Don’t worry about the future.

[mansionstaff]

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

It's a beautiful spring evening at Smash Academy, the barest hints of summer just beginning to touch 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 shadow bug invasion, there seemed to be tensions in need of dispelling. If the Headmaster knew one thing, however, it was that some silly 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, TAG YOUR DUDES, HAVE FUN, and let a mod know about any problems or concerns you might have!

Comments

Re: crying on the inside

[crystal_ballin]

"Dude, I'm not making fun of you!" said Hagakure in all seriousness. "It's what I saw! It's not a joke, dude. It's a prediction. You're the Knight of Swords, 'Hina's the Knight of Wands, The Lovers, the Tower, the Two of Swords, it's all as clear as five cards can make it. It's not a joke, I didn't pick those cards, and that's what those cards mean, Taka. It's not like it's fun to tell you you aren't having sex tonight; it's sort of depressing."

[forgetbeam]

"I don't care what you claim to have seen in your stupid phony children's card game!" Whoa, fighting words. He jabbed a finger at Hagakure's face. "This ends right now! Don't you dare try to pull this on her, either!"

[crystal_ballin]

"Dude, it's not phony, and it's not a children's card game, and you need to calm down, dude. Listen, I want to be wrong for this one. I really, really want to be wrong for this one. I hope I'm wrong. You've got a 70% chance of me being wrong. Just. Just think about that. I'm not going to go around telling 'Hina what I told you," because that would be free fortunetelling, and he'd given away too much of that of late, "and I'm not going to tell anybody else what I told you, dude. If you can't trust your psychic, who can you trust, right?"

That sounds reasonable.

[forgetbeam]

"I can trust myself to be a responsible student. I already know exactly how the evening will go in that regard, and you are only halfway correct!"

Because ha ha, like he would ever go as far as to have A Talk with Aoi. Not for another half decade, at least. So totally out of the question.

[crystal_ballin]

"Sheesh, dude, you really need to figure out how to turn it down a notch sometimes, alright? I'm not going to tell Asahina anything, psychic's honor, dude, just, you know, let me know tomorrow morning if one of the two was right, so I can keep track of my prediction rate."

So, tomorrow morning, after you failed to have sex with your girlfriend, go ahead and tell Hagakure all about it.

[forgetbeam]

"...A-anyway." Someone was eager to just change the subject already. "Isn't it time you consider a more legitimate career?"

[crystal_ballin]

"This is a legitimate career, dude," said Hagakure, in a bit of a huff. "Lots of people do it."

[forgetbeam]

"Lots of people are also thieves."

SHOTS. FIRED.

I'm not your dude, bro

[crystal_ballin]

What did you just say.

"Most people just call them politicians, dude."

You think he doesn't remember, because you were both drunk? You're wrong.

[forgetbeam]

Oh snap.

"That isn't even how politics work!"

[crystal_ballin]

"Talk to all of the politicians in jail, dude," rejoindered Hagakure. "They'd probably say the same thing as you did, but it doesn't stop it from being true."

[forgetbeam]

Try to give a guy some life advice and he turns on you. Fine, he didn't need this.

"I don't have time for this," he snapped. "I should be with my date!"

HE TURNED. HE WAS GOING.

[crystal_ballin]

"Fine, dude, fine, just go."

And in his heart of hearts, Hagakure took it back, about wishing that his prediction didn't come true.

In fact, Hagakure spent the next twenty minutes in a corner, doing a series of predictions -- tarot, crystal gazing -- about Ichymarble's night, until he'd reached a nice, stable, 30% frequency on one of them.

Yes. There we go. Good. Good.