Fandom High Graduation Ceremony, Class of 2017, Early Saturday Evening [Part 1]

[bigdamnprincipal]

Right after sunset, to make sure all types of guests could safely attend, the ceremony for graduation was ready to go. The lawn of the school had been lit up with blue and gold lights, which reflected nicely off of the glitter scattered throughout the lawn.

Hey, if your glitter supplies never got low, you'd make everything sparkly as often as possible too.

There were chairs set up for all of the graduates, and plenty of seats for guests to come and watch. The weather was beautiful, cooling off after the hot, sunny day, and Fandom was firmly on the ground, unlike last year.

Congratulations, Class of 2017! Things might not be so great across the causeway, but at least the world didn't end before you could get here today!

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Welcome! [Grad 2017]

[bigdamnprincipal]

Have a seat, say hello to old friends, or make some new ones from among the guests.

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2017]

[no-tranquility.livejournal.com]

A strange magic had pulled Karl to this place. Dazed, he had been pulled from his bed, back into the bizarre other-world he knew as Anders' current home.

He wandered after the crowd, hoping to find the man.

Instead, he'd wound up sitting here. "Maker."

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2017]

[rebelseekspizza]

Shut up, Dante didn't have conflicting feelings about this. You couldn't prove it.

But he had a bottle of something on him as he sank his hungover ass into a seat.

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2017]

[antivanhotass.livejournal.com]

Zevran was cheerfully looking around as he took a seat. Whenever he visited Isabela introduced him to the friendliest people.

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2017]

[gavegoodface]

Like Face wasn't going to make time to visit for this. He'd even found a completely embarrassing banner that read "Congradulations, Cass!".

Yeah, he was totally getting punched later.

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2017]

[miller-carnies.livejournal.com]

"Still don't understand what she sees in this place," Duncan Miller said as he stood next to his seat, looking around at the sheer number of Townies. "How was she not bored out of her mind?"

"Miller girls are strange, mysterious creatures," Chester deadpanned, "--especially Ada. Now sit down, before she comes out here and kills you for making a fuss."

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2017]

[saveonpostage.livejournal.com]

Yzma was not best pleased to discover Kuzco was, y'know, still alive when she received the invitation to his graduation.

"He's supposed to be DEAD," she hissed in the world's least effective whisper.

"Awkward," Kronk agreed. "Especially after that eulogy you gave."

"Ya think?" she replied witheringly.

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2017]

[heroic_jawline]

This wasn't Steve's first graduation, so he'd brought the shield with him this time and was sitting up close enough to hopefully provide cover.

He was still new enough to think he'd be able to help. Cute.

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2017]

[cracksmostly]

Merrill made her way to the seating area on the lawn, a little bit late but in time to make the ceremony.

She was covered in glitter by the time she sat down; it was an odd contrast to her slightly forlorn expression.

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2017]

[filleauloup]

Éponine was there, lurking in the back, as far away from people as she could manage and wearing as inscrutable an expression as she was capable of mustering. She was pleased for Cosette, true, but she'd be hard pressed to conceal her jealousy if she was within visual range.

And yet, still soaking up the vicarious graduation experience as much as she could.

The Procession! [Grad 2017]

[bigdamnprincipal]

At the appropriate moment, there was Pomp and Circumstance. It was time for the soon-to-be-graduates to make the last adjustments to their blue and gold robes, and get to walking to their seats.

Ada Miller and Anders
Anna of Arendelle and Blue Sargen
Cassandra Pentaghast and Cosette Fauchelevent
Cosima Niehaus and Daphne Blake
Frank Doyle and Hanna Heller
Isabela and Jalian d'Arsenette y ken Selvren
Kira Yukimura and Kuzco
Laura Kinney and Lucille Sharpe
Tali'Zorah nar Rayya and Thorin II
Xanthippe Voorhees

Re: The Procession! [Grad 2017]

[seeks_truth]

"Ugh," Cassandra muttered under her breath. The outfit was ridiculous.

At least she had not been paired with anyone who offended her.

RE: The Procession! [Grad 2017]

[not_every_mage]

"Like I'm back in the circle, but worse," came Anders' judgement on his robe as he watched for Ada.

At least mage robes were never polyester.

Re: The Procession! [Grad 2017]

[crimson_sister]

Lucille was trying to to think about what she was wearing. At least Thomas wasn't here to see her dressed like this.

Re: The Procession! [Grad 2017]

[good_for_six]

On the bright side, Isabela technically wasn't hungover.

Though with these robes she couldn't be sure.

Re: The Procession! [Grad 2017]

[notouchykuzco.livejournal.com]

Kuzco looked absolutely ridiculous in his cap and gown.

"I look amazing," he declared.

Re: The Procession! [Grad 2017]

[yogurtvore]

"I just hope they spelled my name right on my diploma," Blue muttered, eyeing the program warily.

Re: The Procession! [Grad 2017]

[halfaclink.livejournal.com]

Frank - drink in hand and mortarboard on head - was ready to march. Where was he marching to and why? He was hazy on that, but he trusted he would figure it out eventually, or he wouldn't. Either way, he'd have another drink.

Re: The Procession! [Grad 2017]

[goforthe_optics]

Eh, when you had to go around dressed head to toe in an outfit that hermetically sealed you away from the environment, a tacky graduation robe was really not the biggest concern.

The mortarboard looked silly perched atop Tali's helmet, though.

Speeches! [Grad 2017]

[bigdamnprincipal]

Try not to fall asleep during the traditional talky bits!

Principal Winchester's Speech

[bigdamnprincipal]

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Dean Skywalker's Speech

[bigdamnprincipal]

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Student Council President's Speech - Isabela

[bigdamnprincipal]

Oh boy.

Diplomas [Grad 2017]

[bigdamnprincipal]

Once the speeches were over, Zoe came back up to the podium, and called each graduate's name to give them their diploma.

[Please wait until the diploma-receiver has pinged into their appropriate thread before commenting with reactions.]

Ada Miller

[bigdamnprincipal]

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OOC [Grad 2017]

[bigdamnprincipal]

Please let me know if I missed something/someone down here! It will be fixed once I regain consciousness!

RE: OOC [Grad 2017]

[not_every_mage]

Hey, not trying to be rude, but Cosima was dropped last July. I don't know why she keeps popping up on lists like this, but I promise she isn't graduating.