You are sitting

Chatterbox: Pudding's Place

You are sitting

You are sitting in your favorite chair, reading an excellent novel you picked up yesterday. You become quite thirsty and get up to pour a glass of water from the sink. However, when you turn on the cold knob, water doesn't come out of the faucet. Instead what slowly squeezes itself through the faucet is a green glass bottle with a cork in it. You pop the cork and tip the bottle upside-down. A rolled-up note falls out. It reads in loopy handwriting:

Congratulations! You have been selected at random from a list of exsisting people in the world to take part in the nautical adventure of a lifetime! You and nine others will board our ship the S.S Afterlife and take part on a fantastic cruise to fascinating places, the likes of which you have never seen before! All nescessities will be provided by our superb staff of robotic stewards. Please fill out this form and shove it up the faucet that this bottle came from. When you are fully packed, stand at your mailbox and drink exactly one teaspoon of water. You and your luggage will be temporarily swallowed by a giant land shark and then deposited at the location.

Remember there are only 10 spots so fill out the form soon!

Happy Sailing, 

Skipper and Port, the S.S Afterlife

P.S: CAPTCHAS will not take up a spot.

You smack the bottom of the bottle and another rolled up note comes out.

Name:

Gender/Pronouns:

AE, CAPTCHAE, or CBer?:

Perceived age:

Personality:

Strengths:

Weaknesses:

Appearance:

Packing List:

Favorite Marine Animal (Penguins count):

Other:

submitted by Skipper & Port, The S.S Afterlife
(July 3, 2018 - 11:42 am)

Well, this is weird, in my favorite way. I'm in!

Name: Viola?

Gender/pronouns: Female, with she/her pronouns

AE, Captcha or CBer: CBer

Perceived age: Secreteen

Personality: Catlike. Curious, excitable, adores elegance and desires respect but enjoys acting silly. Determined, methodical and realistic when she gets down to something, looking for multiple angles and selecting the strategically best. Not especially creative, but good at finding pretty little odds and ends for inspiration. Always looking out for weird connections to make and every possible chance to say something clever or funny. Dramatic, creepy, thinks things through. Empathetic, easily influenced. Keeps her word, even if only for the sake of keeping it.

Strengths: Art, physical flexibility, detail work, critical thinking. Secure, mildly manipulative, pursues full understanding of everything and often takes it upon herself to make sure everyone is okay and knows what's going on. Always looks for the best in a situation. 

Weaknesses: Computers, difficult puzzles, physical strength/endurance, taking or dealing a big metaphorical hit. Hesitant, anxious, avoidant, complacent. Stops communicating when upset. Sometimes obsessive, guilty, clingy. Extremely shy about strangers, unless she's feeling flamboyant.

Appearance: Tall and thin, with long hair and nails. Dresses practically with a semiconscious awareness of fashion, usually in T-shirts, jeans, hiking socks and sneakers.

Packing List: Toiletries, a few changes of clothes, several novels, her sketchbook and drawing materials, her diary, a small first-aid kit, a flashlight with spare batteries, a hazmat suit for when inside the land shark, a hooded raincoat and rain boots, a fashion cape and fancy cane with suitably formal clothes to go along, a camera, and a resealable package of cookies.

Favorite Marine Animal: Dolphins are pretty chill--occasionally reported to help drowning people. Most things are creepy, though, I don't really like the water. Maybe crabs? Seals? Squid would be cool if they didn't kind of scare me when alive. I saw a sea otter recently, which was oddly adorable... I have a feeling someone else is going to say dolphins. I'm going with crabs. No, clams! They don't do anything. It's perfect.

Other: Pays attention to weird things, enabling her to figure some extra things out, interact with bees and wasps without getting stung, and move like a ninja. The Sticky Note Queen; can summon and control sticky notes at will.

submitted by Viola?, age Secret, Secret
(July 3, 2018 - 3:15 pm)
submitted by TOP
(July 3, 2018 - 3:39 pm)

Reserve!!! For me and one AE.

submitted by Soren Infinity, age 27 eons, BeaconTown
(July 3, 2018 - 4:44 pm)

Seven spots left, humble travellers.

Skipper's unnamed CAPTCHA says hanc. I thing that's what it want's it new name to be.

submitted by Skipper & Port, The S.S Afterlife
(July 3, 2018 - 7:54 pm)

*Raises self from the dead* 

AND I'M BACK. WHAT'S UP, PEOPLE? 

 

Name: Ice Wolf

 

Gender: Female

 

CAPTCHA: Nico Di Furr 

 

Perceived age: 16ish

 

Personality: Wolf-like. Bubbly, mischevious, clever, enthusiastic, friendly, get's over excited easily, social, and basically no personal space when you decide to become her friend. She is the most loyal friend you could ever have. She never tells secrets, and always tried to protect people she cares about. Although she sometimes has trouble focusing, because of her very obvious ADHD, once she gets enough determination, nothing at all can break her focus. She loves playing detective, and has trained all her life to deduct just like Sherlock! Often times you can see her doodling in a sketchbook, either writing stories, drawing blueprints for crazy inventions, or trying to capture the beauty of the world around her. She is obsessed with riddles and puzzles and has a very good knack for solving them. She also loves making them and enjoys seeing other people stumped at her work. 

 

Strengths: Being able to notice every detail in something, thinking, creating inventions, sketching, flexibility, she is alright with sword fighting but needs to be in wolf form for her to be good with hand to hand combat, magic using (specifically ice and water magic, can sometimes do something similar to telekinesis by manipulating the water in the air to lift up an object), and photographic memory. She is a master pranker, so her trap setting skills are pretty good.

 

Weakness: Can sometimes be too eager or aggressive, and is sometimes trigger happy if you get her furious enough. Her determination to do things can distract her from everything else going on around her, sometimes if she's trying to solve something, she can lock herself in her room for days, maybe weeks, and that wears her out without her even noticing. She is also kind of prideful and is a bit of a show-off. If she has to use a lot of power over a long period of time, she runs out, and that means she can sometimes get stuck in one form, or even in between forms, leaving it hard for her to communicate (if she is stuck in wolf form) or unable to release her full power (human form.) 

 

Packing list: Her small silver dagger that has a navy handle and little blue gems on the blade. Drawing pencils, pens, and markers. Sketchbook. Cellphone (with lots of music). Computer and drawing tablet. Earbuds. A strange amount of candy and sodas. Her pranking kit. Lots of hoodies and combat boots. A 3Ds along with every Legend of Zelda game she can fit into her tiny cartridge carrier. Beanies (because why not?) and random trinkets in case she wants to make a new invention on the way over.

 

Favorite Marine Animal: Hippocampus! Wait? Are you saying that doesn't count? Aw man. I'll go with sea otter I guess.... 

 

Nico says rnzz

Wow falling asleep already, buddy? We haven't even started yet!

*Just leave me to sleep, you smelly dog.*

Rude. 

submitted by Ice Wolf, age Immortal!, MY IMAGINATION
(July 3, 2018 - 9:31 pm)

You tip out one last note from the bottle:

P.P.S: AEs don't count as spots either.

Seven spots remaining!

submitted by Skipper & Port, The S.S Afterlife
(July 4, 2018 - 8:42 am)

Name: Soren Infinity (Soren)

Gender: I was born female, but I feel more male, so just they/ them for now.

Role: CBer

Perceived age: 11

Personality: insanely wacky, kind-hearted, caring, smart (although I do some very dumb things sometimes), obsessed with Harry Potter, Minecraft Story Mode, and Captain America. Not brave, but also not a coward. Funny and totally unique. Completely tomboyish.

Strenghts: writing (I love writing) singing, school, arm wrestling, reading, Harry Potter trivia, 

Weaknesses: all physical activity exept arm wrestling, riddles, drawing, riddles

Appearence: "5'4", electric blue pixie cut with long bangs swished to the side, bright, bold eyes same color as hair, pale, freckles, plain grey shirt, jean shorts, electric blue flip-flops, thick, leathery dragon wings and tail, also electric blue.

Packing list: clothes, toiletries, some books, notebook with partly-written story in it, non-existent yellow lightsaber, booklight, pocket knife, lots of gum

Favorite marine animal: meh... turtle.

Other: I can fly with my dragon wings! Oh, and I'm vegetarian.

Name: Midnight Soul (call him Midnight)

Gender/pronouns: male, he/him

Role: AE

Perceived age: 16

Personality: adventurous, very kind-hearted, caring, brave, a science nerd, observant, a decent sense of humor. Just a good person in general. Loves astronomy, photography, and travel.

Strenghts: science, running, comforting people, photography, all physical activity

Weaknesses: grammar, driving, remembering numbers/codes

Appearence: very light brown skin, bright voilet eyes, wavy black hair, tall, voilet star birthmarks under his right eye, getting smaller as they cascade right, plain black shirt, black leather jacket, jeans, black boots

Packing list: an extra pair of jeans, hiking boots, water bottle, phone, camera, telescope

Favorite marine animal: starfish. Cuz he likes astronomy.

Other: can instantaneosly change it to midnight. 

submitted by Soren Infinity, age 27 eons, BeaconTown
(July 5, 2018 - 8:47 am)

Reserving!

submitted by Shy Peacock, Tree of Life
(July 5, 2018 - 9:00 am)
submitted by Top
(July 5, 2018 - 12:51 pm)
submitted by Top please
(July 6, 2018 - 4:10 pm)
submitted by Please Join!
(July 8, 2018 - 1:46 pm)

I reserve!

submitted by LilyPad
(July 8, 2018 - 8:41 pm)

Name: Icy

Gender/Pronouns: Female.

AE, CAPTCHAE, or CBer?: CBer

Perceived age: She looks about eleven.

Personality: She often acts shy to spare others from her awkwardness. She is curious and loves solving mysteries. She's socially awkward, but her behavior improves when she knows a person better.

Strengths: She is good at solving mysteries (though she jumps to conclusions easily). She has ice mage magic (ice magic that involves casting spells, instead of the traditional *points finger* *ice appears*).

Weaknesses: Her ice mage magic saps her energy. She is shy, small, and physically weak.

Appearance: She has short blonde hair that ends just above her shoulders. She normally wears jeans and a fancy shirt, or a dress (as long as it covers her knees and follows the fingertip rule). She is determined to never be seen in shorts or a tank top--she's over-worried about decency.

Packing List: One spellbook she still doesn't know how to use, several changes of clothes, a notebook, a pencil, and a pencil sharpener.

Favorite Marine Animal (Penguins count): POLAR BEARS--wait, those don't count? But, but they know how to swim--y-yeah, right. Sea turtles, probably.

Other: Potatoes are delicious.

Can I bring my AE? If there isn't enough room for her, you can take her out--I don't mind.

Name: Narrator Thirty-Three, but she goes by N33 or Thirty.

Gender/Pronouns: Female

AE, CAPTCHAE, or CBer?: AE

Perceived age: She tries very hard to hide her age. She is an adult, somewhere between her twenties and thirties.

Personality: Acts very neutral, generally wise (though very lacking in wisdom when it comes to emotional matters), slightly cold when talking to others, only shows hints of emotion when narrating. She works hard to keep her emotionless behavior, but really depends on having an audience and will sulk when things don't go her way.

Strengths: Her age is probably a strength of hers.

Weaknesses: She is easily offended, and keeps grudges.

Appearance: Narrator Thirty-three wears a plain white blouse and a medium-length gray skirt. She has thick brown hair that is always in a neat bun. Her skin tone is average but bordering on pale from time spent inside. Her height is slightly taller than average, but not really noticeable.

However, she does have odd, lavender-colored eyes that are soft and piercing all at once, depending on your perspective. 

Packing List: A few scripts, a few fairy tale books (including Grimm's Fairy Tales), a few blank books, books that she has narrated in the past, an Into The Woods DVD.

Favorite Marine Animal (Penguins count): Probably a shark...or something that lurks in the deep, making things oh-so-interesting to narrate...

Other: She has a habit of narrating what is around her. She is usually seen carrying a book or script and reading from it. She can be seen practicing narration in front of a mirror.

This sounds like a great Ski Lodge! 

submitted by Icy, age 13..., The Forest
(July 9, 2018 - 11:10 am)

Reserving a spot!

submitted by Evergreen
(July 9, 2018 - 11:24 am)

Just a note: I will not be able to post for ten days, starting next monday. Please fill out your sheets before then so I can at least write one chapter.

submitted by Skipper & Port
(July 10, 2018 - 3:15 pm)