gooseberryhigh | BACK TO SCHOOL PARTY

BACK TO SCHOOL PARTY

The Grotto emerges the way it always does when a Gooseberry student seeks it: suddenly and all at once, breaking from the densely packed trees to reveal a grassy circular clearing. In the dirt center is a bonfire, already roaring hot, with nearby coolers filled with both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks (spelled to stay cold all night, so enjoy yourselves for as long as you want). Large, well-worn wooden logs serve as seats around the bonfire. Occasionally, the party music stops to allow some students to riff on guitars.

On the edge of the clearing sits an ancient-looking stone house, overgrown with moss and vines. Someone's dressed it up with softly twinkling magical lights, and the interior is surprisingly warm and bright, with hanging lanterns and several conjured beanbag chairs. The sound of a bottle spinning on the stone floor, and accompanying whoops and cheers, continues throughout the night.

The back-to-school party begins after curfew, and students must sneak out and through the deep forest to get to the Grotto. (Depending on who your prefect is, this might be very easy or mildly difficult. Prefect patrols are not yet active, and staff is politely pretending they don't know what's going on.) The party ends at... well, there's no class tomorrow, so you kids can sort that out amongst ourselves.

If you signed your character up for either Spin The Bottle or Seven Minutes In Heaven, find their partners below:

Anuhea Alapai STB #1: Katya STB #2: Chloe 7MIH: Holden	Roxanne Barringer STB #1: Ursula STB #2: Chris 7MIH: Mina	Nathaniel Bird STB #1: Iris STB #2: Diego	Holden Bright STB #1: Dominic STB #2: Riley 7MIH: Anuhea
Isaiah Covington 7MIH: Henrietta	Ursula de Luca STB #1: Rox STB #2: Reid	Ravinder Dhaliwal STB #1: Henrietta STB #2: Regan 7MIH: Diego	Calvin Evercreech STB #1: Mina STB #2: Dominic
Henrietta Gray STB #1: Ravi STB #2: Faye 7MIH: Isaiah	Ty Hawkeswood STB #1: Irene STB #2: Tabitha 7MIH: Faye	Regan Hobbs STB #1: Kurt STB #2: Ravi 7MIH: Riley	Katerina Ivanova STB #1: Anuhea STB #2: Kurt 7MIH: Sy
Levi Kramer STB #1: Tabitha STB #2: Sy 7MIH: Zoey	Irene Lovelace STB #1: Ty STB #2: Iris 7MIH: Dominic	Diego Morales STB #1: Chloe STB #2: Nate 7MIH: Ravi	Tabitha Ogletree STB #1: Levi STB #2: Ty
Christopher Park STB #1: Faye STB #2: Rox 7MIH: Reid	Iris Shacklebolt STB #1: Nate STB #2: Irene	Chloe Shepherd STB #1: Diego STB #2: Anuhea	Riley Stamper STB #1: Zoey STB #2: Holden 7MIH: Regan
Sylvester Stoker STB #1: Reid STB #2: Levi 7MIH: Katya	Wilhelmina Tran STB #1: Calvin STB #2: Zoey 7MIH: Rox	Dominic Tremblay STB #1: Holden STB #2: Calvin 7MIH: Irene	Faye Turner STB #1: Chris STB #2: Henrietta 7MIH: Ty
Zoey Valentine STB #1: Riley STB #2: Mina 7MIH: Levi	Reid Wainwright STB #1: Sy STB #2: Ursula 7MIH: Chris	Kurt Wolfhart STB #1: Regan STB #2: Katya

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. ;)

If you'd like to say two characters were partners in STB or 7MIH in addition to what's been rolled, feel free! Obviously, get the permission of all involved characters first.

If your character is coming late to the game, please jump in anyway! You can post here and ask for volunteers to kiss your character during STB or 7MIH, if you wish.

Below, the post will be divided into the different areas, so go ahead and comment below describing what your character did, who they talked to, etc. Have fun, and try not to get into too much trouble.

» On The Way: The path to the party is a long walk in the dark, from your house campsite and into the deep woods. Students aren't supposed to be out after curfew, but who's listening to that rule tonight?

» Around The Bonfire: The center of the Grotto is warm and comfortable, and less crowded than the House. You're sure to find someone to talk to here, and if you don't want to talk, there's beer and soda in the coolers, and plenty of marshmallows, chocolate and graham crackers for s'mores. Bins for empty bottles and cans are also located here. Don't litter, guys, seriously.

» By The Treeline: If parties aren't your thing, then this is the closest you'll get to being a wallflower. Also, if you and a friend need some privacy, there's no better place than behind the trees...

» Stone House: It was only a matter of time before someone emptied their first beer and called for some kissing games. Spin The Bottle is first, escalating to Seven Minutes In Heaven later during the night.

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.

» After the Party: Take care with making your way back! The woods are feeling kind tonight, so you're not likely to run into anything more than the usual trouble of stumbling back to your cabin after one too many drinks. But still—don't tempt fate. And don't forget to clean up after yourselves.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

"How long counts as lived with? Does just for summers count?"

"Anything longer than a month counts!"

"Goddammit." Takes a drink.

"Never have I ever been SPIT on."

"Well I guess that comes with some of those MALE RELATIVES." Riley takes a drink but is still pretty sure everyone is targeting her unfairly.

"Never have I ever kissed a Muggle."

Chris has to take a drink to that too and counters with, "never have I ever lived with a wizard and/or witch before though" because he might be targeting her unfairly

"UGH, screw YOU," she screeched even as she obeyed the rules and took a drink. "AND PUT YOUR STUPID SHIRT ON."***

***this only applies if he hasn't already put his shirt back on but fuck you i'm a punk i'm not reading up to find out

Chris will throw his shirt at her. "NO, I DO WHAT I WANT" and then he'll apologize and tell her that her hair looks REALLY nice on this fine, young evening and tell her that really, they just need to hug it out

"KEEP YOUR SHIRT OFF," Diego announces before he takes another shot, but he's clearly trashed and not long for this world. He's going to be crashing very soon. He has lost. The first man down.

"Thank you - you know, Diego, your hair looks real nice on this fine, young evening, come here - come give me a hug" and he'll open his arms out to Diego, and give him a massive hug without prompting, because that's really nice, and he appreciates the support. And while he's hugging Diego, he'll tell him - very genuinely - that he doesn't hate him, but he's really just so disappointed that Diego would cheat on his girlfriend like that, because really, he's better than that.

GOOD LUCK GETTING HIM TO ADMIT THAT ONE TOMORROW, DIEGO. GOOD LUCK.

Diego eagerly returns the hug, and gets emotional before he mutters something about his mom and how horribly he feels and what a great guy Chris is... and then he passes out with his head on Chris' lap. Feel free to move him. He's going to be dead to the world for at least an hour.