Fandom High Graduation Ceremony, Class of 2023, Early Saturday Evening

[bigdamnprincipal]

So, the last week had been a little... well, not exponentially crazy compared to Fandom standards, but definitely one for the books. Thankfully, everything was back to local-levels-of-normal just in time for a celebration. The tradition of holding the graduation ceremony at dusk meant there was plenty of time to clean up the front lawn of the school and remove any traces of animal debris. Twinkly blue and gold lights lined the paths and outer edges of the ceremony space, and there were chairs set up for all of the graduates, along with plenty of seats for guests to come and watch. Finally, it was time to say goodbye to this year's graduating class.

Congratulations, Class of 2023! You made it!

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Re: Welcome [Grad 23]

[notagoose]

So it turned out while Goose had been a mongoose, he had ended up finding his interceptor and had eaten his way through the wiring and the ship was definitely not going to make it back home.

It turned out that he actually had a few more days than he had planned so that was something at least, even though he was not looking forward to fixing his ship or hearing from his dad when he explained that he had damaged another ship.

Re: Welcome [Grad 23]

[somethingwithturquoise]

Well, the nice thing about hoping to find Goose at any given even was that....well, it was Goose, he didn't exactly blend in with a crowd! And though the last few weeks had been a little wild, the last few days especially, Summer was not about to forget that they had, kind of sort of, vague plans before he was sent off back to his dumb space military career to deal with aptly named government officials and send more ships careening back to the scrapyards.

"Soooooo," she said, beaming as she plopped down into a seat next to him and grinned. "Bar hopping after this, riiiight?"

After the last few days, she was going whether or not she was dragging Goose along with her, but she liked to think that no dragging would be required.

Re: Welcome [Grad 23]

[notagoose]

Goose grinned at that, “actually bar hopping does sound really nice,” he told her, “especially since I need to figure out a way to tell my dad I wrecked my ship …again,” he said sheepishly.

Re: Welcome [Grad 23]

[somethingwithturquoise]

"When did you even have time to wreck another ship, Goose?" Summer had to wonder, because that was impressive, even by her standards.

"Ooh!" she realized. "Maybe we could just drunk text him about it tonight! That sounds like a good idea!"

Re: Welcome [Grad 23]

[notagoose]

“Apparently when I turned into mongoose, I was rather hungry and found my ship,” Goose sighed, “I was very fond of the wiring,” and then he perked up, “actually we could do that, I would still be telling him right?” whether Walsh understood anything remained to be seen.

Re: Welcome [Grad 23]

[somethingwithturquoise]

Sorry, Summer would get back to discussions about drunk texting your dad about ship damage in a second, Goose. There was a very important detail that needed covering first.

"Just your ship, though," she checked, "right?"

So help her, if you nibbled on her sweet pink baby, she was abandoning you in the grimiest bar restroom she could find tonight.

Re: Welcome [Grad 23]

[notagoose]

“It was just my ship, I think I knew it was my ship that’s why I went for it, or at least I really liked the wiring as a mongoose,” Goose nodded and then paused, “I didn’t even get to crash it this time and I still damaged it,”

He was rather disappointed about that.

Re: Welcome [Grad 23]

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Don't worry, Goose," said Summer, reaching up to pat his shoulder comfortingly. "Where you're heading, there will be many, many more ships ahead to crash."

Re: Welcome [Grad 23]

[notagoose]

Goose perked up at that, “that’s true, I’ll be the main pilot again for the team,”

That was a very terrifying thought.

Re: Welcome [Grad 23]

[somethingwithturquoise]

"...do they not have any other pilots out there, or something?"

At that point, they really had no one but themselves to blame, huh?

Re: Welcome [Grad 23]

[notagoose]

They really, really didn’t.

“I mean the rest of the team can fly the ship as well but I tend to do the piloting, maybe they think I can get the ships there quicker?”

Goose’s universe really made no sense when it came to these things.