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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)
*Lets go of rope*
*nothing happens*
*goes to IKEA*
*gets nothing*
*moves into IKEA*
Bye guys.
(March 5, 2018 - 12:43 pm)
...bye? If the rope left, I'm not sure what that means for the rest of us... are we giving up or are we topping it with actual posts instead of pulling on a rope?
~Starseeker
(March 6, 2018 - 9:04 pm)
I have no idea. We could go back to the hedge maze swamp thing. I'm there. Or here, as it were.
(March 7, 2018 - 10:40 am)
*pokes out of hedges*
Heyyy, guys. Bummer this got abandoned. Mind if I... uh... watch you climb a castle wall? I have a grappling hook if anyone wants to use it...
Wait, do we know the Endless Spring Resorts' phone number? Maybe we can call room service!
(March 7, 2018 - 3:36 pm)
I highly doubt that the Spring Queen is ever going to begin this Ski Lodge.
(March 7, 2018 - 5:16 pm)
Yeeeaaaahhhh, that thought has crossed my mind more than once. I mean, if this Rose person really wanted to write this Ski Lodge, sho could have just moved on without the one person's sheet. I dunno, doesn't it kinda seem like we are pushing for something that will never happen? Sure this...RPing thing was fun while it lasted, but....it's not really happening anymore.
(March 7, 2018 - 7:52 pm)
Well then, we'll have to do something about it.
*Explodes hole in the castle wall*
Onward, neglected vacationers!
(March 7, 2018 - 8:36 pm)
Yeah, I don't think Rose is coming, either. Maybe we could RP the ski lodge on our own... I don't know, I'm mostly just determined to be part of a ski lodge that doesn't die.
*hears distant explosion* What was that?
*lands on Viola?'s shoulder*
Aaand now I have a raven on my shoulder.
Hi.
Gwah! Nymph! You startled me.
I know. Someone just blew a hole in the castle and I want to use you as guinea pigs.
Okay. *calls to others* Hey guys, you want to go check out the castle? I'm going.
(March 8, 2018 - 6:10 pm)
Hey, where'd you go? I can't see a thing... Where did all this mist come from?
... *points at the swamp not six feet below*
Right, right, stupid question.
*bites through the yarn on Viola's wrist*
Ohhhhhhkay. Um, so, I'm gonna go. Post-its away! *flies off on her pad, appearifying another in its place so the others can still pad-hop across the swamp if they want*
Oh, right. *sends the Post-its with the directions on them to Vyolette's bag*
They're all going to die.
I was hoping they wouldn't.
Take my word for it. They will.
Well, you're not the one with prophetic powers.
Meh. What good does knowing the future do, anyway?
Well, if you--
No, stop. That was supposed to be a conversation ender.
Okay. You can have the last word now, if you want it.
Good.
(March 17, 2018 - 6:46 pm)
I walked into the courtyard.
The thick fog and earthy odor cast a angry shadow on the otherwise cheerful garden.
A few chickens ran around, but the dominating sight was the castle itself. It was a massive stone structure with four turrets poking out. Pretty much a basic castle.
Flags and banners adorned with dandelions hung limp in the listless air.
Noir jazz played quietly from a tiny radio as Viola and I stared at the desolate scene...
(March 14, 2018 - 7:16 am)
Sure is spooky all of a sudden.
It was a lot sunnier out a few minutes ago. I guess it's a magic swamp.
I was going to say that!
Ha. Sucks to be you.
Pfft. *looks around* Wonder where that radio came from. It's kinda cute! Kind of steampunk. *steps towards the radio* *sees a chicken walk past* Ooh! I have to pick up a chicken! They taught us how to do that at a summer camp I went to once. I wonder if it'll stand on my arm? The ones at camp did. Aw man, it's been forever. *walks off in pursuit of chickens*
She gets distracted so easily. Give her a minute, and then let's go check out the hole in the wall.
*calls over shoulder* That's another phrase for a speakeasy! Or a restaurant or something! Also, I think the radio's going to say something spooky if we say the password! *goes back to chicken chasing*
Blossom?
*catches a chicken, to its mild chickeny protest* Yeah, that's the password. Haha! Aw man, this is great. *walks back to Alizarine and Nymph, chicken in hands* Sorry. Let's see if I was right about the radio.
(March 17, 2018 - 7:02 pm)
"BLOSSOM!" I say to the radio.
The abandoned password echoes through the courtyard, and suddenly the sun comes out. A person in a pink and light green dress appears to flash up from the grass.
"Well, that's not creepy. Not creepy at all."
"Come," the person says.
Viola and I glance at each other and walk cautiously toward the person.
"I," the person says, "am the Spring Queen. Call me Rose."
"How'd you come up from the ground?" I ask.
"Oh, a hologram projector, nothing more," she says nonchalantly. "Listen, due to unforeseen circumstances, this ski lodge is over. Ruined. Dead. Even the rope moved to Ikea. I've got things to do, so please give this thread a proper burial. And if you wish, found another ski lodge in this one's name."
"What are you going to do with the castle?"
"Oh, that's a hologram too."
The castle collapses around us.
"What?! Why is everything a hologram?"
"Most ski lodges are just holograms. Oops, I probably shouldn't have told you that. No matter. Feel free to take a chicken!"
"Aren't the chickens holograms?"
"If the chickens were holograms, you wouldn't be able to pick them up." She rolls her eyes.
"Why do you even have chickens?"
"Oh, I kill them sometimes and eat them for dinner." She grins maniacally and the signal is cut. She vanishes after a few seconds of static.
I turn to Viola and shrug.
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RIP ENDLESS SPRING
Started strong, but collapsed like a hologram
Dec. 3rd, 2017- Mar. 23rd, 2018
(March 23, 2018 - 4:22 pm)
It's over, then. Maybe someday I'll make my own. You can be sure that won't die.
*turns away with chicken* Come on, let's go. I think I see some sun.
(March 26, 2018 - 3:45 pm)
Ooh, maybe we could run one together! That'd be cool...
If we do, what would the setting be? A train, a treehouse, a mansion full of secret passages, or, you know, maybe even an actual ski lodge.
(March 27, 2018 - 8:44 am)
It should be an isolated place, and an interesting one. I've never been to an actual ski lodge, but I suppose I've never been to a mansion, either. Anyway. If we do, we would be under aliases, right? Are you on the NaNo YWP classroom? We could talk in private there, avoid spoilers.
(March 29, 2018 - 8:23 am)