Ask CBers Questions! 

Chatterbox: Chirp at Cricket

Ask CBers Questions! 

Ask CBers Questions! 

Created originally by Lilypad, I believe (Thank you, Lily!!) and brought back into existence by yours truly!  

So, recently, there has been an influx of CBers joining the Chatterbox. Which is wonderful! I love, er, seeing so many new faces! I, however, don't feel like I have met you all yet or actually had a chance to converse. And, hopefully, with the help of this game, we can all get to know each other a little better. :) 

The rules are simple:

~Ask CBers questions! It could be a group question directed at everyone, or it could be a question for one specific person. Use the format "@[person you are adressing]" when asking a question, so we can tell it apart from the rest of your post. 

~Please stay within the guidelines that are acceptable to the CB (meaning that if the question seems too personal, the person being questioned has the right to decline), and try to include everyone! I myself will start with a group question, to make sure nobody feels left out. 

~Answer a question and leave a question! That way, the game can be continuous and will (hopefully) never end!

~Have fun!!

@Everybody: Do you participate in a sport? If yes, do you enjoy it? If not, but you could choose any sport to play, what would that sport be? 

submitted by Vyolette
(July 16, 2018 - 8:30 am)

@Darkking- For me, I'd have to say that I would want to live in the world of the Lunar Chronicles. Everything is so technologically advanced, and sure, they have their own problems, but I'd get to see some of my favorite OTPs (Kainder, Cresswell, Jaicinter, and Wolflet) living out their lives right before my eyes! (Wow, that rhymed. Unintentionally. ;))

submitted by Vyolette
(August 9, 2018 - 9:18 am)

@Darkking Well...definitely a fantasy world ‘cause...magic, but not one where as (probably) a background charrie I have a high chance of dying.

submitted by Neko Galaxypetal
(August 9, 2018 - 11:19 am)

Probably Marble hornets... though I would likely die, just, tim, brian, jay, alex, seth, rocky, jessica, amy, those 27 random strangers that Alex murdered... I'd say creepypasta because, WEIRDOS and they would give me space. and... 

submitted by Tyberious Firestone, age Cosmos duh, Cosmos
(August 9, 2018 - 3:43 pm)

-Darkking: hmmm, probably Harry Potter. But not Harry himself, just like a random Ravenclaw kid that goes to Hogwarts, gets good grades, wishes they were on the Quidditch team... yeah.

submitted by Soren Infinity, age 27 eons, BeaconTown
(August 9, 2018 - 12:36 pm)

Can we try to ask questions to more than 10 specific CBers? A lot of people are feeling left out when they're not specifically being asked a question.

submitted by Random CBette, age IDK
(August 9, 2018 - 3:03 pm)

@Everyone (you dont have to answer all of them)

1.) What was your reason to join cricket? And what was yor inspiration to continue? 

2.) What is yor favorite quote that represents YOU?

3.) Book recomendations (seriously I just finished a book and dont want to wait for the next one to come out :l)

4.) If your five-year-old self suddenly found themselves inhabiting your current body, what would your five-year-old self do first?

5.) What would be the coolest animal to scale up to the size of a horse?

6.) In one sentence, how would you sum up the internet?

7.) How many chickens would it take to kill an elephant?

8.) What secret conspiracy would you like to start?

9.) What’s invisible but you wish people could see? (this is probs just me XD)

10.) Is cereal soup?

11.) If someone asked to be your apprentice and learn all that you know, what would you teach them?

submitted by Tyberious Firestone, age Cosmos duh, Cosmos
(August 9, 2018 - 3:56 pm)

@Tyberious

1) I thought it looked fun and interesting. Then I found out it was.

2) UHHHHH PASS.

3) A Darker Shade of Magic, Welcome to Night Vale, and They Both Die at the End.

4) Climb REEEEEEEALLY HIGH in a tree. As high as I could.

5) Either a Sloth, A stoat, or Draco.

6) It's good if you can find out where, and bizarre everywhere else. 

7) 900,000,000. Not really, but I reeeeeeeally want to see nine hundred million chickens swarm an elephant.

8) I CAN'T TELL YOU IT'S A SECRET. WHAT AM I SAYING? WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? No, you're being suspicious!

9) Other wavelengths of light. Either that or people's intent (y'know, like 'not going to kill you' to 'I'm totally going to kill you').

10) No. It is stew if it has milk and just cereal if it doesn't.

11) I know nothing, so probably that. 

submitted by General Waffleson, age -456, The Breakfast Kingdom!
(August 9, 2018 - 7:27 pm)

R1- I like to connect with others but it’s easier to do online. I got Cricket mag and decided to go on here. And well...I guess once I start something I can’t stop.

2- Ohh...hmm...I’m to hard to represent

3- The His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman is really good!

4- “Wow!” *grabs the stuffed puppy I got the other day* “This is Stardust and he likes baking cookies and is 15! And he’s going to help me in this magical journey the faries set me on. Then I’m gonna become their queen!” (Even at five years old I was as storyteller)

5- Some kind of wildcat

6- Traps, rebels and wish fulfillment but also a place where you can be anyone.

7- Depends on how smart the chickens are.

8- When people come up with fictional worlds they really are recording real ones.

9- How I really feel about them.

10- No

11- I would teach them my observations on the human heart and mind, how there is a light in every dark and how to make art show what the spoken word cannot. 

submitted by Neko Sunsetbreath
(August 9, 2018 - 7:41 pm)

AAHHHHH YES SOMEONE ELSE WHO LIKES HIS DARK MATERIALS!!! I'm SO excited! That's my favorite series! Have you read The Book of Dust yet? If not you totally should. It's super good! 

submitted by Cockleburr
(August 16, 2018 - 2:06 pm)

@Tyberious

1.) What was your reason to join cricket? And what was your inspiration to continue? I love the magazine, and the CB looked fun! Plus, I had started getting into writing a lot more, and I (and also my parents) wanted a safe, secure environment for me to share my writing in. And I stayed just because! The CB is a wonderful place. :)

2.) What is your favorite quote that represents YOU? Hmmmmmmm. Probably, "Quiet people have the loudest minds," by Stephen King

3.) Book recommendations (seriously I just finished a book and don't want to wait for the next one to come out :l) The Keeper of the Lost Cities series by Shannon Messenger! There are six big, thick books already released, but book number seven comes out this fall, and the other two will come out in later years. 

4.) If your five-year-old self suddenly found themselves inhabiting your current body, what would your five-year-old self do first? XD Um, probably raid the freezer for a cookie, because they could finally reach the handle. 

5.) What would be the coolest animal to scale up to the size of a horse? Uh, a cat?

6.) In one sentence, how would you sum up the internet? A world completely in itself. 

7.) How many chickens would it take to kill an elephant? Probably a lot...?

8.) What secret conspiracy would you like to start? I actually did start one a while ago, but it wasn't for evil purposes. XD It was "The Secret Order Of the Lost Forest", designed to protect wildlife from extinction and whatnot. I thought it up when I was like 10. XD

9.) What’s invisible but you wish people could see? (this is probs just me XD) Everything that I can think of that I know is invisible, I'd like to stay invisible. XD Take dead skin cells, for example. 

10.) Is cereal soup? Noooooo...?

11.) If someone asked to be your apprentice and learn all that you know, what would you teach them? Everything that I know, duh. 

submitted by Vyolette
(August 10, 2018 - 9:11 am)

1. The... magazine? That would be an issue my aunt sent me many, many years ago that I read long after I received it. I asked my mom for a subscription upon finishing. The CB, though, I don't really remember.

3. ALL OF THEM.

In a more short-term sense, The Lightning Queen, The Hundred Dresses, The Ordinary Princess, The Book Thief (but you've probably read that already), Tales from Outer Suburbia, Inside Out and Back Again, Hatchet, A Tale Dark and Grimm, and Adventures of a Cat-Whiskered Girl.

5. A sparrow. I want to know if it could still fly. 

7. Depends what kind of chicken.

8. I start conspiracies all the time. Most of them consist of "this person was killed/kidnapped in ridiculous circumstances" and are disproven within 48 hours. 

10. That probably depends on your definition of soup, but for me, no. 

11. Even if they made it through the long period of watching, reading and listening to everything that I can remember (which is a lot), I might not, but if both of us got out okay, they might go on to learn a lot about the arts, science, and probably some profound stuff I can't think of right now.  

Mexi says ciia. Would you start a CIA conspiracy, Mexi? 

submitted by Viola?, age Secret, Secret
(August 11, 2018 - 12:15 am)

1. Um, well I get the mag and I learned about the CB, and it sounded cool, so I joined! I keep going on here because I legit can't imagine what my life was like before this wonderful, beautiful place of unique fabulousness.

2. Hmm. Something super wise that says something about being unique. Or something like that.

3. My Diary from the Edge of the World, Unwantends, Every Soul a Star, and The Trail were really good.

4. FREAK. OUT.

5. A book, duh.

6. AAAAAAA YA rhdhbvwnk eqvbgmv drdkjthxajnrjkkfd.

7. Ten zombie-sized chickens. Because references.

8. Whaaaaaaat that's crazy I'm not up to anything! Especially not hoarding aliens in my basement to collect information about life on exoplanets... hehehe.

9. Love. not tangible, but ever-present love. Then people can see that it's always there. ... If that's not too happy.

10. I mean, if the brand of your cereal is called Soup, then yes, I suppose it's soup, and if you prefer hot, salty, oily water in your cereal to milk, I suppose that's soup as well, but...

11. Here's what I'd tell them: "life can suck sometimes, kid, but you just gotta be positive and hold on to what you love. Oh, and zebras are white with black stripes. It's a fact. Or at least, a fact in my opinion."  

 

submitted by Soren Infinity, age 27 eons, BeaconTown
(August 11, 2018 - 10:40 am)

1.) I saw something about Kyngdom in the magazine.

2.) When one door closes, open it. It's a door, that's how they work.

3.) The Chrestomanci books by Diana Wynne Jones. My favorites are Charmed Life and The Lives of Christopher Chant.

4.) Probably fall over, as she wouldn't be used to her new size. 

5.) A waterbear.

6.) "...Why?" I realize it's not a full sentence, but I don't care.

7.) A lot.

8.) The moon isn't real.

9.) A very very rough idea of what people think of you. Just the sort of the thing that when I irrationally worry that people are judging me I could be like "There, you see, Jane? They don't dislike you." 

10.) Only if you're a monster.

11.) All that I know? What other answer could I give?

submitted by Impunity Jane
(August 14, 2018 - 9:45 am)

1.) I can’t really remember, but I stayed because it was nice.

2.) I don’t think there is one.

3.) Wings of Fire and Survivors. That’s all I can think of right now.

4.) Well, one time I wrote a letter to my five-year-old self, so hopefully I would read it. Them=n I would climb up on something high and look down at everything.

5.) A cat.

6.) Be careful.

7.) Like a million or so.

8.) I’m not sure, but it would probably involve writing angry letters under fake names to authors who kill my favorite book characters. Or something like that.

9.) Dark energy. And while we’re at it, it would be nice to be able to see dark matter as well.

10.) It depends on how much milk you put in. *Math equation* (m = Milk, c = cereal). If m >/= c, m + c = Soup. If m =/< c, m + c = Stew. If m = 0, then m + c = Cereal.

11.) First I’d say “I don’t know very much.” Then I would teach them the secrets of the universe. 

submitted by Fireburst
(August 17, 2018 - 4:09 pm)

Im boooored

1.) What was your reason to join cricket? And what was yor inspiration to continue? 

Storm Windwhisperer showed the magestic Cricket magazene to me and what made me continue writing was my love of writing and you guys! 

2.) What is yor favorite quote that represents YOU?

Sometimes I pretend to be normal.

But it gets boring.

So I go back to being me. 

3.) Book recomendations (seriously I just finished a book and dont want to wait for the next one to come out :l)

Divergent. 

4.) If your five-year-old self suddenly found themselves inhabiting your current body, what would your five-year-old self do first?

Climb onto the roof and get stuck. 

5.) What would be the coolest animal to scale up to the size of a horse?

A dog.

ONWARD FLEETFOOT, TO BATTLE.

6.) In one sentence, how would you sum up the internet?

Fun but terrifying.

7.) How many chickens would it take to kill an elephant?

One.

Giant.

Chicken. 

8.) What secret conspiracy would you like to start?

There is a way to get transported into a book, by dying.

9.) What’s invisible but you wish people could see? (this is probs just me XD)

Luna's creatures. SHE'S NOT CRAZY!!!! 

10.) Is cereal soup?

Yes. Obviously. 

11.) If someone asked to be your apprentice and learn all that you know, what would you teach them? 

Me: *talking about the chatterbox* Everything the light touches is ours 

Apprentice: What about that shadowey stuff?

Me: That is also our. Everything is ours. 

submitted by Darkking, age Who knows?, A dimension.
(August 10, 2018 - 5:43 pm)