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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!