Fandom High Graduation Ceremony, Class of 2008, Saturday Afternoon (Part I)

[bigdamnprincipal]

The sun was shining over the front lawn of the school (except for the part of the bleachers covered by an awning, in case anyone with sun issues had shown up), and the temperature had thankfully turned out to be perfect for the occasion. There was a stage placed prominently on the lawn, set up with a podium and a number of heavy metal chairs for the administration and guests. In front of the stage were platforms with more of the metal chairs; they'd been painted blue and gold, and were sitting empty and waiting for the arrival of the class of 2008. There were bleachers on each side of the platforms, for students, family, friends, alumni, and residents of the town who wanted to come and watch.

Alas, it was time for another class to graduate.

[OOC: If you ping in before the OCD is over, I will end you and all that you love. Ahem. OCD is done, go and rock out! This post is for audience mingling and general graduation stuff. The requisite WTF-y part of graduation will be posted later. Like last year, it'll be kind of hard to miss the events of the second post, so you might want to hold off an any post-graduation posts for a while to avoid being Jossed.]

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Valedictorian Speech - River Tam

[bigdamnprincipal]

Please wait until she has posted her speech before replying.

Re: Valedictorian Speech - River Tam

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River watched the audience in silence for a few seconds. Then she spoke: "This is the end. One might consider it a beginning, but that would require some knowledge of the future, at least if one is to specify what it is a beginning of. For me, still uncertain." There was a long pause.

"Will therefore cling to the past for a little longer. Too many names to mention, quite a few of them no longer here, all of them part of the island. I used to live on a spaceship. Sometimes I long for the silent, deadly places that lack gravity, that makes all directions possible. The state of most of most universes. I came here in an attempt to move backwards. Take a step back and change direction. It didn't work, a foolish thing to expect. But the new course was set and I could not have mapped it out from where I was. Step into another universe and all navigation needs to be reevaluated. New steps and new dances. Other bodies and minds to interact with."

There was another pause, this one even longer. "Told you my story, but I believe it applies to others. Although explosions are undesirable, this place can be rebuilt if there is need. Some paths will diverge here, but the map has been made, the course have been set. This is the point of origin. Even if some of us will prosper and live to die of old age, and some will die young, our limbs torn from our bodies, nothing will change that fact."

Re: Valedictorian Speech - River Tam

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Willow stared, then applauded anyway. After all, living in Fandom and Sunnydale had taught Willow that it wasn't like River was wrong.

Re: Valedictorian Speech - River Tam

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Grim as usual. But also poetic. Parker couldn't help but smile as she applauded, albeit wistfully. So damn proud, she thought at River. Wonderful job.

Re: Valedictorian Speech - River Tam

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy didn't know if he understood all of that, but what he had, he liked and appreciated. And truth be told, he liked that there were people like River, who were plugged in a little differently. Mankind needed folks like that. You know, ones that didn't want to take over the world.