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Sometimes I feel like we get so caught up in the developement and rules of a RP that it dies before we even make it very far (I know that's happened to me...Combat Cliff RPG, Griffinfeather RPG the first...and more).
So, let's just do some writing.
two rules.
1. Put forth your absolute best. Even if it's not going to be published or maybe no one else but me will read it. It's good for your writing. Trust me.
2. Make sure everything lines up! Mostly!! Inserting random flying unicorns is okay, but killing a character off and then making them reappear might be a little confusing.
If you are still confuzzled, check out this thread to see what I mean:
http://www.cricketmagkids.com/chatterbox/inkwell/node/65463
just make up a character and join the story. You can be a character I've mentioned or somebody new. My characters are Pheonix and Carlena.
Without further ado, let us begin.
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"Carlena scratched at the wall's smooth surface, her heart pounding so loud she could hardly think. The dark rectangle seemed to close in around her, pressing in on all sides; squeezing her lungs flat and yanking away all the oxygen. The air was hot and sizzling with frusteration and fear. Throwing herself against the wall, Carlena melted onto the floor. She was stuck. Enclosed in a horrible crystal box while her own dear sister, Caroll, was set on destroying Jewel Academy. All she could do was sit here, helpless and terrified out of her wits, while Caroll did away with everything she worked towards. Carlena tried to take a calming breath and found she could not breath. The walls were closing in...her eyes whirled crazily around the shadows; searching for an exit. If Cassey doesn't get the children out of the academy in time, they'll all... Carlena let out a frusterated gasp of despiration. Oh come on, Carlena! You can't let a little claustrophobia defeat you, girl! She said to herself. The spunky Galaxy Witch sat up slowly and brushed back the gigantic bush of chalk-white, ankle length hair from her damp forehead. Carlena then—"
"Pheonix! Jaihra's on the phone!" My older sister called from downstairs.
"COMING!" I yelled back, dropping The Charming Adventures of Carlena the Galaxy Witch to the floor. Galexia looks up at me in surprise from her nest of pillows on the floor, her eyes clouded, obviously still deep inside the story.
"But...that's not fair! Nixie!" My little sister moans, "What happens to Carlena? What happens to the seven sisters and the academy?"
"You're just going to have to find out next time!" I say with a wink. Galexia shakes her head furiously, sending her fluffy brown pigtails into a frenzy,
"It's not fair that I don't get to see what happens next because you wanna go talk to your giiiiirlfriend," she says angrily. On the last word, an evil smile begins to curl on her lips. I stop half-way to the door.
"Jaihra is NOT my girlfriend. And we have very important things to talk about," I retort hotly before rushing out of Galexia's frilly, pink bedroom and down the stairs, taking the story book with me. The wood steps creak under my feet as I race down, nearly slipping on the last one.
"Yeah, Jaihra, he's coming," I hear my 21-year-old sister, Andromeda, say, Rounding the corner, I can see her leaning against the counter in a red tank top and shorts, her long brown hair in a messy braid over one shoulder. She has my phone tucked between her hear and shoulder while she casually flips through pages of her sketchbook, twirling a bright blue pencil with her free hand.
"I'm here!" I yell breathlessly in her face.
"Took you long enough," she says, rolling her eyes and handing over the phone, "go take your chatting upstairs. You two 'll talk my ears off. Upstairs!" She commands, pointing her pencil.
"Hi Jaihra!" I greet into the phone.
"Hi Pheonix! Ummm...are you alone??" She asks cautiously, "I have an update on...you know...project Milky Way Sorceress and...uh...the Precious Stone School," she hints not-so-subtly.
"Yeah, just a sec," I answer, dashing back upstairs to my room and bouncing onto my bed.
"Okay! Shoot!" I exclaim, tossing down the story book beside me. It flips open to the title page; which is covered with words I'm glad Galexia can't read yet.
For my nephew, Pheonix. I hope you enjoy my charming adventures!!! Please keep in mind that these are all absolutely true and my heroism was not exagerated in the least. Hope that you can soon join me in Jewel Academy! Once you set out on your journey to find it, that is.
xoxoxoxoxoxo <3 <3 <3
Your Aunt Carlena, the spunky Galaxy Witch
P.S. do not show this to anyone or I may have to incenerate them.
I let the book cover slide closed. Yeah, Galaxia, we do have important things to talk about.
submitted by Rose bud, age 15, Carryin' the banner
(April 2, 2018 - 4:12 pm)
(April 2, 2018 - 4:12 pm)
Sacra~
"It will be okay. Everything will be okay." Pheonix pats Glexia's head, but her lip trembles and her hands shake, glowing purple. All of the sudden, her eyes grow dark and she bursts into tears, the purple magic growing on her fingertips.
"But what if it won't?? What if Daddy's not there and-" This is too much for Galexia. Purple light floods from her hands, and her hair whips back from her face. Suddenly, I am seized by an unbreakable grip on my soul. Without thinking, I shout and jump forward, my own hands glowing with brilliant silver light. I grab Galexia's hands, and a silver cocoon engulfs us. Purple magic swirls angrily around Galexia and I, but soon it fades to silver. Galexia watches our surroundings as her purple magic retreats from my magic, a look of blissful peace on her youthful face. Then, it is all over. Both purple and silver magic fade away as if nothing had ever happened. Everybody stares at me, but I don't know it. I have my hands limp in my lap, eyes closed, panting. I am flustered and tired. I look up at Galexia, her eyes brimming with tears. Oh no. I brace myself for another purple onslaught, but instead Galexia throws her arms around my neck and weeps. Andromeda speaks first.
"Now I'm REALLY, REALLY glad you came with us, Sacra." Her voice trembles. "I'm sure we all are."
~~
If this is too overboard then just ignore this post. I thought it might be a good idea to introduce silver magic a little. And I also thought it would move the plot forward...?
(September 6, 2018 - 11:54 pm)
~ Galexia ~
"Now I'm REALLY REALLY glad you came with us, Sacra. I'm sure we all are," Andromeda says, her voice trembling with emotion
As for me, all I can do is cling to Sacra and weep. Because for those brief moments, when her silver magic calmed my purple aura, I had felt normal again. It was as if a pain I hadn't known was there had been lifted away from me, and I was free again. Now, with her magical aura gone, the battle was raging again, and I could feel acutely how heavy it was. But being close to her (in Jaihra's eyes, I would probably be within the ring of the silver aura around Sacra's body) helped relieve me of the tension.
"Thank you," I whisper, my voice soft and pained, "Thank you, Sacra."
She slowly puts her arms around me and embraces me, picking me up in her arms. I blink open my eyes, suddenly sleepy, and look at the rest of the crew, who look surprised. I smile sluggishly at my siblings and try to explain, "Her aura--the silver aura--it's comforting... relieving..." my voice slurs away as I close my eyes and fall asleep.
(September 8, 2018 - 8:52 pm)
Can I just say one thing? Reading RP posts makes me happy. Even if it's a really heart-wrenching post, it satisfies me. It's almost as though I have an underlying starvation that feeds upon good literature. Oh, and also this:
Sacra~
Galexia nods off in my arms. She nestles her head against my neck and falls sound asleep. I smile sympathetically. Andromeda chuckles a little bit and reaches out for Galexia's sleeping form. I hand her over, and Andromeda carries her away. Jai creeps over to me and places a hand on my arm, where my short cuts off. She stares at her own hand.
"Your aura - it's extending onto me! But - it's really nice. Gentle, and relaxing. Hmmm." Jaihra screws up her face. "There is something else too. It's hard to notice, but it's definitely there..." She closes her eyes. "Hmmm. Yes, there is a ferocity underneath the gentleness of your magic, Sacra. I wonder if the magic can illustrate itself...?" I give her a confused look. "Oh. I've always had a theory that magic can reveal itself in many ways, andbI had always hoped that I would find a way for magic to introduce itself, like tell us it's personality... I'm sorry. That sounded so stupid." Jai places one hand over one side of her face. I shake my head.
"No it doesn't. I actually think that I know how to how you guys..." I step to the middle of the room. I close my eyes and let the silver magic course through my blood. I try to picture what the magic would b like if it was a person. I lift my arms. Silver glows on my fingertips, and I begin to move in some graceful way. It's not dancing, but it's definitely not flailing. In my mind, pictures appear of a mother cradling her child, two friends laughing together, and an epic battle scene. A melody fills my head, but it seems to be in the room. The song is like a sad smile if a soldier who is ready for battle. My face is serene, not sad or upset, nor happy or exited. When I finally stop gliding around the area, I look at Jaihra. She's staring at a beautiful, serpentine silver strands, suspended in the air by nothing at all. She touches one gingerly.
"Sad. Gentle. Fierce. Wise. And..." Jai looks at me straight in the eyes. "And nothing we've ever seen before."
~~
(September 9, 2018 - 12:29 am)
Does anyone have an idea of where they go next? So far we know that they will find Mr. Starz there.
(September 11, 2018 - 2:39 am)
I was thinking Mr. Starz would be on the Planet of Secrets Rose bud was talking about earlier?
(September 11, 2018 - 11:11 am)
Good idea, will post soon!
(September 11, 2018 - 6:30 pm)
Ready for one of my trademark extra-long posts???
So I'm planning kind of a huge climax at the Planet of Secrets?? I haven't thought about what they will discover yet, but I have a vague idea of something that would be cool to happen in the team. And again, I'm sorry for not posting much, but my homeschool resource center is closed for the week because of the hurricane. People evacuating from the coast are coming through our highways and we don't know how hard the storm will hit us a little further up, so we're all just kind of holding our breath. But I don't have to be a slave to Algebra II and Advanced Biology for a week!!! YAYYYY! Are any of you guys in the path of the hurricane too? I'll definitely be praying that everyone stays safe!
On a brighter note, are you ready for some more Androminique? I really need to work on their characters, because so far neither has shown much vulnerability. Even Andromeda isn't completely emotionless. Well, Dominique might be, but well...he's just so very Dom-ish.
Okay, I'll stop now and just write!
Andromeda~
Galexia rests her head on Sacra's shoulder, and for the first time in the past 2 days her face is completely peaceful. I look around at the bunch of tired teenagers draped across the padded chairs like they've been space renegades their whole lives. I don't even know these people, and yet we've formed some sort of crazy family.
Hunched over the navigating computer, Jaihra stops her frantic typing as she is overwhelmed by a yawn.
"Okay. That's it."
"What?" Jaihra jumps slightly and almost drops her byte.
"You all need to rest. We've had a pretty big day...two days..." how many days has it been since we left fairyland anyway? "whatever."
"Crossier's dilemma," Dom inputs.
"I'm not even going to ask what tha—"
"It's when you are traveling through multiple galaxies and visiting multiple planet systems so you're internal clock is mixed up and you have no way of telling time," he explains.
"Oh, thanks," I don't try to keep the sarcasm in, "I feel so enlightened."
"You need to rest," I repeat, "there are bunks towards the middle of the ship and a break room in the middle. Take a nap. Eat some tacos. You can make me a cup of coffee, or whatever the fairy equivalent is."
"Chocho," Saphira says.
"...On second thought, that does not sound half as appetizing as my sweet nectar of life*. Everyone just take a break okay,"
"But!" Pheonix begins to interject, of course.
"Dominique and I will let you know if anything happens. We'll just follow Jaihra's course and hope for the best. It will probably take an hour, tops, in good conditions."
"I can't...Not with Dad out there, and what if we miss him, or can't find him, or—" the slight, almost imperceptible tremble in his voice catches me like a blaster ray to the chest. I've never seen Pheonix as vulnerable as he has been on this adventure. As a matter of fact, I haven't ever seen him so caring, understanding, and determined before either.
"Pheonix, it's okay. I'm just as worried as you are. I've got this, okay? Okay?" I feel the need for him to repeat the little word back to me, as if two syllables can right everything.
"Fine. But I'm NOT tired. There was this one time I stayed up all night. See, I hadn't done Mrs. Brunn's Monerean history assignment for the fourth quarter, because I had been at the park trading cards with Bill and Jamie, and it was really hard too. But I got an A+. And I didn't even start on it until midnight because I was—"
Okay, so apparently some things never change.
The others disappear, chattering, into the back area of the ship, except for Galexia and Sacra. I'm pretty sure they are both asleep, or at least close to it. The monitor program Jaihra set up on the navigation device beeps regularly. With each beep, I imagine us getting just a little closer to Dad. To normality and maybe some sort of what our family used to be like. Everyone always looks to me to lead them. Andromeda, wielder of rogue blue magic, combat-trained, sassy older sister, and now kind of...a space adventure mom of a bunch of crazy, magical teens. I was forced to grow up after mom disappeared.
Blerg. Life is complicated.
I kick my feet up on the control panel.
"Don't—" Dominique starts, "fine." There's silence for a few minutes, broken up by the hum of the engine and beep of the navigator.
"Have you ever been this far in space before? Do you know what's out here?" I gesture towards the blackness, speckled with stars zooming past us.
"I'm just a government pilot. I've had my fair share of adventures, but I've never come past the Spectrum System," Dom admits.
"You didn't seem too familiar with it when we went—"
"You mean when you practically forced me and gunpoint to escort you," he corrects, but I know he's joking. Somehow, I don't know. Dom isn't an easy guy to read since he's just so quiet and calm all the time. I haven't even known him for more then a week, but it's like I just know.
"And no, I only bring important files or transport cargo and occasionally a squadron of officials to the Spectrum System. I'm not crazy like you."
"You bet I'm crazy."
"You, on the other hand, seemed pretty familiar with that hole of thieves, renegades, and bounty hunters," he points out, "and yet citizens aren't allowed out of Monere without clearance, which I'm guessing you don't have."
"Your guess would be right," I reply carefully, "but I've been there once." Dom turns away from the controls to give me a skeptical look.
"Oh come on, magical beings? Do these things even surprise you anymore?"
He shrugs.
"The amount of unordinary things I've seen this week is more than I ever thought I'd see in my entire life. So how did you get to Spectrum?"
"My aunt...my insane, self-absorbed, mystery-loving...uh, she's, one of the 7 sisters. She just showed up one day and scared my half to death, telling me all about magic and portaling me to Spectrum just like that," I snapped my fingers. "She told me...if I went there enough times, I'd meet the blue sister. The one who's magic I have. So that's what I dragged you there for. I knew we'd been discovered and it was time to break out and do something crazy. I hadn't really been informed, and I was terrified because I had no idea where my brother and sister were and I was being carted away to who knows where, so I acted on my only clue: Spectrum. And you took me there. And kind of helped save my life, even though I had the whole situation under control."
"Of course," he agrees solemnly, but I can sense a smile underneath.
"I still don't know why you're here."
"Well, you clearly couldn't do this alone."
"Uh-hu." I mean, "yeah right."
"And I had nothing better to do."
"Must be so boring traversing the galexy on super secret government missions."
"And we make...you know...a good team." I leaned back in my chair, looking up towards space. Of course we make a good team. It's weird. And unexpected. But I think I'll go with it. I hadn't meant to spill all that out to Dom, but now that I did, I feel better.
Slowly, my thoughts sink into a drowsy cloud, only to be interrupted by a small jolt from the ship. I open one eye and look over at Dominque.
"Just a little turbulence. I can handle it. You can rest." I close my eyes again.
For once, someone is looking out for me. I don't think I've ever felt safer.
~
Awww so cute!! Also I'm sorry for the length y'all!! Do you think I should try to shorten my posts? I typically iike to do this because there is SO MUCH character development to do, but if they just get to long and boring let me know and I can break them up.
Y'ALL ARE THE BEST!! Never stop writing. Also, I'm super glad Sacra's here, and I can't wait to see where you'll go with her silver magic.
*Which is tea for me, because I hate coffee :P
(September 11, 2018 - 9:07 pm)
Also, guys, this thread just surpassed all the other threads I've made in length! It just beat the Fantastical RP and Decepmyth! Ahhhh!! This is the best, and I feel like we're getting close to the climax here at the Planet of Secrets. And hopefully, they reach Jewel Academy and get started on their new life there as a nice, happy resolution. Or at least, I hope it's happy. PLEASE NOBODY DIE!!
(September 11, 2018 - 9:10 pm)
*Evil giggle* I was actually thinking about if Sacra was put in some sort of holding cell or used as a bartering peice with the Purple Sister (Caroll?)... We'll see. *Puts fingertips together and leans back with an evil grin on face*
(September 12, 2018 - 12:30 am)
Not a hurricane, but it’s currently a Typhoon 3, and a Typhoon 10 is coming this weekend! I’m in Hong Kong! I’m taking a semester of study here to be with my dad.
Side note, I decided to stand on the school stairs to take this photo, and I literally got blown to the side. I thought it died down, but I guess not.
<3 Fidelity
(September 12, 2018 - 3:22 am)
@Rose bud, don't shorten your posts! Somehow, I find soo much satisfaction in reading a big, long, juicy, RP post... and I always LOVE yours! Androminique is SO CUTE!
@Everyone, so if the climax is going to be the Planet of Secrets, should we have Caroll there? And maybe they could fight her and stuff and all the drama and hostages and emotions... then at the end all the sisters could show up and whisk them off to Jewel Academy!
(September 12, 2018 - 6:38 pm)
Whenever I'm sad I just remind myself that Andromeda exists. In our imaginations.
(Also this is what I've been doing instead of writing a post. Sorry everyone.)
<3 FIdelity
(September 14, 2018 - 3:47 am)
So... it doesn't look like too much is happening now. The crew is getting some well-deserved rest, which is good for them, but not exciting enough for us! Do you guys have anything you want to write about before they land on the Planet of Secrets and the big climax happens? If not, I'll write a part about them all landing on the Planet...
(September 15, 2018 - 7:08 pm)
Okay, first of aslkfjalsdkfhalskdfalskdfjalskfj Fidelity that's amazing!!! Oh my gosh!!! I love your art work so much! The hair!! Ahhhh!!
Yeah we can totally cut to the action here. I just wanted to get some more Androminique time to develop their... friendship before we jump to the dramatic part. I guess we can discover the Mr. Starz on the Planet of Secrets, and maybe some cool things like a possible silver magic origin story? I had like one teensy weensy thing I was hoping to get to with Dom, but it doesn't matter if it doesn't happen. I just wanted to develop his character a little more.
Also, I hope everyone in the path of Hurricane Florence is staying safe! We've just had a TON of rain here. I was like, "oh, a rainy day, the perfect time to make some headway writing," but my brain is like, "nope, we are going to watch and rewatch every episode and behind the scenes video of Nightwing the Series."
(September 15, 2018 - 8:12 pm)
Thank you Rosebud!
I think a planet of secrets part would make sense. I don't think we quite figured out how to get to the Academy from there, but I think we can go with the flow. It is a spontaneous RP after all!
Anyway, about silver magic, I was thinking of creating a charrie with gold magic too (a student at the academy). Maybe we could call the branch of magic terrestrial magic? Because it comes from earth?
<3 Fidelity
georgia says badf. Is that a bad idea?
(September 16, 2018 - 10:27 pm)