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JUNIOR/SOPHOMORE BONDING: April

JUNIOR/SOPHOMORE BONDING
It's a bright sunny day as the junior and sophomore classes are led out onto the docks with Mr. Thorn and Mr. Merrill. Everyone was warned beforehand to wear clothing they wouldn't mind getting dirty, so there's a lot of excitement for what's in store. Turns out that this month's bonding is a historical-themed boating exercise, as everyone must make four-person pirate crews, and set out on the lake to find the treasure with their magical maps. But watch out! Out on the water, pirate rivals may try to sink your boat!
Four-person inflatable boats have already been set out, each painted with a different colored stripe for identification. Mr. Thorn hands out magical life vests (they'll keep you warm and afloat if you get dumped into the water) while Mr. Merrill, full of enthusiastic "arrs" and "mateys" this afternoon, awards every student with an authentic pirate alias from his book. This is bonding, so banding with students from different houses and years is highly encouraged!
ยป SCENES: For any scenes related to this bonding activity.
ยป CHECK-IN: Post here to receive your pirate stats, and an authentic historical pirate alias from Mr. Merrill.
ยป SET SAIL: Post here once you've made a crew and are ready to go out in search of treasure!
ยป OOC - Questions/Discussions
Four-person inflatable boats have already been set out, each painted with a different colored stripe for identification. Mr. Thorn hands out magical life vests (they'll keep you warm and afloat if you get dumped into the water) while Mr. Merrill, full of enthusiastic "arrs" and "mateys" this afternoon, awards every student with an authentic pirate alias from his book. This is bonding, so banding with students from different houses and years is highly encouraged!
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- Each crew is granted: a magical inflatable boat (comfortably seats four, highly resistant to tearing), a treasure map, and four bandannas in a unique color. Each boat contains two oars (that will magically transform into shovels when brought in-land), four magical rags, and a stockpile of magical balls that explode into a spray of non-toxic paint when they hit a target, i.e. cannonballs.
- Each crew must row their boat to the destination on their treasure map, dig up the treasure, and return to the docks with the fastest time. Along the way, they can sink other ships by throwing cannonballs, and try to avoid getting sunk themselves. When a boat is more than 50% covered in paint, it will sink, i.e. the boat will flip over and dump everyone into the lake. Your boat can be "repaired" by wiping paint off with one of the provided rags, so work fast!
- Every character posts to "CHECK-IN" to receive four RNG values between 1-10: Leadership, Navigation, Repair, Combat. (You may make a case for having one stat of your choice roll high, i.e. 8-10, so long as you provide sufficient IC justification.)
- Every character can reroll one stat of their choice, for value between 5-10. They must keep the value of the reroll regardless of whether it's higher than their initial stat or not.
- "CHECK-IN" section can also be used to seek people to join a crew, e.g. you can reply to other characters you'd like to recruit onto your crew.
- Everyone must make a crew of 4 before they can set off on their voyage, and assign a crew job to each member. Once this is done, they can post to the "SET SAIL" heading with this form:Name of Ship: It's bad luck to sail a ship without a name!
Captain: Who is directing the crew? Their Leadership stat determines the speed of the ship's voyage.
Navigator: Who is in charge of the map? Their Navigation stat determines the crew's success in uncovering treasure.
Boatswain: Who is keeping the ship in shape? Their Repair stat determines the crew's success at patching up "holes" in the ship.
Master Gunner: Who is manning the cannons? Their Combat stat determines the crew's success at attacking other ships and discouraging attacks. - Your crew will also receive bonus points for:
- Coming with a fun/interesting name for your ship! Mr. Merrill is the judge here, so put some effort into it! +5
- Having at least one sophomore and one junior in your crew. +5
- Each unique house represented in your crew. +5 for each unique house, for a possible total of +20
- The success of your voyage will be calculated based on a combination of RNG, your crew's stats, and bonuses you've received. Although OOC you will be assigning jobs to particular characters, you can also assume that everyone is pitching in with every step of the voyage. The winning crew will be the one who makes it home the fastest with their treasure chest.
ยป SCENES: For any scenes related to this bonding activity.
ยป CHECK-IN: Post here to receive your pirate stats, and an authentic historical pirate alias from Mr. Merrill.
ยป SET SAIL: Post here once you've made a crew and are ready to go out in search of treasure!
ยป OOC - Questions/Discussions

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Calvin plans.
Calvin & Micah
Calvin & Micah
Chadboat
So she's standing back away from the docks, arms folded across her chest and looking extraordinarily grim. "You guys can set sail into the watery depths or whatever but I'm out as shit, you will not get me in that boat."
Chadboat
Chadboat
Flying Murderer Crew Gets Together
"So, my trusty and extremely capable crew. You all ready to set sail?" He tries for being serious with some kind of weird accent he thinks might be pirate-like and with the shitty swag of Captain Jack Sparrow because that's the closest pirate reference he can even think of. Whether he's trying to be serious or mess around is up for debate.
Dia (and open)
"Ahoy, mate!" She says to the nearest person, trying on her Australian accent - which clashes pretty badly with her Mexican accent. "Ready to go steal some TREASURE!??"
Dia & Tobias
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Micah
House/Year: Azurcrest Junior
Anything else?: I tried to think of any justification that Micah would be good at any of these things and I'm coming up blank. If my son gets all low stats, he will have come by them honestly.
PIRATE MICAH
Essie
House/Year: Azurcrest Junior
Anything else?: Essie is a treasure hunter!!! She deserves a high navigation skill!!! Or, well, she's technically located two treasures this year thanks to maps. :')
PIRATE ESSIE
Ruby
House/Year: Ribbonfin Junior
Anything else?: I'm going to argue for... uhhhh god this is hard Navigation??? She's strong and in Boating Club so she knows her way around the oars but she's not a leader per se. She'll get you to where you want to go though!!!!
PIRATE RUBY
Hazel
House/Year: Coppertale Junior
Anything else?: Leadership because she's bossy??? And generally tries to make sound decisions with the information that's available to her. But mostly because she's bossy.
PIRATE HAZEL
Lucas
House/Year: Azurcrest Junior
Anything else?: I am going to be nice to my garbage son and say Leadership is his high stat, since he is a TA and seance organizer.
PIRATE LUCAS
Cole
House/Year: Ribbonfin Junior
Anything else?: Cole's not particularly adept at any of these, really. Let RNG decide!
PIRATE COLE
Nisha
House/Year: Coppertale Sophomore
Anything else?: Combat, from all that time spent stuffing Chad's head into things.
PIRATE NISHA
Rupert
House/Year: Ribbonfin Sophomore
Anything else?: He's fussy about cleanliness and is very aware of things that aren't just so. He'll notice all those stupid stray paint splashes!!!
PIRATE RUPERT
Griffin
House/Year: Azurcrest Sophomore
Anything else?: Griffin has no marketable skills when it comes to seafaring.
PIRATE GRIFFIN
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Ramon
House/Year: Ribbonfin Junior
Anything else?: Ramon's best bet is probably combat since he's strong and has sound aim from Quidditch, buuut he's not super into this so he'll be a little lazy.
PIRATE RAMON
Heathcliff
House/Year: Coppertale Junior
Anything else?: Combat! Heathcliff's got good aim and he's strong and he's super into this! YAR!
PIRATE HEATHCLIFF
Pear
House/Year: Ebonhide Sophomore
Anything else?: Pear's combat skills are primarily knocking people over so not super transferrable, but she is a horrifically bossy prefect which maybe counts for leadership!!
PIRATE PEAR
Dinah
House/Year: Coppertale Soph
Anything else?: Navigation?? My girl was born and raised on the high seas, she knows how to work a boat and how to get around on the water I guess.
PIRATE DINAH
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Balthazar
House/Year: Ebonhide Sophomore
Anything else?: None of the above? If he does well, it will be through luck and moxy.
PIRATE BALTHAZAR
Austin
House/Year: Ebonhide Junior
Anything else?: A useless boy with no skills except whining a lot.
PIRATE AUSTIN
Jeffy
House/Year: Azurcrest Junior
Anything else?: i love my son but the only skill I could argue for is leadership and I think I'll just let him roll and see how he does.
PIRATE JEFFY
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Madison
PIRATE MADS
Panda
PIRATE PANDA
Pirate Chad
PIRATE CHAD
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Quentin
PIRATE QUENTIN
Jade
PIRATE JADE
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Tuesday
PIRATE TUESDAY
Ira
PIRATE IRA
Eve
PIRATE EVE
Solo
PIRATE SOLO
Hero
PIRATE HERO
Zach
PIRATE ZACH
Cash
PIRATE CASH
Isabelle
PIRATE ISABELLE
Sam
PIRATE SAM
Jonah
PIRATE JONAH
Salem
PIRATE SALEM
Concordia
PIRATE DIA
Toby
PIRATE TOBY
Marie
PIRATE MARIE
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Bash
PIRATE BASH
Antigone
PIRATE ANTIGONE
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Ari
PIRATE ARI
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Todd
PIRATE TODD
JD
PIRATE JD
Tally
PIRATE TALLY
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PIRATE BERT
Fern
PIRATE FERN
London
PIRATE LONDON
Calvin
PIRATE CALVIN
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Archie
PIRATE ARCHIE
Ophelia
PIRATE OPHELIA
Teddy
PIRATE TEDDY
Juniper
PIRATE JUNIPER
Carolina
PIRATE CAROLINA
SET SAIL
ChadBoat
Captain: Capt. DogHead Griffin Flowers; 3 in Leadership
Navigator: Samantha Sweeny; 3 in Navigation
Boatswain: Austin McNamara; 1 in Repair
Master Gunner: Chad Winterbottom; 1 in Combat
Anything else?: Just drown them
ChadBoat
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The Flying Murderer
The Flying Murderer
Mary Celeste II
Mary Celeste II
The Flaming Hot Dorito
The Flaming Hot Dorito
GarBarge
GarBarge
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The Disrespectful Scream
The Disrespectful Scream
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The Salty Sailors
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The Salty Sailors
The Poisoned Strumpet
The Poisoned Strumpet
The Best Friends Forever
The Best Friends Forever
The Wizard of the Coast
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The Wizard of the Coast
The Executioners
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Also I already have a great ship name.
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LFG; all the things
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