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!

Comments

Pax & Tony

[wildchild]

Pax definitely slams into Tony, but a mixture of his attempt to catch her and her attempt to wrap her limbs tightly around his form results in not the worst outcome. Not that falling into fluffy clouds would've been bad, but it's nice to achieve your goal. Grinning up at her friend from her strange, latched on position, Pax lets out a laugh that maybe comes out half like a cackle.

"Wait, is the pope here? Also, hi."

Pax & Tony

[fratsquatch]

"Assumin' this is heaven," Tony replies, quicker with a comeback now that he is no longer scared about impaling Pax with his enormous wings. He grunts and hitches her up onto his hip, careful not to crush her own far more delicate wings. "Wouldn't put it past Pocket. Hey you."

Pax & Tony

[wildchild]

"The Pope would be a real drag though, you know?" Pax doesn't actually know, but church figurehead doesn't really sound like a rip roaring good time in much of any situation. As Tony adjusts her like the infant she is, she shifts a bit to assist, content to continue clinging to him like a tree.

"Are you taking the time to have some fun, mister?"

Pax & Tony

[fratsquatch]

Despite regularly attending Sunday school as a child, Tony can't count himself a Christian. Still, he feels the need to defend little old men who aren't around to defend themselves. "Aw, he seems nice enough," he shrugs, which is difficult with the added weight of his wings. "I like his funny hat."

It's hard to avoid eye contact with the barnacle on your side but Tony attempts it. He clears his throat and scans the beautiful expanse of pink sky. "Of course," he lies. A useless lie. He is bad at this. "Just gettin' myself situated, is all."

Pax & Tony

[wildchild]

Pax rolls her head back a bit, both at the Pope defense and at the clear lying that's going on. "He's got a special car too, which is great, but I think he's like... contractually obligated to not condone underaged drinking and kissing in balloons." Not that Pax is really partaking of either one of these things, but everyone is having fun? So.

"It doesn't take that long to get situated, my man. How about we do a fun thing?"

Pax & Tony

[fratsquatch]

"So's far as I know, there's nothin' against kissin' in the good book. 'Cept if you're kissin' on your neighbor's wife," Tony corrects. He's unsure about the underage drinking part but he is unwilling to find out. His conscience is very fragile.

He suspects this is about to turn into an adventure that he is not leading, so he sets Pax down gently amongst the clouds and resigns himself. "Alright, but I'm not really lookin' to kiss anyone in any balloons."

Pax & Tony

[wildchild]

"I wouldn't know - no church in California." This is clearly false, but who cares?

Pax pouts a little as she's put down, even though it's a necessary step in getting her friend to unwind a bit. After a moment of contemplation, she reaches to take his hand, and starts to pull him along with her.

"There are way better things to do than that, anyway. But if you wanted to, I could arrange it for you. I could probably get at least half of the Senior girl population to agree to it. Just so you know."