparently.

It helped that their village wasn't being attacked by ninja or anything, these days.

It probably didn't hurt, either, that he had his sword on him to keep any gremlins that might be thinking of trying something funny at bay.

[gobrookeyourself]

While Brooke had some really great memories in Fandom, she didn't really consider it home. So when work was just too busy with Fashion Week coming up, she'd decided not to come back this weekend.

And then there was a portal and she found herself here anyway.

"This! This is why I didn't RSVP!" she yelled at the air.

[swerval_zero]

Zero practically skipped through the portal with her overnight bag and her guitar case. She looked around at the park and said happily, "Squall, I missed this swerval place."

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

"At least someone has," said the man the suit. "I was sure I'd be seeing a pink kitten. Hello, Zero."

[zetabetabrat.livejournal.com]

Although nearly six years had passed in her time since she'd last stepped foot on Fandom soil, there was something underwhelming about Rebecca's reaction of surprise when the portal appeared in her office and made short work of pulling her through (though she did put up a fight and force the portal to just wait one goddamn minute while she fished her cell phone out of her desk to bring along).

That seemed to piss off the portal, to whatever extent it was able to feel things like annoyance, because it gave Rebecca a pretty rough ride, and deposited her unceremoniously on her ass just next to a puddle.

"And fuck you too," Rebecca snarled as she got to her feet.

[yakkoyaks.livejournal.com]

Music (https://youtu.be/5_QffCZs-bg?t=1m56s) started to play from the portal. Shortly after it? Yakko.

Today, today
See all your friends today
See how much they've aged on their faaaace

Today, today
Whatever will you say
To whomever
Has taken over your plaaaace

This weekend, we'll all befriend each other
Maybe find a new lover (HELLOOOOOOO NURSE!)
Just remember the gremlins biiiiiite

So let's all play
And keep the pace all the way through to Monday!
Todaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

[istherecoffee.livejournal.com]

Jake stumbled through the portal as if somebody had pushed him through. Which was in fact the case. That the portal should close so quickly hadn't exactly been in Krycek's plan though. A very exasperated former FBI etc agent could be seen briefly through the poral before it slammed shut.

"What the..?" Jake said. This was NOT the date he'd had in mind for the day.

And then 10 years of memories hit him at once.

It wasn't fun.

"...I need coffee."

[dollpocalypse]

Topher? Oh, Topher was here by choice.

He had brought with him all the things he would need for a weekend back at his high school, like a flask, sunglasses so he would look cool, spare underwear and the right size bra in case he turned into a girl, and plenty of snacks.

He practically skipped out of the portal like a pro, adjusted his backpack strap and promptly headed straight in the direction of... wait. Where was he going?

[pyroliz.livejournal.com]

It had taken Hellboy some convincing to let her come back to Fandom for the weekend, Liz had insisted that she would be okay and would be coming back to the BPRD and after some initial reluctance he agreed that she could go, convinced that he and Abe would be able to manage on their own while she was gone. She supposed it was because of her history of quitting and rejoining the BPRD several times over the last ten years that made him reluctant to let her go in case she changed her mind again but it had been three months since she had joined up again and her new relationship with Hellboy was a definite plus in her decision to stay for good this time.

Still it was good to be back in Fandom, even if it was only for the weekend, she stepped out of the portal and looking around her surroundings to see if anything had changed since she was last here.

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

Chuck had not RSVP'ed to this event and yet he was not surprised when he landed here anyway. Luckily he had purposely cleared his schedule in the event this very thing would happen.

So he just let out a defeated sigh when the portal dropped him off here and headed towards the nearest bar.

[arsenicmauls]

There was a fizzle of matter, and then Gertrude Yorkes just... appeared.

She looked just barely different from how people who knew her might recognize her, but it was difficult to identify what had changed. She felt the same, but the way she carried herself physically was just off somehow. It was like her body didn't fit her anymore.

It was strange to be back. It felt strange to be at all, and she had no idea how much time had passed. But she was smiling. It was really good to be back.

[solarhippie]

There was a gasp from above. Karolina had been flying a leasurely little loop above the people emerging from the portal, just to see if she recognized people.

And she just had.

"Gert?"

[pieandcoffee.livejournal.com]

The man in his suit no longer spoke into a miniature tape recorder. He was now using an iPhone with a voice memo app. Everything else was still the same. The same hair, the same suit the same crisp appearance he always had.

“Diane, it’s 9:32 AM, Saturday September 5th, 2015. I have arrived on Fandom island as a result of the invitation I have received earlier this week. My wonderful wife, Charlotte, declined to come as she was purported to be ‘busy’ though I’m sure it has more to do with the fact that this island was never her true cup of tea. However I’m interested to see how the old girl has held up as well as get myself a damn fine cup of coffee at the perk and a slice of cherry pie at Jeff, God of Biscuits. As well as see anyone who might be hanging about who I still might know. Despite the oddness of this island, I’ve always felt a certain kinship with it. And I can’t wait to see what she has in store for this weekend.”

Dale Cooper obviously had not changed much over the years.

[wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com]

...oh, good. Wesley had been dozing off in that meeting anyway. It was, in all, a highly opportune time for a portal to seize him and deposit him back at his high school -- a place which, if you consulted certain wild dreams he sometimes had when he was ill, was a place he still privately wondered if he had ever really left.

He stepped forward with as much dignity as he could, and promptly stumbled over a fallen tree branch he hadn't been expecting.

Yes, this was high school, all right.

[amthenight.livejournal.com]

Batman stepped through the portal... which was supposed to get him here at night. Another strike against Portalocity.

He dropped some smoke pellets so he could slink away and change into something more day-appropriate.

[exboywonder.livejournal.com]

Nightwing stepped through the portal after Batman. Personally, he found it funny and was glad he and Bruce shared a portal. He was smiling as he disappeared into the smoke cloud to slink off.

[hatesmoststuff.livejournal.com]

Ha, Leslie was going to kill her.

April stepped out of the portal without once looking away from her cell phone, only guesstimating the size of the drop to the ground from peripheral vision, and landed safely on her feet.

She fired off two texts: one to Leslie, telling her she had fallen asleep on the bus again (it was just easier than telling Leslie there was magic), and one to Andy, telling him she was on a wild magic adventure and he shouldn't worry.

The nice thing about living in D.C. now was that when she had her fill of this place she could probably grab a bus and be home in two hours, but in the meantime, she thought she'd explore. It was what Andy would want her to do.

[cheerbuffy.livejournal.com]

Buffy had destroyed three of her high schools (look, those asbestos rats were dangerous!) and was actually pretty proud that she'd never even destroyed a shed in Fandom. She stepped eagerly through the portal, dressed in her nicest reunion dress.

She was only a little worried that the portal would end with her dead. Again.

Luckily it didn't! Yay!

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

High on an adrenaline-triple espresso mocha-lox and cream cheese on cinnamon raisin bagel-nostalgia rush, Dawn might have decided it would be a good idea to try and sneak up on her not-a-sister.

Dawn? Still not so great with the sneaking.

"Ow."

[mrwwonka.livejournal.com]

To be honest, Willy Wonka could have taken the glass elevator, but when a portal opened up so fortuitously in his factory... Well, who was Wonka to say no?