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

[trustycrowbar]

Gordon ponders getting another glass of punch, but decides against it.

"Out of curiosity, you wouldn't have heard of the Universal Union, would you?" He asks, his voice too flippant to not be hiding a sudden and important question. "They also call themselves the Combine?"

[raced_god]

Falcon, on the other hand, goes right for another glass of punch, and then proceeds to dump the contents of a flask in it, which he puts back inside his jacket. It is not every day he just up and tells someone the year.

Not recognizing the terms, he shakes his head. "Nope. Could be my universe isn't yours, though. We've made first contact, if that's what you're asking."

First contact and then some, really.

[trustycrowbar]

"If you've made first contact and you don't know what I'm talking about, then all the better." He adds. "Trust me, if they found your world, you would know about it... So what happened when your world made first contact? Or is that too dull of a topic?"

[raced_god]

He shrugs, at that. "I mean, it was way before my time."

Way, way before. "Like, I grew up with a Galactic Federation and faster than light travel, if that puts anything in context. But, uh. Pretty much established trade relations right away, so I guess it could have been worse."

[trustycrowbar]

Wow. Where does he sign up? Beam him up, Scotty!

"Hell, that's the best you can hope for in a first-contact consequence. Better than enslavement or extinction by an exovirus, anyway. You guys're damn lucky."

[raced_god]

Falcon kind of sees where this is going, and raises an eyebrow.

"I take it you guys were the ones who got enslaved and/or extinct."