Fandom High Graduation Ceremony, Class of 2013, Early Saturday Evening [Part 2]

[sith_happened]

As the last graduate took his seat with his diploma, a faint rumble rattled the folding chairs.

The noise grew louder and the tremors grew worse and true to Fandom graduation protocols, a invisible, impenetrable dome came down to separate the graduates from the rest of the audience.

The rumble faded away into uneasy silence.

Then:

"Dig...Lett...DIG!"

Now might be a good time to see what's in those ACME boxes, grads...

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AUDIENCE!

[sith_happened]

WTF earthquakes! React to being walled away from the graduates! Wonder about the Digletts!

Re: AUDIENCE!

[cataclysmicluck.livejournal.com]

Zayne had his hand on his lightsaber if anything threatening made its way out into the audience, but otherwise he figured they were actually safe and the graduates could handle this.

Re: AUDIENCE!

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

Bruce was no longer in his seat.

If someone was being VERY observant, they may have noticed a dark figure almost perfectly hidden in a nearby tree. The Batman was waiting for a threat to spill outside the wall.

Once it was clear this wouldn't happen, he was gone.

Toward the end of the fighting, Bruce made his way back to his seat with a flask in hand. "I didn't miss the whole thing, did I?"

Re: AUDIENCE!

[vanillajello]

Kate looked surprised, but only for about a dozen seconds or so. That was about as long as it took to realize something like this had happened at every graduation she'd been a part of.

Everyone would be fine. She was sure. Mostly.

Re: AUDIENCE!

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

"Really?"

Re: AUDIENCE!

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

Robin, horrified at the merciless malleting of the adorable Muppet-like creatures did not stick around to watch.

Re: AUDIENCE!

[endsthegame]

Ender sighed and rubbed at his face. He glanced towards Ben.

"You did bring snacks, right?"

Re: AUDIENCE!

[momslilassassin]

"Of course," Ben said, holding out a bag. "Pretzel?"

Re: AUDIENCE!

[familypublicist.livejournal.com]

... Well.

This was not going to get out to the media, no. Rebecca was already considering just fleeing.

Re: AUDIENCE!

[upmysleeve.livejournal.com]

"Oi, no FAIR! Why do they get all the fun?"

Pounding against the invisible dome with her baseball bat just threw sparks back in Ace's face, but it didn't stop her from trying.

Re: AUDIENCE!

[trigons_child]

Raven was far too used to this now. She sighed and shook her head, keeping an eye on Karla as best she could.

She'd also do her best to assure any anxious Kaeleer visitors that this was completely normal, and Karla would be fine.

Re: AUDIENCE!

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Here we go," Dinah said, leaning forward, video camera recording. "Think her gown will survive this?"

Re: AUDIENCE!

[heromaniac]

Momoko made her way through the seats, looking for the !!!KARLA!!!! contingency. She had a time of it since she was carrying as many snacks as she could.

"MMVN? MRRY MYM MATE; MN MY MIT MERE?"

Which could be translated to "Raven? SOrry I'm late; can I sit here?" if you took into account the fact she had a bag of hummus chips in her mouth.



Brain melted yesterday and I zoned it was even graduation!

Graduates!

[sith_happened]

There are giant ACME Hammers in those boxes for those of you who might not have prepared for having to deal with the dozens of adorable Digletts, the occasional Dugtrio, and some generic whack-a-moles at graduation!

There are also chairs to climb on top of and yell bloody murder if that's more your style.

Re: Graduates: FIGHT!

[sith_happened]

Arm yourself (with the giant hammers or whatever you brought with you) and get to whacking!

[OOC: Ping us down in the OOC thread and we'll send someone after you!]

Re: Graduates: FIGHT!

[whenshewasnice]

Natalie wasn't even surprised.

She had a giant hammer, yes, although the graduation robe didn't entirely keep her from executing some successful kicks too.

Graduates: Fight!

[fh_beasties]

"DIGLETT-DIG! DIGLETT-DIG!"

This little Diglett was literally jittering with excitement to be here! Or... no, actually, that wasn't what he was doing. He was going too fast too deliberately for that to be a genuine happy jitter--

--and then the ground started shaking around him.

"DIGLETT-DIG! DIGLETT-DIG!"

Several dozen of his friends popped up out of the ground to follow suit. Hold on to your hats, kids. These Digletts aren't stopping.

Neither are the localized earthquakes. Was that the empty graduate seating section that just tumbled into a fissure in the ground? Why yes, yes it was.

Re: Graduates: HIDE!

[sith_happened]

If fighting isn't your style, there's a safe space behind the stage that the Digletts and their friends haven't discovered yet!

Re: Graduates!

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

James did not facepalm. He did, however, grab a mallet and began whomping the annoying ground creatures, trying to drive them back.

Success!

[sith_happened]

After the Digletts and friends have been properly be-whacked, a cackling laugh echoed from...somewhere...and the pests that were still left by the graduates disappeared in puffs of smoke.

That wasn't creepy at all, really.

The invisible barrier lifted to release the smoke--and the graduated.

[OOC: Reactions, ho! Meet up with friends and family and try to explain what happened!]

Re: Success!

[whenshewasnice]

And lo, Natalie Adams had graduated! And survived graduation without a scratch on her. And getting her phone out from her pocket underneath the robe informed her that her parents were stuck at a Portalocity hub in a 22nd century Caracas.

She could actually have felt happier right now. Definitely.

Re: Success!

[serial-quitter.livejournal.com]

Ryan was still grinning. She wasn't going to let some burrowing pests ruin her day.

She was also rather grateful that her parents couldn't make it so that she wouldn't have to explain what just happened.

OOC: I want a Diglett!

[sith_happened]

Or a whack-a-mole or a Dugtrio, if you have a preference.

Re: OOC: I want a Diglett!

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

Diggy for Kenzi (http://fandomhigh.livejournal.com/3352043.html?thread=199258347#t199258347), please! (If anyone's around :>)

OOC: And we're done!

[sith_happened]

HAPPY GRADUATION!