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Hello, my fellow Gooseberrians! I hope y'all are doing well on this blustery October afternoon :) The Halloween dance is right around the corner and if you haven't started thinking about your costumes, now is the time! Think of this as a great place to bounce ideas off one another. Y'all know me, I'm always willing to pitch in my two cents.

Once you have a good idea of what you're thinking of going as, please let me know. The prefects are planning a costume crafting night this Saturday, Oct. 22nd in the main lodge from 7-9:30pm. Prospero and Mrs. Acuña will be there to help make sure your costume is just perfect. There will also be quite a few prefects in attendance, so please don't worry about needing a buddy to walk you back to your cabin.

It would help me a lot if you could tell me what sorts of supplies you will need in advance. I hope to see you all there!

[HB/G & Prefects]

Are we still doing a group costume or have we diverted? Just wondering!

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If you'd like to participate, let me know who you're thinking of claiming!

Zeus - Sun-mi?
Hera
Poseidon - Rafael
~~Demeter - Quinn???~~
Ares - Tess
Athena - Quinn
Apollo - Nate
Artemis - Maggie!
Hephaestus - Reece
Aphrodite - Tabitha (Nate's date)
Hermes
Dionysus - Cricket??? (Unless someone else really wants him!)
Hades - Ravi
Hypnos
Nike - Joanna
Janus
Nemesis
Iris
Hectate
Tyche
Anyone else??
~~Demeter - Maggie~~
Demeter
Momus - Rosy
Medusa - Nia???

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Boo.

I thought the incident with Levi would make him angry, but how things change. Anyway, all Levi and I did was lie next to one another and talk. It was remarkably chaste.

Have you secured yourself a date already? You cannot be so disappointed in us if you are dateless too.

Ah, perhaps your next playdate will be with Chris?

I haven't decided. I would ask Cricket, but I wonder if she's waiting on someone else.

Nooooooooo. No. No roommates, unless Wes has a dramatic change of mind.

You'll need to put in a little more effort than that, Raf.

Have you decided on a goddess yet, Cricket? I think you could easily pull off Aphrodite, but for selfish reasons, I would also suggest Hera.

Or perhaps you would like to surprise us and be a god as well!

I'm tempted to be your Hera, but I'm much more interested in facilitating amorous behaviors than breaking them up.

So, maybe Aphrodite or Dionysus?? It is Halloween, after all. A chance to be someone entirely new!

True, you are much better suited to love making. Maybe you can help Ravi and me with our sad love lives?

~~Perhaps I should have asked Quinn?~~ ~~Ah, Rafael would not find that funny.~~

Oh, you cheeky minx. Last time I tried to match make for Ravi, he put a hasty stop to it, but I'll take your case. I wonder if anyone has asked Etta yet?

Ah, yes, Ravi is very, very busy with his studies. No time for silly crushes like the rest of us.

You know that I will. I only want to give someone else an opportunity before I step in.

Oh, Raf, you play too much. My poor heart can't take it.

[Rafael/Cricket]

I'm not holding my breath. ~~He's going as the physical embodiment of independence.~~

Why not ask him yourself?

Because I suspect he would say yes to be sweet, but not necessarily mean it.

Besides, I'm not sure I even want to.

I think I understand. I also think he likes you, but in what way... I'm not certain.

Do you want to go to the dance with me, Cricket? It would make me very happy to escort you.

He likes every pretty girl that pays him any mind.

I'd love to go to the dance with you, Raf. Can't imagine a more gallant escort.

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You don't think it'll come across as me trying to make him jealous, right?

He does. But you're also his friend, aren't you? That's more than a pretty girl giving him attention.

I'm glad. As for Wes, no, he'll be fine. Unless, of course, you want to see if he might get jealous.

Rafael/Cricket

chryseis - 2016-10-20 17:47 (UTC) - Expand

It would appear you are still quite as dateless as us. And I have been hearing so much about this Smooth Rafael lately.

If I had to pick someone from your cabin, I think Wes would be my too choice as well.

I'm personally not sure Smooth Rafael should be trusted to pick his dates. Maybe you have some ideas, Sun-mi? No Coppertale roommates, of course.

Hm, hm, this is hard since I just want to make a list of all the cute girls in our year.

It seems he may have taken a shine to Leonardo? And he is so gallantly making himself available to Cricket as a fall back date. Perhaps the oh-so-quietly-handsome Isaiah?

Smooth Rafael probably needs assistance from someone with far more discerning tastes than me!

The thing with Leonardo was genuinely an accident. Chris kept sticking his nose where it doesn't belong and now I only hope Leo is not deeply uncomfortable.

Sun-mi, your tastes align more closely with mine than Ravi's do.

He does not seem uncomfortable~ You are on your way to being such a heartbreaker this year!

Jaja, how very true this is. I do not think you need my assistance though. This game would be far more fun if we played it for Ravi.

And you, Rafael?

~~Ah, I suppose if he'd be upset about anyone, it would be C~~ I'm very glad that my worst predictions were proven false. Really. I don't relish being right like you do.

I'm going to! And soon. Any suggestions?

Yes you do. Everyone does.

I'll delegate the suggesting to Sun-mi. Or Cricket, if she wants to trying her hand at matchmaking. I don't think I'm qualified to give dating advice.

Not when it involves you getting hurt, Rafael.

Nah, if I'm in the running, I can't rig the votes!