Glory to Zdro

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Glory to Zdro

Glory to Zdroiska: Solo Write

Congragulations.

The September labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled.

An apartment will be provided for you and your family in North Radlyosha. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.

For immediate placement, report to the Ministrey of Admission at Radlyosha Border Checkpoint.

Glory to Zdroiska.

A job at the country's heavily guarded border. Not the most interesting profession ever, but it's not like the letter's recipient would have any choice.

Well, I guess they did have a choice. Work or prison. Which, with the state of glorious Zdroiska's system, boils down to work or die. A phrase that summarizes life in Zdroiska, one that nobody is bold enough to utter. Pretty bleak alternative, hm? Might as well pack up and head to Radlyosha.

What's the worst that could happen?

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Character's File (You can make multiple.)

Name (One that would fit a proud Zdroiskan! i.e. Slavic.):

Age (I'm mostly looking for adults, but some kids would be fine too):

Male or Female:

Personality:

Voice:

Physical Appearance:

Family (i.e. Spouse, children, old parents... OPTIONAL!):

Strengths:

Weaknesses:

Dreams:

Pick a Color: 

If I Decided to Ship Your Character, Would You Be Okay w/ That?:

Other:

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First post! I'm excited to be here! I'm even more excited to get this Solo Write started!

BTW: I'll accept characters even after it's started!

submitted by Tenebrous, Glorious Zdroiska
(April 3, 2023 - 8:19 pm)

A NikoDuo(TM) is honestly the best joke I've heard today, mostly because I had zero idea that there was another 'Nikol-' here before reading this. Ahem.

And perhaps I should read through the already existing forms before I name characters next time, that would be better...

Yes. Yes, it would.

And now we have two characters whose names start in 'Nikol'. Whoops. 

Nikolita is probably rather content with his post, to be honest. (I didn't expect him to be a head officer, but whatever. Surprises are always a delight to have!) He also might be just a tad bit jealous of Nikolai with his place as head inspector, but he (in all possiblity) can't be sure of that himself. What he is sure of feeling is secret admiration for Nikolai though, that is a must.

(The poor guy can't even identifiy his feelings, rip.) 

submitted by Zealatom
(April 18, 2023 - 8:59 am)

I'm just gunna....join.

Name (One that would fit a proud Zdroiskan! i.e. Slavic.):Endellion Shevor

Age (I'm mostly looking for adults, but some kids would be fine too):28

Male or Female:Female

Personality:A bit fiesty, quite talkative and loud, honest and bold.

Voice:Her voice sounds like Miriko/Rumi (from MHA) einglish voice actor.

Physical Appearance:Pale skin, curvy, tall, strong, Short, choppy, red hair with black roots, sleeve tatto of a tiger on her right arm.

Family (i.e. Spouse, children, old parents... OPTIONAL!):She's engaged to a 29 year old female named Zori.

Strengths: Track/Running, weight lifting, cooking/BBQ, volleyball.

Weaknesses:Sitting still for long periods of time, writing, being silent.

Dreams:Training to be a pro volleyball player.

Pick a Color: Bright red.

If I Decided to Ship Your Character, Would You Be Okay w/ That?:No.

Other:Bleh.

submitted by Reuby Moonnight
(April 21, 2023 - 5:34 pm)

Hey guys! I have to apologize, but the next chapter's going to be a little late! I'll do my best to get it out sometime this week though!! Thanks for all of your feedback!

submitted by Tenebrous
(April 25, 2023 - 9:31 am)

Name: Nikol Kuznetsov. Goes by Nik for short (and yes, I did just change it from a NikoDuo(TM) to a NikoTrio(TM))

Age: 16-17ish (he doesn't know his exact birthday)

Male or Female: Male, AMAB, he/him

Personality: Very smart. He's good at playing dumb, acting tough, avoiding making friends, not laughing or smiling, doing what he's told, and giving one-word answers. The Zdroiskan government considers him to be a good hard loyal worker of average or slightly above average intelligence. But the moment nobody is around his facade melts away and he is revealed as the cinnamon bun he is on the inside. He dreams of a brighter future, one where there's no Zdrioska, no Damyon Nekrestyanov-or-whatever-his-last-name-is, where people are free and he's free to make his inventions in peace. He's very good with math and technology, and likes to build all sorts of inventions, mostly powered by either clockwork stuff (gears and springs and things that you wind up and whatnot) or electricity (with wires and circuitboards and soldering!) or sometimes a mix of both in the same invention. His real personality is what the Zdrioskan government would consider dangerous. He's daring and ambitious and very clever, and he likes both making dangerous complicated schemes (usually against the Zdroiskan government) and helping carry them out. When he was 15ish he single-handedly sabatoged a small (very small) government server using a few of his inventions (mostly smoke bombs, to be honest), but because he avoids making friends and trusts nobody (unlike Scuttles' character Kaz, he doesn't have a smuggling ring or support network helping him) he can't plan (or at least carry out--he's got lots of grand plans) anything larger, because he doesn't have anyone to help him (you can only make so much mayhem with only one person).

Voice: It's pretty low, he's probably a baritone or a bass (he loves to sing. when he's working on his inventions and he's sure he's alone he'll sing all sorts of songs, from nursery rhymes he remembers from his childhood to songs he made himself (although never anything pro-Zdroiskan, and lots of illegal rebellious songs)), but prone to voice cracks.

Physical Appearance: He's tall and a little skinny, with pale skin. He can't tan for the life of him, and sunscreen is (probably. I mean, I have no control over the sunscreen laws in Zdroiska, but it seems reasonable) something you need to be privilaged to have, so whenever he spends time in the sun he'll get sunburned. He's also got pollen allergies in the spring. Other than that he's very healthy and fit. He's got black hair and heterochromatic eyes, one gray-green and the other one sorta-goldenish. He has a mid-helix ear peircing in his left ear (done with a sewing needle sterilized over a candle :D) and usually wears a simple homemade earring made from scrap metal or wood, because of course he doesn't have the resources to buy or make anything better. He usually wears loose black clothing that allows a full range of movement.

Family: His parents died when he was 3. As far as he knows he has no siblings.

Strengths: Swift and light-footed (although not very fast), smart, good at making things

Weaknesses: Has no friends or support network, a little over-confident.

Dreams: He dreams of a overthrowing Zdroiska and helping to establish a land of freedom

Pick a Color: Black or grass-green.

If I Decided to Ship Your Character, Would You Be Okay w/ That?: Yes!

Other: :D I might make one more character later!

 

~Chaser & Jay (It's Jay right now)

submitted by Chaser & Jay, It's Jay of course!
(April 25, 2023 - 4:04 pm)

Oh, and also, he likes wearing homemade jewelry made of bits of string, bone, wood, metal, and sometimes glass.

submitted by Chaser & Jay
(April 26, 2023 - 7:45 am)

Thought I should add on another question, in case anybody thought the one I asked at the end of the last chapter wasn't long enough; How does your character(s) feel about the new faces introduced in this chapter?

Anyway, I'm staring the third chapter now!!

(Also, additional question for the Admins so I know what a good day to upload my chapter on is; Are you guys off Sunday/the weekends? You seem to be less active on them, but I'm new so I don't know if that's a normal thing. Or if there's a schedule at all, really. Thanks!)

Comments may be posted anytime over the weekend. Some Admin usually covers all hours other than overnight, but the assigned Admin may also have other things to do that take priority over Chatterbox for part of the time.

Admin

submitted by Tenebrous, age ♾, Glorious Zdroiska!
(April 30, 2023 - 1:26 pm)

Whoops-- That shorter post was supposed to be uploaded after the second chapter. For all of my readers, just mentally place that below the new chapter.

submitted by Tenebrous
(April 30, 2023 - 1:54 pm)

Also, one last thing, sorry--

The website said it submitted my last chapter, but these posts are showing up before it. Did it ever go through, or...? 

The thread is going to be under examination by editors this week due to concern about weapons and its appropriateness for Chatterbox. So we're holding Chapter 2 undposted till we have time to consider and make a decision about it.

Admin

submitted by Tenebrous
(April 30, 2023 - 2:04 pm)

Ah, alright, sorry! I assumed it would be alright since the CB has all those Ski Lodges.

submitted by Tenebrous
(April 30, 2023 - 2:54 pm)

After careful consideration, the admins are suspending further contribution to this thread. We're sorry to disappoint, but Glory to Zdroiska touches on themes and content that's a just little too old for the Chatterbox. --admin

submitted by Admin
(May 3, 2023 - 2:36 pm)

Well... Shoot. That's a bummer. I loved working on this story a lot, I was currently 30,000+ words in as of it getting shut down.

I would upload it somewhere else online for the CBers who are old enough, but I doubt the Admins allow promotion of other kids' writing websites, right? Right.

Welp, that's literal hours of my life wasted.

Thanks to all my readers and participants. For one last time; Glory to Zdroiska.

Maybe you can find somewhere else to post your story, Tenebrous.

Admin

submitted by Tenebrous
(May 3, 2023 - 4:23 pm)

Aww I'm so sorry Tenebrous :(

submitted by Sterling, age they/fae, lost in a fantasy world
(May 3, 2023 - 6:29 pm)