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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, three hours later

hanshotfirst
2016-12-13 10:06 pm UTC (link)

There were apple cores scattered around Robin and Tess, still hanging out on a low-trafficked part of the trail. It's probably some stupid shortcut they insist on taking. It's probably mostly just the woods.

The intervening three hours had been emotional. They laughed. They cried. Robin tried to throw Tess his apple eating knife and ended up cutting her. Then he insisted on teaching her how to field dress the wound even though it was really more like a scratch. They bonded.

It was honestly beautiful.

But it was also getting fucking old, and their legs hurt, and they kind of looked like they were already going feral? Like, how? They've been on their own for three hours.

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Robin & Tess, three hours later, NOW WITH CASEY~

sunsoutgunsout
2016-12-13 10:12 pm UTC (link)

In waltzes Casey. Like, literally, Casey is waltzing down the trail with an imaginary partner, dipping and swirling around mistletoes already identified. He stopped when he saw Robin and Tess but he wasn't ashamed, mostly gleeful. "Diiiiide someone order the Smooch Squad?" The question was mostly rhetorical because he was really just fucking around the trail on his way to breakfast.

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	Robin & Tess, three hours later, NOW WITH CASEY~ madtess 2016-12-13 10:18 pm UTC (link)
	"CASEY!" Tess shouts, sounding shocked to see another human being that isn't Robin. There are leaves stuck in her hair for some reason, and they've lit a small fire between the two of them. They've only been out here a few hours, but it looks like much longer. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Robin & Tess, three hours later, NOW WITH CASEY~ hanshotfirst 2016-12-13 10:22 pm UTC (link)
	Robin doesn't know if he's ready to reenter society, but their time is come, and he really has to pee. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Robin & Tess, three hours later, NOW WITH CASEY~ sunsoutgunsout 2016-12-13 10:32 pm UTC (link)
	Casey looks from one to the other, suspiciously. This is some shit like that Jumanji movie. What the fuck? "How long've you two been out here??" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Robin & Tess, three hours later, NOW WITH CASEY~ hanshotfirst 2016-12-13 10:37 pm UTC (link)
	"However the fuck long it takes to become one with the woods, motherfucker." Robin doesn't look too concerned about getting out of this position, but he's actually pretty concerned about getting out of this position. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Robin & Tess, three hours later, NOW WITH CASEY~ madtess 2016-12-14 12:43 pm UTC (link)
	"Hours," Tess says, with the tinge of desperation. "No one's come by all morning." She was never going running without her journal again. Or an apple eating knife, apparently. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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