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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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tyhawkeswood
2016-11-12 01:28 pm UTC (link)

Ty has been back and forth across the Grotto all night, talking to everyone and doing everything and generally enjoying the careless ease of intoxication. He hasn't even been at the fire long enough to find someone new to talk with or to start dancing when Quinn comes up to him and his heartbeat quickens a little. He had a good time with the girl earlier and he's been thinking about her and now...here she is. He beams at her. "Hey Quinn." Athlete or not, he's never taken to calling her Cunningham. He's about to say more when she touches him, tracing her fingers along his slim waist and giving a fairly clear meaning to her question. Her invitation. Some part of him, almost entirely muted now, knows that this isn't a good idea. But he can't determine why right at the moment and Quinn is so... He bites his lip briefly, then smiles, then touches the hand she's placed against him. "Yeah! Yeah, I've got some time."

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qnnc
2016-11-12 02:17 pm UTC (link)

Ty's hand is warm, and she takes it in hers as she casts a somewhat furtive glance around the fire behind her. Where to go...? "That's good, because I've got to talk with you about... Potions." She nearly cringes because she could not have come up with a worse excuse, and what's more, feeling like she needs to voice an excuse just emphasizes to her that this isn't something they'd normally think is a particularly good idea. She pushes the little voices to the back of her mind, though, and focuses on who's in front of her: somebody willing to share her time (for now) that she finds particularly charming and, to be frank, incredibly hot. This is definitely not a bad idea.

Quinn leads Ty toward the Grotto doors but veers left when she sees how crowded it still is inside. She lets go of his hand to grab an abandoned blanket from a log and motions for him to follow her just around the corner of the building, to where the music and excited shouts are a little muted, and the warming charms on the Grotto's walls still radiate enough heat to cut the cold.

"I've got to talk to you about Potions," she repeats as she lets the blanket drop unceremoniously to the ground, and places her drink more carefully beside the wall. "And how much I really don't want to talk about Potions right now." She gives Ty a mischievous smile.

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tyhawkeswood
2016-11-12 03:06 pm UTC (link)

Potions? Even drunk, Ty recognizes a blatant code phrase when he hears one and he laughs outright, unable to help it. Then he nods. "Potions. Well, let me tell you about potions..." He lets Quinn lead him from the fire, first toward the Grotto and then around the structure to a location of relative seclusion. She's eager and direct and willing to take charge and all of that only draws the boy in more. When she's satisfied with her setup and turns back to him, he moves to kiss her mischievous smile and teases, "I was sort of hoping you'd say that..."

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qnnc
2016-11-12 03:30 pm UTC (link)

She rolls her eyes at his laughter and can't contain her own smirk — she's experienced at crafting cover stories (it's a matter of survival when one balances a Prefect badge and a scholarship), but apparently the alcohol has gone to her head because it was an abysmal story.

"Well," Quinn begins, her voice dripping with a mocking tone of consideration. She traces Ty's collarbone with a finger, drawing a line from his shoulder to his neck much as she had by the fire. "Maybe I did want to talk Potions." Her other hand, hovering by his waist, grabs a handful of fabric from the bottom of his shirt. "There's so many fascinating topics." She tugs gently on the fabric and reaches up to kiss him, pulling him closer. "So many."

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tyhawkeswood
2016-11-12 11:39 pm UTC (link)

It doesn't take much to coax Ty closer. He leans into Quinn's touch and Quinn's kiss and steps forward obligingly as she tugs at his shirt, laughing airily as he slips an arm around her and moves his fingers down to the small of her back. Even through her top and her sweater, he eagerly traces the curve of her. His other hand finds her cheek and he kisses her once more on the mouth before starting to kiss her neck instead. Between these light, warm, playful touches, he teases, "You can talk, then. I'll listen." The implication is obvious: his lips will be otherwise occupied.

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qnnc
2016-11-13 12:22 am UTC (link)

Quinn laughs lightly and arches her neck to the side, content to give Ty all the space he wants. "Funny," she replies, her hand trailing up to the back of his neck to tangle in his hair. "Suddenly I don't feel like talking anymore." (And getting Quinn Cunningham to shut up is a rare skill indeed.)

She drops the fabric and slides her hand underneath his shirt, where she rests her fingers, gently, on his waist, and idly draws small circles with a nail. The feel of Ty's lips and warm breath on her neck is exciting and exhilarating and encouraging all at once, and she wonders how she could have thought this could have gone wrong in the first place. She leans back against the Grotto's stone wall, pulling him with her, and mutters, "Maybe there's one or two more things I could say."

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tyhawkeswood
2016-11-13 10:36 am UTC (link)

The feel of Quinn's fingers on his bare back, the faint tickle of her nail tracing shapes on his skin, prompts Ty to press closer and he moves with her eagerly until her back is up against the stone. The hand that had been exploring the curve of her back moves to her hip and up to her waist, initially stroking her through the thin fabric of her top and then carefully slipping beneath to touch her smooth, warm skin instead. He lifts his lips from her neck when she speaks, smiling and brushing back her dark hair with his fingers and kissing her mouth again before he asks, "Yeah?" Another kiss. "Tell me?"

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qnnc
2016-11-13 11:41 am UTC (link)

"Mmhmm," Quinn returns the kiss and arches her back, this time to press her body into Ty's, and slides her hand up from his waist. She almost hesitates as a small voice asks if she's going too fast, but she pushes it away and continues drawing her fingers around until she can rest her palm on his stomach. She bites her lip, impressed; despite seeing Ty at barre and during Cheer routines, she's still pleasantly surprised by the muscles she can feel under her grasp. She kisses his lips again, then his cheek, then his jaw, and finally taps his chest with a delicate finger. "One is that I find you incredibly hot," she admits beside his ear in a voice barely above a whisper.

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tyhawkeswood
2016-11-13 12:40 pm UTC (link)

Ty laughs softly again, not because he finds this admission funny but because it surprises him and delights him and encourages him even more. Being wanted has that effect on him. He catches Quinn's hand against his chest, stroking her her skin gently with the pad of his thumb and kissing her very near cheek before he answers, playful but sincere, "That's a relief. Because you're beautiful. You've always been so beautiful." The realization that when he says always he actually means even when you were with Rafael and even when you were with Chris sets off a small panic in the back of his mind. He lowers his head again, kissing her neck and her collar bone and smooth skin above the line of her top, desperate to dismiss these thoughts and return himself entirely to her.

This seems to work.

"And I'd hate for you to have to settle," he teases, murmuring the words against her skin. Then, "What's the other thing?"

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qnnc
2016-11-13 01:36 pm UTC (link)

'Always' isn't lost on Quinn, and while she isn't sure if Ty is sincere or if he made offhand comment that she shouldn't read too much into, the mere possibility of the former makes her cheeks flush with a mixture of anticipation, appreciation, and the tiniest bit of apprehension. If she were honest with herself (which she's not), she's even taking pleasure in the tiny sliver of apprehension, reveling in it.

She lowers her face to let her hair fall from behind her ears, hoping that Ty doesn't notice the redness. She can feel his pulse through his hand and strokes chest lightly with the tips of her fingers in time with it, thinking. She'd lost her train of thought, but luckily for her, Ty's lips are a worthwhile distraction. Unable to stifle a giggle when his murmurs tickle her skin, she relaxes into him and drops her head back against the wall. "The other thing, Ty Hakeswood," she decides, closing her eyes contentedly "is that you... are very good." She pauses, "This is very good."

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	tyhawkeswood 2016-11-13 03:47 pm UTC (link)
	"I can do better, Quinn Cunningham," Ty promises, confident and eager and willing. He doesn't know how far this will go, but his heart is pounding and everything about the girl is making him want to go farther. For now, that's all he needs to know. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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