The transport pod

Chatterbox: Pudding's Place

The transport pod

The transport pod orbited around Earth, beaming Capsules down to the houses of CBers. Despite the suspicious appearance of the large silver Capsules popping into exsistence right in front of the CBers, Galaxy knew that they would still flock to MilkyWay Station. Flock there to die. Galaxy grinned. And slapped her hand down on the huge red button. 

It did nothing. 

She just enjoyed pressing it. 

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You plop down on the couch with a large bar of chocolate and begin snacking on it. Ow, Something's poking you in the back! You reach behind the couch cushion and pull out the TV remote. "Aha! That's where it was!" you say, and reward yourself on your obviously superior finding abilities with a large bite of chocolate. You turn on the TV to your favorite station. But... It's just static! "What? Nooooo!!!" you cry in anguish and flip through the rest of the channels. They're all static. Despondently, you allow yourself to collapse dramatically across the couch and snag a bite of chocolate. Unfortunately, your acting genius is inturrupted by a large, very hard object. Conveniently placed where your head lands. You sit up indignantly and rub your head. As you turn to see the offending object that put an abrupt ending to your acting career in dramatic fainting, the chocolate falls out of your mouth as you gape in astonishment. Sitting innocently on the couch is a sleek metal tube that tapers to a point at each end. As you watch, a slot opens up in the seemingly seamless silver steel (ahaha alliteration!) and a voice as sleek as the Capsule it issues from filters out. 

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Galaxy loved pressing buttons. She tried to do it as much as possible. Presently, she reached up to the ceiling of the transport pod and pressed a small yellow button. Her voice boomed out from the speakers of 14 well-placed Capsules: "Greetings and salutations lucky CBers!" There was an almost undetectable hint of sarcasm on the word 'lucky', but it was so slight that only a very experienced sarcasmist would notice. Galaxy continued with her speech: "You have been chosen for a very exclusive vacation. So exclusive, in fact, that you are the only ones besides myself and our various staff members who will ever experience it! This vacation (insert dramatic pause) is in (insert long dramatic pause) SPACE!" Galaxy imagined the screeches of excitement coming from the CBers. Screeching was a very humanlike trait, and Galaxy did not enjoy it. She rolled her eyes and then continued on: "You have 7 minutes to pack and round up your companion, then return to the Capsule and insert a chocolate bar in the slot. You will be transported to the MilkyWay Space Station where I will meet you. Don't be late. I will be timing you. Now GO!" Galaxy pressed an hourglass shaped purple button, which started the seven minute timer. Then she slammed down hard on the ignition button and the transport pod rocketed out into deep space.

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The MillyWay Space Station boasts many space luxuries including the AntiGravity Hall, the Luxury Space Pool, the Theater with a different sci-fi movie everyday, Lyft-Off Planet Transport, The Chocolate Bar, and much, much more.

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Ok. Another Ski lodge! Yess I know there are already like 5. But as soon as I came up with this idea a couldn't help myself! I mean, space? Chocolate? I really hope I can manage to finish this XD. 

(if you don't like chocolate, that's ok. You can still join. Galaxy probably won't like you though)

 

Rules: 

1. There are 14 spots, no more. I will accept the first 14 applicants. 

2. You may bring one companion, may it be an AE, CAPTCHA, or CAPTCHAE

3. Please fill out the sheet

4. Feel free to guess who I am, but I may/may not reveal my identity if you guess right 

5. The popcorn is never free 

6. We don't take complaints about the popcorn prices, don't even try. 

7. Have fun! Despite the murd-WAIT WHAT NO I SAID NOTHING 

 

Sheet: 

CBer, AE, CAPTCHA, or CAPTCHAE: 

Name: 

Nickname:

Age:

Gender: 

Appearance: 

Three Defining Qualities: 

Likes: 

Dislikes: 

Insanity Level From 1-100: 

How Much Do You Like Chocolate From 1-100:

Favorite Kind Of Chocolate:  

Have You Been In Space Before? 

~Yes ~No ~I'M NEVER TELLING YOU MY SECRETS 

Did You Read The Rules?

~Yes  ~No ~I'M NEVER TELLING YOU MY SECRETS 

Other: 

Packing List:  

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PS. Sorry for the long sheet. 

 

submitted by Galaxy, age Many moons, TheEverExpandingUniverse!
(June 8, 2018 - 3:45 am)

Okay! Give me POPCORN OR GIVE ME DEATH.

OH MY GOSH! And so Hazel says tofu. Omigosh. That's hilarious. We're all campaigning for popcorn and she just comes along and says TOFU! And it's...like...tofu! *Dissolves into hysterical tears/laughter* Tofu! I can't get over this. I'm going to incorporate it into her character when I bring my Æs back. 

TOFU! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAA  I mean, she's said words before, like bake. But....I was just typing out my post...and...and...tofu!!!! Tofu! SHE SAID TOFU!

(Author's note--sorry if everybody else is not quite as...I don't have a good word for this. Darn. As induced to hystericallness by this.)

TOFU. TOFU. TOFU. (Oh no, now I've typed/read it so many times it seems odd now.) 

Um...were we talking about popcorn? Right. 

DEATH TO THE POPCORN-WITHHOLDERS. 

submitted by Leafpool, age Finite, This side of reality
(June 26, 2018 - 12:05 pm)

TOFU STRIKE!!!

GALAXY GIVE US TOFU!!! 

submitted by Agent Winter, Classified
(June 26, 2018 - 12:56 pm)

Gracias! I'd really appreciate that!

submitted by Ashlee G., age 17, The Future
(June 26, 2018 - 1:58 pm)

Guys why are you killing each other over popcorn when there's free CHOCOLATE?? I'm happy with what I have!

submitted by Rogue Wildling, age Guess, Suspension
(June 26, 2018 - 7:47 pm)

Hm. You're way more zen than we are.

*Goes off to make popcorn-demanding strike posters* 

submitted by Leafpool, age Finite, This side of reality
(June 27, 2018 - 9:52 am)

BECAUSE WE LIKE POPCORN!!!

submitted by Agent Winter, Classified
(June 27, 2018 - 11:17 am)

TOFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

submitted by Agent Winter, Classified
(June 27, 2018 - 11:22 am)

*is greeted with a barrage of popcorn and tofu* *coughs* *gets up*

You know I never did like tofu. Its pretty much the opposite of chocolate. Anywayzers, back to business:

Day 3 Part 1 will be posted today. Part 2 is still in progress because *blames power outage* ummm I've had a bad case of writers block for a week...

And in reply to I think Hotairballoon: You asked if I was Galaxy. Do you not see my name? Of course I'm not Galaxy. 

CAPTCHA says "cima". She suggests adding cinnamon to your tofu.  

submitted by Galaxy, age Many moons, TheEverExpandingUniverse!
(June 27, 2018 - 1:28 pm)
DAY 3 PART 1
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Spyro flopped on the beanbag, bored. "Guys. We're literally in space. Can we do something interesting?" "We could eat chocolate," Mandy replied, "That's interesting!" "No! It's not! Donuts are way better anyway." Mandy growled and punched him in his side. "Chocolate is better." Leafpool looked up from the free laptop she'd gotten. "Hey! Calm down!" "Oh I'm calm!" said Spyro, "So calm I'm BORED!" Agent Winter threw down her comic book. "He is right, you know. We're in a space station on a once in a life time vacation, and we're hanging out in the dorm rooms reading comic books, laptopping, painting nails, and flopping." Viri flapped her wings in agreement. "Good! It's settled!" Spyro jumped up excitedly and hit his head on the ceiling. He frowned. "These people did not follow the Dragon Construction Code." He stalked over to the portal and disappeared through it. Mandy snorted, "Serves him right," and put away her nail polish. Agent Winter got up, grabbed her bag, and led Mandy and Viri out through the portal, leaving Leafpool by herself on the couch. She sighed, and lovingly closed the laptop. "Hey wait for me!" she called and stepped through the portal after her friends. She joined them in the elevator, where they were standing rather stupidly, wondering where to go.  Leafpool squinted at the panel of buttons. "What's the Tube?" "Let's find out!" Winter pressed the button. Almost instantly, the elevator doors opened again to a circular room. Viri's nose twitched. She leapt out of the elevator and ran over to a large door that she began scratching at excitedly. Winter laughed and pressed the button to open it. Viri stepped into the room and yelped. She was floating! There was no gravity! "Whoa! Cool!" Mandy exclaimed and catapulted past Viri. There was a loud "plop" and Spyro laughed as he drifted past Mandy, who had landed in a large bubble of floating water. Leafpool and Winter entered the room last and shut the door behind them. They immediately began floating. Leafpool grinned. She was glad she agreed to come with. "This is WAY better than comic books!!" Winter exclaimed. "Told you so!" Spyro shouted as he slowly turned somersaults in the middle of the room. Winter just laughed and pushed off the wall to chase him. They were in a huge cavernous room. It was shaped like half a tube, which explained the name. Floating throughout the room were bubbles of water. Some were just the size of your head, but some were the size of a house! Or even two houses put together! "This must be the space pool!" Leafpool decided. "Obviously," Mandy replied grumpily. (Her newly painted nails had been ruined by the water). 
*******
Jupiter peered into Galaxy's office. She was floating near the ceiling, asleep, chocolate dribbling out of her mouth. And to think that's the master mind behind this entire project, Jupiter thought, and shook her head in disgust. She traipsed over to Blacky's office and pulled open the door without knocking. He was running on his treadmill, flowery aloha shirt and purple bell-bottom pants slick with sweat. Jupiter leaned against the doorframe and glared at him until he turned off his treadmill. "Need anything, Jupiter?" he said cheerily. "Yes," she replied curtly, "Information." "What do you need to know?" "What are we even doing today? Galaxy is asleep, and I NEED THE AGENDA!" "Today is the tournament in Anti-Gravity Hall! You didn't know?" "NO! NOBODY TELLS ME ANYTHING!" "I told you three days ago. You just didn't remember. It's OK! Just remember this: 'You'll learn something every day if you pay attention!'" Jupiter sighed and stalked out the door. "Come on, let's just set up already."  They got into the elevator and zoomed down to the Tube. 
*******
Hotairballoon sat on his bed and stared at all the messy beds surrounding him. Well, one wasn't messy. It hadn't even been slept in. Because it's occupant was dead. Actually, Alizarine was not really a current occupant of the bed. Her ghost was probably trapped somewhere in the vampire mouse hole, but Hotairballoon didn't know that. And so he sat. Staring despondently at her fluffy pillow and neatly folded blankets. His own blankets were far from neat. All night, he had tossed and turned, unable to sleep. His friend had died after all! But that wasn't why he could't sleep. He couldn't figure out who had slammed the door on Alizarine. Had it been Brynne? Jupiter? Someone invisible? Himself and he didn't even know it? Dark circles ringed his eyes. If only he had actually been paying attention! But his stomach ache from having to eat chocolate had kept him distracted all day. If only... Hotairballoon's train of thought derailed and he collapsed back onto his bed. 
He didn't realize he had fallen asleep until Ace barged in from the common room yelling. "DUDE YOU NEED TO GET UP THERE'S SOMETHING HAPPENING!!!" Hotairballoon jumped to his his feet. "Fire?? What?? WHERE???" He ran to the common room and frantically looked around. "Ummm no actually. But there is a sports tournament in the Tube." "Oh." Hotairballoon sat down on the couch with a thud. "I'm not coming." "Ooooh still mourning your girlfriend? Just face it. She's dead." Hotairballoon rolled his eyes. "No, she wasn't my girlfriend, weirdo. I was just the last to see her alive, so I need to mourn her for a day and then I can forget about her." Oh. That makes sense," Ace replied, a little disappointed, "Well, have fun doing nothing, weirdo." "You need to work on your comebacks!!" Hotairballoon yelled as he disappeared through the portal. He sighed, got up, and returned to his bed. Mourning is very tiresome and exerts a lot of energy, so he would have to be prepared for any necessary napping and eating. He took out his popcorn stash and started. 
*******
Ace's next stop as Annoyingly Loud Messenger was the theater. There was a Star Wars movie playing, and Starseeker, Aspen, and Soren had gone to see it. Ace really didn't care. He barged in and stood in front of the projector. "THERE'S A SPORTS TOURNAMENT IN THE TUBE AND YOU NEED TO COME TO IT OR ELSE!!!". "Aww Ace, did you have to stand in front of the projector??" Aspen complained. "Yeah!" agreed Soren, "That was the part where you can see Darth Vader in the background picking his nose!" Ace just laughed evilly and ran back out. "Eh, come on, we might as well just go do the tournament thingy. We can come back and finish it later. Maybe Agent Winter will come too!" Starseeker said. "Hmm true," Aspen agreed, and the three left for the elevator. A disgruntled Vyolette, Ashlee, Quill, Levana, and Abigail joined them from the library and they zoomed down to the Tube. Ace chuckled. His next stop was the Holodeck. He flung open the door and barreled in. Zoey and Trevor were laughing and splashing around in a stream, having finally got over their awkwardness. They hadn't noticed Ace yet, so he snuck over to the control panel and shut off the hologram. Zoey and Trevor were no longer smiling as they plopped down onto the now-hard metal floor in their dripping wet swimsuits. Ace smiled cheerily at them and skipped out the door into the elevator. He pressed the button for the Observatory and zoomed up. The doors pinged open, but that didn't disturb Brynn and Grynn, who were peering intently out of the telescopes. Ace snuck up behind Brynn, hoping to scare her. He sucked in a breath as quietly as he could and got ready to say "BOO!" But right as he was about to, Brynn whipped around and pulled out her handgun. Ace jumped. Brynn raised her eyebrows,"You really think you could sneak up on me?" "Ummm u-uh m-aaybe??" She rolled her eyes, holstered her gun, and whistled for Grynn. They walked out, leaving Ace slightly confused. He stumbled into the next elevator and zoomed down, his mission complete. But the only thing he could think about was not the mission. It was the gun. Brynn had a gun. 
~~~
CAPTCHA says "ivvu". Not sure what she means... 
submitted by Galaxy~DAY 3 PART 1!, age Many moons, TheEverExpandingUniverse!
(June 27, 2018 - 9:48 pm)

AAAAHHHHH so excited...

submitted by Agent Winter, Classified
(June 28, 2018 - 7:18 am)

Yay! Glad you liked it! Part 2 will probably be posted tomorrow, if I get over my writers block. Also, did you like my cliffhanger? Heheheheheeheheheheehehw....

CAPTCHA says "tirf". What, tired already? 

submitted by Galaxy~DAY 3 PART 1!, age ???????, A Galaxy Far Far Away...
(June 28, 2018 - 2:11 pm)

Cool! Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go rewatch the original trilogy and find a part where Vadar picks his nose. *Teleports down to living room*

submitted by Soren Infinity, age 0.53, World-in-my-head, Fantasy
(June 28, 2018 - 4:12 pm)

I LOVE cliffhangers...

submitted by Agent Winter, Classified
(June 29, 2018 - 9:02 am)

"I need to mourn her for a day and then I can forget about her"

Grieving 101, by Galaxy

submitted by hotairballoon
(June 28, 2018 - 7:16 pm)

Cool!

 

submitted by Leafpool, age Finite, This side of reality
(June 29, 2018 - 12:41 pm)