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]

It... was kind of like talking with a child. And considering Henry wasn't her son and she really hadn't been available to have that talk with her own son, Ziio found herself momentarily at a loss. And unsure of how else to break the ice with such a subject, she decided that a typical tactless manner was the best way.

"Intimacy," she began. And then she clarified. "Physical intimacy. As one would normally for a child." And she hoped that would make enough sense. There were other things to it, but some people only ever believed intimacy was for procreation alone.

[cruelcurse]

"Ah! Gotcha. The whole love-marriage-baby song and dance," he said, just to let her know that he was finally understanding what she was talking about. "I haven't though that far ahead yet. But I probably should..."

Henry looked around to see if he could spot Yarne anywhere, but he didn't see him. His vision traveled back to Ziio.

"I have a son, actually~ But he's only kind of my son, since he's a different me's son. I'm not that Henry since that Henry's dead now. I haven't even married anybody yet~. He's from the future," he told Ziio, nodding like this all made perfect sense. "So that means future-me learned all of the details eventually."

[nottheproblem]

She almost thought he was crazy. Except she knew he wasn't, because technically... she was in the same position. So oddly enough she could sympathise, which she wasn't going to say. Ziio did, however, nod over to him slowly.

"I see..." Then she motioned to herself, "My son is also here. From the future, as it were. My future, I suppose." She didn't know how else to explain that, because there was really no good way to say 'hey, I died, but evidently my son lived on in my stead.' And it wasn't a very pleasant talk either.

"Not all people approach it so professionally," she explained as she continued. "For some, matrimony doesn't enter the pathway. All the same, what I've given you is to enhance that, and to use for just such a relationship with someone."

[cruelcurse]

Henry lit up at the mention that Ziio, too, had a son from the future. But at her mention of marriage not being the only way to physical intimacy (as she put it before), Henry tipped his head down thoughtfully. He never offered these things much thought.

Animals didn't get married, however. And they had kids. So humans could, too. Marriage - though he took it to mean the intention of fostering a family - wasn't the only way that people could have kids. Henry realized that he thought about it all wrong, but just barely. It wasn't like he was in a permanent, unchanging mindset. Just one that hadn't given this matter very much thought.

"There IS a lot of stuff I could have learned," he thought aloud, a vacant smile on his face. "I don't need these things right now, 'cause my future wife isn't here. I have no idea where she is." His hands dropped to his sides, hidden beneath his flowing cape. "When I see her again, THEN I will!"

[nottheproblem]

"Then you can hold onto them for however long necessary." Because like hell was she going to be holding onto this stuff any longer than she needed to. She had her own and as far as she was concerned, that was enough.

Still, when she thought about what he had to say, she decided that Henry was one of her favourite students that she'd had the privilege of meeting. Well, former student since he'd graduated. He didn't immediately dismiss her. He didn't take offence. And while he'd seemed a little uneducated with it, it was only because he had a rule of tradition he seemed accustomed to. It was hard to fault him for any of that.