[baby it's cold outside]

[sevenhorrorsmods]

Who: everyone!
When: the weekend of September 5
Where: around
What:
Warnings:

[The "staffing issues" from last weekend have seemingly resolved themselves; the food at the cafeteria is back to normal levels of mediocrity! Which is good, because something else seems to be stalking the school hallways today]

[You hear it before you see it. Footsteps that echo behind yours, perfectly in sync with every step you take. Turn around and there is no one there. . . but you do see a set of bloody footprints trailing after you. They aren't your footprints (they belong to someone's bared feet, while you're presumably wearing shoes), and they slowly vanish the longer you stare at them. Creepy! Weird!! Unsettling!!]

[But maybe not as creepy as the ghost of a hand you feel brushing against your shoulder. It's a light touch. It's a cold touch, ice flowing through your veins as it chills you from the inside out, sending your teeth chattering and your body trembling. No matter what you do, for the next 24 hours, you cannot seem to warm yourself up. Blankets don't work. Physical activity doesn't work. Hell, even a steaming hot shower back at the dorms doesn't seem to thaw you out. You're not quite hypothermic, you may be close!!]

[What does work to dispel the cold, however, is. . . . . . . . . . . body heat. Snuggling up with someone else and/or sharing a blanket will warm characters up in a pinch. Maybe it's pillow fort and/or sleepover time?? Go find a partner and take care of yourself]

[The footprint ghost will linger throughout the weekend before disappearing on Monday morning]

[ALSO PLEASE USE THIS POST FOR ANY AND ALL MINGLE THINGS EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT RELATED TO FOOTPRINT GHOST. I'M NOT THE BOSS OF YOU]

Comments

[inexorableiron]

Don't talk shit about my potato, this would totally fuckin' work in a real cold front.

[ratiocinations]

[Pfft.]

Yes, but then you require constant access to potatoes.

[inexorableiron]

Just reheat 'em or eat 'em

[ratiocinations]

[Now he is just thinking of raw and spoilt potatoes being left out too long.]

That is the fast track to an accidental poisoning.

[inexorableiron]

You allergic to a potato?

[ratiocinations]

Of course not. But have you never left a potato out too long? Watch it try to sprout? Or spoil?

[inexorableiron]

No? What would possess somebody to do that?

[ratiocinations]

[When you are Sherlock Holmes, you have seen some shit. That includes potatoes gone feral when left out too long--]

Forgetfulness, mostly. Let me elucidate something for you, then: when a potato sprouts, or has otherwise gone off, it produces an alkaloid which is quite dangerous for humans to ingest. The potato is, after all, simply a part of a nightshade plant.

[inexorableiron]

... So you just eat it when it's good?

[simply said, because why would you let a potato sit around and go bad]

[ratiocinations]

My dear fellow, and then you loop back around to the issue of always having potatoes on hand. [if you are using them for warmth, which is the ridiculous conversation they're having right now]

[inexorableiron]

It doesn't have to be a fuckin' potato, dude.

[ratiocinations]

You are the one who used a potato as an example. I am simply following your line of thought.

[inexorableiron]

You're assumin' I'd let a potato go bad!

[ratiocinations]

Wouldn't you?

[inexorableiron]

Why would I, dude?

[ratiocinations]

Forgetfulness. You have more important things than potatoes to worry about at home, do you not?

[inexorableiron]

[????? potato + cold = king?????]

I mean, fuck, sure I do.

[ratiocinations]

[Not an equation that's ever passed his mind before.]

Then in that case, there you have it. Potatoes, simply forgotten about. [how have they gotten here]