Fandom High Graduation Ceremony, Class of 2011, Saturday Early Evening - Part One!

[prof_of_cunning]

The ceremony was once again held at sunset for the benefit of the graduates’ less diurnal guests, but the lawn was well-lit with twinkling blue and gold lights draped across bleachers, stage, surrounding trees and specially-assembled trellises, giving the overall effect of a peaceful fairy grove. (Not, say, Las Vegas. Tasteful twinkling lights.)

The staff having taken note of every previous graduation including the most recent, the lights had been purchased from Acme Decorations Studio with a money-back No Coming To Life And Terrorizing Your Party Guests Guarantee... and there was a rather large cache of weapons stashed in a trunk behind the podium. The chance that it would rain toys that could later be used for self-defense was slightly less than the chance that there would be a need for self-defense.

No one could say Fandom High wasn’t a learning experience.

[Open and welcome Class of 2011! Welcome | The Procession | Speeches | Diplomas | OOC]

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Re: Welcome!

[longislandiceme]

Bobby snorted. "Oh yeah, that's something that's said about me all the time," he said with an eyeroll. "Bobby," he added, giving her a bit of a side-eye. "If you didn't already know that."

Re: Welcome!

[fairygodcousin.livejournal.com]

"I did," she assured him, and added, "I'm not here to hurt anyone, you know. Sookie's mentioned me, hasn't she? I'm...a cousin, of sorts."

A pause, and then, "From the other branch of the family tree than the one who just passed. The other, other branch."

Re: Welcome!

[longislandiceme]

"Oh," Bobby nodded. And then, once it really clicked: "Ooooh. Um. Yes! She's said- not much? But some. Hi!"

Re: Welcome!

[fairygodcousin.livejournal.com]

"Hi," Claudine said easily, laughing a little. "I'm fairly new, so I wasn't expecting her to say a lot. But I did want to come over and say hello, since I recognize you quite well. I'd been watching Sookie long before she came to visit our world by accident last year."

Re: Welcome!

[longislandiceme]

Bobby... wasn't sure whether that was creepy or reassuring. Maybe a little of both? "Do you guys have some sort of... non-interference clause or something?" he had to ask, because honestly. There'd been a lot of times when Sookie could've used some fairy-powered backup.

Re: Welcome!

[fairygodcousin.livejournal.com]

"Something like that," she admitted. "I can interfere if we're going to lose her entirely. And I could boost her powers -- back when she needed the help, anyway." She slanted a look at him, adding, "Did she ever tell you about how she threw the chain around that man's neck, the night she was beaten so badly? That was me. And she came to me when the vampire drained her. It's not much, but we can't do everything for her." Claudine shrugged, and added, "Stories usually have much better fairy godmothers, I know, but we don't really work like that."

Re: Welcome!

[longislandiceme]

"Stuff never really is the same as it is in stories," Bobby agreed. He'd been on teams with demigods, he knew how that went.