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Good luck today, Azurcrest!!! I'll be taking photos from the stands!!!

This month's bonding activity was hard. Sorry, Joanna!! (｡•́︿•̀｡)

[Warded to Mina and Diego]

~~Uhm~~ So I was talking to someone the other day who said they missed Canada and tomorrow is Thanksgiving so I thought

Do you want to [...] have dinner together or something or maybe cook a pie ~~or something~~??? The house elves are really nice here...

~~It's okay if you say no~~

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~~What, NOW you care? I mean we ALWAYS celebrate November Thanksgiving EVER SINCE we moved and this school only cares about STUPID~~ oh

you're

talking about me on the anon

Do you [...] think Prospero would be okay with us using the student kitchen? I only took one year of Rudiments but I remember some people would ABUSE THE PRIVILEGE to make cupcakes or whatever for their roommates like ALL THE TIME.

So... a pie is an option.

~~Are you just going to flip out and yell if I want to come too? Because I might as well just~~

[...]

I'm pretty sure he would. I mean, I can't bake, so I don't know how to even get started. You two will have to, uh, teach me.

Aren't pies hard to make?

Um, NOT if you know what you're doing. Mom used to bake ALL THE TIME, so it can't be that hard REALLY. I mean she used pre-made crusts but WHO has time to go to a store? I bet doing it all from scratch is EASY.

Well, it's less of a time thing and more of a we literally can't go to a store thing.

So from scratch it is!

~~Wow, I didn't think you'd BOTH actually say YES~~

I've helped Mom bake before and yeah she used to buy the crusts BUT I bet Prospero knows a recipe for crusts and if we just follow that we should be good??? Lots of people used to make pies without store crusts after all!!!

Do you want to make a pumpkin pie...or something else?

ALSO did you know they carve turnips for Halloween in England??? Sylla said so and I bet we could ask for some turnips to carve too!!!! ~~is that too much??? that's probably too much~~

Pumpkin pies are traditional, I guess. Unless we want to get wild with the strawberry rhubarb or pecan. What do you want to make, Essie?

... How do you carve a turnip? They're tiny!

Well I like all of those, but I think we should ask Mina.

My guess is very carefully!

~~I'd rather you choose~~ If you want. What do you say, Mina? Bunny flavor?

Do you put little candles in them?

Is that like Peeps flavor?

I read that as candies first... UHM I think you do since Syllabus said they were lanterns! I think it would be really fun and less clean up afterwards!!!!

~~That sounds so stupid, why not just~~

...I'll ask for turnips too. Big ones.

Thank you!!!

Sing a song of sixpence,
A pocket full of rye.
Four and twenty ~~black~~ sugar birds,
Baked in a pie.

When the pie was opened,
The birds began to sing.
Wasn't that a dainty dish,
To set before the ~~king~~ queen?

Maybe we can make that pie some other time.

I guess it'd just be marshmallow pie with colored sugar? Maybe I'll ask for Cecil's help on that one, otherwise I'd just make you marshmallow soup.

Ew. If you HAVE to do this, make it a cupcake or a mini-pie. NO ONE needs to eat that much SUGAR.

Apple pies are mostly sugar too. Anyway, I'll share. My cabin can definitely eat that much sugar.

Cupcakes with Peeps on top would be super cute. That sounds like a perfect amount of sugar.

I'm pretty sure marshmallow pie is just marshmallow soup dumped into a crust.

I don't see a problem with this.

I don't either.

😥

Wow don't be GROSS, Diego. But pumpkin or apple WOULD be traditional, and if we're NOT doing one of those, then it MIGHT AS WELL not be Thanksgiving and we can FORGET ALL THIS.

Let me talk to Prospero. I'll arrange the details while you MAKE RUDE JOKES where Pancake might READ IT. [...] And Essie can decide if she wants pumpkin or apple.

Are you reading all my offenses out loud to Pancake? If he like sitting on your lap while you tell him I'm a monster? Will you also tell him I miss him??? PANCAKE I MISS YOU, HOW ARE YOU DOING, XOXOXO.

Pancake is a very clever rabbit and UGH GROSS I'M NOT TELLING HIM ANY OF THAT. If you want to SICKEN people with your INSINCERE JIBES I know you have your own goofy owl to talk to so LEAVE PANCAKE ALONE.

FIRST OFF, I AM SINCERE ALL THE TIME ABOUT LOVING THINGS.

SECONDLY, LOLA MISSES PANCAKE TOO. Oh my god Mina, you should bring Pancake and I'll bring Lola and they can play while we work.

~~UGH can you two PLEASE GROW UP for just one day~~

I'll bring Luna too and then it'll really be a party.

Well I GUESS it wouldn't be Thanksgiving without the whole family there, even we're so DESPERATE right now that the "whole family" means Diego and his SILLY OWL.

[...]

What do you think Mom and Ofelia will be doing?

~~MINA~~ ~~Is it~~ ~~Can you just not~~ ~~I'm trying to be NICE to you BOTH~~ OF COURSE it includes Diego and Lola. They're as much a part of the family as ANY of us. It's going to be FUN.

I don't know.. shopping? Painting? It's some weird holiday in America instead of Thanksgiving. Maybe we should send them an owl? It's not that far so if we sent them a piece of pie, it shouldn't get GROSS or anything.

~~If you let Diego be in control of the FUN, "fun" will be all that's happening~~ Not in the kitchen, though. Prospero's lenient, but not THAT lenient. Pancake, Luna and Lola can come when we're having dinner.

We should. The owl, not the pie. You're RIGHT about the pie. Maybe... [...] Maybe you could write it? I'll be busy gathering all the ingredients ~~and I always end up saying something to Mom that starts a fi~~.

Okay. Be sure to deliver my invitation to Pancake.

How about I take a photo of the pie when we're finished? ~~Mom will NEVER believe we actually made a pie together otherwise.~~ And sure, I can write the owl. [...] Is there anything you want me to tell the Moms?

~~GOSH MINA HE'S JUST JOKING~~

Okay, okay, let's do apple pie and I can show you some apple slicing tricks Mom taught me. And apple is probably better for Pancake if he decides he wants any.

...Pancake does love apple. ~~Although he really shouldn't have too much, he'll get fat~~

But alright. Apple pie. Got it. I'LL make sure we have cinnamon and nutmeg along with everything else ~~and some instructions~~, you can be IN CHARGE of slicing technique, and Diego can try NOT to be USELESS. [...] It'll be fun, I'm sure. Good idea, Essie.

I'll be sure to save him some slices!!!

Okay, THANKS MINA. Diego can provide MOTIVATIONAL MUSIC and be ordered around or something.

~~I'm starting to think this is a TERRIBLE idea.~~

~~Oh no poor Pancake~~ ACTUALLY, could we save some for Bailey? I'm not sure our pie's going to be as good as what she'd get back home, but she misses Canadian Thanksgiving too.

Excellent. I'm GOOD at ordering people around.

Sure!! Pancake will have to settle for some leftover apple slices instead. I can try to carve him an apple bunny or would that upset him too much to eat?

the bonding activity was really hard. i hope the next one's not like that.

[Essie]

~~you're friends with pippa, right? do you know if she's mad at me?~~

Me too. It was still fun, but I ended up liking the barbeque part a lot more!!

Thanks! I hope you get some awesome action shots.

I didn't get to take any photos of the team last year, so I'm SO EXCITED. I promise there will be a bunch!!!

Can't wait to see them! Make sure you get my best side.

Are all the bonding activities like that, do you know?

They're different each time! They're a lot of fun!!! Except this one was hard too.

[Pippa]

What was it like being paired with Cole???

~~But do they all involve bli~~ Okay!!

[Essie]

Um fine I guess, ~~he didn't really~~ ~~he wasn't that~~ I nearly fell a few times but he always caught me! Oh and he said I had soft hands~~???~~! What do you think that means?

It's going to be awesome! Ree's gonna kick so much butt that we'll be morally obligated to gorge on victory cupcakes!

I don't know, I kind of had fun this month. I mean, I tripped over a bunch of stuff like an idiot and I'm not really the biggest fan of being blind? But I had fun!

YES. That is the best kind of butt kicking.

I had fun, but it was a lot harder than it looked. Joanna was way better at giving instructions than I was.

[Frankie]

What was it like being paired with Micah???

Butt kicking with sweets! Maybe we can put little Beater bats on top or something?

I always forget to talk. So I kind of just prodded poor Micah around a lot.

[Essie]

He'a really funny! I mean, he got distracted by "mise en scene" a lot, but he made sure I didn't break my face. And he didn't laugh at me for crushing his fingers for a while.

I thought it was fun, but most of the Bonding activities don't seem easy. They're supposed to incite trust or something. Or give us a difficult event to bond over I guess?

I guess that makes sense...

I'll have to try harder next time.

That's what makes them awesome. You should always try harder next time, but I think you did awesome this time too, Essie. All you can do is your best, and try to have fun.

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