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Lady Stokes (rosmarinus) wrote in goose_ooc,
@ 2016-09-14 20:54:00

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! introduction, player: alex

HELLO YES HI EVERYBODY IT IS ALEX, I HAVE ANOTHER CHARACTER. We all knew this was going to happen.

So this is Rosemary Stoker. QUICK FACTS:

Ribbonfin Junior & prefect

Twin sister to Sy Stoker, but will side eye the hell out of you if you try to get her to discipline him.

Grew up in Elysian Fields, went to Port Prep. SOCAL FRIENDS, C'MERE.

In Choir, Equestrian, Duelling & Fencing

You can call her the mom friend, but she is a strict mom friend. If you want her to take care of you then you ALSO HAVE TO LISTEN TO HER. Which makes her come across as mean sometimes.

Used to be super competitive. Like, she was kind of just female Sy but she could walk in heels kinda. But she's trying to learn to let all that go and not be so competitive. And sometimes she is totally not able to let it all go, like around exam time or when watching Quidditch. Someone should teach her how to meditate. Or convince her to get drunk. You know, either way.

Not a typical Ribbonfin, but she wants to be a Ribbonfin. TEACH HER YOUR LEVEL HEADED WAYS, FISHES.

UM, OTHER THINGS, IDK. I'M TERRIBLE AT INTROS. LET'S JUST THROW CHARACTERS AT EACH OTHER AND SEE WHAT STICKS?

also i have been terrible at replying to intros lately. i got behind when i went out of town and got intimidated by the number of posts to reply to when i got back, so HI I'M ALEX, i also have nathaniel bird (

flyover) and riley stamper (

rageahol) who we can also throw at each other. i am all for throwing.

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	goosemods 2016-09-15 12:38 am UTC (link)
	THERE ARE SO MANY CHARACTERS IN THIS GAME NOW IT'S HONESTLY TERRIFYING i mean i'm happy and i love you all ♥ but oh my god (Reply to this) (Thread)

	rosmarinus 2016-09-15 12:48 am UTC (link)
	SO MANY MOUTHS TO FEED. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	stokers 2016-09-15 01:26 am UTC (link)
	i told meggie earlier today that ali was my favourite child, but now you are. you are. ...after i wrote this i realized how stoker parents that was of me, but I'M NOT TAKING IT BACK (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	morale 2016-09-15 01:30 am UTC (link)
	this is not how we parent the game, dear!!!! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	idfk 2016-09-15 04:05 am UTC (link)
	MOM, MOM IS BULLYING ME. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	lfmkarapst 2016-09-15 02:48 am UTC (link)
	I CLAIM THE ALCOHOLIC AUNT POSITION. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	idfk 2016-09-15 04:05 am UTC (link)
	unbelievable (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	stokers 2016-09-15 09:39 am UTC (link)
	LMAO I had to go back to the chat logs because I couldn't remember the context of that comment, and it was because YOU GAVE MAGGIE A JULY BIRTHDAY ♥ i'm sorry i spent an inordinate amount of time crying over how lopsided and weird the character birthday list looks (Reply to this) (Parent)

	rosmarinus 2016-09-15 10:25 am UTC (link)
	I BELIEVE IT (Reply to this) (Parent)

	rosmarinus 2016-09-15 10:25 am UTC (link)
	PREEN, PREEN. (Reply to this) (Parent)

unresponsive
2016-09-15 01:03 am UTC (link)

God, okay, Alex brace yourself. Before the game even started Marin got a Megginopoly with Sy, so all of my characters have really complicated relationships with dear Sylvester that will probably impact Rosy. This is going to be a Sy-heavy response and Marin's going to love it.

Okay, first off, Reid. Spoilers here, but Reid and Sy may maybe possibly be best friends. I think both of them would die before admitting it, but Sy spent a lot of time last year pushing Reid to get his act together so he could stay at Gooseberry. Reid gives Sy shit, but doesn't like other people seriously trash talking him. His pro-Sy arguments are not very articulate, though. Uh, as a result, I imagine he's probably good to Rosy. Reid's not great at FRIENDLY but Rosy's Sy's sister and that's significant to him.

Diego is MAYBE Sy and Rosy's cousin via their mom and his anonymous-ish sperm donor. Diego and Sy found this out when they were a sophomore and freshman respectively, and Diego managed to win Sy over. By now they have a pretty affectionate relationship, and like to imagine they're cousins even though the reality is that they're probably not nearly that closely related. All of this could be equally applied to Rosy if she was receptive. Diego gives affection readily and in a very unguarded way, especially when he thinks it's "family." If she's not into it and/or thinks he's annoying WHICH HE TOTALLY IS SOMETIMES he'll take it harder than usual. He gets along with Sy because he kind of just folds when people compete with him, and maybe that'd work on both Stoker twins?

AND CALVIN. Calvin is Sy's #1 bullying victim, and has been since last year. He's also in the same house as Rosy, and shares all of her clubs. If all Rosy does is not stick up for him when Sy picks on him... Calvin will actually understand that. NOT THAT HE'LL BE THRILLED, but he gets it. A lot of people he calls friends get along well with Sy, and Calvin is the "good" child in a family of really mean, aggressive brothers. One of those brothers reminds him a lot of Sy. And Calvin's old horrible codependent BFF also reminds him of Sy. But if Rosemary goes after him when he bites back at Sy, his opinion will switch from neutral verging on understanding to resentful and distrusting.

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	stokers 2016-09-15 01:33 am UTC (link)
	YOU MAKE ME SOUND LIKE SUCH A MASSIVE NARCISSIST ~~i mean i am but they don't need to know that~~ (Reply to this) (Parent)

rosmarinus
2016-09-15 09:54 am UTC (link)

I POSTED THIS LAST NIGHT AND THEN PASSED OUT, all responses are now going to be coming from a pre-coffee Alex.

OK SO REID, Rosy can probably pick up on the fact that he's NOT just an asshole who doesn't talk much, esp bc she is also kind of a reserved person who can come off as rude or distant or condescending. AND. YES. OH GOD I'M SO TIRED AND INCOHERENT. WHAT I'M SAYING IS SHE FEELS YOU DUDE, AND SHE WILL TALK AT HIM OR SOMETHING OK.

DIEGO. There will be times that she hurts sweet baby Diego's feelings because she just needs him to GO AWAY. She's USUALLY nice enough and isn't going to yell at him (aside from prefecty things or whatever there is to yell about), and even though she's more skeptical about the maybe-cousins thing, she's still like YAY OK WE CAN ACT LIKE FAMILY, I LIKE NICE FAMILY. ♡

CALVIN. THIS MIGHT BE A COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP. she is going to feel bad about not stopping Sy from going after Calvin all the time, but then at the same time she's like NO I CAN'T BE HIS MOTHER, DO NOT TURN ME INTO HIS NAGGING MOM. And, like, the majority of the time she is just going to kind of act like NOTHING IS GOING ON LALALA, but I'm REALLY NOT SURE what she would do re: biting back. She's not oblivious to the fact that Sy needs to get taken down a peg once in a while, but at the same time, if he said or did the EXACT WRONG THING then emotions would push rational thought out of the way and she would go all snarly beast. Then she would feel REALLY SUPER BAD about it later and Ribbonfin would facepalm at her inability to maintain diplomacy. SO. COMPLICATIONS YES.

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stokers
2016-09-15 01:22 am UTC (link)

ROSYYYYYYYYYY ♥

um god i don't know what there is to say about these two. Now that Sy is Quidditch captain, he's on like equal school social strata with prefect Rosy, so he has been annoyingly crowing about that for awhile, but has also been capable of... being glad about it without having to compare to his sister?? Maybe??? It's... an ingrained habit. Also he will totally get her drunk. How drunk does she need to be to work on a project with him. Hey Ro, two words: drinking contest.

Ravi's a fellow Ribbonfin prefect, and probably likes her? He doesn't mind intense people, and honestly has a bit of that Ribbonfin pushover personality so he's not likely to criticize how Rosy handles being prefect. Especially if Rosy's good at playing the "proper young lady", so... what is there to criticize??? ~~i'm a bit drunk im so sorry im inarticulate~~ He'll show her concern if she seems stressed. :|a Ravi tends to annoyingly BIG BROTHER all of Ribbonfin, so.

And Mina is... an asshole, but they won't cross paths except through Choir lol. Rosy has her shit together and Mina can respect that.

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rosmarinus
2016-09-15 10:03 am UTC (link)

When Sy got Quidditch Captain there was totally a little part of Rosy that went "ok if you had stuck with sports YOU COULD HAVE BEEN QUIDDITCH CAPTAIN TOO WHY DID YOU QUIT??" but that part doesn't get to come out and play. She stepped on it until she was able to just be happy for him because HEY SY IS HAPPY and not at the direct expense of other people's feelings.

TWO WORDS SY: ALCOHOL POISONING. He should introduce her to beer pong. After losing the first game she's like "BEST 2 OUT OF 3. BEST 3 OUT OF 5. BEST 5 OUT OF 9." until she finally beats him or gets too drunk to continue. Then she'd probably be in the right state to agree to an undefined senior project with him.

RAVI BB WE WILL BE FRIENDS ♡ she will mom out over Ribbonfin and he can big brother and this will be one big happy family.

HEY MINA, HEY GIRL, LET'S SING TOGETHER.

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	lfmkarapst 2016-09-15 02:47 am UTC (link)
	No. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	rosmarinus 2016-09-15 10:04 am UTC (link)
	okayyyyyyy (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lfmkarapst 2016-09-15 01:59 pm UTC (link)
	i clearly hate you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rosmarinus 2016-09-15 02:03 pm UTC (link)
	I KNOW YOU TELL ME ALL THE TIME (Reply to this) (Parent)

	rosmarinus 2016-09-15 02:03 pm UTC (link)
	Also don't speak to your grandmother that way (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lfmkarapst 2016-09-15 02:05 pm UTC (link)
	WHY YOU GOTTA BE SO OLD. (Reply to this) (Parent)

doyouevenlift
2016-09-15 04:09 am UTC (link)

Okay so Chris is on quidditch with Sy, so Rosy is family by default because that's just how it works for coppertail quidditch obvs. They take that shit seriously. Which means Rosy gets the benefits of a slightly less grumpy Chris.

But per your bullet points, I actually really do want Chris to attempt to teach her how to meditate - it could be like a collaboration of two forces that want to figure out what the fuck meditation is all about anyway, because it'll just be a really grumpy old man attempting to teach a competitive mom how to meditate and it'd be hilarious. Because they give up an hour into it and decide to go do something that actually takes energy.

But anyway, so basically, Chris respects Rosy because she's family is what I have to offer you lol

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	rosmarinus 2016-09-15 10:05 am UTC (link)
	THE WORST AT MEDITATING. Like every 3 minutes she's all "did you find your center yet? I'm not finding my center, how the hell are you supposed to find it? Where even IS IT?? WHY AM I NOT GETTING THIS?????" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	doyouevenlift 2016-09-16 12:46 am UTC (link)
	While Chris attempts to do the 'ohm' with the angriest look on his face. And instructing her to think of a beach, with sand and water and shit, and then ask her to describe it to him once she's thought of it because he's never seen the ocean before so he's struggling here. The literal worst (Reply to this) (Parent)

cecaelian
2016-09-15 07:50 am UTC (link)

I WILL TRY TO BE MORE COHERENT LATER BUT AHHHHHH ROSY.

Ursula has lived in the same neighborhood as the Stokers since she was 6 and Marin and I talked briefly here. UHM. Ursula would like Rosy, but I have no idea how Rosy would react to Ursula. Ursula is friendly with Sy, but also isn't about to defend him when he is blatantly bullying. I don't think she would ever expect Rosy to discipline him though. BUT UHM YEAH, Ursula has known the Stokers a long time and now she rooms with Rosy, SO THERE IS SOME RELATIONSHIP THERE. GOOD/BAD/INDIFFERENT, IDK.

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rosmarinus
2016-09-15 10:13 am UTC (link)

OK OK SO ROSY AND URSULA. When they were kids i can totally see them playing together and Rosy was ALWAYS trying to take over and run playtime. Playing house? I'M THE MOM. School? I'M THE TEACHER. Monopoly? I'M THE BANKER, I CAN SEE YOU IF YOU CHEAT.

And, like, she's protective of those she considers to be HER PEOPLE, so if they had play dates as little tiny 6yo bbs she would probably claim Ursula as one of hers and be like EXCUSE ME EVERYONE BUT DO NOT MESS THANK YOU.

SO LET'S BE FRIENDS ROOMIE I WANT IT

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cecaelian
2016-09-15 12:57 pm UTC (link)

AHHHH THIS SERIOUSLY MAKES ME SO HAPPY. Ursula would be totally down with all of that. It's less obvious after a couple years at GB, but Ursula is totally into being a follower of a worthy stronger personality and Rosy can totally be the banker because Ursula is going to be a billionaire and buy all the best properties and then quickly go bankrupt because she's only 6 and Monopoly still kicks my butt as an adult.

Sounds like they are both SUPER PROTECTIVE of their peeps so they may sometimes have MOM WARS over who gets to take care of all the sweet Ribbonfin ducklings, but Rosy likely wins those because SHE HAS A BADGE SO OBV SHE WINS.

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	adorbs 2016-09-15 08:51 am UTC (link)
	Addy will totally teach her to get drunk, ok NO BUT they are the same grade and in equestrian club, and she'd like Rosy even if she might wriggle very intensely away from the Strict Mom vibe, on principle... (Reply to this) (Thread)

	rosmarinus 2016-09-15 10:24 am UTC (link)
	I sense a lot of frustration on Rosy’s part as she tries to get Addy to like pay attention bc SOME people are trying to LISTEN TO THE TEACHER. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	adorbs 2016-09-15 10:29 am UTC (link)
	She will be appropriately contrite for 30 seconds And then forget (Reply to this) (Parent)

orangepip
2016-09-15 02:10 pm UTC (link)

HI ALEX I'M JOSIE idk if we ever crossed paths on the original intro post so consider this an official hello! And also can I just say I love Rosemary already, you had me at strict mom friend.

So! Pippa is new to Ribbonfin this year and would v. much appreciate anyone looking out for her. I imagine she's had a few wibbly moments of homesickness already, so if Rosy wanted to mother her THAT'S TOTALLY COOL. Pippa is the type who listens to prefects and feels horribly guilty when she breaks the rules, haha, so she wouldn't mind Rosy being strict but would hate to ~disappoint~ her. Oh and they're in Choir together!

As for Henrietta, she'd know Rosy more through Sy I guess?? I don't think they have any overlap sooo I guess we'll just have to see how these two interact! Het probably thinks Rosemary just needs to chill out (although Het is pretty competitive too, so...).

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	rosmarinus 2016-09-15 09:16 pm UTC (link)
	Pippa is a goddamn delight and Rosy loves her. She would be VERY DISAPPOINTED if she ever broke a rule because she trusts that she won't. She'll be happy to help her out or lead her around if she looked lost. Rosy agrees that she needs to chill out, she's working on it. But. Sometimes she might feel like shouting LOUD QUIDDITCH OPINIONS. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	orangepip 2016-09-17 11:20 am UTC (link)
	Aww! ♥ Pippa isn't the type to deliberately break rules, but she's easily led, so if she makes any friends who are ~bad influences~ then it could happen. Lmao Henrietta will SHOUT BACK. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	thecourtier 2016-09-15 02:18 pm UTC (link)
	Hi Alex! Dom is one of Sy's dormies and another prefect, so I imagine they know each other, and Tabitha is a fellow Ribbonfin! Yay connections! Happy to throw my two in the mix with any of your three :) (Reply to this) (Thread)

rosmarinus
2016-09-15 09:39 pm UTC (link)

PREFECT ROUNDS. always a good reason to interact or know each other. And bonus points for sharing a room with Sy and not killing him. ALSO she totally loves Tabs, I'm sure they get along awesomely.

WHICH ALSO ACTUALLY GOES FOR NATE FOR BOTH OF THEM. At the VERY LEAST Nate and Tabitha share some classes and they're both nice kids, they need to get talking at each other.

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	thecourtier 2016-09-16 03:28 pm UTC (link)
	Dom: well, some fucker had to get the job and stop that mob from tearing each other apart. Yes, they do! Nate is so cute. Tabs definitely likes him :) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	laaurel 2016-09-15 10:51 pm UTC (link)
	yayyy :d um zoey is fellow ribbonfin, of course. honestly i imagine they get along fine, cos z's intense in her own way but not the ~same~ way so it's all good c: annnnnnnd laurel idk ;-; rosemary would know her twin & laurel probably drops by the ribbonfin areaa a lot so there's that ? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	rosmarinus 2016-09-17 01:03 am UTC (link)
	As long as they don't cross the streams of intensity, the Ribbonfin camp will survive! If you find your way to Ribbonfin, she'll know who you are, and she'll be fine with it as long as she is a good guest and doesn't keep all the sweet little Ribbonfins from getting their homework done. She must keep EVERYTHING UNDER HER CONTROL. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	lovekurts 2016-09-16 07:41 pm UTC (link)
	ribbonfin junior? RIBBONFIN JUNIOR? RIBBONFIN JUNIOR? YEEEAAAHHHHH!!! i mean, i don't know. i don't know rosemary yet! how do you and kurt think she would get along! can you please do all the heavy lifting! thank you! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	lovekurts 2016-09-16 07:42 pm UTC (link)
	... the point of that was that they are both ribbonfin juniors. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

rosmarinus
2016-09-17 01:10 am UTC (link)

RIBBONFIN JUNIORS!!!!!

I feel like Rosy is well-intentioned but steamrolls Kurt a lot. Like, "You look lost, you should do this thing! [...] THERE WAS YOUR CHANCE TO SAY NO, NOT RESPONDING IS A FORM OF CONSENT, COME DO THIS THING."

She adores him, he is such a sweet young boy, he reminds her of her little brother who is 3 years younger than her and not the same damn age.

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SO LATE TO THIS PARTY.

choneychurch
2016-09-21 10:29 pm UTC (link)

Yay Rosemary!

Cecil doesn't have much overlap with Rosemary (unless disciplining her brother all the time counts?), but they're in choir together, have some of the same take-care-of-my-friends tendencies (though hers are a bit more strict), and he's likely friendly toward her.

Casper actually went to school with her at Port Prep, where he was a grade ahead of her until he was nine, missed a bunch of school, and then came back in the same year as her. He's pretty angry and negative, but he's also friends with Sy (wonders never cease), so they likely know each other and if she can put up with his attitude there could be a decent relationship there. He's also in Dueling/Fencing with her, where is crazy focused and aggressive, though he's not as concerned with winning as he is with improving.

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	Re: SO LATE TO THIS PARTY. choneychurch 2016-09-21 10:29 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, duh. Cecil is Head Boy and she's a Prefect. So there's that too! (Reply to this) (Parent)