Fandom High Graduation Ceremony, Class of 2011, Saturday Early Evening PART 2!

[prof_of_cunning]

Once all the graduates had returned to their seats, with their diplomas, Zoe turned to address the audience.

“Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present --- ee da tuo da bien!”

No one should translate that. Just know that it wasn’t Chinese for ‘funky looking red and green spacecraft twice the size of the school that just zoomed in to hover above the lawn.’

A beam of eerie green light shining down from it, straight onto the stage, and from that pool of light stepped... no, surged, a horde of men in hairy, horny helmets, waving battle axes and growling in ...something Nordic? Eric could tell you, if he could make it to the stage, but unfortunately ? Not so much.

Those other beams of light that shot from the ship took care of that issue. Both the audience bleachers and the area of the stage roped off for the faculty were enclosed by shimmering fields of energy that let air and light through, but were frustratingly solid to the touch.

Sadly for the graduates, there was no annoying force-field separating them from the hairy-hatted men -- who were headed straight for the Fandom High Class of 2011.



[Open for your umlaut-ridden pleasure! Audience | Grads: Fight! | Grads: Hide! | Aftermath | OOC]

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Audience: Aww, What The Heck, Man?

[prof_of_cunning]

React to the force field surrounding the bleachers. React to the maurauding hordes! Watch your children and siblings fight! Shout things in Swedish! Facepalm a lot!

Re: Audience: Aww, What The Heck, Man?

[thatsamilkshake]

Francine would fall in the facepalm-a-lot category. (In fact, if she ever had to pose as a knight while visiting Camelot.... none of the armor would fit her. Never mind.)

Point being, she was peeking through her fingers at the fight, looking more than a little worried. These guys weren't stuffed chimerae!

Re: Audience: Aww, What The Heck, Man?

[elsewhere-books.livejournal.com]

Leda's parents had never even heard of UFO's so they had no idea what that thing was that flew over head. Their best guess was some kind of dragon, or roc.

When the vikings attacked, Wolfboy kind of bounced off the forcefield as he attempted to leap to Leda's aid. At the same time her father found out that they were immune to magic, as he attempted to blast through it.

It was her mother who caught Wolfboy before he hit the ground. Briefly she wondered what he used on his fur. It was very soft.

Re: Audience: Aww, What The Heck, Man?

[inthefelt.livejournal.com]

Kermit would have attempted to leap to the rescue, but he and Robin's father had to catch his mother, as she fainted dead away at the sight of Vikings attacking her little boy.

Re: Audience: Aww, What The Heck, Man?

[anti-gross.livejournal.com]

That was...unexpected.

Susie preferred it when this kind of thing only happened in Calvin's head.

Re: Audience: Aww, What The Heck, Man?

[likethegun]

Sam's eyes got a little wide as he watched the men coming out of the pool of light, and he searched for Zoe among the adults, hoping she wasn't freaking out too badly.

Re: Audience: Aww, What The Heck, Man?

[bitten_notshy]

Well.

Everyone was the right age and species. That was something.

Was it terrible that Jack, in between concerned glances to his friends among the graduates, almost wished for popcorn?

Re: Audience: Aww, What The Heck, Man?

[trigons_child]

Raven had been braced for some sort of incident, since she knew graduation always had something strange happen, but that didn't stop her from watching Jono and her other friends anxiously, hoping they would not be harmed. She hated not being able to help them.

Re: Audience: Aww, What The Heck, Man?

[eyelidkisses.livejournal.com]

"What the --"

Marshall's mouth was probably going to stay open for a while, yes. Kate had tried to warn him some weird stuff might happen, but. But. This was just-- It looked dangerous, and he knew if he'd get past his confusion then he'd be worried.

Re: Audience: Aww, What The Heck, Man?

[life_inshadow]

Tara experimentally sent a jolt of power at the force field, watching it have no effect.

"Kennedy!"

That ... didn't do anything either. So now she was stuck just watching.

This was freaky.

Re: Audience: Aww, What The Heck, Man?

[cataclysmicluck.livejournal.com]

While Zayne couldn't exactly call this 'expected,' it would be a lie to say that he hadn't expected something like it.

For the moment, he was just going to try to accept the idea that for once there actually wasn't anything he could do about what was happening.

Re: Audience: Aww, What The Heck, Man?

[nosefullofsnot.livejournal.com]

"LET'S GO, VI-KINGS! *clap clap clap* LET'S GO, VI-KINGS! *clap clap clap*"

Of course Lucas was cheering the vikings. Shut up.

Re: Audience: Aww, What The Heck, Man?

[chief-cheerio.livejournal.com]

Quinn shrieked once, then was grateful for the force field and the number of big, strong people sitting around her.

Among other issues, the vikings looked like they smelled bad.

Re: Audience: Aww, What The Heck, Man?

[solo_sword]

Once the force field went up, Jaina knew there wasn't anything she could do. Which was going to bother her even if she sort of knew how things went, because she had to watch what was going on.

She would have preferred the graduates having to sing, maybe.

Re: Audience: Aww, What The Heck, Man?

[dabblinginbitch.livejournal.com]

"Oh no," Ramona murmured, her eyes going wide. On the one hand, entertaining. On the other, she really hoped no one, like, died by viking or anything. That would suck.

Re: Audience: Aww, What The Heck, Man?

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

Nathan probably wasn't supposed to laugh but come the fuck on, that was hilarious! Vikings in America! It was hilarious and he found it funny even if he was a little concerned about his friends.

Re: Audience: Aww, What The Heck, Man?

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"I knew it," Dinah muttered, walking up to try to smack at the force-field and get through. No joy. "Damnit!"

Re: Audience: Aww, What The Heck, Man?

[rangers4cup.livejournal.com]

Kaoru jumped to her feet and started shouting words that her father had definitely never meant for her to learn before grabbing Miyako's hand and taking off to look for a place for them to hide and transform.

Re: Audience: Aww, What The Heck, Man?

[kurikocyberpink.livejournal.com]

Kuriko actually jumped up and cheered. Not for the Vikings, of course, but it was all very exciting.

And then she realized it was real and got a bit worried. But not too much, her Nee-chan was awesome, afterall. "GO Nee-chan!"

Re: Audience: Aww, What The Heck, Man?

[therewaslife]

As soon as things started happening, Bod stood up to try and see what he was looking at. He had no idea but he could tell it was something out of the ordinary and he couldn't stop the worry from hitting him.

Re: Audience: Aww, What The Heck, Man?

[sith_happened]

Anakin sighed, looking annoyed.

"Every kriffing year," he muttered.

Re: Audience: Aww, What The Heck, Man?

[texted3times]

Eric recognized those hats. He hadn't worn one in some time, of course, but those were Vikings. He wasn't sure if they would even be able to hear him, but he had to try, right?

"Kill veikburða og heimskur sjálfur fyrst!" He yelled. "Ég get benda þeim út fyrir þig!*"

No one said he would be yelling something particularly helpful to the graduates...

[*Kill the week and stupid ones first! I can point them out to you!]

(frozen comment) Graduates: Seriously, Vikings From Space?

[prof_of_cunning]

Seriously, Vikings from space. Or at least that’s where they seemed to have come from most recently, because, you know. Big honking spaceship over your heads. The dudes themselves, though, were wearing decidedly low-tech furs, cloaks, and hats, and that battle gear they were swinging didn’t come with safety catches or charging ports, just big, shiny blades.

Big, shiny blades headed right for the grads.

Zoe might not be able to move past the glowing force field that separated the administrators from the students, but she could still shout orders like a pro. She hadn't even bothered to hope that graduation would go off without a hitch - statistically speaking, it was a ridiculous thought - so she was glad they'd prepared for defensive action, even if she hated what she was about to do.

"Everyone!" she yelled to the graduates. "There are weapons in the trunk behind the podium! Take whatever you need and know how to use!" Sure, some of the students who had been here for a while had probably come prepared, but there might have been a few graduates who'd shown up blissfully unaware. Maybe they'd hide, and she wouldn't have to worry about them, but Zoe knew better than to hope for that too.

"Don't kill these...people if you can avoid it," she added quickly, since behind the hair and the horny helmets, they did appear to be people. Zoe had reached the point of acceptance when it came to students defending themselves, but she still had some lines she didn't want to be crossed. "But do what you have to to get safe!"

Really, anyone who messed with her students deserved to get a good beating.

FIGHT!

[fh-vikings.livejournal.com]

That weapons cabinet wasn’t locked, and the selection ranged from blunt and sharp objects of the bashy and stabby kind, to handheld energy guns of the yes, there’s a stun setting kind. There was also a crapload of rope; you never knew when you might need to lasso a chimera or two.

[Grads who are capable of it/wish to, ping in with your reactions and weapon-grabbing, and your personal Viking will be with you shortly! It’s your call on whether your character is fighting to kill or not, but they are human, with a bit of a language barrier, so keep your own preferences in mind for how much casualty-angst you want your kid to deal with. Knocking them out or tying them up is totally an option.]

The Battle’s Done, and We Kind of...

[prof_of_cunning]

We kind of had a big pile of sore, bleeding, tied-up, passed-out, and otherwise incapacitated hairy dudes in the middle of the stage, that’s what we kind of.

We also kind of had a high, staticky whine coming from the spacecraft overhead. A long, green tentacle poked out from one of the pulsating red windowy things. It slithered down to the bound-up Vikings and … formed a big pair of purple lips at the tip.

The language coming from it might have been alien, but the message of the yelling was clear, as was the final SMACK! across the red-bearded face of the nearest horny hat wearer: get out, stay out, good freaking riddance!

With that, the tentacle was sucked back into the ship, and so were the beams that had been holding the audience and faculty. (And Apu, and three mystified teal deer, and the entire Cafe Fina kitchen staff, because, um, Vikings? Good at fighting, not so good at operating high-tech alien equipment.) The ship rose quickly into the sky again, and zoomed off, up, and away.

The horny-hatted dude just groaned and passed out again.

As the Clone Troopers arrived to haul the invaders away for incarceration, de-lousing, and possible interrogation once anybody figured out what the hell language they spoke, the graduates, family, and friends were finally free to make their way across the mess of knocked-over chairs and scattered programmes, to congratulate, hug, freak out at, and
otherwise meet up with each other again.

[React, meet up, have hot but comm-safe post-battle makeouts... the possibilities are endless!]

Re: The Battle’s Done, and We Kind of...

[vanillajello]

So. That had happened. Kate had gotten through it relatively unscathed, although she'd managed to get the hem of her gown caught on something on the stage, and subsequently ripped it.

She still had her diploma, miraculously. That was something. And right now, she just needed her boyfriend, her brother (her brothers?), and her friends. And lots and lots of congratulatory hugs.

OOC - Grad 2

[prof_of_cunning]

Why Vikings from space? Well... They’re not so much from space. Dun dun DUUUUUUN....

Re: OOC - Grad 2

[solo_sword]

Btw I hate you for the earworm a lot. I sing it EVERY TIME I REFRESH THIS POST.