♯ graduation ♫

[idolpro]

Who: Sunset, Sol, and invited guests
Where: The park
When: Day 129, morning (forward-dated)

[ For those who were invited - and maybe those who were not - you find banners circling around one particular grove of trees like a fairy's circle, opening up at one end to an archway of flowers. Through the entrance you can see the banners reading "CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATES" and "HAPPY TRAVELS" in gold font atop red and blue banner cloth.

For those who are unaware, or those who don't go through the entrance, they'll find themselves unable to pass through the trees on either end - they'll find themselves pacing in the same place if they try to proceed, and nothing will go through. In fact, you can't even see past the trees without going through the entrance first - it's like a pocket dimension, or entering another world. How . . . strange. . .

Well - step through the entrance and you'll find music beginning to play, although there's no particular source. It seems to be the ambiance - well-fitting too, given the festivities going on!

(Stepping back out of the entrance completely stops the music, and you can't even see what's going on beyond the entrance until you step back in. Hhhhhuh.)

Anyway. On the rows of picnic cloth-covered foldable tables are an unusual mix of food and drink: bread dishes, meat skewers, roasted fish, stew, and ale . . . along with soda, fried chicken, takoyaki, various street fair food, and -. . . . conbini bento? The spread is all mixed together, like whoever set it up just has no idea how they were supposed to be organizing this. There are no chairs to sit on, however; every seat is a rooted tree stump, completely immovable.

A dazzling gold carpet rolls from the entrance to the very back, where a makeshift stage has been created. There are two large speakers that stand off center on either side of the stage, but neither of them are making the music happen . . . At the center, two mic stands with sparkling confetti boas wrapping around them: one is Taisho madder and the other is pep!pep! navy.

Oh and - there are just a few barrels near the trees, strewn about. What are they there for? Atmosphere??? You can't interact with them at all - it's like that awkward thing where the graphics weren't finely tuned enough so even trying to touch them just results in the attempting appendage hovering in place. That's weird.

Well.

Putting that all aside, it's a party! ]

Comments

[worldlyafflictions]

[Gonna eat my sadness]

[wonderlandgirl]

[Gonna pick at my food.]

Um... do you want any of this? I'm really not very hungry.

[malignstar]

[ Going to just lean against ]

[neigh_sayer]

[smokebombs next to]

[bluerosestyle]

[is pink okay...]

[sleeplessknight]

They really went all out with the food.

[sunflowering]

[ Smile and don't be sad. Smile and don't be sad. If she can smile then it won't feel like they are losing the heart of their unit... the one person able to keep everyone together in a game and make sound decisions. He gets to leave his place... that's a good thing........

Isn't it?

Maybe if she just eats she can preoccupy herself. ]

[wonderlandgirl]

Hello.

[You don't look any happier to be here than Wednesday feels.

[Ramune?]

[we_meet_again]

Hey. Nice to see you.


Kinda bittersweet, huh?

[ididntsaybanana]

[ Yeah, he's. He's feeling some kind of way. Where he's both happy that Sol gets to leave, as well as sad that Sol is leaving.

Too bad he can't eat his feelings. ]

[we_meet_again]

[Slowly walking around the clearing while waiting for the guests of honor to arrive, too restless to sit.

He stares at the food a bit... idly takes a photo, and continues roaming, listless.]

[wonderlandgirl]

Cobalt-san...?

Wednesday doesn't look much more inclined to sit down, or to start eating.]

It's... pretty, isn't it?

[puzzlers]

[ he’s absolutely torn on how to feel, but he’s going to mask any and all sadness with a smile. ]

[ if spoken to, he’ll probably have a bit of a time keeping it together, but this is... good end, right? ]

[ yugi can be found just chilling in a chair, idly fidgeting as he waits for sunset and sol to arrive. ]

[wonderlandgirl]

[She's not going to make you talk if you don't want to, Yugi.

[But, if she's being totally honest with herself, Wednesday's come to sit by your side because she really needs the company. She needs something she can focus on, because it's either that or start crying before Sunset has even arrived...

[She's such a baby.]

[ididntsaybanana]

[ Mixed feelings, here. Again, he's happy Sol gets to get out of here, but he's sad to see him go. Sol has been the heart as well as the voice of reason for Taisho and he doesn't know how they'll all cope with him gone.

Basically because they'll all miss him. Baron especially will miss him. ]

[malignstar]

First time I've seen you so quiet.

[malignstar]

[ Not eating, just wandering around with a tiny wrapped box ]

[bluerosestyle]

[MYSTERIOUS! approaches]

Hey, Sunshine. Am I interrupting?

[yes, he's teasing]

[furrytailprince]

[ Is doing his best to gather a plate of all the food types, though not eating anything yet. He has his sketch pad with him, of course ]

[bluerosestyle]

[!!]

Okami!

[artisticliberty]

[trying VERY HARD to keep it together and not cry this time. is only sniffling a lot. and maybe wiping his eyes periodically.

... look, he's doing his best.]

[bluerosestyle]

[HIS BEST IS GOOD!]

I'm glad you could make it, Fox.

[holds out a meat skewer??]

[bluerosestyle]

[Sol arrives with Sunset, fashionably late to their own graduation even though neither of them is particularly fashion-conscious. She's holding his arm and he's wearing his most formal Taisho outfit, which I'm not linking here because that would mean I'd have to decide which one it is. BUT IT'S PROBABLY OBVIOUS!

Anyway, his face very clearly lights up when he sees who's here because oh no it's practically everyone he's close to??? his eyes mist up a little...





. . .

what are those barrels for though??.]

S--- Sorry we're late! Thank you for coming!

[neigh_sayer]

[and then there's this asshole]

You never gave me an answer! Rude!

[sleeplessknight]

[late and with no Starbucks!! she's holding Sol's arm but lets go as soon as they step in to take a better look at the place.

she's not dressed super formal because that's a little hard to pull off when you're a pep, but she is wearing one of her girlier outfits today]

This is all for us?!

[bluerosestyle]

It looks like it... Had you been to other graduation ceremonies before, Yuuki?

[nihilmancy]

[Although she doesn't know the people graduating, she arrives at of consideration. She thinks it is very important to pay one's respects at these events.

So she will just be solemnly nibbling on the refreshments at one of the tables, watching the stage.]

[bluerosestyle]

[glances at her with curiosity. Sunset's friend maybe???]

[heroicsacrifeyes]

[Rise has been missing for about a week and sees the invitation first thing when she gets back.

It's late, the morning is almost over and she panics thinking she might miss her chance to say goodbye to Sunset, but with pep pep speed she RACES over there as fast as she can.]

Sunset-chan!

[sleeplessknight]

—Rise!!

[liarliarliar]

Ah! Congratulations!!

[EVA CLAP]

[bluerosestyle]

[adequately embarrassed]

T-Thank you, B!

[dancermai]

[ she's not crying...you're crying! She's trying her best to not show her crying face because one of the most important people she's met since she's arrived is leaving! ]

At least this looks like the most magical party..

[bluerosestyle]

[you're not wrong, he did cry, but don't call him out like this!!]

Apple, thank you for coming.

[just_married]

[ a black circle manifests out of the ground, and a figure clad in reds and dark colors rises out of it -

as he pulls down his madder red headscarf to show his face, Yasuragi scans the crowd for Sol and steps swiftly towards him ]

Sol.

1/something

[bluerosestyle]

[turns around very naturally]

Ya--

AFTER MUCH... PARTYING(?)...

[rosestained]

[ a woman in a ruffly sundress for the occasion makes her way on foot through the crowd, up to the stage, where she taps lightly at a microphone ]

Hello, everyone. I am a representative of Heaven, sent today to officiate the graduation of A Sleeping Knight and SYSTEM ALERT- or as you may call them, Sunset and Sol.

The time of their departure is drawing near. Before then, the two of you, have you said all your goodbyes? Do you have anything left to say to everyone?

Re: AFTER MUCH... PARTYING(?)...

[bluerosestyle]

[actually tenses up when he hears the SYSTEM ALERT but...

ehhhh nothing happened here

glances at Sunset]

[syncintohell]

[ SHU IS LATE BECAUSE WHY WOULD YOU EXPECT HIM TO BE AWAKE IN THE MORNING

that said once he is awake he very quickly gets himself together and runs to the park. He's still out of breath as he's looking for Sol in the crowd. Surely he isn't too late, yet!! ]

[bluerosestyle]

[THIS IS WHAT ALARMS ARE FOR

but yes, Sol is there! he's taking a look around and looks distracted at first, but then he sees Shu from afar and his face lights up




raises his arm and waves at him!]