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Micah St. Clair (auteur) wrote in gooseberry,
@ 2017-01-26 13:11:00

Entry tags:

! ic/ooc, micah st. clair, philippa nightingale

SOPHOMORE SEANCE

Micah St. Clair proposes a seance in the woods with his classmates. Despite teachers re-emphasizing the ban on the Grotto only a few days before, sophomore students sneak out after dinner to make their way to the Grotto. Everyone is warned to avoid attracting attention from non-sophomores or getting caught. ALSO BRING YOUR COOLEST SEANCE CLOTHING GUYS WE'VE GOT TO SET THE MOOD!!!!!

In the middle of the Grotto clearing, Micah's thrown down blankets over the snow, and conjured two small tables. One table has lit candles for mood lighting and a bowl of burning herbs (or like, whatever, Micah grabbed something nice-smelling from the greenhouse). The other has a Ouija board and planchette.

Everyone who wants to COMMUNE WITH THE FOREST SPIRIT is asked to gather around the table and lightly place their fingers on the planchette. One person asks a question at a time, so as not to confuse THE SPIRITS. They can stay and ask questions until the prefects (hi Ree!!!!) determine that it's nearing curfew and everyone needs to go back to camp.

THE RULES

SOPHOMORES ONLY. No snitching and no party crashers! :(((

NO JOURNALS. We're setting an atmosphere here!!!! This also means that everyone is FORBIDDEN from discussing the seance with anyone outside of the sophomore class (although of course Micah can't actually enforce this).

TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY or get out of the circle! You're going to ruin the ~~supernatural vibes~~ they've got going here.

DON'T PUSH THE PLANCHETTE. We're supposed to be communing here!!! (That said, if a character is trying to push for a specific answer, just say so, but for the sake of fairness, I'll be limiting how many times anyone can manipulate the planchette.)

YOU CAN ASK ANYTHING YOU WANT. No making fun of anyone's question!!! Everyone's allowed to ask a ghost if there's anyone who wants to kiss them. :(

» ArrivalS: For making plans, sneaking out, or greeting your friends at the Grotto.

» The Ouija Board: WHERE ALL THE ACTION IS!!!!

» Observers: For those of you who are total wusses and don't want to MAYBE get possessed.

» Departures / Did You Get Into Trouble?: Apparently it's against the rules to sneak out to the Grotto????

» OOC - Questions, comments, concerns!

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	ARRIVALS auteur 2017-01-26 03:21 pm UTC (link)
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	Micah St. Clair auteur 2017-01-26 03:31 pm UTC (link)
	Micah's the first person here, of course, and he sets up the atmosphere. Like, what is this? Sage? It's probably sage? Whatever, we're burning it now!!! He will also be reminding everyone about Ouija rules. "We need to bring POSITIVE ENERGY to the circle," he keeps saying. "Or else you're INVITING EVIL SPIRITS into your HOME." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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notacad, 2017-01-26 04:45 pm UTC

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auteur, 2017-01-26 07:06 pm UTC

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magicnumber, 2017-01-26 08:57 pm UTC

Susana Velasquez

gottaplay
2017-01-26 03:40 pm UTC (link)

Ana has never actually been involved in a seance, but considering all the weird things that happen around camp, she's on board with believing anything is possible. She's not nearly as apprehensive about this as maybe she should be, because even if there is a ghost, ouija boards are still for fun right? And this is a fun thing to do with friends.

Taking a sniff as she arrives, she looks around. "What is that smell?" She's grinning, though, obviously ready to get started.

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	Re: ARRIVALS reehobbs 2017-01-26 03:53 pm UTC (link)
	Ree arrives shortly after Micah because hello, she is the PREFECT and the Grotto is technically banned and she's got to make sure everyone's safe right? She is indeed in her very best ~seance outfit~, hope you're happy Micah! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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Calvin (& Cole & Others?)

evercreep
2017-01-26 04:00 pm UTC (link)

Calvin arrives with Cole, and they both look exhausted. Calvin's not sure why he stubbornly decided to stay up with Cole, but it had a lot to do with knowing he was probably going to be up until 5:00 AM working on a dress for Coralee. And so he stayed awake and studied, or read, or watched Cole work. Watching a boy sew shouldn't have been something that could keep Calvin's attention for hours, but somehow did anyway. Calvin made it until about 3:00 AM when he finally gave in. He's still not certain how much longer Cole was awake.

And then he had a long morning continuously nudging Cole to keep him awake in class. Calvin was running on pure bitterness all day, but Cole didn't have anything like that to keep him going. Studying in the atrium turned into napping in the atrium which turned into waking up with Cole's head on his shoulder which turned into Calvin panicking only slightly. It was really admirably subtle, he thinks.

But here they are. Calvin is not bringing much positive energy, but he is dressed in a black cloak with a hood that adds a lot to the atmosphere. It is entirely by accident. He's just very wizardy.

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imnotlistening, 2017-01-26 06:54 pm UTC

♥ Of course Milo can come along! -

colemoss, 2017-01-26 07:24 pm UTC

Seconding yes! ♥ -

evercreep, 2017-01-26 08:47 pm UTC

Pippa Nightingale

orangepip
2017-01-26 04:05 pm UTC (link)

Wait, we were supposed to wear a seance outfit??? Pippa turns up in her usual multicoloured hash of clothing, including a knitted bobble hat, with her hair in pigtails. She is dressed for WARMTH and COMFORT and also she's wearing sensible shoes in case she needs to run away. But seriously, after tripping on her Merida dress the last time, there is NO WAY she's wearing anything she can't easily move in.

Her eyes are twice as wide as normal, and she's uncharacteristically quiet. Pippa isn't sure this is a good idea... but everyone else seems to think it'll be okay? And she doesn't want to miss out? Just in case they DO get answers?

She arrives with [Volunteers!] because there's no way she's trekking to the Grotto alone.

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orangepip, 2017-01-27 02:24 pm UTC

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orangepip, 2017-01-27 02:29 pm UTC

Hazel Keating

lilwitchhazel
2017-01-26 09:32 pm UTC (link)

Hazel is really excited about this seance partially because she's never done one before and partially because she's seriously curious about what's in the woods! She rolls up looking absolutely pumped, unsurprisingly, and immediately starts to investigate their set-up. Sadly she doesn't really own anything ~spooky~ to wear - are black polka dot tights seance-y enough? She thinks they are.

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orangepip, 2017-01-28 03:02 am UTC

THE OUIJA BOARD

auteur
2017-01-26 03:21 pm UTC (link)

Every character is allowed to ask up to two questions. Please put your question as a new comment under this heading. The cutoff for questions is Fri, Jan 27 at 11:59 PM MT.

Either

auteur or

goosemods will post an answer from the Ouija board, sourced from a pool of randomly generated Ouija board responses or an actual metaplot hint, depending on how much Meggie wants to be humour me. The reliability of the Ouija board is NOT GUARANTEED!!!!

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	THE OUIJA BOARD auteur 2017-01-26 03:28 pm UTC (link)
	After everyone's settled around the board, Micah starts off with the most obvious question. "Is anyone here?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)