GRADUATION BALL

[wrnpcs]

[Night has fallen on Balamb Garden; the halls of Garden are mostly deserted besides the stray student walking about, and even the usual faculty members are missing from their posts around the school. There's a certain festive energy through the air, the source coming from the Ballroom cheerily decorated located on the second floor.

At exactly 2100, as soon as the dinner rush ends, the Garden chime sounds and the intercom clicks on. The Headmaster speaks to the Garden.]

The Graduation Ball is now beginning. Your attendance is requested at [2F] Ballroom.

I repeat, the Graduation Ball is now beginning. Your attendance is requested at [2F] Ballroom. The dance will run until 2400. Students leaving the ball after curfew are to return to their dorms immediately.


[After the announcement, the intercom falls silent. The faint sound of music can be heard from the second floor of the building.]


( Mod note: You may participate in the dance in comments to this post, or opt to make your own new post/log.

The dance isn't mandatory, so students that choose not to attend won't be punished. The Headmaster, Garden faculty and even some of the instructors are all present at the dance, so troublemakers are free to roam until 2400. The dance itself will last from 2100-2400 in the second floor ballroom and the music will be the same kind of upbeat peppy orchestrated pieces that the game used. Caterers will roam offering drinks and refreshments to attendants, as well a stationary stand for punch and food is offered.

Newly graduated SeeDs are required to wear their uniforms. Otherwise, the occasion is black tie. All inhabitants of Garden are welcome to the festivities.

Should players have any questions left unanswered feel free to ping the mods via PM. )

Comments

[gunbladegrrl]

[Maria is present and accounted for, in -- believe it or not -- a dress. It is a long thing but it leaves her arms bare, and as a consequence she is wallflowering tonight like no one's business. Once she realized what her dress looked like she'd actually wanted desperately not to come, but... she won't miss Mikuru's graduation dance for anything.]

[laughafterme]

HEY MARIA! That dress looks great! It makes your arms stand out! [Pinkie gives her a thumbs up.]

[gunbladegrrl]

[Maria winces so violently it's practically cringing, then folds her arms behind her back.]

You look downright festive, ma'am. [That's an awfully short piece of work for a formal dance...]

[laughafterme]

[It's not that short!!]

Why, thank you! Did you come with a date~? [Sips on her punch drink.]

/late? what late?

[alwaysanarcher]

Looking good!

[Cissie giggles as she makes her way over towards Maria. Unlike her friend, she'd been dancing the night away with a couple of the natives, and she'd been more than enjoying herself so far.] Seriously, though, you do look fantastic if I do say so myself.

[gunbladegrrl]

Oh, stop. [She seriously thinks Cissie is just being nice, and she isn't buying it.] I should have worn my uniform.

[alwaysanarcher]

Nuh-uh. You haven't noticed? There's a couple of guys that've been giving you looks... [She might be imagining the looks, but Cissie knows when someone looks nice, and this is one of those times.]

Or maybe a certain friend wants to drag you over for a dance sooner or later. Are you up for it?

[lunar_princess]

[Considering that this is, really, the second dance she's been to in her life (the first being her own graduation) Luna's more than happy to be involved in the festivities. But unlike a lot of others she's in a rather fancy looking dress, wings tucked closely to her side.

While she may not be dancing, because it's a bit awkward around humans like this, she is keeping towards the wall, humming along with the music and swaying back and forth.]

[sublimelymagnificentblitz]

Huh. I didn't know ponies wore dresses.

[Graduation balls are the only time --

The. Only. Time.

--Jecht wears a shirt. And he has to rent the damn thing along with the rest of his monkey suit. Still, he's all dressed up, and looking completely out of place and unhappy about it.]

[lunar_princess]

[But it's cute, Jecht! She can't help but laugh a little at him, shifting to hover a bit to fix this whole being short compared to him thing.]

We do! But usually only for special occasions, like the Grand Galloping Gala, for instance.

[Hm-hm. Watching a few students out of the corner of her eye before her attention returns to him.]

We do not think we've told you that you look nice tonight, hm?~

[sublimelymagnificentblitz]

It ain't princessy to lie. I look like a gorilla in a tuxedo.

[He tugs at the cuffs of his jacket awkwardly.]

[laughafterme]

LET'S DANCE!! [Pinkie comes over to Luna and starts pushing her towards the dance floor.] NO WALLFLOWERS ALLOWED!!

[marearcana]

[The last time Twilight had attended a dance this this, it went... poorly. To say the least.

However, she thought that this one would be worthwhile to attend. From what she could tell, she hadn't gotten to know any of the teachers yet... well, besides Pinkie Pie.

It was pure fortune that she'd managed to find a dress for the event, too. It was even in the right size; what could it mean?]

[laughafterme]

[SPEAKING OF PINKIE PIE!]

HEY TWILIGHT! [Pinkie pops out from behind Twilight, punch in each hand.] I got us some punch with swirly straws! AREN'T THEY AWESOME?!

1/2

[marearcana]

[She really should have expected this.]

2/2

[marearcana]

[Eh, whatever. Pinkie Pie being herself again. Just roll with it.]

Thanks, Pinkie Pie.

[werepanther]

[Huh, a unicorn. Tom supposed he'd seen everything, but Twilight's appearance had certainly proven him wrong. He gracefully heads over to her and smiles warmly at her.]

Hey. You enjoying yourself so far?

[He's opted to dress in SeeD uniform, instead of a tux like his girlfriend would've preferred... if she catches him, Tom's not sure if he'll make it out of the evening alive.]

[marearcana]

Yes, I think so. It's certainly going a lot better than the last time I was at a formal dance.

[werepanther]

If by "better," you mean "mostly boring," then I'd be inclined to agree. [He grins.]

... Ah, right. I'm Tom Bronson, by the way. I'm one of the Boxing and Statistics Instructors here.

[laughafterme]

[Pinkie is busy scrutinizing the decorations, sprucing them up with a few of her hidden balloons in her dress. Don't mind her.]

[kitchenfistfirechaosstyle]

[Champloo has appeared, looking snappy in his formal attire! But it seems that rather than approach her immediately, he intends to just watch for a while.]

[laughafterme]

[Just as Pinkie put on the last few ribbons, she turns around and flails in surprise, confetti going everywhere since it was in her hand at the time.]

AAAHHH! [Pinkie catches her breath, hand over her beating heart.] Don't do that!

[thorny]

[it's been quite some time since Rose made an idiot of herself at a graduation ball, and having avoided several preceding balls after The Incident she feels that it's a safe enough bet to finally make another appearance now. the odds of something ridiculous happening again are outrageously low, after all.

and so she's milling about in her dress (which, while it fits her nicely, is significantly more washboard than va-va-voom), not quite venturing onto the dance floor but being social enough to avoid the wallflower stigma. she's more interested in watching everyone else than waltzing anyway.]

[tortileghostwriter]

[David had been playing a rather similar game, in hopes of avoiding a repeat performance of the last ball he'd attended. He had managed to convince himself of rather the same thing, and so here he was.

he sees her, though. despite his better judgement, he approaches. he's gone for something a bit ridiculous yet again, decked out like so.]

[thorny]

[Rose doesn't notice him right away, attention occupied with some couple twirling past on the dance floor. when she does see him approaching an incredibly undignified look of horror crosses her face before she can stop it.

oh fucking hell come on this is ridiculous. she gathers herself up and turns briskly and begins striding in the other direction. maybe if she can outwalk him she can slink out and hide in the bathrooms like a mature young adult until he leaves.

yeah. that is an awesome and totally mature plan.]