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Gooseberry Mods (goosemods) wrote in gooseberry,
@ 2016-12-13 08:01:00

Entry tags:

! ic/ooc, irene lovelace, isaiah covington, philippa nightingale

MISTLETOE: DAY 2

Gooseberry's not free of this ridiculous kissing ~~game~~ plague yet.

Starting Tuesday morning, the mistletoe has largely been scared out of the lodge by Mr. Hightower, and has moved outside. Students wake up, only to find their way to breakfast and class blocked by yet more of the winding plant.

Just like yesterday, anyone who is unlucky enough to walk underneath a sprig of it is trapped in place with their feet rooted to the ground. This is inconvenient enough, but the only way to free a trapped student is with a kiss.

HOW THIS WORKS

Mistletoe is growing like vines throughout campus, hanging from branches and lamp posts, apparently attempting to position itself to "trap" students.

It has not moved inside cabins, but may be located on their exterior.

Classes are not cancelled, but under the circumstances, students are forgiven for tardiness.

If your character walks under a sprig of mistletoe, their feet are rooted to the spot.

The only thing that will free them is a kiss. Cheek kisses or a kiss to the back of the hand are sufficient. So is a kiss on the lips, but chances are, most people will opt for something more chaste.

Mr. Hightower is busy all day, and cancels Herbology until he can get a handle on this. The mistletoe is proving to be highly resistant to being cut, hexed, set on fire, or exposed to magical weed killer. (Also, please don't set things on fire just in general???)

Post your character to a location below if they got stuck. If you're waiting for someone in particular, indicate who's going to free your character in the subject line. Otherwise, comments are considered open for a random rescuer.

» Trails: The mistletoe makes use of lamp posts and overhanging branches.

» Gardens: A veritable warzone of kissing plants.

» North: Azurcest: Enough trees to be dangerous, especially on the approach.

» East: Ribbonfin: Is nowhere safe???

» South: Ebonhide: Of all the houses, heavily wooded Ebonhide is hit the worst.

» West: Coppertale: The safest campground. Just avoid the lamp posts and be careful of awnings.

» OOC - Questions, comments, concerns!

Special shout-out to Josie for giving us the idea for the mistletoe epidemic. ♥

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Rafael doesn't think ANYONE should kiss the turtle.

firstposition
2016-12-13 05:31 pm UTC (link)

Rafael didn't really believe it when a few excited freshmen told him there was a monster turtle blocking one of the paths but... here he is. Staring at a gigantic, pissed off looking turtle. Stuck under the mistletoe. Why. Why was this happening.

"No one get near it," he commands, probably unnecessarily. Look at that mouth. If someone has to kiss it, they're losing their nose. It looks similar to Leo's patronus, but he's not making that connection. Rafael has no idea what bizarre animals are native to Utah. The lake is full of these things for all he knows.

He takes one cautious step closer. Maybe it's not stuck and it just needs to be shooed away? Rafael feels genuinely in over his head for the first time in years.

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challenge
2016-12-13 06:29 pm UTC (link)

Of course Rafael's here, as he's stuck as a giant creature (turtle? He keep hearing people talk about turtles.) There's no way to communicate who he really is, but Leo does his best. He cranes his neck up as far as it would go to gesture to the mistletoe directly above him. He tries to stare and use maybe leglimens to communicate who he is.
But for all his abilities, Leo isn't a leglimens and just ends up staring down his boyfriend.

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	firstposition 2016-12-13 10:40 pm UTC (link)
	Oh no, it's looking right at him. Rafael takes back that step as his face goes sserious and a little pale. It's not like he's nervous so much as acutely aware of what those jaws could do to him. "Alright, my friend, I get the message." He does not get the message. The only thing Rafael (thinks he) understands is stay away from me if you value your extremities. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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