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Gooseberry Mods (goosemods) wrote in gooseberry,
@ 2016-12-13 08:01:00

Entry tags:

! ic/ooc, irene lovelace, isaiah covington, philippa nightingale

MISTLETOE: DAY 2

Gooseberry's not free of this ridiculous kissing ~~game~~ plague yet.

Starting Tuesday morning, the mistletoe has largely been scared out of the lodge by Mr. Hightower, and has moved outside. Students wake up, only to find their way to breakfast and class blocked by yet more of the winding plant.

Just like yesterday, anyone who is unlucky enough to walk underneath a sprig of it is trapped in place with their feet rooted to the ground. This is inconvenient enough, but the only way to free a trapped student is with a kiss.

HOW THIS WORKS

Mistletoe is growing like vines throughout campus, hanging from branches and lamp posts, apparently attempting to position itself to "trap" students.

It has not moved inside cabins, but may be located on their exterior.

Classes are not cancelled, but under the circumstances, students are forgiven for tardiness.

If your character walks under a sprig of mistletoe, their feet are rooted to the spot.

The only thing that will free them is a kiss. Cheek kisses or a kiss to the back of the hand are sufficient. So is a kiss on the lips, but chances are, most people will opt for something more chaste.

Mr. Hightower is busy all day, and cancels Herbology until he can get a handle on this. The mistletoe is proving to be highly resistant to being cut, hexed, set on fire, or exposed to magical weed killer. (Also, please don't set things on fire just in general???)

Post your character to a location below if they got stuck. If you're waiting for someone in particular, indicate who's going to free your character in the subject line. Otherwise, comments are considered open for a random rescuer.

» Trails: The mistletoe makes use of lamp posts and overhanging branches.

» Gardens: A veritable warzone of kissing plants.

» North: Azurcest: Enough trees to be dangerous, especially on the approach.

» East: Ribbonfin: Is nowhere safe???

» South: Ebonhide: Of all the houses, heavily wooded Ebonhide is hit the worst.

» West: Coppertale: The safest campground. Just avoid the lamp posts and be careful of awnings.

» OOC - Questions, comments, concerns!

Special shout-out to Josie for giving us the idea for the mistletoe epidemic. ♥

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Robin, Tess, and help us it's 5 AM

hanshotfirst
2016-12-13 10:15 am UTC (link)

Every morning, Tess drags Robin out of bed for a run, and she forces him to shut his goddamn mouth for a couple minutes. Today, like every other morning, starts out that way. And it's fine. They don't notice any mistletoe hanging around Coppertale at 5 AM, so they start and it's fine.

For like 10 minutes. Until Robin nearly falls on his face. Like, very nearly. As in, he would have fallen on his face and started bleeding or some shit if his feet could leave the ground.

"Oh what the shit?"

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	Robin, Tess, and [OPEN] madtess 2016-12-13 10:40 am UTC (link)
	Tess comes to a stop, turning to see if Robin fell on his face or some shit, and manages to end up ensnared as well. "Ah, fucking shit!" she says, trying to jerk her feet loose even though she knows it's futile. "Okay, I'll get you and then you can get me," she says, reaching out to grab his hand. "Stretch, damn it." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Robin, Tess, and [OPEN] hanshotfirst 2016-12-13 10:46 am UTC (link)
	Robin reaches a hand out to Tess, stretching to reach hers, but...they're like at least an inch short. Not to mention how many inches her dumb hand is from his mouth. "Goddammit Tess, I'll stretch if you fucking grow more." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Robin, Tess, and [OPEN] madtess 2016-12-13 10:50 am UTC (link)
	"We could reach if you were more limber!" she said, putting her all into reaching out to him. For a split second, their middle fingers brush, though it still doesn't help them, because that's nowhere near their mouths. "We're doing stretches later this week." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Robin, Tess, and [OPEN]

hanshotfirst
2016-12-13 11:08 am UTC (link)

"That ain't gonna help for shit if you're still a fucking midget, dude." Robin tries in vain once more, his face turning red with the strain (wait, no, it was already red), and then gives up.

"K, well, callin' that shit a bust. How 'bout if we..." He looks around him, trying to formulate a plan that could utilize his super awesome survival skills and... literally all of them required the use of his and/or Tess' feet. "How 'bout if we just hang the fuck out here and talk about girls, I don't fucking know."

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Robin, Tess, and [OPEN]

madtess
2016-12-13 11:21 am UTC (link)

Tess throws her hands up in exasperation. "Well, clearly, you're not prepared for the apocalypse if it involves alien, mutant mistletoe," she points out.

"Girls," she says incredulously. "Not nerd shit or conspiracy theories or.... knives or whatever."

But it's 5:15 AM and they're stuck, so she shrugs. "Sure, whatever. Girls. They're pretty and they smell nice."

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Robin, Tess, and [OPEN]

hanshotfirst
2016-12-13 11:33 am UTC (link)

"Look, there's like a million fucking apocalypses to get ready for, gimme a goddamn minute to come up with something." Maybe Robin can fold a fitted sheet or embroider a quilt to get out of this. Those are important and useful apocalypse skills.

Robin sits down on the ground the best he can, considering his feet are stuck in a running stance, and pulls an apple and a knife out of his pocket. "You suck at being a lesbian," he says, cutting a slice, stabbing it and popping it in his mouth. "Or you just saying you wanna hear about my First Kill Knife and how it's like a lightsaber 'cause I'll tell you all about that shit."

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Robin, Tess, and [it's 5 AM no one is coming to save them]

madtess
2016-12-13 03:12 pm UTC (link)

"I'm waiting," Tess said, awkwardly squatting down, then plopping down on her butt to sit with her knees bent. It was early, they could be here for a while, and she didn't look too confident in his skills.

"Excuse you, shit head, I am a fan-fucking-tastic lesbian. And you're a shit hetero dude," she replied, flipping him off for emphasis.

"God no, not again. I get it, you made your light saber, you're a redneck Jedi now." She shakes her head. "No, I'd rather talk about women. Why were you so weird about the formal in the journals, dude?"

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	I was gonna but they need to have a talk so they're on their own doyouevenlift 2016-12-13 03:35 pm UTC (link)
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	he spotted them and just gtfo before they saw him madtess 2016-12-13 03:39 pm UTC (link)
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	literally what happened. Why are you guys even friends with him doyouevenlift 2016-12-13 03:41 pm UTC (link)
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	Coppertale friendships are honestly what I wish all friendships were really like hanshotfirst 2016-12-13 03:42 pm UTC (link)
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	They're both gonna get wards from Chris like 'so you have a nice convo or...' doyouevenlift 2016-12-13 03:44 pm UTC (link)
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Robin, Tess, and [it's 5 AM no one is coming to save them]

hanshotfirst
2016-12-13 04:13 pm UTC (link)

Whatever Tess, you should always have confidence in Robin’s skills. Not his skills in evading mutant mistletoe, apparently, but the ones that actually exist. Like making knives, and throwing knives, and field dressing wounds sustained from handmade knives being thrown. But whatever, if Tess wants to doubt him and also not talk about knives, then that’s her own damn fault.

“I wasn’t fucking weird,” Robin says, knowing full fucking well that he was being weird, “you were fucking weird, stop calling me weird.” He stabs another apple slice and continues through a full mouth, because once Robin has started being weird, he doesn’t know how to stop. “Shit I was just bein’ hypothetical and shit, stop talkin’ ‘bout it.”

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	Robin, Tess, and [no one] madtess 2016-12-13 05:08 pm UTC (link)
	This is going to be a long day for them. "You are so being fucking weird, even for you. I'm always fucking awkward around women, but this it new for you," she pointed out. Where'd he even have that apple stashed? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Robin, Tess, and [no one]

hanshotfirst
2016-12-13 05:30 pm UTC (link)

“Whatever,” Robin grumbles, super intent on his apple, super duper hoping that that one word was going to a) get Tess to move off the topic, and b) like magically get them unstuck, probably.

It didn’t.

It didn’t do either of those things.

Three times, Robin tries to turn to her and say something, and three times he changes his mind and goes back to his snack. But apples don’t last forever, Robin. Friendships do.

“Fucking fine,” he grumbles and throws his apple core into the woods, “maybe I was bein’ a little weird. Maybe that’s what my fucking problem is, knowin' I'm bein’ weird.”

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	Do they want to be saved yet sneakoscoped 2016-12-13 10:53 pm UTC (link)
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	hanshotfirst 2016-12-13 11:57 pm UTC (link)
	cheryl and i ended up being major dorks because...we think we're funny (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	extra_sweet 2016-12-13 11:58 pm UTC (link)
	yeah i saw :( (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Robin, Tess, and [no one] madtess 2016-12-14 10:27 am UTC (link)
	Tess waits patiently - what else has she got to do, anyway? "Okay, but why?" she counters. "Like, I'm not a shit lesbian, I'm just awkward as fuck at romance. I know that. That's why I'm awkward as fuck around Maggie, cause I like her," she said, then flicked a pebble at him, "But why are you being weird about Trixie, you guys practically share a brain." (Reply to this) (Parent)

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