STATE OF THE KIDS MEME

[goosemods]

STATE OF THE KIDS MEME

We really liked JJ's idea of talking a little about where our characters are, especially in light of how harrowing the previous year was. However, we didn't want to be rude and just pile on JJ's comment. :( ACCORDINGLY, this is a post where you can talk about what happened last year, and what's happening next year.

Please put your name in the subject line for easy sorting.

Player: Your name.

Character NAME #1

Last year: How do they feel about last year?
This year: And where is that going to take them this coming year?
Looking for: Are there any lines you're looking to fill?
Anything else?: Just what it says on the tin.

Character NAME #2

Last year: How do they feel about last year?
This year: And where is that going to take them this coming year?
Looking for: Are there any lines you're looking to fill?
Anything else?: Just what it says on the tin.

Character NAME #3

Last year: How do they feel about last year?
This year: And where is that going to take them this coming year?
Looking for: Are there any lines you're looking to fill?
Anything else?: Just what it says on the tin.

(Just keep adding characters if you have no self-control.)

<b>Player:</b> Your name. <b>Character NAME #1</b><blockquote><b>Last year:</b> How do they feel about last year? <b>This year:</b> And where is that going to take them this coming year? <b>Looking for:</b> Are there any lines you're looking to fill? <b>Anything else?:</b> Just what it says on the tin.</blockquote> <b>Character NAME #2</b><blockquote><b>Last year:</b> How do they feel about last year? <b>This year:</b> And where is that going to take them this coming year? <b>Looking for:</b> Are there any lines you're looking to fill? <b>Anything else?:</b> Just what it says on the tin.</blockquote> <b>Character NAME #2</b><blockquote><b>Last year:</b> How do they feel about last year? <b>This year:</b> And where is that going to take them this coming year? <b>Looking for:</b> Are there any lines you're looking to fill? <b>Anything else?:</b> Just what it says on the tin.</blockquote> <b>Character NAME #3</b><blockquote><b>Last year:</b> How do they feel about last year? <b>This year:</b> And where is that going to take them this coming year? <b>Looking for:</b> Are there any lines you're looking to fill? <b>Anything else?:</b> Just what it says on the tin.</blockquote>

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(frozen comment) NO DIVIDERS!!! IT'S THE WILD WEST!!!

[goosemods]

This way we can just use the to start of thread option for this big messy plotting post.

You can discuss the meme and/or make fun of JJ and Cam HERE. ♥

ALEX

[browbeats]

Player: Alex

RILEY

Last year: GREAT!!! Riley has next to no problem with what happened. She got to hang out with her friends on the beach in a dream!! She was asleep in a field full of BUTTERFLIES! She got carried to safety by two of her FAVORITE PEOPLE!! PEOPLE PAID ATTENTION TO HER. Riley has never been one to, like, think things through or learn her lesson, and she loves her arty gay camping school with kissing games in the woods, so she kind of just shrugs the whole thing off. Uh, she survived, didn't she?
This year: Hey guys, Riley's still going to party! And kiss girls! And do anything for attention!! If others are like major buzzkills about it she'll roll her eyes and treat them like they're her parents. She's also going to adopt a sophomore and mold her into a Riley Mini Mae (who's almost a foot taller than her). And give people terrible makeovers.
Looking for: I would be down for any retconned dream-hopping with Miss Riley Mae. She popped into Addy's and Ulysses' dreams, I think? Here is her dream if anyone wants to have popped into there, or she can have jumped in to join the action with any y'all. Also if anyone wants a terrible glitter makeover from Riley, fuckin' hit me up.
Anything else?: I'm pretty sure she's going to tell Reece he's not her real dad at some point.

ROSY

Last year: NOT SO GREAT!!! SHE HATES IT!!! There are two things she keeps dwelling on:

- She let everyone get poisoned, and then when the others were incapacitated and the ghost dropped from the ceiling she was convinced she just got everyone else killed. If she had been thinking logically she would have insisted she... drink all the poison herself? So only one person was incapacitated? That's logical.
- When Anon showed up behind them and the party split, how does she know Anon didn't grab them and put them to sleep? She doesn't actually know what the dreams were like, so she can't be sure this isn't still a dream. That's... mildly less logical.

She was also not quite as opposed to coming back as she said, but she was not into the idea. She wanted to discuss it. In depth. It would have taken weeks. It would have been December by the time she was through. But then she took a strong ANTI stance early on and she had a hard time backing down from that (hey guys did you know Rosy sometimes has a hard time backing down from things? IT'S TRUE).

This year: Aggressive Momming: The Rosemary Stoker Way. Rosy is coming back to school with personalized homework binders for each Senior Ribbonfishy. Even you, Yancey. She knew you'd come back home, she was ready for you. Her way of doing things is to basically make sure no one is looking at her and asking her how she's doing, and if she keeps barking orders at people and (s)mothering them, then they'll never think of it!! Because she's clearly doing great!!! Look at how organized she is!!!! Would she be so good at keeping track of others if she wasn't so on top of her shit??? HAHAHA NO OF COURSE NOT. She's also very protective and wants to do anything at all possible to keep them from getting kidnapped again.

I want her to also reach out and try to (s)mother the other Fishy Foxy Forest Fighters, or just make dry and not at all worrying jokes about drinking poison for fun. She's definitely going to ward them on the first day, because I already have that entry written. I don't actually do work at my job, guys.

If anyone who slept through it all wants to know what happened, Rosy will give them short, informational sentences that do not delve into emotional territory at all. Hell version of school, ghosts in the girl's room, puzzle boxes with personalized clues, unicorn, poison, you know the whole deal.

Looking for: I will not inflict this mess of a human being on anyone else are you kidding me
Anything else?: I don't have her senior project figured out and she's going to kill me lol.

JEFFY

Last year: Uhhhh well MOST of the year was awesome, RIGHT?? His FRIENDS were super cool and there was QUIDDITCH and he got good GRADES and then there was MORE QUIDDITCH and then... oh yeah there was spooky stuff. My bright and shining little sunbeam thinks there's a little bit of a chance that they kind of brought some of this stuff on the whole school by MESSING WITH GHOSTS so much, but, uh. Whoops. Heh. LET'S IGNORE THAT.
Jeffy slept through MOST of the woods nonsense, and when he woke up, his friends looked exhausted and he felt so bad. He DID get to meet Ghost Dad though!! OH YAY. GHOST DAD WANTED TO ADOPT HIM. Sorry Ghost Dad, he already has a Living Dad!!
This year: You can't kill this sunbeam. Jeffy is going to want to keep everyone's spirits up! Support his friends!! Tell them how amazing they are all the time!!! Jeffy wants everything to keep being NORMAL, and this year has the potential to be SUPER BADASS. His bros are on QUIDDITCH with him! He's the Wiz Lit TA!! LOOK YOU GUYS THIS IS GOING TO BE GREAT can we please just ignore all the bad stuff from last year.
Maybe one day, when they're doing some kind of terrible gunslinging or something, Jeffy will be like "wow that person pretending to be dead kind of reminds me of that time we thought Lucas got killed by Ghost Dad!" And then probably IMMEDIATELY BURY IT.
Looking for: EVERYONE IS JEFFY'S FRIEND. Jeffy is also available for retconned dream-hopping! He's over here, but he probably bopped around to hang out with a bunch of other friends and loved ones.
Anything else?: DID YOU HEAR NEXT YEAR IS GOING TO BE AWESOME????

DINAH

Last year: VERY CURIOUS!!! And very interested in all the upperclassmen's romantic lives!!!
This year: She's going to ask all of you a lot of detailed questions because she wants to draw it. She doesn't realize there might be any kind of trauma related to it. WHOOPS.
Looking for: Who wants Dinah to bug them about their endgame experiences??? She'll be enthusiastic and WILD about it, but if she hits a nerve will not notice at all.
Anything else?: I just watched a video of a Ukrainian military band covering Bon Jovi with the world's best dancer rocking out to it and I'm going to watch it again.

AUSTIN

Last year: He could have written some great songs if he'd been a dreamer or a rescuer. This isn't fair.
This year: He'll still try to write some songs about it.
Looking for: If anyone needs a mediocre guitarist for their band hmu, we could do a real GB Battle of the Bands y'all.
Anything else?: I watched it again. Still good.

Re: ALEX

[phin]

i am so glad i clicked on that video

Re: ALEX

[cygninae]

I'm really excited for Rosy and Reid to get closer. :c Rosy always was good at getting Reid to say extra words. She's his prefect role model.

Re: ALEX

[bubblewrapped]

Jeffy is a ray of sunshine and Lucas is very glad for all of his chickabros and I am looking forward to them being a good boy disaster in year 2. Lucas will disassemble on a molecular level anyone who messes with the not-so-baby-anymore birds.

Yancey thanks you for the homework binder Rosy this will be a big help. Let's continue to not discuss trauma.

Re: ALEX

[professionalcorpse]

that video was amazing. i fully support that man. and his whole life. i hope he goes far.

Oh, Rosy. Roxie is sorry for your stress. But not sorry that you're back? And will accept any and all mothering with bemused sort of confusion.

Also, Jeffy you are 110% correct. Everything is cool and great and wonderful and there's nothing wrong going on ever. Shit's gonna be fantastic.

Re: ALEX

[threatens]

HEY so i assume sy also got the barebones version of What Happened from rosy? :O i need to hammer out his thoughts but i decided that he's been... kind of a dick... this summer because sy has Stoker Emotional Coping Mechanisms and he cannot properly deal with the triple whammy of "i got kidnapped like a weakling" + "rosy went through something traumatic" + "i wasn't there for her" so he's focusing on the only thing he has any control over, and that thing is... whether or not they come back to Ghost Forest Hell Kidnap School this year. imagine every argument they've had about this basically boiling down to Who's Going To Win [this argument about whether or not my sister and brother get subjected to needless danger so i can play quidditch]

Micah loves Jeffy and is totally 100% on board for suppressing the hell out of it and pretending everything is NORMAL and this year is AWESOME and they're GOING TO HAVE SO MUCH FUN. also i'd like to say micah dropped in on jeffy's dream and cheered for him a lot ;O;

Rin !

[lilwitchhazel]

Player: Rin 💖 (this is my favorite emoji so here you go peeps)

HAZEL KEATING

Last year: Lil Miss Hazel is not doing as hot as she'll claim she is. :( Nightmares are currently an issue she's dealing with, something that was never a problem for her before, and she's harboring a bit of a fear of the lake and honestly any water that isn't crystal clear (which she will recover from but... it's definitely a thing upon returning). Currently, she keeps her wand with her at all times, for the moment even sleeping with it under her pillow (hooray!) While the events were scary for her in general, the Big Fear this brought out is related entirely to the safety of her friends. Even though rescuing the dreamers was successful, Hazel is now acutely aware of the fact that a time may come where she won't be able to help the people she cares about when they need it.
This year: Buuuuuuut yep, Hazel will aggressively claim that she is 2000% over it! Everything is fine and she does not want to talk about the end of last school year, thank you very much!!! This stress is going to manifest in wildness that will presumably flatten out... but upon returning she's going to be a little more into drinking and taking risks and kissing to try to show herself and everyone else that she's fine!! REALLY!! Hazel will also be a little more up in the business of her rescue buddies/rescuees (Zach, Sam, Ana, Ari, Cole, Todd, Micah, Solo), and will be a little more protective of said people (sorry guys).
Looking for: Anything, as usual! I'm hoping she'll eventually spill to someone that she was seriously scared and remains somewhat scared, because dealing with feelings is generally a good thing, but hoping this will happen organically. Unrelated to trauma, I'm totally up for short failed romances if anyone wants this crazy girl for a bit?? She's going to be ridiculous for a while and will think a lot of things are a good idea when they're not.
Anything else?: She's honestly the only one of mine getting seriously hit by end game stuff besides Asher who is.... very dead now so it's fine.

JAIME CASTILLO

Last year: Unsurprisingly, during the whole ordeal he was pretty freaked out and just keep feeling useless - he froze, he didn't know how to do things, etc. Still, even during the event small victories pumped him back up again so it's not surprising that the end game stuff isn't going to drag much into this year. He will talk about what he went through with anyone if they want to, and will be the sensitive nerd that he is deep down.
This year: Because, yep, he's actually pretty fine! He had a good summer hanging out with Ennis and Lachlan and he gets over things pretty well anyways, so all that decompression and being kinda dumb means he won't even really be extra cautious or fuss extra over his dreamer friends Ennis, Addy, and Lachlan. Separate from endgame stuff he is going to momentarily freak out about being Quidditch captain because being responsible for other human beings is scary, buuuut he'll settle in pretty quickly. He's going to love his Quid babies so much :((( even though you are not all babies :(((( Also graduating is scary so he'll freak out about that at some point??
Looking for: Gotta get him to stop being stupid about boys (this will either be via finally having a talk with someone and trying his best to emotionally work through this or a boy crush or something, but I'm going to see how things go and actually be more proactive) buuuuut otherwise, any and all things! I'm so excited for Azurquid!!!

RAMON DELGADO

Last year: Ramon was sleeping and had a great dream and boy, does he give nearly zero shits about what happened last year. Everything is resolved now anyways, right? He has faith in MACUSA thanks to his dad's employ there, and also he's just too chill anyways. BUT, even though he's mostly ok he's a little worried about Sofia. He'll talk about it if you want??
This year: Thus, Ramon'll be more sensitive to Sofia; thanks for saving him, sis! He's ALSO going to be a bit more of a twit because Calvin is a horrible encourager and they'll be Beater bros this year :) And he'll worry about spider Cole getting squished. But otherwise? Just doing his jam.
Looking for: Ramon still feels very new because I got him kinda late and he's the hardest one for me so I'm hoping to just use him more! I know he's kind of a buttface but he suffers people when they're not being dramatic pretty well so if you want him to tell any of your kids what's wrong with their lives I'm more than happy to provide this idiot?? As mentioned with Jaime, Rin goal in Y2 is to be more proactive!

I'm not writing about Phoebe because I'm lazy but you can go read her crap here if you want and haven't??? I'M SO LAZY :(

Re: Rin !

[theniceboy]

The sophjuniors should start a nightmares victims club tbh

JJ reduxx

[novelling]

Player: JJ, summarizing & expanding from here

CLEM DECOURT

Last year: Again, the endgame didn't really impact her that much. She was never in grave danger herself, and nobody died, so she's not sure what everyone's assed up about? More relevant for her are the facts that she has a seven-month old baby brother she's leaving behind at home who she is fiercely overprotective of, and also that Ebonhide won the house cup last year! They're the best!
This year: As touched upon in her application, Clementine has decided that she needs to be more grown up this year, mostly because of her little brother but also because apparently she's kidnap material? Fuck that. Anyway, she's going to be trying hard to keep it together, but some of the ways this will manifest (like being more performatively feminine) really do not jive with her actual personality and that'll create some internal conflict for her.
Looking for: ONE MORE SPOT ON THE EBONHIDE TEAM GUYS join up join up. Besides that I think she's basically spoiled for lines.
Anything else?: Clem will be bugging Ulysses, Sy, Jaime and Avery as her fellow Quid captains to do more QUID STUFF in prep for the Ilvermorny/Hogwarts season next semester. She really does not want to lose to Hogwarts again.

REECE DOWNING

Last year: NOT GREAT, BOB
This year: On a personal level, he'll be a little more withdrawn from his endgame-impacted friends. He's really determined to just... like crack the PUZZLE of the forest before it gets any more of his friends and will be going full Scooby Doo mode at some point or another.
Looking for: BABY AZURCRESTS! Reece loves the baby birds and made a point of being friendly and involved with them last year, so if you want to say he's friends with any of your bad bad baby kids, I'm game.
Anything else?: N/A

ARI FLINT

Last year: She's not going to want to talk about endgame stuff, but it's weighing on her mind.
This year: At the same time, Ariadne will both want to MIND HER OWN BUSINESS harder than she did last year, because that her instinct when it comes to forces she doesn't understand... but she's also more dedicated to her friends and will follow them if they decide to do anything foolhardy. Y'all juniors now, so keep it together for Ari's sake.
Looking for: YES I want a girl for her to make out with in 7MIH at the back to school Grotto party and I'm taking volunteers
Anything else?: Okay I'm messing with fashion/moodboards for my kids if that interests anyone

TALLY PRINCE

Last year: Tally has nooooo idea what happened! 💁 Unless Kenzie told her. If Kenzie told her what she went through, Tally will move firmly into the anti ghost-bullshit column. Otherwise, she's just an oblivious child person.
This year: She'll be even more of a nightmare than she has been in the past!
Looking for: Always friends ~
Anything else?: I'm a hot pinterest mess

TODD SKYNNER

Last year: He'd be doing a lot worse if he didn't have Cash to vent to. As it is he's talked through of all his feelings and is ready to get back on his bullshit.
This year: This... might have to be a work in progress. I know he's been all over the place on the Veritaserum meme, but he's going to be less that way in-game, I think. I'd like to believe to that he's... you know, learning his lesson about going after girls like Charlotte and Jade, but we'll see.
Looking for: Freshman ex-girlfriend still but if that doesn't work out I won't mind. If anyone wants to retcon a brief relationship in the front half of Y1 I'm good for that too!
Anything else?: Todd's my kiss boy this year and he'll be doing lots of kissin

Re: JJ reduxx

[bubblewrapped]

Two of my four characters want to know more about Todd's ghost bride. How much blood was outside of where it was supposed to be??? How would you rate the overall ghost-betrothal experience?? I am ashamed by how actually likely it is that both Nisha and Lucas would ask these questions.

LYSS

[odder]

Player: I guess Lyss

Ferdie Nando Ayers

Last year: Honestly, Ferdie's doing okay, all things considered. He took all of this as a jumping-off point, and doesn't really have many negative effects from last year. He has weird ghosts of phantom pain sometimes when he thinks about the burning alive thing and the skeleton mines headaches but barring that, he's had other things to worry about this last summer. He had a lot to process about the end event, though. First of all, he's adopted Be Brave as a weird motto. He thinks that's what was the key takeaway from this whole event, and he's been trying it out for himself, too. He has to be brave. Also, the not-Micah telling them all about their faults still resonates in his mind, and gives him something to constantly fight against. He doesn't quite consider that a bad thing.

He hasn't been that open about these events with his parents, but he's going to be a fairly open book if people want a rundown of what went on. It'll all be faaairly straightforward, and he'll emphasize that they've at least been assured it's fine, for now.
This year: The end events are for sure going to color his head boy tenure. He's cautiously optimistic about the state of the forest right now. He's going to struggle to explain this to anyone who asks, but he does take Brother's assurances that everything is okay now to heart. Of course, he doesn't think there's much good in poking a sleeping forest, so he'll still tell people to stay away from it, but he isn't coming into this in any kind of paranoid or even hyper-vigilant way.This might look a little laissez-faire to prefects, but he'll try to explain his reasoning.

He also more than ever now wants to prove that he's not passive or weak, so he's going to gain a backbone where before he might've been a little more quiet. He's going to try to be brave, and to be a good leader. If there's any residual worry, it will probably be at anyone who's taking this hard, and the people he went through it with. Hi Rosy.
Looking for: PEOPLE WHO DISAGREE WITH HIM? Rule breakers he has to watch around the forest? I DON'T KNOW.
Anything else?: no.

Addy Foster-Hayes:

Last year: She is firmly of the "lol I went to sleep and had a fun dream...so?" camp in appearance. She knows that everyone went through SO much more than she did, so if she has any residual effects of this, you can bet they've been shoved down so far that no one will ever see them. The actual experience doesn't bother her so much as the preludes to it, aka Anon's comparison of Elmasry to her, finding Mr. Elmasry's picture shrine in the tree. She wonders, a little, if she should've known that she was going to be a target from any of that. Mostly though, she's going to be very worried about the people who might not be handling this well. She's got this.
This year: The Elmasry ties to her own possible story were definitely what hammered the nails in her prefecture. If the fact that she couldn't even stay awake long enough to help people out during this crisis helped...she isn't saying. Anyway, she plans to stay on the lookout for more clues that could predict the next big crisis, but also focus more on her professional life. If anything, this experience taught her that she DOES want to leave school and she IS ready. She just needs to find something to do after.
Looking for: If anyone wants misplaced worrying or potions tutoring shoved at them or like ANYTHING from her, hi, here she is.
Anything else?: I successfully got Chillin Like a Villain unstuck from my head now.

Jaded Otterwell

Last year:
Jade has always hated not having agency or choices, and so being kidnapped, even though she was objectively fine in the end, was maybe more traumatic than she'd originally anticipated. Having her friends have to save her wasn't insulting, like Jade thought it was going to be. She just was angry for them, and SO furious at herself for getting caught, and not being able to help them. To add insult to injury, she was too weak to join in as a rescuer at all, like so many others were. (THIS WAS A MEAN CHOICE ON MY PART...BUT IT WORKED FOR THE END I WANTED SO EH.)
This guilt towards her friends is the big reason she pleaded with her parents to MAKE. THEM. let her stay near her friends this summer. She couldn't imagine another emergency happening and her not being close. Jade's turned into a little of a control freak after this. She addressed this in Veritaserum, but her main takeaways from this event were that she was weak, that she has to step up and never show weakness again.

I warned you that this was dramatic.
This year: She's never going to show weakness again, clearly.
Actually, though, the end events did two big things. For one, she's going to be incredibly grateful and loving to the friends who rescued her and did have to go through the nightmare forest. She's also very scared that they'll stop talking to her, or she can't understand them anymore because they didn't go through the same things. But it's Jade, so she'll mostly just ignore it and shove her ill-advised friendship at them like it's a reward. Friends might notice that her protective streak is ramped up to eleven, and Jade snapping on people even looking the wrong way at one of her Azurbabies, etc, might happen. PLEASE tell her to tone it down.

The other, bigger thing is how much time Jade's going to dedicate to Occlumency and duelling. She is going to just...completely hero worship Sylla, whether or not she finds out about her forest adventures, just by virtue of her being the D+F badass leader. She's also in Occlumency as an Advanced Study. It's to help her make a Patronus, but also to ensure that nothing like Anon will ever, ever touch her brain again. She will probably not go so far as to hunt down anything in the forest...but we'll see.
Looking for: People to practice Occlumency with?? There are not many juniors in that this year! Aka just her so far, SO she would definitely take advantage of sitting in on senior classes and maybe try to bother a few of them. It's gonna be REALLY hard for her, as a very guarded, very cagey teen nightmare. But she's going to try so hard!

ALSO people to help duel practice.

ALSO looking for patience from her poor friends, Listen I'm Sorry.
Anything else?: I love you

You don't need to know that Tuesday was sleeping!!!

Re: LYSS

[browbeats]

Rosy is struggling with the fact that Ferdie says the forest said it's Chill, because she so does not believe that it's Chill, but she also trusts Ferdie. You're tearing her apart, Ferdie Nando.

Roz

[theniceboy]

Player: Roz

Solomon Webb

Last year:
Not super awesome. There are a few trains of thought for him

Solomon improved immensely with quidditch and music both and he feels awesome about that, and infinitely more confident than he did the year before last year.

A lot of his core social groups experienced some fracturing and he's not feeling super awesome about that. Some of that fracturing he believes was overcome throughout the year but right at the end of last year, the sophomore seance team experienced a bit of fracturing and they never really got time to smooth over it. And they're fifteen, so there probably wasn't going to be a whole lot of smoothing over to begin with.

Half the school got kidnapped, including him and he doesn't feel so awesome about that either. Plus he tried to help a ghost and was totally empathetic toward her and she basically made him virtually feel like he was drowning, so that sucks.

But he also got to now Sam last year and she's awesome, so that's cool.

This year:
I don't plot this much in advance. Chris was the epitome of winging it for a character. BUT I do have some thoughts for Solomon.

Solomon will be experiencing a very low key form of ptsd. He has an aversion to water born mostly out of fear. Not being able to breathe - even while his body itself was breathing just find - instilled some fear in him in the event of things that could actually drown him. Like large bodies of water. Or storms. People die in storms all the time it's completely rational. Living on a literal island does complicate that fear a bit. Currently - he's decided to ignore it. That's not gonna go well for him.

Last year Solomon slept for a while and dreamt the perfect dream. complete paradise, made up of everything he loves in life, a place that in essence - he has no reason to leave. He felt slight disappointment at being woken up and that bothers him pretty intensely, because his entire mentality is that reality is always better than an illusion, regardless of how bad that reality is. So him being disappointed bothers him, it makes him feel like a hypocrite. But being put to sleep against his will for a while does have a few residual effects. He doesn't feel too awesome about sleeping to the point that he's already begun to actively avoid it over the summer. THAT is also gonna bite him in the ass.

So THIS YEAR Solomon is going to be obnoxiously calm. About everything. He's gonna be that dog, sitting in the middle of a burning room, saying this is fine, about everything. He's gonna be a lot less uptight about his moral compass to the point that it coooould disappear entirely at points if the opportunity comes up. This year, Solo is trying very hard to find himself, and coming to terms that maybe how he's always been is not who he was meant to always be. He'll go into this year the same honest, affectionate guy, proposing team hugs and shit like that, but I don't plan for him to remain that way the entire year.

Looking for: I didn't think this far ahead. This is Solo's second year, so there's no designated role in his life that is currently empty. I mean, I'm gonna throw this kid at everything, obvs, but I'm just not this creative, fam, c'mon.
Anything else?: I'm on season five of nashville guys. I think I might actually finish this shitshow before the game even comes back.

Olivia Sanchez

Last year: There were notable ups and downs last year. The end of the year kinda fucked Olivia up. She believes that even while she found Avery, she failed her in a big way by trying to be rational and it made her a coward. Olivia doesn't do great with being a coward.
This year: Olivia's response to feeling like a coward is to just do better this year than she's ever done before. She spent the entire summer training and boxing and get her shit in order. Which is great, but it was the unhealthy, hyperactive kind of shit. This year, she plans to be a better student, a better friend and a better prefect than any year before. Which is going to probably make her annoying at some point. She's gonna try to be more supportive, more momming than she's ever tried to be before, so she can feel better about something she hasn't admitted to anybody yet.
Looking for: Guys. I don't know. Olivia is a lot more open than Solomon because i sucked at playing her last year. So I still need to like - know who the fuck her friends are and shit.
Anything else?: I've been listening to one direction for the last two hours and I'm not entirely sure why?

Quentin Youngblood

Last year: Quentin doesn't even know why this is a question. Did some shit happen last year or some shit?
This year: Quentin is my replacement for Chris so I have nothing planned. I'm gonna wing this shit, but hopefully he's my most chill, unemotional child yet. Since I emotionally fucked up the last three, let's see how this goes.
Looking for: Well, shit hasn't changed since the intro post. So friends, enemies, etc etc. AND CABIN MATES MAYBE, GUYS.
Anything else?: A lighter exploded in my hand today.

Re: Roz

[browbeats]

Quentin also probably had a lighter explode in his hand today tbh.

Do you think Austin ever forgets Solo's in the room and after an hour of playing fucking up the same chord progression he looks up and realizes he's just been sitting there watching and nodding supportively?

I do.

kay

[phin]

Player: kayyy

jonathan wilde

Last year: Uhhhhhhhhh it was good and bad?? i'm thinkin about it & honestly he spent half of it moping around hardcore for no reason, and then the rest of it moping around hardcore because of his crush on saira, but things turned out ok? the end of the year was hard on him, though. he was so exhausted/emotionally weirded out by what happened that he failed to secure any kinda internships or jobs for the summer the way he'd planned, and just like... did whatever instead. so he's coming back w a sense of frustration likeee he's "behind," but he's also hella relaxed & Pleased & w some summer adventures under his belt so that's good

This year: UM i gotta be honest i'm v bad at plotting super far in advance ?? things seem to just happen and im cool w that. that said, i think wilde's going to be torn between multiple Things He Cares About now that he's more secure in himself & willing to show he Cares, so... freaking out about the future will probably take the form of feeling like he has to make choices about how he spends his time and what's Most Important and blah blah even though he doesn't actually have to (like, just keep living yr life boy you're doing FINE geez). he's going to be even more into quidditch stuff, i think, because !!KEEPER!! ... and go on some cursebreaking adventures over breaks w his brother.. and continue being obsessive over gardening. that'ssssss what i got. so like. the same, but maybe more intense?????? he also hasn't decided on a senior project and it's gonna start making him kind of sick pretty soon

Looking for: uh everything just throw whatever at me if you feel like it. team dynamic stuff, gardening club stuff, etc etc
Anything else?: ♥

phineas bones

Last year: uh he was at hogwarts having a Good Life until he broke up with violet mcgonagall's sister and caught the sads :c :c :c
This year: he's at GB avoiding his feelings and escaping his real life, so we'll see what that looks like woooo
Looking for: i mean, everything?? i just intro'd him tho
Anything else?: i can't wait until the game starts & phineas becomes an actual character

Re: kay

[bubblewrapped]

Just as soon as I sort out his voice, Yancey is going to sit next to Phin at lunch sometime and be like so how about all these teenagers that look like they went to war weird huh. I hope a beautiful friendship blossoms as a result.

kas

[puphart]

Player: kas

CASEY "Guess How Many Muscles I'm Flexing RIGHT NOW" Patterson

Last year: Casey felt down toward the end of the year because nearly all the people he had established meaningful relationships with were leaving and he doesn't know what he is without them around to give him purpose and shit. He spent most of the endgame in the dreamworld before he joined Cricket and Maggie and that helped provide some perspective about how his senior pals weren't going to simply abandon him when the year finished because they... actually cared, and (Cricket especially) went through hell to get his sorry ass out of his forest bed.
This year: Most of Casey's solid relationships have left the school and instead of letting solid relationships form around him, he's is going to try and form them himself. Now that he's seen what protective seniors do for people he's going to try and take up the mantle, but he... doesn't understand how these relationships happen. Coppersquad, do you need to be defended? Because there's a chance that Casey'll try and stick up for you at some point, even if it's in totally the wrong way and makes things worse. Also, he's throwing himself into the role of Dance Commander and is going to try and do Rafael proud. He probably sends Rafael an owl every couple of months that reads like a kid's "WHAT I DID AT SUMMER CAMP" letter home except it's about the dance studio. Also also, he still thinks camping is a shitty pastime.
Looking for:

• I've mentioned it before but he'll be on the lookout for a replacement bro new best bro and candidates are not informed of their place in the running. I don't want to stick him haphazardly into a broship, so while I'm also looking for a best bro for Casey, it's not required.
• In an ideal world his parents would have sought him a new tutor but it takes A LOT to tutor Casey Patterson. If you think your character can do it, hmu! (His parents compensate with dragots and Christmas gifts, ooh la la. And gratitude. Lots of gratitude.)
• He'll also be on the prowl for hookups, doubly so now that he feels like he has to prove his worth all over again and... guess where he thinks his worth lies!
• I'm hoping to flesh out some more meaningful relationships for him this year (read: the kind where he;s okay with being a little vulnerable) but would rather that kind of stuff happens organically, and there's already a couple in the works, so. This is more of an FYI, I guess.

Anything else?: Hogwarts keeps taking his friends away. F U C K H O G W A R T S

Kurt "What If I Moved My Bunk Into The Stables" Wolfhart

Last year: Kurt had been on the side of "misunderstood forest creatures" all year until he woke up to find out that they had taken half of the student body in the middle of the night??? He slept through the endgame but heard pieces of it afterwards from friends like Kenzie and Rosy. His expression was like O_O the whole time and he's especially worried about Chloe. He spent all summer worrying about his friends, and before he disappeared for August, assume that he was also trying to connect with them in his own quiet way where he doesn't ask directly about anything but just kind of checks in and is like "hi, did you know that kangaroos only ever move their hind legs together when they're on land, but they move them separately when swimming? isn't that neat?"
This year: As someone concerned about the well-beings of his peers, Kurt returns determined but distressed. He gained a lot of confidence last year (33% girlfriend, 33% getting PUCK in the fall play, and 33% getting to take care of TWO orphaned animals!) and even more over the summer, where he defied his grandparents' wishes(!!!) and went away to junior ranger camp. He's come to terms with the fact that he doesn't want to Do The Prince Thing (investments and other boring capitalist ventures), or to Do The Thing That At Least The Princes Approve Of Most Of The Time (professional acting), but to do what he wants, which is to work in animal rescue and welfare. He still doesn't know how to tell his maternal grandparents. Now that he has a PREFECT BADGE(!!!) he feels like it's his duty to try and make a difference for the student body, and he'll be worried about his peers' mental healths above all. Please be happy and healthy, friends. :( Crying sophomores will be worried over, rules will be followed, and voices will never be raised.
Looking for: He needs a Potions tutor! Aside from that, I'm open to anything for Kurt but nothing specific comes to mind.
Anything else?: I've had a little solo log (fic? w/e) in my head of Kurt and his siblings and I need to actually try and write it. :( Also, I will never shut up about Newt The Emotional Support Niffler.

Corrigan Bailey was asleep and will be trying to prove that she's just as INTERESTING and KIDNAPPABLE as everybody else!!!!

Paige Ripley is new and will ask a lot of invasive questions about what you went through.

Re: kas

[bitterlysweet]

I want Spencer to bro it up with Casey. :( MY FEELINGS WON'T BE HURT IF THAT GOOD BRO CHEMISTRY ISN'T JUST RIGHT, but I imagine last year Spencer was a little stars in his eyes at Casey so maybe that will graduate to Real Friends now that he's not a babysoph.

MEGGO WAFFLES

[evercreep]

Player: Meggie!

CALVIN

Last year: Calvin slept through the worst of it, and what he does remember he's compartmentalizing like a pro. Most of his feelings on the matter revolve around Dimi, who he has a complex but tight relationship with. This kind of solidified a lot of that. Then, of course, he thought he wasn't coming back and acted out a lot. He's noooot thrilled with himself there. It was a really rocky year in Calvin's personal life, but enough good things happened that he fought tooth and nail to come back to Gooseberry... and succeeded!
This year: Glad to be back, but also hesitant about it. Calvin frequently wrestles with shame, and his behavior last year was... not great. his behavior will continue to be not great. He'll be missing his brother, especially after knowing everything Damon went through for him. There will be a codependency pang or three, which Calvin will work through by adopting the mantra WWDD. He's going to focus a little too much on Quidditch and continuing to be over-invested in Perfect Marks. His social circle expanded a little so get ready for him to have a white knuckle grip on your friendships!!! He's... very dedicated once you've gotten past that outer shell and it's not entirely worth it.
Looking for: Nothing in particular, but I'm open!
Anything else?: Lemme know if you want to retcon dream visits.

MACKENZIE

Last year: HAHA THAT SUCKED. Kenzie thought she was going to die, or someone she liked was going to die, and frankly she was not ready to grow up that fast.
This year: And now she's a prefect. Kenzie will never be a nice girl, and she will never stop laughing at people inappropriately, or picking on people, or generally being a terrible girl... but last year kind of thinned her outer persona and it'll be more clear she's a cold, hard young woman who's been groomed to take over a massive business empire. She used to fantasize about being the femme fatale and how romantic it was, and now she's got to adopt a different role. Her love of melodrama means she's going to frame herself as the noir antihero instead. Being kind of tacky is the best and only responsible way to get in a bit of teen rebellion before she graduates and inherits.
Looking for: ????

REID

Last year: XAVIER HAPPENED. Reid's always gone through life kind of half-asleep and burying himself in apathy, but Zav was exciting and fun and a good influence. And then everything got awful when Xav and Sy were abducted and the Fishy Foxy Fighters went through some real serious bullshit. Reid's not good at processing even simple emotional challenges, so this still looms large and unaddressed in his mind.
This year: Reid's actually going to be veeeery slightly more lively. Maybe he will try one (1) new hobby. He wants to get to know Nisha, but will neglect to tell Sy it's because this is his boyfriend's little sister. He wants to be a good prefect, but his problem solving skills are about on this level, but without going so far as to make a noise. But Reid haaaaates disappointing people so he's going to FIGURE THIS OUT. He's also going to be missing Xavier a toooooon. (Y2: Meggie's Characters Sadly Think About Jenny's Characters)
Looking for: An eternal soul bond with the Poison Party.

ARCHIE

Last year: Well... he drugged most of the upperclassmen and it wasn't well received. He feels a lot less bad about it than he's been pretending.
This year: He's not going to stop experimenting on Amortentia.
Looking for: STUFF IDK HIT ME UP.

SPENCER

Last year: Kind of uncomfortable, but not productively so. It sucks for his friends, but he just can't relate. Also Micah was a bad boyfriend.
This year: Trash boy with a gentle heart seeks a fun and bad decisions, call for a good time.
Looking for: WHO KNOWS.

Re: MEGGO WAFFLES

[browbeats]

Ol' Cavin' Calvin

Camer(on)

[readingrainbows]

Player: Cameron

Zachary Zheng

Last year: Hey, guys!! That was... pretty crazy, wasn't it? Being a rescuer was a big deal for Zach. It felt like an extension of his prefecting; he put a lot of extra pressure on himself. Everyone ended up being fine, but it was a long ass night with a lot of ups and downs. In addition to his worry for his friends, one of the things he struggled with was the totally irrational fear that he had ?caused this somehow? By wishing for ADVENTURE and EXCITEMENT and HEROISM and stuff. Like, he knows that's insane but he was Feeling It Anyway for a hot sec there. Finding the heart of the forest felt Big in a way that's made everything afterwards feel kind of small, but that's fine. What matters is they're safe. "Forever," apparently So... okay? Woohoo! He'll tentatively trust that, for now.
This year: Zach's got a little premature wisdom going on. He's a bit more serious than he would have been. Happy to be back. How anti-forest he is depends on how the first months go, tbh. He... does not know that Micah is taking point on Grotto parties. H-he loves you, buddy, but maybe don't do that?
Looking for: I have no ideas, but I'd love to hear y'alls.

Cassius Holcomb

Last year: Cash slept through the events of the endgame, and honestly, he's mildly cheesed about it. In fact, he's about as cheesed as he gets, It's dumb, but he's pissed off that Todd was rescued last, and that he wasn't a part of the crew selected to go get him. He's got this vague feeling of "I could have handled this" and the fact that he didn't get the chance to even try is annoying to him. But. Whatever. Todd is fine. He's fine. Nut up, kids.
This year: My dear, sweet, angel of a boy is a first time prefect. Coppertale, if you want to get into trouble, that's your own damn business, but keep it on the dl. Do not get him in trouble, please and thank you. His forest opinions top out at "mild resentment," so he'll neither encourage nor restrict his more spooky classmates.
Looking for: Can you tell I'm winging this?

Ulysses Quayle

Last year: Uhhh, idk. Ulysses took a great lil nap before getting Sleeping Beauty'd awake and participating in Cameron's rescue mission. Why did he get woodsnapped twice and what does that say about him? He doesn't know and he choses not to think about it. 👌🏻 He... high key thought Kenzie was going to die during the endgame plot and that was... bad and he felt... also bad. That said, he had a good summer and feels pretty alright going into Y2.
This year: Ulysses is... going to act exactly the same, lmao, but secretly, he's very invested in the idea of his friends getting extra DADA practice (as was kind of discussed on the Veritaserum meme). He brushed off a lot of concern from his friends/family after his first forest Encounter, but now that's he's been on the other end of it, he understands their worries much more. It's easy to be like "haha, whatever" with his safety, but the thought of His People being in danger is super upsetting to him. So, while he loves GBHS and feels pretty confident that Everything Will Be Okay, he'll be a little more serious this year. Serious enough to work harder in Occlumency and to potentially collab with Reece on a senior project, anyway. Shh, don't tell.
Looking for: ???
Anything else?: Look, guys. I'm bad at this and plotting in advance is hard, so please don't judge me for sticking to post-endgame shit.

Marie Patternson

Last year: Fine!
This year: Stuff!
Looking for: Idk!
Anything else?: She's new! This meme is hard!

Re: Camer(on)

[racingstripe]

Jeffy is going to be so torn between supporting his SUPER BRO Micah and not disappointing his PREFECT BRO Zach and also his CAPTAIN BRO Jaime and also making sure everyone's traumatized spirits are RAISED and he just does not know what to do. Everyone just go back to normal please :((( He's not used to this :(((

He REALLY DOESN'T WANT TO DISAPPOINT ZACH or make his perfecting harder for him and and and he's really sorry if he causes more problems next year

jenny

[bubblewrapped]

Player: Jenny

I’m very sorry I should’ve cleaned up before I let guests come over.

ANTONIA PAPADAKIS

Last year: From start to finish the academic year was good for Nia. And then she slept through the vast majority of the end game and has a lot of negative feelings tied up in that. Why was she kidnapped? Does that mean she’s weak? How could she fail her friends like that? Holy shit, what did Sylla go through to find her?? And, most radioactive: she knows, deep down, that given the chance she would’ve gone back to sleep and returned to that dream.

The problem with Nia having so much drama is that she’s a piece of shit who’s incapable of letting herself be vulnerable and lacks strong enough emotional connections to actually divulge any of this. :|

Anyway, Nia is a Just Keep Swimming kinda gal, so the stuff that bugs her is safely and not-so-healthily filed away in the back for later. She is confused and conflicted but not thinking about it. After the mines, she’s also confident that, so long as the students don’t mess with the forest, Brother will do his part to keep the forest from messing back. Overall, she may’ve given other students the impression that she was not affected at all, which is probably pretty standard for her.
This year: Reassured by Brother, Nia is more preoccupied with the mundane aspects of being Head Girl at a camping school. She’s always going to be most concerned with the problems she can see immediately, and she doesn’t like to dwell on past experiences, so she’s not going to be the greatest about talking about what happened. But she's also ready to set an axe on fire and go salad shooter the forest if it so much as chirps at anyone weird.

I guess, overall, expect Nia to try to be a bit more patient with people. Dedicated to the idea of finding harmony and consensus among the prefects. Wanting to provide a united front for the student body. I’d like for her to move toward something more compassionate and less hardline? IDK. She might also be fine the way she is.
Looking for: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Anything else?: Here’s a video of a lion being friends with dachshunds.

LUCAS KOWALSKI

Last year: So the year overall was, objectively speaking, pretty decent – even if Lucas was ready to leave and not come back by the end of the year. To touch on some highlights: Lucas had to split from his mama bird prefect Zach to wander around in the woods looking for lost chickabros (traumatic), met Chuck (a fun diversion), had his inhaler thrown back in his face as junk (this, I mean, really fucked him up), got separated from his friends yet again (just when u thought you couldn’t be more fucked up), tried to tackle a ghost dad and wound up with a pickaxe in the gut (just honestly a stupid stupid boy). So, like, generally the feelings surrounding Hell Night-Week were not so great? In fact I would say they were pretty bad.

Oh boy, okay. So, Lucas depersonalizes what happened as a coping mechanism. When he talks about what he experienced, he can seem really detached and clinical about details but has trouble calling up what his emotional responses were. He regularly had/has nightmares – specifically regarding the random teleport tomfoolery at work – and was generally more clingy with everyone over the summer. Lucas probably came off as a lot more gregarious than usual, sending owls and texts to everyone, just to make sure they were all okay. His reason for returning to Gooseberry is tied up in that – wanting to make sure his friends are all safe.

From a personal standpoint, what happened at the end of the year knocked Lucas’ already sort of precarious self-worth issues massively out of whack in kind of a bad way? At any rate, he doesn’t feel great about himself, on the one hand, but on the other he’s finally confronting this in a way that is not “retreat into fantasy.” He left Gooseberry last year wanting to be better for himself and his friends, and he’s finally ready to realistically do something about it.

P.S. he is REALLY embarrassed about crying on Jade and Does Not Want To Talk About It.
This year: As I mentioned ages ago, my current overall trajectory is for him to start getting some of his shit together re: self-worth and bravery issues, realize how important protecting his friends is to him and move toward refocusing himself on entering auror training after school. Um, on a less Grand Scale, Lucas is a little preoccupied with Forest Magic, now, and will be bothering Mr. Calderon-Boot a LOT about anonymity charms, etc. He is semi-secretly hoping to develop a charm that will protect against the forest’s misdirecting magic. Also, HYPER-protective of his friends this year. Also, also, FUCK the forest and ghosts. Also, also, also, I do not in any way apologize for Lucas and Bash. They are my sweet disasters and I love them.
Looking for: Lucas has some pretty amazing lines right now and I am looking forward to the ideas I’ve already discussed with folks for year 2!! But if anyone wants to do anything with the hairghost plz let me know I love u all and want everything.
Anything else?: Please ignore my bad bad son and his small manuscript of words.

NISHA LEWIS

Last year: Nisha and Xavier talk now, but they don’t Talk. She is aware of the following: Something Happened and it had to do with sleeping and dreams; Xavier robust flavor disapproves of her being at Gooseberry; whatever happened made him Different. But, like, whatever, it’s cool: Gooseberry’s got a good quidditch program.
This Year: Being a pantload.
Looking For: Nobody wants this.

YANCEY MONTGOMERY

Last year: Was at Hogwarts, where he wasn’t bullied but he didn’t fit in and did very poorly academically. He just was kind of depressed the whole time? And missed his GB friends a whole lot.
This Year: Yancey would like to know what happened and is sensitive to the fact that it was apparently very traumatic. But, also? He really just wants to make some urns or jugs or bowls or whatever and RP sweeping epic LARP romance (w/ a half-dragon), ya’ll.
Looking For: Bowls and sweeping LARP romance, apparently.

Re: jenny

[odder]

Jade would not talk about that even under brutal torture or immediate threat of death, it's ok :(

Jackie

[professionalcorpse]

Player: Jackie (Who has finally pretty much finished the baby and is now rewarding herself with talking about the other two assholes.)

ROXANNE BARRINGER

Last year: Last year was good to her. For the most part, last year left her feeling pretty settled in her bones and feeling actually secure in friendships in a way she hasn't really experienced. Which is nice? That's good, she's a fan. And in regard to the end of the year. She's - mostly fine? She wouldn't say that she's precisely pleased about the whole situation, but there isn't much that she can genuinely do about it either. So, ultimately, hovering somewhere between acceptance and resignation.

Honestly, the worst part of the whole experience was the poison. And that wasn't even because of the poison - Roxie would drink poison again if she had to, not a huge deal - it was the uselessness afterward. She feels deeply uncomfortable with being forced into obsolescence. Even if it was temporary and things were ultimately fine. It wasn't even necessarily the blindness, but that's the easiest part to work with. So she coped with that by forcing her father to let her blind herself regularly and walk across a rope very high off of the ground for the summer. Nobody said anyone at this school coped with their lives well.
This year: Roxie's going to actually pay attention to her classwork this year. Instead of prodding at it idly while not napping. (Her father's going to be very proud. She's going to be very anxious.) Her grandfather gave her permission to write Nox's history for her Senior Project and this is a new kind of responsibility she isn't entirely used to or strictly comfortable with.
Looking for: Anything's always cool with me!

SEBASTIEN LACROIX

Last year: Bash is, in general, feeling pretty untraumatized by the events of the end of the year in a manner that is probably highly questionable and he guesses a bit more than mildly concerning to his mother if all of the therapy she made him go to over the course of the summer is anything to go by. (His therapist was largely unhelpful in this particular situation and also very confused. Which - he feels is pretty understandable, given the circumstances.) But, well - he's okay? Did he have some super disturbing nightmares? Yep, that was a thing. And did he maybe find out that he still has panic attacks a bit? Sure, that was cool. Good note. But, y'know. Hey. Mostly the whole thing just kind of made him want to fix ghosts. Because personal trauma is balls and a waste of time and trying to fix things is how he deals with life so that's the particular fly paper he's stuck to mentally. But nobody died! (Other than the aforementioned already-dead people.) So. Yay?

Otherwise, it was a good summer. (Not that that other stuff implied any not-goodness. Because there isn't any and he's totally cool.) His friends are still around and his family likes his boyfriend (which could probably also be considered a terrible thing, but whatever, sticking with the positive) and nobody bleached his hair while he was sleeping. A+ time was had by all.
This year: Fuck, he's an upperclassmen.
Looking for: Make him feel deeply uncomfortable with his life choices re: Prefecting, smaller people he is nominally responsible for. He eats stress for breakfast. (No he does not. Stress is not nutritional. At all. Not recommended. Low on fiber.)

Re: Jackie

[odder]

Ferdie is going to silently assume he and Roxie are friends now and Jade is going to make a Point to talk at Bash more so like I should apologize for all of this

MANX!!!

[magitechnically]

Player: MANX

hi let me try to do the thing and be thoughtful about my kiddos, sorry i haven't been around much. i am preparing to leave my job/move closer to my remaining family in the next month-ish so i'm a little scattered.

ESTELLA MORALES-TRAN

Last year: OVERALL.. Essie has a very positive view on last year. There was a lot of bad piled on right at the end of the year, but it all worked out in the end and she took part in the heart event and had a Moment at the end with Brother that left her feeling Satisfied and Comforted that they'd actually managed to achieve the goal of protecting everyone that the sophomores had set out to do. There definitely are some things dwelling beneath the surface that she doesn't want to discuss, particularly losing Diego's crucifix and then losing Diego himself, but she's been very open about what happened during the heart event and the other general highlights fighting ghosts and stuff.
This year: Essie continues to be my sweet dumb daughter, but there's definitely been some loss of innocence thanks to the last couple months of school. She'd already been steeling herself for losing Diego and Mina to graduation and what that meant in terms of growing up, but the world is no longer a Completely Safe Place where everyone is to be Trusted. She's throwing herself into a lot of new stuff this year: DADA, Quidditch, Animagus Studies, Artificing TA. I expect her to dig in deep with her friends this year. She already would have done anything for Pippa, but Lucas and Bash have been added to the list of people Essie would fight tooth and nail to protect.
Looking for: ADVENTURE!!! Essie's in need of a DADA tutor to get her caught up on the past two years. AND ADVENTURE!!!
Anything else?: If Pippa doesn't come back to Gooseberry this year, Essie's going to have a much rougher start to the year than I anticipated.

URSULA de LUCA

Last year: Uhhhh yeah, so she was kidnapped and could have died. That is a thing that she doesn't want to think too hard on. What does bother her is realizing how useless she would have been as a rescuer and she doesn't even know that half of what Fishy Foxes went through.
This year: Apparently she has a lot of faith in Papafish Ferdie, since she believes his crazy story about the beautiful moose man saying everything will be okay?? And she totally gets you Micah, she is combatting that useless feeling by using her position as EC president to help reassure everyone that Everything is Totally Fine if there's enough balloons and glitter and dances!!! (She is probably going to be Extra Highstrung about the Halloween dance being Perfect.) She's also abruptly dropped Divination to pick up Pre-Healer Studies which is a preeeeeetty out of character move for her.
Looking for: I completely dropped the ball on dream hopping and I am definitely up for retconning visitors to Ursula's dream or her going elsewhere.

PARIS HOLLOWAY

Last year: Bluebell doesn't like her!! :(
This year: Bluebell still doesn't like her!! :(
Looking for: Anyyyything.

Re: MANX!!!

[odder]

Jade would be more than happy to help with DADA. Idk if she counts as a tutor but. She would do anything for Essie so she would be as serious and informative as much as she can
But it would devolve into talking about curses a lot despite her best intentions

KATIE

[casperkim]

Player: Katie is late to the party!

CASPER KIM

Last year: Last year was difficult for Casper because it was largely defined by loss (most notably the death of his mother) and mistakes. But it was also the year that he strengthened his connections with several of his fellow students (especially his roommates), found purpose in being a prefect, and came to terms with some aspects of himself. So it was a mixed bag. He was on guard early in the year when strange things started to happen and became increasingly protective of those close to him as the year progressed, especially after his cabin was approached by Anon and Ulysses disappeared. When half the school was taken, he obviously didn't take that any better and he would've gone through hell o get his friends back. He sort of did -- twice -- and the experience was unsettling, to say the least.
This year: Casper would like to trust in Brother's reassurances about the woods but he isn't the trusting type, so he'll come back to school in Protective Mode. This mostly means that he'll be trying to keep a closer eye on things, refusing to let himself get distracted (probably no getting cabin drunk for a while, sorry roomies!), and pushing himself too hard. Most people probably won't notice this, though. It's just grumpy Casper being grumpy. Those close to him might, though.
Looking for: Nothing comes to mind buuuut hit me! ♥
Anything else?: Casper misses Asher, Rafael, and Leo SO MUCH. :( He'll be awkwardly trying to write letters. But. He's bad at writing letters.

COLE MOSS

Last year: Cole spent much of last year confused (about his feelings, about other people, and about everything that happened with the entities in the woods) and ended the semester in dire need of some distance and some time to process everything. He slept through much of the endgame event, but saw enough of the Other Gooseberry for it to make an impression and to understand the danger his friends had been in. He feels closer to and trusts Hazel, Ana, Zach, Ari and even Todd (though he's still pretty sure Todd doesn't like him) as a result of what they experienced together. He thinks everything is probably over but he still thinks about what happened a lot.
This year: Cole won't seek out conversations about what happened last year but he also won't avoid them and those that are observant may notice some Very Creepy drawings in his sketchbooks. He'll just be working through things in his own way and that's part of it. He'll also be dealing with his breakup and what that means now that Calvin's back and they're still over. But he'll mostly be back to normal and trust that everything is okay now. Probably.
Looking for: I'd like to spend some time developing Cole's existing relationships (smoothing things over with Calvin, more fun artimes with Ree, more hanging out with Hazel and Ana, getting to know the people that came onto his radar more for one reason or another last year like Zach and Jade and Ari, etc.). Apart from that, new relationships with characters in Dance and Crafting Club could be fun!
Anything else?: Thanks to everyone who joined Crafting Club! :x Cole and I are very excited.

LACHLAN GALBRAITH

Last year: Mostly, Lachlan kept his head down, focused on getting good grades and being a good kid, and stayed far away from Gooseberry's spookier aspects. There was some stress (which came to a head before finals when he had a panic attack in the library) and some homesickness and some loneliness for him, but those were the worst parts of his year. He was a dreamer during endgame and was rescued by Jaime and Ennis, but didn't really come to until everything was over. While it's unsettling for him to think about it, he doesn't understand the full scope of things. And he's not sure that he wants to.
This year: Lachlan trusts the MACUSA and the staff, so he thinks that Gooseberry is safe to come back to and he'll go about everything like the school is back to normal. He wants to keep his head in the sand. His general disposition will be more impacted by things like his recent breakup (which will have him down and lonely and prone to make poor decisions at Grotto parties in an effort to make himself feel better -- sorry Reece!) and his teaching assistant position (which will help to ground him and give him something to feel good about). Get it together, Lachlan.
Looking for: Friends? Hermeticism students to tutor? Hookups? Invasions on his privacy? Honestly, the sophomores trying to give him love advice (and sometimes being right -- you can't be objective about this right now, Lachlan) cracks me up. So.
Anything else?: Nada!

HEATHCLIFF LACEY

Last year: While Heathcliff got some ominous divining results last year, he mostly stayed out of the supernatural drama and focused more on friends, fun, gardening and sulking about not making the Quidditch team. He worried about Pandora (his little sister) and his friends when things got bad but that was about it. He slept through the endgame events completely and he doesn't like that his friends are upset but...he also doesn't really Get It.
This year: Heathcliff's planning to put last year behind him and hopes that everyone else can do the same. The adults wouldn't let them come back her if it was THAT dangerous, right? His parents made him promise to write weekly to assure them that everything's fine and safe and normal, which will get old very quickly, but that's about the only impact last year will have on him. Well. Apart from worrying about his more traumatized friends You guys okay? :(
Looking for: He's a noob, so anything? Friends, teammates dynamics, rivals, exes, crushes, whatever? HIT ME.
Anything else?: Nope~

Re: KATIE

[bubblewrapped]

I have a feeling Nia and Casper might interact at some point but don't quote me on that. 🤔 Rest assured they had their One (1) serious conversation about The Woods and Nia is now ready to Move On.

I am really excited for Heathcliff and Nisha to be a handful.

CHERYL

[gonnabefamous]

Player: Cheryl is later than Katie to the party, is so late to all the parties

Cameron Carney

Last year:
· Cameron spent his entire endgame time, except for getting rescued, dreaming. No ghost fighting for him, though it hurts him that his closest friends had to go through that.
· If he had been able to go back into the fray with them, he would have tried, but he’s also certain that he would have been useless at best, and a hindrance at worst (if he doubted it before, Casper convinced him). He didn’t feel real good about that.
· His experience took sort of a weirdly optimistic turn, though? The thing that Cameron really focused on was that they were willing to go through that for him. They were friends before, but they’re definitely family now.
This year:
· He’s barely traumatized at all, relative to the other kids here! He could have died, but he didn’t! Friendship is magic!!!
· That said, there’s going to be some hardcore bonding this year. Sorry in advance for the clingy string bean who just so happens to always be where you are. He’s likely been gently prodding his friends, trying to find out what exactly happen, while also not make them relive it/pry too much. He may have been too “Okay, but if you want to talk about it…” for this emotionally constipated bunch, though.
· Cameron isn’t good at fighting, he’s not hiding a secret talent for it that’s going to reveal itself at a meaningful moment. BUT he is going to put his mind to it and really try to get better at it. He mostly believes it when the staff says the school is safe now, but just in case, he wants to be prepared.
Looking for: I am also up for dream-hopping retconning for all my dreamers. Cameron’s dream is here
Anything else?: Cameron is pretty open about his experience, though he’ll keep most of the negative emotions to himself.

Chloe Shepherd

Last year:
· She’s pretending to take it well, but really isn’t. In her dreamland, she was the type of hero from her video games, fighting bad guys and rescuing her friends. Then she woke up and she was the one being rescued. She spent the rest of her time camped out in the stables. Part of her wishes they hadn’t ever woken her up, because her dream world was so perfect. Then she feels guilty, because they went through a lot to get her. Then she’s upset, because she feels like they wasted their time rescuing her.
· Chloe spent a lot of time over the summer obsessing over her dream, like it was a new fandom she couldn’t get enough of. When she wasn’t drawing or writing about it, she was sleeping excessively. This cuminated in her drawing a spacescape mural on her bedroom wall, which her mom got mad at her for, and they fought about it right before school started back.
This year:
· Coming back to Ghostberry was a hard choice, but she made it. Her mom wants her to transfer schools, once she can pick one out for her, but Chloe will stick to her guns when that time comes. She’ll have to decide whether that was the right choice.
· The most important thing Chloe will have to do this year is let go of that dream and find the value in reality and herself. I rewrote this like three times trying to make it sound less cheesy but this is still where we ended up.
Looking for: Chloe’s dream was here if anyone wants to retcon some dream hopping.
Anything else?: Chloe doesn’t want to talk about anything of this really, though she might talk to her close friends. Mostly, she doesn’t want them to worry.

Fern Mufferaw

Last year:
· Fern tried to take anti-ghost measures last year after the seance, and they did fuck all good, because she got kidnapped anyway. That makes her more uncomfortable than she’s willing to admit.
· Her dream turned out to be less sexy and adventurous than she might have hoped for. It was quiet and intimate and peaceful and her friends and family were there. Gross, let's not talk about it.
· Finishing the year out, she was convinced GB was going to HAVE to close, and was like, goodbye fucking ghost school! Going back to my old school like I always wanted! She was pretty open about it to anyone that asked, too.
· However, that didn’t pan out quite like she’d hoped. There was already a growing distance between Fern and her Ottawa friends, but her experiences this year, which they didn’t share and mostly don’t believe, turned it into a huge chasm.
This year:
· She ate her words and she’s back. Ugh.
· She’ll be partying and getting up to her regular shenanigans extra hard to prove that Nothing is Wrong.
· She actually was really relieved to see Plaid Dad after everything was over, and she’s not as horribly opposed to coming back to school with him as she lets on. And she’s kind of looking forward to pre-healer studies But if you imply any of that to her she’ll light you on fire.
· The adults may say that everything is safe now, but Fern doesn’t believe it for a second. They said all was fine before people got kidnapped and almost died, too. They clearly don’t know shit. She’s going to be deep in researching more successful ghost prevention, so she can feel more in control.
· The other GB kids shared the same experience Fern did, but the people she went through it with graduated, so she still feels a little isolated. She’s very good at turning what should be like a fence into a hundred foot brick wall, though. She came back to school to be closer to people she feels an emotional connection with, but will also try to keep people at a safe distance. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Looking for: Everything Is Definitely Okay Party Buddies? Also, Fern’s dream is here for dream hopping retcons.
Anything else?: Fern talks about her endgame experience in terms of an adventure story, or a war story, and will gladly swap details. You can keep the feelings to yourself, though.

London Holloway

Last year: London was obviously asleep through this, and she feels sort of left out. But really, she’s not sure it was as a big of a deal as everyone is making it out to have been? Like, you all woke up from it so it was clearly a dream?? None of it was real?? Why are you all so mopey and scarred???
This year: Let her pry into all your secrets and emotions, please (no, don’t do that)!
Looking for: Idk
Anything else?: Did you know fabric softener is bad for your washer, and dryer sheets aren’t very good for your dryer either.

Re: CHERYL

[uponawire]

Yeah, but Fern, Bash is deeply uncertain how to talk about most subjects without spilling Emotions all over the place? That's a super hard thing to do.

SARA

[sairaza]

Player: Sara

Regan "Honesty" Hobbs

Last year: Did some growin', kinda did it kicking and screaming. The partying REALLY stopped by the end of the year for her, sadface. She was a lot less traumatized by her time as a Super Mystery Solver than some because it felt really awesome to actually be DOING something about the Thing In The Woods and all that tension coming to a head was weirdly a relief, but also: now she's claustrophobic, so fuck those ghosts.
This year: She is going to parent the fuck out of the stupid idiots in her year if it kills her now, sry guys. In the market for best friends she, uh, can trust. Still loves all your stupid asses, though.
Looking for: See above re: friends who don't lie to heeerrrr? It's a sticking point.
Anything else?: I'm a lil tipsy right now even tho it's Wednesday night, I'm the worst.

Saira "Intensity" Raza

Last year:

What a weird year. She got a boyfriend??? What? She is still very confused by this.

Somehow all of the supernatural stuff passed her by, and she was neither a dreamer nor a searcher during the whole...crisis...thing. She is weirdly pissed off about this. How dare ghosts not think she's good enough for their games. SHE'S GOOD ENOUGH, DAMN IT. She's putting 'seance time' into her monthly planner (dif. from her day planner and week planner) this year.

Instead of friends she mostly had study group minions. Instead of fun she mostly had good grades. This pleases her.
This year:

So my big plan for Saira this year is ~spoiler warning~ a big fat fuckin' mental breakdown about her Life Goals. Does she actually want to be a (mind) healer or did she just decide when she was eleven that that sounded prestigious as fuck and would impress her parents FINALLY? DID SHE STRUCTURE HER ENTIRE LIFE AROUND A THING SHE DOES NOT ACTUALLY WANT. Etc. Halp.

Regardless, Occlumency TA is still the greatest accomplishment of her existence and she's going to rub it in everyone's faces constantly whether they care or not.

STUDY GROUP STUFF GOES HERE.

Re: the whole 'resentment of ghosts' thing, Saira will probably actually be poking at any and all supernatural stuff that goes on this year. Because fuck your expectations, ghosts.
Looking for: Err. Basically anything other than the 'very unlikely boyfriend she won't call a boyfriend' role, because that's taken. But seriously. Saira exists in a bubble and that needs to stop.
Anything else?: Does anyone else want to join Study Group, which isn't a real club because I don't have the time to organize it / the mods haven't made me make it a real thing or drop it, but DOES exist with a list of members that needs to be updated in Saira's journal?

Gabriela 'Adorability' Flores

Last year:

Gabi spent most of the year being kinda cute at people, mostly Bash, and did not really do much.

UNICORNS. = A+.

She was a Dreamer, and is a little traumatized by it because it's like by waking up she lost her mom a second time. This is not happy Gabi times. Much crying on Bash's face ensued.

She realizes now that because she knew about all the seances and stuff but didn't do anything about them, she sort of failed her classmates, because maybe she could have helped stop the whole Trauma thing before it happened? And that sucks. Gabi feels guilt. Gabi should not have to feel guilt in this world.
This year:

Attempts at being a better prefect/more connected human. These will probably fail because she wants everyone to be happy/love her more than she wants people to be safe and to do the right thing. But we'll see.

Maybe she will make some real friends, I do not know.

Momming of baby sophfishies. Guys she just wants to love on your tiny faces please let her. Let her have this, let her pretend to be wiser and more mature than you.
Looking for: All of them except soulmate.
Anything else?: I'm really bad at having plots for my characters but I love them a lot.

Violet 'Devilry' McGonagall

Last year:

She didn't exist.

Or she did, but in Scotland, where the ghosts are house mascots and the poltergeists know fear.

Your American ghouls sound pretty bloody cool, though, she's on board for this.
This year:

IDK I have no plans except 'probably fail at least one class and feel terrible about it but only secretly' and also 'fuck shit up,' but it felt weird not to include her.
Looking for: EV ER Y THING PLZ HELP
Anything else?: ilu all for indulging me

Re: SARA

[tartinedeflageolets]

um hello i have this monster now and she thinks Gabi is her Arch-Rival because Bluebell loves Gabi the most and i am apologizing in advance if she rallies a bunch of former freshmen to redirect their ire from the dolphin burger to Gabi.

Callie!

[cheerpowers]

Player: Callie

VEE

Last year: After the events of last year, which are not limited to just the endgame, Vee is feeling a little off kilter. She's starting to realize that letting people walk all over her results not only in lots of Anon post awesomeness, but probably in being kidnapped by ghosts. She's got a lot of deeply buried feels about the endgame too, not the least of which is a skeevy feeling that something can just come into her room and kidnap her whenever it feels like it. So. That's fun. Vee also misses a lot of her graduate friends, so is overall a little melancholy about it all.
This year: While not outwardly mean or anything, but she definitely thinks that the way things went last year isn't exactly as awesome as she pretended it was. She is going to be her cheerful, friendly, over-involved self, but she will speak up (respectfully) if she feels something is upsetting or wrong. She will also tell people to mind their own business now if they get up in hers (work in progress, work in progress) Vee also will probably have a lot of trouble feeling safe enough to sleep, so. We'll see how that goes.
Looking for: More friends? She always wants more friends. Cheerleading connections to replace the loss of Ty (and just because she wants them) MORE SQUAD MEMBERS
Anything else?: Vee is already regretting saying she's going to stand up for herself more, so. This should be fun.

ANA

Last year: On the whole, she was feeling pretty good about last year. Quidditch went well (despite the disappointment at the end) and she grew into herself more. However, that ghost fighting escapade left her feeling...out of sorts. She doesn't want to talk about it, but she has nightmares.
This year: She is going to be even more protective of her friends, and probably not as shy about talking to them if they seem to be upset (she still doesn't want to talk about her own feelings, thanks) She is going to throw herself into quidditch more because THEY NEED TO WIN THE CUP. She is going to go to more parties because they are fun. She is going to keep building that confidence. No ghosts will kill her vibe, ok?!
Looking for: Quidditch friends! People she can flirt with/crush on (she is no longer afraid to do either)! People who might be good influences on talking about feelings (bah, like she needs that) Anything!
Anything else?: Ana for captain? Is that a legit campaign she can start?

MILO

Last year: He is definitely not okay with what went down at the end of the year. Despite saving Bianca, and everyone else, it still left him feeling like he'd failed in some way. Could he have stopped it if he had stopped his friends from talking to the ghosts more? WHO KNOWS. Otherwise, he is pretty pleased with the other stuff in his life from last year. He just, you know, questions his entire effectiveness in helping people. No big.
This year: He will try to be a more involved prefect. Less of the "friend" and more protective (when he can) He's also reverted back to feeling like a hindrance on everyone, since it was difficult for him to fight ghosts with someone who didn't know sign language. Not that anyone not close to him would know that. He's going to enjoy his time with friends and his girlfriend, focus on being a better prefect, and try not to die this year. East.
Looking for: FRIENDS. He needs close friends, guys. Please. (Since Frankie is no more ;__;) And more prefect friends? Maybe? To help guide him?
Anything else?: I really like his new face, guys.

Re: Callie!

[notgonagall]

o no milo you were perfect fighting ghosts we luv u <3

Meg

[insightfulness]

Player: Meg

BIANCA

Last year: Aside from a break-up and being kidnapped, last year went fairly well for Bianca. She also started dating Milo, who totally saved her. He's basically perfect :)
This year: She's a little more anxiety ridden than normal and is a lot more clingy to her friends. Depending how things go, she might snap out of it. To help distract her she'll be trying to help Milo hear again, though. Whether that happens (with mod approval, of course) or not would probably have a huge impact on them.
Looking for: She always needs close friends she care share everything with.
Anything else?: BIANCA GOT A FACE LIFT jk

SOFIA

Last year: Horrific. She didn't know what she wanted to do with her life, her senior project was up in the air, she was harassed by ghosts, and her brother was kidnapped by some weird ass forest entity.
This year: Sofia never wanted to set foot back at Gooseberry, but there wasn't a chance in hell that she'd let Ramon go back alone. She also wanted to be around in case something were to happen again to one of her friends. She isn't sleeping well, she's jittery, panic attacks could happen, and she's taken up drinking a lot more and smoking. She hates being along, is scared shitless of the dark, and pretending everything is absolutely fine lol. Anyone who knows her will be able to tell she's not, she's a nervous wreck.
Looking for: Friends to love on her because they KNOW she's not fine. Someone to give her ~feelings~ and wreck her life. You know, the usual.
Anything else?: I love this bar.

ALI

[sheepish]

Player: Ali

Ennis Harper

Last year: Ennis feels really happy about last year, especially after surviving Hogwarts Hell and coming back to Gaysberry where he's chill with, like, 98.75% of the students here. He was invited to hang out with the cool kids over spring break and he played Quidpong and practiced kissing on a lot of people. Oh, AND Anon chose him for a kidnapping!! He's not as bothered as he should be about the mass kidnappings and he's optimistic about being able to co-exist peacefully with the forest entities.
This year: He's the Divination TA and is taking his responsibilities really seriously!! Since last year, he's been going through some mostly harmless teen rebellion. (Bleached hair, underage drinking, trying pot, playing spin the bottle, just generally going along with whatever the other cool kids are doing. Before he became War Buddies with Riley at Hogwarts, he was pretty reserved and rule-abiding.) This summer, he kicked it up a notch by lying to his family about going to Mexico with Jaime when he was really taking a portkey for a solo trip to New Zealand and he applied for the TA position knowing that his family isn't too keen on Divination. He's seventeen and is terrified of the idea of growing up and is acting out by trying to establish his independence and declare his autonomy in not-so-healthy ways.

THIS MEANS... With enough peer pressure, he'll most likely be down to make trips to Logan if he thinks people will like him more. His facial hair is growing in at full force and he gets scruffy in a couple of days and he could pass for a college student. BUT he doesn't want to lose his TA position (and I don't want him to lose it either) so he'll only break rules if it seems like there's a very low risk of getting caught.

He's also swapped up his schedule a lot! He's going to be taking Astronomy and Herbology, and he's joined OE (because he wants to get more exercise and ~connect with nature~), LARP, Drama Club, and Crafting Club!
Looking for:

Astronomy tutor(s): Ennis signed up for Astronomy, thinking it would help him with Divination but it's REALLY HARD and THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY DIFFICULT MATH. He probably knows up to, like... Algebra 1 and a little bit of Geometry just from making sewing patterns. No trig, definitely no calculus or physics. He'll probably need one tutor for astronomy and then another one just to catch him up on math.

Someone to flirt with/at him?: God that's so direct and I'm squirming. But I want to make him squirm because he doesn't know how to handle too much positive attention and it'd be hilarious. :( It doesn't even have to be a recurring thing.

People he tutors in Divination!: He has little "tutor hours" set up on his schedule where anyone can come to him in the Div tower for help. Unless only Divinations students are allowed into the Divination tower, non-Divination students could come ask questions too if they really, really want to.

Anything else?: I'm also open to backtagging dream visits! If you want your character to have visited Ennis but don't have the time for the scene, it's a-okay to just say that so-and-so popped in and we can hand-wave it. I'll get back to these after I've hit up the lines post some because I'm way, way behind and was waiting to finish Ennis's app first.

Charlotte Meer

Last year: Charlotte hates the Forest Shit, but can't help but feel smug that she wasn't forestnapped. She DEFINITELY thinks it's because of the salt around her bunk and other little superstitious trinkets she has on her.

This year: She practiced with Chris a lot last year to take over his role as a Beater and she's REALLY PUMPED about getting the position and honestly really, really relieved but she'll leave that part out and play it off like she was guaranteed to make the team anyway.

The Veritaserum meme Charlotte isn't the Charlotte you're getting because she's more chill when she can lie :^( BUT!! I hope you will like her more tamed awfulness anyway.

Looking for: Flavor-of-the-week crushes, weak nerds to tease, whatever. It's 6:30am and it's hard to think.
Let me know what my Bad Child can do for you and I'll hit up other people's lines tomorrow when I wake up!

Re: ALI

[bitterlysweet]

Mmmmaybe Spencer can flirt at Ennis someday. He's flirtatious and I hope he hassles all the shy kids soooo... it's not exactly a stretch that poor Ennis will end up on his radar.

And veritaserum sure does make all these kids three times as bad as they ordinarily are.

[legatorum]

Player: Heather

Dominic Tremblay

Last year: Fuck thaaaaaaaaaat. Apart from stuff earlier in the year (getting into cheer, beginning a relationship with Ree), he's almost pretending it didn't happen and he's had some therapy over the summer. Like Ree already said: fuck ghosts.
This year: He talked with the staff before leaving Gooseberry and resigned his prefect badge over the summer, with the public proviso that it's to concentrate on his studies. He's going to have a change of heart as he begins his senior project and change his career goals completely, telling nobody but the staff and Ree, plus any select other people. He's going to go and study psychology once he has picked where, and become a school counsellor.
Looking for: More friends, filling out the Coppertale Quidditch and Cheer roster, ALL THE CANADIANS PLEASE
Anything else?: He's not announcing the prefect thing so some people may be confused. He will, however, be backing Reid completely because he feels for the poor bastard.

Joanna May

Last year: WHY IS THIS WHOLE SCHOOL SO NUTS FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
This year: Jo will be a lot more loving but a lot more no-nonsense. Don't test her, Ebonhide, pleeeeeeeease!
Looking for: She's developed some more female friendships over the course of the year, so any male friends this time would be pretty good?
Anything else?: She's coming back to Gooseberry with treats from her mama and papa's Italian deli :)

Peyton Ryder

Last year:Confused as hell, but she slept through the whole thing and still isn't fully aware of what happened.
This year: She's in a pretty good place mentally and looking forward to Quidditch try outs. She's incredibly determined to do well.
Looking for: I'd really like a best friend, who doesn't have to be from her house and can be any gender :)
Anything else?: HOLLA RIBBONFIN QUIDDITCH WHERE ARE THE REST OF YOU? Also, who wants to be the person on cheer that Tabitha keeps writing to to see how they're doing?