Happy birthday, Geebs!

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Your favorite memory with Geebs!!


Plotting out some Opal and Kass stuff together!! It was so much fun!! -- Cass

the d11 vibes these games -- Puppy

Geebs continues to indulge me in having her characters do mean things to Vasco, which I fully endorse and appreciate <3 -- Zori

Obvs Mahlah x Elon, all these years later. I also appreciate how much we've bonded over terrible RL things. You always make me feel like I'm not alone. <3 -- Kay

Plotting Derecho and Eliza together after they lost in the district 4 tournament against Krigels and wanting to get revenge <3  -- Ems

When you visited and we did face masks together!!!: -- Thundy

always have enjoyed the TCs with Geebs! Especially getting to see her cats! -- Zori

Oh boy oh man oh jeez. All of our Jones family feels and rants. Jam care packages. Our near miss in Texas (sad forever) but then all of our texts in the car about the Red Lobster and Doctor Who family members and I just love talking to you. -- Windy

When we blitzed that entire Benedict/Alicia thread in like 24 hours xD <3 -- Stare

hmm I would have to say planning our super secret rates event (; -- Kari

that one random breakfast (brunch?) with you and Matt and Ben when y'all happened to be passing through town <3 -- WT




Which of Geebs's characters should enter the Games next?


Magdalena Izar -- Cass

Prominent McDong -- Kiah

Zebu Taurus -- Puppy

Prominent McDong! -- Kaplan

zebu taurus -- Zori

Diacope Anadiplosis -- great name! -- Kay

Eliza Cheyne -- Emsrocks

[Frolic] -- Zori, again <3

lets go prominent mcdong -- Fireflyz

I'm ashamed to say, give me Prominent McDong. -- Windy

okay I know it's not really possible but Cassius Clayburn in an adult quell?? :eyes: -- Stare

literally all of them do not make me choose because I will love any geeks tribute thank you -- Kari

I feel like Zebu would be fantastic to see making her way through an Arena but also the idea of her being in one makes me sad so!! Zebu but absolutely not Zebu, thank u -- WT




Your favorite quote from Geebs!


"Is the crime for speaking out that harsh?" Kass asked barely above a whisper. Was the punishment for criticizing the Capitol so horrible that it was easier to ignore everything?

Her heart was heavy in her chest. She didn't want to ignore anything, and Kass could rarely hold her tongue for any reason, but was there something worse on the horizon? If she followed Delroy's advice and pushed aside her fear would they beat it back into her? -- Cass

Maybe it wasn't that terrible of a thing to want. Security. Comfort.

No one would blame her for savoring it. Her life had been so hard for so long.

Poor thing they said to the orphan.

Poor thing they said to the girl covered in dirt selling palm readings.

Poor thing they said to the child too young, too small on the reaping stage.

What did winning a Games do to make her not that child anymore? She returned the same fourteen year old minus an arm and with a lot more things to be pitied for.

But there's always orphans. There will always be poor people and there will always be victors with thousand yard stares and scars they can't hide.

She used to think she was special. The girl who could see through all the bullshit and didn't let herself get soft.

But she was just a child.

Not special just broken like everyone else. - Kass 
-- Kiah


""How do you do this," Kass said lifting the spatula from the pan and watched the batter drip back down. "and not think about everything else."" 
-- Puppy


"Is the crime for speaking out that harsh?" Kass asked barely above a whisper. Was the punishment for criticizing the Capitol so horrible that it was easier to ignore everything?

Her heart was heavy in her chest. She didn't want to ignore anything, and Kass could rarely hold her tongue for any reason, but was there something worse on the horizon? If she followed Delroy's advice and pushed aside her fear would they beat it back into her? 
-- Zori


"Tell me more about your token and the war," she asked, her voice barely above a whisper.

Tell me where they went wrong. Tell me how to not make the same mistakes.
~ Kassandra Nerys
-- Kay


PROMINENT MCDONG 
-- Thundy (I think this was meant for the tribute category but the thought of this being a quote made me lol so)


Persimmon had won. Delroy's fire had not brought him home, but Katelyn's consistency was unmatched. One was alive and living as much as she could considering the circumstances.

Kass had so wanted to see Delroy again. She had never this kind of pain with a tribute before. Se had grieved, of course, especially for the first two. But she had wanted to speak to Delroy. There were words left unsaid and questions unanswered. There was something incomplete inside her ribs that would always be left that way.

Kass looked a an old chocolate stained card sitting on the counter; a recipe for cookies in Katelyn's handwriting.

She might as well give it a try.
-- Zori, again


She's everywhere despite being gone. Her clothes smell like her and I can't think of the day when it fades. She haunts the house but not in anyway I can touch. It is not the comfort of a presence but the absence of one that follows me.
-- Fireflyz


Yet, now all I can think about is living. Water has never tasted so sweet. I can't help but feel regret bubble into my throat wishing I could take back the years I spent in a haze. I wish I felt as close to my family as I did my Arena family. Will I get the chance to fix my mistakes?

-Temple Jones has my heart forever.-
-- Windy


"Now that the feeling has rooted in your chest and your mind, you know it isn't stupidity that drives people to the edges of cliffs. It's the love of another person."
-- Stare


can I quote the entire last Kassandra post? because ill do it dont tempt me
-- Kari


[Kass] rests most of the night with her head in [Dio's] lap. Fingers comb through her unruly curls and while it is meant to make her feel better it only makes the tears come harder.

She closed her eyes and thinks of the mother she never truly had and what they would have done to comfort her. Would they have sung to her? Would they have held her?

She thought she was past dwelling on those what ifs. She thought she had grown enough to stop wanting them.

But grief is not linear. It's as twisting and confusing as the arena they're in. At times, it's as cold as the metal under her body and as far away as the pretend problems of the letters left for them to find. Others it is real and warm and running fingers through her hair.
-- WT




Send Geebs some birthday love!


Happy Birthday Geebs!!! Have a wonderful day <3333 -- Cass

happy birthday Geebs! I hope you have an amazing day, and merry Christmas <3 -- Kiah

happy birthday geebs!! -- Puppy

Happy birthday, Geebs! I hope you have the best day!!! -- Kaplan

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GEEBS! Shine on you wonderful diamond! I always love hearing from you and miss the TC days of seeing your cats! -- Zori

Happy birthday, geebs!!! Hope it's full of good food, warm drinks, kitty snuggles and all good things. <3 -- Kay

Happy birthday geebs! I hope it's amazing and that all your wishes come true <3 -- Emsrocks

Happy birthday Geebs!! I hope your day is lovely and that you get to eat some good food and hang with Mart and Kurt and Theo. You are a lovely friend and an amazing person. Thank you for being here with us!! -- Thundy

Geebs, I love you so much. You are such a joy to be around and I am so thankful every day to know you. Happy birthday, Geebs! -- Windy

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GEEBS! I adore you and writing with you and chatting with you and just all around knowing you. You're an all around lovely human being and I hope you have an absolutely spectacular day <3 -- Stare

happy birthday geebs! youre presence is always wonderful and im so glad that we get to be together on the mod squad!! hope you have a wonderful day xoxo -- Kari

Geebs! happy birthday! <3 I hope it treats you well and promises you a year to look forward to. thanks, always, for your humor and energy and insight and creativity--you're a joy to know and it's always fantastic to hear from you. -- WT

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GEEBS!!!

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