In a corner of the Great Hall lies several wooden basins full of water, with around a dozen apples bobbing in each one. On the wall is a piece of parchment with this written on it in fancy script:
Apples be bobbin' in the basins here They're tasty, nutritious, and cause little fear Bob for a few, there's plenty around But this game is far more interestin' than it sounds
There be somethin' in the water, t'give you a fright It ain't red nor juicy, but it's hard and it's white So bob if you dare, but expect the worst If you aren't careful, you might end up cursed.
Of course, you're gonna be playin' t'score. The team with the most apples wins points four.
[Let's play! Roll two eight-sided dice in your post - the higher number is the number of apples bobbed, while the lower number is the number of skulls your character found while bobbing. (Don't worry, they're fake.) Subtract the numbers and edit your post to include the difference, and then quote me so I know to put you down on the list. The house with the most points at the end of the event wins! Once you've bobbed for apples once, you can't do it again.
Also, you don't have to bob for apples every post - feel free to RP here, too!]
Muna squinted at the parchment written near the basins, struggling to read the fancy script. Reading only became so much easier when it was written in so much goddamn loopy text. Bijan sighed in slight aggravation.
"It's that weird apple bobbing thing," The fairy gave as form of explanation. Muna's mouth curved into an 'o' shape, and he stood in front of the parchment for a few minutes longer.
Well, what was the worst thing that could happen? He was dressed in the shortest shorts he had ever worn in his entire life. His mother would probably kill him if she saw him now.
Shrugging to himself and expecting only the worst, Muna inhaled a breath through his nose and dunked his head.
edit: Muna gasped for air when he came up, spitting out his findings. He had only ran into about 4 skulls -- (giving Bijan quite the fright when he saw what was in his charge's mouth) and had managed more apples than he had expected to. Muna kind of doubted that the Lucians would be going very far in terms of points due to their small numbers, but eight wasn't so bad.
The elf gave a satisfied smile, wiping at his mouth. He wondered if he could eat the apples.
Averill shambled over to the tubs, trying to keep up his scary mummy face. It was hard, especially the frowning part. And his face felt so heavy with all of this makeup!
"Oh, hey Mi--Muna!" Averill corrected himself mid sentence when he saw a girlish figure bent over the apple tub, wiping its mouth. "Did you catch anything cool?" He asked, peering into the murky water with trepidation. "Oh. Its just apples and skulls in there." He realized, and grinned a big skeletal grin.
"MY BRETHREN! I SHALL SAVE YOU FROM DROWNING!" He plunged his head into the tub in an attempt to save as many skulls as possible.
After a few minutes in which the dwarf struggled and splashed about, he surfaced. Surprisingly, none of the makeup had come off. "I have saved you, my children." He reverently placed the four skulls on the edge of the tub, then looked at the two apples he'd accidentally also picked up. "Are we supposed to eat these or...." He looked at his teeth marks on the apples skin "...Or do we throw them back in?"
Jennalaia
2 apples - 4 skulls = ....we don't end up getting NEGATIVE points, do we?
Depends on my mood. :3 For now I'll leave it ambiguous.
Siyaahi
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 1:40 pm
『Mυиα Neנeм』『Yᴇᴀʀ 1』『Lᴜᴄɪᴀɴ』
Muna turned at the sound of his name, wiping away the remnants of the moisture on his face. He didn't even have to squint at the mummy, recognizing it as Averill from the boy's fluffy blond hair. Still, his makeup was pretty cool.
Muna took a step back as Averill dunked his head in, watching in amusement as the boy spit out skull after skull. Bijan stayed willfully silent, not feeling the need to tell Averill that he was doing the exact opposite of the point of the game.
Muna glanced into the basins still stuffed with apples, and then at the apples left on the ground. It would be kind of gross to throw them back in. Muna squinted at the apples for a second longer. But it seems kind of like a waste of food, too.The thought of actually throwing away the apples caused pain to Muna -- having to grow up for the later part of his life without a lot of food on the table had instilled certain values in him.
Still, he didn't really like apples enough to eat eight of them.
Suddenly Vivian was right behind Muna. "I like your costume," she said. "You look like a very cute little bunny!" She patted his head and then looked at the basins. "Wow, I never would've thought that we would have apple bobbing, I haven't done this since I was a little kid." Humming a little tune, Vivian tucked her hair back and leaned over. Dunk! In she went.
Edit: After a few minutes, Vivian came up gasping for air and spit out a sixth skull. "Hey, that was fun! But it looks like I'm not that good at this game..." The fake blood on her face was running down her cheeks and throat, making her look more than just a little bit creepy.
Jennalaia
(8 - 6 = 2 points!)
Siyaahi
Itchigotchi
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 2:55 pm
『Mυиα Neנeм』『Yᴇᴀʀ 1』『Lᴜᴄɪᴀɴ』
Muna gave a high pitched squeak of terror at Vivian's entrance, ears bouncing and braid whipping around him as he turned his head around to look at the girl. Even Bijan seemed surprised from the way he had shot up a few feet higher.Uh, thanks,
Muna replied awkwardly, hands trembling just a little as he signed. He waited patiently for Vivian to finish bobbing, feeling nervous every time she rose up to spit out a skull. Your outfit sure is...realistic He offered awkwardly, instinctively taking a step back at the sight of blood dribbling down Vivian's face. Muna glanced once more at the apples still lying at the ground, wanting to leave but feeling unwilling until they had been dealt with. He gave Vivian a questioning look, hopeful that she would know what to do seeing as she seemed to have played the game before.
Um, your...blood is dribbling. Also, what are we supposed to do with these
Amara waved to catch the students' attention, pointing to two barrels next to her. "Just put the apples in one, and the skulls in another," she said. "Brett said he wanted to make apple butter or something with his practitioner class when this is all over."
Siyaahi
Itchigotchi
Wind of Knowledge
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 3:19 pm
『Mυиα Neנeм』『Yᴇᴀʀ 1』『Lᴜᴄɪᴀɴ』
Oh, well, that was easy and incredibly convenient. Shrugging, Muna gathered up his share of the skulls and apples and deposited them into their proper bins. He hadn't even noticed those.
Feeling a little bit better about where the apples were going to, Muna straightened up and tugged on the back of his shorts. They had ridden up a little when he had bent down to pick up the apples. There was a deep, inexplicable fear inside of him that somehow his mother was going to find out about this. God, he hoped she didn't. Muna felt more comfortable in the damn dresses he wore than the ridiculously short shorts he had on.
I guess I'll go check out something else, Muna announced, eager to get away from Vivian and her bleeding face. God, she looked terrifying. With that Muna quickly wandered off.
Averill watched their friend appear and made sure not to notice her very short skirt as she leaned over and bobbed for apples. She was really quick at it! "What do you mean you're not good at it! You just pulled up like, 14 things! Thats nearly everything in the bucket in one go!" He exclaimed, tossing his apples into the apple bin.
He gave Vivian a huge grin when he noticed the fake blood mess. "Cor! That blood is actually running everywhere! Its great!" He commented, laughing and wanting some scary blood too. He took the skulls and dumped them into the correct bin too, all bar one. The last skull was held up Hamlet style, and given a speech. "Alas, poor Yorrick, buddy, I know you wanna be covered in blood. Me too, but skeletons and mummifications don't have any!" He told the skull, then tossed it unceremoniously into the bin.
"Shall we go check out the other stalls, my terrifying friend?" He offered an elbow to Vivian.
Siyaahi
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 4:30 pm
~ Ʋινιαη Sυммєяѕ ~
"I picked up way too many skulls though," Vivian grumped. "Oh well, it was fun after all!" She waved Muna goodbye and disposed of the apples and skulls. Then she grinned and wiped up some of the "blood". "Actually it's just some fruit juice I mixed with food coloring and a little corn starch to thicken it. It's a trick I learned back home." She licked it off her finger. "Mmm, tasty!" Vivian laughed and clapped her hands when Averill made his Yorrick speech. "Alas, poor Yorrick, doomed to be mixed with his skull brethren forever." She took his elbow. "Let's go, Mister Mummy!"
Itchigotchi
(lol you quoted lily instead of me XD]
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 4:56 pm
Pharoh Averill Hammershod (the mummy)
Averill felt his cheeks heat up through the makeup when she got his joke and took his elbow. He had a small internal struggle about whether to taste the fruitjuice blood, and then decided it was worth a try. Friends can taste each others costumes, right?
He didn't walk, but stood there a moment and ran a finger along her jawline. Not in any sort of sexy way, but in a quick and silly way. Internally he was coaching himself Oh man you're touching a girl better not be creepy about it. Then he quickly put his finger, with the dollop of blood into his mouth. "Ah! Blackcurrant and Apple?" He tried to guess, but it was difficult to taste the fruityness around what he assumed was cornstarch.
"Lets go try to scare the professor with it!" His eyes lit up in childish excitement.
Wind Of Knowledge
Ooops! Shall we exit scene now?
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 5:31 pm
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Vivian blinked. She hadn't expected someone else to taste it, but she didn't mind. Averill was a friend, after all! She had plenty of tasty blood, and more back in her dorm room in case she needed to reapply it. "Blackcurrant and cherry actually, but you were close!" she said, laughing. "If you want, I can teach you how to make some, I have a bottle of it back in the Tomas dorms."
Her eyes glittered. "Let's go try it! I don't know if we'll manage though, Professor Bellis seems awfully hard to scare..."
