sorry but do you ever think about the fact that the bernard we have today is a direct amalgamation of everything that happened in his past and i know that sound like such an obvious statement to say but it actually kills me to know that you can draw a direct line from who he is today all the way back to that sixteen year old boy who watched his best friend bleed out. like it is the defining moment in his life. it fundamentally shaped who he is and the person he's become. he is the bernard we know and love not despite the grieves shooting but because of it. because the gangs all got together and shot up his school. because tim walked out of that room with nothing but a baseball bat. because his darla got shot. because he watched her gasp and cry as she died. because he watched the blood coagulate around the wound. because he sat there and held her hand as her life drained out of her. because he walked into school that day with a joke he knew would make her laugh and her nose would scrunch up and she'd snort a little and tim would roll his eyes at him and call him ridiculous and instead he walked out with a bloody white shirt, blood under his fingernails, and two friends less. because, even now, almost half a decade out from the shooting, he thinks that if he closes his eyes, he will always be that stupid, scared little sixteen year old, holding the cooling body of dead best friend.
visiting nobles/lords/royals quickly notice that merlin has arthur’s ear and that arthur values merlin’s opinion above all others. when they’re having trouble convincing arthur to go along w their plan or sign their Important Document, they go to merlin to try and convince him to convince arthur. merlin knows what they’re doing. merlin does not want to push arthur one way or another, he wants arthur to make his own choices and lead his people as he sees fit. merlin satisfies both of their needs by seeming apologetic that he can’t convince arthur of this but maybe they can and gives them “tips and tricks” on how to soften arthur up to agreeing to the plan.
its all bullshit.
so far he’s convinced a princess (looking for marriage) that arthur loves frogs and pranks so she filled his chambers with a bunch of toads (arthur is terrified of frogs), a lord (was “wronged” by another lord and wanted a portion of his land) that arthur is a fan of the arts, particularly music, and he ended up breaking into song and dance in front of everyone, and a nobleman (arguing against the repealed magic ban and hoping to bring back uther’s laws) that arthur LOVES potatoes and to just give him one throughout the day whenever he seems him so arthur will associate the nobleman with the joy of receiving his favorite food so he’ll be more inclined to the nobleman’s request (arthur despises potatoes).
The discord calls after the server has closed for the day
Tubbo throwing a little tetris rave at like 7am
Spontaneous valo lobbies, theorizing about the next event, try-hard tetris-ing, 2v2s with tubbo, etoiles, roier and cellbit, Tina drawing in the background, asking everyone's fav music, etoiles and roier bickering constantly
Everyone chilling on or off stream with food and music playing, just talking about nothing
Personal fav of tubbo explaining his city skylines builds to cellbit
Yeh I'm gonna miss Purgatory, just for how much it brought everyone together when the server kicked them out for the day
"No snow nor rain nor heat nor exploding body parts flying down onto ya head stays these couriers from the swift completion of their deliveries or whatever. Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's how that quote goes." - The Courier
Meet. Your. 10th Class.
The Courier
Also known as Brodie! He hails from New York. He enjoys a good pizza, long rides on his motorcycle and reading other people's mail. But really, he has a passion for committing fraud of all kind. Mail fraud, tax fraud, embezzlement, insurance fraud. It's how he kind of got hired in the first place. His very strict contract for Mann Co came to be from a forged inheritance of australium that landed him in prison and soon quickly found him being put to death. And die he did! Though with a few shenanigans in identity fraud with the Devil, and much to Miss Pauling and the coroner's alarm dismay, Brodie came back with! With a proposition.
And now he works making deliveries for the mercs. Medic needing more baboon hearts? Catch Courier a couple cities over in the local zoo. Sniper out of kidney pills for his Jarate? Fear not, Courier is picking up that shipment this week. Every. Day. He has ammo crate deliveries for Sasha.
You need it? He'll go get it.
He's your Courier!