Fandom Radio, Monday, May 8, 2006

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Hello, hello, helloooooooooo dear Fandom. This is my last broadcast ever, though I don't know it until I leave for summer! Won't you all miss me? I'll miss me.

And I am NOT DRUNK. AT ALL. I am tot'lly good 'NUFF to read from my notes, as well as the lovely presentations I've gotten from my students, and that will be our entertainment tonight, 'kay?

To start off, I have this tidbit from Mr. Barb'ssa: Jedi be hatched from eggs. Is that true, Mr. Skywalker? What an int'resting dev'lopm'nt.

( Cut because it gets long as she gets increasingly drunker, and there are shoutouts to her students at the end omg! AND A MUSICAL NUMBER! )

Royal Navy Radio, May 9

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Hello, Fandom, and a most hearty welcome to all of you newcomers. This is Lieutenant Archie Kennedy here with you tonight, and you'll pardon me if I'm not as cheerful as usual. I've had an interesting night.

Moving on, not that there's any schooling to report, but dear God in heaven, have we had a tidal wave of new summer students today.

All Hands -- All Five Thousand Of You -- On Deck!

It was an entirely different brand of chaos on the front lawn today, with the welcoming party for the new students and staff. I hid in my room for all of that. Not that hiding in my room is news, I'm afraid. I do that quite a bit.

There were rooming assignments to be picked up, and among the new roommate pairs that met at the office drones' table were Willow and Marie, Dawn and Sam Winchester -- as well as Sam's brother Dean, who met his roommate Cedric there. Ainsley and Peter Pevensie -- Pevensie? That's not a very commonplace name . . . interesting. When Tyler met his roommate, X5-494, he probably had a more extreme version of my reaction just now, I imagine. And Peter Griffin, the non-alliterative one, met up with his roommate, Ranma, and I'll never avoid alliteration at this rate. Miles and Jude will be sharing quarters, as will Briar and Xander. Er. Xander Bly. Good God, another one? Jamie and Nadia were assigned to share quarters, as were Kaylee and River, Joxer and Max, Maia and Paige, and Demyx and Fry.

Good God, what an assortment of names you lot have.

Principal Washburn and her not-husband Constable Fraser were in charge of the checking and storage of weapons, where Z, Dawn, the new alliterative Peter, Tyler, Gwynn, Briar, not-alliterative Peter -- and by the way, I agree that Twinkies are weapons, Miles, Zack, Willow, Dean, Kaylee, X5-494, Joxer, Shiro, Hermione, Tim, Demyx, Elle Woods, Luna, and Sakurazaki all made stops. Whether or not all of them were actually armed isn't entirely clear. I think tonight I'll be glad to assume that they were.

At the food tables, there was mingling and eating in abundance. Willow met Janet, Marty, Nadia, Joxer, & the new Xander, as opposed to the old Xander. Not that he's old. Oh, it's figurative, for God's sake. Z met Nadia. who in turn chatted with Marty and met Jude & Phoebe.

Marie met Dawn, Jamie and Cameron; Shawn talked to Peter Pevensie, who in turn met Janet, Paige, Jude, and Gwynn. Greg met Pip, Phoebe, Pippi, Liz, Mac, and Elle, Tyler got acquainted with Jamie, and
the non-alliterative Peter met Nadia, Walter, and Jamie.

Gwynn met Walter and Z; Zack got to know Greg, Mac and Liz; Miles met Aeryn. Ellie and Cedric both got to meet Liz, and Kaylee met Cedric, Pip, Paige, Elle and Cally.

*pause* Oh God, that's going to get confusing, isn't it? Excuse me. I need to breathe.

*several seconds of silence, punctuated by loud inhalations and incoherent muttering*

Jude met Pippi, Dean met Z & Walter, and Draco met Tyler and then ran into Cedric -- who he apparently knew before Fandom High. That happens here sometimes, in bizarre and complicated ways. Don't be too shocked, now.

Jack Harkness is back, and hopefully as good a kisser as ever! He chatted with Pippi, Liz, Janet, Parker, and Elle. Conner met Z and Marie, Cam got to know Greg, and 494 met Z, Molly, and Joxer.

New doppelganger alert, folks: Dean and 494 look alike. No, the uncanny physical resemblance isn't a new thing around here either. The question is, which one of you has the better hair?

Molly met Tyler and Jamie, while Dawn met Molly, Isabel, Shawn, Jamie, and Alanna. Parker who is not the original alliterative Peter met Sam, and they were subsequently joined by Molly.

Joxer met Phoebe, Jude, and Pippi; Isabel met Cedric and Greg ,and chatted with Liz.

Elle met Liz; Rory met Cedric & Sam -- Winchester, not Carter, and oh my God is this going to get confusing-- and chatted with Parker. Yes, Parker. Not the original alliterative Peter.

My nicknames aren't helping, are they?

Lana met Tim, as did Alanna and Luna, and this is a whole different kind of disturbing near-alliteration;
Xander-who-graduated-yesterday, as my notes say, chatted with Rory and met Z. Yes, I'm confused. It's my understanding Xander was too. Perhaps Xander-who-just-arrived-today was confused as well, but all my notes tell me is that he met Jude, Rory, Z, and Joxer.

Briar met Lana; Hermione ran into Draco & Cedric, and met Willow. Walter met Seras, and Pip met Jude.

Finally, Demyx met Pip and Pippi, and thank God, my tongue can rest for a moment now.

In the Crew Berths

Today started off with Ivanova shipping out. Take care of yourself, Ivanova; I'll always remember you attacking my bumper car in driver's education. Anakin left as well, sadly. Pippi made breakfast in the fifth floor common room, where later in the day her horse was watching Bitterwoman with Angela, the new alliterative Peter, Fry, and Demyx; Angela and the aforementioned Peter had a conversation about former teachers.

Folks, I'd just like to point out that if hearing that a horse was watching television gave you pause, you clearly need more time to adjust to this town. Speaking of former teachers, Professor Skeeter took her leave of us today. Oh, damn. And John Crichton hadn't completed his personal zoological catalog yet! Apparently she had some kind of history with Cedric, and with Hermione, and an entirely different kind with Veronica, who was, and I quote, not feeling the love. Er. I won't ask. John Crichton settled for a hug in response to his proposal and was not to the best of my knowledge turned into one final animal for it. I find this profoundly disappointing.

Of course there were people in the second floor den of iniquity. When aren't there? Parker and Isabel discussed Jack's return, Alanna was all aflutter about the abundance of arrivals, Parker and Elizabeth talked about their new senior status and the new students, and Parker met Shiro.

The third floor common room, though, had more activity than its counterpart one floor down! In between this and John Crichton's continued human state today, it's truly a sign of the Apocalypse! I'm sorry, newcomers, I don't know what to tell you. You just got here, and now this. Anyhow. Third floor common room. Yes. Z and Bridge, who apparently have matching uniforms, met, and Bridge and Dawn, who discovered that they have a Xander in common, had lessons in fingerwiggling and I am not asking. There was talk of sparring between Tyler and Alphonse, while Conner met Alphonse and Bridge. Oh, and Jaye met Tyler. *snickering* Now that's an auspicious combination. Or possibly a fearsome one.

And Pip was joined by Walter, Pippi, and Demyx for a rooftop concert.

Oh! Happy birthday, Callisto! I hope Angel made it a good one for you. Likewise, I hope Janet had a relaxing time in her room, and that the dream that Pippi had was a pleasant one. Out on the lawn today, Z and Zero -- oh, my God -- had an encounter with each other, after which Jamie met Z and Peter and Zero had a disgustingly cute farewell.

The lawn was also the site of the non-alliterative Peter's arrival; meanwhile, Greg moved in with the original alliterative Peter, as opposed to the new one. Jamie moved in with Nadia, and Dawn moved in with Sam, and I have no clue from these names what all sex you lot are.

Angel, on the other hand, got a visit from Willow, Ranma and Sakurazaki had a chat, Tim and Conner worked out room arrangements, Alanna moved in with Lyta and also visited Hermione, and Zack moved in with the Thane of Glamis and Cawdor, and Seras and Gwynn, as my notes tell me, did "the roomie thing," as did Shiro and James God, that sounds dirty, but around here I never know.

What in hell was Dean doing? I have no idea. I have no idea about the flyers either. But did I mention Jack Harkness was back? Isabel stopped in to see him. Isabel's roommate, Xander-who-graduated-yesterday, was sending email and talking to Isabel and then Willow up in room 406; Greg also sent email, which is only a newsworthy accomplishment if you're me, and Draco talked to his mother. Cally and Anders were supposedly talking about books, but I don't believe Samuel can read, so really, they were probably being smurfy. Briar and newly-arrived-Xander, on the other hand, were planty, as was Sharon, and in 513, Ainsley and new alliterative Peter were a bit awkward.


On Shore Leave

Town was actually busy today! For starters, Pip and Janet dropped in at the town clinic during Doctor Lambert's shift.

*sound of shuffling papers* *pause* *even more frenetic shuffling of papers*

*choked whimper*

Among the new arrivals in town today were . . . Elle and Elliot, who met Ellie, as well as Harper and Orlin. Ellie and Elliot both got apartments from Quark at the Mauvaise Chance today, as well. Professor Jackson was also at his apartment, doing whatever it is he does there.

All and Sundries, Sparky Repairs, and Empire Records were all open for business today, as was Aereopagitica, which saw a visit from the new alliterative Peter.

Orlin was in the park, and a . . . er . . . pruney-fingered Jarod was reading at the Sin.

Over at Cafe Fina, the Baron had lunch and said goodbye to Alfred.

And then there was Caritas. Where Lindsey sang, Logan talked with Veronica about recent goings-on in their hometown, which she later talked about with me, and Elle Woods was in the lounge, as were Lindsey and Piper.

Damn it, I'm exhausted from reading all these names now, and I've not had the most wonderful night. To all the newcomers, I wish you welcome again, and this is Archie Kennedy signing off, wishing you all -- despite the weather -- a fair wind and clear skies, and a better night than I've had.

[OOC: So, so much love to the recappers, especially to marsheadtilt who tackled the meet and greet threads and was awesome enough to code them for me. *ded of linkage*]