Fandom High Graduation Ceremony, Class of 2019, Early Saturday Evening [Part 1]

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Although there weren't as many sun-allergic people attending the graduation ceremony these days, traditions were meant to be upheld. As the sun went down, the finishing touches of decorations were made, and everything was finally ready. The lawn of the school had been lit up with blue and gold lights, and there were chairs set up for all of the graduates, along with plenty of seats for guests to come and watch. The weather was behaving itself, and it looked like it would be a nice, calm spring evening.

Congratulations, Class of 2019! Your big day is here!

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Welcome! [Grad 2019]

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

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2019]

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A sundown graduation was perfect, actually, because it meant the likelihood of anyone noticing an extra bird hanging around went down to almost zero.

So there was nothing to notice about a raven perched very high up in one of the trees, minding its own business. Nothing at all. Unless you were sensitive to magic being used.

[OOC: any interaction with Raven NFB plz.]

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2019]

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A fairly unlikely trio had grabbed seats in the front row; two men, and a girl too young to attend Fandom, but who was clearly INTO IT.

"DAAAAAAAAAAD LOOK. IT'S, LIKE A CASTLE. LIKE BEACON. HOW COME YANG GOT TO TRAIN AT A CASTLE AND I DIDN'T DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD?!?!?!"

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2019]

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"Because you're still too little, half-pint," Qrow drawled, messing up Ruby's hair. "You aren't tall enough to ride that ride yet, drink more milk."

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2019]

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Of course Sidon would be here to cheer on his friends as they graduated! And to think, next year, it would be him up there going through the whole pomp and circumstance! It was almost hard to believe! If he was this excited just to watch other people graduate, imagine how he'd feel when it was his turn!

He was also, naturally, going to be taking a seat toward the back, out of simple courtesy to all the other guests.

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2019]

[hashtag_chocobro]

So, if Prompto really thought about it, this whole thing was a little surreal. He was actually going to a graduation for his school, because he actually knew people who were graduating and cared about them and one of them was even his girlfriend, which a little more than two years ago would have sounded like the most impossible thing in the whole world. In any world. Even that there were multiple worlds would have seemed impossible back then.

Total mind blow, bros.

But it was cool. It was super cool, and it also would give him a good idea what he'd be in for next year when he gratuated. And catching up on a lot of Zzzs since yesterday gave him way more energy than he knew what to do with...well, okay, he did know what to do with it, he was going to be bouncing around with his camera, getting pictures of everyone to commemorate the event, figuring out what might be the best spot for the procession and the speeches and everyone getting their diplomas, and, before everything got started, he could snag some candids, get a shot of the crowd, all the people visiting because of the graduates graduating, people who...

...were visiting...

...graduates....

Anyone paying close attention could probably pin-point the exact "Oh noooooooo" moment when Prompto realized exactly what that would mean. There was a pretty good chance some of these people here were...Yang's...family. And he would possibly maybe potentially probably have to...meet them.

Oh...

....nooooo.

He was not prepared for this.

But maybe he wouldn't have to? Maybe she, like, never even mentioned him? That would be fine, that would be totally fine, it would make sense, why would she mention him? 'Oh, hey, guys, so I have this super lame boyfriend, you'll totally see what I mean.' Oh, no, oh crap, oh shit oh geez, maybe he should have just stayed in bed? OHGODS.

Be cool, Prompto. Totally cool. Even if you wanted to just shrivel up and die inside, everything was cool, everything would be cool, you're just here to cheer on your friends and your girlfriend and take lots of pictures of everyone and it'll be fine, no need to panic, maybe they didn't even come, maybe it wouldn't even be a big deal, it was totally cool. Everything cool.

Cool cool cool.

Pictures pictures pictures.

Oh maaaan...

Re: Welcome! [Grad 2019]

[theydidwhat]

It was too bad from Prompto that Ruby was TOTALLY a ninja! Like, super-totally-sneaky!

Except for the whole not-sneaky at ALL. But, you know, if he was totally focused on, like, trying to figure out which Adults belonged to Yang, that gave her a +5 to sneak attack, right?

"Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey." Ruby, popping up in front of someone's camera and in their shot like that was weird-photo-bombing. "You're Yang's boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooyfriend."

The Procession! [Grad 2019]

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At the appropriate moment, there was Pomp and Circumstance, because tradition. 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.

Alluka Zoldyck and Beaker
Breq and Jughead Jones
Jyn Erso and Khadgar
Paris Geller, Peebee, and Yang Xiao Long

Re: The Procession! [Grad 2019]

[revengenotebook]

Paris had her cap and gown pressed and perfect and only looked a little like she'd been having a complete nervous breakdown over the last few weeks. So, #winning.

Re: The Procession! [Grad 2019]

[misshapen_spark]

How the heck Yang managed to make her robes look mildly scandalous would be her secret forever. Seriously. Like anyone expected her to wear something that looked like a potato sack.

Trying to get her cap to stay on her hair, however, was proving a challenge, apparently. "OH COME ON!!"

Ignore the fact that her eyes were more pink than purple at the moment. She was a teensy bit frustrated with the stupid hat.

Re: The Procession! [Grad 2019]

[meepmeepmeep]

Beaker had a cap and a gown! Beaker was not on fire so far. You go, Beaker!

Speeches! [Grad 2019]

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They won't talk for too long, promise!

Principal Winchester's Speech

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Dean Skywalker's Speech

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Diplomas [Grad 2019]

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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.]

Alluka Zoldyck

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Beaker

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Breq

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Jughead Jones

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Jyn Erso

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Khadgar

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Paris Geller

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Peebee

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Yang Xiao Long

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OOC [Grad 2019]

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Please let me know if I messed anything up with your grads, and I shall fix it in my morning!