http://fh-fae.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] fh-fae.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2008-05-03 01:05 pm
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Fandom High Graduation Ceremony, Class of 2008, Saturday Afternoon (Part II)

After the last diploma had been handed out, the graduates were sent back to their seats, and Principal Washburn returned to the podium, to give her final speech and end the ceremony.

It was then that the rumbling started.

Odds were, if you asked the average citizen of Fandom to describe the town, they would tell you about the school, and the shops, and the beach and preserve, and all the areas of the island that existed above ground. But what they wouldn't describe was the island's biggest secret - beneath the ground, hidden from all of the town's inhabitants, was a city of ancient machines, designed to keep Fandom connected to every dimension it has ever touched, allowing people to continue to come from all over to live and grow on the island.

Although the existence of the underground city has always been hidden from Fandom's citizens - a safety measure, to ensure that none of Fandom's more power-hungry students or teachers try to use the machines for harmful purposes - it has not been a secret to everyone. During the night, fae and faeries of all sizes and power had come to make their way underground, and seize control of Fandom's machines, determined to have the unparalleled dimensional access for themselves. Although they were followed, the Wild Hunt had never caught its prey, and while the people of the town were occupied with graduation, the faeries struck, beginning to activate the machines.

But what the faeries didn't realize was that not all of the machines controlled access to dimensions. One machine in particular, one of the first to be activated, controlled the access to the city from above ground. As the machine chugged along, a section of the island lowered a few feet underground, allowing access to the city, the machines, and the faeries.

Of course, it just so happened that this section of land was where the platforms had been laid before graduation, and where the graduates had all been seated. As the platforms sank, a clear bubble covered the area where they'd been, allowing the audience to watch, but preventing them from being able to interfere or help. It was up to the graduates to defend themselves, and get rid of the fae.

[Wait for the OCD, please! OCD is up! Have fun!]
multiplez: (Uh-oh?)

Re: Uh, did we win?

[personal profile] multiplez 2008-05-03 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"Um," Z called from the bottom of the hole. "Little help here?"

Re: Uh, did we win?

[identity profile] notafairmaiden.livejournal.com 2008-05-03 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Gwynn leaned into the hole. "Hey Z!" She was holding out her hand to pull Z up.
multiplez: (happy shiny Z)

Re: Uh, did we win?

[personal profile] multiplez 2008-05-03 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"Gwynn, hey!" Z said, reaching up to grab her hand. "How's it going outside the hole?"

((I used to have a Z down a hole icon I deleted because I never got to use it...))

Re: Uh, did we win?

[identity profile] notafairmaiden.livejournal.com 2008-05-03 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Gwynn smiled and braced herself to pull Z up. "Less piles of go up here."


((*grins* I used to have an icon of Keira reaching out to gab someone. It's on my harddrive somewhere))
multiplez: (doubtful Z)

Re: Uh, did we win?

[personal profile] multiplez 2008-05-03 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Z did her best to brace with her boots so as to not make Gwynn haul her up by force. Z wasn't that big, but then neither was Gwynn. "Yeah? It's pretty--gross. Down here."

Re: Uh, did we win?

[identity profile] notafairmaiden.livejournal.com 2008-05-03 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Gwynn slowly helped to get Z out of the hole.

"Gross, but you were victorious."
multiplez: (Default)

Re: Uh, did we win?

[personal profile] multiplez 2008-05-03 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Woo, Z was out of the hole! "You'd be amazed what hitting something with a chair can do. Hey, it works in pro wrestling."

Re: Uh, did we win?

[identity profile] notafairmaiden.livejournal.com 2008-05-03 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"Pro wrestling?" Gwynn was looking Z over to make sure she was unharmed.
multiplez: (doubtful Z)

Re: Uh, did we win?

[personal profile] multiplez 2008-05-03 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"...you don't watch much TV, do you?" Z was a little bruised and there was a rip in her gown, but she was mostly fine. Her mortarboard was even still on. A frillion hairpins would do that.

Re: Uh, did we win?

[identity profile] notafairmaiden.livejournal.com 2008-05-03 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
"The TV confuses me," Gwynn said honestly. When she was confident that Z was alright, she smiled again. "You survived another Fandom attack."
multiplez: (Z is a sad panda.)

Re: Uh, did we win?

[personal profile] multiplez 2008-05-03 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"I did! Go me!" Z said, pumping one fist. "Probably my last one, though."

Re: Uh, did we win?

[identity profile] notafairmaiden.livejournal.com 2008-05-03 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"You're not staying for summer?"
multiplez: (half a Z what was that?)

Re: Uh, did we win?

[personal profile] multiplez 2008-05-03 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well, yeah. But let me be optimistic."

Re: Uh, did we win?

[identity profile] notafairmaiden.livejournal.com 2008-05-03 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Gwynn smiled. "Congratulations Z."