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Oliver took a long look at the lake in front of him. Sighing a bit before turning around to look at the two behind him. He wasn't too happy about this trip. Even if Kenneth suggested it. "Kenny! Hurry up man!" He really wanted to just get the picnic over with and get out of here. He really didn't want to spend some time with Penelope. It just didn't sound like fun and then there was the fact that lately she would not stop giving him a hug.
Penelope smiled when she heard Oliver calling over to Kenneth. He had been walking ahead of them for some time now and didn't seem like he was going to stop and wait for them. Looking at her brother she made a face at him before running towards the other boy. Leaving Kenneth to carry the basket and guitar to the lake by himself. He was spending time with the two while he didn't have to work again. They both seemed excited at first until Oliver found out that all three of them were spending the day together. Normally he would have took his sister out to eat somewhere and stayed home the rest of the day to play a few songs with Oliver. But today he decided they needed to spend time together. Who knows? Maybe they'll finally start to actually get along and he won't have to get anymore calls or texts about how Penelope was being annoying. Or how Oliver was being a jerk. Or how Oliver threatened to cut Penelope's hair if she wouldn't leave him alone. He really would prefer to get something like Penelope and I decided to make homemade pizza for lunch. Or Oliver watched Shaun of the Dead with me today.
Kenneth sighed, taking a look at the frowning Oliver and upset Penelope. They obviously got into another argument while he wasn't paying attention. He had finally gotten close enough to them to hear what they were saying. Ignoring all of it he interrupted them, "Just knock it off you two. We have a picnic and I brought my guitar. It's supposed to be a fun day."

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Kenneth had started to talk to Oliver about one of their old songs they wrote when they were younger when a girl walked up to his small little group. He was going to answer her question but Penelope answered for him before he could speak. "Sure you can," She smiled and added, "I'm Penelope and the guy with the guitar is my brother Kenneth."

Kenneth gave a small wave, "I do play the guitar by the way.What about you?" It was the question that Penelope forgot to answer and he'd feel a little rude ignoring it. Giving Oliver a quick look, he had to try to fight a smile. He probably felt a little left out that Penelope didn't introduce him too but she was going to give him the silent treatment for a while. Or he was pretty sure she was going to. "This quiet guy is Oliver by the way."

Oliver just nodded, taking the basket out of Kenneth's hand so he could start setting everything up. Baba did say she was hungry. So why shouldn't they just start passing out the food early. And maybe he just wanted to finish the picnic so he could go home and not have to talk to Penelope. She wasn't going to say anything to him if he tried to talk to her now anyways. Sighing, he set the basket on the ground. Looking at the others for a brief moment before getting back to pulling out the blanket they packed away from the basket. Unfolding it and laying it out on the grass.

"No thank you," Sethrian said dryly. "I have a veritable hoard of nieces and nephews just out of diapers and I believe that was enough to inoculate me against any and all desire to spend time with children." He paused. That wasn't entirely true. "To be honest, I don't mind children, in spite of the large family" he confessed. "At the very least, I appreciate their honesty."

Sethrian gave her a sidelong look when she called his date idea 'cute'--he supposed it was a compliment but he'd much rather think of it as romantic or something along those lines. Not that he wanted to be romantic with Beatrice, but he couldn't deny that when he'd first prepared the picnic supplies, romantic had been what he was going for.

"I don't see why I wouldn't want to go with you--" he was cut off when she punched his arm. Geez, woman! He resisted the urge to rub his shoulder. Instead, his lips curved into a slight smirk. "Ah. Are you trying to demonstrate why I should have run away as soon as I saw your hat? Is that what this is? Perhaps I should have worn body armor instead of a beanie..." He gave her a smug look as he headed for the spot he'd scouted out earlier.

"I'll have you know, the last woman that hit me, I threw in the ocean. And I do have a convenient lake right here. Shall we give it a try and see how deep it is?" he teased.

"Given the unfortunate sense of humor of whoever it is that runs this event, next year the participants of the festival may well be required to wear armor," Sethrian said. "Various sorts, from different time periods--it wouldnt' surprise me." Of course, by this time next year, she would probably be dating someone. He, on the other hand, would probably be dolefully participating in the blind dates once again. Though he had to admit this year was still going better than last, where he'd made two girls cry...

Sethrian gave her an amused look as she coyly batter her eyelashes at him. "I can assure you that I won't throw you in the lake. I would hate to lose my job over something like that," he added with a smirk.

As he stretched out, he moved the basket between them and opened it. "Are you hungry? Would you like something to drink? I have bottled water and a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc, if you'd prefer."