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Spontaneous RP!
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)
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To the Top!
(June 3, 2018 - 8:58 am)
Note: dialogue doesn't match up.
@Aspen, I love Philip and Anne so much!
Jaihra~
"You like hiiiiiim!" Saphira elbowed Raja.
"Don't you even start!" Raja walked away briskly, in the direction of the buffet table.
"She definitely likes him." I said. Raja kept glancing at Phoenix and Sam, who seemed to be talking.
"Do you mind?"
"Me? No! He's like my brother, so it's kind of weird I guess. Ugh, let's talk about something else."
I saw Lyra sitting down, her black dress a stark contrast to her bright white hair. She was talking to a male Faery wearing a crown. Wait.
"Is that your brother? Talking to Lyra?"
"Oh him? That's my brother Adrian."
"Oh. Ok."
We sat in awkward silence. I realized that I'd never really talked to Saphira before. I nervously fiddled with my peach coloured dress. Raja came back to us, carrying a plate laden with colorful pastries and sweet things. Thank goodness.
"Want anything?"
"Um, sure." I picked up what looked to be a sugar flower.
"Those are quite good. They only grow in our kingdom." Saphira plucked a violet flower off the plate, and ate it in one bite. Phoenix and Sam walked out. I wonder where they're going.
(June 3, 2018 - 12:27 pm)
Phoenix~
Sam and I walk around for a while. Around a fountain which shoots water higher then should be possible, and around through the courtyard. I gently brush the petals of the flowers growing in the courtyard. None of them try to bite my finger off. So far, hardly anything interesting has happened tonight. Music floats out from the main hall, unlike anything I've ever heard before. It's soft and sweet, with a dream, ghostly, undertone.
Cool.
Suddenly, the bushes next to me shudder and shake. Ooh, man-eating squirrels? I part the stubby branches to reveal two pint-sized adventerers.
"Hi Galexia. And hi...umm..." I draw a blank, "I forgot your name," I admit to the fairy boy.
"Adrain," he says quickly.
"Oh. Cool. And what are you guys doing?" I question, secretly hoping they'd found some food. Are the fairies trying to starve us until we submit to their evil glitter empire?
"We're exploring!" Galexia replies, happy as a kid in rain puddles. Hearing footsteps, I turn to see that we aren't the only people in the courtyard. Lyra, wearing a black dress and hugging her arms across her chest, walks out of the hall and sits in the shadows of the fountain.
"Why don't you go explore by Lyra? I'm going to stay here and hide from any crazy girls who might force me to dance.
"Oooooh, you don't want to dance?" Galexia sings.
"No! Galexia. Don't you—"
She gives Adrain her "watch this" look. Oh great. What is the little sparklester up to now.
"It's okay, Phoenix," she says in a sudden change of tone, "we all know you can't dance. Yup, you can crash planes, do cool...stuff. But you just can't dance. It's okay."
"I could if I wanted to. I don't. Go talk to Lyra," I retort.
"You know, even Jaihra's dancing in there all alone. I think Dathan's going to ask her to—"
"All right! That's it! Responsible half-adult or not, I'm sure that...that...engine person has no moves. I can tell." I storm off to prove my worth.
Behind me, Adrain whispered something that sounded rather like:
"good one!" And trotted over to Lyra.
(June 3, 2018 - 8:03 pm)
Lennon-
I see Winn enter the ballroom with a brown leather jacket, black pants and traditional boots.
"You look amazing!" I exclaim.
"You do too." He says as he takes my hand.
It seems like everyone already arrived much earlier. The band begins to play a slow steady song and the ballroom suddenly transforms with the magic of music. I reach out my hand to Winn.
"May I have this dance?"
"Your wish is my command, Lennie."
"Please don't call me that, Winnie the Pooh." I reply, laughing.
After that, we said nothing. We just gazed into each others eyes as we danced.
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Here is my update: Not very caught up. I think W&L are probably about 16? Getting updated right away.
- Glampanda
(June 3, 2018 - 8:01 pm)
OK! Just for referance Adrian is 8 and is happy, bubbly, and slightly naive! And fairys live for ever. Saphira is thirteen in fairy years but for a human she would be thirteen thousand.
(June 4, 2018 - 10:11 am)
Dathan~
I lean up against the wall, my hands jammed into the pockets of my dark pants. Thankfully, very few people are paying me attention. This faery ball thing probably takes the cake for the absolute most awkward thing I have ever done. It's not that I don't have experience with girls. I have two younger sisters, and went to school. I just don't have skills around girls. Especially tiny ones with wings wearing super sparkly dresses.
I look around the room, trying to locate anyone I know-ish. Phoenix trots out of the ballroom with one of the girls from the ship. Sal? Sue? I don't really remember. I see Jaihra, across the ballroom, talking with someone. I remember something Phoenix had said in conversation, something like: "Also, you probably won't be allowed in. Probably. But probably neither will Jai. Err, Jaihra. Sorry." I can hear his voice in my head, replaying the words. Okay, you look enough like a legal adult. You are now our legal adult! I shake my head a little; but then, it wouldn't be the first time I'd pulled a stunt like that.
I see Jaihra again, and on an impulse, start to walk over to her. She seems to be the leader, after all. Besides Phoenix. Okay, she's the responsible leader. And she's rather pretty. She looks up as I come over.
"Oh, hello," she says.
"Hi," I say, trying to remember what I was going to ask her. "So--" Suddenly, Phoenix hurtles by me with Galexia chasing after, grabs Jaihra in a ballroom-dancing/wrestling grip, and gallops around the fountain with her. Breathlessly, they come back to a shocked-looking Lyra and a grinning Galexia. Jaihra is laughing, but looks rather embarassed at the same time.
"See?" Phoenix addresses Galexia, "I can too dance!"
(June 4, 2018 - 5:07 pm)
JEALOUSYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYy I can use dis...
Raja
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I come back from the buffet, " Want anything?" I ask. Saphira picks up a purple flower and pops it into her mouth.
" Those are quite good. They only grow in our kingdom." She proudly states.
As I pick up one and put it in my mouth, I see Dathan start to approach, " Hi, so-" Phoenix slides by him with Galexia racing after, grabs Jaihra in a ballroom-dancing like vice grip, and dances at a fast pace around the fountain with her. Breathlessly, they come back to a shocked-looking Lyra and a grinning Galexia. Jaihra is laughing, but looks rather embarrassed at the same time.
I feel a familiar stinging on my wrist, and flinch. I clench my teeth and force a pleasant smile onto my face. " I'm going to take a breather, if you need me, hollar." I hurry out of the extravagantly dressed fairies. As soon as I am, I sit on the edge of another fountain obscured by trees and hunch my shoulders, retiring my previous posture. I could feel my tutors cringing at the action. I roll down my left glove to reveal the tattoo scrawled onto my wrist, given to me by the gods, which forever separates me from the other Dsacel. A prophecy. A curse.
Forgotten, Framed, Cursed to remain,
Broken, Brittle, Forever the same,
Master of disguise, Hidden behind the lies,
Where which the soul guides,
Those lost to their demise.
I spent years analysing every word and I still don’t know what it means. That’s a lie. I know what it means. My father was framed for murder and my mother was fragile after that. Both are cursed to be stuck on this realm after death. My magic is nature, and with that nature comes something only Grandfather Elder knows of… I can see the dead. The thought of it, makes my stomach clench, and my vision spin. I put a hand to my forehead and drag it down my face. A soft rustling reaches my ears, and I immediately register them as someone approaching. I hurriedly pull up my glove and look up, fixing my improper posture. I look to see a certain small 7 year old, with frizzy brown hair and wearing the most sparkly and glittery dress. " Galexia! What are you doing here?"
" Hide meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" She screeched, I noticed she held Jaihra's byte.
" You clever little girl~,” I pick her up and start climbing a high tree.
“ Hehehehehehe” We both laugh at her maniacal giggle. We hear rustling beneath us as we reach the branch above the path.
“Galexia! Come back here!” We heart Jaihra screech.
“ Where did she go?” Phoenix asks, sounding annoyed, we see the two treasure seekers split up, Phoenix approaches under the tree and, I put Galexia slowly onto the ground and swing down behind Phoenix and scream in his ear. I have never heard a teenage boy scream so loudly. I laugh, then fall out of the tree, landing on my back on the ground, moaning, I get up, then the tiny sparkle-butt drops onto my stomach!
“ Weeeeee!” She squeals with delight! “ You caught me, My cat in shining armour!” She hugs me then leaps off to a startled Phoenix.
“ My back.” I groan, getting up and brushing gravel off of my dress.
“ So, no cat-like reflexes?” Phoenix teases.
“ Don’t you even-” I am interrupted by Jaihra running through the bushes.
“ Galexia! Give my byte back!” She seeths, then proceeds to scold Galexia for stealing.
Galexia then proceeds to throw me under the bus and says, “ Raja helped.”
“ Traitor!” I scratch, my smile disintegrating as I see her look of rage. “ Shoot!”
“ You are a bad influence on her!” Jaihra says, her rage rolling off of her.
“ Let her have her fun!” Phoenix says, “ we only live once.”
“ I live for 500 years, and have gone through 140 of them, but you could say we only live once.” I say, matter-of factly. They both just stare, wide-eyed. I smile cheekily. “ I’m hungry, gonna go raid the buffet again, cya!” I walk away from the dumbstruck pair. And grab some sushi and pile it onto my plate, before using chopsticks to devour it.
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Long post! To explain Raja's power:
I enterpret nature as healing, so...:
Small wounds: no magic for 1-3 days
Medium wounds: no magic for 3 days to a week
Large wounds: no magic for 1 - 3 weeks
Raising the dead: either die, or go into a comba for 1- 3 months
The powers have consequences, so... I hope this is fair!
(June 5, 2018 - 11:11 am)
That sounds great! The consequences for yellow is that a. It's hard to manifest and sometimes difficult to control and b. Any use of large quantities of yellow magic that may be normal for more powerful magic completely drain the user of energy. Also, there's some other stuff about yellow that I'm planning to reveal later...still haven't figured out how i want to reveal that part.
(June 5, 2018 - 4:12 pm)
Okay, so here's something to kind of sum up all the characters we have so far, with age (at least, the ones I know), magic, and who owns the character, because I feel more organized with lists:
Phoenix: 14 (right?), yellow magic, Rose Bud
Galexia: 7, purple magic, Cassandra the First
Andromeda: 21, blue magic, Rose Bud
Jaihra: 14-ish?, no magic, Fidelity
Sam: 14-ish?, ? magic (I don't think you've decided yet, Lucy, right? I think you can choose from black, white, or red), Lucy B.
Dathan: 17, no magic, Queen Elizabeth
Saphira: ?, fairy magic, Moonfrost
Raja: 140, green magic (healing), Tyberious Firestone
Lyra: ?, I'm not sure... she has wings, but IDK about magic, Aspen
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Is this right, everyone? I'll post as Galexia soon.
(June 5, 2018 - 3:19 pm)
I really like how everyone eats megar portions of food and Raja's just like: IMA HAVE SECONDS, SCREW THAT IMA EAT EVERYTHING AND REGRET NOTHING! XD Hilarious!
(June 5, 2018 - 7:45 pm)
Can I join as a human with bird wings who tends the pegasi? Been following this for a bit and think it's a good story. Also everything else keeps dying and I think this one is gonna survive.
Moriel says "hiyu" Hi to you too.
(June 6, 2018 - 2:38 pm)
Sure! I'd love it if you joined!! Should add some spice. About surviving, y'all, I'm so happy!!! I've seen such dedication to your writing and character developement, and I'm really impressed with how much we all added to the story. We're moving up to the top few longest running RPGs, having just recently passed my secret agent solo write :) yay! I'll post later (I promise), but right now I just got back from the annual coming-of-age kidnappings (loooong story there) so I'm kind of exhausted and very hot because we had to wear all black.
(June 6, 2018 - 3:52 pm)
Ilike kidnapping people, but not in summer, its too hot, and you have to go by night. then you're all tired and sweaty, not very fun. In winter you get to wear coats and scarves! (I still wear them, but pair them with tanktops XD) You are less noticable, because who wants out in a winter's night?! :P
Velix says "gaiz" you have out attention! " GURGLE" Okay, then... *pats Velix's beak, they chirl and bite at it* Still learning, crow leople have a hard time learning english. They're learning though. *Velix gurgles in backround*
(June 6, 2018 - 6:50 pm)
Oh, Lyra's magical alright. She just hasn't discovered her true power yet, but that's ssecret, ssssecret. (Heheheh.) I have plans for her and backstory as to her parents, but shhhh.
@Darkking, Idk how two charries with wings would go, but... anyway.
Can't post now 'cause I'm out of time but I'll try to soon!
(June 6, 2018 - 4:38 pm)