bless your heart

@crownedcricket: it'll be fun.

@crownedcricket: legally blonde the musical

Eh. If Cricket hadn’t done pageants then she’d probably have done sports. She does cheerleading which is technically one of the most dangerous sports, but I doubt Elswood’s squad is into that side of cheerleading rather than the more dance-y things. Country club sports (like tennis and golf and badminton and squash and shit) Cricket’s probably anywhere from okay to great at. Other sports? Nah.

Nope. Like, she’s read a lot of memoirs and biographies about people who survived in the wilderness so she’d maybe know...like a couple tricks? And she could stay calm under pressure. OH, WAIT! SHE’S IMMORTAL! HA, MOTHERFUCKERS! CRICKET WILL SURVIVE LIKE NO OTHER. (No, it’d be terrible. Cricket would keep dying over and over again until someone found her or until she reached civilization.)

Cricket’s serviceable at cooking, if only because she knows what dishes are within her reach. She can follow a recipe well -- that’s mostly science and math -- and she has common sense in terms of...not burning down a house or using too much salt. But Cricket mostly had staff cook for her. Her palate in no way matches up to her cooking ability. She could probably rattle off some rich ass, crazy fucking meals and have zero idea how to begin that process. Her grandmother did try to teach some thing which Cricket picked up, but they weren’t complicated and were mostly traditional and local foods. On a certain level, she likes that she can fend for herself. Like, Cricket could survive on her own without a chef. However, she doesn’t see cooking as much more than a chore and doesn’t enjoy it. As a group activity -- like, with friends or with a romantic other -- sure, sounds fun, but she’s not terribly excited by the amount of prep and cook time that goes into actually making a meal.

SO GOOD! Cricket lives for organization. She probably posts like #studyspo and #studyblr shit all the time on Elspics. Honestly, being organized gives Cricket a sense of control which is something she really values having at Elswood. If you fuck with her notebooks or planners or diaries or desk or whatever, don’t be surprised if she gets upset. It’s like the point system. She knows it doesn’t really matter, in the grand scheme of things, but being able to feel a sense of achievement is really important for her to feel normal and not scared with her entire situation. Which she still is, but just not on a every day basis.

Cricket will Nancy Screw your secrets right outta you. She understands far too well the power of blackmail. More importantly, she is way to stubborn to not try to figure out a mystery once she realizes you’re hiding one.

Cricket’s genuinely a very talented singer. Not only is she naturally talented, but she had the means and capital to invest in training her ability growing up. If you’ve ever talked to Cricket you’re probably highly aware that singing was her talent in beauty pageants. She’ll admit it’s cliche, but she also saw no shame in winning by doing what she was good at. I honestly feel like she’s mentioned that she sang Carrie Underwood’s Jesus Take the Wheel at the Miss America competition like fifty million bajillion times.

@crownedcricket: you're so right. no matter what i do, i will always succeed and achieve. love ya, babe.

@crownedcricket: gosh, i'm such a nerd. don't even care. 🤓

@crownedcricket: but do i dye my own hair? no. my natural color compliments me quite well.

@crownedcricket: that is spectacularly illogical, irrational, and implausible. to an almost impressive degree. 💯

@crownedcricket: explain to me a situation in which you covertly bleach someone's hair and then put hair dye in their shampoo which they would, oddly, not suspect.