JANUARY GROTTO PARTY

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JANUARY GROTTO PARTY

It's frigid in January, so bundle up before sneaking out to the Grotto. While creeping out into the woods, [Character A] and their friends run into Mr. Merrill who tells them to be mindful of curfew with a knowing wink. It may be noticeably warmer near the empty stone building, but it's not a night for short skirts. A light snowfall starts up just as the party does, clinging to hair and encouraging people to stay near the fire or in the stone building.

The Grotto's been decorated with golden lights that hang in the trees and some of them spell out HAPPY NEW YEAR, twinkling like stars. The trees overhead shower everyone with iridescent gold glitter that clings to hair and cheeks.

RULES

• If this is your first time at a Grotto party, welcome! Although the Grotto is forbidden in the school rules, you can assume your characters a) have heard about the party and b) make it past any adults who are walking the trails. Just be casual!


• There are two routes to the Grotto: in the woods near Bear Trail, and in the woods near Ribbonfin campsite.


• The party starts at 6:30 PM, and runs until 10 PM. The prefects are strictly enforcing curfew, and will start breaking things up at 9:30 PM.

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

Ira Ashworth STB #1: Charlotte STB #2: Isabelle 7MiH: Hazel	Phineas Bones STB #1: Cameron STB #2: Charlotte 7MiH: Ramon	Cameron Carney STB #1: Phineas STB #2: Hazel 7MiH: Avery	Juniper Crane STB #1: Natalie STB #2: Ruby 7MiH: Archimedes
Avery Davenport STB #1: Austin STB #2: Lilika 7MiH: Cameron	Ramon Delgado STB #1: Isabelle STB #2: Hieronymus 7MiH: Phineas	Balthazar Doyle STB #1: Quentin STB #2: Spencer 7MiH: Pandora	Ennis Harper STB #1: Madison STB #2: Todd 7MiH: Isabelle
London Holloway STB #1: Condordia STB #2: Quentin 7MiH: Todd	Lilika Ignacz STB #1: Riley STB #2: Avery 7MiH: Charlotte	Madison Ives STB #1: Ennis STB #2: Riley 7MiH: Spencer	Hazel Keating STB #1: Ruby STB #2: Cameron 7MiH: Ira
Concordia Knight STB #1: London STB #2: Karen 7MiH: Marie	Pandora Lacey STB #1: Hieronymus STB #2: Natalie 7MiH: Balthazar	Hieronymus Lee STB #1: Pandora STB #2: Ramon	Austin McNamara STB #1: Avery STB #2: Archimedes STB #3: Casey Patterson
Charlotte Meer STB #1: Ira STB #2: Phineas 7MiH: Lilika	Tuesday North STB #1: Archimedes STB #2: Marie 7MiH: Natalie	Ruby Oberholtzer STB #1: Hazel STB #2: Juniper 7MiH: Riley	Marie Patterson STB #1: Todd STB #2: Tuesday 7MiH: Concordia
Natalie Prince STB #1: Juniper STB #2: Pandora 7MiH: Tuesday	Archimedes Rose STB #1: Tuesday STB #2: Austin 7MiH: Juniper	Isabelle Sargent STB #1: Ramon STB #2: Ira 7MiH: Ennis	Todd Skynner STB #1: Marie STB #2: Ennis 7MiH: London
Riley Stamper STB #1: Lilika STB #2: Madison 7MiH: Ruby	Spencer Sweet STB #1: Karen STB #2: Balthazar 7MiH: Madison	Quentin Youngbood STB #1: Balthazar STB #2: London 7MiH: Karen	Karen Zabinsky STB #1: Spencer STB #2: Concordia 7MiH: Quentin
Paris Holloway STB #1: Rupert STB #2: Antigone	Casey Patterson STB #1: Austin STB #2: Iliya 7MiH: Evangeline	Evangeline Bagman STB #1: Antigone STB #2: Rupert 7MiH: Casey	Rupert Wick STB #1: Paris STB #2: Evangeline
Antigone Brown STB #1: Evangeline STB #2: Paris	Iliya Krum STB #1: Casey

RULES

1. 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).


2. If characters get up to anything more racy than PG-13, please fade to black on that! This includes sexually explicit conversations. Many people track IC/OOC posts, so please have consideration for your fellow players. Talking about sex is fine (and part of the flavour of a teen game), but there's no need to get into detailed descriptions of anatomy or sex acts.


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

» Before the Party: Throw on your best clothes (but bundle up, it's very cold!), prep your hair and makeup, and get ready to sneak out of your cabins. Be careful not to get caught by any teachers or MACUSA agents! Going into the forest isn't against the rules, but the Grotto is still a forbidden area.

» Around the Fire: The large bonfire is warm and romantic. Pull up a log and grab a blanket, make some s'mores, or dance to the party music. There's beer and soda in the ice chests, along with bins for empty bottles and cans. Don't litter. This isn't your home.

» Movie Screening: Not too far from the fire, a white sheet has been hung up between the trees, and blankets and pillows have strewn around the grass. Starting at 7:30 PM, there will be a screening of Children of the Corn. Bags of popcorn are also served.

» Truth or Shot: Around the bonfire, there's a circle of students serving up shots and asking personal questions. The rules are simple: tell the truth, or take a shot. Post your characters to this comment with their name in the header, and other characters will ask you uncomfortable questions.

» Inside the Building: This may be where the kissing games are taking place, but there's still some room to just snuggle and chat. It's warmer than outside, at least!

» Kissing Games:

• 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 doorway. There's now a proper wooden door on the closet, and people will magically lock it behind you for 7 minutes. You can use your wand to get more light, but really, you two should be making out.

» By The Woods: The prefects won't be letting anyone wander in, but why would you want to anyway? Still, the treeline is a good place to go if you want a quiet moment away from the party.

» After the Party: Between 9:30 PM and 10:00 PM, prefects will be clearing the party and guiding everyone home.

» OOC - QUESTIONS/DISCUSSION

Comments

Pear + Rupert & Antigone (+ Anyone Who Really Wants To Deal With This???)

[tartinedeflageolets]

Pear's warily giving this kissing game thing another shot, even though the whole thing seems kind of wet and slimey. There's a slight snarl on her face as she watches the bottle spin.

Pear + Rupert

[somethingwick_ed]

Rupert hasn't actually played spin the bottle before, and most of his kiss experience is from stage kisses or that one peck he gave a girl down the street when he was six, so... this is an experience. He's not sure why he's doing this, other than the fact that Balthazar goaded him into it. Still, at least Pear looks about as enthused as he does.

He leans to give her the smallest of pecks.

Pear + Rupert

[tartinedeflageolets]

Pear leans down to undertake the required meeting of lips for this to meet the definition of a kiss. This is... adequate. Sufficiently not slimey. Thankfully brief. Box checked. It's about as appealing as it was the last time she tried this. Thank you for the confirmation, Rupert.

Pear + Rupert

[somethingwick_ed]

The lack of any big fanfare or, really, much of any reaction is comforting, honestly. Rupert also finds this adequate. Why does everyone make such a big deal about kissing?