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Gooseberry Mods ([personal profile] goosemods) wrote in [community profile] gooseberryhigh2017-03-17 08:04 am

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.)

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
  1. 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).

  2. 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.

  3. 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
solveforx: (🍕 010)

Reid & Xavier

[personal profile] solveforx 2017-03-17 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh. My. God.

Oh my god

ohmygod

It's that kid. The one who creeped on him earlier today. The one who glares at him everyone, 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.
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Reid & Xavier

[personal profile] cygninae 2017-03-18 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
Reid nods mutely, but spares one glance at the crowd. He doesn't look excited. He can't even fake excitement at this turn of events. If he were like anyone else, he'd be super fucking happy right now, but he's not, and he hates it.

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.
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Reid & Xavier

[personal profile] solveforx 2017-03-18 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
Reid's reaction - or, rather, the complete lack of one - ruffles the hell out of Xavier's feathers. That it even bothers him to begin with makes it all the worse. He takes back his earlier assessment; anything would've been better than a reaction like that.

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?"
Edited (lol fucking icon browser) 2017-03-18 01:27 (UTC)
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Reid & Xavier

[personal profile] cygninae 2017-03-18 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
There's a moment of long, uncomfortable silence where Reid stares at Xavier's handsome, angry face. Reid's heart stops in his chest, then sinks as he realizes he's the one making Xavier so angry. Xavier, a nice guy who everyone likes. Xavier who doesn't like him at all when he's not a swan or safely anonymous. Reid suddenly looks at the floor, dark hair falling in his eyes. This is so much worse than talking. If there's anything Reid's worse at than talking, it's arguing.

"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."
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Reid & Xavier

[personal profile] solveforx 2017-03-18 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
Reid's response takes the wind out of Xavier's sails pretty quickly. At first, all he can do is stare. At the way Reid's hair falls into his eyes. At that look on his face. The only thing Xavier knows about Reid Wainwright is that he has a talent for scowling, and, still, seeing him like this makes Xavier's chest tighten and his heart's cadence double. This is not a Ribbonfin built for sustained anger. It all rushes out at once. A heavy, shuddering sigh. Oh, great. How embarrassing. Now this kid thinks he's going to cry. Don't fucking cry, Xavier. Do literally anything else.

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.
Edited (I am having SERIOUS ICON PROBLEMS) 2017-03-18 04:55 (UTC)
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Reid & Xavier

[personal profile] cygninae 2017-03-18 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Reid looks up when Xavier touches his waist, surprised. It's nothing compared to the shock that hits him when Xavier kisses him, though.

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.
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Reid & Xavier

[personal profile] solveforx 2017-03-19 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
Xavier is just as surprised. Honestly, he'd expected to get shoved away or cursed at and the awkward start has him feeling nervous and uncomfortable. No good. His brain journeys toward a crisis about forcing Reid into something he doesn't want. Xavier isn't even sure if he wants this. He almost pulls away, but then Reid leans into it and it's like he's flipped a switch.

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.
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Reid & Xavier - just straight up making out.

[personal profile] cygninae 2017-03-19 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Reid pushes forward, backing Xavier up against the rough brick wall of the closet. He braces an elbow against the stone so he can stop focusing so much on standing upright. Then, anchored by the wall, Reid opens his mouth into Xavier's, tossing out any illusion that this was going to be a chaste kiss between strangers. Being drunk isn't such an obstacle anymore. In fact, it's an asset in some ways, because Reid doesn't second guess social norms as his body presses against Xavier's. The world is no longer swaying, and the closet feels suddenly very, very warm.
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Reid & Xavier - and away we go

[personal profile] solveforx 2017-03-19 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
When Reid backs him up against the wall, Xavier inhales sharply, but he meets the other boy’s open mouth enthusiastically, his own lips parted and ready. Any worry about the quality of his kissing is subsumed by an intense need to be closer. To experience and explore. Body electrified, Xavier’s grip on Reid’s waist tightens, pulling him in, while the hand on Reid’s hip, shaking, slides up his torso.

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.
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Reid & Xavier - getting lightly racy :x

[personal profile] cygninae 2017-03-19 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Reid shivers as Xavier's mouth travels across his jaw. They're close now, but could be closer.

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.
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Reid & Xavier

[personal profile] solveforx 2017-03-20 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
A low, soft groan escapes Xavier’s throat and he arches his back toward Reid involuntarily. It surprises him, but isn’t enough to interrupt his quest to find Reid’s mouth again with his own. As their lips reconnect, Xavier’s hand flutters near the hem of Reid’s t-shirt. He wants to keep going – whatever that entails – but he’s become rapidly aware of his own body. To the point of distraction. That’s not too unusual, but the feeling of desire behind it is new and slightly alarming.

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..."
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Reid & Xavier

[personal profile] cygninae 2017-03-20 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
The silence falls over them, heavy and terrifying. All Reid can hear is Xavier's breathing and his own heartbeat. Reid finally exhales, but reluctantly. They're still so close, practically face to face, and he can't talk like this.

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.
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Re: Reid & Xavier

[personal profile] solveforx 2017-03-20 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
Xavier winces, heartbeat ringing in his ears. The rightness of the preceding minutes is gone. He regrets stopping with every part of himself. Tilting his head, he rests his temple lightly on Reid’s crown, wanting just a moment’s more contact with this near stranger who makes him feel completely crazy – a crazy he doesn't hate, at least.

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."
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Reid & Xavier

[personal profile] cygninae 2017-03-21 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
"Wasn't a joke," Reid says, quick and sharp.

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.
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Reid & Xavier

[personal profile] solveforx 2017-03-22 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
It's too dark and too dense and too hot in this closet. Xavier's head is a useless snarl of questions and he opens and closest his mouth several times trying to jump start words that won't come. He can't even think of what to do with his body. Putting his hands on Reid seemed so easy just seconds ago, and now, even separated, he feels far too close - and at the same time, miles farther than he'd like to be. Xavier runs both hands over his head, pushing his hair forward and then back. He sighs heavily in frustration.

"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.