Boseman High School Shenanigans: Episode 1

Dec 12, 2022 8:00 am
Boseman High School Shenanigans: Episode 1!
It's fall 2022. In fact, it is Monday, the 19th of September, and school has been back in at Boseman High School for three weeks. Today marks the start of a big week at the school -- several teachers are hitting the seniors with their first tests, it's Homecoming Week, and it won't be too long before the Michigan weather turns... which means the kids are doing everything they can to cling to summer.

Biceps bulge, barely-there shorts and skirts put juicy butts on display, shirts are doffed so washboard abs can see the sun, and teenaged tits are everywhere -- revealing tank tops are like a uniform for the curvy set, and they are legion. Kids are arriving at the school on bikes and skateboards, the buses are disgorging the students who don't have their own means of transport and live too far away to walk or bike, and there's a steady stream of cars. Parents dropping kids off, seniors and juniors arriving in their own vehicles, ranging from junkers to mommy and daddy's Lexus, Benz, and BMW rides.

The freshmen are starting to get used to the nearly overwhelming spectacle of it all, but there's still a tremendous amount of gawking at the older and bolder kids as they arrive to start the week. It's sunny and in the low 80s today -- and is supposed to stay that way all week. Spirits are high as we join our four teenaged protagonists...

Zach

"Here you go, son," Zach's dad says to him, pulling to a stop in the drop-off circle. It's bedlam -- there are kids everywhere, cars coming and going -- but Mr. Tidwell doesn't seem to mind. He's steady on the tiller, as always. "Good luck on that math test! I'll be back at four for pick-up!"

Turning to look over his shoulder, he adds, "You too, Rose! Have great day!"

Rose, a sophomore, gets out without a sound, pissed off to be at school at all today. She leaves her brother behind as she fixes her hair, adjusts the spaghetti straps of her top and heads for her friends.

Watching his sister go -- they get along at times, and at times they don't -- Zach spots a few of the jocks he's been attaching himself to lately, standing in a group, picking on nerds and undoubtedly commenting crudely on girls.

Lily

Today was the Lins turn to drive, and Mrs. Lin looks at the girls in the back as she waves, smiles, and shoos them out of the car along with her son, in the front seat. "Have a good day at school! Bye!"

Justin adjusts the set of his pack on his shoulder, then heads for some of his friends throwing a frisbee around. "See you two later I guess," he says as he goes.

"Yup, see you later," Wendy says to her brother, before making a face to both him and Lily behind his back. "You are so wrong about things sometimes, you know that?" she says with a fetching smile.

Emily

Over at the student parking lot, there's a cloud of smoke as Emily Richardsen and her brother arrive in their rust bucket mini-van. Steve smacks his sister before he piles out. "I told you this piece of shit wasn't going to make it through the school year! Fuck, it's not gonna make it to October!"

As they walk in from the parking lot, he ogles a bunch of girls and gestures at a few to his sister. "Oh man. You need to meet her... her... and especially her... so you can introduce me!"

Freddie

Not too terribly far away, Freddie Solomon glides his Tesla Model 3 into a parking spot. His two sisters have been quietly using their phones in the back the whole way to school, as usual, and he has to clear his throat to let them know they've arrived. Then, as the three of them get out, Fred sees her: Priya. She's not dressed as suggestively as a lot of the other girls -- her parents would never allow it -- but she still looks really cute. She wears canvas Converse, a pleated skirt, and a long-sleeve, fitted tee. Her dark hair is in pigtails, and he watches as she makes eye contact with him, then purposefully looks away.

"Burn," Sarah says quietly, making Debbie giggle.
OOC:
We're under way! This is a bit of a low-octane start... feels like we need to get feet on the ground a little before I start whomping you all with stuff.

So let's play! (And let me know if I've forgotten something key.)

Some things to bring up in your first posts...

🔸 What are you wearing today?
🔸 Do you have plans after school?
🔸 You have a math test first thing. Did you study? If not, what did you do last night?
🔸 How late were you up last night?
🔸 Lily, does Wendy know about Zach?
Dec 12, 2022 2:00 pm
Zach spends the drive to school silently going over what he studied for his math test these past days. He's a diligent student, so he didn't have to spend all day yesterday cramming, as he's been going over his notes a bit every day for the last week and now he's feeling confident that he should do fairly well. He even went to bed relatively early so he'd be rested, though his texting with Abby did keep him awake a bit longer than initially planned.

When their dad stops the car and tells Rose and Zach to get out, Rose seems all to eager to be gone from the car. As she's climbing out, Zach tells her, "I'm pretty sure those straps are against dress code." He worries about her. It's nice that she feels more free to explore herself now that she doesn't feel like she's living in his shadow anymore, but he's concerned about how she explores herself.

Rose dramatically rolls her eyes, then says, "That hoodie should be against dress code. You look hideous."

Zach looks down at himself. He's just wearing loose, heavy jeans and a thick grey hoodie, pretty much his uniform since he started here, as much as it stands out among all the sexy, revealing clothes everywhere. The more he can hide his body shape, the better. "I guess," he replies. "But I manage to do that regardless of what I wear."

Rose actually cracks up at that and throws him an amused grin before she gets out and walks off. Zach thanks his dad for the drive, even though he doesn't even want to be driven by his parents every day, then gets out as well. Shoulders drooping, hands in his pockets, he looks around and spots some of the boys he's been hanging around with recently. They're jerks but they're also popular and they let him hang out with them, so he just gravitates to them. As he approaches them, he tries to figure out whether they were looking at his sister. She's not the most attractive girl in school, but she's cute and trying to be hot, which can be a dangerous combination.

He hovers somewhere near them, hoping not to have to get involved in the petty bullying they're engaging in and that he can just wait it out. As he approaches, he nods at them but then positions himself not right with them, just kind of around.
Dec 12, 2022 3:17 pm
He grabs his heart staggering at Priya's scathing rebuke. "I am wounded. She wounds me," He replies to his sister. "You girls have a good day, and stay out of white vans. Free WiFi is a lie!"

He's wearing these dorky don't leg capri pants, but they are exactly right to show off his legs and ass. His burgundy fashion tee is semi transluscent, enough that you can see his nipples and the brush of hair that trail from belly to waist. Laceless deck shoes complete the dress code pushing ensemble.

"Clutch!" he calls out to Tyke Tailor, the power server from their team. He's called him clutch since one game in junior year when he slammed the winning points in a come from behind victory against their arch rivals from Mill Creek. No one else calls Tyke 'Clutch', except the occasional junior trying to act cool, right up until they're pantsed. They trade an elaborate handshake. He sees the new kid Zach hanging around. "Zach, oh shit, we have a math test don't we. Quick, tell me everything. No hold up, I have to talk to Clutch."

Dragging the friend two paces away he says, "What's going on with Priya, have you heard? Anyone ask her to Homecoming?" He runs a hand through the side of his hair and looks after the pretty girl walking away. And boy, can she ever walk away, he thinks.

KCC

Dec 12, 2022 3:22 pm
"Bye, Mrs. Lin. Thanks!" Lily says quickly, as she closes the back door of the car.

"Yeah, see you later!" she chimes to Justin, tucking a lock of hair behind her ear before throwing him a wave goodbye, that he doesn’t quite see. It hangs in the air a moment, and then is snapped back quickly.

"Oh, come on." she says, immediately embarrassed at having been left hanging. "He’s nice… sometimes! Even you have to admit to that!" her face flushing another shade of red again.

She pulls her unbuttoned cardigan in around her as she watches the student body filing by.

"Jesus. Look at them." she remarks, bordering on a holier-than-thou sneer. Wendy’s parents would have a fit of the two girls tried to show up to school like that. Still, it wasn’t that cold just yet.

"I asked dad to come a little later today! I want to go over that story with you!" She doesn’t look, but she knows Wendy’s eyes must be wide, as Lily is finally ready to reveal some more of this secret project.

"After school!" she reiterates. "I’m still working on some of the details!

Alright…"
she says, finally with a sigh. She tugs her backpack up onto two shoulders.

"Let’s get this test out of the way!" she says with a roll of her eyes and then a smile. A knowing smile that said she didn’t do a damn thing for this test, and didn’t care all that much either way!
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Dec 12, 2022 4:02 pm
"Brilliant Steve, like you looked at your crystal ball or something. Obviously. Why do you think I want to get a network going here and if you want something better than this piece of shit, help me out will ya instead of letting your eyeballs fall out ogling the girls? For Chrissakes you'd swear you never saw girls before."

Emily takes a deep breath to settle her nerves as she tugs at her long sleeves, a new behavior that's becoming a habit. It's a lot. New school, new friends, new neighborhood, new customers. She's feeling anxious. Driven as she is to be the best at anything she does she puts undue pressure on herself but it's who she is as much as the pert nose on her face that sits below deep-set brown eyes framed by dark almost square glass frames and a short neat haircut that accentuates her jawline.

"Mom and dad made it clear that they aren't interested in helping with a new car. Does the car run?" Emily mocks their mother in a nasal twang. "It does? Well then.... In other words Steve she's telling us to fuck off."

Emily's parents are incredibly self-centered which gives Steve and Emily almost free reign to do whatever and as long as they are smart about it their parents won't make much of an effort to find out what their kids are up to.

Another sigh, this time louder as Steve parks the car and Emily grabs her bag, adjusting her tight navy blue tee that gloves her slender frame stopping just shy of the waist of her snug blue jeans. She's already regretting her choice of long sleeves on what promises to be a warm day but it's autumn. Smoothing her hair she says, "Don't make me wait for you this time. I was up all night studying for the math test today and I want to go home and take a nap after school. I'm exhausted already."

As they hurry along the sidewalk to the main entrance, Emily jabs Steve in the ribs with an elbow as he makes no effort to hide his eyeing of the large-breasted freshmen girls wiggling their butts as they saunter through the doors. Could you at least not be so damn obvious?"
Dec 12, 2022 6:41 pm
Zach

"Hey!" Zach’s dad says from his rolled-down window as the boy walks from the car. "Don’t say that, son! You don’t look hideous, ok? And it’ll… it’ll get better."

Over closer to the broad steps that lead up to the school’s main entrance, Zach innocuously attaches to the edge of a group of a half-dozen boys. Tony, Toby, Gus… Noah, Colter, Banks — big names, all starters on the football team. They were classic meatheads — tall, buff boys who were popular, and who were well aware of their status.

"Zach, right?" Noah says after making brief eye contact. "Sup?"

The sees that, indeed, a couple of the boys in the crowd are pointing at, and commenting on, his sister. Rose is some distance away, talking with some girlfriends, and Banks jokes with his friends. "Wouldn’t mind a little of that, right? I bet she fuckin’ parties."

Then, Zach watches as Aaron Connery, some distance away, stops on the sidewalk to look at his phone. He wears a big backpack and it blocks the boys’ view of Rose.

"Hey!" Banks calls over to the smaller, younger boy. "Geekweed! Keep walkin’, dipshit, you’re ruining the view!"

Freddie

Just a short distance away, Fred Solomon presses Clutch on what he knows about Priya and invitations she might have to the upcoming Homecoming Dance.

"I dunno, dude, I mean… is she still grounded or whatever? Second base, then straight to the locker room for a cold shower, man. Harsh!"

Lily

"Did you study?" Wendy asks her friend — just as Lily lays eyes on a couple of people she often has lunch with. Fred and Zach!

Emily

Steve shakes his head as he and his sister make their way in from the parking lot, and as he keeps drinking it all in. "Can’t help it! I think I like this school already. No dress code, Emily! Oh my — check out the girl with the green hair! Why can’t you have friends like her? And invite them over to study at like a pajama party or some shit?!"

Emily is only half-listening to her horny brother as he goes on — and on — about the student body. She’s thinking of the math test… and of Mr. Edge. She thought of him often, as she had been late last night when a thunderclap had shaken the house and scared the crap out of her. Going to her window had shown the girl that it wasn’t raining, but there was some weird-looking heat lightning lighting up the low-lying clouds that had moved in after sunset.

"Are you even listening to me? Hello?" Steve says. "The girl there with the halter top. And the green-haired chick… and — oh, and that gothy-looking babe with the eye makeup and the boots. Looks like she might have a dude, but you can find out when you invite them all over for like a pot party, right?"

Ahead, Emily picks out of the crowd the three kids she’s been playing games with at lunchtime. Freddie, Zach, and Lily.
Dec 12, 2022 6:53 pm
"Honestly Steve could you just shut it? You have no class." Emily rolls her eyes and knows she's being mean. She has the smarts to know that he is going through the same shit that she is but he's so freakin' annoying. Meanwhile, she's been day and night dreaming about Mr. Edge so she can't be too critical.

"Tell you what. Find me some stoners and I'll see what I can do. The parents are due for one of their weekend getaways..." Emily makes some exaggerated air quotes for getaway ... "So we can have a small party then. SMALL Steve. Ok? Deal?"

"Alright, there are my friends. I'll see ya later. Don't be late!"

Relieved to see Freddie, Zach, and Lily, Emily approaches with a smile. "Hey guys. S'up? You see that insane lightning last night? Creepy as hell."
Dec 12, 2022 7:15 pm
When Noah recognizes him and remembers his name, Zach just casually nods, trying to play things cool. He does feel out of place next to the jocks, dressed in his thick clothes while they seem to be trying to show off every muscle they have. Not that Zach doesn't wish he could do the same. If only he looked like them.

"That's my little sister you're talking about there!" he protests when the boys start making suggestive comments about Rose. "She's off-limits, alright? There's plenty of cute girls around. I mean, look at..." He glances around. This would be a lot easier if I wasn't gay, he thinks to himself. The scantily dressed girls flaunting their bodies all around them just don't do anything for him and he's concerned that the one he'd point out to them would be a weird choice. He also notices Emily come up towards them and nods in acknowledgement to her greeting, directed not just at him but at the nearby Lily and Freddie as well. Emily is attractive, right? But he likes her, so he's definitely not going to offer her up to the boys' comments.

Luckily, he seems to have been spared from having to come up with an example when the boys turn their attention to someone new. Some geek kid they've decided to let out their frustration on, it appears. Zach is relieved until he turns and sees who their current target is. He feels heat rushing to his cheeks when Aaron looks up from his phone and sees him standing next to the group of jeering teens. Zach throws him an apologetic smile that he hopes won't look like a sneer from the distance.
"That one's cute!" Zach quickly exclaims, hoping to redirect the boys' attention after all, now not only from Rose but from Aaron as well. He gestures to a rather conservatively dressed Indian girl who's just walking past. She is pretty, but, Zach frets as soon as the words are out, probably a weird choice. "Although," he then continues. He raises his voice to let her hear him as well. It's awkward. He hates it. But anything to fit in and keep the other boys' focus off Rose and Aaron, right? "She could totally show some more skin, right?"
Dec 13, 2022 1:36 am
"Find out for me, okay? I've got an idea, okay check this out. She goes to Homecoming with someone else, me too, but we can be together at the dance." He claps Clutch in the shoulder and heads back to the others.

"Zach, you gotta fill me in. What's going to be on the test? Emily covered it with me in Friday but I'm royally blank! Completely!"

He sees the thin boy looking at Priya. His hands clench like vices and he sees rain and a cliff. He shuts his eyes. Taking a deep breath, he exhales the unbidden rage. "That's Priya. She's cute isn't she?"
Dec 13, 2022 6:56 am
Zach turns to Freddie. "You know her?" he asks, cursing at himself. Please don't let her be someone important to him. The last thing he needs right now is to make one of his few proper friends here at the school mad because of some off-hand comment. He decides to quickly move on to the other topic he brought up, the test. "I can show you my notes if you want. It's a lot to all catch up on now, though."

KCC

Dec 13, 2022 7:18 am
"No!" she says emphatically, and then laughs!

"But you did. Don’t lie!" she follows up, and then a teasing jostle.

"Come on; there’s Emily!" and then she stops Wendy up short. "Did you try that stuff she gave us? I didn’t. Not yet! Did you?"

Waiting for the answer, she takes Wendy by the arm and crosses over to Emily.

"Can I use that quote for the story this week? Creepy Storm Batters Boseman, says one student!" and then she clicks her fingers like a camera towards Emily!

Lame…
Dec 13, 2022 7:32 am
Everyone

Steve heads off as Emily walks towards her friends -- a little less obvious and a lot less vocal about feeling like a kid in a candy store. His eyes still bug from time to time, though.

Over near the main steps, Aaron looks a bit mortified when he gets yelled at, then he quickly moves on after making eye contact with Zach -- who then calls attention to Priya, and that draws a mixed reaction from the jocks as Freddie comes over.

"She's cute, but she's stooone cold!" one of the boys says with a laugh. "Just ask the Fredseter here! Right Freddie? Swing and a miss, yeah?"

"I heard she got a arranged marriage thing goin' on! Back in India, soon as she like turns eighteen! Fuckin' aye!" Tony swears.

Gus's eyes are on Priya closely, and he claps Zach on the shoulder. "Oh yeah. Fuck yeah lot. A lot more."

"Waitaminute," Banks says to the transgender student as he narrows his eyes. "That's your sister? Oh, I'm sorry dude. Sorry I'm gonna keep you up all night bangin' dat ass in the next room. She's aight!"

Noah shakes his head. "Come on, dude. Don't be a shithead. Sisters are off-limits, you know that."

The whole crew quiets a little, calming their racy language when Emily arrives...

"Hey," Noah says, checking the girl out in a not entirely unpleasant way.
OOC:
Lily can also just arrive and plug right in here if she so desires, or she can steer clear of these lunkheads who I enjoy writing far too much.
Dec 13, 2022 1:44 pm
Zach laughs off Banks' comment about Rose, despite not finding it funny in the least, then he nods towards the school entrance. "Look, guys, I gotta go in. Can't miss that fucking test, you know."

He looks at Freddie, Emily, Lily and Wendy in turn, knowing they all share that class with him. "Ready, girls, Freddie?" he asks them. Once a bit more out of earshot of the jocks, he leans in to Freddie and says quietly, "Sorry about that Priya thing. I didn't know..." He vaguely gestures to Freddie and doesn't finish the sentence.
Dec 13, 2022 1:51 pm
As the boys get into full swing, Freddie pantomime along with them, acting devastated by their banter. He nearly cries laughing at Banks' joke. "No sisters!"

Fred nudges Zach, and says, "We used to go out, but her parents are a bunch of cockblockers. Thanks about the notes, just a scan will help me."
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Dec 13, 2022 5:38 pm
"Sure, I guess so." Emily smiles at Lily and then realizes too late that photos are a bad idea but it's only an air camera so what's the harm as long as she doesn't ask for a real one? She even makes a goofy smile and poses, hand on her hips, head cocked at an angle. Her mother did talk to the school administration about photos being off-limits, some excuse about it being a religious thing.

"Oh wait. Try now," she says as she removes her glasses for the pretend pic, dances around in place, and then puts them back on. "Seriously though, are those weird skies normal from around here? I was half expecting a tornado."

Emily ignores the boys being boys and overhears Freddie asking about notes and a scan. "I thought you were all set with that test after all the work we did? Why do you need more notes?"

To Zach she says, "I think I'm ready." But she's being modest, she knows she is ready and hopes her salacious thoughts won't distract her.
Dec 14, 2022 8:15 am
Everyone

The football players nod, joke, high-five, and fist bump as Freddie and Zach move off, and soon enough the five friends have a moment to themselves. It's just a few minutes until the first bell rings -- and the second one will ring five minutes later, when they'll be expected to be in their first class: math.

There are a few teacher encounters on their way towards the front doors -- Mr. Myers leering out his second story office window at the student body, Mr. Kilvert can be seen watching imperiously from the side entrance near his and the princiapal's office... and of course, the hurricane that is Coach Murdock.

Coach Murdock
"Freddie Solomon! Fred! Missed you at try outs! Sorry about your dad, son, heard what happened. Listen, you ever need to get your mind off things and stop messing around with that pussy sport and play a man's game, you know where to find me, right Fred? Yeah you do! Come on! See you at the game Friday, right? WOO! GO BADGERS!"
OOC:
Don't need to converse long with this gent, just acknowledge his interruption and carry on. :)

KCC

Dec 14, 2022 1:11 pm
Lily appreciates that Emily seems equally corny as her, if not more so! She just hoped the girl wouldn’t ask if Lily tried that weed yet. She’d have to lie and say yes!

"Ha! I think that’s a front page shot, right there!" she continues, playfully.

"The skies… I guess I’ve never thought to much about it."

Besides getting a quick snap to put on her Instagram live reel, Lily hadn’t noticed anything unusual about the storm skies here. But then… what did she have to compare it against?

"Ugh…" she says, seeing the coach barge into the morning. She pulls Wendy along by the arm, and would do the same for Emily, but she doesn’t know the girl that well, yet!

She passes the man without a word. When the coast is clear, she looks back and mutters:

"What a pig." to Wendy.

The man was barely keeping his shit together; first thing in the morning. He sent a shudder up Lily’s back. Bad enough she had to cover the game, she didn’t want to be around all that any more than necessary.
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Dec 14, 2022 1:15 pm
"I didn't notice the sky," Zach admits. "But I did go to bed pretty early, so maybe that's why." Not wanting to sound lame, he quickly adds, "I didn't sleep early, though. Obviously. I was texting Abby. My girlfriend." Nudging Freddie, he adds, "You know what kinds of texts." The thought of sexting with Abby of all people makes Zach cringe internally but it's all part of keeping up appearances as just another regular straight guy.

When the coach approaches and starts talking to Freddie, Zach just gives him a friendly nod. "Morning, Mr. Murdock," he says, but otherwise keeps out of the conversation.
Dec 14, 2022 2:05 pm
When Emily asks about the notes, he says, "It's just nerves. I can't picture anything we learned this semester at this very moment. It just helps to visualize the field of play before you're supposed to perform, you know? Like warming up. I left my own notes on my desk."

After they head inside, Freddie laughs at Zach's banter, as unexpected as it is. "Not a bad alternative!"

Fred laughs at the coach's antics. "Yeah coach I know where to find you. Near the stage at the Foxy Box, right?" He offers the man a fist bump, and then adds, "Seriously though, thanks. I'm working hard to get back into shape."

Freddie knows the coach is a bit of a sleazoid, and cringes inside at going along with his antics, but that's the role he plays at the school -- the popular kid that is always looking to see the best in people. Is it a role he wants anymore? Or is that just who is he now is after playing the part so long?
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Dec 14, 2022 3:02 pm
OOC:
First roll of the game: studying for the test!

Forgive me for kicking the tires here, but it's my first time GMing Savage Worlds and I'm going to explore a bit. For studying, I'm going to model that as the Support action -- you're supporting your future self! That means if you pass an Academics test, you get +1 when you roll shortly to actually take the test. A raise would get you +2, and a critical fail would mean -2... you studied the wrong stuff!

So for those who studied some -- roll. For those who studied a -lot- and stayed up late, make that roll at +1. For those that didn't study at all, and who are cramming *right now* (Fred), make the roll at -2.

Sound fair and make sense? Once you're in the math class and settled we'll see about rolling to see how well you do on the test.
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