Gooseberry High

[Warded to friends: Coppertale Quidditch, Rosy, Ursula, Ennis, Levi]

Who's the Ribbonfin with like the long hair? Who's always like [...]

I don't know. Nice? They're all nice Reid fuck off
Nice to animals?
Nice to birds?

( A small package wrapped in brown paper is left outside of the Coppertale junior boys' dorm sometime after lunch with Reid's name scrawled on it and a small note in messy handwriting taped to it. )

( Passed off to Reid after the hockey game. In the least obtrusive or embarrassing manner possible. )

( Reid finds a birthday present sitting on his desk... )

[Warded to Zoey Valentine]

Hi.

Uh I don't know you. But I heard you were good at potions I think?

I need something that can fix a hangover or whatever. Can you do that? [...] Please?

I can pay you I think.

[Added as something occurs to him.]

[Warded to Chris and Roxie]

I'm trying out as Seeker for the Gooseberry team. The one that'll go against Ilvermorny.

Will you help me. Like will you shoot Bludgers at me. That kind of help.

[Warded to Sy]

You can drink as much as you want tomorrow. I got a potion so you're not gonna vomit on your dad's fancy shoes or anything.

Also I'm trying out as Seeker again.

I feel great.

How are you. How is everyone.

I'm sick of cold. The roof is icy. Even the trees are icy.

It's cold in Chicago, it's cold in the mountains.

Sy, I'm practicing tomorrow after Charms, and I know you've been losing it over parties and pretending you're a socialite or whatever so you should come too even though it's fucking freezing.

The team should just all come. I missed [...] I missed everyone I guess.

Sy. You were the one who pushed that boat out onto the lake right?

I just want to know what's lake ghosts and what's not.

Happy birthday, Ursula.

[Warded to Friends: the Coppertale Quidditch team + Levi + Rosy + Holden + Tess. Did I forget anyone??? He has no friends.]

I need to do something for Ursula's birthday and I don't know what. I don't know if we're dating. I don't think we are? But we're not just friends.

( HALLOWEEN COSTUME CRAFTING PARTY )

Studying was a mistake.

How do you write an essay? Sy's been trying to teach me but he's so bad at it. If you also know how to do transfiguration that'd be great, because I can't explain this. I'm trying to tell him about all the laws of conjuration but it's just

I don't think I can do it.

We'll be at the library again tomorrow. Please help.

So is the school haunted or what? There was a boat out in the middle of the lake.

Did Ribbonfin seriously prank us.

My shoes are full of dirt now. And also flowers I guess.

Sy, the roster's wrong. You messed it up.

I didn't even try for chaser.

Following the back-to-school party, which involved an unreasonable amount of kissing, an unfortunate cold epidemic has swept through the school. By that evening, the staff have been forced to acknowledge it. Their reactions range from disappointment to barely stifled amusement.

The Heads of House tell their students to go stop by the hospital wing if they're unwell, where Healer Mufferaw is waiting with folded arms and a withering expression. "You all got yourselves into this mess," he's heard saying, "but none of you are getting out of class over a case of the sniffles if I have anything to say about it."

A significantly less irritated Mr. Elmasry is hanging out in the background, trying not to laugh as he's brewing new Pepper-Up Potions. They're going to need a lot.

[OOC: Feel free to reply this if your character got sick from the party, either by playing the kissing games or drinking out of the wrong cup. You can interact with one another, and the staff members will pop in and out to interact with students.]

( ARRIVAL )