#the summer conference

[sleepyorchidmonster]

After Chapter 7, Malleus and by extension Briar Valley had to deal with plenty of backlash.

In an attempt to appease the public (and control Malleus), the Senate organized a press conference with world leaders and NRC parents (there's A LOT of overlap between those two groups).

The main idea was to show the Senate as capable advisors that would guide the young Draconia, cementing their status in Briar Valley while also "protecting" and isolating Malleus.

What really happened was that Mrs. Rosehearts yelled at them for ten hours straight.

You see, Riddle was worried about how his mother would react to the entire Chapter 7 situation, so he made sure to explain everything to her, casting Malleus and Lillia in a more favourable light.

And it acually worked! You see, despite all her failures as a parent, she is still a mother at the end of the day, and the idea that a son would go to such great lenghts, overblotting and almost dooming the entire world, just to keep his parental figure safe, was quite touching.

She also has a newfound respect for Lillia, how he spent all those years looking for ways to get Malleus to hatch, how he went above and beyond to care for the Prince, even while banished, how he adopted and raised Silver (who is the only student she actually respects). HOW HE LITERALLY SACRIFICED PART OF HIS LIFEFORCE FOR MALLEUS TO HATCH!

On the other hand, she HATES the Senate. Mostly because she put herself in Meleanor's shoes: imagine you're about to die and decide to entrust your unborn son to your friend, only for said friend to be unjustly banished, leaving your kid in the hands of a bunch of entitled senators that completely DISREGARDED YOUR LAST WISH (Mrs. Rosehearts hates it when people don't do what she says, so she feels personally offended by that last bit, the fact that Malleus almost died also doesn't help).

Anyway, she's angry and, since the Senate IS encouraging people to air their grievances with Briar Valley, might as well seize this opportunity!

Malleus, Silver, Sebek, Lillia, Baul and Maleficia feel vindicated. Since only the housewardens and Diasomnia were invited for the event, the group chat was crazy.

The housewardens were all sitting together near the back of the room, alongside Silver and Sebek (they DON'T want to draw attention to themselves, especially since most of them are overblot survivors), so they could easily chat or sleep. Meanwhile the students back on campus were watching everything at Ramshackle.

As a small bonus, a few ways to avoid panic attacks, by Riddle and Trey:

*Mrs. Rosehearts starts talking*

Trey: Hey Rook!

Rook: Oui?

Trey: What is the meaning of beauty?

Rook: :D

*Rook starts monologuing and nobody can hear the TV anymore*

Meanwhile Riddle:

*School chat*

Epel: So, how long until she stops yelling at people? It ain't funny anymore...

Riddle: Since she yelled at Trey's parents for five hours because they gave me a tart, maybe ten or fifteen hours?

Ruggie: Wtf

Deuce: Are you doing okay, dormhead?

Riddle: I have a fully charged phone with a crosswords app, headphones playing all the Queen's rules on loop, and an entire bottle filled with the strongest calming tea I could find.

Riddle: Moreover, I'm currently seated beside the sleepiest students in this school (Leona and Silver). Their calm disposition creates a peaceful environment.

Riddle: Therefore I shall be able to keep panic attacks AND overblots at bay!

Ace: Just say yes or no...

*15 minutes later*

Riddle: I beat the game, there are no more crosswords

Vil: Chess.com

Vil: NOW

Vil: Wake Leona up, we're having a TOURNAMENT!

Idia: Congrats, u just got a World Record

Idia: Also I'm sending you a list of games later...

They left a bit after the seventh hour mark.

[nhlovesadri3]

Adriana Lima doing press interviews promoting the new collection as part of the Supermodels Bombshell Summer Tour, NYC, 19/05/11.

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I was at work, but instead of a restaurant, it was a giant plane going to Hawaii. We went to a conference, but at the conference I couldn’t sit with my coworkers. Instead, I had to sit with people I’ve gone to summer camp with, and my brother. Then we had to present a case to the supreme court. 

[sweetygirlm]

Grand Nile Tower Holtel ... ✨️

[wutheringheights78]

cant believe my white girl breakdown will now be a part of my academic production

[valyrfia]

i may be delusional (i most definitely am) but max and charles both flew into the same airport in sardinia within a day of each other which is also the same place where charles's yacht is moored which obviously means that lestappen are about to embark on a 2 week cruise of the mediterranean together

[faaun]

i am presented with two ppl + one option. one appears to like me very much and we have great chemistry and they're witty and ambitious and studious and have similar goals in life and they write beautiful poetry about politics and people and they seem very kind and want to make a difference in the world. they text me to make sure i've had a good day. the other one is none of those things but they are so hot and evil and also they don't like me even a little bit and i've told them that i genuinely wanted to kill them, a lot. i'd give everything and anything for one of them and not the other

[opens-up-4-nobody]

...

[milkywayan]

Lost in German vinyards..

[doctahchang]

heard that prodigy already dropped on netflix in some places @ found out that it is unavailable in the country i reside in rn (this was the sole purpose to renew my subscription) @ my friend renewed their subscription in another country for me to watch @ netflix doesn't let me watch it from another location @ vpn doesn't work either

[nhlovesadri3]

Adriana Lima doing press interviews promoting the new collection as part of the Supermodels Bombshell Summer Tour, NYC, 19/05/11.

[dionysus-complex]

once again forgot that the abstract deadline for [major conference] is today

[sweetygirlm]

Hilton Green Plaza, 2024 🩷✨️

[wretchie]

i should be allowed to engage academic officials in ritual hand to hand combat btw

[kaerinio]

hehe, i will be here in a bit! i'm going to go grab a drank with my partner and his colleagues who are in town jkdafd. be here soon! 💖

[zou-pa]

No dessert till you finish your vegetablesdjpremier