I'll be there for you

[mansionstaff]

Who: EV ERY ONE
What: Graduation. Prom.
When: The evening of May 31st.
Where: The Stadium.
Warnings: WHO KNOWS

One might find the stadium a little hot and humid for those used to a spring graduation ceremony. This fine evening the Academy is experiencing its first hints of summer, a warm breeze providing relief to those who would sit on the stadium floor, which had been rearranged into a platform overlooking neat rows of chairs meant to seat the gathered crowd of faculty and students. Towards the other end of the complex was the arrangement for the prom that was to follow. Food and drink, chairs and tables, each with a floral centerpiece, and, of course, a dance floor.



Before everyone could get their party on, however, there was the main event of the evening. From his place at the podium, Master Hand watched students and staff alike find their way into the stadium. With the recent robot shenanigans, there seemed to be tensions in need of dispelling. If the Headmaster knew one thing, however, it was that some silly city antics were not going to ruin this esteemed event. Not tonight. Not if he could help it.

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HEY DUDES! Here's how stuff is going to work. We kick off the log with GRADUATION. This part of the log will be divided into separate threads. I'll post them all at once, so feel free to hop around, mingle, post whenever, wherever.

HOWEVER, once the PROM starts, it will be up to you guys to post your own threads. Please check out last year's log if you'd like an idea of how this works. Everything after the thread titled "DISMISSAL" (I will post that in a bit, so don't post prom threads until I have that up!) will be considered prom, though don't let that stop you from continuing to post in the graduation section.

Please label all your threads appropriately! (Examples: "SHENANIGANS AT THE FOOD TABLE", "DANCE-OFF", "THE PUNCH IS SPIKED", "BOTHER X" In general, a location + what is going on in the thread is the way to go. Obviously, more than one thread can take place at the same location. 

Linking back and forth when and if you thread hop is very much appreciated. If things start to look a bit laggy, we'll bump to the next page. Most importantly, HAVE FUN, and let a mod know about any problems or concerns you might have!

Comments

okay are you ready

[forgetbeam]

Shocking reveal of the year: Kiyotaka was totally the person most insistent on getting Mondo to dress properly.

Of course Kiyotaka's own idea of "proper" consisted of the full school uniform, blazer and all, so that was all he showed up in. O O P S.

Know what wasn't proper, though? Everything else about his present demeanour. He was upset about so many things, and it showed. Upset about not graduating. Upset about deciding to stick around prom instead of doing something productive with his time. Upset about not realizing that he was drinking alcohol until it was way too late, upset that he couldn't figure out who spiked the punch, upset about Byakuya Togami, upset upset upset. The perpetual frown on his face was something closer to a scowl at times, or at least a very indignant pout. It was the latter when he found Mondo again and threw an arm around his shoulders, partially in a show of camaraderie but mostly because he didn't want to risk falling over.

"I fffigured it out," he began without introduction, fully expecting Mondo to know exactly what he was talking about and where he was coming from. "I am going to double my efforts and then... and then graduate by the end of the summer... The break is three months here, did you know that?"

let's do it

[butterbelieveamanspromise]

Considering this made two guys who were completely wasted or getting dangerously close to that point, Mondo didn't even bat an eye about the impromptu introduction. It seemed natural for Kiyotaka to latch onto him out of nowhere and he accepted this intrusion of personal space with open arms. But even before he could process this show of camaraderie for what it was, he teetered for a bit because Mondo was shit at balancing himself too and toppled over, spilling onto the floor and taking Kiyotaka with. It was like a game of dominoes, except we're playing with drunk teenagers instead.

"Whate fuck," groaned Mondo before erupting into windless laughter. In his mind this was all done on purpose, so he grabbed onto Kiyotaka's neck with the crook of his arm and shoved him down with him. "You fuckin' bastarrd, sneakin' up on me like that! 'M gon beat yer ass to the ground!"

[forgetbeam]

So much for the not falling over part. Damn it, Mondo, he was in no mood for these SHENANIGANS.

"Brrrother!" he whipped off his shirt and backflipped onto a giant robot wait no Actually, he just squirmed to free himself. It was much easier to escape Mondo when he was drunk, that was for sure. "This is no time to be flooring around on the roll! Stop this at once. It's a school, uhh, formal... function... event."

What was the word for it again? Whatever, he was pretty sure he'd made his point. He clumsily tried to push himself off the ground, succeeding only in looking like he was caught in an earthquake only he could feel. Finally he decided it would be better to just sit upright until the room stopped spinning. He'd try again in a minute and then he could make sure nobody else was disrupting order.

[butterbelieveamanspromise]

Mondo pout-scowled at him like he was sucking up all the fun. Which he WAS. "You started iiiiit. Why you gotta be sucha killjoy?" He nudged him on the shoulder clumsily, nearly flopping over himself.

[forgetbeam]

"What?! Am I really such a... killjoy? Joy should be had without making a scene!"

Although Kiyotaka had yet to find any joy at all in the evening. Although maybe it could be found at the side of the person he most enjoyed being with. Anything to take his mind off of everything else for now; that could all be dealt with when he was clear-headed enough to sort it all out.

Then again... if Mondo was going to act like a complete idiot, he wasn't going to enjoy that, either. Wasn't he being a little more disruptive than usual?

"Behave yourself... and let's stand up. On the count of three. One, two, three... three!"

[butterbelieveamanspromise]

Nope. Not standing up. If he was just gonna yell at him about behaving, then he'd make a show of misbehaving. In fact, he was going to cross his arms just to show how defiant he was about staying his ass put.

"You said three twice."

[forgetbeam]

"Oh."

He squinted a little.

"Then that is..." Three? Wait, no-- "two opportunities that you missed. The floor's dirty, brother. Stop this."

[butterbelieveamanspromise]

"Noo 's coooomfy," he argued, lying flat on his back while tucking his hands behind his head to get even comfier. Wow, he really was making a scene. And he didn't even care. "You jus mad I find the best spot."

UGH MAKES IT CANON FINE GOD DMAN

[forgetbeam]

Well, Kiyotaka wasn't going to dirty his perfectly nice uniform any longer on the floor. Mondo would have to do as a makeshift chair until he was able to stand. He clambered up on top of him, straddling his stomach, staring down at him with disapproval.

Oddly enough, a dull sense of familiarity swam through the drunken haze of his mind.

He leaned forward a little, one hand on the ground next to Mondo's head to steady himself.

"Do not lie to me on these proms, a hard floor isn't comfortable at all."

Thaaaaaat's better

[butterbelieveamanspromise]

"I'm gonna lie you on prom 's much as I fuckin' want," drawled Mondo, not making any sense whatsoever. He hardly even had any idea what he was saying, but to him it sounded like a clever comeback. Feeling the weight on top of him didn't bother him at all, surprisingly, even though the floor really did just become a lot harder on his back. Nonetheless, Kiyotaka was trying to argue with him, so he drunkenly tried to grab at his shoulders and push him off to the side so the tables could be turned, in a sense- except in this sense, it was the position of their bodies.

Whether it worked well or not? That's another story. There was a lot of swatting at air because Mondo couldn't see shit with Kiyotaka swimming all over the place above him. Was that an arm? No that's his ass No, that's his waist you knucklebrain. You can still push it though, so that's what he did.