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ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARTY

ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARTY
It’s St. Patrick’s Day, and everyone’s Irish tonight!
The Grotto has been decorated with crude but brilliantly colored green sparkling charms, making the still-bare trees around the clearing light up with emerald lights. The crowning achievement is a beautiful glowing rainbow that passes right over the fire. The “pot of gold" at the end of this particular rainbow is where an exceptionally generous accumulation of alcohol is being kept.
[Herbology Student Volunteer] somehow managed to get the Grotto to basically explode with mounds of bright green clovers. Regrettably, they’ll all die in a couple days, but for now it’s soft and comfortable to lie on them and enjoy a drink.
Atop a stump rests the crown for the new King/Queen of St. Patrick’s Day: an impressive green crown of silk leaves and gold. It was created by Isabelle Sargent just for the occasion. At the end of the night, Levi Kramer*, the previous king, is supposed to crown the new king. As he’s decided to skip out on the party, Levi gives that responsibility to Gavin & Garrett Ogletree.
(* In the case that Levi will be attending after all, Ali, just let us know in the OOC section and we’ll let him crown the winner personally!)
There are bright green shamrock pins you can take from a basket by the fire. These indicate that your character agrees to the annual kissing competition. The pins track how many different people gave your character a smooch (hands and cheeks count), and at the end of the night, the person who got the most kisses can demand a kiss from any party guest! (Assuming OOC consent is given.)
» Before the Party: The St. Patrick’s Day celebration is always a big one, even compared to other Grotto parties! Prep your outfits, grab your friends, and maybe hold off on pregaming if you want to show the school how much alcohol you can consume in one sitting.
» Around the Fire: The large bonfire is warm and romantic. Pull up a log and grab a blanket, make some s'mores, or dance to the party music. There's a karaoke setup for anyone who feels bold enough to sing along. 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. This isn't your home. Some bold students are even doing body shots as the temperature is continuing to rise, and lifting your shirt is no longer going to result in freezing to death.
» Drinking Competition: At the end of the night, the heartiest drinker will be named King or Queen of St. Patrick’s Day. There’s a crown on the line, and the winner will be carried back to their cabin by the remaining drunken survivors at the end of the night. (Yes, they’ll probably be dropped at least once.) People who participated in the drinking games (and anyone else who wants to play along) are expected to refer to them as “Your Highness" for the next week and bow when they enter the room.
» Other Games:
» Inside the Building:
» Kissing Games:
» The Woods: The prefects probably won’t let you wander too far in, but why would you want to anyway?
» After the Party: At midnight, prefects will be clearing the party and guiding everyone home. Don't walk back alone! Anyone left at 12:30 AM when the second wave of prefects hits the Grotto will be written up for punishment. As it’s St. Patrick’s day, the prefects might be anticipating more passed out classmates than normal.
» OOC: QUESTIONS, COMMENTS & CONCERNS
The Grotto has been decorated with crude but brilliantly colored green sparkling charms, making the still-bare trees around the clearing light up with emerald lights. The crowning achievement is a beautiful glowing rainbow that passes right over the fire. The “pot of gold" at the end of this particular rainbow is where an exceptionally generous accumulation of alcohol is being kept.
[Herbology Student Volunteer] somehow managed to get the Grotto to basically explode with mounds of bright green clovers. Regrettably, they’ll all die in a couple days, but for now it’s soft and comfortable to lie on them and enjoy a drink.
Atop a stump rests the crown for the new King/Queen of St. Patrick’s Day: an impressive green crown of silk leaves and gold. It was created by Isabelle Sargent just for the occasion. At the end of the night, Levi Kramer*, the previous king, is supposed to crown the new king. As he’s decided to skip out on the party, Levi gives that responsibility to Gavin & Garrett Ogletree.
(* In the case that Levi will be attending after all, Ali, just let us know in the OOC section and we’ll let him crown the winner personally!)
There are bright green shamrock pins you can take from a basket by the fire. These indicate that your character agrees to the annual kissing competition. The pins track how many different people gave your character a smooch (hands and cheeks count), and at the end of the night, the person who got the most kisses can demand a kiss from any party guest! (Assuming OOC consent is given.)
RULES
If you signed your character up for either Spin The Bottle or Seven Minutes In Heaven, find their partners below:
RULES
- You must use your new character journals to participate in this IC/OOC.
- The party starts at 7:00, and runs until 12:00. The prefects are still strictly enforcing curfew.
- Prefects: assume the system of on- and off-duty prefects is still in place. You may choose if your prefect is on or off duty, or if they’re going to show up at 12:30 AM to write up curfew breakers.
- It’s warm out now! These terrible children can put fashion over function once again.(It’s actually supposed to rain in Utah today but I’m going to give you all yesterday’s weather instead: slightly cloudy and 68 F in the day, dipping down to 55 F in the late evening.)
- Speaking of: you should consider wearing green, or you might get pinched.
- The King/Queen of St. Patrick’s Day will be announced Saturday at noon, Mountain Time. This will hopefully give everyone a chance to play, but will allow your characters to react to the winner in a timely fashion.
- Tomorrow there will be a mini follow-up IC/OOC, popularly called the St. Patrick’s Day Pity Party. It’s tradition that the next day, everyone who drank too much gathers around the fields of Coppertale to recover and whine about their hangovers.
- Regarding the Hunger Games: you may not kill anyone in the Grotto or along the secret trail leading to it.
If you signed your character up for either Spin The Bottle or Seven Minutes In Heaven, find their partners below:
Roxanne Barringer STB #1: Iliya STB #2: Damon |
Sybilla Borgin STB #1: Xavier STB #2: Gabi 7MIH: Wilde |
Cameron Carney STB #1: Casper STB #2: Joanna 7MIH: Antonia |
Jaime Castillo STB #1: Damon STB #2: Kazim 7MIH: Joanna |
Avery Davenport STB #1: Milo STB #2: Reid 7MIH: Casper |
Reece Downing STB #1: Addy STB #2: Bianca |
Bianca Dubois STB #1: Ari STB #2: Reece |
Mercedes Estrada STB #1: Marilyn STB #2: Ennis |
Damon Evercreech STB #1: Reid STB #2: Vee STB #3: Jaime STB #4: Roxie 7MIH: Ivy |
Marilyn Fairchild STB #1: Mercedes STB #2: Etta 7MIH: Fern |
Ariadne Flint STB #1: Bianca STB #2: Garrett 7MIH: Kenzie |
Gabriela Flores STB #1: Riley STB #2: Sylla 7MIH: Isabelle |
Adeline Foster-Hayes STB #1: Reece STB #2: Laurel 7MIH: Iliya |
Henrietta Gray STB #1: Ivy STB #2: Marilyn 7MIH: Tess |
Milo Greer STB #1: Avery STB #2: Bash |
Ennis Harper STB #1: Casey STB #2: Mercedes |
Regan Hobbs STB #1: Hazel STB #2: Casey 7MIH: Ana |
Hazel Keating STB #1: Ree STB #2: Isabelle |
Casper Kim STB #1: Cameron STB #2: Ulysses 7MIH: Avery |
Iliya Krum STB #1: Roxie STB #2: Fern 7MIH: Addy |
Sebastien Lacroix STB #1: Garrett STB #2: Milo |
Xavier Lewis STB #1: Sylla STB #2: Riley 7MIH: Reid |
Ursula de Luca STB #1: Antonia STB #2: Tess 7MIH: Penny |
Joanna May STB #1: Wilde STB #2: Cameron 7MIH: Jaime |
Jesse McBride STB #1: Kenzie STB #2: Penny 7MIH: Vee |
Fern Mufferaw STB #1: Isabelle STB #2: Iliya 7MIH: Marilyn |
Theresa Noble STB #1: Penny STB #2: Ursula 7MIH: Etta |
Garrett Ogletree STB #1: Bash STB #2: Ari |
Gavin Ogletree STB #1: Ana STB #2: Antonia |
Antonia Papadakis STB #1: Ursula STB #2: Gavin 7MIH: Cameron |
Casey Patterson STB #1: Ennis STB #2: Ree 7MIH: Ulysses |
Veronica Powers STB #1: Kazim STB #2: Damon 7MIH: Jesse |
Mackenzie Prince STB #1: Jesse STB #2: Ivy 7MIH: Ari |
Ulysses Quayle STB #1: Laurel STB #2: Casper 7MIH: Casey |
Kazim Raza STB #1: Vee STB #2: Jaime |
Isabelle Sargent STB #1: Fern STB #2: Hazel 7MIH: Gabi |
Riley Stamper STB #1: Gabi STB #2: Xavier 7MIH: Laurel |
Laurel Templeton STB #1: Ulysses STB #2: Addy 7MIH: Riley |
Ivy Templeton STB #1: Etta STB #2: Kenzie 7MIH: Damon |
Penelope Vargas STB #1: Tess STB #2: Jesse 7MIH: Ursula |
Susana Velasquez STB #1: Gavin STB #2: Wilde 7MIH: Ree |
Reid Wainwright STB #1: Damon STB #2: Avery 7MIH: Xavier |
Jonathan Wilde STB #1: Joanna STB #2: Ana 7MIH: Sylla |
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, go ahead! Obviously, get the permission of all involved characters first.
» Before the Party: The St. Patrick’s Day celebration is always a big one, even compared to other Grotto parties! Prep your outfits, grab your friends, and maybe hold off on pregaming if you want to show the school how much alcohol you can consume in one sitting.
» Around the Fire: The large bonfire is warm and romantic. Pull up a log and grab a blanket, make some s'mores, or dance to the party music. There's a karaoke setup for anyone who feels bold enough to sing along. 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. This isn't your home. Some bold students are even doing body shots as the temperature is continuing to rise, and lifting your shirt is no longer going to result in freezing to death.
» Drinking Competition: At the end of the night, the heartiest drinker will be named King or Queen of St. Patrick’s Day. There’s a crown on the line, and the winner will be carried back to their cabin by the remaining drunken survivors at the end of the night. (Yes, they’ll probably be dropped at least once.) People who participated in the drinking games (and anyone else who wants to play along) are expected to refer to them as “Your Highness" for the next week and bow when they enter the room.
- There are drinking games taking place all over the party, in addition to just regular old drinking without a game involved at all. Gooseberry’s on the lookout for the heartiest drinker this year!
- Start a thread for your character under this comment and fill out the form below to be part of the competition.
- Each time you comment to your thread with the form, you will get a roll to add to your character’s drinking score. You may request up to three rolls in one comment.
- The goal is to get as close to 200 as you can without going over. After you go over 200, your character either passes out, vomits, or is simply too unwell to continue. They’re effectively disqualified.
- In the case of a tie at the end of the night, we’ll roll a tiebreaker.
- As your score increases, we’ll inform you how drunk your character is becoming.
- There’s an option to indicate your character has low alcohol tolerance. This means that every roll gets a +5 modifier. Your character will get drunker faster, but they’re more likely to go over 200.
» Other Games:
- Pinching: Did your character forget to wear green? If so, comment here, and other character may come along and give your character a pinch.
- Kiss me, I’m (pretending to be) Irish: Those shamrock pins being offered around the fire? They’re a cue that you’re open to receiving random pecks from strangers. These are assumed to be cute platonic kisses, not mouth kisses. If your character is participating, comment here for drive by smooches. Your character’s pin will then magically keep track of how many times they’re kissed. The character that receives the most kisses by midnight can request a kiss from any party attendant! (You must receive OOC permission, and the type of kiss is chosen by the person your character selected. The winner will be announced at the same time as the king/queen, both IC and OOC, and the kiss will take place in front of the crowd of revellers.)
» Inside the Building:
» Kissing Games:
- 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.
» The Woods: The prefects probably won’t let you wander too far in, but why would you want to anyway?
» After the Party: At midnight, prefects will be clearing the party and guiding everyone home. Don't walk back alone! Anyone left at 12:30 AM when the second wave of prefects hits the Grotto will be written up for punishment. As it’s St. Patrick’s day, the prefects might be anticipating more passed out classmates than normal.
» OOC: QUESTIONS, COMMENTS & CONCERNS
Reid & Xavier
Oh my god
ohmygod
It's that kid. The one who creeped on him earlier today. The one who glares at
himeveryone, apparently. Not like Zav's special or anything. Why would he be special? Why would he care? Shit. This is going to be so terrible.Okay. No. Stop. This totally could've been worse. Xavier's first ever attempt at 7 Minutes in Heaven could've been with like ... Isaiah or Asher or Ravi. At least with Wainwright it's reasonable to assume that they'll just stand there in the dark, silent and awkward for seven straight minutes and then never speak of it. Because they never speak.
"Allright!" Xavier says, like a person trying to act excited that they're about to take a baseball bat to the gut.
Reid & Xavier
Not even able to glare anymore, Reid avoids Xavier's line of sight as he walks in a straight like towards the closet. If he can just pretend to be normal for seven minutes this'll be fine. What do people usually do in here if they don't want to make out? Talk?
Fuck, fucking shit. Goddamn it. Reid can't talk. He can't even have a conversation when he's sober.
He should have refused. That would be less humiliating. Instead, he's standing in the shadows of the closet, waiting for Xavier Lewis to follow him inside. He chews on one of his fingernails as he waits, expression set in an uncomfortable, apprehensive stare.
Reid & Xavier
Feeling a bit like he just swallowed a firecracker, Xavier stalks into the closet behind Reid and pulls the board shut behind him a bit more harshly than intended. It's cool. Whatever. He's drunk. Accident. Maybe.
He wishes he had the room to cross his arms over his chest. Instead he stands there with his hands at his sides, silent, jaw working, frown deepening. He tries to think of something to say. To lighten the mood. Unfortunately, alcohol has lubricated the conveyor belt between his brain and his vocal cords this evening and the first thing on his mind is the first thing out of his mouth.
"What is your problem with me?"
Reid & Xavier
"I don't have one," he says stubbornly, which is a lie. It's not Xavier's fault, though. Reid's expression scrunches up with some unnamed emotion. "Sorry."
Reid & Xavier
The narrowness of their tiny shared space is starting to squeeze Xavier's head. Even if he'd come into this sober, his thoughts would still be slipping away from him. He's stuck here with this guy who - what? Hates him? Is repulsed by him? That's not it.
By Zav's count, there's still about five and a half awful, terrible minutes left in this shitty closet. Xavier's head is stuck on how long five minutes can feel. Skipping, like a record. Over and over. He has to stop it. Desperate, he leans in, placing one unsure hand on Reid's waist - how the stranger at the dance had held him - and tries to kiss him.
Reid & Xavier
His mind goes blank, but muscle memory kicks in. It's half of why he's even half-decent at Quidditch or kissing. Nothing needs to be going on upstairs for him to act. His hands raise to Xavier's shoulders, and he leans into the kiss hungrily. It's easy to just go for it when he's wanted to do this again for weeks. When his thoughts finally start to catch up with reality, they're torn. He really wants this. He really wants him. How many times does he have to remind himself he'll fuck this up before it sticks? It hasn't been enough yet, apparently, because Reid's arms are now around Xavier's shoulders.
Reid & Xavier
As Reid drapes his arms over Xavier's shoulders, Zav's free hand finds Reid's hip. He pulls Reid closer and experiments with deepening the kiss. He's much less a natural at this, but he moves with eager curiosity. He also does not fail to notice how very familiar this all is, though in the moment it doesn't matter.
Yes, Xavier definitely wants this. Him. Reid.
Reid & Xavier - just straight up making out.
Reid & Xavier - and away we go
Made bold by alcohol, Xavier’s mouth drifts away from Reid’s, down that ridiculous jawline of his to the dip where it meets his neck. He breathes in deeply, committing the taste and smell to memory as he kisses just below Reid’s ear. It hadn't occurred to him until now just how aware of the details of Reid's face he was. Maybe he’ll go for those cheekbones next.
Reid & Xavier - getting lightly racy :x
That thought's insidious, and Reid's already forgotten where they are. When Xavier's lips connect with his neck, it's all the encouragement Reid's drunken brain needs. He adjusts his legs so one of them presses between Xavier's. Their hips connect, with his thigh putting pressure places it probably shouldn't. Meanwhile, one hand slides up into Xavier's hair, and Reid pulls up a memory with surprising clarity. When he'd been staring at Zav, he'd watched as he let his long hair out of its ponytail. He'd shaken it out, and then smiled at someone. A friend, probably. Reid can't remember who it was. He hadn't been paying attention.
Reid sighs audibly, appreciatively.
Reid & Xavier
Heart thundering in his chest, Xavier plants one more kiss on the corner of Reid’s mouth and then draws back to search his face, breathing heavily. He can’t see anything in the dark. Shit. It may as well be the masquerade all over again – well, the masquerade times ten.
"I..."
Reid & Xavier
Reid turns away and bows his head, so his face is even more hidden, even in the dark. A few more inches and he could rest it on Xavier's shoulder, but he won't. At least this way, he doesn't have to look at the vague shadowed shapes of Xavier's face, or struggle to maintain eye contact. "Sorry," he says, nearly right into Xavier's ear. He only means to apologize for this kiss, but as soon as he says it, he knows there's a lot more he's sorry for.
Re: Reid & Xavier
More than anything, Xavier wishes he understood. Why apologize? Why all the staring? For god’s sake, why won’t Reid just speak to him? It's infuriating and disheartening. He wants to tell Reid that this was amazing. That no one’s ever made him feel this way. But the mere thought of saying something so dramatic and embarrassing puts his stomach into knots. So he’s silent. And in the silence, his brain sets to work, thinking and thinking.
His thoughts take him to the masquerade again. They tell him this is just an extension of the prank: fuck with Xavier Lewis, the dumb kid who can't figure out human feelings. Logically, he knows it's pretty elaborate for a "joke" but the dark part of Xavier's head seems to be dominating the conversation.
To cut through the rambling of his own mind, Xavier finds his words, "You're the one from the dance, right? At least--at least, tell me if this is a joke."
Reid & Xavier
Although he's not sure what it was. Some stupid selfish whim, basically.
"I just..." What? What did you 'just'? Reid's thoughts start and stop as he looks for something to say that'll fix this. He finally steps back from Xavier, his head still hung low. Someone will come interrupt them any second now. "Shouldn't have done that. Or this. You were just nice, so I, like—" He stops, realizing too late that the only times before the dance that Xavier was nice to him, Reid had been a lot smaller and more avian. "You were nice at the dance," he 'corrects' awkwardly.
Reid & Xavier
"Listen, this wasn't a mistake. I--" Whatever he was about to say is lost in the air. The board sealing them in the closet finally gives way. Light pours in. Xavier's voice falters. "I have to go. Sorry."
He shoves past whoever it was that peeled the makeshift door away and disappears into the crowd, head down. Shit. Shitshitshit. Idiot.