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Um. Hi? Please pretend there is something interesting here and start a scintillating conversation. Thank you! (I'm kinda bad at social stuff...)
And with that epic start, I will abruptly leave.
submitted by Hex@Hawkstar, oww
(October 4, 2022 - 2:36 pm)
(October 4, 2022 - 2:36 pm)
(March 12, 2024 - 7:44 pm)
(March 19, 2024 - 8:45 pm)
hey! I'm glad we're still doing this and sorry for taking so long to respond!
you said you recently moved, although idk how recent it is anymore... how's that going? you live(d?) near a lake, right? Or I might've totally made that up :) I'm not sure.
I think you are a few months older than me! Although that's kind of weird because we've only interacted online, so maybe I'm lying to you and I'm really just a 54-year old retired pro golfer named Clyde who lives in Missouri and has a snow globe collection and a passion for inventing foolish stories to trick poor unsuspecting whippersnappers... and you could be a 32 yo women named Joanne living in Canada raising wild geese or something... I bet it'd be fun to think of scenarios for each CBer
I'd love to do a story with you again :D although my response time is abysmal right now, sorry about that. Do you want to start?
(March 20, 2024 - 12:58 am)
No problems! Just glad that you answered :) I know that you go away in summer and that's actually quite soon...
Yeah, I did live off of a lake! I'm going to miss it in the summer... so sad :(
We did move, in Feb. We have yet to find a house, but we have found a good rental! We are going to be moving in any day now :DD
Okay, cool! Lol, I think of that all the time! ACK love those descriptions of us (for your information, I'm raising wild geese AND wild goats so GET YO FACTS STRAIGHT)
Okay, ya know what? We (me or you, ig) should make a thread like that XD Where everyone can make up scenarios about each other. That sounds super fun, actually! I wanna make that now :D
Okay, I'll start~
The air was fridged, and you could hardly feel your nose. Or toes. Or anything, actually. The snow was so deep, up to your waist. The wind was icy, and there was nothing at all for miles around. Just white, white, and oh look, more white! The sky was grey, a chilly promise of more snow soon.
You wrap the woolen blanket around your shoulders more tightly, and stumble. You can't get up, so you just lay there, chattering, lips surely a dangerous blue. You feel so sleepy... and your eyes close.
(March 26, 2024 - 3:16 pm)
that's true I forgot about that :0 summer is in a few months, how is the year going so fast?? ITS ALREADY BASICALLY APRIL HELP—
that's cool! do you like your old house or the rental better? or idk probably your old house but has it been fun to try something new? are you moving far away or pretty close—or does it really matter, 'cause you're homeschooled?
oh no I forgot about the wild goats how could I... what's your goats' names? You've got to have a Billy, just so you can say you have a Billy goat...
:D I can make a thread sometime soon-ish you're right it sounds fun!
yay story! I've actually gotten out of writer's block a bit and started writing some poetry recently (...I post it under the name Woodwind on various threads, I know you've seen me around... it's a pen name because I didn't want to associate it with my already-established identity on the CB, I guess. I don't mind if you know, but I'd rather if you didn't mention it on random threads, if that makes sense!) but it's all really depressing and vague poetry XD and I'm not sure how I feel about it—feedback would be appreciated lol~
Memories flash behind your closed lids. Laughter, warmth—fleeting ghosts of past experiences that haunt you even now, lying partially petrified in the frozen wasteland. Your lips twist into a slight smile as you recall your family...
...you must've been eight, and your younger brother six. He was standing on your shoulders, carefully placing a carrot nose onto a small lopsided-yet-endearing snowman beside you. He accidentally jams it in a bit too far, and it lists crookedly to one side. Giggling, you carefully set your brother—what was his name again? Ayaz?—down and go inside to where your two moms are waiting with mugs of hot chocolate and soft cinnamon-smelling embraces...
...three, maybe four years later, you are watching Ayaz skate around a frozen pond. He whips around too fast to catch, already a daredevil at 10. His bright red beanie with a pom-pom on top bobs up and down cheerfully in a brilliant invitation to play. His laughter echoes in the emptiness...
...a feeling of terror eclipses you. Ayaz—is something wrong? you can't remember what happens next... your eyes flutter open, and you stare at the night sky unseeingly as the present begins to come back to you.
~very mysterious~ hopefully! I miss writing just for fun, thanks for doing this :D
(March 29, 2024 - 4:18 am)
Haha, I know right?? It's sooo close to summa
Well, I think this one is better, cause it's 3 bed and 2 full bath. The other was 2bed 1/5bath. Plus, the rental has a 2 car garage and shed! so lots of space to put stuff :) We're actually moving stuff in yester/to/tomorrow so I'm sooooo tired..... tell me something funny to cheer me up
Um. Please.
Well, ya, one is Billy, and one is Gruff, plus two are Go and At (they're twins so) I mean, geez, dunno why you can't remember this stuff :P
PLEASE make it soon, it would be crazy fun~
Wait. WHAT?? You're Woodwind?? OMG, that's crazy! I love Wood/your (wow so weird) poems!! And I mean, other people obviously think so too, like I think you've won 1st place like 3 times in the past 6 months??? Haha, whenever I see you enter that, I'm like, ughhhh noooo they're soo good I'm def not getting 1st place now bleh ANYWAY! I'll give feeback whenever you post and I remember :D You are totally good at poems! And I won't tell ;)
But I mean this last prompt you did, geez Hex, you got me stumped! I can ususally come up with some poem no matter what but plaid! I just haven't thought of anything...
You notice the stars, first. Which was strange, because when you had first closed your eyes the clouds were gray and heavy with more snow. More snow. You can move your arms without pain. You can turn your head. No whiteness. The ground is hard dirt. You feel around for your blanket, but instead find that you are dressed quite tightly in layers of clothing. Slowly, you sit up. A fire is near, with tall pines disappearing into shadow. A forest? How strange. You hadn't seen trees in... a day? A week? year? Longer?
A figure shifts behind the flames. Tall. Wide. You can't make out features. A voice calls out in a rumbling accent, "Awake now? That is good. Have some soup." The figure stands, carry over a bowl, and you get a glimpse of their face.
I was thinking maybe the rescurer be like a Bigfoot kinda creature? But whatever, you can decide. And of course! I love doing stories with you :)
(March 29, 2024 - 5:25 pm)
this year has been going crazy fast :0 I can't tell if I like it or not...
moving! wow! ok I can do funny :D the opposite of irony is wrinkly. what’s the difference between a cat and a comma, you might ask? well, one has claws at the end of its paws, and the other is a pause at the end of a clause! what's another name for Santa's elves? subordinate clauses.
those are all my grammar/word jokes I can remember off the top of my head but never fear I'll remember more!!
okay also I never understand how counting bathrooms works?? like how do you have 1/2 of a bathroom? is that like not having a bathtub but having a shower—or wait no that's 3/4 right? but what if you have 2 1/2 bathrooms, why can't you just add them together and get one bathroom?? MATH EXISTS C'MON PEOPLE D:
I'm so sorry I just know so many people who own goats it's really difficult for me please try to understand :) nice names by the way!
haha it's weird to post something under another name... I'd love feedback on anything I've posted on the regular poetry thread too if there's anything specific I guess. I don't get much reaction to whatever I post, maybe because I don't interact as Woodwind on any other threads... and I can't remember if you've submitted something for the contest yet but I'm looking forward to seeing something from you if not! I'm sorry I stumped you XD
also are you planning on continuing your ski lodge? I don't think I've seen it around recently but I miss reading it!!
ah cool idea!
You freeze in panic. It's the face of a monster, like something lurking under your bed in childhood nightmares. Dense brown hair covers the features in disturbing shadows and hides the eyes and mouth. You suppose it'd be good for cold weather, but it doesn't help your current fear. Fighting to scramble out of your coccoon of blankets, you yell in shock—
"Sasquach!"
The word breaks the atmosphere and the creature scrambles back. They set the soup down carefully and brush the hair out of their eyes—which you can now see are kind and calm, sparkling softly in the candlelight—and snaggle-toothed mouth. They look hurt.
(April 4, 2024 - 7:12 pm)
(April 4, 2024 - 11:01 pm)
no worries about it being a while [can't be worse than me lol], but I'm looking forward to talking to you again whenever you can :D just popping in to say I haven't forgotten about this
(April 19, 2024 - 3:11 pm)
I have rEtUrNeD to hAuNt YoU~
HI! How have you been doing?
ACK those are good ones XDD
lollll yeah a 1/2 bath generaly means there is no shower or bathtub, just a toilet and sink.
*sigh* it's okay, I guess. I'm glad you like their names though :) XD
okay. Um. Yes. I SWEAR I am going to continue my ski lodge. I am glad that you are still interested, though! Thank you, that means a lot :) Lyric and Scuttles (and maybe a few others?) have been quite diligent with topping it, so I guess it does mean I have eager readers besides you.... I will get back to it :/ :)
"Sasquatch?" They murmer, again in that rumbling voice. "I am Beti. I am a Yeti, not Sasquatch."
You blink rapidly. Oh, yeah, a yeti was SO much better.
"Eat. I not being here to hurt you."
The words sound as though this yeti was not use to using your language, but despite the halting sentences, it was strangly soothing.
Slowly, you reach for the carved bowl, and then bring it to your lap. The liquid inside looks rich with broth, and it does smell quite good. You raise it to your lips and drink. It's good. You drain the bowl quickly, and then set it back on the ground. The yeti is watching you.
(May 10, 2024 - 1:47 pm)
yay you're alive!!! sorry it's also taking me a while to respond to things XD I'm a little swamped in life rn
I've been better but I'm hanging in there! school ends in two weeks which is seriously so weird to think about—I'm almost a quarter done with high school :0 I have a pretty busy summer too which'll be fun. what about you—how does homeschooling work over the summer? any fun plans?
yayy your ski lodge is back! I read the part but I think I forgot to comment XD sorry about that I'm pretty bad at responding to ski lodges—but it was very good! very mysterious, and I'm excited to see how Story plays into the plot more...
The sasquach—yeti, you mentally correct yourself—shows no signs of moving, and after wiggling uncomfortably in the silence for a few minutes you decide to say something.
"Hi, I'm—" you pause in confusion. What is your name? It's on the tip of your tongue but you can't quite remember. "I'm Ayaz."
"Hello Ayaz," rumbles Beti. You frown.
"No, that's not right. Ayaz was... someone else. I'm—" you struggle with the words for a minute longer before giving up. "I don't remember. I'm sorry." You look down in puzzlement at your empty soup bowl.
"No worry. I call you... Kari. It mean 'covered in snow.' Like how I found you."
You look up at the yeti's warm face and smile slightly. You can't recall your real name but strangely enough, Kari fits.
(May 27, 2024 - 12:52 pm)
Hiii! I saw that you were back and I was like ACK still need to answer :\
So what grade of high school are you in now? Sophomore, right? What'd you do all summer?
I don't do school through summer, I'll be starting Sept. Actually.... I haven't really done school since Jan... hehe
I didn't really do much over the summer (no swimming whatsoever!!! Was terrible) But I have read lots of books, of course :)
Aaaaand I have no idea what to do next in the story :I
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