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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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doyouevenlift
2016-11-12 01:46 am UTC (link)

If he'd been sober, that demanding tone would made Chris pause and carefully select his words. But right now - he nodded and continued as if he had no ability to read her tone. "Yeah, I mean there was more of us. Like Rob and Levi but Raf and Fiori had that weird awkward kind of - air about them. Which was weird - being naked and surrounded by the rest of us - who were also naked. And Fiori fucking sucks at swimming, I'm pretty sure I won that. What's the matter - what's wrong with your face? What's the look for?"

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qnnc
2016-11-12 01:59 am UTC (link)

She narrows her eyes at Chris, but he's too drunk to try and fuck with her. "Nothing's wrong with my face, dumbass." She replies sharply in an attempt to get some extra time, but immediately feels bad; however she feels right now isn't Chris' fault. Or at least, not entirely. A look of resignation passes over her face. "Sorry. I'm fine." Running a hand through her hair, she shakes her head. "An 'air' about them. How cute."

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doyouevenlift
2016-11-12 02:10 am UTC (link)

Chris's mouth makes a perfect O of surprise when Quinn snaps at him. Briefly, he actually looks like a kicked puppy. It's a foreign look on his face - a look that really only Levi probably knows, and even that's relatively new. But Chris just came out to have a good time, and honestly, he's feeling really attacked right now.

And then realization dawns on him. Quinn seems really hung up on Raf and Fiori. Like obscenely hung up on it - like familiarly hung up on it. Could it be? Was Quinn actually still hung up on Rafael?

"Oh," he whispers, as if he just solved a complex equation. "You're not over him," he says. "Oh - you - you sweet, sweet child." Chris hugs her because he feels it. He gets it. Like really, intimately gets it. He knows how frustrating it is, how much it hurts. He'd deny knowing any such thing, but it does hurt, and it's a hurt you can't really soothe or heal, not when you have to live this close to those assholes - over there being all happy and shit.

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	qnnc 2016-11-12 02:21 am UTC (link)
	Quinn tolerates the hug for a few seconds before she tries to shake Chris off. "I'm over him," she insists, and then adds the brilliantly insightful, "I am." ... At least she'd convinced herself. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

doyouevenlift
2016-11-12 02:41 am UTC (link)

Chris lets her shake him off, because he's not blind, he knows the proper way a hug ends, and that's definitely it. But then she insists she's over Rafael and it's so obviously a lie, how had he not seen this before?

"Oh, honey," he coos and reached for her again. This time he grabs her head gently and clutches it to his chest, and starts to rock her. Softly - out of nowhere, he begins to sing, 'lean on me' because it feels necessary. Less necessary is him attempting to emulate the deep, soulful voice of the classic version of the song. He definitely does not have the bass for that. He starts to stroke her hair as he hugs her to his chest.

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qnnc
2016-11-12 10:12 am UTC (link)

She tries to wrestle out of Chris's grip to no avail, and is reduced to sitting there and glaring at his lap. She takes a deep breath, preparing to provide Chris with very firmly instructions to let her go, but when she actually tries to make the sound it isn't a booming command that comes out, but a snorting giggle. Quinn has had a sudden moment of clarity: her life is fucking absurd.

The giggle turns into a snicker, which turns into a laugh, and finally she's able to free herself from the clutches of the human jukebox while shaking with laughter. "What the–" she gasps for air and tries to push him away, albeit not terribly hard. "What the fuck, Chris!"</i> A playful hit is delivered to his shoulder. "I'm not some wounded dog."

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