Fandom High Graduation Ceremony, Class of 2014, Early Saturday Evening [Part 2]

[bigdamnprincipal]

As the last new graduate sat down with their diploma, the plants around the stage began quietly rustling.

Mega-Gro - the new company that had been hired to take care of the grounds - had guaranteed that their landscaping would be the brightest, and more importantly the biggest, that anyone had ever seen, and they were not mistaken in their claim. Out of the flowers, the creatures that had been living in the foliage began to grow, and the ceramic gnomes that had been scattered throughout the plants as decorations began to grow too. Then, after not too long, they began to blink, and move.

Somewhere, Tiny was either doing a fist-pump of righteousness, or having a heart attack.

There wasn't much time before the gnomes grew to human size, and began moving towards each other to group up. True to Fandom graduation protocols, an invisible, impenetrable dome came down to separate the graduates from the rest of the audience, as giant crickets, toads, slugs, ladybugs, and other creatures poured out from between the plants.

"All winter long, we were left to weather the snow and ice and chill, while the humans stayed warm inside their homes!" one of the gnomes cried. "Now, we will be abandoned to the elements no more! Gentlemen, attack!"

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Graduates! [Grad 2014]

[bigdamnprincipal]

Here's hoping you weren't wearing anything nice underneath those robes.

Graduates: FIGHT! [Grad 2014]

[bigdamnprincipal]

At the back of the stage, a box appeared containing hammers, bug spray, and giant cannisters of salt. Hopefully, some of you also thought to arm yourselves, just in case!

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

Re: Graduates: FIGHT! [Grad 2014]

[craftyladyparts.livejournal.com]

"I can't believe I got this far in school and this is what does it," Jessica sighed. The way she fired a web at a gnome to yank it towards her was more annoyed than anything. Seriously, gnomes?

Re: Graduates: FIGHT! [Grad 2014]

[fh_grad]

The gnome let out a catlike hiss and spat at her. Normal saliva, mind, not anything weird.

It was followed by a weird, gnarled gnome-fist.

Re: Graduates: FIGHT! [Grad 2014]

[craftyladyparts.livejournal.com]

"Rude!" Jessica didn't appreciate the spitting, so she grabbed at the gnome's hand to block his punch, then pulled him in hard for a punch to his face. Stupid gnome.

Re: Graduates: FIGHT! [Grad 2014]

[fh_grad]

Lucky for the gnome, he felt no pain! Or maybe he did, but his red hat was impervious to it. That might've explained the headbutting.

Re: Graduates: FIGHT! [Grad 2014]

[craftyladyparts.livejournal.com]

Jessica bent backwards to duck the headbutt, fired a web at either side of his face, then pulled down as she threw a kick at his nose.

Re: Graduates: FIGHT! [Grad 2014]

[fh_grad]

Crack.

The gnome pulled away to reveal a sudden streak of red paint on his nose. Little cracks spidered out from it across his face.

"AaaAAAaaaAAah!" he cried, and tried to tackle Jessica's legs.

Re: Graduates: FIGHT! [Grad 2014]

[craftyladyparts.livejournal.com]

"Gotta tell you," Jessica said, rolling backwards away from the gnome before launching herself forward to punt the thing in the face. "This is the weirdest fight I've ever had."

Re: Graduates: FIGHT! [Grad 2014]

[fh_grad]

The gnome went flying for several feet, hitting the ground with another crack. When he sat up, there was a hole where his nose had been.

He hissed again, feral.

Re: Graduates: FIGHT! [Grad 2014]

[dressedinblood]

Anna had been expecting something like this, yes. She very carefully took off her robe, hat, and shoes, and placed them, along with her diploma, on her chair. And then she changed. Her skin went grey and ashen, her eyes filled with dirty water, and her white dress was soaked red, the blood spilling down her legs. Anna Dressed in Blood was in the building, and somewhere inside her Anna Korlov hoped she wasn't about to scar anyone's relatives for life by having to rip a giant frog in half or anything.

Re: Graduates: FIGHT! [Grad 2014]

[failsatspirit]

Sorry, gnomes, but you were made of clay and, well, earthbender.

Re: Graduates: FIGHT! [Grad 2014]

[ultron_junior]

This ... wasn't precisely unexpected, given it was Fandom. Victor went into fight mode, electrocuting one bug after another to take down as many as he could manage.

"New code name," he decided. "The Bug Zapper."

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[nothornlessrose.livejournal.com]

Cassidy let out an undignified curse of indignation at the gnomes. After everything everyone had been through and as much time as she spent outside, these creatures dared to attack at her graduation?! Yes, she knew to expect a fight, but damn it all to hell, this was not acceptable.

Shaking her head, she vanished her cap and gown and put a shield over her dress to keep it from getting messed up. Once that was done, she called in her sticks and looked for the closest gnome to fight.

Re: Graduates: FIGHT! [Grad 2014]

[haslayers.livejournal.com]

"Hey!" Cordelia yelled at an advancing ladybug. "This is why I left Sunnydale!"

Ever seen a girl beat a ladybug with a shoe? Well, congratulations, now you have!

Re: Graduates: FIGHT! [Grad 2014]

[justbeingbay]

Bay winced at the thought of her brother in the stands, then dove for the bug spray. She squirted it almost indiscriminately, hoping it was hitting the bugs and not her classmates' eyes.

"Sorry!" she apologized as she went, just in case.

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[walkswithcoyote]

Mercy grabbed a hammer and a giant cannister of salt. When she wasn't salting slugs, she was smashing gnomes.

If things seemed to be getting too out of control she could shift and start taking them apart that way, but blech, she was pretty sure they'd taste terrible.

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[notagoose]

There was no way that Goose wasn't going to come to the ceremony unarmed and pulled out his blaster, at least he got to get fight something as he blasted his way through several bugs.

Re: Graduates: FIGHT! [Grad 2014]

[snarkyhealer.livejournal.com]

Shira was just Not At All Happy about this. She'd known something would happen at graduation, because when did stuff not happen at graduation, but this? Seriously?

She threw a shield up around herself and readied the rest of her power. Bring it on, buggies.

Re: Graduates: FIGHT! [Grad 2014]

[fh_grad]

Cricket! Cricket! Cricket!

A flock of crickets gnashed angrily at her, throwing themselves at her shield. They had numbers. They could do this.

Re: Graduates: FIGHT! [Grad 2014]

[snarkyhealer.livejournal.com]

Shield aside, Shira jumped back to try and avoid the crickets at the same time as she looked around for anything at hand that could help.

Forgetting for the moment that Craft would work just as well. What? A gazillion crickets flinging themselves at you could do that to a girl.

Re: Graduates: FIGHT! [Grad 2014]

[fh_grad]

The crickets followed close behind, their cheerping getting angrier. Stand still, prey! Come on!

Re: Graduates: FIGHT! [Grad 2014]

[snarkyhealer.livejournal.com]

Shira managed to trip and nearly go down on her ass; only sheer determination kept her upright. She would not fall in front of a bunch of damn crickets.

And that was when she finally thought of Craft.

"Okay, let's see how you like this," she said, focusing and bringing a tiny ball of fire into her hand.

Re: Graduates: FIGHT! [Grad 2014]

[fh_grad]

The crickets came to a sudden stop. Was that fire? In her hand? Fire?

They tilted their heads. Did not compute.

Graduates: HIDE! [Grad 2014]

[bigdamnprincipal]

If fighting wasn't your thing, there was a safe spot behind all of the chairs to huddle and avoid the wrath of the gnomes.

Seriously, it wasn't like anyone in Fandom made winter last forever, right?