Gooseberry High

( MISTLETOE: DAY 1 )

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( Calvin Evercreech )

( Diego Morales )

Never a dull moment around here.

Sometimes I do wonder what it might be like to go to a school that had classes more than fifteen days out of a month...


[Warded to Jacob Wood]
If you have any actual or lingering interest in hearing me

I realize that this goes without saying given that we were all drugged and hard feelings would be fairly hypocritical on anyone's part, but I apologize for Sunday's [...] behavior.

I feel rather guilty for having enjoyed our bonding activity this month. I hope there will be similarly intellectually-focused activities in the future, minus the dubious context.

And yes, I'm aware I'm 'behind the times' as far as commenting on it goes, but I wasn't sure what, if anything, to say. I've come to the conclusion that it's hardly my place to comment on the politics of the thing, but I did have fun, of a sort, and that's worth thanking Laurel for, if nothing else. So thank you, Laurel.

I want to express why what happened today was not okay.

If you've known me for any length of time, you know how much I hate talking about life back home. Being the Minister's daughter is awkward and a lot of pressure, and I came here to escape a lot of that. But I'm going to talk about it now. Mark it on your calendars.

When I was born, in 1996, Great Britain was being terrorized by a dark wizard known as V Vold whose name some of us still can't bring ourselves to say because of what he did. My dad wasn't the Minister back then. He was an auror who helped to protect the world from that dark wizard and his sycophants. Before I was even two years old, my dad's life was on the line because he spoke that dark wizard's name. He spent a long time after that running from people who would kill him for simply standing up for others, for protecting people, and until the day after my second birthday, we didn't know if he was alive or dead or if he'd ever come home.

I don't remember a lot about life back then, but I remember being afraid, all. the. time. I remember nightmares that still come, nothing that I could describe, nothing tangible, just terror and loss and heartbreak. It's gotten easier since You-Know-Who was defeated, but there's always that fear that someone--maybe one of his sycophants, maybe just some lunatic--will take aim at my dad or me or my mum or my sister, that he'll be taken or we'll be taken, and it won't be a game with a foregone happy ending. It'll be real and horrific.

My dad's in a pretty powerful position, but people in MACUSA and magical governments across the world risk their lives like this every day. It's not fun. It's not a game. Their families often don't know if or when they're coming home. To see that used as the scenario for a senior bonding activity diminished the real terror of those experiences, the real danger that those who work for magical governments put themselves in to keep the rest of us safe.

I understand the purpose of the exercise, and I think with a different set-up, I would have enjoyed it immensely. As it stands, however, I can't shake the feeling that my life has just been used for a variation on Capture the Flag, and that hu I am upset by that is wr that hurts.

Has there been any word on who the student on Lone Wolf Island was yet? It has been bothering me all day.

This is why I don't daydream in class!

I think I'll miss the quiet.

But welcome back, everyone. I am glad you are all feeling better.

And that nobody kissed me at the party. I'm most glad about that.

[sleepy; uncharacteristically messy]

I love [...] c
croissaints
crossants
Croissants.

+
My potions project?
Why can't I leave just f[...]or that?
Just half an hour.
My data will be missing a whole [...]
because
you can't redo redo a moon phase.

Invent:
Magical hazmat suit

( Left on Isaiah's bed. )

[Warded to Ribbonfins]
Is it just me, or are there even more parties this year than there have been in the past?

[Ribbonfin]
Can the next party not be in Ribbonfin? I would prefer not to have to deal with the inevitable rebellion against these "new" rules within our own camp if at all possible.

It could have been fish scales.

I am wondering how my fellow seniors' projects are coming along, since we're at the beginning of the year. It seems like a very long time from here, but in the scheme of things...

Estella my star, Mina my moon, I just received a package addressed to all three of us from Ofelia. Mina, come up to Azurcrest and claim your share. It looks like bunnies~

And I can't outdo Ty, but I'm gonna do this for you, Henrietta. EVERYONE DEFINITELY TRY OUT FOR...


We're the house KNOWN for enthusiasm, so our cheer squad can't be beat. With our unfailing moral support, Azurcrest is sure to take the cup.

[Cecil]

How's the first week of being Head Boy treating you? Feeling loved and respected? Have you gone mad with power yet?

[The Holy Rosicrucians: Zoey, Levi, Ulysses]

Soooooo, practice times.

I know you're all busy important people, but I think we should pick out one night a week to do some extra work all together? I need you guys around to hear how the arrangements are going to go, and so you can tell me when my lyrics suck. And little U is all on his lonesome as a junior, so we can't just do it in our senior music time slot.

How's Wednesday night look for everyone?

Is it possible that Mr. Calderon-Boot got hotter?

Also, shout out to my older sister for being the best and sending me In-N-Out, totally made up for my early morning.

Hello, everyone.

How was everyone's sum

It's not that difficult, Isaiah, you're a senior

Hello.

( ARRIVAL )