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Endless Spring
Endless Spring
It's a clear, crisp December afternoon as you are walking home from school. The first flakes of winter are falling, and you stop to catch a few on your tongue. Most of the trees are bare of leaves, but one is covered in its full green foliage. You stop and peer up at the tree, the one that looks so unusual this time of year. And before you know what you're doing, you are sitting on a branch next to a bemused but unafraid crow, swinging your legs over the side of the branch. You notice something in the branches above you. A letter- with your name on it. You pluck it from the branch, and stop to marvel at the quality of the wax seal on it- green, with a leaf imprinted on it- that you barely notice the leaves on the tree slowly- but in perspective rapidly- changing first to yellow, then orange, red, and even a bit of purple and brown. They have started falling from the tree, but you are too immersed in your letter even to notice.
Dearest CBer,
You are invited to a free of charge* 3-Week stay at Endless Spring Castle and Resort! You and only 21 of your fellow letter-holders** are invited- you'll have the whole place to yourselves, and be home before Christmas***! All homework is waived- just go to the front of your house at promptly 5 pm, CST, with your AEs, CAPTCHAs, and whatever you are bringing to the resort. The taxi will handle you from there. This trip includes a reenactment of Hamilton, a magical garden flower maze, and castle scavenger hunts. Best of luck, and enjoy your stay!
Your friend,
The Spring Queen (Please, call me Rose)
P.S: Once you have entered the hotel, you may not leave until the 21-day duration is up.
P.P.S: The spring queen is not responsible for injury, severe wounds, burns, deaths, poisonings, murders, or anything along those lines.
*The popcorn is not free. (Of course)
**This INCLUDES AEs and CAPTCHAs
***With luck
~~
Well, that was strange! you think, hopping down from the tree. You check your watch. 4:15 PM.
You rush home to start preparing.
~~
Hey, guys! As you might have already guessed, this is a ski lodge. The password is blossom. For new CBers who don't know, a ski lodge is like a murder mystery solo write using characters based off of Chatterboxers and their AEs. If you wish to attend, fill this sheet out for yourself and your AEs (Not necessary for CAPTCHAs). It can be as detailed or vague as you want, and you can reserve spots:
Name (and CB nicknames):
Age:
Gender:
Looks (basically Appearance):
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
What you are Bringing:
Favorite Season:
Preferred character to play in Hamilton:
Other:
Password:
Rules:
1: Do not bring weapons. I will supply the weapons.*evil grin*
2: You may guess me.
3: If you have reserved, please post your charrie sheet by the time I say spots are closed, or I will have to leave you out.
4: You must notify me in 'Other' if you do not like Hamilton.
5: You may guess me if you wish.
Thanks, guys!
~The Spring Queen (Rose)
submitted by The Spring Queen, age Ageless, Endless Spring Resort
(December 3, 2017 - 10:02 am)
(December 3, 2017 - 10:02 am)
Okay, so, the order is Zoey, Starseeker, Epic Fangirl, me, Trevor, Quill, Kyoto, Allie and Viola?, with Zoey being last? Or Kyoto then Quill? I say that we probably need about two feet of yarn/rope between each person, so 2 times 9 is 18, but then my yarn measures in yards.....so 18 divided by 3 is 6! We need six yards, and every ball of yarn is about 300 yards, so we should be good. We could even use twelve yards and fold over the six yards twice for extra sturdiness so it won't break? Here, Viola?, you can start tying this on your wrist. *hands over the cut yarn*
(January 28, 2018 - 9:28 am)
Here, Vyolette, I can do it. It'll be easier to tie someone else's wrist than your own. *takes yarn from Vyolette* *ties it on to everyone's wrists in order* Off we go! Where to first?
(January 28, 2018 - 7:54 pm)
can you just start without the people who reserved but didn't join?
(January 28, 2018 - 7:52 pm)
Um, I guess we have to follow Viola? because she is the first one in line. She started hopping onto her post-it notes so we should probably start moving unless we want our wrists yanked out of socket. *follows Viola?*
But do wrists even have sockets?
...yes? Or maybe just joints? I dunno. Either way, it'll still hurt!
You don't have to tell me twice! *starts walking*
(January 29, 2018 - 3:07 pm)
Oh, I was actually thinking three or four feet between each person. Did you already finish?
Also, the order from front to back is me, Allie, Quill, Trevor, Vyolette, Kyoto, Epic Fangirl, Starseeker and Zoey.
(January 29, 2018 - 5:39 pm)
Soo... onward! *takes step forward* *almost crashes into Vyolette <I think?>* Okay. We can do this. We just have to get into a rhythm.
~Starseeker
(January 31, 2018 - 10:04 pm)
Epic Fangirl. And yeah, there isn't actually as much space as I thought between us. Maybe four feet would've been better. Oh, well. C'mon, it's this way! We're just out of range of alligators. Not that there are any. I think there are water lilies, though.
(February 10, 2018 - 12:28 pm)
Aha! This is what I was forgetting!
(February 10, 2018 - 12:24 pm)
Wow, this thread is really stuck. Wonder if it's time for the rope/bicycle/mud strategy.
(February 10, 2018 - 12:34 pm)
Yep, looks like it. All right, then...
*puts hair up* *grabs rope and gloves* *walks down along the river of threads*
Perhaps we ought to describe this river?
Would you do the honors?
Oh. Um, all right. *ahem*
Cement. A long, narrow road of asphalt on either side, but there are few cars, if any. Grass and low trees grow olive and jade in the brown beyond. In the middle, there is cement. Blocks of it, forming sidewalks and the banks of a river. The river is low and filled with mud. It stretches as far as the sidewalks, as far as the roads, out into the distance. It is hot. The sky is blue and clear, but light. It looks about as deep as the river. The river flows onwards, sluggishly. It is full of threads. They look like different things. Once there was one that looked like a bicycle, and it was stuck deep in the mud of the riverbed, and a valiant group of Kyngdomers pulled and pulled and pulled until they had freed it, until it lay at the top of a first page. Viola? was among them. In truth, she started it. She now intends to do it again.
*stops* *turns to the river* *drops the rope* *climbs down the shallow slope of the bank* *thrusts a hand into the water* *digs around in the mud*
Where is it... What does it look like? Can't be flowers. Maybe a castle?
As soon as she says the words, her hand brushes against something firm and stone and roofed. A tower. A tower belonging to a miniature castle. It is deep in the mud, but not too deep. She takes a hold of it and begins to pull.
Thank you, Sea Glass. You can stop now.
You're welcome. *steps aside*
*gets a firm foothold* *heaves on the tower*
Ergh... This is pretty stuck.
*pulls* *hands slip* *staggers* *regains balance* *goes back forward* *finds tower*
Because simply saying 'top' would be too easy.
*pulls on the castle in the mud*
(February 11, 2018 - 12:29 pm)
*strains backwards* *pulls the castle out another inch* WE SHALL TOP THIS!!!
~Starseeker
(February 11, 2018 - 8:36 pm)
*pulls at the castle* Come... on... *heaves* *loses grip*
Ah!
*falls back* *stops with hands on the riverbank, almost knee deep in the mud* *catches breath*
Okay, time for the rope. *stands* *climbs up* *grabs rope* *climbs down*
Starseeker! Move over a sec?
*waits* *walks forward* *grabs tower* *digs around in the mud* I think I found something... *ties rope around castle*
Okay, let's go. *heaves on the rope*
(February 12, 2018 - 7:44 am)
*transforms back into a dragon (long story)* *grips the rope in my teeth* *strains backward another few feet* It's almost up! If more people would join us it would go faster...! *cough cough everyone else cough cough* Fine, I'll help. *grabs rope* *strains backward, using wings as leverage*
~Starseeker & Zoey
(February 13, 2018 - 10:20 am)
Thanks. *heaves on the rope*
(February 13, 2018 - 7:39 pm)
And... is it up? Almost! Pull, pull!
~Starseeker
(February 14, 2018 - 3:39 pm)