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Zoe Winchester ([personal profile] bigdamnprincipal) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2014-04-26 12:56 pm
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Fandom High Graduation Ceremony, Class of 2014, Early Saturday Evening [Part 2]

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!"

Re: Graduates: FIGHT! [Grad 2014]

[identity profile] snarkyhealer.livejournal.com 2014-04-27 12:15 pm (UTC)(link)
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.
fh_grad: (crickets - face)

Re: Graduates: FIGHT! [Grad 2014]

[personal profile] fh_grad 2014-04-27 12:18 pm (UTC)(link)
The crickets followed close behind, their cheerping getting angrier. Stand still, prey! Come on!

Re: Graduates: FIGHT! [Grad 2014]

[identity profile] snarkyhealer.livejournal.com 2014-04-27 12:28 pm (UTC)(link)
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.
fh_grad: (crickets - duuuude)

Re: Graduates: FIGHT! [Grad 2014]

[personal profile] fh_grad 2014-04-27 12:30 pm (UTC)(link)
The crickets came to a sudden stop. Was that fire? In her hand? Fire?

They tilted their heads. Did not compute.