Gooseberry High

[Hunger Games]
Avoid my mistakes and remember real victors won't wait til after you've had coffee.
I'll never trust again.

Who: Leonardo Fiori & Rafael Ramirez
When: Sunday, February 26 2014, while the journals were broken.
Where: The library.
What: Leo and Rafael talk about their feelings and get kicked out of the library.
Warnings: PG

( Rafael had stared at his for a moment after learning the news, and had then tossed the dead thing in a drawer with little feeling. )

[Rafael]

Are you ok Here's your unasked for check-in. Don't read the anon thing, if you haven't.
If you have. Nothing's changing. I'm not doing anything differently because of anonymous people. Same as always. I never listen to people who can't say their own names.
Just so you know.
Here if you need.

( CUT FOR POSSIBLE QUID SPOILERS! )

[Warded to Ebonhide Quidditch]

We're playing on Saturday. Ribbonfin: Known for high scoring and excellent Chasers. They're seamless, so we need to break that up. Not just Casper and I. Chasers, they can't be in sync if they don't have the Quaffle. Get between them. Mess up their pattern, like we've been simulating in practice. They also have a great keeper; Davenport and I were on the same team in school. Between us, a lot of teams didn't get a lot of points in. But she can't be watching everywhere at once, so again, it's everyone's job to make sure she doesn't see everything at once. As far as Beaters, let's not underestimate Fanning and Delgado,sophomores or not. Sophomores are almost Juniors now, and they're kind of sneaky.
And Dahlia still needs to grow longer arms.

Last game, we weren't ahead by enough before the snitch was caught. (Almost is not enough.) I guess Score as Often as Possible is a stupid thing to say; but I'd like to make this the first game that's won primarily by Quaffle points, not because of the Snitch. Prove you can, Chasers. (We should also catch the Snitch.) If there's any strategies you want to see or have questions on, now's your turn to bring it to the table.

Remaining extra practices are tomorrow and Saturday. We're starting half an hour early on Saturday because I want the full two hours. I'll beg an elf to save us an entire thing of coffee at breakfast. It'll be fine.

I know there's a lot going on; I'm swamped, too. Thank you for making this a priority.I will, too.

That said. Our performance this time will absolutely determine your social life in the next two weeks. The March 5 match is against Coppertale. Team secret: That day is possibly my birthday. So we're not losing that. I refuse. If we lose this week, we'll be in practice a lot more than we have been already. Your life will go by my playbook too. You will all be me. Save yourself from that, and win this week. We can do that.

[ scribbled kinda sideways across the page. he's exhausted and still a little out of it, but he knows people are worried/curious. mostly curious. sorry if he [or i, happy 5am] falls asleep. ]

'm ok. thank you leo

yeah i was in the woods

[WARDED TO PREFECTS+HB/HG]

I found Quayle, he's safe. On our way to infirmary.
Tell staff and make sure Cricket sees this?

[...]Sorry re: curfew. Be right back.

[OOC: I HOPE THIS IS OK I know it's a tiny bit early.
Also please assume Leo will not answer comments for 20-30-however many minutes it takes to get a Ulysses to an Infirmary ty ♥]

Thought as spring got closer, days got longer.
Does it just seem darker, or what have we done this time to make the earth spin backwards?

[Warded To Ebonhide Quidditch]

Are you all ok[...]Those of you who tried out yesterday, I have some notes on your performance. If you want them, come get them, I'm not writing them twice.
It was a good experience. You showed our house produces strong players individually as well as in a unit. Those of you who didn't try out, don't think you're not included in this. I know for a fact if all of us had been there, they'd just have an entirely Ebonhide roster.

Also, it gave me about three new drill ideas, so on the Goose team or not, there's your next Saturday.

[Warded to Rafael]

Even though you're probably wishing for the times when me being a distraction was just a fun joke.
Busy tonight?

[CRICKET/LAUREL/IVY:]

Hey Cricket. Did you find anything in the library on what might have made those hoofprints? I have some free time this weekend if you want to double up on it. It's gotta be

[LEO/LAUREL/IVY:]

Will you entertain a silly request from Laurel and me?

[ULYSSES:]

So the wifi thing was clearly a prank, but I'm willing to call a draw. There's definitely something in the woods.

[LAUREL (ADDED LATER):]

Are you up to go again?

Well. The first quarantine of the semester was at least a lot more friendly than the other ones. Good job, 2014.
Wonder if there's a way to extract just the float part of the billywig stings. That'd be cool.

[Warded to Ebonhide Quidditch]
Who's trying out for the school team?
This is your reminder; the house's victories come before your own. If you get chosen, you're still expected to win us games.
But so you have practice for both, I'll be scheduling in one more practice a week, which is about all I can do, seeing as Stoker and Gray both seem to think they need the pitch at all open times. After the Coppertale/Azurcrest game, be ready for more.

That was the first day of our last semester ever.
We can start all the "Last ______" countdowns now.
But maybe don't.

[Warded to Casper]
Hi. I wanted to tell you that I talked to Ms. Rhee today. She told me about the fight with Solomon. I'm not here to lecture you about it. People I trust told me I didn't have to worry about it happening again, I believe them. I don't expect me to tell me why it happened.
If you need to throw bludgers at my head for an hour or two, I can do that instead.

[Warded to Solomon]
Hey. Ms. Rhee told me what happened with Casper over break.
I don't know exactly why, I just know it did, and I wanted to make sure you were all right. I know physically, yeah, but fights are a lot to deal with. Especially if you don't start them.
I know I'm not the easiest person to talk to. But if you want to, or aren't comfortable in any situation in the team in the future, you can tell me. I'll listen.

I feel like we need a group therapy session, and the anonything/possibly a ghost's hinting at I assume hosting a ghost party? So now I'm homesick for school again. Senior project revisions and all.

(Don't plan a project based on stealth and animagi when you don't know whether or not you'll become a giant turtle monster who will have no stealth. Word to the wise.)

[Warded to Tabitha]
Hi. Not sure on protocol, so a card's in the mail, promise, but thanks for the party, and for letting me come. It was really fun. Thank your family too?

[Warded to Rafael]
I'm not ever going to apologize to an anonperson for talking to you. Which is why I didn't continue that conversation.

I'm sorry if I said anything embarrassing to you, though. I don't want that.
Remind me just to not talk on anonposts next time; we can do something else that night.

[Warded to Ebonhide Quidditch]
Hi. Better not have slacked too much on break. I ran every day; what'd you do? Don't drink too much on New Year's. I'll see you first Saturday back.
And I hope your vacations were good.
[...]And which ones of you

Delivered to Leo by a breathless Event Committee freshman.

( Leonardo. )

But really the important question is have we in the bear cave actually started hibernating. I didn't know about any of that til after and now feel like a caricature of my own house/life.

[Rafael.]
Fun day to be a prefect. Jesus.
If you want a break, I'm in the library til I'm dead, so.

Petition to skip right ahead to December; nothing good can happen in the next two days.

[Rafael]
Hey.
So full disclosure. I spent the better part of yesterday involuntarily telling Quinn how awesome she was.
I would pay you all the favors and or money I'm capable of producing to forget the day entirely but if it's not that easy, I get that.

Honestly, if they hadn't let me out of quarantine for my long class day I would've led a prison break. Bye, fever crew. It's been real. So very real.

[Ebonhide Quidditch yes already]

Sorry about that. Back. We're running drills today to make up for time lost.

Good. Now I don't have to check every book out of the library or kidnap freshmen to be buddies anymore.

[Ebonhide Quidditch.]
Your attendance is expected but negotiable at the Ribbonfin/Coppertale game on Sunday. I don't care who you cheer for, but watch their chasers and try to find weaknesses we'll be able to catch in play. Watch the beaters and already be thinking how to avoid them. People don't change the way they fly from game to game much, so this is an excellent learning opportunity.
Christ, I sound like a teacher.
~And remember, have fun.~

( Spoilers for Quidditch yesterday! )

So glad we got the killer thing cleared up before the match.We're not dumbing play down if you're scared, Coppertale. Fair warning.
Same with practices, my house. But you should've picked that up by now.