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Micah St. Clair (auteur) wrote in gooseberry,
@ 2017-01-26 13:11:00

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! ic/ooc, micah st. clair, philippa nightingale

SOPHOMORE SEANCE

Micah St. Clair proposes a seance in the woods with his classmates. Despite teachers re-emphasizing the ban on the Grotto only a few days before, sophomore students sneak out after dinner to make their way to the Grotto. Everyone is warned to avoid attracting attention from non-sophomores or getting caught. ALSO BRING YOUR COOLEST SEANCE CLOTHING GUYS WE'VE GOT TO SET THE MOOD!!!!!

In the middle of the Grotto clearing, Micah's thrown down blankets over the snow, and conjured two small tables. One table has lit candles for mood lighting and a bowl of burning herbs (or like, whatever, Micah grabbed something nice-smelling from the greenhouse). The other has a Ouija board and planchette.

Everyone who wants to COMMUNE WITH THE FOREST SPIRIT is asked to gather around the table and lightly place their fingers on the planchette. One person asks a question at a time, so as not to confuse THE SPIRITS. They can stay and ask questions until the prefects (hi Ree!!!!) determine that it's nearing curfew and everyone needs to go back to camp.

THE RULES

SOPHOMORES ONLY. No snitching and no party crashers! :(((

NO JOURNALS. We're setting an atmosphere here!!!! This also means that everyone is FORBIDDEN from discussing the seance with anyone outside of the sophomore class (although of course Micah can't actually enforce this).

TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY or get out of the circle! You're going to ruin the ~~supernatural vibes~~ they've got going here.

DON'T PUSH THE PLANCHETTE. We're supposed to be communing here!!! (That said, if a character is trying to push for a specific answer, just say so, but for the sake of fairness, I'll be limiting how many times anyone can manipulate the planchette.)

YOU CAN ASK ANYTHING YOU WANT. No making fun of anyone's question!!! Everyone's allowed to ask a ghost if there's anyone who wants to kiss them. :(

» ArrivalS: For making plans, sneaking out, or greeting your friends at the Grotto.

» The Ouija Board: WHERE ALL THE ACTION IS!!!!

» Observers: For those of you who are total wusses and don't want to MAYBE get possessed.

» Departures / Did You Get Into Trouble?: Apparently it's against the rules to sneak out to the Grotto????

» OOC - Questions, comments, concerns!

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	OBSERVERS auteur 2017-01-26 03:21 pm UTC (link)
	Don't let anyone get possessed!!!! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	THE MOST IMPORTANT JOB auteur 2017-01-26 03:32 pm UTC (link)
	"Who wants to hold my camera????" (Reply to this) (Parent)

Ugh, RESPONSIBLITY.

suchaguppy
2017-01-26 07:46 pm UTC (link)

Sebastien would like to register a serious (and unregisterable, due to the whole 'we'll get our dumb asses in trouble' thing) fault in the Gooseberry library collection. There was a serious, lamentable, and frankly concerning lack in definitive answers on the 'anti-possession sigils and symbols' front in the available selection of prose.

Moments like this were the ones where he deeply resented the lack of internet access.

And the fact that about 99.8% of his occult knowledge came from really shitty CCD classes and repeated viewings of The Exorcist, The Evil Dead, and a disturbing amount of episodes of Supernatural.

He had a couple things scribbled out in a notebook (some gems included: fucking winchesters, what the fuck even is your tattoo? what bitch invented this? is this even remotely legit? hexagram of solomon? [a neatly drawn diagram] does this only work for nice, abrahamic ghosts? fuck, we need more books.) But mostly he was relying on the power of neuroticism and wholly nonthreatening scowling to win out in this battle thing.

Dude, he seriously hoped this didn't end in a battle-thing.

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	AHHH RESPONSIBILITY gabiflor 2017-01-27 07:55 pm UTC (link)
	Gabi has no idea about any of that. But she's a little scared of all of this, and is basically hanging over Sebastien's shoulder and trying to figure out what they do if this goes wrong. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	WORST. ACTUAL WORST. suchaguppy 2017-01-27 08:00 pm UTC (link)
	C'mere, Gabi. Bash is going to draw all of his current repertoire of potential anti-possession sigils on your arm in ballpoint pen. Y'know. Just in case of emergencies. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: WORST. ACTUAL WORST. gabiflor 2017-01-27 08:03 pm UTC (link)
	Gabi is not going to argue with this. Optimist, yes. A little scared of the ghosts she absolutely knows exist from personal experience, also yes. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	suchaguppy 2017-01-27 08:06 pm UTC (link)
	Nothing against ghosts, really. Big fan of Casper and his similarly friendly cohorts - but there's a whole world of less G-rated spiritual entities out there. And he doesn't want anybody riding around in Gabi's body. It's hers. Fuck that noise. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	gabiflor 2017-01-27 08:07 pm UTC (link)
	Also, anti-possession sigils are pretty and interesting! "Can I draw them on you too? Just for in case?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	suchaguppy 2017-01-27 08:11 pm UTC (link)
	Lots of pentagrams. "Uh, sure -" he passes over his pen willingly enough. "I mean, I ain't got no idea if any of them actually work. But they were the most credible options available on short notice." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	gabiflor 2017-01-27 08:20 pm UTC (link)
	Gabi gets to work, peering minutely at her arm so that she can mimic the symbols on Bash's. "That's ok. We will do our best and it will be enough!" (Reply to this) (Parent)

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