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Gooseberry Mods ([personal profile] goosemods) wrote in [community profile] gooseberryhigh2017-12-12 09:38 am

SLEDDING



SLEDDING

As 4:30 creeps closer, students begin to bundle up and sneak out into the woods behind Azurcrest. It's a new path this time, less well-worn, which leads to a new hill. Perhaps it's not the same dramatic drop as last year, but sledding is sledding!

It takes two hours before Mr. Covington catches them, and many of the rule breakers scatter and escape punishment. Those who stay lose points and earn detention... but at least it's just a forced study hall. You all ought to be preparing for midterms anyway, and Mr. Covington's not so heartless that he'd impede your academic success.

HOW THIS WORKS:
  • Anyone who reasonably wouldn’t have stopped this in its infancy is invited, regardless of what house they’re in or whether or not they're a prefect!

  • This is against school rules. If your character participates, they are breaking an explicit command by staff.
    • However, getting in trouble is opt-in. Comment HERE if you want your character to get in trouble. They must attend a two-hour study hall in the lodge tomorrow after dinner, and they will lose house points, which will contribute to the end of the month House Cup calculations
  • There are single-person sleds and two/three-person sleds, most of which were kindly transfigured by other students.

  • No alcohol is available this year unless your character brought their own!

  • Characters lingering at the bottom of the hill may be randomly informed that a recently rolled sled is about to crash into them. They may dive out of the way or be knocked down like bowling pins.

  • Every time you go down the hill, write “SLEDDING, INJURY Y/N” in the subject line of your ic/ooc comment.
    • I’ll then roll on the chart below. If your character wipes out and you answered “Y” to injury, I’ll then roll a second time. There’s a 5% chance of sustaining an injury. If two characters are riding in the same sled, it’ll be a 50/50 chance which one is injured.

    • Last year was extremely dangerous, but this year the chosen hill isn't as steep, nor is it quite as perilous. Injuries will be limited to bruises, bloodied noses, and maybe a sprain or two.
  • You may choose to make it down the hill unscathed, in which case write “PERFECT RIDE” in the subject line.

  • There are also smaller hills nearby if your character doesn't want to take the big plunge!

  • However, you may not choose to get injured. That can only be obtained by facing the wipeout table.

  • Due to how huge this cast is, while characters can go down as many times as they like, if things get too busy we'll only roll two or three for each character. If we start skipping your character because they've gone a bunch of times already, that's why!

CLICK HERE FOR THE WIPEOUT TABLE
1-2 Mystery event. Ooooh~
3-5 Are you dead? You think you might be dead. Guaranteed injury. A second roll will be made to determine your wipeout.
6-15 Hit a tree, and then the branches above you dump copious amounts of snow on your sled.
16-25 Dumped into the stream. You’re now all wet. :(
26-35 Crashed into bushes, and sustained scratches and bruises.
36-42 Dumped off a small ledge and into deep snow. You need help escaping.
43-45 Nearly hit a deer. The deer looked more traumatized than you were.
46-50 Flipped the sled. Teenagers go flying everywhere.
51-53 Your sled hits a small incline over a log buried under the snow, and you go flying gracefully through the air! Once you hit the ground, though, you tumble head over heels into a snowbank. Bruises sustained, and you lost one of your boots.
54-55 Swerved to avoid hitting a bunny and flipped the sled.
56-69 Very rough ride, with several near-misses with low hanging branches and trees that you swear came out of nowhere. Your life flashed before your eyes. Somehow you made it to the bottom in one piece, though.
70-73 Duck! You quickly lie back as a low hanging branch flies over your head. That was a close one!
74-75 Duck! … Ouch, not quick enough! You get a faceful of branch and a bloody nose, and you’re knocked right off your sled.
76-80 Your sled careens out of control, and you (and anyone riding with you) tumble the remaining twenty feet to the bottom of the hill. Bruises sustained.
81-84 Where did that ditch come from??? No one knows, but you’re in it now. Bruises sustained.
85-89 When you reach the bottom of the hill, you realize something is missing… or someone. The person riding in the back of the sled fell off halfway down! (Reroll if solo rider.)
90-91 Perfect ride! Your exhilaratingly fast descent down the hill… went right through where everyone else is trying to climb back up. There was chaos and screaming as your classmates dived out of the way of your careening sled.
92-94 Perfect ride! No one can stop you! You keep going! Oh my god, where are you going?! Come back!!! Your sled has so much momentum, it zips past the finish line, under some bushes, and takes you about 300 ft. into the woods with nothing getting in your way. Walking back is going to be a paaaaaaain.
92-100 Perfect ride! Your exhilaratingly fast descent down the hill set a new record!

» top of the hill: This is where you’re least likely to get hit by an out of control sledder.

» Sledding: If your character is sledding, this is where it happens! Grab a sled and one or two friends, and hold on tight!

» Bottom of the hill: Pull yourself together and climb back up! If your character lingers here, there's a chance that the mod account may inform you that the most recently rolled sled is about to crash into them!

» Did your character get caught?: Comment here if you would like your character to get caught. There will be IC consequences.

» OOC - Questions, Comments and Concerns
magitechnically: (025)

Re: THE RIDE & INJURY

[personal profile] magitechnically 2017-12-13 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
"You gotta EARN your eyepatch!" DUH, Lucas. You can't just start wearing an eyepatch because it's COOL. She picks up the sled and holds it out to him. "Wanna try to get it???"
ashworthless: (024)

THE RIDE & INJURY

[personal profile] ashworthless 2017-12-13 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
"A vicious circle." Ira grins at Spencer, falling into step. He pokes gingerly at his face, and is pleased to find intact bone. "Nah. Just bruised."
He tilts his head up, letting the glove-tissue fall to the side now that he's pretty convinced it'll all stop on its own anyway. It's not the most terrible look he's ever embraced. "You think? It'd probably just give her an easy target. Don't know if need more injury."
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Re: DID YOUR CHARACTER GET CAUGHT?

[personal profile] ashworthless 2017-12-13 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
Ira got caught. Legend says it was on purpose to pad his study schedule nicely. Who knows.
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Re: DID YOUR CHARACTER GET CAUGHT?

[personal profile] heathclifflacey 2017-12-13 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
Heathcliff got caught! He was just having too much fun to remember that consequences are a thing.

The Junior Coppertale boys are very bad at this.
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Madison & Ruby

[personal profile] cupquake 2017-12-13 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
"I mean, it's a strategy? Maybe I should take notes." Madison pauses, watching another sled streak toward the bottom of the hill.

"I saw you with Tally too," she adds, in a casual tone. There's a little nudge to it, like nice, despite her tiniest of crushes and the pang of weird jealousy watching their ride. "Still cute."


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Re: THE RIDE & INJURY

[personal profile] bubblewrapped 2017-12-13 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
Lucas looks at the sled in Essie's hands, turns and looks up at the top of the hill, and then looks back at Essie, squinting. "Of course," he says, matter-of-fact to having to earn his eye patch. And, then, because maybe it's okay to live a little once in a while: "Sure."
odder: (017)

Jade and Ari vs Snowbank

[personal profile] odder 2017-12-13 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
She's warmer now that they're walking, and now that the snow isn't permeating every inch of available skin. Jade adjusts Ari's scarf around her neck, burrowing into it. She hates to be taken care of more than almost anything, but this isn't inherently unpleasant. The scarf smells like Ari, and the snow. She's shocked to find comfort in that. "Jeffy?" She moves her chin up, so as not to get too caught up in it, sly smile at the ready, "Anyone that tall is just asking to be a target."
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Re: DID YOUR CHARACTER GET CAUGHT?

[personal profile] hotdish 2017-12-13 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
Yancey definitely got caught. While wearing a fish helmet.
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Re: THE RIDE

[personal profile] sheepish 2017-12-13 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
Ennis's grin momentarily falters when Yancey mentions that this will be their last sled. "You know? This is my first time doing illegal sledding at Gooseberry? Last year I got detention for it and all I did was make snow castles with Chloe at the party. I only went because there were some seniors I fancied."

He laughs, shaking his head, and tucks his sunglasses away. "I cried about it for days," he says, hoisting the sled up and glancing back to Yancey. "So help me make up for it? If I get caught, I want to deserve it."
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Madison & Ruby

[personal profile] patineuse 2017-12-13 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
"Mm. I like a tall girl." There's something wistful in her voice as she says it. Ruby hasn't measured herself lately. Maybe she's afraid to. Her mother is tall, and her father is tall. The ageing potion fiasco proved that Ruby would follow in their footsteps one day.

Women over five-foot-four don't win gold medals. Ruby sighs, and leans to the side, so her shoulder bumps Madison's. "Anyway, what do you need to take notes for?"
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FERN & CHARLOTTE SLEDDING, INJURIES Y

[personal profile] meerigold 2017-12-13 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
"My favorite plant," she coos in greeting, carrying her own sled with Sailor Moon motifs transfigured onto it. Her lip is split, though the blood has dried, and she can't look more pleased. "Let's go for a ride."
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Re: DID YOUR CHARACTER GET CAUGHT?

[personal profile] stclair 2017-12-13 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
Micah got caught because he refuses to let the teachers think Azurcrest was not heavily represented at a sledding party.
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HEATHCLIFF & ???

[personal profile] heathclifflacey 2017-12-13 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
Okay, so maybe Heathcliff's first trip down the hill had almost killed Essie and Austin but they're fine and the pre-collision part had been fun and he's ready to go again! He looks around eagerly for someone to pull onto a sled with him.
novelling: (🕷 233)

Jade and Ari vs Snowbank

[personal profile] novelling 2017-12-13 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
"Higher center of gravity," she agrees. She's taking the whole sledding-as-practical-studying thing to heart, even if she doesn't really know all that much about muggle physics. There's a reason she didn't sign up for hermeticism this year. "Better to get him off the sled as soon as you can, or he might take all of you down."
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Spencer & Fern

[personal profile] nothalfplaid 2017-12-13 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
"Those rules still apply during rogue sledding?" she asks. As if to further prove her point, she sticks her hand inside her coat, pulling out a cigarette. She tamps it against her palm, then lights it with her wand. "Oh, I'm going down. No dragging needed. Just scoping out the scene first. Always need a battle plan, you know." She takes a drag, then blows the smoke out in s stream. "What about you? Shouldn't you be out there?"
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RILEY & CAMERON, INJURIES Y

[personal profile] gonnabefamous 2017-12-13 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
Cameron isn't a girl, but he is cute, and he'll have to do, because he's already pushing the sled to build up momentum. "Hold onto your butt!" he says as he jumps onboard.
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Re: OOC ❄️ Questions, comments, concerns!

[personal profile] gonnabefamous 2017-12-13 05:05 am (UTC)(link)
Chloe will sled with him this year! Brave grown up fish!!!
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Re: OOC ❄️ Questions, comments, concerns!

[personal profile] noelnoel 2017-12-13 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
yes!!!! maybe he was sledding with her when covington came by and that's why he didn't go down with yancey

grabbed her and RAN
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Re: OOC ❄️ Questions, comments, concerns!

[personal profile] gonnabefamous 2017-12-13 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
I am late to the party but... all my bad, bad children are here. Cameron, Chloe, Fern, and London are all here. Why are all my characters awful.
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Re: OOC ❄️ Questions, comments, concerns!

[personal profile] heathclifflacey 2017-12-13 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
Heathcliff would definitely try to pull Fern along if she's up for it~
Edited (I love your bad kids. ♥) 2017-12-13 05:10 (UTC)
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Re: OOC ❄️ Questions, comments, concerns!

[personal profile] bubblewrapped 2017-12-13 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
London should go sit on Griffin and sled him down the hill.
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Re: OOC ❄️ Questions, comments, concerns! [ goos

[personal profile] gonnabefamous 2017-12-13 05:11 am (UTC)(link)

fhakgh absolutely SORRY YANCEY

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GRIFFIN & LONDON, INJURIES Y

[personal profile] beansontoast 2017-12-13 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
London plops down right on top of Griffin. It's not clear if she didn't notice or didn't care. Either way, they're off!
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Re: OOC ❄️ Questions, comments, concerns! [ goos

[personal profile] gonnabefamous 2017-12-13 05:13 am (UTC)(link)

Done and done.

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Re: OOC ❄️ Questions, comments, concerns! [ goos

[personal profile] noelnoel 2017-12-13 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
ennis realizes once they're finally back to ribbonfin, tears in his eyes, Extremely out of breath

"where-- HUHHHHH-- is-- heeUUGHHH-- yan--hhhhh-- cey??"
Edited (lights a candle for their fallen comrade ) 2017-12-13 05:15 (UTC)

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