goose_ooc | PLOT CALENDAR: June

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PLOT CALENDAR: June

Please note: each player is limited to one slot for the first 2 hours. (See HERE for what time that would be for you.) After that, the only limit is one slot per character.

JUNE

THU
1

🌟 Estella Morales-Tran and Jefferson Key organize a sophomore excursion into the Grotto, to communicate with the Anonymous Writer with a Ouija board.

FRI
2

Sleep Under the Stars. Ms. Whittle and Mr. Thorn organize a sleepover under the stars for all interested students. Everyone will check in at 10:00 PM in the flower fields outside of Coppertale.

Ennis Harper stirs in the middle of the night, and for a second thinks they see a dark figure with antlers just standing amongst the sleeping students. But they blink and it’s gone. Is this paranoia, or did they see one of the forest entities?

SAT
3

🎂 Happy birthday, Ivy and Laurel Templeton!

🌟 Blue Jays Parting Party. It's Azurcrest tradition for their seniors to throw a "Parting Party" each June. Open to the whole school, it celebrates all the adventures they've had and friends they've made at Gooseberry High. This year's event is a beach-themed cookout with swimming, a bonfire, and a slippery surprise. Don't forget your towel!*

*Towels will be provided and it's actually recommended that you don't forget your swimsuit.

SUN
4

QUIDDITCH GAME: Gooseberry v. Hogwarts

After the game (scheduled for 9 AM), the visiting Hogwarts students will spend the night in the Lodge. They can explore Gooseberry and socialize during the day, assuming the Portkey lag isn’t killing them too much.

Christopher Park gets into an argument with one of the visiting students, but after a fist fight, some alcohol and a heart-to-heart, you’d think they were best friends.

Susana Velasquez has a romantic encounter with one of the visiting students. Sadly, they must leave in the morning! Tragic!

Hazel Keating also has a fling with a visiting student… but they’re less thrilled when the visitor proclaims they’re in love and will apply to Gooseberry to be with them next year. Yikes!

Sofia Delgado ends up catching the eye of a pair of rivals who compete for their attention all day.

MON
5

One of the freshmen has been distributing candy… but it’s soon clear they were all joke candies. For the rest of the day:

Casey Patterson finds themselves speaking only in rhyme.

Henrietta Gray’s skin turns bright green.

Glittering sparkles follow Ulysses Quayle around wherever they go. Pretty, but it gives everyone else a headache if they look too long.

Veronica Powers feels like they were hit with a jelly-legs jinx and needs to be carried everywhere.

TUE
6

Tabitha Ogletree is startled by a raccoon that snuck into the lodge and jumps out of their locker! After a frantic hunt, Nathaniel Bird manages to safely stun the little bandit and get them outside where they belong.

WED
7

🎂 Happy birthday, Antonia Papadakis!

Xavier Lewis gets a letter from a relative of theirs who has a mean sense of humor. When they open the envelope in the halls of the lodge, Peruvian Darkness Powder bursts out, blanketing the area in magical darkness! The inconvenience lasts an hour, and Lumos and Incendio don’t do anything to help.

Magdalen Gillis walks in with their friend, and grabs their friend’s hand so they don’t lose them… only to walk out and find they’re actually holding hands with Riley Stamper. How embarrassing.

Wyatt Winslow trips and crashes into Saira Raza in the darkness, and ends up banging their face against a wall and getting a bloody nose!

Joanna May is startled by Robin Youngblood who was creeping around in the darkness “singing” the Jaws theme.

THU
8

Mrs. O’Hare is excited to introduce the students to a new resident at the school: a rehabilitating unicorn named Bluebell. Unicorns tend to prefer women to men, and those who are pure of heart above all else. She’ll be staying with the school for at least a couple years, until there’s space for her in a more suitable facility. She’s a bit skittish, though, and aside from Mrs. O’Hare herself, Gabriela Flores is the only one who can approach her today.

FRI
9

🌕 STRAWBERRY MOON

Swimming Party! Out behind Ribbonfin there’s a rope swing and enough beach space to throw a little party. Because it’s hidden from the prying eyes of teachers, it was once used for scandalous skinny dipping. While you’re welcome to strip if you want to, mostly it’s going to be swimming, partying, and a little afternoon drinking.

Avery Davenport gets a lot of momentum and goes flying into the water! However, when they surface they realize they’ve lost a piece of their bathing suit, and have to shimmy on shore to find a towel to cover up with.

Jeremiah Rasmussen pulls off an impressive double flip from the rope swing!

Meanwhile, Charlotte Meer has the unfortunate honor of breaking the “Most Leeches Attached to One Person” record at Gooseberry.

Later that evening...

Theresa Noble decides to slip off to the Grotto via the new secret path through Ribbonfin. The weather is beautiful, the trees are green. This has been their home for years, they don’t really feel that afraid. Glancing over to the lake, they admire the water until the reflection of the sun off the lazy waves hurts their eyes. When they turn back to the path, there’s a man right in front of them. No, not a man. A thing. A human shaped thing, huge and antlered. Their eyes don’t know where to rest on him. There are no features that make sense. Eyes, but not eyes. A mouth, but always shifting. Tess screams, but can’t move, even though they want to. No, they need to. They can’t be here, they never should have come here.

Tess doesn’t hear the sound of other voices shouting, they just see HIM looming over them, and feel nothing but a need to GO AWAY. Soon, they’re being whisked away in the arms of Dr. O’Hare while Agent Larke looks around protectively. The adults don’t see HIM, though. Tess tries to them that HE is following them. HE follows them all the way to the edge of the forest. HE watches as the two agents take Tess back to the lodge.

SAT
10

During an Outdoor Exploration hike, Clementine Decourt slips on a crumbling trail and slides down a sharp incline. Their ankle is broken, and the whole group works together to get them back to camp safely.

SUN
11

Drama Club presents the spring musical, Into The Woods!

MON
12

🎂 Happy birthday, Calvin Evercreech!

Apparently, it's Red Rose Day. Mr. Hightower has decorated the lodge with big red roses. When Samantha Sweeney passes him in the hall, he gives them a bouquet of spares to keep!

The freshmen have put up yet another list. Why are they like this? This time, it’s the seniors they will miss the most, and the seniors they will miss the least. (The mods will use pure RNG to randomize the rankings, but we’ll try to write some charming freshmen commentary on the “decisions.”)

Damon Evercreech, Wilhelmina Tran, Leonardo Fiori, Isaiah Covington, Ryan Hertz, [Senior Student D2], [Senior Student E2] & [Senior Student F2]

TUE
13

Laurel Templeton organizes a fashion show in the lodge for students to goof off and strut around in their fanciest digs. All’s going well until a jealous freshman sabotages Ty Hawkeswood with a tripping hex and makes them fall on their face. Ouch!

🌟 Casey Patterson has been telling the members of his Gaming Club Dungeons & Dragons campaign that he has something special planned for their final session, but what could it be?

WED
14

After making a wrong move in Potions class, Ursula de Luca accidentally invents a useless chronic hiccuping potion! They have the hiccups for the next two days from simply smelling the fumes.

In Duelling Club, Sybilla Borgin hits Irene Lovelace with a babbling curse, which takes a couple hours to shake.

THU
15

Micah St. Clair organizes another movie night, this time watching a SCARY movie. As the sophomores tensely watch the plot of Insidious 2 unfold, Casper Kim walks up behind them to ask what they’re doing. The sophomores, caught off guard, scream loudly and several fall off the couches they had dragged around the television. Ariadne Flint throws a bowl of popcorn at Casper in self-defense.

FRI
16

LAST DAY OF CLASSES.

To celebrate, the school organizes a water balloon fight! Come represent your house in the final Gooseberry battle of the year!

SAT
17

Calvin Evercreech and Micah St. Clair organize the third game of Sophomore Intramural Quidditch.

SUN
18

🎂 Happy birthday, Dahlia Hale!

Staff makes themselves available today for last minute questions about the upcoming exams.

Lachlan Galbraith has a panic attack from all the pressure, but Healer Mufferaw relents and gives them a Calming Draught as well as a lecture about how “high school’s not the end of the world. Worry about the important things, kid.”

[Potions Student O2] was struggling in Potions, but is pleasantly surprised to learn that they have a shot at making an A now that Mr. Elmasry’s decided to weigh class participation and hands-on work more than exams.

MON
19

FIRST DAY OF FINAL EXAMS

Kissing Day! Maybe responsible students (aka nerds) are thinking about tests, but the rest of the wizarding world is taking part in Kissing Day, the day before the summer solstice. It’s considered bad luck to not get some sort of kiss today.

Aiden Guthrie has to dodge a very persistent freshman all day.

Zachary Zheng gets a kiss on the top of the head from Mr. Merrill.

TUE
20

SECOND DAY OF FINAL EXAMS

Ferdinand Ayers catches a freshman trying to sell fake exam answer keys. They’re… actually pretty good?

Summer Solstice. Although seniors still have their project presentations to prepare for, the other three years can let loose and celebrate a little. Students make and wear animal or plant masks and leaf garlands, and there’s a massive bonfire by the lake to welcome in summer.

Estella Morales-Tran and Philippa Nightingale trade masks as the last minute and use a voice-changing charm to imitate one another during the party.

WED
21

SENIOR PROJECT PRESENTATIONS. More details to come!

THU
22

🎂 Happy birthday, Ennis Harper!

Spring concert. There will be several big numbers that choir will perform, as well as slots for individual performers to take the stage. Cameron Carney performs an impressive solo within one of the group numbers, earning a standing ovation from Ms. Thrussell.

When signing up for student performances, you may invite up to two other people to perform on stage with you, and it won’t cost them a plot calendar spot. The focus should be on solos or duets.

Mackenzie Prince, with Iliya Krum
Solomon Webb
Kazim Raza, with Dahlia Hale
Harriet Cohen
Antonia Papadakis
Levi Kramer

FRI
23

🎂 Happy birthday, Ferdinand Ayers!

🌑 NEW MOON

🎓 GRADUATION CEREMONY 🎓 More details to come!

Huh. The Anonymous Writer didn’t post. Regardless of whether you’re disappointed or relieved, there’s nothing to do but go to bed and prepare to leave Gooseberry tomorrow…

SAT
24

LOsF JeOM Gw
LOsF JeOM Gw
LOsF JeOM Gw

[The endgame event will take place over one IC night, to played OOC from Sat, June 24 to Fri, June 30. Tie up your loose ends. You may never get another chance to say GooDBYe.]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

If your character did something in a public place where ~5 or more passersby could have seen it, you can reply to this comment and have it added to the plot calendar so other characters can react to it.

A few guidelines:

Player events can be added at any time. You don't need to pre-plan them, as this is actually designed to spotlight spontaneous player-created events around Gooseberry.
You must have the permission of any other character(s) involved in the incident.
Try not to post too many player events, so as not to bog down the plot post. Limit yourself to about one or two per month, and don't feel obligated to create one every month.
Use the following form:
Character(s) Involved: Date, time of day, location: When and where it took place. Description: 1-3 sentences describing the event. The mods may edit this slightly to concisely include date/time if necessary.

Character(s) Involved: hopefully more than Xavier Lewis
Date, time of day, location: um tentatively 6/14, during the day. I am just forcing myself to commit to this.
Description: It's time to be silly for the sake of being silly. Wear jorts and rock them gams before you're gone forever, kids. There is a trophy for best look. It's a barbie leg nailed to a block of wood spraypainted gold. It will be rng.

Disaster nor joy is an anagram of senior jorts day.