AZURCREST SLEDDING: Aftermath

[goosestaff]

During lunch comes the moment everyone's been waiting for, although Headmistress Bloom seems exasperated with having to deliver schoolwide lectures, and keeps this one short. She reminds everyone that sledding down the hill to Azurcrest is against the rules and has been for years, and that's not changing any time soon. Everyone who was present yesterday afternoon knew that and have received a blanket punishment: loss of twenty-five house points each, one week's detention, and two weeks banned from the sauna (if applicable). The Heads of House have contacted your parents about engaging in dangerous activities and underage drinking (if applicable).

"Come on, everyone," Bloom finishes. "Stop doing such stupid things."


The following characters have been punished:

Cameron Carney
Wesley Carpenter
Quinn Cunningham
Clementine Decourt
Bianca Dubois
Martina Fanning
Adeline Foster-Hayes
Henrietta Gray
Ennis Harper
Bailey Hartman
Ty Hawkeswood (exempted from a letter to their parents)
Ryan Hertz
Hazel Keating
Levi Kramer (also named as one of the organizers, in the letter to their parents)
Jesse McBride
Diego Morales (also named as one of the organizers, in the letter to their parents)
Estella Morales-Tran
Christopher Park
Luis Pinheiro
Micah St. Clair
Riley Stamper
Ivy Templeton
Laurel Templeton
Wilhelmina Tran
Zoey Valentine
Jonathan Wilde

(If your character received a serious injury, they were automatically added to the list when they had to see Healer Mufferaw for medical attention. If you would like your character to be added to the list, just leave a comment below. If you really need your character to avoid IC consequences, comment below and we'll discuss it.)


Mr. Merrill asks Quinn Cunningham and Jesse McBride to see him in his office at 12:45 PM, after they've finished eating. (Cecil Honeychurch can attend this meeting too, if he wishes.) He also keeps it short. "Listen... I know we're the 'fun house', but I still look to you guys to stop these things. You're both smart, and you know when it crosses a line. I want Azurcrest to be the place where kids are free to have fun and make mistakes, but it's becoming a problem when we've also got the reputation for not caring about being responsible or keeping each other safe. Guys, I know that's not true. I'm relying on you as the senior prefects to make sure that's not true." He sighs. "That's all. I mailed your parents this morning, and you can help Cecil decide how everyone in Azurcrest should serve their detentions."

Comments

[caritasmitis.insanejournal.com]

Sad Merill makes me sad :(

[cyrano.insanejournal.com]

Bailey:

[unregrettable]

lmao

[tyhawkeswood]

Ty still can't believe that Rafael saved him on that letter. His gratitude is eternal. He will try to be better. OMG THANK YOU RAFAEL RAMIREZ.

...he feels a little guilty about the others, though.

[quinning]

Quinn's face is set in a scowl for the entire morning and lunch doesn't help. Nor does Cecil attending the meeting help. (How many people important to her can she disappoint in twenty-four goddamn hours?!) She spends it with crossed arms and staring at her shoes. The only response Merrill gets is a small nod (but really, it was the floor got the small nod) before she rushes off to Hermeticism.

In her afternoon classes it's obvious that she's having difficulty paying attention, and if you see her in the library afterwards... uh, maybe it's best not to approach without a really good reason.

[choneychurch]

Wishes isn't the right word, but Cecil will attend the meeting with Mr. Merrill, Jesse, and Quinn. He listens solemnly, adding very little to the conversation because he's already talked with the two prefects and said many of these same things to them. Only in a more long-winded and emotionally overwhelmed way. He's more than a little surprised, though, that he'll be involved in deciding how the detentions will play out. Normally, this wouldn't be a surprise, but he'd been hoping expecting the Headmistress to take charge because this was a school-wide incident.

...he sort of has a conflict of interest.

[goosestaff]

If Cecil speaks to him afterwards, Mr. Merrill will explain that the Heads of House decided on the punishment, and he thinks it would be a good exercise for Jesse and Quinn to deal with the consequences for everyone, not only themselves.

However, if Cecil feels he can't be impartial for some students (and Merrill is understanding of the fact that seven of the punished Azurcrests are seniors, and Cecil's close friends), then Merrill can make the final decision there. Cecil only needs to ask.

[choneychurch]

While Cecil appreciates Mr. Merrill's concern and willingness to help him...he knows that the man is right and that Jesse and Quinn should be involved in this decision too. He doesn't like punishing his friends, but he's done it before and he can do it now. He doesn't think he'll like punishing his boyfriend any better, but he'll just have to do that too. And, with detention starting today regardless, the plans he'd had with Levi will be interrupted no matter what task the three of them decide on.

He supposes, unhappily, that that's how it should be though.

He thanks Mr. Merrill, but assures him that the three of them will manage before.

[sheepish]

Cue the waterworks.

[colemoss]

Cole, who's sitting beside Ennis at lunch, frowns and watches him uncertainly for about thirty seconds before reaching over to take the other boy's hand. He doesn't say anything, though. He's really no good at this and he said all that he could think to say when he went to see Ennis last night anyway. And that hadn't been much. Mostly, he'd just sat with his friend and drawn intricate patterns on his hand and waited for him to calm down. That usually worked. He doesn't even have a Sharpie right now, though.

[sheepish]

Ennis allows Cole to take his hand; it's clammy but starting to sweat profusely. What starts out as soft little sobs turns into choked cries as he focuses on the disappointed expressions of the staff that have been dramatized and burned into his mind. He buries his face into Cole's shoulder to hide his ugly crying face and with his free hand, he starts roughly thumbing his neck tie to try to calm himself down.

He's never had detention before. WHERE DID HE GO WRONG???

[colemoss]

Cole never reacted like Ennis is now, never cried or got outwardly emotional or made a spectacle any bigger than a journal post, when he'd gotten detention for staying out at the Grotto all day and worrying everyone. But he'd still been upset and that experience helps him to decode this behavior. A least a little bit. He continues to hold the other boy's hand (even though it's sweaty) and lets Ennis hide his face against his shoulder. "En. It's not like you think. Promise," he says after a pause and places one hand awkwardly atop Ennis' head.

[doobwaa.insanejournal.com]

Bianca just sort of shrugs. She is like not the worst letter my parents have received.

[jijmjr]

While Jesse was flippant about the whole affair yesterday afternoon, this morning he appears to be taking this much more seriously. He has a real bad invincibility complex, which was only made worse by the fact that the universe saw fit to give him magical abilities, but Cecil's reminder that even magic can't fix a broken neck or a quick brain bleed really struck him. Looking back on yesterday afternoon, he realizes that he probably was a little too drunk and distracted to notice that things had rapidly escalated as the day the wore on and likely would have kept escalating if the other prefects hadn't shown up. Looking around the cafeteria, he notices several people bandaged up that he didn't even realize had been seriously hurt. When did Etta break a leg??

He's attentive when Headmistress Bloom is speaking and quick to shush anyone nearby who might be talking, "C'mon, man..." If there is time before he is called in to speak with Mr. Merrill, he makes it a point to go around and personally apologize to, at least, the Senior prefects, most especially--Ravi, Nate, Maggie, and Rafael. Surprise guys, Jesse is actually a really eloquent and earnest guy when he wants to be. He's sure of himself, but not too proud. Here's your first glimpse into the logic behind why this fool was made prefect.

His main objective in Mr. Merrill's office is to run interference on Quinn's salty tude. He speaks for them both, with charisma and composure that may seem surprising to Cecil and Quinn, but is probably pretty on par with how Mr. Merrill views Jesse. It's obvious this is a guy that spends a lot of his time selling himself for grant money and giving acceptance speeches. He makes it sound like Quinn and he conferred about their "commitment to setting a better example," even though they haven't. It's always "we," never I. The only interaction he actually has with Quinn during all this is almost imperceptibly knocking his hand against hers before they walk out, in a way that's supposed to mean, "Don't run out. Be cool."

After their meeting, he'll walk to class with Cecil.

[unregrettable]

Quick question! How long would it take for Mufferaw to fix the injuries sustained by the sledders, especially the more serious ones? Because I know that Madam Pomfrey says she can mend broken bones in a second, but like... I don't want to come across like I think a bunch of teenagers nearly killing themselves isn't a big deal, because obvs it is.

(...Although I guess it's completely in character for Etta to think a bunch of teenagers nearly killing themselves isn't a big deal.)

[goosemods]

Haha yes, I've actually been saying broken bones take "less than a day" to heal to be both canon-accurate and leave people wiggle room to have their injuries actually mean something. I believe game convention is that stuff like broken bones take a few hours to completely heal? Maybe into the next day, if you want.

(Maybe American magical medicine just isn't as good???? SO MUCH SECRET SOCIAL CRITIQUE IN THIS GAME.)

[browbeats]

Maybe plaid dad thinks it builds character if they have to suffer through a couple hours with a broken arm.

[unregrettable]

Okay! I guess since the sledding took place after classes, it would make sense for the kids with the worst injuries to maybe have to stay overnight in the infirmary since by the time they were fully healed it would be too late to trek back to their cabin anyway.

Thanks for the quick response! :*

[indiefolk]

Diego feels and looks dead inside. Another day, another way to make his best friend feel like shit. He's fairly quiet and sullen today, and if anyone but very close or old friends try to make chit chat, his friendliness comes off as a bit more forced than usual.

He makes sad faces at Cecil whenever he thinks he's not looking, but then when caught casually returns to his food or his sketchbook like it was just a coincidence he was looking over at Cecil. So smooth, Morales.

[riledup]

Riley gives no fucks.

Riley is also probably literally just getting coal for Christmas, because Riley's mom gives a lot of fucks.

[stclair]

Does Riley still want that video file of her sledding, though? Because. Micah is totally making a highlight reel of all the times she went down the hill.

He got your broken nose too, Riley!

[browbeats]

RILEY WANTS THAT SO BAD

SO

BAD

[cheerpowers]

Do other injuries take the same amount of time as bones? (I'm ashamed to say I didn't look up canon before asking)

Like do sprained wrists heal naturally because there's no bone to mend? And things like gashes have tergeo to stop bleeding but is that it? (Sorry I'm an idiot lol)

[goosemods]

OKAY IF SOMEONE KNOWS MORE HP CANON THAN ME, LET ME KNOW BECAUSE THESE ANSWERS ARE PURE SPECULATION

I'm assuming Healer Mufferaw would also treat a sprained wrist, since that counts as an actual injury. Healing a sprained wrist would probably take even less time than a broken bone, and I've established that Mufferaw would give you a magical salve for it.

AFAIK, Tergeo cleans blood but it doesn't stop bleeding or heal the wound. Mufferaw is a hardass when it comes to cuts and bruises, so you'll just have to walk those off; however if the cut is serious enough that normally it might call for a few stitches, you can go to the infirmary to fix it without a scar.

Mufferaw is relatively lax about disciplining students, so we're leaving it to people who got sprains or cuts to decide whether or not they went to the Healer and whether or not they got written up for punishment. I hope that helps?

[cyrano.insanejournal.com]

I'M JUMPING IN HERE JUST BECAUSE I WAS OBSESSED WITH THIS PAGE WHEN IT CAME OUT

But according to Pottermore, "Wizards would have the power to correct or override 'mundane' nature, but not 'magical' nature... bones broken in non-magical accidents such as falls or fist fights can be mended by magic, but the consequences of curses or backfiring magic could be serious, permanent or life-threatening."

So, basically, injuries obtained like this, in a mundane way, are easy fixes, but if they broke it in a magical way or if they'd, like, tried to heal themselves and the spell went off, then that would take as long as it would take a Muggle to heal themselves, I think??

[goosemods]

YES, that's true with magical injuries. We've changed things here regarding non-magical injuries just because it's no fun to break your leg and have that fixed in a second. So we're going against canon and having it that... generally speaking, it takes up to a day to mend a broken bone, and lesser non-magical injuries would take less time.

In cases where it matters that the character needs to maintain their non-magical injury/disability for plot reasons, we're letting this fall in the grey area opened up by so many people being nearsighted and needing glasses in HP. So there are some non-magical things which can't be Healed by magic, such as Rafael's dance injury or Frankie being deaf.

[cyrano.insanejournal.com]

AH, that makes sense. Being able to regrow all the bones in your arm overnight does not make for interesting gameplay, I agree.

[duelled]

OF ALL THE THINGS IVY IS SORRY FOR, SHE'S SORRY THE MOST FOR LOSING RIBBONFIN HOUSE POINTS

also the guilt of fleeing/avoiding consequences is gonna eat reece alive JESSE IS SUCH A BAD INFLUENCE

[goosemods]

For fun, I tallied the lost points and they come out to: Coppertale lost 100 points, Ebonhide lost 125 points, Ribbonfin lost 150 points and Azurcrest lost 275 points.

Yes, Ribbonfin, you were in second place for House Mug shenanigans on this day.

[untarnish]

SHE'S WRITING RAVI A FORMAL APOLOGY NOTE AS WE SPEAK

[sheepish]

Levi's happy they blew Coppertale out of the water in this. THIS MAKES UP FOR SY LOSING ALL THOSE HOUSE POINTS. THE HOUSE MUG MAY SOON BE THEIRS!!

[choneychurch]

Cecil's not surprised...but that hurts a bit, guys.

Worst Head Boy ever? Worst Head Boy ever.

[browbeats]

Oh no.

Is everyone in azurcrest getting the Look today?

[isolate.insanejournal.com]

bailey's actually really proud of this

[gdilevi]

did azurcrest even have 275 house points to begin with tho are are they riding in the deep negatives?

[caritasmitis.insanejournal.com]

Equally as surprising is that Coppertale came last! Dark horses, those Ribbonfins...

[bambae]

I'm actually low key proud of coppertale tbh. Good for you, kids.

[bambae]

BECAUSE it just means coppertale was better at running away. Suck it Azurcrest

[jijmjr]

Sorry, Reece. Jesse's primary objective of prefecting is shouldering blame and not letting anybody else have any. Be free, little bird'