DYNGUS DAY

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DYNGUS DAY

HOW THIS WORKS

• Welcome back to Gooseberry High! The school is still as wild and wacky as ever, since the first day back is Dyngus Day.


• Śmigus-dyngus, or Dyngus Day, is a Polish celebration held on Easter Monday.


• Traditionally, boys throw water over girls and spank them with pussy willow branches on Easter Monday, and girls do the same to boys on Easter Tuesday. However, here at Gooseberry, it's all happening on the same day regardless of tradition.


• Additionally, although usually it's meant for girls and boys to go after one another, at Gooseberry it's gained a reputation for being a way to let your crush know you like them, regardless of their gender. If you splash water on the wrong person, they may think you were flirting with them.


• Straight up confessions or love notes/tokens are somewhat common today as well, if you're feeling especially bold.


• It is still something friends do to one another very frequently and is in no way restricted to couples/crushes, but in certain contexts it can seem flirtatious according to Gooseberry tradition.


• Most of the staff members aren't a huge fan of the students splashing one another with water and/or spanking one another with sticks, but it's hard to control.


• This year we're doing away with the forms and RNG! You can work out among yourselves if your characters are successful or not, and who they're going after. Consider bolding the names of your targets or putting them in the subject line so people can quickly find the tags they might want to react to.

» DYNGUS DAY: It's a war zone out there, but most students might be hoping to get wet. If you're dry, does that mean no one loves you???

» OOC - Questions/discussion

Comments

Yancey » Lachlan

[lachlangalbraith]

Seeing Yancey's rapidly changing expression as the boy goes from victorious enthusiasm to surprised panic to sheepish resignation, Lachlan feels a pang of guilt. Not enough to give him his weapon back but enough to lean to give the other boy an affectionate, apologetic kiss. "Done," he agrees, then smiles and offers the taller boy a hand to help pull him up, "...Sorry. Was that unfair of me?"

Yancey » Lachlan

[hotdish]

"I...admire your forethought?" Yancey says with a shrug and a grin before accepting Lachlan's offer of help.

He knocks against Lachlan affectionately with his shoulder on the way up. Once he's standing, he bounces around a bit on the balls of his feet to wake himself up, getting a look around. "Uf da, what times it it? I really fell asleep, didn't I? Not very good at stakeouts, I guess. Or maybe it's that you're just very good at not getting taken out."

Yancey » Lachlan

[lachlangalbraith]

"Nothin' that excitin'. I'm just well good at studyin'," Lachlan returns sheepishly, giving the taller boy a small but ineffectual bump right back before checking his watch. What he sees there doesn't surprise him but he does wonder how long Yancey's been sitting out here. "...20:40. You must've needed the rest. Busy Dyngus Day?"

Yancey » Lachlan

[hotdish]

"It was practically just a day-long squirt gun fight for us," he admits with a wide grin. "Don't think Gwennie's going to be dry...ever again."

He pauses, scrubbing a hand through his too-long hair, and then leans closer to Lachlan, suddenly suspicious. "What on Earth were you even studying for on the first day back from break?" Yancey wiggles his eyebrows. "I think you were just hiding out."

Yancey » Lachlan

[lachlangalbraith]

This earns a laugh from Lachlan. He can definitely imagine the Big Fish water fight turning into a day-long war and he might've said as much if Yancey hadn't leaned in close to him. Sensing potential danger, he grins and holds the other boy's wand behind his back...but it seems to have been a false alarm. He looks sheepish but shakes his head.

"Senior project, advanced Hermeticism, wand research," he lists dutifully, seeming perfectly serious, "And...I've been reviewing some of the Muggle subjects. Maths, mostly. Hiding out was just a bonus."