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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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morale
2016-11-11 03:23 pm UTC (link)

"Hey, man. Hey, Chris." Diego came out to the woods for some air, but being alone always sounds better than it actually feels, and oh my god he's so drunk. So when Chris finds him and is suddenly hugging him, Diego's kind of relieved. He's laughing as Chris accidentally kisses him, and then... he's kissing back. Deeply. He grabs the lapels of Chris' coat and makes it clear this is no accident.

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doyouevenlift
2016-11-11 04:10 pm UTC (link)

Okay this was entirely unexpected but Chris recovers almost immediately. Chris isn't super clear headed but he's almost entirely sure Diego's kissing him back. Which encourages Chris to meet the deep kisses in a way he couldn't while playing spin the bottle. Diego doesn't have to pull him closer because Chris is moving closer on his own, pushing Diego back up against a tree (at least he hopes there's a tree there)

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	morale 2016-11-11 05:34 pm UTC (link)
	Diego lets Chris push him back without any resistance. Once he hits the tree and can brace himself against it, he can focus on the body in front of him and not balancing himself. One hand slides up the back of Chris' head and tangles in his hair, the other arm goes around Chris' waist. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

doyouevenlift
2016-11-11 06:12 pm UTC (link)

Chris's hands are a little more curious than Diego's. By pure dumb drunk luck and instinct, he maneuvers his fingers beneath the layers of clothes Diego's wearing, to skim his fingers up Diego's bare stomach. Which is nice - but the first and only thing Chris notices is the abrupt enveloping of warmth around his hands. It's probably because he's drunk but that feels insanely good.

Chris breaks off the kissing briefly to say, "fuck, you're warm."

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	morale 2016-11-11 06:58 pm UTC (link)
	Diego shivers, but it's not just because Chris' hands are cold. "And you're freezing," he mutters, his forehead pressed against Chris'. "I can probably fix that, though." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

doyouevenlift
2016-11-11 07:58 pm UTC (link)

Chris didn't have the right mental faculties to find that offer anything but arousing. "Oh yeah?" He asked, shifting closer to Diego. His fingers, which had quickly warned against Diego's skin, wandered freely, as Chris buried his face in the crook of Diego's neck. His nose was cold - but Diego's neck felt as warm as his stomach.

His mouth wanders freely along the curve of Diego's neck, sucking and kissing freely because everything feels great, and Diego's neck clearly needs some attention.

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morale
2016-11-11 10:09 pm UTC (link)

Diego arches his neck to give Chris better access, and sighs in appreciation as he feels the nuzzle turn to kisses. "Se siente rico." His grip on Chris tightens, but he feels a growing need to do more, which is spurred to action when Chris' mouth presses to his pulse. Diego's hands slide down Chris' back, and slip beneath his coat, and then beneath his shirt. Diego's fingers trace the curve of Chris' spine, barely ghosting the waistband of his pants before moving upwards.

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I don't speak spanish; I don't know if google translation did me dirty

doyouevenlift
2016-11-11 10:40 pm UTC (link)

Okay that was hot. You learn new kinks about yourself every day, apparently. But throwing Spanish into the middle of this was unexpectedly hot. "Eres tan jodidamente caliente," Chris murmured before he did more than just press his mouth to that pulse point. He sucked on it. The idea was to make it feel good, he wasn't setting out to leave a hickey, but he wasn't exactly fully capable of being careful right now.

Chris shivered, because Diego's fingers were cold, but it was a really good kind of cold right now. He felt really hot all of a sudden. There were too many damn layers, too much fucking clothes going on right now. Chris was having trouble remembering why they'd dressed in so many layers.

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i'm definitely not going to critique anyone's spanish when mine is so weak

morale
2016-11-12 12:04 pm UTC (link)

Diego laughs, but it's not his usual bright, ringing laughter. It's richer, and ends in a deep exhale. Diego's hands press against Chris' back, and pull him flush against his chest. The urge to get closer is emphasized when Diego shifts his legs, letting them interlock, but... these clothes, Chris' coat stopping his hands from moving freely... "Espera."

Abruptly, Diego's hands leave Chris' bare skin, and he pushes him away. It's only a second before it becomes clear this isn't out of any desire to stop, as Diego starts unzipping Chris' coat.

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