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

[nottheproblem]

"An invasion would imply I care to know about your privacy. I do not," she clarified for him, in the event he actually cared. "I never said you had to use any of it, but it is appropriate I treat all student and faculty the same in this regard. Otherwise, my students may very well not take me seriously if I favour the irresponsibility of staff over that of my pupils."

Ziio shook her head, "I can hardly accuse you of being in need of it and I wouldn't. Do not take it so personally. Everyone got one."

[raced_god]

He handed the little bag back, or at least, attempted to. "I'm covered, thanks. I'd rather not have my students thinking about what I'm doing or not doing behind closed doors."

Clearly, this was a guy who was easily insulted.

"You don't think this is a little forward?"

[nottheproblem]

Ziio was truly the master of being forward, admittedly, and she was a woman with very little tact. Unfortunately. Or fortunately as the case could be.

"No," she replied earnestly. "Forward would have been discussing it in front of your students or mine. Instead, I alluded to nothing in it and made no spectacle. Your reaction is more likely to stir up suspicion than anything I have said or done."

[raced_god]

"Isn't discussing this kind of thing with your students what you're supposed to do? You know, as the Sex Ed teacher? Not...passing out shady invasive goodie bags at prom."

That's what they were, Ziio. Shady invasive goodie bags.

[nottheproblem]

"I actually spoke with them about it before the gathering as well," Ziio confirmed with a succinct little nod. "I chose to do both. Consider it what you will, as I made no implications on my end. I extended equal treatment to everyone and excluded no one."

For as much as he was offended and she had not the intention to offend him, she also didn't have the intention to apologise because she couldn't see a reason to.

[raced_god]

Falcon did nothing for a long moment but squint in apparent bafflement--not that she could really see the actual squinting behind his sunglasses.

"Yeah, and what you teach your students doesn't have to involve me."

[nottheproblem]

"Then I guess it's good I had no intentions of using you as an example."

Which unlike him, she said without skipping a beat. She already didn't like accusations and she knew she wasn't going to change any part of herself based on his narrow-minded perspective. Which meant they were probably going to clash more than once and they each had their own kind of stubbornness they weren't going to do away with.

[raced_god]

"You just said that you were giving these out to the teachers so we could be an example."

At this point, Falcon wasn't necessarily interested in the dubious bags of sexual items, he just wanted to be RIGHT AT ALL COSTS.

[nottheproblem]

"Actually, I believe I said I had these handed out to all faculty and students as a means of equality and stated that we should set an example by being responsible, otherwise we could not expect our students to be responsible." An accurate truth.

"I already said you could think as you will. I am not going to stop you, Falcon. If you sleep better at night saying one thing over another, then do so. Unless you have something else you want to say that is more than simple argumentative wording, then I have more people to see."

[raced_god]

More squinting. More disbelief. Perhaps the slightest tilt of the head. If an expression could be summed up in a string of punctuation marks, the current look on Falcon's face could perhaps be described as something like ?//?/???????????////././/?????????

"Okay," he said finally to this strange, invasive, vaguely hypocritical woman who apparently could not remember something she'd said to him not five minutes ago. "Goodbye."