[Mingle-Log] Only non-alcoholic beverages in the punch bowl...

[adminfury]

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SHIELD Academy
Open House
Everyone is congregated in the spacious auditorium of the SHIELD Academy. The noise level is probably a decibel below deafening and the lights are probably a little dimmer than what might seem normal for this time in the evening, but it doesn't seem to bother anyone as they just carry on. There are banners strewn about welcoming all first years to a new chapter in their lives while others welcome the others back for another year at the Academy. Refreshments are served up on stage while other tables set up around the massive room are home to pamphlets and flyers for clubs and classes. Special electives and advertisements for training sessions are also littered amongst the tables.

Make a few friends, find old ones, look into clubs that catch your interest. This is open house for all returning students and prospective students, so hang out, hit up others and just mingle!

Comments

[voiceinthedark]

Sam has spent far too much time reading comic books. Sorry Kevin. He sighs and gives Kevin a look that almost approaches apologetic. "Look I just... you'll have fun. It's fine. I'm just... new school jitters, y'know?"

He leans back against the wall, arms folded defensively. "No, I mean... there are like... rules and stuff for that. Right?"

[spiderette]

Why would I tell anyone? [ She plucks a strand of licorice from the package with a smirk and pops one end in her mouth. ] This way there's more for me to snitch off you. I'm greedy as well as needy.

[ Which has her grinning at him fondly. ] So. Now's when you tell me how much you missed me and how your summer was empty and barren without me around to keep your life interesting.

[spiderette]

Natasha doesn't mind in the least and she's laughing as MJ steals a cracker from her plate, bumping her shoulder back with a grin.

"Hey you, welcome back. And of course, there's always at least one or two. Of course, if there's anything more interesting to them than just looks remains to be seen. It's not like we're lacking for the pretty around here." She glances over with a teasing wink. "Why, you looking?"

:D

[storminside]

Guess who else is handing out flyers? Ororo's got quite a few in hand herself, but in addition to advertising clubs, she's also got some general help ones for the newcomers. She's in student government again this year, after all.

In any case, it's not too long before they cross paths on the floor. Ororo gives Sam a smile, heading over to him after he finishes speaking to a freshman.

"Hello, Sam. Find anyone promising for the sports teams you're on this year?"

[spiderette]

Natasha's been wandering through some of the new kids, stopping to chat with some of the ones who looked interesting. This one didn't look all that thrilled to be here, which was a little different from the norm, but she's seen it often enough to understand it all the same.

She comes over and wiggles her fingers in a wave as she stops in front of him. "Hey, new kid, welcome to the Academy. What year are you?"

[spiderette]

Natasha manages not to spill her drink all over the senior she'd been casually chatting with and she's frowning as she turns, but her expression flits to one of puzzlement when she catches sight of who jostled her. She lets her gaze drag down him, as if confused by something.

"It's fine. This place is way too crowded, so it's inevitable, I think," she answered, then let her gaze come back to his face, her brow furrowed faintly. "Did you change clothes?"

[spiderette]

"Trying to be little red riding hood?"

Natasha's voice is amused as she wanders up to the new kid with a crooked smile. She stops in front of him, studying his expression a moment, her head canted slightly to the side.

"I think you need to growl a little more to pull off the big bad wolf."

[storminside]

Ororo felt heat creep up her cheeks. It was always nice, but strange, hearing the Asgardians speak like that. She does bow her head a little bit in greeting as Sif draws closer though, smiling at her fellow senior.

"And to you, Sif," Ororo waved the hand that wasn't holding onto any fliers. "And please, it's just Ororo." Or 'Ro, or 'Roro, but it's hard enough getting her to drop the title so...

[storminside]

"I think we all could," Ororo agreed, shaking her head. "Most people around here get cabin fever when there isn't anything interesting going on, and considering how people here tend to deal with boredom..." She shrugged, sighing. This wasn't exactly a normal high school where pranks were usually harmless.

"In any case - do you have any plans for the year yet? Any particular clubs you wanted to join or something?"

[spiderette]

[ Natasha's seen the girl making her way around the club tables with an unusual amount of energy, but it's hardly the most unusual thing she's come across here today, so she takes it in stride. At least until she rounds one of the tables one time and the first year all but runs her over. She does manage to catch them both before they both land on a pile on the floor, however. ]

Hey kiddo, slow down there. You're going to end up wearing someone's snack.

[spiderette]

[ Natasha's lost track of how many times she's been nearly run over today so far. Yeah she's short and yeah this room is officially overcrowded but really, this is getting ridiculous.

However, she does manage to catch Jane in the aftermath of the collision to keep her from stumbling back into the senior who looks like he's roughly four of them combined. ]

Whoops, careful!

[spiderette]

"Probably the same ones I usually do, honestly," Natasha confesses with a lift of one shoulder, looking thoughtful. "Dance and martial arts keeps me pretty busy, and when I'm not in one of those, I dabble in the gymnastics one to help those. I dunno, though. I might add one just for fun this year. No idea what, though. What about you?"

[storminside]

"Student government will probably keep me busy this year, I think. But I thought, maybe the language club..." Ororo shoots Natasha with a hopeful smile. "If you'll come with me, of course. It might be fun, what do you think? Maybe?"

[prevalkyrie]

Sif glances down at the glass with a hint of amusement before meeting the girl's gaze once more, offering her a friendly smile as she tips her head to the side in welcome.

"Greetings, Lady Felicia," she answers, oddly formal with a hint of a foreign accent to her words. "Welcome to the Academy. I'm afraid I do not own it, I am merely a student here, like you. I am Sif."

[storminside]

"No, it's fine! There's no need to apologize." Ororo chuckled and shook her head. "I was really nervous my first year here too, so I know the feeling. It's okay."

"I'm Ororo, by the way. Senior." She held out a hand. "You?"

[felicitousfeloniousfeline]

Foreign, that would certainly explain why she'd miss such a common turn of phrase, but her point of origin eluded Felicia- who was usually great at placing accents. Europe or Europe adjacent but unclear beyond that. Slavic perhaps, but that wasn't entirely right either.

"It's nice to meet you, Sif. So- as a favor, returning pro to new girl on the block, care to give the lowdown?"

[vates]

Kevin has too; it's okay. It's good to be a little suspicious of their surroundings considering they're in such new territory, though Kevin wants to trust in the system, he really does. But what secrets are hiding in the system? That's not something he's considered very often.

"I hope so. How much stuff do you think has been hidden from us all this time?" He looks around the room, and he lowers his voice. "How many students here are... gifted and talented in ways we never could've imagined before? And now this is our life too?"

[vates]

Oh. Kevin waves her off.

"You met my brother. I'm Kevin." He leaves out the fact that they're twins because obviously that's implied; they're pretty identical, though Kevin likes to think they have distinctive ways of carrying themselves and looking at the world.

[prevalkyrie]

Sif gives her a sheepish smile, because she knows that, but it always takes her a while to get back into the habit when she's here. "Of course, Ororo, my apologies. I have gotten out of the habit of this custom. How are you? Did you have an enjoyable respite from your studies?"

[prevalkyrie]

It was going to take Sif a while to get the hang of Midgardian turns of phrase again, but at least she's gotten better at occasionally recognizing when they're being used, even if she's not sure what they mean. And sometimes she's lucky in puzzling them out on her own. It's not something the All-Speak can help her with, sadly.

"The lowdown? You seek information on the Academy?" At least she thinks that's what the girl means. "I will be honored to pass on what knowledge I have gained. Is there something in particular you are curious about?"

[spiderette]

That clears up her confusion pretty quickly, her expression brightening again. "Oh. Good to know I'm not going crazy. My mistake. Sorry about that. Nice to meet you, Kevin," she holds her hand out to him in greeting. "I'm Natasha."

[spiderette]

Natasha grins at that and inclines her head as if she's pondering it a moment. "I might be able to be persuaded into that one. Who needs free time?" she teases. "Is there a particular language you're interested in?"

[felicitousfeloniousfeline]

"What's there to do around here? Apart from 'sharpen our minds' I mean? And who's the who's-who?" She spoke rapidly on purpose, trying to guage the young woman's grasp of common vernacular, and also still trying to discern her background.

For all her regal baring this 'Sif' didn't seem to possess much of a grasp on the finer workings of teenage social hierarchy, was Felicia wasting her time on a bottom feeder?

[johnnyblake]

And there's the needy. [ But Johnny's not the least bit perturbed. In fact, he reaches out and snakes a hand into her hair so he can press their foreheads together. ] Missed you, fool. You coulda come to visit, y'know.

[ Being orphaned and a ward of the state, he doesn't have anywhere else to go but the dorm here at the school, and he can't exactly afford any of the summer programs like some of the other kids.

Before letting her go, he removes his licorice stick and gives her a big old kiss on the forehead. ]

Be skippin' town if I didn't see you here, honestly.

[spiderette]

If my dad wouldn't have a heart attack at the the thought of me alone on public transport, I totally would have come and visited. [ She grins as she leans into him, twining one arm around his waist as she curls into his hold, even though she might make a face at him for the kiss he drops on her forehead. ]

No skipping town allowed. I'm too needy for that too. I'd have to find you and drag you back by your ear. Unpleasant for both of us.