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Tweak says, "You can't take the sky from me"

Cecil Honeychurch (choneychurch) wrote in gooseberry,
@ 2017-01-24 12:30:00

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After Ms. Vector's announcement yesterday...the prefects, Head Boy, and Head Girl have a lot of decisions to make. To facilitate discussion, Cecil and Maggie have called a prefect meeting that will take place in one of the empty classrooms during dinner (to accommodate everyone's schedules). Everyone is encouraged to bring their food to the meeting and Cecil has spent part of the afternoon baking so there are cookies too. The meeting isn't mandatory, but this will be the only chance the prefects have to give their opinions prior to the final decisions being made. Anyone that does attend is expected to be patient, respectful, and open toward other prefects. Those that can't be civil will be asked to leave. ~~That means you, Casper.~~

The discussion will circle around three topics: curfew, the Grotto, and the post made by the Anonymous Writer. Each discussion will end with a blind vote. No one will see how individual prefects vote on a given issue and only Cecil and Maggie will know the results. While the results of the votes will not necessarily determine the policies, they will be taken into consideration by the Head Boy and Head Girl.

Players will have until 11PM CST on Friday to respond and vote. Cecil or Maggie will announce the official prefect position on Saturday morning before the Anonymous Writer's post goes up. Please include any questions or comments in the OOC section below! Non-prefect players are welcome to toss their two cents there as well.

CURFEW × GROTTO × ANONYMOUS WRITER × OOC

CODE BY TESSISAMESS

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cricketq
2017-01-24 08:57 pm UTC (link)

"Suppose it all depends on what you'd classify as harmful," Cricket twists her lips to the side. She's still of the opinion that the THiNG iN THe WooDS doesn't really mean to hurt them, but she understands that some students are so frightened by unusual magical entities that even a passing encounter is 'harmful.' Plus, she's trying to prove a point. "Whatever it is, it's an empath, and it--or they--seem to be pushin' negative emotions more often than not, these days."

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	qnnc 2017-01-24 09:03 pm UTC (link)
	Quinn sighs. "Still, no student has been harmed by whatever this thing is at the Grotto. Right? No one's been sent running, no one's been injured, no one's cried? There are bears in the woods but we don't avoid the Grotto because they might one day find a bear inside." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

cricketq
2017-01-24 09:30 pm UTC (link)

"That's a straw man argument," Cricket's inner debate nerd blurts out, "And the Grotto certainly isn't safe from these types of worryin' encounters, so really it's just a question of curfew."

Cricket deflects back to Rafael and Maggie. "Wrappin' things up around ten will limit overconsumption and the chance of somethin' 'spooky occurrin','" she puts the word in air quotes.

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fensterln
2017-01-24 09:43 pm UTC (link)

Maggie has her chin propped on her hand and is looking at her best friend adoringly while she debates the topic. Of course Maggie is going to agree with whatever Cricket says. "Well said, Cricket! We'll all take a vote to decide the wrap-up time, but I think ten in reasonable. I'm willing to hold off head count until eleven to give time for stragglers to make their way back."

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qnnc
2017-01-24 09:46 pm UTC (link)

Quinn knows that, as one half of Team 'Those Two Senior Prefects Who Party at The Grotto Way More Than The Others,' she probably cares more than most of the senior prefects in the room. And she probably shouldn't, but it also means that she knows what the parties are like. And maybe she remember's Rafael's 'compromise.'

"A ten o'clock party curfew'll lead to more illicit shenanigans and deliberate curfew-breaking." She gestures toward the glittering poster board. "Ramirez's first two suggestions seem like a decent compromise to me: a midnight curfew and two rounds of Prefects for last call. Of course," she spreads her hands in front of her. A gesture of good-will? ... Probably. "I'll wait for the vote."

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	Jesse from the back row ijustknowit 2017-01-24 10:10 pm UTC (link)
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	Katya is hiding in the back behind her food catseyenebula 2017-01-24 10:36 pm UTC (link)
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gabiflor
2017-01-25 06:41 am UTC (link)

Gabi is very nervous to pipe up, but at this, she does. Telling the truth is important! "It was not at the Grotto, but that's only because we had a grown-up and couldn't see it. At the beginning of the year? Levi and me were helping Mr. Elmasry look for the Grotto and there was something there. Something very sad. In the woods. I cried," she admits, sitting back down and kind of trying to hide behind another Ribbonfin prefect now.

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	madtess 2017-01-24 09:13 pm UTC (link)
	"If it's an empath, the street might go two ways, and we might be the ones making it negative," Tess says. She doesn't have a real point, she's just feeling pretty negative. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

catseyenebula
2017-01-24 09:44 pm UTC (link)

"I still think it's a despair squid. It sucks out our happy feelings and replaces it with despair. Uses our emotions for strength. It's not a dementor but maybe something like that." Katya felt like maybe it made sense, it did in her head. "I don't think we can rule anything out because we have no literal idea what is going on except for everyone feeling fucked up." Katya shrugged and went back to eating her food.

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	madtess 2017-01-25 10:28 am UTC (link)
	"That's possible," Tess agrees with a shrug, because she hasn't seen enough evidence to be certain the creature(s?) was an empath. "I don't think it's malicious, like a dementor, but neither are bears. It could still do us unintentional harm." (Reply to this) (Parent)

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