Fandom High Graduation Ceremony, Class of 2012, Early Saturday Evening (Part 1)

[bigdamnprincipal]

With things back to normal - or as normal as Fandom ever got - preparations for graduation had gone into full swing. The ceremony was set for right after sunset, to make sure all types of guests could safely attend, and the lawn had been lit up with blue and gold lights, creating safe paths in which to walk to the seating area and giving everything a twinkling, serene appearance.

Of course, the staff knew that graduation was rarely a serene event, and the fact that Ingvar's volcano was being unusually active emphasized the need to prepare the seniors as much as possible. Last year's cache of weapons had been discreetly stashed in a trunk behind the podium...and yes, they'd all been properly cleaned. Who knew what dried Viking blood could do to metal?

Once everything had been arranged, the guests were let in, and all that was left was to pray everything went smoothly.

[OCD is up! Have at it! Welcome | The Processsion | Speeches | Diplomas | OOC]

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Re: Welcome!

[furnaceface]

"It was... a part of me. Like my breath or my heartbeat, even if I didn't strictly have either. And without it, it feels like a little part of me has been stricken deaf. The blue... I wouldn't mind as much, only this is somebody else's face. I didn't want this face, they just... they made me take it."

In fairness, most people didn't get to choose their faces.

Still, he didn't see himself staring back when he looked in the mirror. He didn't think he ever would.

He wiggled his fingers a little, for Hania.

Re: Welcome!

[notyourpawn.livejournal.com]

"Like when we're swapped from boys to girls," she said, turning the concept in her mind. "It isn't that I objected to being boy-shaped on the basis that there was anything objectionable about being boy-shaped, but all day I looked into the mirror and I didn't see Alice. It was such a relief to see myself again."

Re: Welcome!

[furnaceface]

"A little like that," Jono allowed, thinking on the one time that Fandom had swapped his gender on him. He'd gone from not-his-face to even-less-his-face, so it had been perhaps less jarring than it could have been. "This face... is a face I wasn't particularly fond of even before I found myself wearing it, though. It's taking a bit of getting used to."