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

[justice_undone]

The sun was out, brightening the day, and in the a tend was set up, with a banner on it that read:

Welcome to Parents' Weekend 2017

Inside was a buffet table, offering a wide variety of food, a grill for those who wanted barbecue, and plenty of tables and chairs. And shadowy corners, for those who preferred that.

There were no warning signs up for glitter.

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Registration

[justice_undone]

Visitors, sign in and pick up your nametag. And find whomever you are visiting.

Re: Registration

[drinkwine_savehorses]

Beth had hated parent-teacher conferences at Summer's old school (still hated; Morty was hardly a model student either), and she hadn't decided if she hated them here, too. On the one hand, she got to spend the weekend on an island that seemed pretty nice on the other side of the country...but, on the other hand, she had to travel to an island on the other side of the country. But she guessed it felt nice to do something different, and it was the least she could do to support her daughter after, you know, not realizing she'd been replaced by a robot for three weeks.

So she stepped to the registration table to sign in with Morty in tow, made a face at the nametags before plucking hers out, and then handing Morty his. "If you want to go off and do your own thing," she told him, "I totally understand. I know it probably seems uncool to be hanging out with your mom all weekend."

Had she seen Jerry's name among the nametags? She was pretty sure she had, but she was trying to convince herself that she hadn't.

Re: Registration

[probablynotzeiat]

A person dressed in crisp white clothes, wearing gloves, leaned over the table with nametags.

"Hmmm. Probably not that one. Dlique? Am I Dlique? I thought I was Zeiat."

Re: Registration

[raspberryturk]

Yeah, sure, Reno was signing in and picking up his nametag. Like he hadn't done this a million friggin' times in the past, right?

Actually, it was kind of weird to be here after all this time, particularly without Rikku. But he had a Rookie on the island who owed him at the very least a punch to the face, and he kind of missed the place, so...

Re: Registration

[stupid_hylians]

Whereas his charge was very tall and bright and red with something like a shark on his head, Muzu was comparably much smaller, darker, and appeared to have a manta ray for a head as he slowly made his way to the gathering where he presumed he was supposed to go, shoulders hunched, hands behind his back, fishy eyes taking it all in with an air of complete disdain and disgust. Apparently, there would be a nametag for him, a book to sign, but he didn't know this strange language and he was very against the idea of participating in this nonsense any more than he had to. He was merely here to make sure that Prince Sidon wasn't getting himself into too much trouble or getting too many more of his weird ideas about being inclusive of all races and blah blah blah.

Ugh, and this land was so dry. The grunting, plegmy noises coming from the Elder teacher were not at all impressed.

Re: Registration

[made_of_love]

Garnet walked up to the registration desk.

Garnet looked at the nametags.

Garnet shrugged and walked away again. She was here. Anybody who cared would find her, and anybody who didn't care would only find themselves confused by a nametag that had not one, but three names on it anyway.

Re: Registration

[titantic_fan]

Jerry could feel the energy of Beth trying to avoid him from the moment he set foot on the island, which really didn't help with his already feeling like an unwelcome tagalong. But you know what? He was Summer's father, and he had just as much of a right to see her and be a part of her Parents' Weekend as Beth did. So there he was, keeping an eye out to avoid Beth and feeling a very small point of pride in picking out his nametag and plastering it onto his chest. He looked around at the types of people who were gathered around, hoping to find a moment where he could talk to Summer without having to involve himself with Beth at the same time.

Re: Registration

[squealernomore]

J.Lo was here on his own this year, without the buffer of Tipmom to help ease his way with the giant crowd of humans. This was, in fact, his first trip out of town as a lone Boov without a human escort since the invasion.

It was all just a little bit nerve-wracking.

Still, he was here to see his favorite being, human or Boov, in the entirety of existence, so he gave the sign in desk and any humans near it a broad smile as he stepped up to find a name tag.

"I Hopes Tip doesto appreciates this," he mumbled as he carefully affixed the "J.Lo" nametag to the front of his shirt, then turned his smile back on as soon as he looked back up and reentered the crowd. "This is very manies tall species!"

Re: Registration

[the_last_of_us]

Lili had an armful of squirmy toddler, and so was relying on the teenager by her side to do the actual signing in and picking up of nametags.

"Oh look," she noted to Yulyn. "They have one for each of us. Even Ariel." It took some maneuvering, but she managed to get both hers and Ariel's affixed properly. Yulyn frowned at his own nametag before sighing and placing it on his bodysuit. "I don't see why we need these," he grumbled. "Liam knows who we are."

"Yes, but everyone else here does not," Lili pointed out. "That's who these benefit."

Re: Registration

[bird_costume]

"Well, this looks completely wholesome," Sam commented, slapping on a nametag complete with an "ASK ME FOR EMBARRASSING STORIES ABOUT STEVE ROGERS" addition. "Not sure I'm in the right spot."

Re: Registration

[teenagerswithattitude]

"Ooh, nametags!" Kim exclaimed, upon spotting them. She scanned the table and grabbed the ones that pertained to the four of them, although she was under no delusion that either Zack or Trini would keep theirs on very long at all.

Re: Registration

[best_at_everything]

If anyone thought Ezekiel was going to label himself and make him easier to find, they clearly didn't know him.

Which was fine with him.

He picked up his nametag and stuffed it in a pocket.

Food & Drink

[justice_undone]

There is plenty to eat. Hopefully everyone should find something to their taste.

Re: Food & Drink

[probablynotzeiat]

"Food! How exiting!"

The Presger Translator looked excited as she saw the buffet table.

"Now, where to start. Where should I start?"

It wasn't clear whether this question was asked to someone in particular or just to herself.

Re: Food & Drink

[1000yearstoolate]

Seivarden had showed up mostly for the food, as hopefully it was better than anything she had been able to prepare herself. It probably was, but there was just one problem.

People were eating it with their hands. Bare hands.

Seivarden felt almost nauseated and took a few step backwards, about to flee the tent.

Re: Food & Drink

[katseeksdreams]

Kat hadn't texted Dante ahead of time; she was looking forward to seeing him, but this might be her only opportunity to see his island without him. She had her name tag pinned onto her shirt, and she took to the food to buy her some time to scope out the place.

Leaning against a table, she... observed.

Re: Food & Drink

[morty_c137]

Morty had found a bowl of carrots that looked particularly fresh and crunchy, plucked one out, and popped it into his mouth.

"Is this organic?" he asked with appreciation to no one in particular. "Mmmm!"

...but ultimately, he was going to go for the pizza.

Re: Food & Drink

[raspberryturk]

So, Gaia wasn't as bad off as it used to be, but Reno was still faintly overwhelmed by the variety available when he sauntered by the food table.

...

Ah, fuck it. He was going to fill up a plate. Or two. He was here anyway.

Re: Food & Drink

[stupid_hylians]

And there was a little green-grey manta ray man slowly walking along the tables, making disparaging comments and noises at nearly everything on the tables.

"Ugh. Terrible. Disgusting. How can anyone eat something like that? Awful. How absolutely nauseating. And these people call this food?"

Re: Food & Drink

[squealernomore]

J.Lo picked over the food and drink options carefully, and eventually managed to fill his plate. With napkins, a few mints, bits of any centerpieces, and the discarded plastic wrapping from a cold cuts tray.

"Ooo, moist towlettes!"

And a handful of those. Flavorful!

Re: Food & Drink

[livingartifact]

Jenkins procured himself a large drink and some pleasingly sweet baked goods, and then found himself a nice corner from which to watch the proceedings.

He wasn't anticipating any guests himself -- though he knew better than to assume that meant none of the Librarians would show up anyway. He felt reasonably certain that Eve would give him fair warning, if for no other reason than that the two of them were still walking a bit on egg shells around each other. But the others. . . .

Well. Either way, he was determined to enjoy himself, and make himself available should any of his handful of students' families wish to meet their teachers.

Re: Food & Drink

[the_last_of_us]

Lili had put Ariel down, mostly because, well. The idea of food- actual, Earth-based food- was extremely tempting. She hadn't had anything like this in years. And Ariel, well...

"Mommy, what is this?" Ariel grabbed at a piece of pizza, wide-eyed. "Can I has it?"

"It's called 'pizza', Ari," Lili explained. "And go for it." She just might do the same, honestly.

Mingle!

[justice_undone]

Meet old and new friends. And enemies.

Re: Mingle!

[justice_undone]

Breq had helped arrange this, and was pleased with the result. She had found food and something to drink, and was now looking at the guests, face expressionless.

She had taken her gloves off. Bare hands didn't bother her as much as they would to a real Radchaai, and she preferred not to attract the attention of the Presger Translator.

The presence of the Translator was a problem. It was even alarming. She had been told that this place was regularly invaded, and while the humans here should be protected by the treaty, she knew the non-humans wouldn't.

Shadowy Corners

[justice_undone]

If you need to hide or just don't feel sociable.

Re: Shadowy Corners

[the_last_of_us]

There was really only so much attempting to mingle Yulyn could manage before tiring of the whole endeavor. So he and his food had found an out-of-the-way corner to sulk in.

OOC

[justice_undone]

I realized I have never posted a PW post before.