Fandom High Graduation Ceremony, Class of 2020, Early Saturday Evening [Part 2]

[bigdamnprincipal]

As the last diploma was handed out, there was a moment of quiet as those who had attended one of these ceremonies before waited to see what would happen.

Then, when Zoe got up to usher everyone away, the lawn was suddenly full of the island's animals--squirrels, teal deer, alots, even a few gremlins--carrying signs bearing what could only be described as squirrel handwriting.

"'We... want hats too?' 'Haberdashery for all?' Are you [microphone feedback] kidding me?!"

An angry woodchuck pushed through the squirrels and chucked a piece of wood at her, and as the barrier came down separating the graduates from the crowd, anyone close enough could probably hear, "That's not why you're called woodchucks!"

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Re: Audience! [Grad 2020]

[betterthanaplan]

Duke was just going to hang out in the back of the audience, facepalming for the rest of eternity.

So help him, if he ended up teaching Squirrel Haberdashery. . . .

Re: Audience! [Grad 2020]

[died8yearsago]

In general, Rosa just came to these things because it was a point toward her actually doing teacher things and also because how could you not get a kick out of whatever nonsense was thrown at the graduates, and that meant not really interacting with anyone if she could help it, but not even she had the willpower to avoid side-eyeing Duke when the animals stormed in with their very particular demands with a snort.

Re: Audience! [Grad 2020]

[betterthanaplan]

Duke didn't even seem to look up.

"Can it, Diaz."

Re: Audience! [Grad 2020]

[died8yearsago]

Rosa (and her currently rebelling smirk control) just lifted her hands without a word, as if to emphasize just how much she was, in fact, canning it.

Which wasn't easy, Crocker. It wasn't easy at all. But sometimes mere words just couldn't cut it anyway.

Re: Audience! [Grad 2020]

[betterthanaplan]

"I can feel you smirking."

Re: Audience! [Grad 2020]

[died8yearsago]

Could he feel her shrugging, too? Because that's what Rosa was going to do, just shrug, because what else could she do? He told her to can it; he didn't say anything about not smirking.

And smirks were rare; he could only be so lucky!

Re: Audience! [Grad 2020]

[betterthanaplan]

Duke sighed.

"Shouldn't you be trying to keep the peace or something, officer?"

Re: Audience! [Grad 2020]

[died8yearsago]

"The only crime I see here," Rosa stated, "is that I didn't bring any popcorn.

"Or maybe," she offered, "I should try to get to the bottom of this, and look toward the source of where all this trouble started. Far as I see it, these animals are just expressing some clear bias and inequity in..."

Yeah, she was mildly regretting having bitten on this one.

"...their civil...hat...rights...."

Re: Audience! [Grad 2020]

[betterthanaplan]

"That mean you're going to yell at the moose again? Because then I'll need popcorn."

Re: Audience! [Grad 2020]

[died8yearsago]

"Passing the buck, I see," said Rosa. "Or, in this case...the moose."

That sounded better in her head.

"Athough now you have me wondering if the moose has some sort of bird-superiority agenda, and I am remembering why I don't talk to you."

Well, one of the reasons, anyway.

Re: Audience! [Grad 2020]

[betterthanaplan]

"And here I thought it was because you couldn't handle my sparkling wit."

Re: Audience! [Grad 2020]

[died8yearsago]

"Oh, yeah," said Rosa dryly, "you're just a regualr diamond mine, digging up gems like that."

Re: Audience! [Grad 2020]

[betterthanaplan]

"Well, not all of us can come up with bon mots like 'civil hat rights'."

Re: Audience! [Grad 2020]

[died8yearsago]

"Brilliant," said Rosa, "I know. They should have hired me to write their signs. It's okay to be jealous. It's only natural."

Re: Audience! [Grad 2020]

[betterthanaplan]

"Now now, this is their fight. Wouldn't do to take their glory away from them."

Re: Audience! [Grad 2020]

[died8yearsago]

"Says the man at the very center of the haberdashery exclusion that started all this," Rosa noted, with a tilt of her eyes, an accusatory squint of her eyes.

Re: Audience! [Grad 2020]

[betterthanaplan]

"I was just a figurehead," Duke said. "There to make sure no one, student or avian, got hurt."