text, un: vivelafrance

[thejoyrider]

Name: Marie Antoinette
Date: 3/5
Format: text with some pictures

[The post opens with a picture of Marie in a fluffy dress making a victory sign. She looks excited!]

Hello, fellow Mirrorbound! I have just found out that Dorchacht will be hosting a sports event soon! And what does that mean? Well, naturally it means that we will need to cheer on the participants!

I am looking for volunteers to join the cheerleading squad during the games. It does not matter if you are athletic or not really, Witch or not, smaller or bigger, there will always be a way to participate!

If you would rather not go out and cheer by yourself, I am also looking for choreographers, someone to come up with a few chants we can use and the crafty types to help out with making the costumes!

If you are interested, just let me know! This is going to be so fun! :D

[She already made some pom-poms, you know]

Comments

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[selfishwish]

Aw, that sounds fun!! oU(*^▽^*)Uo

Is it okay if you've never done cheer stuff before? Our high school had a team, I think? But I never tried out or anything.

for some reason i did not get a single notif from this post, sorry!

[thejoyrider]

It is absolutely fine!

[Not like queens of France did much cheerleading anyway]

What really matters is enthusiasm! So, will you be joining?

[selfishwish]

I can do enthusiasm! U(⁎˃ᆺ˂)U

I'll come give it a try! Do we need to learn the routines or get fitted for the outfits or anything, before the festival?

[thejoyrider]

[They probably should. But since there’s not much time, let’s do it the Marie way. Which means...]

I shall take care of the outfits! As for the routines... I am sure we can figure something out! I am still planning them.

text; un: leslie

[foundfamilies]

[Sports...she knows this one! Physical games with more organization, or something along those lines. She can work out cheering from context: making the people playing the sport more cheerful, which probably means giving them encouragement. But...cheerleading squad?]

People need to be lead when they're cheering up the participants of the sport?

dw did not send me any notifs for this, sorry!

[thejoyrider]

They do not need to. But it surely is more fun for both sides when they are!

So, would you like to try?

rude, dw

[foundfamilies]

I do like the sound of making things more fun for the people participating, but I do not know what I would be agreeing to if I said yes.

[thejoyrider]

Well, for starters... It’s mainly cute costumes, pompoms, shouting rhyming phrases of support...

How does it sound?

[foundfamilies]

I do not know what a pompom is, but I do like all of these other parts. It would especially be nice to be able to support people who are taking part in the celebration sports.

All right. I will help you in leading cheers as best as I can.

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[scatmaam]

You are a never ending fountain of charming ideas, my lady.

sorry for the delay, did not get the notif!

[thejoyrider]

[Marie knows that. But it’s always nice to hear it from others. Especially people like Scathach, someone she admires]

I am glad you think so! Will you be participating? Or are you taking part in the games?

no worries!

[scatmaam]

It's not really my sport. I'm more keen on combat than that sort of thing, and I think I'd get a little too rough for the league's liking.

[thejoyrider]

[Fair. Marie has seen for herself how rough Scathach was able to get. There was no risk of ferality connected to the games, but still]

I understand. Will you at least be coming to watch?

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[loadme]

I'm not really comfortable going there, but I wish you the best of luck!

[thejoyrider]

Why is that so? Not a fan of sports or crowded places?

[loadme]

That place just gives me a lot of bad memories.

[thejoyrider]

[Oh. That was... Well, understandable.]

So I will hope we can have this kind of event in Aefenglom next!

[loadme]

That'd be nice.

Haha, our conversations always seem to turn out kinda heavy, don't they?

[thejoyrider]

[She makes a good point. Marie did not pay much attention to this before but not that Monika mentions it...]

Why don’t you tell me what your girlfriend and you have been up to recently then?

[That’s got to be a more positive topic, right?]

[loadme]

[It's true, she always loves talking about Natsuru.]

Oh! Well, we really don't do anything too exciting, you know? We usually go out on dates, but I think what I like best is just cuddling up next to her when it's time for bed.

And I just love waking up next to her and seeing her face first thing in the morning.

She's a fae, so I've been looking to buy some new clothes for her since a lot of her older stuff doesn't fit anymore.

[thejoyrider]

[Oh, right! Marie has met Monika’s girlfriend before and they did talk about clothes]

You know, it always makes me so happy when I see you talk about her. It’s clear how much you love her and I think it is beautiful that the two of you were able to meet and be happy in this world far away from both of your homes.

But your home is now where she is, isn’t that right? :D

[loadme]

I've never really loved anyone the way I love her. Sometimes I feel like I don't really deserve someone as great as Natsuru, you know? She does so much for me, and I wasn't really a good person before I got here.

But I...

I really like the way that sounds.

"Home" is wherever I can be with her.

[thejoyrider]

[Marie just reads Monika’s message a few times over and over. This was just so cute. Monika’s girlfriend was so lucky to have someone like her in her life.]

I am so happy for the two of you, Monika. I mean it.

And I am sure it does not matter to her what kind of person you were before.

[loadme]

I really hope you're right.

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[whydogs]

A sports event? What kind of sports?

[thejoyrider]

I am excited to find that out myself! They said it’s a variation only for

[Her typing slows down]

the non-witches to play, so I am curious!

[whydogs]

Let me know how it turns out.

un: gioia.

[trouvaille]

( she had resolved to put herself out there— )

I'm athletic. I've never done it in a squad or mainly on the ground, but it can't be that hard to adjust.

[thejoyrider]

[Oh, that sounded perfect!]

I am sure you will do great! What kind of experience you do have?

[trouvaille]

The acrobatic kind. I have an aerial studio in my house, now; I usually work with silks. I'm very flexible.

( and fast, and fit, and bored. )

[thejoyrider]

[Now this is something that definitely piques Marie’s attention]


Aerial studio? You should show me one day!

text + visual.

[trouvaille]

Oh, sure. I don't have anyone to film me doing it, but here's the set up:

( obligatory sepia toned images of gwen's empty silk studio in what used to be the front room of her house; the ceiling was knocked through, so the room stretches up the two stories of the house, long silks dangling from the ceiling and high windows spilling light over the mats set out on the floor. it's an airy, clean space with plenty of room, and the start of what looks like it'll be a wall of mirrors. )

[thejoyrider]

[Oh...
Wow!

Marie has no personal experience with acrobatics and she has not exactly been to this kind of studio before. However, she definitely likes what she is seeing. It’s like Gwen had a personal playground!]

this looks wonderful! Could you teach me someday how to use these?

[trouvaille]

Possibly. I won't make any promises, I've never taught anybody and I'm not patient.

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[spaghettimonster]

THIS SOUNDS LIKE SO MUCH FUN! I'M IN!!!

WHAT SORTS OF COSTUMES DO CHEERLEADING SQUADS NEED??

[thejoyrider]

[Someone who matches her level of enthusiasm!]

Cute ones! Colorful ones! With lots of ruffles and ribbons!

[Which might not be what cheerleading squads actually need but definitely what Marie thinks they need]

[spaghettimonster]

OH! I SEE!

RIBBONS -ARE- GREAT AT CHEERING ME UP.

[He's unsure on the ruffles, and doesn't know what cheerleaders need - but he wants a project, she wants costumes. It's a beautiful intersection of enthusiasms.]

[thejoyrider]

Aren’t ribbons just great? I add them to all my outfits. Everything looks better with ribbons!

[She is dead serious with this]