Homecoming 2017, Community Centre [Saturday Evening]

[omgnochecksyet]

Just when you thought it was time for the island's collective consciousness to maybe move on from the whole sharkicane thing... along came Homecoming! Well, the theme was actually "Under the Sea", but like the Student Council wasn't going to have glitter-encrusted sharks feature heavily in the decorations? Please.

Of course, it wasn't just sharks: there were plenty of glitter-dolphins, and fish, and octopuses octopi octopodes too. Jellyfish-shaped lights hung from the ceiling, and strategically-placed LED projectors were set up to complete the underwater ambiance.

[ooc: OCD is a go!: Arrive/Mingle | Photographs | Food/Punch | Dancing | Shadowy Corners | Chaperones | Homecoming Court | OOC ]

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Re: Arrive & Mingle [Homecoming 2017]

[raspberryturk]

Reno probably would have either shat himself in fear or pissed himself laughing if anybody were to call him 'Dad,' honestly.

Possibly both. Either way, it would've been ugly.

"Problem with kids these days," he said easily. "Always doin' the best they can do, no matter what the challenge. One day it's figurin' out drinking water in the radioactive wastes, next, it's makin' the rest of us feel friggin' ancient. What'd I do to deserve that, anyway? Huh?"

Re: Arrive & Mingle [Homecoming 2017]

[spin_kick_snap]

Her smile turned a little wry about always doin' the best they can do, but by the time he got back to 'drinking water in the radioactive wastes' she was grinning properly again.

"I'd forgotten about that," she murmured. "Oh god, I thought I knew everything back then. When're you coming back to teach that course again. It turned out to be...surprisingly helpful, actually."

Re: Arrive & Mingle [Homecoming 2017]

[raspberryturk]

Well, there was a sentence he actually hated to hear. It was funny. When some teachers heard a line like that, it was something to be proud of. When he heard a line like that, it meant someone had gone through a very particular sort of hell.

Well. Shit.

"No idea," he replied, his tone sobering up slightly even while his shoulders kept his slouch and his expression remained the same. "I got some business I gotta take care of, but I been thinkin' about maybe makin' another appearance around the island for a while. This place pull somethin' bad, or...?"

Yeah, he had to ask. He was a Turk. Information was kind of his secret addiction.

Re: Arrive & Mingle [Homecoming 2017]

[spin_kick_snap]

"Went home," Kathy said, another wry smile flitting across her face. "Didn't end well. Lucky to be back now."

And, like, alive again. That was the really lucky bit.

"I actually got here the easy way. Hardison hacked a portal to get around Portalocity's quarantine. Raven hiked across the country on foot."

And found the Causeway destroyed. She'd really gotten the short end of the stick.

Re: Arrive & Mingle [Homecoming 2017]

[raspberryturk]

"Well... shit."

Reno was really good at summing up a situation succinctly.

"Then, hey, glad you're here, yo."

Re: Arrive & Mingle [Homecoming 2017]

[spin_kick_snap]

"Me too," Kathy said with a nod. "I mean, I could take fewer hurricanes that involve sharks, but it's the island." She shrugged. "Kinda comes with the territory. What have you been up to?"

Re: Arrive & Mingle [Homecoming 2017]

[raspberryturk]

And now Reno was also briefly sad he'd missed out on the sharks.

"Same old, mostly," he sighed. "Pickin' up pieces. Home's doing better than it's been, but that ain't saying much, yo."

He shrugged.

"Makin' a move, though. Got a Rookie who's callin' in a favor, and my own Gaia's gonna do just as fine without me for a while. Just gotta get there, is all. Talk 'em into lettin' me bring the ferret. All that good stuff."

Save the world. The other world. Friggin' multiverse.

Re: Arrive & Mingle [Homecoming 2017]

[spin_kick_snap]

Of course he was. Who didn't want to punch sharks for awhile?

"Going to move to another Gaia and start all over again?" Kathy asked. "You could start a service."

Re: Arrive & Mingle [Homecoming 2017]

[raspberryturk]

Sane people, probably.

"Not really all over," Reno replied. "It'll be... real fuckin' weird to see the old stompin' grounds still standing, too. But if I can give the place half a chance of gettin' through this still standin'..."

Midgar. Junon. Mideel... Shinra'd broken the world hard. There was still hope for some of it, maybe.

Re: Arrive & Mingle [Homecoming 2017]

[spin_kick_snap]

Which was why Kathy was pleased to have been in Mexico when it happened.

"I hope you can," she said, utterly sincere. She knew how it felt to see your whole world crumble. "I hope you make a difference."

Re: Arrive & Mingle [Homecoming 2017]

[raspberryturk]

"You an' me both," Reno replied, nodding. "I got better chances than they do, anyway, just knowin' what I know about where everything starts. That's gotta be worth something, if they decide to listen."

Re: Arrive & Mingle [Homecoming 2017]

[spin_kick_snap]

"Sometime's the listening's the hardest part," Kathy acknowledged with a sigh. "Especially when they're convinced they know what's best."

Not that she was speaking from personal experience here, perish the thought.

Re: Arrive & Mingle [Homecoming 2017]

[raspberryturk]

"I figure it'll be hard for anyone to think they know better'n someone who lived it," Reno pointed out. "Besides, I know my way around most of 'em."

He titled his head at her thoughtfully.

"Listenin' goes both ways, I guess. End of the day, I can make the offer, but it ain't my world to save if they won't accept it."

Re: Arrive & Mingle [Homecoming 2017]

[spin_kick_snap]

"True," Kathy acknowledged with a sigh. "Still, if it can be saved, I hope it is. A world's a lot to lose because someone didn't want to listen."

Re: Arrive & Mingle [Homecoming 2017]

[raspberryturk]

"Don't have to tell me," Reno replied, nodding. "But hey, they got a better chance than we did. I got high hopes, yo."

Well. He had middle hopes and Turk stubbornness.

Re: Arrive & Mingle [Homecoming 2017]

[spin_kick_snap]

Sometimes that was all it took. The right person in the right place who refused to move.

"Well, good luck with it," Kathy said. "You've got an island of people cheering for you, for the good that'll actually do."

Well-wishes and prayers for Midgard!

Re: Arrive & Mingle [Homecoming 2017]

[raspberryturk]

Midgar, even. Midgard was a different world!

But hey, Reno would take thoughts and prayers at this point, too.

"Better than nothin'," Reno replied, and then smirked a little. "Ain't never been cheered for before. That'll be neat."

Re: Arrive & Mingle [Homecoming 2017]

[spin_kick_snap]

Honestly, that was about the level of fuckup in the current administration.

"I heard there used to be a cheer squad without any sports teams," Kathy said with a chuckle. "I mean, if they're not doing anything anyway, might as well root for a good cause."

Re: Arrive & Mingle [Homecoming 2017]

[raspberryturk]

"Wonder if they travel," Reno mused. "Assuming they're still around, anyway. School still doin' extracurriculars, do you know?"

Not that it mattered much, really, but hey. Small talk.

Re: Arrive & Mingle [Homecoming 2017]

[spin_kick_snap]

Kathy shrugged. "Sorry, I don't know. I...left back in March of last year and haven't really been back on school grounds since."

Re: Arrive & Mingle [Homecoming 2017]

[raspberryturk]

"Hey, fair enough," Reno said, holding up a hand and shaking his head. "Sounds like you had your own heap of shit to deal with, I'll just ask around."

Because... hey. He missed the place. A bit. He wasn't in any hurry to get back to it, but it wouldn't hurt to know, either way.

Re: Arrive & Mingle [Homecoming 2017]

[spin_kick_snap]

"I'm sure there are plenty of people more in-touch with school stuff than me," Kathy said, shading towards relief. "I mostly bum around the house or watch over my shop. But you can probably ask almost anybody else and get a better answer."

Re: Arrive & Mingle [Homecoming 2017]

[raspberryturk]

"Ain't like I'm in a bad place for it," Reno agreed, looking around. "So, shop?"

Re: Arrive & Mingle [Homecoming 2017]

[spin_kick_snap]

Kathy blushed a little. "I, uhh, took over Dite's? I was nearby when the manager stormed off and tossed the keys away and it seemed like a good idea at the time?"

Re: Arrive & Mingle [Homecoming 2017]

[raspberryturk]

"Job's a job," Reno said with the shit-eating grin of a guy who once did a lecture on safe sex out in public entirely to spite some crazy witch who had some kind of hangup against public displays of affection. "Enjoyin' it at least?"