NOVEMBER POCKET PARTY!

[peckishmods]

pocket's cloud party!!

what's up?

Pocket is throwing a party tonight, and you’re invited! There’s about an hour after dinner to get ready for the big event, and the sun’s well set by the time students start making their way to the shores of Lake Peckenpaugh. Like always, there is somehow, conveniently, not an adult in sight.⁠ Maybe it’s the rain, but whatever reason, that well-trodden damp dirt path up to Elflock Falls is unwatched and unblocked tonight. As with every party before, students in groups and pairs pass under the falls into a dark, wet cave.

A few paces in and that darkness gives way: damp turns dry, dark to light, and each student finds that they are soaring...

visuals!

volunteer slots!

It's hard to resist the call. You know what I'm talking about. Aristotle knows what I'm talking about! They drop their journal off the side of a cloud and, surprisedpikachu.jpg, their possession is lost! Thankfully, tomorrow morning, the lost item is found by Kermit on the shores of Lake Peckenpaugh.

pairings list!

• Aristotle Ahn
• STB #1: Magnolia
• STB #2: Armani
• 7MIH: Scarlett

• Armani Addams
• STB #1: Mary Grace
• STB #2: Aristotle
• 7MIH: Laszlo

• Chanel Addams
• STB #1: Fiona
• STB #2: Maisy
• 7MIH: Mary Grace

• Constanza Wolff
• STB #1: Zadie
• STB #2: Kermit
• 7MIH: Magnolia

• Elijah Rainwater
• STB #1: Holland
• STB #2: Uriah

• Felicity Deverill
• STB #1: Tybalt
• STB #2: Holland
• 7MIH: Wyatt

• Fiona Moon
• STB #1: Chanel
• STB #2: Jupiter
• 7MIH: Holland

• Holland Graves
• STB #1: Elijah
• STB #2: Felicity
• 7MIH: Fiona

• Jupiter Quigley
• STB #1: Scarlett
• STB #2: Fiona
• 7MIH: Willow

• Kermit Creekmore
• STB #1: Willow
• STB #2: Constanza
• 7MIH: Maisy

• Laszlo Pataki
• STB #1: Poppy
• STB #2: Zadie
• 7MIH: Armani

• Lydia Dwyer
• STB #1: Skip
• STB #2: Uriah
• 7MIH: Tybalt

• Magnolia d'Aguillon
• STB #1: Aristotle
• STB #2: Mary Grace
• 7MIH: Constanza

• Maisy Morgenstern
• STB #1: Wyatt
• STB #2: Chanel
• 7MIH: Kermit

• Mary Grace O'Malley
• STB #1: Armani
• STB #2: Magnolia
• 7MIH: Chanel

• Poppy Kreitzer
• STB #1: Laszlo
• STB #2: Willow
• 7MIH: Uriah

• Scarlett Hatfield
• STB #1: Jupiter
• STB #2: Skip
• 7MIH: Aristotle

• Skip Rider
• STB #1: Lydia
• STB #2: Scarlett

• Tybalt Zettler
• STB #1: Felicity
• STB #2: Wyatt
• 7MIH: Lydia

• Uriah Hatfield
• STB #1: Elijah
• STB #2: Lydia
• 7MIH: Poppy

• Willow Quackenbush
• STB #1: Kermit
• STB #2: Poppy
• 7MIH: Jupiter

• Wyatt Webberley
• STB #1: Maisy
• STB #2: Tybalt
• 7MIH: Felicity

• Zadie Lovelace
• STB #1: Constanza
• STB #2: Laszlo

how this works!

☁️ Welcome to the first Pocket Party of the year! Pocket always wants to hang out with the students of Peckenpaugh, and she uses her unusual magic to give them fantastic new places to play with her. This is Pocket’s domain, and she’ll block or (safely) eject anyone who is dangerously disruptive or threatens the safety or secrecy of the party.

☁️ Pocket Parties are pretty much old hat for Peckenpaugh's students, provided you've been here for a year. What's not old hat is the party, itself. Pocket's parties are always reliably wild and imaginative, bending the limits of magic and reality!

☁️ The party starts at 8PM, and stretches on indistinctly. No matter when you leave, though, it’s always 11PM ⁠— Pocket abides by the weekend campus curfew. :) ⁠— and when you exit the party, you arrive at the Falls.

☁️ Each student arrives with a pair of functional wings on their back, gifted also with the knowledge of (roughly) how to use them. The wings can be anything your heart desires, so get creative or ask us to RNG for you in the "What's Up?" section. Feel free to say your kid isn’t quite getting the hang of the wings, if you want.

☁️ The fluffy white ground is mostly solid, though you might sink in in some places. More likely, you’ll bounce, and there’s a lot of spring to the clouds.

locations!

☁️ WHAT'S UP?: You are! Literally! Welcome to Pocket’s Cloud Party. You’ve been gifted a set of functional wings so you can get around the fluffy surroundings. Use this space to tell us what those flappers look like? What’d your student decide to wear to the first Pocket Party of the year? How do they feel about this (seemingly) sky high adventure? Under this heading, you can request a randomized pair of wings by adding ‘WING ME, PLEASE’ to the body of your comment and the mods will provide you with a pair of random wings for your character.

☁️ BEFORE THE PARTY: You've got a full day of classes and dinner before it's even time to start getting ready! Here's a spot for threads about your day, or for prepping for the party.

☁️ THE BRIGHT AND SUNNY: Students arrive in a bright and sunny field of fluffy clouds against a pink lemonade sky. The first thing most will notice is just how bouncy it all is, putting a literal spring in your step and launching you high if you build up enough momentum. A large central cloud mass provides plenty of room to romp and play, or sprawl out in the fluff, but the area is surrounded by smatterings of smaller puffs. Most are solid, some not. They range in bounciness from turbo trampoline to squishier than your favorite bean bag chair, accommodating anywhere from one to ten students. Balloons of all shapes and sizes float about the area. Some have little baskets of finger food like pretzels, pop corn and potato chips. Others need to be popped to discover what tasty treat is inside ⁠— salty or sweet, the snacks inside are a little bit random, but generally the higher up the balloon the more rewarding the prize. If this flying thing isn’t doing you right, you can get around by rainbow, too. Most of the larger clouds are connected by bright rainbow bridges that leave your feet leaving trails of bright color wherever you step.

☁️ THE STARRY NIGHT: Slide down the right rainbow and you’ll be deposited in what feels like a whole new world. Gone is the bright daylight of before, this field of fluff is beneath a starry night sky. The air is so clear, unobscured by pollution, you can see the Milky Way overhead. A meteor shower is on full display, and sometimes the falling stars, chased by bright sparkling tails, land in the fluff around the area. Usually these bright little lights simply disappear on impact, but some of them remain intact, star-shaped lights that illuminate the area, can be carried around or just admired. It’s warm here, and cozy, a good place to sprawl out and watch the show in the sky. The balloons floating in this area glow softly, and drop glow sticks when popped.

☁️ PARTY GAMES: Along the edges of the starry night, a soft and squishy circle of clouds have been arranged to look like pillows and cushions, a wine bottle with a picture of a cicada on the label in the middle. Don’t worry about getting left out because it’s damn near impossible to miss the circle, as just above it floats a bright red lip-shaped hot air balloon. When the ladder drops, up to two people can climb aboard, and the balloon will disembark and float through the air for exactly seven minutes before unceremoniously dumping the pair back in the middle of the circle. Hope you had fun!!

☁️ THE SKYWAY: Just off the central cloud area is the Skyway, an open stretch of air perfect for a bit of flying. A soft, sweet breeze blows through, and a variety of colorful hot air balloons bob lazily throughout the field of blue. Baskets have room for between two and five teen-sized humans, allowing for a bit of privacy. Also dotting the open stretches of sky are flying contraptions of various design, brooms, umbrellas, planes and other air vehicles. If you’re looking to float lazily instead of flapping yourself, you won’t want for options out here.

☁️ THE...CAFE?: On the edge of the Skyway is an impressively large zeppelin floating lazily around the perimeter of the party. It’s easy enough to land and head inside, where guests are greeted with a comfortable, warm little cafe. A few tables and comfortable chairs fill the room, and on the far side there’s a coffee bar tended by a be-aproned cat barista. Her black fur is spotted gold, and a pair of delicate fairy wings are folded closed against her back, but the real giveaway of her identity is the pair of raybans she’s wearing. Pock-cat the Barista will mix up just about anything you ask her for, though she might not get it quite right, and no matter what you request, she prepares it as though fixing you a fancy coffee drink. Come order a drink, grab a seat and watch the lovely sky scenery roll by.

☁️ END OF THE NIGHT: While the party seems to stretch on for several hours, only a few have elapsed by the time students pass from Pocket's cave back to campus, arriving on the rocks by the falls. Head back home and climb into bed. It's been a long night!

☁️ OOC - QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS!

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THE STARRY NIGHT: Uriah & Tybalt

[princeofcat]

Tybalt was randomly gifted creaky metal wings, but they’re wings, so he loves them. They’re maybe noisy, but they jet him across the sky just fine. Just maybe he won’t be able to sneak up on anyone tonight. Which is also just fine, for right now. He’s supported in their cool cocoon, staring up at stars he forgets to watch a lot. They’re blocked in Boston, by lights and by clouds. He’s lulled into a peace, remembering how many there are. But the peace is quickly broken. He props himself on his elbows, eyes twinkling like the comets themselves.

“Am I that good.” He shakes his head, faux-disappointed that it’s even a question. “You want a star?”

THE STARRY NIGHT: Uriah & Tybalt

[negligently]

Uriah puts his drink down in the fluff of the cloud and then lets himself ball back into it. Wisps of cloud are disturbed like cotton as he stretches his neon blue wings. He looks over at Tybalt with the star-scattered night sky behind him. He likes the way the world seems just a little floaty and unreal right now, but he really likes that light behind Tybalt's eyes.

"I want a star," he agrees. "A star for a kiss."

THE STARRY NIGHT: Uriah & Tybalt

[princeofcat]

He's not sure why he just volunteered to get up. He doesn't want to, not really. The way he's being looked at right now seems fragile. When he gets back, it'll be different. It isn't a bad thing, but he likes this. So he wheedles,and rolls on to his stomach, elbows propping on to Uriah's chest, instead. "Two." He decides, "Two kisses, one now, then after. Star catching's an awful lot of work, you know."

THE STARRY NIGHT: Uriah & Tybalt

[negligently]

Uriah sighs deeply, like it's a terrible burden to give in. There's no chance he's going to refuse, though. Uriah's never been any good at playing hard to get, but if Tybalt was here just for the conquest he'd be long gone by now. This thing they've got going is fun and doesn't need any shaking up.

So he leans in and brushes his lips against Tybalt's. "One for the road," he murmurs against Tybalt's mouth.

THE STARRY NIGHT: Uriah & Tybalt

[princeofcat]

It's hardly the first kiss they've shared, but a corner of his mouth still turns up, just as delighted and cocky as if it was. One of his fists balls up into Uriah's shirt, and he makes it a good kiss. Short, but lingering. Something to remember him by. He parts, then, and straightens up, knocking on Uriah's chest twice, light, as a quick goodbye. "Okay. Wait for me."

He doesn't wait for a confirmation. Either way, he'd do what he does now; fly off to catch a star, leaping in a completely unnecessary but graceful swan-dive off their cloud.