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

[adminfury]

[This is an open mingle log. You do not have to be part of the community to post in this thread. Consider it a test-drive of sorts to get your voice or meet new characters!]



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

[notjustarichkid]

By a window is likely where Tommy meets Ororo. He's topping up his glass of juice with something decidedly less innocent and slightly more potent when he hears someone coming, and hastily screws the lid back on his flask and shoves it back in his blazer pocket before turning around.

"Hi there. You need some fresh air, too? There's a lot more people here than I expected."

If he keeps talking, maybe he can distract her from thinking too much about any odd behaviour.

[storminside]

Ororo notices the odd movements and the almost suspicious expression on his face - but so long as he wasn't actually causing any trouble, she couldn't really call him out for anything. So she lets it slide. Anyway, tonight was supposed to be about fun, right?

"It does feel like that, doesn't it?" She settled for a friendly smile, running a hand through her hair. "I think the administration must have doubled their recruitment efforts this year or something like that. There are so many new faces..."

[notjustarichkid]

Friendly he can live with. He smiles back, taking a cautious sip of his drink.

"Including mine. You know, I'm pretty sure my dad thought this school was going to be small and exclusive. Not that I'm complaining, or going to tell him otherwise."

More people meant less chance of getting caught out, after all. And it meant more chance of finding partners in crime, and pretty girls who hadn't heard of him.

[storminside]

"It is a bit exclusive though," Ororo says, shrugging. "But not for the same reasons most exclusive schools are, anyway. With all the things people are capable of here, it'd be a bit hard to keep track of everything if the student body were so big. As you can imagine, things can get pretty lively around here."

[notjustarichkid]

"Yeah, I think my dad had mingling with the future business leaders of America in mind, not making friends with 'vigilantes'." His voice goes very dry on the last word, quoting his dad's likely reaction to most of the people here and their probable future. "Like I said, I'm not complaining."

He raises his glass in a kind of one-sided toast, and then takes a swig of it. "I'm guessing lively might be an understatement, given some of the things the student handbook says."