YOU DIDN'T THINK I FORGOT, DID YOU

[forgetbeam]

Who: Everyone ever. It's mandatory or you're banned for two minutes.
What: Fireworks are a little late this year...
When: The night of July 14th
Where: Campus, generally. But you can see them out in the city.
Warnings: Colours and explosions and probably dumb kissy stuff somewhere in here.



It was usually the evening of the second of third; a tradition that began five years prior due to some silly boyish dare, that continued for the sake of sentimentality and tradition. Even if the culprit no longer attended Smash Academy, he made sure his legacy lived on each July.

This year it was a little late, because strange robots were patrolling the city and were in the wrong place at the wrong time. But that didn't stop the mission from being fulfilled! Just... delayed. It was probably for the best, since loud noises and bright lights wouldn't have been well received by the more feral-minded creatures during the whole bake sale debacle. In a way it was a pretty convenient setback.

Anyway, when the night finally came for the tradition to continue, it started... with a bang. Duh.

There was no small smattering of tester rockets to ease into the display. Just a sudden burst of red and white in the sky, Smash Academy's emblem glowing brighter than the stars for a few seconds before petering out. After that it was just burst after burst of an assortment of colours and shapes, each its own unique size and brightness, the resounding explosions echoing throughout the campus like gunshots.

Good thing nobody at all would be trying to sleep, right?

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[obfuskate]

AFTER A WEEK OF BEING A WEREHOG, HE WAS TRYING TO SLEEP.

GET THE FUCK OUT OF TOWN.

[hisho]

Fireworks season?

Did she hear fireworks season?

She swore she heard fireworks season.

FIREWORKS SEASON.

All decked out in a cute patterned shirt and everything, Isabelle hopped out of her dorm and made it a point to sit just outside of the dorm building, having gathered a good amount of accessories from her drawers. Seriously, there are quite a few of them, and she's giving them away to celebrate. Heck, she had the cute little hearts on her head to show how they worked. They glowed! How neat!

Want to watch the fireworks with Isabelle or mooch off of her?

[worldrestored]

A DOG DEMON. What do you mean fireworks, there' a talking doglike creature before him, he's gonna wave hello, hi hi.

[hisho]

Oh, golly, there's a person who is also not a demon! Uh, maybe! Maybe not! He's definitely not a dog, at least.

Isabelle waves back, toting her glowing goodies all the while.

"Hello! Would you like some shiny headbands to celebrate Fireworks Season? They're free, one of each kind per person!"

[throughthefireandflames]

Fireworks! Sasha was totally down with this, no matter what had happened. She could stay here and just enjoy the view.

[throughthefireandflames]

"Probably! There's always something happenin there, as far as we both know..."

She suddenly stopped laughing.

"There's a lot of steps to walk."

Hint hint. Although maybe teasing a bit. Probably.

[forgetbeam]

Guess who else was trying to sleep? Trying being the key word. It wasn't a ridiculous hour of the morning or anything, but no matter what time of day this was going off, it was definitely disruptive and NOT ALLOWED.

Then again... fireworks... Kiyotaka hadn't seen those in some time, especially not so close. For a few seconds he was overwhelmed by the realization that there was a time in his life that he thought he'd never even see the night sky again.

It was fleeting, though. He shoved the thought aside and grabbed his uniform. Curfew or not, someone was out there setting these off illegally on school grounds and it was up to him to apprehend the culprit! Mostly because he had a feeling nobody else would be bothered to.

IT WAS TIME. FOR A NIGHT JOURNEY. Super High School Level Killjoy was ON THE CASE. If nothing else, at least he could lecture anyone else who was outside when they weren't supposed to be.

[stillawoman]

Kiyotaka was not the only one to be brought out from his sleep by the fireworks, nor likely just the woman who could be found looking out through a window in the entrance hall.

Furiae had hardly gotten to sleep anyway, and the sudden noises had been the opposite of a welcoming help. The bangs came close to firing catapults in her mind; with that comparison, it was hard to keep still in her room.

But she had not wanted to disturb her roommate, and decided to slip downstairs to investigate - only a little, which is why she didn't go outside. That, and she stood in a nightgown, a modest one that covered the whole of her and a shawl over her shoulders to provide her more comfort to be out in her nightwear. Still, she wasn't about to go outside.

The entrance hall still likely wasn't this woman's room though - right, Mister Hall Monitor?

[forgetbeam]

It most certainly was not. Well, as long as he was out of bed, he could give a stern talking-to to anybody else who was wandering around too. He had a reason to be, they didn't, it was that simple.

"You should be in bed!" He launched into his lecture immediately, not recognizing the woman he'd shared a class with (and would quite possibly have to share a future with) in the dark. "At the very least, you should be staying in your room after ten o'clock!"

If he said anything else, it was drowned out by the next round of explosions.

[paletteknife]

The second they started, Mary had darted out to the common rooms, because the windows were much bigger there. It hadn't occurred to her to leave the building entirely - after all, it was super late at night and she was still in her pyjamas. She could see them fine from where she was, though!

She kept her forehead and her palms pressed to the glass, "ooh"ing and "aah"ing at each colourful burst across the sky.

[drawin_on_trees]

Mary was not the only kid who came running. Skull Kid smooshed himself up against the same window, trying to get as good a view as one can while still indoors.

"I didn't know there was gonna be fireworks!" he said. "I woulda stayed up!"

[paletteknife]

"I was awake," she boasted, but she had admittedly been in the process of falling asleep. But cool kids stayed up late on purpose, so she was going to leave that part out.

"What do you think they're celebrating?"

[explosion_day]

THERE IS A PERSONALITY CORE IN THE GRASS JUST OUTSIDE THE MAIN QUAD. It's the green robot eyeball. How did he get out here? This is a great mystery but he sure as hell is enjoying those fireworks.

"YEAH! THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT!"

Loudly.

"Look at that, that is BEAUTIFUL."

You know those people in the movie theaters? Who get way too into the movie? He's being one of those people right now.

"MAN! I could die happy right here and now."

Only outside. In public.

[heartofarapier]

She'd paid close attention when Rick had explained it to her. Except firearms were something not used in Magvel, so the concept was still slightly lost. The way the sky glittered, however, made her wonder who would have decided such a concept was a good idea. Because it actually was. She just thought it also seemed slightly dangerous.

If explosions were any kind of indication.

Eirika watched quietly, keeping mostly to herself, arms folded over her chest, and briefly she thought of her own people. Before those of the academy, anyway.

People have a right to their happiness, she had once said. If there is nothing to smile over, then people lose their will to continue. If this brings joy, then I feel I can't argue against it.

And she couldn't deny that she did think they were rather pretty.

[oceanshaper]

A bang- crack of a firework, and suddenly there was a figure next to Eirika.

"Beautiful... aren't they?" He turned to look at her, wide smile present on his face.

[heartofarapier]

Oh.

He scared her a little. Well, not 'scared,' per se. He caught her by surprise. A moment's hesitation, and Eirika's features relaxed into a softer smile and she nodded.

"Yes, I think so. I haven't seen them before. Perhaps something like them, but these are different." She motioned to the sky idly. "How long have you been watching, Kyogre?"

[tearfulpartings]

July 4th had come and gone. The relative quiet and stillness of the night had possibly been the the final shove to realize this almost dreamlike existence was real. She wasn't in Columbia. Columbia wasn't here. There would have been no way for America's day to pass by silently into the night like any other. The sky should have been bursting with color and sound. The night of shooting stars had always been one to look forward to, and she couldn't say how many hour were spent watching from her windows.

When July 5th came, there was a bit of bittersweetness on her tongue.

The sounds this night alarmed her. She had run to the doorway of the library, expecting to see the worst when she opened the door. Instead it was that sky of color she had missed. "Oh!"

Whatever she had been doing was quickly forgotten for the time being. She needed to find the perfect spot to see what it was like to watch them from so far below the clouds.

[planking]

Suddenly, a doge. He took a seat right next to her, tail thumping against the ground.

[tearfulpartings]

"Oh!" Hello, doge. Elizabeth looked over at her new companion, not quite sure what to do about him. Greet him, perhaps. "Hello!"

late-o

[caincarnate]

There were many places in the school that made for good firework viewing. However, if one desired to watch them from a high vantage point, there was one place that rose above the rest - the roof was all fine and well, but the clock tower was the highest place on campus.

Naoya enjoyed fireworks. But he liked to enjoy them away from the crowds, the rowdy children and startled animals. So he had ventured up into the clock tower for some solitude and perhaps a nice, relaxing drink of rice wine. He'd brought up a flask of sake for himself, as well as the appropriate cup.

It was all very nostalgic of the hanabi festivals. Too bad he wasn't celebrating with family this year.

yee

[tearfulpartings]

Through out her evening, Elizabeth had reached a certain conclusion. Watching the fireworks from the ground was a pretty fun time. She had spent a good amount of time sprawled on her back on the grass, letting the colors rise up over her like exploding stars. It was lovely. It was enthralling. It wasn't actually what she wanted.

This realization was a strange one, and one that she was not entirely sure what to make of. She decided to ignore whatever implications that might have come with it, instead searching for a way to satisfy her wants. She wanted to be higher.

Short of climbing the mountains, there was one logical conclusion. It shouldn't have been surprising that someone else might have gotten the same idea, but there we were. Elizabeth might not have even known she had company if she had not ventured around the perimeter, looking for the perfect spot. Someone else had already found it. She blinked, a hand slightly to her chest.

"...Hello...!"

[butterbelieveamanspromise]

One surprise after the next; that was the rule for this school. Finding the sky crackling with fireworks for no celebration he could think of was just another one- but it was summer, and he associated fireworks with summer, so it didn't seem out of place at all. In fact, it sort of reminded him of home. Unlike the most recent surprises he'd been flipped over backwards about, this one was actually pleasant. He stalled in the middle of the lawn to just take in the colorful sights and explosive sounds, but once he got tired of standing, he chose a spot on the fountain's ledge to hang around for a bit.

asdfjk I meant to make it short but it became so looong. s-sorry... orz

[lovesclearlakes]

Chiyo awoke with a start that night, what with the ginormous explosions in the night sky going on outside her room. At first, she was terrified of what might be occurring, seeing as the whole wild animal and monster transformations had been going around, but when she noticed the bright and colorful assortment of lights flash through her window that fear had immediately turned into curiosity. Before she knew it, she was like a moth drawn to a flame and found herself at her window.

Fire.... FIREWORKS. Good PokeLord, those were fireworks, weren't they?

Excitement creeping up within her, she raced out her dorm room aiming to go out onto the lawn to get a better view. It would not do to simply watch from a window. Not at all. So to make things faster, she transformed back into her Pokemon form and was out on the lawn in minutes. Another bang and her eyes were back on the sky again.

Gorgeous. Amazing. Spectacular. Chiyo couldn't help but shiver from joy, and when she suddenly heard the gentle splashing of water nearby she knew where exactly was the best spot to watch the bursts of light in the air.

The fountain! So, determined to get a good seat, she turned eagerly and... froze.

Mondo. Mondo. Mondo who she was kind of not so bashful with at prom. She could feel the heat rise to every one of her fins. And at that moment, she recalled that she hadn't taken any candy since waking up, so that bit of information made her anxious, though not to any extremes. She wasn't far off from the fountain, but seeing him there made it hard for her to get any closer. How would he react? Stuck in her worries, she stood there watching him and suddenly wondered if he'd even take notice of her. If not, then... she might just quietly and casually back away.

[lovely_wind]

Flurrie was prepared even though this post is like two weeks late. She had a lawn chair set up outside and was lounging already, prepared to enjoy the show.