Gooseberry High

( MASQUERADE )

Hey Micah,
( Cut for giving Micah a taste of his own medicine )

[Warded to Sophomores]

GUYS.

My older brother sent me an owl today. I had asked for some movies that aren't questionable sequels, but when I opened the DVD case, it wasn't what I thought it was (It was supposed to be Thor, btw, which I know is a sequel but has CHRIS HEMSWORTH in it so it's allowed) The movie disc says it's RATED R, though, and it sounds super exciting. It's apparently called Eyes Wide Shut? Which seems thriller-esque to me and means that we NEED to check it out since the fates have given us this gift.

WHO'S IN?

[Warded to Hazel Keating]

Hey Haze.

[...] You OK???

Help me. Please help meeeee. Help meeeeee pleeaaaase help meeeee noooo nooo^{ooooooooooooo}* :(

*OK OK but imagine this like THAT SCENE in The Fly and that's the sound I'm making right now!!!!!!

ETA: I'VE BEEN FOUND THANK YOOOOU FINE LADIES OF GOOSEBERRY ;* I owe you all flowers or WHATEVER I can afford to give from my meager flower funds???? :(

[Sophomore Boys]

OK SO since I had like a lot of time on my hands AND ALSO a limited budget, I started putting together a list of people I could ask to be my Valentine????? SO MY DUDES HELP ME NARROW IT DOWN

( micah's list of potential valentine dates )

[Warded to Azurcrest Team (Quidditch & Cheer)]

OK OK OK so first off, good luck, don't BREAK ANY BONES tomorrow, you're all super great, yadda yadda what am I even writing it's not like it's my job to give pep talks or cheer people on HAHA SORRY CAPTAINS GRAY AND PRINCE

Anyway so I was thinking a great way to BOOST MORALE before tomorrow's game is if we remind everyone who they're cheering for, i.e. THE HOTTEST ATHLETES IN THE WHOLE SCHOOL!!!! I've been working on this special project in Artificing, and I thiiiink it's ready for some REAL TESTING??? Get ready for the MVSC-branded...

MAGICAL PHOTOBOOTH
Mr. Oakes has been helping me build it and it's going to be sooooo gooooooood when it's working right. Which it's NOT YET like I'm still working on the part where it shoots out your photos right after you go in, but I'll develop all the film tonight and get you guys to sign your BEST SHOT, and we'll do some Duplication Charms. You know what that means. INSTANT TRADING CARDS of the babeliest Quidditch players and cheerleaders to give out to everyone tomorrow and boost morale.

I'm going to set it up just outside the changing rooms while Ribbonfin is practicing and it'll be DISGUISED as like some tarp for painting that side of the wall or whatever, but you just step in and strike your sexiest pose (clothing optional WINK WINK) and it'll take a few photos of you just automagically!!!! PLS DO IT PLSSSSSSSS you'll be helping out a sophomore with his school project :(

Who: Micah St. Clair, Jeffy Key, Essie Morales-Tran, Hazel Keating, Quinn Cunningham & Reece Downing
When: Wednesday, February 1, 2014. Evening, around 8 PM?
Where: Bear Trail, near the woods leading to the Grotto.
What: After a second seance with discouraging results, the sophomores are caught by a prefect.
Warnings: Quinn yelling at children. :(
Status: FINISHED.

( Maybe Anon/2 had been offended by the lack of mood lighting. )

( SOPHOMORE SEANCE )

[Warded to Sophomores]

FINALLY CONFIRMED BY STAFF: There is totally a FREAKY GHOST* out there!!!!!

So here's an IDEA. I just so happen to have this Ouija board (don't ask me why**) and I think we should GO OUT and COMMUNE WITH THE SPIRITS and finally get some answers to this decade-old mystery that's been plaguing our minds for like... OK not a DECADE but more than a year at least which is a heeeeeck of a long time!!!

Also don't tell anyone else about this because the juniors and seniors will want to GET IN ON THIS SPOOKY ACTION and I think we can all agree that the seniors and juniors are some TOTAL KILLJOYS who'll bring ~~bad vibes~~ to a seance. Plus it's just way catchier to call it a
SOPHOMORE SEANCE!!!!!

*Or alien or fairy spirit or """unknown magical entity""" oooooor one of our teachers had dressed up like a REINDEER FOR CHRISTMAS CHEER and their holiday prank just got totally out of hand???? VOTE NOW!!!!!

**OK OK OK SO FRESHMAN YEAR I was working on this movie about how a bunch of teenagers go into the woods with a Ouija board and they ACCIDENTALLY summon a demon which has been looking for a portal into our world which they PROVIDED with the Ouija board and then the demon starts picking them off one by one until the Final Girl figures out how to Ouija it back to hell but PLOT TWIIIIIST it's just a ruse because the demon possessed our hero and it's just PASSING AMONG US NOW :OOOOO

EDIT: WE'RE DOING THIS TOMORROW!!!! Evening, before curfew. Meet in the Grotto!!!!!!

[GIRL TALK: all sophomore boys except Calvin basically]

OK MEN!!!! After recent events I think we can ALL AGREE that romance is terrifying and confusing???? HOWEVER as we are saps* susceptible to peer pressure and ALSO no longer germy immature freshmen, we must finally BUCK UP and talk about the dragon in the room.

WINTER FORMAL

Sooooo the person I usually ask to dances is this HUGE COMPLICATED THING now and Micah St. Clair does not do COMPLICATED, my friends, and therefore I'm casting my eye elsewhere. But WHICH FINE LADY should I ask????? We gotta do some pre-gaming on who everyone's asking to Winter Formal because A TRUE BRO doesn't ask out his bro's prospective date or anything. So let's talk.

WHO ARE YOU ASKING TO WINTER FORMAL?

Oh yeah I mean we can talk about asking out boys here too???? NBD GUYS THE HETERONORMATIVE TITLING OF THIS WARD IS JUST BC IT'S CATCHY and not bc I want to block you from your heart's desires or whatever.

*Blah blah blah don't lump us all together BLAH BLAH not all of us are huge losers like you Micah BLAH BLAH. Yeah yeah yeah I know some of you are super smooth dudes but that just means you can HELP THE REST OF US with some sage suave advice!!!! And by the rest of us I mean Will because man does Will need help.

[Added after this conversation:]

[Warded to Calvin Evercreech]

HEEEEEEY CALVIN. Sup gi dude.

Ae you staying for Winter Break again?

[Warded to Sophomores]

GUYS. HELP. Something is VERY VERY EXTREMELY NO HYPERBOLE WRONG with Calvin.

I think he likes me.

[Warded to Cole]

Moss? Where are you???

They're doing a headcount of all the students, and you're not here for it, obviously. Why weren't you in class? Are you all right? You're going to be in terrible trouble if you're out on Wolf Island, you know. Unless, of course, you're dead, then I imagine we'll all forgive you.

[Warded to Micah]

Have you [...]

Have you seen Moss? He's missing. I know you two are friends, so if he told you where he was going, you have to tell the professors.

( Cut for unbelievably annoying use of gifs. Micah pulled out the EXTRA obnoxious charms for this one. )

Azurcrest??? No, more like...
AZURBEST TEAM EVER!!!!
OK OK I know you were all being SUPER COOL and FLYING LIKE TOTAL BADASSES, so lemme give you the ON THE GROUND VIEW of how you all did (hope you don't mind, Captain Gray!!!!): you were awesome. Jefferson, Levi and Jaime were awesome and also the most handsome Chasers out there obv. Ree and Sofia were extra awesome and totally terrifying, like I would not want to be the one you're aiming for (or would I??? 😘). Dru was extremely awesome, like a lone gunslinger standing in a hostile desert road at dawn, just her versus a horde of bandits and nothing but a pair of six-shooters at her side, which in this metaphor is like the Quaffle's the bandits (or bandit singular? just like one really persistent bandit???) and her six-shooters are... her hands? OK so, that got away from me. And LAST but NEVER LEAST is our astounding, beautiful, talented, Amazon-like in both stature and achievement, CAPTAIN GRAY!!!!! That was a good catch. That was such a good catch, just like the way you've CAPTURED MY HEART. 💖

I got like half the game on video if anyone wants to see it later. My batteries ran out so I kinda lost that AMAZING SNITCH SNATCH but next time, I'll be prepared I swear!!!

Is there gonna be a party? We HAVE to party right???

( Cole Moss )