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The CB Tournament
The CB Tournament
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*In an attempt to emulate the voice of a game show host*
WELCOME, one and all, to the CB Tournament! The month-long competition for a secret prize! Ten Chatterboxers will be competing in this tournament! Dramatic scenes, epic battles, and intriguing mysteries, we've got it all!
*In the span of two seconds*
Rulesandrestrictionsmayapplythecbtournamentorganizersarenotresponsibleforanyinjuriesordeaths, inspiredbystowlsoriginalhungergamesmazethingcopyrightdoesn'tapplyatleastIdon'tthinkitdoes.
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IF you would like to be one of the ten LUCKY CBers in this competition, fill out this form!
NAME:
WEAPON of choice:
A NUMBER, any number:
CAUTION or CURIOSITY:
COMPETITION or COMPASSION:
ANYTHING else:
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Your NAME is what you would like to be called. It DOES NOT have to be your CBer name.
Your WEAPON of choice is the SINGLE weapon you would like, no more and no less. It can be ANYTHING that can be used PHYSICALLY (ie. katana, heavy book, fishing rod).
Your NUMBER can be ANY number, including decimals, irrational numbers, imaginary numbers, integers, and fractions.
CAUTION or CURIOSITY measures your IMPULSIVENESS. If you are CAUTIOUS, you are a planner, and you have patience. If you are CURIOUS, you are flexible, and you are quick to react. REMEMBER, neither of these is a bad thing.
COMPETITION or COMPASSION measures your DETERMINATION. If you are COMPETITIVE, you want to win, and you are not afraid to conflict with others. If you are COMPASSIONATE, you want to have fun, and you will avoid conflict at all costs. REMEMBER, neither of these is a bad thing.
ANYTHING else includes anything you would like to tell the organizers.
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This competition is inspired off of St. Owl's original competition maze thing (I'm sorry I forgot what it was called). This means that it will be much like a Ski Lodge or Solo Write, except it is much more interactive. YOU, the people who are participating in this, will have control of this, and you will have choices to make. LUCK and RANDOMNESS are a big factor in this. The roll of the dice, the flip of a coin, it will determine your FATE.
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w h a t i f t h i s i s a l l a d r e a m ?
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~ Rainbow Riot
submitted by Rainbow Riot
(September 30, 2020 - 12:50 pm)
(September 30, 2020 - 12:50 pm)
(October 24, 2020 - 8:23 am)
I'm postponing the next chapter of this to the 26th, because I'm just too busy these two days :) stay tuned!
(October 24, 2020 - 11:29 am)
Day 6
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“Aw, none of you are fun!” R.R. exclaimed dramatically.
Joan blinked, and looked up. “What?” she said in confusion.
“I mean, seriously, no sabotages?” R.R. said, her voice echoing through the stadium.
“No idea what she’s talking about either …” Gecko said.
“Oops! Sorry, I wasn’t supposed to break the fourth wall! Anyways, looks like we have some clear winners, huh!” R.R. continued.
Nyx easily took first place, swinging in on her rope that disappeared the moment her feet touched the finish line. Bakerloo barely made it, shoeless and slow, but he made it. In sixth. Who got eliminated?
Poor, unfortunate Rin made a couple of wrong decisions on the way. Those itty bitty mistakes added up, and, weighed down with her gnarled staff, Rin fell in last.
“RIN was ELIMINATED!” R.R. yelled.
Rin’s face fell. She sighed. Maybe she would get compensation cookies? With a shrug, Rin let herself be teleported away.
Gecko let out a sigh of relief, and shared a fist bump with Sammy. They were safe! Joan frowned slightly, as Rin, her teammate was gone. Oh well. It wasn’t that bad actually, she had made it this far! But she still felt sort of bad for Rin. Lukewarm was the right word to describe it.
Nyx grinned, and Bakerloo looked down at his shoes, waiting for them to come back. They did, of course. Lark sat down, looking a little faint
“ALRIGHTY CONTESTANTS! No rest for the weary, time for the next challenge!” R.R. announced.
With a resounding snap, their surroundings were replaced with ancient egyptian architecture.
Sammy looked around. The room she was in was a sort of huge atrium, with a towering ceiling painted with blue mosaics. Pillars supported the lower roof around the edges, and ominous hallways led off into darkness. In the center of the room, there was an enormous gold sandglass, full of pink sand at the top. Strangely, none of the sand was trickling down.
Bakerloo looked to his left. Lark was right there, looking around in confusion.
Gecko looked to her right. There was Joan!
Nyx waved hello to Sammy on the other side of her.
“THIS GAME will require a bit of explanation!” R.R. said, “I stole it from a couple of streamers! It’s called … SANDS OF TIME!”
“Explains the hourglass,” Nyx remarked.
“SANDS OF TIME is a treasure hunting and time management game! Your goal is to find as many coins as you can, which are hidden in rooms that those ominously dark hallways lead to. When the time in your hourglass runs out, then you are teleported out of the game, with all of your coins. Apart from looking from treasure, you can also look for sacks of sand, which you can dump into the hourglass to increase the amount of time you have!”
Lark nodded along, already deep in thought, looking for strategies.
“There ARE dangers to exploring though! There are traps, which will teleport you outside, and effectively ELIMINATE you!”
Gecko frowned.
“And, for one team, I have a special … surprise … for you!” R.R. cackled.
Oops. That didn’t sound particularly well boding.
“So now, your time will start! You will have a starting 10 minutes, and each sack of sand adds half a minute to that! Go, go, go, go!”
With a creaking sound, the pink sand in the hourglass started trickling down.
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Over in one of three arenas, Nyx and Sammy were experiencing something very different. With a clang of metal, heavy cages slammed down around them, and whisked them off to bagel-knows-where.
“It seems the sphinx has taken an interest in you two!” R.R. announced, “Are you up for a prisoner’s dilemma?”
Sammy’s eyes widened. “Uh, no,” she said.
R.R. cackled gleefully, sounding like an evil willy wonka. “Well, ready or not, here it comes!”
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ALL CONTESTANTS: you have a choice to MAKE. Do you go exploring for coins, or do you stay to guard the time glass and get more time for you and your teammate? There ARE sandbags scattered around the central atrium. CHOOSE WISELY.
SAMMY and NYX: you have been chosen by the SPHINX. You two are trapped in a PRISONER’S DILEMMA. You are each in an empty chamber, with no way of communicating with each other. You have two options. You can either cooperate, or sabotage. If both of you cooperate, you will both get a small amount of coins, and get teleported out. You will have a VERY HIGH chance of both getting eliminated. If one of you cooperates, and the other sabotages, the sabotager will get a very large amount of coins, and the cooperator will lose. If both of you sabotage, you will be teleported out with a small amount of coins, and you both have a VERY HIGH chance of getting eliminated. PLEASE DO NOT COMMUNICATE. @SAMMY, comment on the 2ND page with your choice, or PM me on Nanowrimo. @NYX, comment on the 3RD page with your choice, or PM me on Nanowrimo.
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Good luck!
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~Rainbow Riot
(October 26, 2020 - 8:56 pm)
(October 27, 2020 - 10:31 am)
Aww.... no Rin!!! :( Bummer.
Ok, well.....I think I'm going to regret this decision later, but I choose to GO LOOKING FOR COINS! I'm curious to see what happens....
(October 27, 2020 - 6:01 pm)
Hmm, well if Joan is going LOOKING FOR COINS then I suppose it makes sense for me to try and grab some more time. I'll stick around and look for sand, because *teamwork*
(October 28, 2020 - 9:46 pm)
I also have no partner, so I'll just go looking for coins and hope I find some sandbags. Not much else I can do. This is so good, RR! I'm looking forward to the next part.
(October 29, 2020 - 11:47 am)
TOP TOP TOP TOP!!!
(October 26, 2020 - 8:59 pm)
I'm not actually on a team with anyone, so I'm going to go and grab as many coins as I can...
This is truly great, RR! It's funny and terrifying at the same time, and for that I commend you!
(October 28, 2020 - 11:52 am)
Top top top top.top!!!!
(November 1, 2020 - 10:54 am)
So I'm gonna have to put this off (again), because I'm really busy IRL. Expect an update tomorrow or the day after :)
(November 1, 2020 - 6:35 pm)
So, uh, ✨commitment issues✨; yea i'm discontinuing this because I'm really busy :p have a virtual cookie for everyone who made it this far :D
(November 3, 2020 - 1:22 pm)
Awww..... ok. I understand. I was really excited to see the next part though; I love your writing style! But anyways. I loved being part of this. :)
(November 3, 2020 - 5:43 pm)
Meh.
(November 4, 2020 - 8:30 am)
Oh. Okay. I'm really sad, but I understand and sympathize (empathize? I can't remember the diference) with commitment issues. Thank you for the cookie, and this was absolutely incredible and thank you so much for doing this and going as far as you did. (:
(November 5, 2020 - 10:39 pm)