Posted by Jennifer Ward in Zoo Ceremony

Posted by Calé Reilly (Pagemaster) in Zoo Ceremony
“This is going to be impossible,” Panda lamented as she looked over her shoulder for the 5th time.

Giraffe nodded knowingly, “She’s always around and knows everything that is going on.”

Kelpie splashed about at the edge of the water, “Well yeah, that’s why she’s AWESOME! How else could she help everyone if she didn’t know what was going on?” This time her excited swishing about splashed high up onto the bank.

“Hey! Kelpie watch out, you’re going to drown me like that!” The Giraffe shivered and shook and sighed. “We savannah animals are not used to being so…drenched” he sighed “We have to distract her. Get her away while we set everything up.”

Panda munched thoughtfully on a piece of bamboo. “Kelpie! Go distract her. You are the only one who can keep up with her. Go. Go go go. Break ships if you have to!”

Kelpie nodded, “Okay but someone is going to give my poor hoofs a massage when this is over.” With a gleeful noise and a giant splash Kelpie took off down the river in search of her friend. Upon locating her, Kelpie began to talk a mile a minute and splashed about in a frantic like manner. “I have IDEAS! Roman and Rand must go back to Kelmao and he has to stop her from adopting a STAR CAT! Alexis and Solal are going to get caught in a power outage and one of them gets a concussion and is in shock and the other has to keep them awake and talking. Oh oh! When Siarram comes to sickbay the synthesized blood is wrong! Chaos will ensue!” The click-clacking of keyboards and shouts of “TAG” across the club drowned out everything else that was going on. TECH wasn’t sure the club would survive the preparations for this Zoo ceremony.

Meanwhile as the frenzy of tagging happened the ceremonial decorative team worked tirelessly to ensure the Zoo ceremony hall was cleaned and decorated. As the Panda stood watching, chewing on her bamboo cane, she pondered if the producers of Sing2 knew they used the same animal based cleaning crew. She dismissed this as she moved to ensure that the buffet had not been left out and was properly separated for both carnivores and herbivores and everything in between.

Once the hall was ready and the honoured invited zoo members present the Panda pulled her headset on and began coordinating the seating of all the animals. No small feat considering each needed its own space. The salmon pond was bubbling brightly in the overhead lighting, not too bright of course so as not to bother the Wise Owl on her perch. The river cutting through the floor ended in the Dam for the beaver and allowed access for the Kelpie, the dolphin and all of the other aquatic based members of the zoo.

Finally, as the evening wore on and twilight descended the gatherings were co,plate. The zoo in attendance and the Panda hauled herself up onto the stage and tapped the microphone.

“Fellow Zoo members here we gather in this hallowed hall, which is used for bingo every third Thursday, to welcome a new being to our ranks. Bring forth the initiate…”

The Panda stepped aside to allow the Kelpie and Rhino to bring River forward onto the stage. While the Tribble, the Collie, the Gorilla and the Kiwi brought the mystical cloak of transmogrification.

The lights dimmed dramatically exactly on cue courtesy of the Zebra and the Munchkin Cat, and the spotlight was turned onto the stage by the Chimpanzee.

“River, speed poster extraordinaire, we fought long and hard on the best animal to encapsulate your speed and energy and think we found just the fit for you, we welcome you as our latest victi…I mean captain, to the ranks of the zoo.”

The Fox and the Wookie dropped the cloak over the human form of River while the ritualistic chanting began and simmers of transforming light descended above them all.

The wombat and the Beaver sat up excitedly as the moment approached. Somewhere the Herron led the orchestra and the Roach provided a drumroll to add to the ambiance.

As the cloak fell away the panda shielded her eyes from the glow of the newly formed zoo member. “Please put your paws or other together for our newest member… Everyone please welcome the Jaguar to the STF Zoo Family. May the Bunny have mercy on all of our souls”

The panda moved off the stage while the others could gather to congratulate the Jaguar to help the Raven and the Viscacha open the Buffet while the T-Rex and the Giraffe dealt with the Bar.

Panda

CONGRATULATIONS RIV coughs Ahem…CAPTAIN JAGUAR!!!!!!!!!

Kelpie

CONGRATS! Couldn’t be more deserved by a nicer STFer :)

~Gavin