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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
patineuse: (⛸️ 45)

SPENCER & RUBY - INJURY Y

[personal profile] patineuse 2017-12-12 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Ruby shows up, because of course she was never going to be Miss Goody Two Shoes and miss out on the only fun happening within a mile radius of this school. "Nice," she says, which is the greatest compliment she's going to offer Spencer and all the trouble he went through for this. "Where's your sled, Sweetie?"
soundscaped: ((t) shithead)

Re: COLLISION WARNING!

[personal profile] soundscaped 2017-12-12 09:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Austin, with his music blasting (well... as much as you CAN blast The Smiths) to cover the quacking and his Astronomy notes plopped on his lap is trying very hard to act like he's not seeing Essie OR hearing the quacks. He's... definitely not paying attention.

It's a really good thing he didn't bring his guitar today.
bitterlysweet: (73)

SPENCER & RUBY - INJURY Y

[personal profile] bitterlysweet 2017-12-12 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Spencer jumps into action at the sound of Ruby's voice. "Right here, my precious gemstone," he coos none-too-sincerely, but he does grab a sled at her request. "Can I steal a ride before some hot girl distracts you?"
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Re: OOC ❄️ Questions, comments, concerns!

[personal profile] sheepish 2017-12-12 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
i want yennis to sled :( ennis is salty about getting caught last year after not even sledding, so he's like "FUCK IT, IF I'M GOING TO GET IN TROUBLE ANYWAY I MIGHT AS WELL SLED."
riledup: ((=) t-shirt fixin)

RILEY & ???

[personal profile] riledup 2017-12-12 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Riley will never go down alone, not when there are cute girls to harass. She can sled alone at home, why would she do that at school?

Dressed in an outfit that is honestly inappropriate for the weather, the girl who should be studying is waiting around for someone cute to jump on her sled. Unapproved boys will absolutely be kicked off.
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Re: OOC ❄️ Questions, comments, concerns!

[personal profile] godzillabutworse 2017-12-12 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
YES. GIANT BLOND BOYS SLED. I am cool with wipe outs! Do you want to throw something up and I'll hit it? I am writing more candygrams because I want Manx to understand what real pain is and will hit it in a sec.
ashworthless: (304)

Ira Heals & Essie Asks Important Questions

[personal profile] ashworthless 2017-12-12 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
This is an extremely fair question, and Ira nods gravely. “There’s only one solution here. You gotta make the iPod quack.”
patineuse: (⛸️ 32)

RUBY & ???

[personal profile] patineuse 2017-12-12 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Ruby's looking to go down this hill as many times as she can. At this point, she'd rather serve detention that subject herself to another minute of studying. In the future, of course. If she gets detention, she's going to do something to earn it.

She transfigured her sled to be bright red and just big enough for two. Who wants to get close? ;)

[Open to multiple!]
patineuse: (⛸️ 61)

SPENCER & RUBY - INJURY Y

[personal profile] patineuse 2017-12-12 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Ruby rolls her eyes, and punches Spencer in the arm. Gently, though. "As if I'm the one who'll be distracted by hot people today." She grabs the sled from him and goes to set up. "Where's the best jumps?"
Edited 2017-12-12 22:12 (UTC)
sheepish: (Default)

Re: OOC ❄️ Questions, comments, concerns!

[personal profile] sheepish 2017-12-12 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
yes!!! i can start!

ennis is going to channel Roasty and wear a mohawk helmet transfigured from one of the used yet underused quid helmets in storage

but instead of cool metal spikes the mohawk is fins like this

does yancey want one???
browbeats: (Default)

Re: OOC ❄️ Questions, comments, concerns!

[personal profile] browbeats 2017-12-12 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
thank you for wearing a sweet ass helmet ennis now please make sure you trip someone on the way out so you don't get caught
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Re: OOC ❄️ Questions, comments, concerns!

[personal profile] riledup 2017-12-12 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
how many candygrams have you done Jenny
sheepish: (Default)

Re: OOC ❄️ Questions, comments, concerns!

[personal profile] sheepish 2017-12-12 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
sleds down the hill, dives into the lake, and swims to safety
EXTREME POLAR BEAR PLUNGE
Edited (the fish helmet is also CAMOUFLAGE ) 2017-12-12 22:27 (UTC)
quickbuck: (Default)

Re: THE RIDE & INJURY

[personal profile] quickbuck 2017-12-12 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
A battle scar. Very cool.
hotdish: (Default)

Re: OOC ❄️ Questions, comments, concerns!

[personal profile] hotdish 2017-12-12 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
...YES. oh my god. He does.
bubblewrapped: (Default)

Re: OOC ❄️ Questions, comments, concerns!

[personal profile] bubblewrapped 2017-12-12 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
B) 36, not counting the anonymous ones I wrote, and I haven't done any for Lucas yet.
Edited (granted the majority of them were done while utterly shitfaced and they're really embarrassing) 2017-12-12 22:31 (UTC)
sheepish: (Default)

Re: OOC ❄️ Questions, comments, concerns!

[personal profile] sheepish 2017-12-12 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
i need to have a glass of wine and do mine
riledup: (Default)

Re: OOC ❄️ Questions, comments, concerns!

[personal profile] riledup 2017-12-12 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
ffs i did like 22 yesterday and went "well I'm done forever, have fun with the eyeballs Ursula"
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Madison, Open

[personal profile] cupquake 2017-12-12 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
You're not going to catch Madison on a sled. Nope. She experimented with this kind of adventure once Freshman year, and you don't forget that kind of carnage.

It's still nice to be outside just for a moment, though, in between Everything Else. Take a second to breathe. Try smiling at people instead of scowling into a book for the third hour in a row. Hell, maybe she could even help with potential catastrophic injury.

She stands at the bottom of the hill and watches the fun, adding to the wintery tableau with her bundled layers and mug of steaming cafeteria hot chocolate.

Edited 2017-12-12 22:37 (UTC)
novelling: (🕷 093)

Jade and Ari vs Snowbank

[personal profile] novelling 2017-12-12 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm fine," she says, although her amused expression has fallen away and been replaced with one of clear concern. She takes Jade's hand and pulls her towards herself, so they're both upright if not standing. It's hard in the deep snow, and now Ari's worried it might give way beneath them and trap them both. "A little cold," she adds.

But even if she's cold, Jade's worse off. "You're shaking," she says, reaching out to brush the snow out of Jade's hair.
sheepish: (/ smart comment)

YANCEY & ENNIS SLEDDING, INJURY Y

[personal profile] sheepish 2017-12-12 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
If Ennis gets in trouble again this year, he wants it to have been worth it.

"Safety first!" he tells Yancey, making sure the boy's helmet is secure before testing his own. Old, underused Quidditch helmets have been given new life in the form of fish helmets with rainbow trout coloring. They look cute as hell.

"Roadrash time," he says gruffly as he mounts the sled and puts on a pair of aviators he brought just to use for one-liners.
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Re: OOC ❄️ Questions, comments, concerns!

[personal profile] sheepish 2017-12-12 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
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Re: OOC ❄️ Questions, comments, concerns!

[personal profile] magitechnically 2017-12-12 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey speaking of Manx I am indecisive someone rng whether or not Essie was still pestering Austin at collision time. There is no way she was paying attention if she was still there.
Edited (I'm stuck on mobile for a few hours but will attempt to tag) 2017-12-12 22:58 (UTC)
hotdish: (pic#11677891)

Re: YANCEY & ENNIS SLEDDING, INJURY Y

[personal profile] hotdish 2017-12-12 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Yancey knocks three times on his helmet and gives Ennis a thumbs up. Just a couple of good safe boys. "Man, if we don't get at least a little air time, I'm going to be so bummed out. Always wanted to be a flying fish."

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