I am supposed to be writing my comp exams and lesson planning right now, soooo... I guess I should be smart and not start a distracting thread :( Plus, it's probably a good idea for Cricket & Ulysses to be on the same page about this now, instead of 45 years from now when I finally manage to complete a thread.
SO! Let's just hash it out. They're probably 25 feet away from each other when he reads the journal entry, anyway.
wooooork is the wooooorst but you kind of inspired me to get back to it instead of fuckin around on the comms there so thank you
yesgood. honestly, part of why i came to your askbox instead of having him ward her is because i was like "if they weren't sitting next to each other, he definitely beelined for her door," lmao. so things definitely started with him being like KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK CRICKET HELP ME CRICKET (shoves journal in face) WHAT DO I DO
The only thing that ever encourages me to do work and plan ahead is knowing that if I don't, I will have to face 8 hours of high school seniors silently judging me as I stutter through the history of the Cold War. JUDGMENTAL TEENAGERS ARE SO SCARY
Ulysses coming to her for relationship advice is honestly her dream come true. Is it weird to coach your baby brother on how to flirt with a girl you were smoochin' a couple months ago? MAYBE. But WHO CARES!
I like imagining Cricket and Uly huddled together on her bedroom floor staring at his journal like they're trying to decode a cipher. "Well, to start... you should probably be doin' the exact opposite of this...." (vague wiggly hand gesture at his replies so far). "Lesson one: don't ever make a woman ask you somethin' twice."
i am so scared of teenagers? they can smell fear and uncoolness and guess what two things i am
ulysses quayle, serial sloppy secondser. cricket is not allowed to tell anyone about this code-breaking session, okay!! he's cool and tough and grown up and could definitely flirt on his own, cricket!!! he's doing this for YOU, really. for the.... bonding or whatever. honest.
they are on the floor for sure, lol, and at one point, ulysses puts her pillow over his face like he's trying to smother himself. also, he was probably like "i'm not talking to a woman, i'm talking to kenzie." god help him
NOOOO DON'T MAKE HIM DOUBLE TEXT (he's so interpersonally risk-adverse, lmao. he needs poking to get through this.)
And they hate it when you know about the internet. Like, I'm not the crypt keeper. I've seen a vine. They don't belong to youths. Leave me alone.
Cricket would never gossip about her brother (to anyone other than Maggie and Nate is probably there, but he's not listening so it doesn't count)! Honestly, though ... he is so much better at flirting than Cricket is. This is the blind leading the blind.
"You're bein' mean! She stuck her neck out and asked you and you're actin' awful wishy washy. It's not cute."
(Is it cute? Is this how people flirt? Cricket doesn't know).
well you're like 80 right the internet wasn't around when we were teens
ok we get it the ebonhide seniors all know already IT'S FINE WHATEVER he's fucked anyway
that definitely got a lot of whining and pouting about how he wasn't mean or wishy-washy and cricket was just uncool, gosh. but then two seconds later, he was like SO WHAT SHOULD I SAY THEN HUH
(i think i'm gonna have him double-tap with like... a comment that was clearly ghost written by cricket)
Something like that. Honestly, every year past 22 feels like its gonna be my last
Cricket is uncool! Don't poke her weak spots, Ulysses. She is trying to help! This is going to go poorly.
She'd definitely give him overblown advice that is VERY Cricket. "Tell her that you were just kiddin' and you'd love to take her." "And you'll pick her up." "And you're takin' her, she's not takin' you." "And maybe you should get her flowers? Nah, that's too much."
WHY DOES IT MATTER WHO'S TAKIN' WHOM IF WE'RE BOTH GOIN' TO THE SAME DAMN PLACE when this all turns out to be a big joke of kenzie's at ulysses' expense he's gonna be so mad at you cricket
She wouldn't push him if she didn't have inside intel, but Girl Code states that she can't tell him what Kenzie told her. She just makes very knowing statements and insists he trust her judgment, "Because I'm older and I said so."
ok, lmao, he's gonna say something like "actually, forget what i said earlier. i apologize, on account of I'm thoughtless and not funny. i would love to go with you take you to cameron's birthday party, if you're still interested. and i can pick you up. if you want." LAST CHANCE TO GRAB IT OUT OF HIS HANDS also thank you he owes you sis
i've been trying to find the perfect way to describe modern southern aesthetics for the middle class and up and i was browsing fb and saw this on my feed:
mason jar door hanger with ribbon and with southern greeting so everyone knows you're a southern gal. the art is generic and uninspired and yet something like this would sell like hotcakes.
did cricket go to the anon party? maggie was there, but was gonna cover for her like "we were there together the whole night and i didn't see her write a single thing in her journal!"
Cricket has a corsage for Maggie too! Since we never had them prompose on screen, I was thinking that they just have a sort of implicit understanding. Like, whenever they went to chat about prom date plotting Cricket got all fidgety, "I was thinkin we could do just .... us, since it's the last dance! I mean, if you wanna..."
notably, maggie was Unusually Not Stressed about finding a prom date like she was for the winter formal. it was more along the lines of, "ooo cricket who are you taking~?" as a way to try to see if she had any other plans. she meant to ask but chickened out because deep down, she is a weenie in this regard.
maybe they decided it when they were deciding who rooms with who? maggie might've even suggested the tabitha-nate switch to guarantee just the two of them would share a room. SORRY, NATE.
Same with Cricket. I mean, she's been noticeably less thirsty in general, which is something a bestie would probably pick up on. And (like usual) while I dropped the ball, I imagined that Cricket did end up giving Maggie flowers on May Day. Something simple like 'enduring love' in a romantic rather than friendly color. Then didn't mention it again..
We can say they made it official when deciding rooms! I mean, they're both clever and fairly manipulative girls. I think they both knew it would end up this way but leveraged some wiggle room in case of rejection.
oh no, secret quayle tears are serious business and he wouldn't tell a soul. you can assume ulysses was like HEY HEY PAY ATTENTION TO ME and not your journal and all those terrible people HEY and was probably just kind of a goof. heeeee wants to monopolise your company all the time anyway, cricket.
also reece is asking him about how she's doing, but he's sort of reluctant to share any inside scoop. anything i/he should pass on?
That's perfect. It gives me a reason to go home and smoke and not have to IC comment. I'm too tired to fake internet fight as a cry baby WITH AN ACCENT. Too many layers.
UMMMM, depends how much Ulysses' trusts Reece. Cricket trusts him so she wouldn't be angry with Uly for passing stuff on. He can say that Casey hurt her feelings. Or be like "she's just worried about leaving me in this hell scape 💁🏻" She's mostly fine though. She's just tired on being nice to people she doesn't like and sees the light at the end of the "I never have to see y'all again" tunnel. Which I'm sure she tearfully told Uly today. She probably even swore.
hellz yes, go chillax. these kids are so extra sometimes it's exhausting
he does trust reece but also he's a little on guard, so he probably won't say much. maybe he'll strike out some shit. rn, he says just stomping his foot about how it's NOT FAIR that everyone expects cricket to be nice all the time. also :O quarter in the swear jar
can't believe she made it this long at this disaster school without snapping tbh id have lost it long ago
sometimes with ulysses i'll literally look to the heavens like "why is he like this" before i remember that's it's because.... i made him that way
hollaaa, he knows what's up. reece wants ulysses to tell cricket that's she's invited for board games. jj sent me a message like "HOPE THEY WANT TO PLAY SETTLERS OF CATAN RIGHT NOW IMMEDIATELY" which ulysses certainly does not but he'll live lmao
i like to think that magical college/internships will be a breeze for her after all this
Hi Aleena! Did you still want to say that the wand Irene created for her senior project is for Cricket? No worries if not, it can be a ~generic wand~ but I know we talked about Cricket getting a wand that suited her!
Sorry for the late response! I'd love it if Irene did end up making Cricket a new wand. I think it would be very cool for Cricket to actually be able to do the magic she is capable of during the end plot.
Hi Aleena, could you please repost this comment to the holds page? It technically came in too early and we had to hide it, but holds are properly open now. :)
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Date: 2017-03-26 06:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-03-26 07:00 pm (UTC)Or just admit to ourselves that we have 1000000 backtags already and hash it out RIGHT HERE in this VERY DROPBOX
(Also, I'm sad. I don't know why my dropbox didn't important :( )
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Date: 2017-03-26 07:08 pm (UTC)(THAT STINKS)
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Date: 2017-03-26 07:16 pm (UTC)SO! Let's just hash it out. They're probably 25 feet away from each other when he reads the journal entry, anyway.
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Date: 2017-03-26 07:19 pm (UTC)yesgood. honestly, part of why i came to your askbox instead of having him ward her is because i was like "if they weren't sitting next to each other, he definitely beelined for her door," lmao. so things definitely started with him being like KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK CRICKET HELP ME CRICKET (shoves journal in face) WHAT DO I DO
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Date: 2017-03-26 07:31 pm (UTC)Ulysses coming to her for relationship advice is honestly her dream come true. Is it weird to coach your baby brother on how to flirt with a girl you were smoochin' a couple months ago? MAYBE. But WHO CARES!
I like imagining Cricket and Uly huddled together on her bedroom floor staring at his journal like they're trying to decode a cipher. "Well, to start... you should probably be doin' the exact opposite of this...." (vague wiggly hand gesture at his replies so far). "Lesson one: don't ever make a woman ask you somethin' twice."
DOUBLE TEXT, ULYSSES. It's time to DOUBLE TEXT.
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Date: 2017-03-26 07:51 pm (UTC)ulysses quayle, serial sloppy secondser. cricket is not allowed to tell anyone about this code-breaking session, okay!! he's cool and tough and grown up and could definitely flirt on his own, cricket!!! he's doing this for YOU, really. for the.... bonding or whatever. honest.
they are on the floor for sure, lol, and at one point, ulysses puts her pillow over his face like he's trying to smother himself. also, he was probably like "i'm not talking to a woman, i'm talking to kenzie." god help him
NOOOO DON'T MAKE HIM DOUBLE TEXT (he's so interpersonally risk-adverse, lmao. he needs poking to get through this.)
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Date: 2017-03-26 08:26 pm (UTC)Cricket would never gossip about her brother (to anyone other than Maggie and Nate is probably there, but he's not listening so it doesn't count)! Honestly, though ... he is so much better at flirting than Cricket is. This is the blind leading the blind.
"You're bein' mean! She stuck her neck out and asked you and you're actin' awful wishy washy. It's not cute."
(Is it cute? Is this how people flirt? Cricket doesn't know).
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Date: 2017-03-26 08:39 pm (UTC)ok we get it the ebonhide seniors all know already IT'S FINE WHATEVER he's fucked anyway
that definitely got a lot of whining and pouting about how he wasn't mean or wishy-washy and cricket was just uncool, gosh. but then two seconds later, he was like SO WHAT SHOULD I SAY THEN HUH
(i think i'm gonna have him double-tap with like... a comment that was clearly ghost written by cricket)
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Date: 2017-03-26 08:54 pm (UTC)Cricket is uncool! Don't poke her weak spots, Ulysses. She is trying to help! This is going to go poorly.
She'd definitely give him overblown advice that is VERY Cricket. "Tell her that you were just kiddin' and you'd love to take her." "And you'll pick her up." "And you're takin' her, she's not takin' you." "And maybe you should get her flowers? Nah, that's too much."
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Date: 2017-03-26 08:59 pm (UTC)WHY DOES IT MATTER WHO'S TAKIN' WHOM IF WE'RE BOTH GOIN' TO THE SAME DAMN PLACE when this all turns out to be a big joke of kenzie's at ulysses' expense he's gonna be so mad at you cricket
that said: he's replying as she instructs
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Date: 2017-03-26 09:26 pm (UTC)ok, lmao, he's gonna say something like "actually, forget what i said earlier. i apologize, on account of I'm thoughtless and not funny. i would love to
go with youtake you to cameron's birthday party, if you're still interested. and i can pick you up. if you want." LAST CHANCE TO GRAB IT OUT OF HIS HANDS also thank you he owes you sisno subject
Date: 2017-03-26 10:02 pm (UTC)Kenzie is probably going to be like, "who tf am i writing to right now?"
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Date: 2017-03-26 10:17 pm (UTC)i made my mistaaaaaakes
let my sister dictate my romantic choooooices
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Date: 2017-03-27 01:09 am (UTC)"Nevermind. Go back to whatever weird version of flirtin' you two have goin' on. Don't be mad at me."
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Date: 2017-03-27 08:45 am (UTC)mason jar door hanger with ribbon and with southern greeting so everyone knows you're a southern gal. the art is generic and uninspired and yet something like this would sell like hotcakes.
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Date: 2017-05-26 09:18 pm (UTC)maybe they decided it when they were deciding who rooms with who? maggie might've even suggested the tabitha-nate switch to guarantee just the two of them would share a room. SORRY, NATE.
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Date: 2017-05-26 09:40 pm (UTC)We can say they made it official when deciding rooms! I mean, they're both clever and fairly manipulative girls. I think they both knew it would end up this way but leveraged some wiggle room in case of rejection.
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Date: 2017-06-09 06:51 am (UTC)Anywho! She would love that and definitely not chase him away. But he can't tell anyone that Casey made her cry. Sibling code.
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Date: 2017-06-09 07:00 am (UTC)oh no, secret quayle tears are serious business and he wouldn't tell a soul. you can assume ulysses was like HEY HEY PAY ATTENTION TO ME and not your journal and all those terrible people HEY and was probably just kind of a goof. heeeee wants to monopolise your company all the time anyway, cricket.
also reece is asking him about how she's doing, but he's sort of reluctant to share any inside scoop. anything i/he should pass on?
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Date: 2017-06-09 07:11 am (UTC)UMMMM, depends how much Ulysses' trusts Reece. Cricket trusts him so she wouldn't be angry with Uly for passing stuff on. He can say that Casey hurt her feelings. Or be like "she's just worried about leaving me in this hell scape 💁🏻" She's mostly fine though. She's just tired on being nice to people she doesn't like and sees the light at the end of the "I never have to see y'all again" tunnel. Which I'm sure she tearfully told Uly today. She probably even swore.
Her concept is reaching its pinnacle.
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Date: 2017-06-09 07:18 am (UTC)he does trust reece but also he's a little on guard, so he probably won't say much. maybe he'll strike out some shit. rn, he says just stomping his foot about how it's NOT FAIR that everyone expects cricket to be nice all the time. also :O quarter in the swear jar
can't believe she made it this long at this disaster school without snapping tbh id have lost it long ago
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Date: 2017-06-09 07:38 am (UTC)Oh lil bro, that's perfect. That's exactly what she wanted him to say on her behalf but she's too proud to admit she's not naturally very nice.
I had to put her on a shelf for awhile to prevent a premature meltdown. Presidential dreams~
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Date: 2017-06-09 09:12 am (UTC)hollaaa, he knows what's up. reece wants ulysses to tell cricket that's she's invited for board games. jj sent me a message like "HOPE THEY WANT TO PLAY SETTLERS OF CATAN RIGHT NOW IMMEDIATELY" which ulysses certainly does not but he'll live lmao
i like to think that magical college/internships will be a breeze for her after all this
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Date: 2017-06-29 10:49 pm (UTC)Ahhhh, bad times
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Date: 2017-08-15 08:48 pm (UTC)Definitely a M + C = ❤️ carved somewhere
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