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Ski Lodge!!
Ski Lodge!!
You smile at the bird and hold out a gloved hand towards it. It struggles closer, slowly, finally resting it's soft, downy head in your hand. You smile, hardly able to keep down your happy giggles, and pick the bird up, carefully depositing it in the nest it fell from.
“Good work!” your supervisor smiles at you. “You’re learning quick. Why don’t you take a break?” You nod, and smile, as is customary, but you are truly happy here, doing volunteer work among all the adorable baby animals. You step outside, breathing in the crisp air and admiring the foliage. Then, you hear a strange noise. Like a howl, but a bit quieter, a bit weaker, a bit raspier. You know that sound. A tiny wolf pup. Most wolf pups that small never survive at the shelter. You weren’t aware that there was a wolf pup here, now. Strange. Before your brain can sort out the mystery, a wolf pup with a baby-soft coat of reddish fur emerges from a lilac bush, its deep blue eyes staring into your own. Unnerving. It drops something on the ground in front of you, and you blink. When you look again, the wolf pup is gone. Peculiar. You pick up the something on the ground. It’s a letter. Of course, you think, though you’re not entirely sure why you thought that. You turn the paper over, feeling how thin it is. In slightly faded, sky-blue ink, is written:
Dear Chatterboxer!
You have been invited to spend a week (or two) at the Sanctuary for Orphaned Baby Animals (among other things), or S.O.B.A-2 (The two stands for “among other things”. Don’t ask). Pronounced SOH-ba TOO. But you already knew that, didn’t you?
You find that, strangely, the letter is correct. You already knew that. You continue reading.
If you do wish to come, fill out the form below, then leave the letter in the old hollow tree. You know what I’m talking about.
You do know.
Do not worry about transportation. Simply pack your bags and wish to come, on the 4th of March. I will see you there,
Your lovely chaperone, Narrit Ephemeral.
You stare down at the letter, rereading it. Perplexing. Oh, well. You’ll go. You must, of course. Though you don’t know why you must. But where is the form mentioned?
Oh, of course, I forgot the form,
You read.
Here it is.
Oh, by the way, AEs are permitted to come. No CAPTCHAs, though.
Name:
Gender/pronouns:
Appearance:
Personality:
Favorite animal:
Cutest animal:
Favorite color:
Mirror or mirage?:
Packing list:
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Sorry if the formatting is all wrecked, I copy-pasted.
Feel free to guess me! Otherwise, hope you join and enjoy! If it wasn't clear, this ski lodge wil start in March 4th.
If you have any questions, make sure to ask me!
submitted by Narrit E, S.O.B.A-2
(February 28, 2021 - 11:21 pm)
(February 28, 2021 - 11:21 pm)
Cool!
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Name: Firelily, or Fi
Gender/pronouns: She/her
Appearance: Tan skin, clear *new!* glasses, blue eyes, blonde-fades-to-brown long hair, black long-sleeve, overall shorts, rainbow knee socks, and sparkly black Converse hight-top shoes
Personality: Sarcastic, funny, kind, crazy-ish, weirdo, smart, bOoKwOrM!!!
Favorite animal: That's hard... I guess it would be a panda. Wait, can it be mythical? If it can be mythical, I'd choose a kitsune.
Cutest animal: Sloths!
Favorite color: Cyan/Seafoam/Turquoise/Aquamarine
Mirror or mirage?: Mirage
Packing list: Because I don't wanna type a lot right now, I'll be lazy. I'm bringing a backpack that magically makes whatever I need appear inside of it.
(March 4, 2021 - 11:29 am)
I apologize for not getting this out earlier.
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Day 0
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Leo popped into existence at the edge of a forest, staring out at a large, sun-shiney meadow. Strange shapes glimmered at the sdge of her line of sight, possibly wavery because of the heat. She heard a slight popping, sucking noise, and turned to see Feline Fantasy fall out of a translucent, flat purple wall. "Whooo!" she gasped. "That was a strange sensation, t'be sure." Hiro and Alex stepped out of the strange wall behind their CBer, Hiro quite calmly, and Alex hoppping up and down excitedly. "What... is this?" Feli turned to Leo, who shrugged. "No idea," she supplied. Or didn't supply, depending on how you look at it. But that's beside the point.
With a series of pops, more CBers and their AEs appeared. Most CBers stumbled and nearly fell, coming out of walls much the way Feli did, though they were differently colored.
Once every CBer had arrived, the shimmery mirages on the horizon disappeared. Then, just as abrubtly, they reappeared, though much closer, and sharper in shape. The CBers could tell that the mirages were really buildings, in strange, organic shapes and many different colors. One of the buildings even seemed to be covered with bright, shining mirror-glass, which reflected the sunlight into everyone's eyes.
From the door of the glass-mosaic building emerged a tall, elegant woman. Her fiery red, wavy hair hung down her back in a messy plait, and she wore a forest-green dress and tan leggings. The only exception to the woodsy look of her was her vibrant pink rubber boots, with gray polka dots. "Hello!" she called cheerfully to the perplexed CBers and AEs. "I'm Narrit, the owner of S.O.B.A-2. Welcome!" She flung out her arms and grinned. Her happiness was contagious, and everyone else smiled back.
"Well, anyway," Narrit beckoned the CBers and AEs closer, "let's go on a tour of S.O.B.A."
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"This is the wolf den," Narrit gestured towards a deep, dark, ominous-looking cave. Yellow-brown eyes emerged from the cave, then reddish fur. "Oh, hi, little pup!" Scarlett leaned forward to pet it. It made a small, contented rumbling noise and closed it's eyes. Twilight grinned at her AE and the wolf. Narrit slowed to give Scarlett a few moments, smiled, then continued back on her way.
"Here are the snow leopards," she stopped in front of a tall, craggy mound of dark stone and shining snow. "How is the snow staying there?" Star Princess (I'm gonna call you Star if that's fine with you) asked. Narrit shrugged. "No idea," she said nonchalantly. "It was there when I inherited this place from my great-aunt." Star looked perplexed for a moment, but she, too shrugged, and knelt down next to Kitty Cat to coo over and stroke the soft, thick fur of a snow leopard cub.
Afterwards, the group moved on, past the giraffe enclosure, a copse of trees with squirrels both gray and red (Alex swore up and down that he saw an albino squirrel), a meadow full of horses, an area of jungle with a family of red pandas (Niteskiies squealed so loud that a few people discreetly covered their ears), and a huge pool of dolphins. They also traipsed past (and through) a shallow duck pond, a building housing a whole lot of ferrets, and several huge enclosures of various breeds of cats and dogs. There was a pen of galloping, graceful zebras, a desert-like environment where fennec foxes slept soundly (and adorably), a thick bamboo forest that was home to several pandas, and a (nother) jungle, this one containing slow-moving, green-and-brown-furred three-toed sloths.
The CBers and AEs were all very enthusiastic about the animal sanctuary. It was a magical place, with perfect weather (though that weather changed throughout the animals' habitats).
"Well," Narrit smiled, "should I show you all to your rooms, now?"
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Room arrangements:
Cyclical Moonshine:
Feline Fantasy
Hiro
Alex
Moon Kitsune
Circadian View:
Niteskiies
Leo
Quill
MoonKitten
Dragon's Lair:
Silver Crystal
Topaz
Twilight
Scarlett
Kitsune's Tail:
Star Princess
Kitty Cat
Quinn
Firelily
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Dead: no one (yet)
Suspects: no one (yet)
Finders of the Myths: (what do you lizards think this means?)
Knowers: no one (yet, again)
(March 4, 2021 - 10:11 pm)
You call me Star! Or Solara.
I'll post when I'm done with school and my doctors appointment.
(March 5, 2021 - 11:18 am)
This is amazing!!
(March 5, 2021 - 12:04 pm)
Love this so much!
(March 5, 2021 - 10:51 pm)
I love the room names!
Umm... Finders of the myths... maybe there are old legends centering around SOBA-2 and a... evil somebody... who hates all things cute because he's ugly and was teased for it as a kid... and there's a prophecy? About people who will unearth the ancient legends and stop the evil.
Wow, so that got deep...
(March 6, 2021 - 11:38 am)
Wow, this is really good! Maybe Finders of the Myths has something to do with the Mystery.
I hope I can meet some deer! I could tell Saffron all about them.
I thought you said you like all animals equally . . . ?
(March 7, 2021 - 3:11 pm)
yay. I squealed. I was hoping I would squeal at least once. Wait. There were horses TOO??? SQUEAL
oh... so I have four AES that I didn’t have time to put in. I reserved spots for them but the post didn’t go through. May I still put them in or is it too late?
(March 8, 2021 - 8:30 am)
Of course you can add them in! There's still time!
(March 9, 2021 - 9:09 am)
(March 5, 2021 - 10:06 am)
This is what Quinn and I look like.I forgot to add that Quinn has wings XD.
(March 7, 2021 - 9:24 pm)
Quinn: who has wings, with her many manga.
(March 7, 2021 - 9:24 pm)
(March 10, 2021 - 11:32 am)
(March 11, 2021 - 6:40 pm)
Name: Kaeya
Gender/pronouns: Female
Appearance: I can change how I look, for this I’ll look like this: Aqua hair tied up in a messy bun, a cute safari outfit with my name on it, and no shoes.
Personality: Sarcastic but sweet, somewhat vain, but only if she sees a mirror and looks at herself.
Favorite animal: Foxes or Skunks
Cutest animal: Skunks
Favorite color: Aquamarine
Mirror or mirage?: MIRROR. forgive her
Packing list: Photos of Basil and her, a dream catcher given to her by me, a fluffy blanket and pillow, and a cloud bed (folds up for convenienceTM)
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There are three more, ill post them later when I’m not sleep deprived
(March 11, 2021 - 10:08 pm)