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Gooseberry Mods (goosemods) wrote in gooseberry,
@ 2016-11-11 09:12:00

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! ic/ooc, henrietta gray, philippa nightingale

NOVEMBER GROTTO PARTY

There's still a light snowfall as the sun sets, but adrenaline must be keeping some of the students warm as one by one they sneak out into the woods to the Grotto.

The Grotto is always warmer than you expect it to be, although the chill and snowflakes encourage everyone to cuddle close to their friends and dates. The bonfire is large and ambitious, and it reflects off the white snow, making for a warm and seasonal party. Alcohol is widely available to anyone who wants it, and some thoughtful students also made sure there was plenty of water and soda. By the fire is a conjured table hosting Quidditch Beer Pong.

Inside the stone building, things get downright cozy. There's one odd discovery, though: Laurel Templeton's flag! It appears to be stuck hard with magic, so taking it back will be a problem. Regardless of this, many students sit down on blankets and pillows to keep themselves off the cold dirt floor. A circle gathers around a single glass bottle, and kissing games take place on and off throughout the night.

If you signed your character up for either Spin The Bottle or Seven Minutes In Heaven, find their partners below:

Cameron Carney STB #1: Regan STB #2: Ursula 7MIH: Tabitha	Wesley Carpenter STB #1: Tabitha STB #2: Etta 7MIH: Laurel	William Chase STB #1: Veronica STB #2: Regan 7MIH: Chloe	Sun-mi Choi STB #1: Zoey STB #2: Veronica 7MIH: Mina
Quinn Cunningham STB #1: Etta STB #2: Rafael 7MIH: Ty	Sofia Delgado STB #1: Olivia STB #2: Essie 7MIH: Etta	Calvin Evercreech STB #1: Solomon STB #2: Chloe	Leonardo Fiori STB #1: Cricket STB #2: Sy
Henrietta Gray STB #1: Quinn STB #2: Wes 7MIH: Sofia	Ty Hawkeswood STB #1: Casey STB #2: Laurel 7MIH: Quinn	Ryan Hertz STB #1: Chloe STB #2: Tabitha 7MIH: Cricket	Regan Hobbs STB #1: Cameron STB #2: Will STB #3: Susana 7MIH: Reid
Ursula de Luca STB #1: Micah STB #2: Cameron	Joanna May STB #1: Jacob STB #2: Solomon	Diego Morales STB #1: Riley STB #2: Cricket 7MIH: Casey	Estella Morales-Tran STB #1: Cole STB #2: Sofia
Cole Moss STB #1: Essie STB #2: Micah	Frances Noble STB #1: Reid STB #2: Olivia	Tabitha Ogletree STB #1: Wes STB #2: Ryan 7MIH: Cameron	Christopher Park STB #1: Rafael STB #2: Dom 7MIH: Zoey
Casey Patterson STB #1: Ty STB #2: Faye 7MIH: Diego	Veronica Powers STB #1: Will STB #2: Sun-mi 7MIH: Dom	Cressida Quayle STB #1: Leo STB #2: Diego 7MIH: Ryan	Rafael Ramirez STB #1: Chris STB #2: Quinn
Olivia Sanchez STB #1: Sofia STB #2: Frankie 7MIH: Riley	Chloe Shepherd STB #1: Ryan STB #2: Calvin 7MIH: Will	Micah St. Clair STB #1: Ursula STB #2: Cole 7MIH: Susana	Riley Stamper STB #1: Diego STB #2: Mina 7MIH: Olivia
Rosemary Stoker STB #1: Faye STB #2: Reid	Sylvester Stoker STB #1: Laurel STB #2: Leo 7MIH: Faye	Laurel Templeton STB #1: Sy STB #2: Ty 7MIH: Wes	Wilhelmina Tran STB #1: Dom STB #2: Riley 7MIH: Sun-mi
Dominic Tremblay STB #1: Mina STB #2: Susana STB #3: Chris 7MIH: Veronica	Faye Turner STB #1: Rosy STB #2: Casey 7MIH: Sy	Zoey Valentine STB #1: Sun-mi STB #2: Jacob 7MIH: Chris	Susana Velasquez STB #1: Dom STB #2: Regan 7MIH: Micah
Reid Wainwright STB #1: Frankie STB #2: Rosy 7MIH: Regan	Solomon Webb STB #1: Calvin STB #2: Joanna 7MIH: Jacob	Jacob Wood STB #1: Joanna STB #2: Zoey 7MIH: Solomon

RULES

Teen peer pressure (and player sadism) aside, no one is obligated to do anything they don't want to. Characters doing Seven Minutes In Heaven can spend the time just talking or staring awkwardly at each other, and characters playing Spin The Bottle can opt out of a kiss (although people will probably boo).

If characters get up to anything more racy than PG-13, please fade to black on that! This includes sexually explicit conversations. Many people track IC/OOC posts, so please have consideration for your fellow players. Talking about sex is fine (and part of the flavour of a teen game), but there's no need to get into detailed descriptions of anatomy or sex acts.

If you'd like to say two characters were partners in STB or 7MIH in addition to what's been rolled, feel free! Obviously, get the permission of all involved characters first.

» Before the Party: Classes drag on and on, and then after dinner students have a scant two hours of prep. Primping, pre-gaming, or just impatiently waiting for 7:00.

» Around the Fire: The large bonfire is warm and romantic. Pull up a log and grab a blanket, or dance to the party music. You can contest for control of the music, but don't make it weird, guys. (That means you two, Diego and Katya. We know what you listen to.) If you don't care for music, there's beer and soda in the ice chests, along with bins for empty bottles and cans. Don't litter, guys, seriously.

» Inside the Building: This may be where the kissing games are taking place, but there's still some room to just snuggle and chat.

» Kissing Games: This is where to post your character's reaction to their Spin the Bottle and Seven Minutes in Heaven Assignments!

Spin The Bottle: Everyone sits in a circle and takes turns spinning the bottle to find their partner. Anyone who squeezes in (or happens to be accidentally standing behind a gap in the circle) gets a shot at a kiss. People can leave and enter the game at any time. Participants will be encouraged by their drunken classmates to kiss on the mouth.
Seven Minutes in Heaven: "Heaven" is a narrow, closet-sized room adjacent to the main party, and is dark except for some cracks of light from the door. (The "door" being a heavy wooden board that's propped against the doorway and magically "locked" for seven minutes.) You can use your wand to get more light, but really, you two should be making out.

» Quidditch Beer Pong: Not far from the bonfire, Sy Stoker has set up a table with three yellow hoops sitting on a rectangular box, which will randomly release a miniature Golden Snitch. (Sort of like this, but slightly less janky-looking.) Nearby is a supply of red ping pong balls, Solo cups, and a waterproof signup sheet. Rules have been posted in Sy's journal. Winners will be determined through RNG (Marin will roll 1–50 for each player, best team total wins).

» The Woods: Don't wander too far. Is it just me, or do you keep getting the sensation of being watched from beyond the trees?

» After the Party: The further you get from the Grotto, the colder it gets. Brr! Did you make it back to your cabin? Did someone else put you up for the night?

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Rafael & Quinn

qnnc
2016-11-11 02:52 pm UTC (link)

Oh! Oh. Ohh. That's cool. That's where the bottle lands? Yeah. Super cool. Soooooooo cool. Quinn feels sooooooo cool and noooot awkward at all. Like, she's been trying to be super cool about Rafael having a date-date. Who's sitting beside him now. She can keep being super cool.

She looks up at Rafael and raises her eyebrows and nods in that 'uh-huh, yeah, this is great, so great, i'm just real jazzed to be here. ~~fuck.~~' kind of way.

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	Rafael & Quinn firstposition 2016-11-11 03:11 pm UTC (link)
	Totally cool, yeah, Rafael is fine with this. This is not awkward at all. He does a decently good job of acting like he's unaffected by this, but does cast a glance at Leo, then back at Quinn, before going for it. Quinn's getting a very restrained, careful kiss that reeks of Rafael desperately trying to maintain control of the situation. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Rafael & Quinn

qnnc
2016-11-11 03:41 pm UTC (link)

Seeing as how they haven't kissed since they broke up and she's feeling fairly ~~lonely~~ INDEPENDENT, it's a significant challenge for Quinn not to try anything. There's a split-second where she starts to accidentally bring one hand up, presumably headed for the back of Rafael's head, and she snaps it back down to hope nobody notices.

Congratulations on the most sterile kiss you've ever performed, Rafael.

After the kiss she says she's going to get another drink. To her credit, she does return a few minutes later with a new drink. She's careful not to make eye contact with him or Leo for the rest of the game.

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Rafael & Quinn

firstposition
2016-11-11 05:15 pm UTC (link)

After the kiss and Quinn's departure, Rafael sits a little closer to Leo. He spends the next couple minutes silently going over the scenario, wondering what he could have possibly done to make that less awkward. The answer is not much.

He also avoids eye contact with Quinn for the rest of the game, and noticeably steps back from participating much more. Chris and Quinn was some unfortunate luck. He's not leaving who he kisses up to chance anymore.

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	qnnc 2016-11-11 05:58 pm UTC (link)
	(The answer is literally nothing else.) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	YOU ARE PROBABLY SICK OF LEO COMMENTS NOW challenge 2016-11-11 05:59 pm UTC (link)
	But for the record, this is where Leo finished a good half of the beer he allows himself one of. And vaguely felt like he should apologize to Quinn for something. And kept his arm around Rafael's shoulder anyway. When he notice that he wasn't really playing anymore, Leo asked "Bored?" In case he wanted an out. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	WRONG, I LOVE EVERY LEO COMMENT firstposition 2016-11-11 07:49 pm UTC (link)
	Rafael thinks about it, but either way the question snaps him out of his introspective mood. "Yes. I think I am done watching you kiss other people for the night." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	OH HEY I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT ALSO EARLIER. THE PEANUT GALLERY DEMANDS MORE. cecaelian 2016-11-11 07:53 pm UTC (link)
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	IJ WAS SICK OF LEO (or all the) COMMENTS :( challenge 2016-11-11 09:03 pm UTC (link)
	That makes whatever residual worry leave Leo's face almost entirely, even as he tries to find an open spot that's far away from any spinning bottles. "There's not a very good angle, if you're gonna try to watch me kissing you." He demonstrates, bringing his face in close. "But if you say so." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	IJ IS A JERK :(((( firstposition 2016-11-11 10:29 pm UTC (link)
	"I do." Rafael bumps their foreheads together very gently, and speaks quietly. "This seems like a perfect angle to me." He only pulls away to stand so they can relocate. He offers both hands to Leo to help him up, and might not let go of them, at least for a little while. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	challenge 2016-11-11 10:59 pm UTC (link)
	That makes him smile way too softly for probably the ninetieth time already, and Leo has to kiss him again. He's able to stop long enough to squeeze the offered hands and step around people to get out of the game, not on them. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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