Chatterbox: Pudding's Place

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You flop down onto your bed and stare into space. You needed to do your homework, but you decide to put it off. Grabbing the Rubik’s Cube from beside your bed, you start to solve it.

Sliding the rows and columns around, you fiddle with it for a minute before finishing the top. 

Suddenly, as you are about to start solving the sides, the cube floats up and starts solving itself. What the...you think. In just a few seconds, the Rubik’s Cube is solved. It hovers in the air for a moment but drops down suddenly. You hear it crash, and as you peer over the side of the bed, you see the tiles have broken off. Oh, well, you think. There goes my Rubik’s Cube.

But as you are trying to see if the cube can be repaired, your hand flutters across a piece of paper. You unfold it, trying to make sense of anything that just happened.

Dear Recipient,

I would like to invite you and 14 others to Codetwist Castle.

You are a handpicked group of highly gifted people. This trip will not only be a vacation but a test. A test of your abilities. I, unfortunately, cannot tell you what will happen if you pass, as the answer will only be revealed if you make it to the end. The trip will last two weeks. If you are a CBer, you will have a limit of one AE and one CAPTCHA. No more. If you wish to come and test your abilities, please fill out the included form. Fold it up and draw a cube on the front. Then we will receive it. We will leave on December 15th.

Sincerely, your hostess, The Codemaster.

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CBer, AE, or CAPTCHA:

Name:

Pronouns:

Personality:

Appearance:

Luggage:

Do you like puzzles?:

Are you afraid of the dark?:

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Can you think fast?:

You quickly fill out the form, fold it up, and give your best attempt at drawing a cube. The piece of paper floats in the air, then just vanishes. You hope that this will give you a good break from school. Well. That was weird.

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Yep, it’s a Ski Lodge! The start date is December 15th. Feel free to guess me, I am female. This is my first Ski Lodge.


submitted by The Codemaster, age Ski Lodge
(November 23, 2020 - 8:50 am)

CBer, AE, or CAPTCHA: Cber

 

Name: Honeybee

 

Pronouns: She/her

 

Personality: Calmish, kind, smart, happy, quiet, introverted

 

Appearance: Brown hair just past my shoulders, freckles, light skin, hazel eyes, a floral blouse under a yellow courdory suspender skirt, high top converse, cat ears, honeybees that fly around my head, flower crown :)

 

Luggage: Hmm. I'll bring some changes of clothes (mostly sweaters and jeans), a sword (>:)), my sketchbook and pens and pencils, a few books. 

 

Do you like puzzles?: YES! Especially logic puzzles. Not really math puzzles. Jigsaw puzzles are good too.

 

Are you afraid of the dark?: Kind of. When everything is still and dark sometimes it's a little scary. But not always, especially if I'm outside or with other people.

Can you think fast?: Depends, honestly.

CBer, AE, or CAPTCHA: I am an AE! Honeybee finally let me come!

 

Name: Giselle

 

Pronouns: She/her

 

Personality: Kind, helpful, polite, excited, calm

 

Appearance: I have long blonde hair that is up in a bun at the moment. I am wearing a flowing white sleevless dress. My skin is light, eyes are green, and I'm wearing pink lip gloss. On my feet, I have white silk slippers.

 

Luggage: Nail polish, a mysery novel, skin care supplies, basically my whole closet, my journal, some brush pens, and purple and green fountain pens. 

 

Do you like puzzles?: YESYESYYESYSYESYEYESSS

 

Are you afraid of the dark?: I am.

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Can you think fast?: Certainly.

I'M JUST WAITING, BEE. When do I get to come to a ski lodge?!

When you show that you can be mature and responsible.

I show that EVERY DAY! 

Mhm. 

submitted by Honeybee
(November 24, 2020 - 10:56 am)

Forgot the last part. 

Can you think fast?: Yeah, but if I'm with someone I pretend like I'm panicking to see their reaction. Then I just calm down in .05 seconds and solve whatever the problem is.
submitted by Freak, age Immortal, The Circus
(November 24, 2020 - 11:29 am)

CBer, AE, or CAPTCHA: CBer

 

Name: Wreeboo (you can call me Wree)

 

Pronouns: she/her/hers

 

Personality: I can be a little shy when first introduced, but once I get to know you, I am bubbly and excitable. I cannot bear grudges, unless it is something VERY memorable, like ditching me (hush don't laugh I'm still mad at the girl who did it). I am also a planner and a quick thinker. I observe things well.

 

Appearance: Tanned skin, white-blonde, bleached-by-the-sun hair (I love to spend time outside) that is slightly shorter than shoulder length, and straight. Commonly has bangs over left eye. Soft, kind, deep brown eyes. Wren wings (Carolina wren: chestnut brown with chocolate and cream-colored stripes and spots)

(I had to add this here before the luggage cuz, well, you'll see) Other: I have a tiny worrenn (wolf with wings and antlers) named Chestnut, Chessie for short. He is a chestnut color, with wings the same color as me and antlers a little darker than his fur. He fell onto my head one day and I have been caring for him ever since. He can't remember how he came to be with me. We can talk to each other through mental communicaton. He is a little bit mischevious and can't stand to be seperated from me.  

Luggage: -Lots and lots of clothes (you never know when you might need to change)

-Lots and lots of shoes (same sentiment)

-Several notebooks and notepads

-A mechanical pencil, a canister full of extra pencil lead and erasers 

-An ereader

-Milk formula for Chessie

-Candy galore

- Rope toys and balls for Chessie

-A binder filled with music 

-Toiletries  

 

Do you like puzzles?: *shrug* sort of? Depends on the type and what resources I get to solve it.

 

Are you afraid of the dark?: I used to be, but I trained it out of myself.

Can you think fast?: Very.

Rory, d'you wanna come with?

Oh, yeah.

CBer, AE, or CAPTCHA: AE

Name: Rory

Pronouns: she/her/hers, thankyouverymuch

Personality: Extroverted, a little bit arrogant. Just enough to be good-

Rory, I don't think that-

Hush, Wree. I am also very sarcastic. 

Appearance: Same as Wree, but with longer hair, blue eyes, and no wings.

Luggage: 

-A Raspberry Pi

For those of you who don't know, a Raspberry Pi is like a tiny programmable microchip, but a little bit bigger. The code is accesible by a USB.  

Everyone knows that.

I didn't know that before you got one. 

-I share clothes, shoes, and necesseties with Wree since we're the same age.

-A notebook filled with random lines of code that are basically indecipherable to anyone but me.

-Candy. Mostly sour stuff so Wree doesn't steal it. She doesn't like sour candy. 

-An ipad, a phone, and a laptop

 

Do you like puzzles?: YES! As long as they're online or through code.

 

Are you afraid of the dark?: What a personal question! Not answering.

She's very afraid of the dark. Very.

Am not! 

Can you think fast?: Depends.

If she's coding, yes. Socially, yes. Like, math, reading, writing, anything else, no.

That's mean, Wree. I'm not that slow.

I'm not saying your slow. I'm just saying your not fast in those subjects. There's a difference. 

 

submitted by Wreeboo, age Immortal, Nowhere and Everywhere
(November 24, 2020 - 12:18 pm)

CBer, AE, or CAPTCHA: CBer

 

Name: Kitty Cat

 

Pronouns: they\them, even though I look more like a girl

 

Personality:  Crazy, also I am Weird I'm kind of funny and super witty, I'm kind and nice, also I'm vegetarian.

 

Appearance: Long brown hair in a ponytail or cute pigtails, or just down, leather jacket and graphic tees or cat shirts, high waisted black Jean shorts with fishnet leggings underneath. Long black lace up boots or black pump sneakers. White skin, hoop earrings and choker necklace too!

 

Luggage: My clothes, phone,my sketchbooks and ten pencils just in case! Also toiletries, my tablet, some wire cat ears. Also, I can also sometimes wear white high waisted jeans.

 

Do you like puzzles?: mm, kinda

 

Are you afraid of the dark?: noooope not at all.

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Can you think fast?: YES!!!

Thanks! 

submitted by Kitty Cat, age teen, Gotham City
(November 24, 2020 - 12:22 pm)

ATTENTION: 5 spots left! (I might move up the start date, partly because I'm so excited)

submitted by The Codemaster
(November 24, 2020 - 1:16 pm)

I keep telling myself that I shouldn't join any more ski lodges, but I can't help it. This looks so good, and it does remind me of The Mystererious Benedict Society, which is such a good series.

CBer, AE, or CAPTCHA: CBer

Name: Morning

Pronouns: She/her/hers

Personality: Introverted and bookish, except for those times when I decide it would be fun to go temporarily insane. I love reading, writing, acting, and my flute. Also, I am pretty creative and I stand up for what I think is right (when I'm brave enough. Which, come to think of it, isn't as much as I might like). I am very opinionated, though. I am an INFP-T, according to my last Meyers-Briggs test a mew months ago. And, most important of all, I am a self-proclaimed genius, and don't you forget it.

Appearance: My hair is just past shoulder length, and I have semi-wavy-ish brown hair. My eyes are greyish-greenish-blue, and I have on glasses that are blue on top and purple on the bottom. I'm wearing this loose black blouse with white and red oval-things that look like flower petals falling through the air. I'm also wearing pale blue skinny jeans with an extremely annoying hole in the right knee.

Luggage: A copy of The Book Thief, and one of The Hobbit, and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and book about phoenixes for research. And a purple e-reader with a complete collection of Agatha Christie's novels and short stories. Likewise, for research. Assorted clothes and toiletries, my flute and sheet music, most importantly a book of Les Mis songs. Dream/poetry/random thoughts notebook. NaNo notes notebook. Extra notebook just in case. Purple fountain pen. Retractable pencil w/ extra graphite. A very old Macbook. A flashlight. A raincoat and boots, because why not? And a very large suitcase because I am, obviously, an over-packer.

Do you like puzzles?: Physical puzzles are disgusting. Logic puzzles are my life.

Are you afraid of the dark?: Most of the time, no. When I'm walking up the stairs to a story of a building where no one else is, yes.

submitted by Morning, Going to a ski lodge! (:
(November 24, 2020 - 1:33 pm)

And I missed some stuff. Of course.

Can you think fast: I think faster than Angelica Schuyler

Powers: Manipulation of the wind! (:

And I'm bringing my CAPTCHA, Liddy. 

CBer, AE, or CAPTCHA: CAPTCHA

Name: Lydia, but you can call her Liddy

Pronouns: She/her/hers

Personality: She's very sweet. A bit of an amibert, sometimes shy and sometimes very not. She's the best CAPTCHA ever, and she is the President of the Abcde Fan Club. Honestly, she's a stereotypical CAPTCHA, but a tad more annoying.

Appearance: She's a shapeshifter, and her favorite form is a yellow pocket dragon, about the size of a human hand. However, she also enjoys appearing as a sugar glider or a little girl of about five years old with shoulder length black hair, almond shaped, dark brown eyes, a large smile missing her two top front teeth, a lot of blush stolen from who knows where, a yellow sundress, and hot pink flip-flops. Draw her however you want in one of those three forms.

Luggage: A red pin that proclaims her to be the President of the Abcde Fan Club. One of those phones that only has three buttons (one to call 911, one to call me, and one to call Abcde. They are blue, soft orange, and red, respectively.) A pair of pink, light-up sneakers, if she needs to walk long distances. Fifteen apples. A backpack stuffed full of granola bars, Calvin and Hobbes books, and a puffy yellow jacket. A night light.

Do you like puzzles?: Sometimes.

Are you afraid of the dark?: Yes.

Can you think fast: If she feels like it. Usually, she doesn't.

Powers: Shape-shifter. However, she has three main forms, and it costs a lot of energy to use a different one, although it is possible. 

submitted by Morning, fixing mistakes
(November 24, 2020 - 3:02 pm)

Erm I don't think my post showed up so. . .Reserving.

submitted by Darkling
(November 24, 2020 - 4:55 pm)

Never mind! It did show up, I was just impatient. Sorry admins!

submitted by Darkling
(November 24, 2020 - 11:14 pm)

I actually cannot solve Rubix's Cubes at all so that intro is not possible but SURE this seems fun!

CBer, AE, or CAPTCHA: CBer

 

Name: dreamiing or dreamii. Neither are capitalized.

 

Pronouns: She/Her

 

Personality: Introvert, awkward, antisocial, really bad at starting conversations, even worse at ending them, and an artist and author. I have an insane imagination.

 

Appearance: I have shoulder-length blue-purple-white hair, pale skin dotted with gold and silver freckles, a halo made from teeny-tiny stars that floats just above my head, a soft black sweater with silver thread details, baggy indigo pants that swish around my bare feet. I still have the raven wings made of galaxies, except their smaller now and never go away. Also they have a fuzzy quality, with stars escaping and floating around my occasionally. Also indigo eyes, but one a bit more purple and one a bit more blue.

Luggage: Three notebooks, two sketchbooks, a pencil, another pencil, a fluffy scarf, socks, toiletries and a change of clothes (exactly the same as what Im already wearing) and a stack of books. This all goes in a navy-blue bag.

 

Do you like puzzles?: No they are very frustrating- Sorta. I only like them when I have enough time and they arent that hard ;D

 

Are you afraid of the dark?: absoloutly.

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Can you think fast?: Yes, but in situations when i NEED to think fast I cannot, I start to panic and get very nervous and-

 

I'll bring Faith!

My first ski lodge! Yesss!

CBer, AE, or CAPTCHA: AE!

 

Name: Faith

 

Pronouns: Whatever you want! I dont have a pinned-down gender so just use she/her :D

 

Personality: Wild, loud, happy, but Im really bad at starting conversations.

 

Appearance: I have blonde chin-length hair with bright blue tips, a silver headband, pale skin and rosy cheeks, and Im short. I have very pale freckles that you almost cant see, but they're there! Im wearing a blue tank top with white shorts and pink flipflops. 

 

Luggage: A soccer ball, my cleats, a bright lime-green puffy jacket for when it's cold, a notebook, my phone, and some random things I found between the couch cushions. This'll be in a white bag with splatters of bright blue, bright green, and bright pink paint all over it!

 

Do you like puzzles?: No, I hate puzzles. Soccer is a lot more exciting :D

 

Are you afraid of the dark?: Yeah? Maybe? I, um, sorta am...

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Can you think fast?:  YES! thinking fast is one of my best qualities! I think really fast, just like I talk! 

submitted by dreamiing, lost
(November 24, 2020 - 2:35 pm)

This looks intriguing.

 

CBer, AE, or CAPTCHA: CBer

 

Name: Darkling

 

Pronouns: She/her/hers

 

Personality: Extremely weird, extremely nerdy, extreme in most senses.

 

Appearance: Black hair w/ pink streaks, 5' 3" specific height, blue eyes that are normally fixed on a random point in space while I daydream about battling zombies.

 

Luggage: A duffle bag that appears to be 2 inches short of bottomless, stuffed with more clothes than is humanly necessary, and also toiletries, a notebook, a sketchbook, a journal, a bajillion pencils, (I don't much like pens), and way too many books. 

 

Do you like puzzles?: Yes, very much so. Jigsaw, riddles, extremely complex mind-games found in pyramids, the whole shebang.

 

Are you afraid of the dark?: No one's afraid of the dark, they're afraid of what's in it. 

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Can you think fast?: Sometimes. It depends, under pressure my brain kinda slows to a crawl.

 

I saw that you said we could have powers, so: I can shapeshift, but not into other people. Only animals.  

submitted by Darkling, asdfghjkl
(November 24, 2020 - 3:07 pm)

I really shouldn't enter.  I'm in so many ski lodges already.

One can never enter too many ski lodges.

Reserving!!  But someone desperately wants to join once it's full they can take my spot.

submitted by Sterling
(November 24, 2020 - 3:19 pm)

...I just can't resist a ski lodge!

Name: Quill

Pronouns: she/her

Personality: Shy at first but a chatterbox once you get to know me, friendly, creative, adventurous, and a little impulsive.

Appearance: Long brown hair with the ends dyed purple, brown eyes, freckles, a little shorter than average, usually wearing a t-shirt, jeans, red converse, and a maroon leather jacket.

Luggage: Clothes and essentials, a notebook and pens, various books, a camera, and my shortsword Macbeth.

Do you like puzzles?: I'm not a huge fan of jigsaw puzzles, but codes and stuff are cool! I really like sudoku.

Are you afraid of the dark?: A little bit.

Can you think fast?: Depends on the situation, sometimes I can, and other times by brain just turns off.

submitted by Quill
(November 24, 2020 - 3:36 pm)

I'm taking Niko.

What? Why?

For once, I agree with Alex. WHY?

The CAPTCHAs wouldn't go to this test well, and Niko's the only one of you who would likely do well in this. His mind's almost as sharp as mine.

*ahem* Almost?

Yes, almost.

Oh, it's on.  

CBer, AE, or CAPTCHA: CBer

 

Name: Nyx

 

Pronouns: She/her

 

Personality: Introvert, easily antagonized, has a terrible temper, very strange and weird, occasionally acts extroverted, loves music like loves it loves it like literally in love with it. Has a weird obsession with night, the moon, and strong winds.

 

Appearance: Tall, skinny (not thin, skinny), slightly tanned skin, freckles, one green eye and one hazel eye, straight chestnut hair that reaches the bottom of my shoulder blades. Often wears gray sneakers, blue jeans, an army green tank top and an off-white oversized t-shirt for a sweatshirt. 

 

Luggage: Books, an old-fashioned walkman to play music on, I brought my own music, a sketchpad and pencils, water bottle, my watch, a set of four walkie-talkies with a ten-mile range and extra batteries. One for me, one for Niko, and two spares. The spares can be shared with other CBers or companions. I'm also bringing a steel six-foot double-tipped javelin, that can detach in the middle to make twin three-foot single-tipped spears. It can then reattach. 

 

Do you like puzzles?: Define puzzle. Mind games, logic puzzles, Rubik's Cube type things, sure. Physical picture puzzles..... Yell

 

Are you afraid of the dark?: Only when I'm outside and there's no moon, and even then not often. I'm usually good. 

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Can you think fast?: Oh, yes. 

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CBer, AE, or CAPTCHA: AE

 

Name: Niko

 

Pronouns: He/him

 

Personality: Wary, but very trustworthy, and loyal. However, he has a tendancy to withdraw drastically if angered greatly, and he has a relatively short temper. Can be insecure, occasionally, and has a hidden fear of being judged for something. Has a kind of low opinion of himself. 

 

Appearance: Slightly shorter than Nyx, short, straight tousled black hair, black eyes, very pale skin. Often wears dark grey t-shirt and black hoodie, and dark blue jeans with gray sneakers. If you've read The Kane Chronicles Graphic Novels, think Anubis.

 

Luggage: Books, a walkman and music like Nyx's, a water bottle, digital watch, a compound bow with multiple arrows. Also an iPhone with MineCraft. If there's Wifi, he'll be playing that in his spare time. You should see the fortress/empire he's build over the course of six months. (Don't ask him to show you the part in ruins.... he's not proud of that creeper attack. He left that wall completely unguarded.)

 

Do you like puzzles?: Same as Nyx. 

 

Are you afraid of the dark?: No, of course not.

*whispers* He gets a little uneasy though. Not scared of the dark itself, but it's easy to get him scared in that enviroment. It's unnerving for him. 

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Can you think fast?: Like a computer.

That's an exaggeration.

I can think very fast.  

True enough.  

submitted by Nyx, age 13 years, earth
(November 24, 2020 - 6:02 pm)

Shoot, did I sign up too late? Gah I can't tell

submitted by Nyx, age 13 years, earth
(November 25, 2020 - 8:08 am)