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Tweak says, "gingers rule"

Gooseberry Mods (goosemods) wrote in gooseberry,
@ 2017-01-10 07:59:00

Entry tags:

! ic/ooc, gabriela flores, irene lovelace, philippa nightingale, ravinder dhaliwal

BILLYWIG INFESTATION

Zoey Valentine is going through the Potions storage room, looking for some spare cauldrons. As she searches, she accidentally disturbs a large nest of billywigs! Zoey is stung immediately, and the strange insects scatter through the school.

Although Mrs. O’Hare has a handle on the situation within hours, a lot of students get stung. It's certainly not the most chaos that Gooseberry has ever seen, but it's enough to stir things up again. Even some of the staff members get stung, namely Ms. Lilywhite and Mr. Chettri. Headmistress Bloom herself acts as a substitute for their classes. (Please note the following staff cannot be chosen: Healer Mufferaw, Mr. Covington, Mrs. Bloom, Mrs. O'Hare, Ms. Petrichor.)

Mufferaw is refusing to excuse anyone from class, because there's nothing life threatening about a Billywig sting. He handles the giddy victims with gruff amusement, but his only order is that students who are stung need to stay near the lodge until the high wears off for safety reasons. "I don't want some high as a kite Azurcrest breaking their neck on that hill."

THE RULES

If your character is stung by a Billywig, they'll experience giddiness, euphoria, and relaxation. The feeling will be similar to laughing gas.

However, it won't impair their judgement to the point where you need to worry about your character doing anything that they would regret.

Victims of Billywig stings also float—but for the sake of RP we're saying this symptom is optional or intermittent, in case you forget or want to have a character sit, fall over or lie down.

It'll last about three hours, and your character can be stung any time during the late morning/afternoon of January 10th. The Billywigs are only located in the lodge.

Mufferaw has ordered that students who were stung must remain in the lodge or in its immediate area until the high wears off. If you call it another quarantine, he's rolling his eyes at you and telling you to get out of his infirmary.

Classes are not cancelled, but some teachers clearly wish they were. Stop laughing and focus!

Getting stung is optional.

» Atrium: It's louder than usual from all the laughter.

» Library: Ms. Petrichor isn't allowing anyone who's been stung into her library. THIS IS A SAFE SPACE.

» Classrooms: Yes, you still have to go to class. No, it's not going to be a very productive lesson. There is a chance that you could get a teacher response if you describe your character's behavior in class today.

» Outside: After the recent blizzard, there are mounds and mounds of soft, fresh snow for students to play in. Mr. Covington hovers around the clearing just outside the lodge to make sure no one with impaired judgement gets hurt.

» OOC - Questions, comments, concerns!

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Magdalen Gillis, Anti-Billywig Taskforce (Lunch time); Open to multiple

fensterln
2017-01-10 04:41 pm UTC (link)

After nearly being stung by one of those creatures and swatting it with her book just in time, Maggie has decided to take preventative measures and quickly slips out of the lodge to find a solution.

She returns wearing a full beekeeper suit (part transfigured, part borrowed) in a flattering lavender color and is armed with dual weapons: her wand and a rolled up copy of this morning's issue of The New York Ghost. Her Head Girl badge is pinned to the outside of the suit.

She may not have been stung, but she looks like she's having the time of her life.

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	Magdalen Gillis, Anti-Billywig Taskforce (Lunch time); Open to multiple flyover 2017-01-10 04:45 pm UTC (link)
	That's cool and all Maggie, but what are you gonna do when Nate comes running at you and tries to get you to give him a piggyback ride? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fensterln 2017-01-10 04:48 pm UTC (link)
	Since he's already been stung... well. There's no helping that... "Have you got my back, Nate?" she asks, mirth in her tone as she stoops down to give him a piggyback ride. ... Yeah, she's gonna use Nate as a meat shield (meat armor??) as she smashes the shit out of some bugs. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	also that's STARTING around lunchtime. she'll be doing this all day unless she somehow gets stung fensterln 2017-01-10 04:45 pm UTC (link)
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	Magdalen Gillis, Anti-Billywig Taskforce (Lunch time); Open to multiple orangepip 2017-01-10 05:29 pm UTC (link)
	If there's one thing guaranteed to bring Pippa back to earth with a bump, it's the sight of the Head Girl killing defenceless creatures. "Maggie!" Pippa cries, taking in her gear and weapons. "What -- what are you doing?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Magdalen Gillis, Anti-Billywig Taskforce (Lunch time); Open to multiple

fensterln
2017-01-10 05:59 pm UTC (link)

Maggie hears Pippa's cries just as she smashes a poor billywig between her newspaper and the wall. She turns and they lock eyes; Pippa can see Magdalen's smug satisfaction, Magdalen can see Pippa's horror. Magdalen's smirk quickly subsides when she realizes what she's just done in front of Pippy.
"I'm defending this school!" she tries to justify, "It's only a matter of time before somebody hurts themselves."

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	Magdalen Gillis, Anti-Billywig Taskforce (Lunch time); Open to multiple orangepip 2017-01-11 01:02 pm UTC (link)
	"Nobody's getting hurt!" Pippa protests, her heart aching at the sight of that vivid blue smear on the wall. "Billywig stings aren't harmful, and even if they were, it's not their fault! You can't kill something just because it might be dangerous." (Reply to this) (Parent)

Head Girl & (Temp) Head Boy TEAM-UP

morale
2017-01-10 05:49 pm UTC (link)

Diego has no idea what he's doing, but he's as wrapped up as he can be with gloves, a big scarf pulled up over his nose, and a knit cap on his head. It's not as secure as Maggie's beekeeper suit but he's DETERMINED. The Head Boy badge is pinned to one of the straps of his suspenders. Cecil trusted him with this (... under the influence of Billywig venom but still) and Diego is not letting him down.

"I'm ready," he tells Maggie, slightly muffled. He found a broom somewhere and he possibly knows how to use it.

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Head Girl & (Temp) Head Boy TEAM-UP

fensterln
2017-01-10 06:14 pm UTC (link)

Maggie glances down to Diego and though she finds his Billywig-slaying outfit endearing, she doesn't want to give him the satisfaction of a laugh and so she suppresses it instead. But... maybe Diego isn't all that bad if he's willing to defend the school with her.

She reaches out to lightly brush her gloved fingers against the Head Boy badge pinned to Diego's suspenders. "They got Cecil?" she asks with a touch of humorously dramatized grimness to her tone, as if it were the dog tag of a fallen soldier worn in their comrade's honor. "War is hell."

But she and Diego are allies in this War of Billywigs; it was time to put aside their differences and work together. Magdalen pulls the knitted cap from Diego's head and, without asking, she transfigures it into a meshed beekeeper's hat for better protection. "Try this instead."

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Head Girl & (Temp) Head Boy TEAM-UP

morale
2017-01-10 11:31 pm UTC (link)

"Oh! Thank you!" Diego gratefully accepts the freshly transfigured beekeper's hat, and adjusts his scarf so that it seals the mask around the neck. He then shoots a lopsided smile at her through the screen.

"He didn't even have a chance, poor guy," he sighs, continuing the joke, "I laid him to rest on a couch somewhere in the atrium." Diego hadn't held back his amusement when Maggie joked about their dear fallen friend, who's currently relaxing for the first time in what might be years. All the begging in the world couldn't get Cecil to take an afternoon off. Finally, a weird blue insect managed to pull it off.

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Head Girl & (Temp) Head Boy TEAM-UP

fensterln
2017-01-11 03:25 am UTC (link)

"At least he is at peace." Maggie begins walking, continuing the rounds she was making in search of these critters. She seems happy enough to continue this scene with Diego. "They took my wife, my child, my co-lead... Will their bloodlust ever be sa--" Without warning, Maggie flings her wand out, wordlessly placing up a shield charm above and behind Diego to deflect an incoming billywig. It bounces off the shield and, dazed, it lands on the ground, practically begging to be swatted by a broom. "Get it."

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Magdalen Gillis + Tess Noble

madtess
2017-01-10 08:40 pm UTC (link)

Tess is half skipping, half floating along when she sees something impossibly tall and purple and wonders if maybe she's worse off than she thinks. When she gets closer, she realizes it's actually a bee keeper suit, and a certain ginger is inside. She starts to laugh so hard she can bearly breath, and snorts several times. "That is," she tries, "That- that's the cutest shit I've ever seen."

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	Magdalen Gillis + Tess Noble fensterln 2017-01-10 09:13 pm UTC (link)
	Maggie looks toward the sound of laughter and joins in, laughing harder every time Tess snorts. She knows she looks ridiculous and isn't afraid to own it. "Do you like it?" she asks, giving a twirl to show off the 360 of her ensemble before striking a "cutesy" pose with both newspaper and wand in hand. "Lavender's really my color." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Magdalen Gillis + Tess Noble madtess 2017-01-10 10:00 pm UTC (link)
	"It is," Tess says, "Un-bee-lievable." Then, she's doubled over laughing and also floating and today is just really cool, dude. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Magdalen Gillis + Tess Noble fensterln 2017-01-10 10:38 pm UTC (link)
	Oh no. Puns. Maggie lets out a cackle of laughter. "Isn't it bee-utiful? Those Billywigs were really wigging me out." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Magdalen Gillis + Tess Noble madtess 2017-01-12 01:11 pm UTC (link)
	"I wish they would buzz off," she replies, struggling to get through the words between giggles. "They got all these students misBEEhaving." (Reply to this) (Parent)

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