That was intense. It may not've been a win for junior varsity, but from where Hawthorne' standing, the real loser here is the birds. He'll be picking feathers out of his hair for the rest of the evening while also plotting how best to overcome potential avian attacks in future games.
Despite being distracted with his plotting, Hawthorne is pleasant, if spacey, with all of his teammates and the opposing St. Hyginus athletes.
Captain Gildersleeves is still finding beans in weird places when the game ends. The quod may not've liked Peckenpaugh tonight, but his players put their skills on display and showed that a little thing like bean bombs won't stop them. As usual, despite being on the pitch for only a bit more than half the game, Adrian is mostly elated with his team's victory and performance. As he shakes hands with each of St. Hyginus's players, already he's mapping out drills to lose the quod if it starts to feel hot.
After the excitement of the win has worn off, Adrian pulls his kestrels into a circle to laud each of them for a great performance. Calling out Tony's overall performance as amazing ("the platonic ideal of a kestrel") and Skip's dunk as a great show in particular.
He'll regroup with Val to discuss the game's high and low lights privately after he liberates himself from these beans.
Valkyrie's screaming when the game comes to an end. The critique will come later, but now it's time to celebrate. She teases Tony for beating her to be the last Peckenpaugh standing, but it's clear she's pleased.
She's especially when she shakes hands with St. Hyginus, so perky that it's kind of rubbing their faces in it. Oops!
The whole team is commended for resisting their opponents' attempts to distract them, particularly Tybalt. And once they got their hands on the Quod, they hung fast! Excellent work!
Thanks to a sizable donation from wealthy alumni, St. Hyginus sports shiny new stands this year, all decorated in the school's bright green and silver colors and reinforced magical shielding that puts spectators right up to the action. With magically warmed seats and a large glass canopy to watch the game play out as players soar higher, it's a great deal fancier than Peckenpaugh's classic wooden offerings.
ALRIGHT QUOD KIDS! Whether you're in the mood to celebrate or trying to scoop yourself back up, be sure to make some time for sightseeing.
Students have about five hours to kick around Boston in a semi-supervised fashion. (We are hand-waving that your kids are safe and supervised.) They'll need to meet up at the Yeehawl Station to head home by 7:30PM.
Anyone who doesn't want to explore the city is free to accompany Mr. Berzelius to go visit his family in South Boston. You can meet his brother Tycho. It'll be a blast.
Are you going to walk the Freedom Trail? Maybe drop by to visit Old Ironsides? What about going to the aquarium? Or MOBA? Like most large US cities with a magical presence, the line between "mundane Boston" and "wizard Boston" is a little blurred. There is a magical district, but folks in the know can find the spaces where, say, a wall in the MOBA's main display gives way to the Moist Wing where horrible magical artwork is shown. Go wandering around MIT campus, and you might just run into some Wiz-MIT students.
This space is a catchall for scenes placed on the muggle side of Boston.
Boston's magical district reveals itself to approaching witches and wizards at the Flour and Grain Exchange Building in the Custom House District (conveniently, just a short walk from the New England Aquarium). Passing through an old stone annex of the Grain Exchange, far older than the rest of the building, spits you out into the Wizard District.
Predictably, wizards have taken mundane Boston's already labyrinthine layout to the next level. Narrow streets lined tight with buildings twist and turn out toward the harbor. Many a path will lead you to a dead end, but at least there are plenty of shops along the way. Rather than build out, the wizards of Boston have built up, with constructions plopped right on top of old. The architecture then is vaguely reminiscent of sedimentary rock, the way architectural styles are stratified, old at the bottom, modern at the top. Visitors may see a sign for a trendy candy shop on the street and find themselves walking up fifteen floors to get to it.
But there is plenty to see, museums of magical history, art galleries, shops and places to eat. Not unlike Elflock Falls, most businesses here are family-owned, boutique and artisan shops, restaurants and services all squished in or plopped on top of law offices, apothecaries and civic buildings. There are a number of breweries, each one its own tavern as well. Since it's December, everything is lit up with lights and green garland.
Wizard's Wharf, once a magical port, has been transformed into an open air market and tourist attraction that spills out over the water. In-between public art installations and historical monuments are stands to grab hot food and a warm drink and stalls featuring a variety of artisan goods and crafts. The vestiges of the wharf's old magi-industrial purpose still remain in the architecture, old buildings re-purposed as hotels, restaurants and information centers. The original quartermaster's office has been turned into a night club, though students will not find it bumping at this early hour. At the crook of the wharf, there's a magical wooden coaster that drops riders down toward the water before bringing them back up and around.
Despite the cold, magical water taxis all lit up and in fantastic shapes like sea dragons and mermaids still bus witches and wizards to other, less magical points around the water front. You can also take a short water tour of Wizard's Wharf.
THANK YOU TO ALEX FOR WRITING UP SUCH AN EXCITING GAME!!!
I used all of my knowledge of Boston, gleaned almost entirely from 309 hours spent in Fallout 4, and mostly just went goofy anyway.
Also I didn't get like any notifications at all yesterday and didn't notice I had replies on my bowling threads until like 2AM so...I will get to those later today big grimace emoji sorry about that
Hello I completely and utterly fucking lost it for like five minutes at McCool and O'Cool but I'm here now.
WHAT A GOOD GAME?? THANK YOU FOR THIS???
My scrappy boy will need a minute to walk this one off and someone Please prevent him from getting in a Second fistfight with this terrible school but he will ultimately be more smug than anything because they won. (Did you see him being a bigger person Val, did you :( )
WANT to do scenes with him in his homeland!!
CHANEL is also here and thinks Boston is cold and cute! I didn't arrange for any head cheer shenanigans this time but maybe they could idk dye the water in the sinks Peckenpaugh colors or something last minute.
AUDREY is also here to support Val and thinks Boston is just cold!!
I would love to scene them and it's a weekend so I actually can so please!
Ahhhh!!!! Longer comment later since we're playing Fortnite Monopoly (again) but AHHHH LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS!!!! WIZBOSTON IS COOL. WIsports are cool!!!! THAT SHOULD ALSO BE CAPS BUT MY PHONE.
- TY Jenny for posting this mama needs her beauty sleep
- I have ALL freaking four kids here (I'm too involved I need to chill). Three of them smell like beans. I WOULD LOVE TO THREAD IN WIZARD BOSTON WITH ONE OF THEM??
- idk how quod names can get any worse but they will, I can promise you that
this reminded me to go back and see what Mia got up to in the first game and I now definitely adding "immediately or spectacularly eats shit" to her app
AAAA THANK YOU FOR THIS AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING OUR CHILDREN EXPLORE
i thought armani would want to go to MOBA but since there's a wizard area,,,,,,,, he's going there. and he's going to act like a baby muggleborn, wide-eyed and amazed by magic all over again
I WANT THREADS. and i'll probably put up some opens later after i finish grillin some wings
Aaaaaahhhh!!! Scarlett is VERY pleased she didn't immediately go out, and proud (read: smug) of her performance, especially that goal. (I feel like she attempts goals from outside the scoring zone a lot, and... rarely succeeds...)
Freya is maybe here if her friends are? Idk?
(P.S. MILFORD MOIST i'm fucking screaming)
Edited (p.p.s. thanks for another amazing write-up!!!!) 2019-12-07 19:39 (UTC)
ON THE PITCH: Players & Cheerleaders
ON THE PITCH: Hawthorne
Despite being distracted with his plotting, Hawthorne is pleasant, if spacey, with all of his teammates and the opposing St. Hyginus athletes.
ON THE PITCH: Adrian
After the excitement of the win has worn off, Adrian pulls his kestrels into a circle to laud each of them for a great performance. Calling out Tony's overall performance as amazing ("the platonic ideal of a kestrel") and Skip's dunk as a great show in particular.
He'll regroup with Val to discuss the game's high and low lights privately after he liberates himself from these beans.
ON THE PITCH: Valkyrie
She's especially when she shakes hands with St. Hyginus, so perky that it's kind of rubbing their faces in it. Oops!
The whole team is commended for resisting their opponents' attempts to distract them, particularly Tybalt. And once they got their hands on the Quod, they hung fast! Excellent work!
IN THE STANDS: Band & Audience
AFTER THE GAME
WELCOME TO BOSTON
Students have about five hours to kick around Boston in a semi-supervised fashion. (We are hand-waving that your kids are safe and supervised.) They'll need to meet up at the Yeehawl Station to head home by 7:30PM.
Anyone who doesn't want to explore the city is free to accompany Mr. Berzelius to go visit his family in South Boston. You can meet his brother Tycho. It'll be a blast.
AROUND BOSTON
This space is a catchall for scenes placed on the muggle side of Boston.
BABYSAT BY BERZELII: The Mary Grace & Chanel Story
BABYSAT BY BERZELII: The Mary Grace & Chanel Story
BABYSAT BY BERZELII: The Mary Grace & Chanel Story
It's Like a Zoo for Fishies (AQUARIUM: Open++)
It's Like a Zoo for Fishies (AQUARIUM with Armani!!)
I's Like a Zoo for Fishies (AQUARIUM with Armani!!)
It's Like a Zoo for Fishies (AQUARIUM with Armani!!)
It's Like a Zoo for Fishies (AQUARIUM with Armani!!)
It's Like a Zoo for Fishies (AQUARIUM: Open++)
It's Like a Zoo for Fishies (AQUARIUM: Open++)
MAGICAL BOSTON: The Wizard District
Predictably, wizards have taken mundane Boston's already labyrinthine layout to the next level. Narrow streets lined tight with buildings twist and turn out toward the harbor. Many a path will lead you to a dead end, but at least there are plenty of shops along the way. Rather than build out, the wizards of Boston have built up, with constructions plopped right on top of old. The architecture then is vaguely reminiscent of sedimentary rock, the way architectural styles are stratified, old at the bottom, modern at the top. Visitors may see a sign for a trendy candy shop on the street and find themselves walking up fifteen floors to get to it.
But there is plenty to see, museums of magical history, art galleries, shops and places to eat. Not unlike Elflock Falls, most businesses here are family-owned, boutique and artisan shops, restaurants and services all squished in or plopped on top of law offices, apothecaries and civic buildings. There are a number of breweries, each one its own tavern as well. Since it's December, everything is lit up with lights and green garland.
MAGICAL BOSTON: The Wizard District & A Muggleborn & Open++
MAGICAL BOSTON: The Wizard District & A Muggleborn & Open++
MAGICAL BOSTON: The Wizard District & A Muggleborn & A Sheltered Pureblood
MAGICAL BOSTON: Wizard's Wharf
Despite the cold, magical water taxis all lit up and in fantastic shapes like sea dragons and mermaids still bus witches and wizards to other, less magical points around the water front. You can also take a short water tour of Wizard's Wharf.
EXPLORING THE WHARF: Felicity and Open
EXPLORING THE WHARF: Felicity and her best friend, Armani!
EXPLORING THE WHARF: Felicity and her best friend, Armani!
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I used all of my knowledge of Boston, gleaned almost entirely from 309 hours spent in Fallout 4, and mostly just went goofy anyway.
Also I didn't get like any notifications at all yesterday and didn't notice I had replies on my bowling threads until like 2AM so...I will get to those later today big grimace emoji sorry about that
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Laszlo and Uriah also came along as part of cheer/band. If anyone wants a scene lmk!!!
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WHAT A GOOD GAME??
THANK YOU FOR THIS???
My scrappy boy will need a minute to walk this one off and someone Please prevent him from getting in a Second fistfight with this terrible school but he will ultimately be more smug than anything because they won. (Did you see him being a bigger person Val, did you :( )
WANT to do scenes with him in his homeland!!
CHANEL is also here and thinks Boston is cold and cute! I didn't arrange for any head cheer shenanigans this time but maybe they could idk dye the water in the sinks Peckenpaugh colors or something last minute.
AUDREY is also here to support Val and thinks Boston is just cold!!
I would love to scene them and it's a weekend so I actually can so please!
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I have never been to Boston in my life so I'm assuming all of this is accurate, including the wizard night club.
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All 3 kids are HERE and AVAILABLE.
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- TY Jenny for posting this mama needs her beauty sleep
- I have ALL freaking four kids here (I'm too involved I need to chill). Three of them smell like beans. I WOULD LOVE TO THREAD IN WIZARD BOSTON WITH ONE OF THEM??
- idk how quod names can get any worse but they will, I can promise you that
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They’re lucky most of St. Hygiene’s clear intentional fouls failed, were against Tony, or only hurt themselves. Amazing.
I’m terrible at sport reactions for Tony is available to decompress with the team!
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i thought armani would want to go to MOBA but since there's a wizard area,,,,,,,, he's going there. and he's going to act like a baby muggleborn, wide-eyed and amazed by magic all over again
I WANT THREADS. and i'll probably put up some opens later after i finish grillin some wings
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Freya is maybe here if her friends are? Idk?
(P.S. MILFORD MOIST i'm fucking screaming)
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Lmk if anyone wants them for anything.
Wyatt was eating the beans off himself for the record.
Also, just to establish a theme; Mods, can I ask for an rng roll to see if Wyatt made out with anyone, fought anyone, both, or neither this game? :)
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