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The Gemstone Trials Solo Write

Hi guys! This is my first solo write, and I'm very excited! Okay, so here's the plot:
You live in the bustling, magical city of Almas Jetilmewi. The government here is corrupt, and taxes are nearly killing you. This is a city where there are mythical creatures and thieves around every corner, and any step you take could lead you straight to the cops. Every day is the same: you go to work, stay for hours longer than you ever wanted to, and go home. You are sick and tired of living in poverty, and one day someone in you're family (maybe you!) receives a glowing letter telling them that they have been accepted to one of the worlds most prestigious private schools for magic learners. The problem is, you've never heard of it before. Still, anything could be better than this life! They take the offer. 
 
Rules:
1. No super advanced technology. This is mostly a magical world, and most stuff is run by magic. There may guns and newspapers, but nothing invented after the Revolutionary War.
2. I will allow the rare diary entry, and maybe letters back and forth between your character's friends and/or relatives, but other than that I will be doing the majority of the writing. As a general rule, only post diary entries about once or twice a week. I will find a way to work them into the story.
3. The first ten people to post are the main characters. Anyone else that enters after that will still be written into the story, but only as a background character. 
4. Your character must have a name with a gemstone or type of rock somewhere in it. For example, Ruby Liles, or James Igneous.
Now, for the charrie sheet.
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Appearance: 
Personality:
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Weapon of choice:
Did they get the letter?
Did they accept?
Backstory:
submitted by Embers in the Ashes
(December 2, 2016 - 5:44 pm)

@Hermione Granger Yep! We're different people! But don't worry, you're not the first to get confused ;) Oh, I also loveyour name! I'm a complete PotterHead

@Inktail, Zen and Kestrel Don't you worry, when it comes to backstories, I'm good at dark. Also, Inktail, if you really want she can work as a teacher, but I was hoping this would focus mainly on students. Sorry if that sounds mean.

@All thanks for participating! I've been doing a load of plot development, and this should be really fun!:)

Okay everyone, I've been working on some plot development. Once three more people join and anyone who's reserved a spot posts their charrie sheet, I will start writing. 

submitted by Embers in the Ashes
(December 5, 2016 - 6:59 am)

Okee dokee, makes sense. I wasn't sure if we were adults or kids. XD Then never mind! :P

submitted by Inktail (re.to EITA)
(December 5, 2016 - 2:28 pm)

Nope we're two different people. Ember is a nickname my friends call me so I thought I'd use it as a screen name.

submitted by Ember
(December 5, 2016 - 11:57 am)

MAY I JOIN IN IT SEEMS LIKE FUN (Btw can i be forced to be bad then turn good :P

Name: Tyberious Firestone

Age: 15
Gender: M
Appearance: He is normaly in a bloodred cloack and his teafling tail hangs out as well as his horns. He has bloodred eyes and snow white hair.
Personality: Guarded and mysterious he is often attacked and brought down but to find in the morning he is gone. HE IS A MASTER CROOK. but ya kno he is a good person too.
Strengths: He is very good at ya kno assasin stuff. and acrobatics
Weaknesses: JUST 2 CRUSH (u make up love life) AND FIRE
Weapon of choice: 2 Whips
Did they get the letter?: YEP
Did they accept?: YES
Backstory: he is an assassin but make it so that his family dies :D
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submitted by Tyberious Firestone
(December 5, 2016 - 8:36 pm)

Okay, I'm starting now, with seven people, because I don't think anyone else is joining soon.

Prologue

The streets of the city are empty, since no one in their right mind is out after dark. The stars are still high in the sky, and the full moon stands with them. The buildings are the only things disrupting the simple beauty of the stars, seeming to cut holes of darkness in the blanket of night. Not a lantern is lit. 

That is, except for one. It bobs through the desolate black like a child's toy bucket on the open sea, lost, overlooked. Forgotten. While the lantern only illuminates so much, it sheds enough light that any onlooker could clearly see the carrier. She is tall, brown-haired, and stern looking. She wears a flowing cape that is the color of a sunset, and her hair falls freely over her shoulders. In her hand, she holds a basket of letters.

And so she walks through the sleeping city, only stopping every other hour, placing a letter on a doorstep. She does this until each of her forty letters are gone. And then she turns her back on the city, dissappearing into the night once again.

submitted by Embers in the Ashes
(December 6, 2016 - 5:34 pm)
Wow!! Awesome! Can't wait to read the rest!
submitted by Ember
(December 6, 2016 - 8:05 pm)

WAITWAITWAITWAIT! I want to join!

Name: Amber Ellis

Age: 13

Gender: Female

Appearance: Small and skinny, mostly from malnutrition, but comes in handy when she is running away from someone. Has short brown hair, about down to her shoulders, and large brown eyes. Wears tattered boys' clothes that are mainly blue, grey and black.

Personality: Whew! She's small, but she is a fierce fighter. She has to be, as she's been living alone on the streets selling newspapers since she was 7. A fast runner and a talented reader and writer, she sometimes resorts to thevery to survive. Lives by her instincts. May seem the opposite, but is in fact very loyal to her friends. Has strong opinions. Will fight anyone who disagrees.

Strengths: Fierce, loyal, strong-willed, a fighter, smart, intuitive, a good liar, great under pressure.

Weaknesses: Hard to trust, a good liar, a fighter, intuitive, strong-willed, stubborn, independant.

Weapon of choice: Her fists. A stick when she can steal one.

Did they get the letter?: Yes. Somehow the person who delivered them found her. They had been tracking her for years.

Did they accept?: Did the Cubs win the World Series after 108 years of failure? Yes.

Backstory: Her parents abandoned her when she was six, and at age seven, she became a newsie. She has spent most of her life selling nespapers to get money for food, stealing when she didn't have enough, and fighting anyone who challenged her. Still, it was hard, and when she got a chance to go to a magic school that would surely provide for her, she egarly accepted. However, she had trouble fitting in, as her life was so hard from an early age. She will make friends though! JUST YOU WAIT!

And, that's all, folks! 

 

submitted by Brooklyn Newsie
(December 6, 2016 - 9:44 pm)

Okay, BN's charrie can be a main character. She's the last one! Anyone else that creates a charrie from this point on is a backround character.

submitted by Embers in the Ashes
(December 7, 2016 - 5:59 am)

Joining as well

 

Name: Melanite Cavestone

 

 

Age: 13

 

 

Gender: Female

 

 

Appearance: Long black hair, black eyes with flea is of silver in them, Mediterranean complexion, usually wears black although not a total goth

 

 

Personality: mysterious, kind, quiet

 

 

Strengths: she is of great quality for a friend and is good at listening

 

 

Weaknesses: she is afraid to speak up 

 

 

Weapon of choice: gem encrusted bow and arrows.

 

 

Did they get the letter? Sure

 

 

Did they accept? She's thinking on it, will probably say yes

 

 

Backstory: her father is a bit abusive, which is how she got so quiet. She is often afraid she will say something to offend people.

submitted by UNSUSPCTINGSTRYTLLR
(December 7, 2016 - 11:45 am)

Okay, this is to Ember in the Ashes, I am sooo sorry for the two charries! Also this is to you also, I have counted the peeps that did charries, so Zen (Me), Inktail, Kestrel, Hermione Granger, Tyberious Firestone, Ember, and Brooklyn Newsie, are ALL main characters (Well BN is main character we are co stars).  

submitted by Zen, age 13, Chin
(December 7, 2016 - 4:13 pm)

Thanks for all of your feedback guys. Now for post #2!

One

The girl with the wild, red hair watched the city wake. She always got up exactly one minute before the sun rose and everyday life began again. Normally, she would use this time carefully, strategically. Every movement would be planned, predicted. She tried to use this minute to its fullest. But today, she simply sat on the edge of the brick wall she had herself perched upon, in complete shock. She held the letter in her left hand, and her right one was clutched around her dagger. If one were to look closely, they would observe that the letter was addressed to someone by the name of 'Onyx,' and that the inside of the envelope was lined with gold. This was not the thing that had the red haired girl stuck in such shock, although it really was a contributing factor. The thing that had her sitting in this way was not the fact that the sender knew her real name, nor the fact that they had offered her a scholarship to a school she had never even heard of. It was that they had found her. Her, the girl who had never been tracked down in her life, her, the girl that was as hard to carch as the smoke from a fireplace, or even the flame itself. Her, the girl who's name told every bit of her personality. Bit, I suppose that if there was on fact contributing to the shock of Wildfire, it was probably that the response she had given the sender. It was a simple, one-word response, only three letters long, starting in a 'Y' and ending in a 'S'.

Yes.  

submitted by Embers in the Ashes, Chapter one!
(December 7, 2016 - 5:30 pm)

I reread that multiple times, and it got better every single time. Wow. You portrayed my character even better than the way I had imagined her. Keep up the spectacular work! I'm eagerly awaiting the next part.

submitted by Kestrel
(December 7, 2016 - 9:08 pm)

top! I'll post the next part tonight.

submitted by Embers in the Ashes
(December 9, 2016 - 3:46 pm)

Oo! This sounds good! I like it. I wI'll not join though. I just like the way it sounds. I am looking foreward to reading it. Top! Ugh, my brother Goerge and his twin Fred is bothering me! "STOP IT!! I WILL TELL MUM!" Sorry, they are always bothering me. Like always TOP

submitted by Ginny Wesley , age 12, Hogwarts
(December 10, 2016 - 10:03 am)

Tippy top top!! GO TO THE TOP!!! :-)

submitted by Toppy, age TOP, Tip
(December 10, 2016 - 10:21 am)