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Tweak says, "cryin for a son"

Timothy Drake (doyouevenlift) wrote in gooseberry,
@ 2016-12-17 21:15:00

Entry tags:

! note/owl/gift, christopher park, rosemary stoker

okay but i actually googled the best highlighters for this stupid game

Delivered to Rose by a terrified Ribbonfin freshman, who tracks her down in the library. He thrusts his hand out to her. In the hand is this single high lighter, a high lighter rare and renowned because it's retractable with an innovative design that helps the ink not dry out. It's designed to work over pencil and pen with no smearing or bleeding, specifically for note taking. ~~It's called the Zebra Knock Highlighter Pen because these are the things I learn for these losers~~

He thrusts a note at her with his other hand and quickly leaves. The note reads, in Chris's scrawl:

Rosemary Astrea Stoker,

Flowers are dumb and I don't know where to find them
in the middle of winter
But I see you been eyeing my highlighter at study group.
But I mean if you'd rather have flowers instead
I could probably bully a freshman into finding me some
before the dance.
But you'd have to give the highlighter back.
I'm not a fucking delivery service.

- Chris

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rosmarinus
2016-12-17 11:23 pm UTC (link)

Oh my god.

This is way better than flowers, this is practical. Rosy reads the note after the freshman has skittered away, so NO ONE saw her blush and grin which means it DIDN'T HAPPEN. She tucks the highlighter in a pocket in her planner. A seat of honor.

But also for the record Rosemary does not condone this enslavement of freshmen to deliver notes and gifts. Who the hell set up this network of freshmen owls?

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	HOWS RESISTING HIS CHARM GOING ROSEMARY doyouevenlift 2016-12-17 11:26 pm UTC (link)
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	NOBODY SAW IT FUCKING HAPPEN CHRISTOPHER rosmarinus 2016-12-17 11:27 pm UTC (link)
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	ALL THE WAY AT COPPERTALE CHRIS SENSED IT HAPPEN HE SENSED YOU NOT RESIST HIS CHARM doyouevenlift 2016-12-17 11:28 pm UTC (link)
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	iviie 2016-12-18 01:39 am UTC (link)
	Everyone time someone posts about freshmen being used to deliver things I imagine them having a secret late-night action meeting where all 40 of them are crammed into one cabin to be like "WE HAVE ALLOWED THIS TO GO ON FOR TOO LONG. IT IS TIME TO RISE" (Reply to this) (Thread)

	rosmarinus 2016-12-18 01:49 am UTC (link)
	There is no way this is not happening in coppertale. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	doyouevenlift 2016-12-18 01:50 am UTC (link)
	I imagine them having weekly meetings to gossip "Park made me give Stoker a high lighter. A. High. Lighter. The day before the dance. Is this a euphemism for something?" "Ramirez thinks I'm some kind of delivery service, he didn't even tip me. I ran. No tip. No thank you. No appreciation." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	doyouevenlift 2016-12-18 01:52 am UTC (link)
	"I'm 90 percent sure McBride is trying to seduce Cunningham with this card. There's nothing but an ass on it. But I'm sure there's some kind of hidden message here." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ijustknowit 2016-12-18 01:58 am UTC (link)
	Excuse you, Jesse delivers his own correspondences! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	doyouevenlift 2016-12-18 01:59 am UTC (link)
	I've literally been assuming freshmen owls started with Jesse IF NOT JESSE WHO STARTED THIS TREND (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rosmarinus 2016-12-18 02:01 am UTC (link)
	Cue scooby doo theme music (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ijustknowit 2016-12-18 02:04 am UTC (link)
	IT WAS RAFAEL WITH 2 EBONHIDE FRESHMAN IN THE DAYS BEFORE THE HALLOWEEN DANCE (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	doyouevenlift 2016-12-18 02:05 am UTC (link)
	SO THE REAL BULLY HERE IS RAFAEL (Did you actually look this up?) (So Chris is stealing Rafael's gimmick here HOW THE MIGHTY HAVE FALLEN) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ijustknowit 2016-12-18 02:16 am UTC (link)
	Yes! It's the first recorded in game use of delivery freshman. I wasn't gonna rat him out (because Cricket was complicit...), but I had to clear Jesse's good name! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	doyouevenlift 2016-12-18 02:18 am UTC (link)
	lol Jesse has been cleared and is likely referred to as 'one of the good ones' by the poor misused freshmen who severely appreciate him delivering his own damn letters (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cricketq 2016-12-18 02:25 am UTC (link)
	In all fairness, Jesse has given like... 3 gifts in his whole life. And the only person he writes butt cards to is Quinn and he sees her 50 times a day. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	doyouevenlift 2016-12-18 02:29 am UTC (link)
	Lol you can't clear his name from being called one of the good ones ITS TOO LATE Tho to be fair this is the first gift Chris has sent by freshman owl and it's a freaking high lighter so half the freshmen owls are prolly hella confused Bc they're used to delivering flowers. Flowers make sense. (Reply to this) (Parent)

goosemods
2016-12-18 11:53 am UTC (link)

HAHAHAHA MEGGIE AND I THINK DELIVERY FRESHMEN ARE HILARIOUS OK

In the previous Hogwarts game we were in, people abused first years for delivering things. (It's possible my character was the one who started that. He was an asshole.) When we started Gooseberry, part of the logic of making freshmen NPCs was straight up so we could have NPCs to bully into delivering things.

And look, everyone in Event Committee is VERY BUSY but I am sure they pay their freshmen when they send them off for deliveries!!!!!!

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doyouevenlift
2016-12-18 11:58 am UTC (link)

These freshmen are so abused and dragged into playing owl for these ridiculous romantic seniors that I'm just saying there's probably a pool among them and they're definitely betting on different couples they all totally ship.

They're probably commenting on romance antics to each other like 'Ramirez's flowers were okay but it's been a month and literally nothing is happening. Step up the pace dude'.

They're also probably taking pointers from this. I want there to be an accidental, completely out of left field trend of freshmen giving girls they like highlighters Bc Park did it and they're not sure why but it must be a cool new thing because a senior did it.

I'm getting too invested in NPC Lives.

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	paladins 2016-12-18 12:06 pm UTC (link)
	lmao if you don't think Rafael isn't in the process of "stepping up the pace" with those flowers, you don't know him at all Also that would be cute but like..... who honestly would take romance tips from Chris Park tho (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	doyouevenlift 2016-12-18 12:09 pm UTC (link)
	Um Chris made Rose blush with a high lighter IF YOU DONT THINK THATS TALENT Besides 'winging it' should definitely be a form of dating (Reply to this) (Parent)

	goosemods 2016-12-18 11:59 am UTC (link)
	ok no I looked it up, Josie's character was the first person who had packages delivered by "a willing Hufflepuff first year" in that game, and my character was the first to abuse first years en masse for delivering things. SO YOU CAN ALL BLAME JOSIE FOR THIS and definitely not me or meggie for polluting her legacy (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	doyouevenlift 2016-12-18 12:01 pm UTC (link)
	I checked the history of this game and had to stop Bc goddamn there are a fuck ton gifts delivered by freshmen in the past week and we got so used to it that I didn't even notice it while it was happening (Reply to this) (Parent)

	misssperfect 2016-12-18 03:43 pm UTC (link)
	I dunno for sure, but I know Vee and Ras did it A LOT. Then it seemed like it happened more and more LOL But I don't wanna take credit from some other freshman slave trend setters! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	madtess 2016-12-18 10:47 am UTC (link)
	Okay but Tess tips her delivery freshmen. 🖒 (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	doyouevenlift 2016-12-18 11:59 am UTC (link)
	Only Bc Tess is a goddess ~~Chris gives his freshmen verbal tips and threats of bodily harm~~ (Reply to this) (Parent)

	misssperfect 2016-12-18 03:44 pm UTC (link)
	This is the literal best visual ever. Freshmen uprising LOL (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sneakoscoped 2016-12-18 05:16 pm UTC (link)
	this is why they poisoned everyone with love potion (Reply to this) (Parent)

	doyouevenlift 2016-12-18 02:12 am UTC (link)
	So basically this trend of bullying freshmen into doing their dirty work has been going on as long as the game. Probably years. All the seniors were probably freshmen owls at some point. Something to reflect on for background purposes for when I'm not too lazy to actually reflect (Reply to this) (Thread)

	iviie 2016-12-18 02:19 am UTC (link)
	gently hazing freshmen by making them deliver romantic gifts and move heavy furniture, an integeral part of the Gooseberry culture (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	doyouevenlift 2016-12-18 02:20 am UTC (link)
	That's how we build character around these here parts (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sheepishly 2016-12-18 03:43 am UTC (link)
	Okay, but if the game runs on for a second year then those freshmen are gonna become playable sophomores. I'M JUST SAYING. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cricketq 2016-12-18 03:47 am UTC (link)
	I bet BRAYDYN will try to boss around all the other little Ribbonfins. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	adorbs 2016-12-18 08:45 am UTC (link)
	LOL I HAD LITERALLY THIS THOUGHT LAST NIGHT as i was having the moral dilemma of whether Leo would make a freshman wait around or not. He decided that he'd done this enough as a child to abuse one this time. It is canon now. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	doyouevenlift 2016-12-18 09:14 am UTC (link)
	Chris was such a wee baby as a freshman, he was probably some asshole's favorite freshman. That's why he's scowling all the time. I mean, he still kidnapped a Ribbonfin and made them bring a highlighter to Rose and probably threatened to kill the poor kid if he lost the highlighter bc that's funny, but he still REMEMBERS (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	challenge 2016-12-18 09:22 am UTC (link)
	BABY CHRIS IS THE CUTEST THOUGHT. Leo was probably the Ebonhide Quidditch Seniors' chosen victim since he wanted off the reserves so bad. It didn't work :( (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	doyouevenlift 2016-12-18 10:14 am UTC (link)
	Aw Leo, but started from the bottom now look where you at Leo Solomon's probably still senors' chosen victim just because he never refuses. It makes him feel helpful and he's happy to help lmao plus he knows his way around now, and everybody by name He's just a lot less fumbling than those terrified freshmen (Reply to this) (Parent)