Thank you, Amity! Hehee, I think we're all a bit stalkerish on here at some point -- I know I am, at least, so it's fine :D you seem like a great person too; you seem super considerate, which btw sorta random but I find it a bit funny I think we both have a tendency to overapologize about things :) and I love your name btw!

Bobcat!!! Thank you!!! That means a lot, so. Yeah, that'd be great (for you to post the replies here)! I still need to do a few replies to you too haha, I feel like I'm always just a bit behind on replies to you (I've been trying to figure out what you mean by value, but idk (see attached picture; I've literally just been experimenting in the margins of classwork haha))

and also you're amazing back at you!!!!! You're super kind and considerate and caring: you go out of your way to answer everyone's posts on confessions -- and not even that, but you also put so much time and effort and thought into every single one of your responses!!! You're super passionate, and I always love reading whatever you post about stuffies or ballet or whatever -- you have this way of talking about what you love with such passion that your passion spills over onto us, and makes the world just that much lovelier... you're literally one of the sweetest people I know, and *sending love and hugs if you want them and your favorite treats* your way </3

besides all of that, you're an amazing writer!!!!! I've said it before, I'll say it again: I am in awe of your descriptions. Your poetry and your prose is always a joy to read, and your artwork is always, like-- wow. I don't know what to say except, again. You. Are. So. So. So. Amazing. :0 

(This is a super long post so I'll be posting it in shorter sections...)

Q&A... hmm. Cookies... well, my mind went immediately to tai yang bin, but tHaT's nOt a cOoKie (it may or may not be the ultimate pastry of delight though :DD)... honestly, I'm not super picky. If it's a sugar cookie, an M&Ms cookie, a chocolate chip cookie, a chocolate chip cookie with warm chocolate filling inside (my mom makes (as in takes them out of the box and puts them in the oven) these whenever our friends come over, and everyone loves them!!), raw cookie dough cookies, those uh Nilla cookies (those were my favorite when I was little :D), cookie crisp cereal (idk does that count? Except we don't eat cereal anymore...), I really have to stop, but mostly if it's a cookie, I'm probably going to eat it! :D ooh also white chocolate macadamia is really good!! And we have these really good like they look chunky but they're actually really thin 'cuz there's like a layer of air inside almond cookies that are amazing!!

Animals... that's hard. Uh. Well, probably some sort of creature that can breathe air... or wait would it be better to be a creature that can breathe underwater?? Or ooh ooh how about a bird that can fly and breathe air and hold its breath underwater-- but now I'm worried about like what would happen to me before I had time to shapeshift back... and humans would prob try to experiment on me if I was like a dragon or unicorn (which would be epic in theory); wait they'd probably try to do that anyways if I can shapeshift. Ig I'd just have to be super stealthy... I think I'm taking this too seriously :P but that's so hard!!! I could be a dog, cat, bear, butterfly, Madagascar hissing cockroach, GIRAFFE-- ooh what about if I'm this super powerful op creature that can shapeshift into ANYTHING :DDDD like Nimona! But, not like Nimona. Just a shapeshifter! Shapeshifters count as animals... right?   ...   ok yeah I'm going to move on now...

um wow thanks :D uh one thing I like about myself?? Ig... well, actually, this took longer than it should've, but I love that I get excited easily :) how about you (if you want to answer)?

THAT IS SUCH A COOL QUESTION WHAT. Um uh what would I like it to be?? Ig it'd be cool if I moved away all the leaves and sticks and flowers and whatnot and glinting in the sunlight is a small pool of water. I lean in and blow across the water, making ripples in its surface. The water is a steel grey (yes, spelled grey, not gray :D just feels more enchanted spelled that way for some reason) color; not polluted, not artificial, but just natural, the way magic here is natural. Where the water ripples, tiny bursts of sunset and sunrise spread across the pool, then fade. I blow again, and the pond ripples across my reflection, spots of color appearing here, and there. I reach a hand out, barely skimming the pool with my fingers. The water is refreshingly cold, and drops of water splash onto the ground around me, creating more clear-petaled flowers (in each flower is a flower fairy, bc why not :P). I wade into the pool, deeper and deeper, deeper than should be possible -- and still I go deeper. This is an enchanted wood, after all. Suddenly, I'm standing on the other side of the pool: here lies my own Narnia, my fantasy land where I can escape the world, a place all for myself. The only life here are the birds and the trees, the bugs, the clouds moving lazily across the sky, the stars twinkling at night, the cool breeze offering the first chance of rest in days... the land stretches forever it seems, but always, when I explore, I come back to the glittering puddle in the meadow. When the sun in this new world touches the horizon, I hear the howling of wolves, and I howl with them. Soon, though, it's time to return home. I dive into the pool of water, coming out dry on the other side, back in the enchanted wood. My life is waiting for me, and I walk the path out of the forest, heading home. But I know that the fantastical pool, and its lonely world, will always be there for me when I need an escape from reality, a break from the world and from people in general... this world is mine, and mine alone, and I know I will visit again soon.

... okay that kinda got away from me there haha :) but srsly what a cool question, and thank you for that too, 'cuz I really needed that escape... it's weird. writing it, I feel like I'm really there. I still do. I started writing this with a bad stomachache and I don't even feel anything anymore :000 I mean, it's probably a coincidence or smth, but :)

Also I kinda ignored the haunted part... but yeah

that's such a cool concept too... ooh, I think nostalgia would be an interesting feeling to taste. I feel like it would taste like, idk, cinnamon-y or nutmeg-y or smth (but also me not knowing what nutmeg tastes like lol). And warm! Like hot almond drink... I honestly don't like boba pearls (sorry to everyone who loves them), but whenever I get boba, I get brown sugar, so I would probably get that flavor because I'm not great with change, and also idk other boba flavors. And I would probably get the pearls/stars this time (usually I don't get it) bc... that literally sounds awesome. I am now imagining that boba shop in the clouds as like a comic book comfort read where it's mostly just calming scenes and people enjoying their drinks and lovable characters/character building and someone has to write that book (I can't 'cuz I can't draw :/) ahhh <3333

I'm not sure for a memory. Something cozy, definitely. And an idea... maybe the idea of the boba shop as a comic book XD. That would be lovely. :)

I'm not sure about a world, but what about a cloud world (sorta like where the shop is) and the drink's like light and airy and stuff that'd be cool!!

I just realized you said you wanted to write/draw the boba thing hehee (but also I say totally do it if you want to it's such a cool idea :000)...

also is it fine if I share these questions with my dad? Especially the boba question! He loves anything sorta sci-fiey/fantasy-y, and loves creative questions and LOVES drinks, so I think he'd love it!! :D

If any of this sounds weird, it's 'cuz parts of this post were written this morning while I was (oops?) supposed to be getting ready for school, parts were written in the afternoon while I was (...oops??) supposed to be doing laundry, and the rest of it is being written right now even though I should actually (...) be sleeping... so. I'm having trouble just keeping my eyes open rn :)

Moon Wolf!!!! Thank you!! You're so amazing, too; I think I said this on your CBversary thread, but you're a super nice person, and your poetry and art astound me -- especially your poetry has grown so much in this past year I feel like; you're still a master at rhyme, but you've been posting more free-verse stuff and haikus and acrostics, etc., and your work is... stunning. And yesss, TOH!!! Hope you're enjoying it! :D Kinda random, but I think it's pretty cool that we joined around the same time too!

ooh, I love your q&a ("q&a" for some reason looks so pretty lowercase)! I LOVE capybaras -- they're so cute!!! Plus I think they're the largest rodents in the world, which is pretty cool (especially the fact that they're rodents :0). And besides all that, I love their name haha! The word written out feels so satisfying for some reason?? capybara. But yeah! And ooh C-pop has definitely got to be fen xiang by Sky Wu/Si Kai Wu/Wu Si Kai!!!! If you haven't listened to it already, please do!!!!! For t-pop, I do have a song, but... I don't know the name... um. I'm not even sure it's t-pop (actually I'm not sure the former is c-pop either...), but it's by... Sandy... something. o_O But when I went to Tai Bei, we were just walking around and suddenly we heard this DJ playing in the middle of the shopping area, and there was a HUGE crowd of people around there, and they all had their phones out recording, and were all singing along to a fast-paced electronic version of the song I'm blanking on, and my dad was literally like what I LOVE this song!!!!!!!! and so we joined the crowd, bopping our heads to the beat, and it was AMAZING!!!!! Just curious, have you seen anything like that in Tai Wan? When we were there, there were performances happening around EVERYWHERE, people playing the er hu and breaking out into group choreography and taking song requests from a crowd of people, and so many of the performers were so nice too... it's really kinda magical there, idk :D it's awesome

...I think I just turned this into a Tai Wan rant. Whoopsies :) do you have any favorite c-pop or t-pop songs, if you want to reply?

Thank you!! YES Nimona!! And haha I used to see all the CBers in the mag too and they'd just be distant almost celebrities that I had never thought I was actually able to talk to; even when I did finally join the CB, I joined only for Kyngdom, and didn't really know the Chatterbox existed? So this is amazing :D I'm not sure if you mean "a year" as in that's a long time or a short time; I'm thinking you mean the latter, but idk, but either way I can't believe it either! On one hand, I feel as if I've been here forever. On the other, I feel like it can't possibly be a whole year already! You're super friendly btw, and your Let's Make a Story thread is really cool (I never comment because I'm not sure if I can keep up with another sorta-rp, but for the most part I've been reading along )!!