You stretch out
Chatterbox: Pudding's Place
You stretch out
You stretch out in bed, your eyes already half-closed. You've been reading for much longer than you had intended - You need to know what happens to Mark Whatney, gosh darn it - and you're quite ready to go right to sleep. But before you can, you hear a tapping at your window.
You want to ignore it, but it becomes louder and more frequent as you lay there in the dark. Finally, you throw off your covers and walk over to the window.
There you find a tropical bird of some sort, its long beak hooked and colored in vibrant shades of yellow and orange. It seems to be carrying a paper in one curved talon. You open the window, and it extends its leg to you. You take the paper, open it up, and read:
Dearest CBer,
We cordially invite you to an exclusive vacation at Tropical Air and Wildlife Resort. For its grand opening, we choose to hand-pick guests that we feel would best benefit our resort, and therefore we request that you submit an application* before making your way to the Amazon Rainforest.
Here at Tropical Air and Wildlife Resort, we believe in the best service for all of our guests. Thus, you may expect none of the violent murder and injury that has occured at our opponents' various openings. Instead, please enjoy a stay full of sunshine, spacious trees, and poisonous snakes.
Best Wishes,
The Toucan Keeper
*See enclosed.
You read the letter through twice. "What do I have that would benefit a resort?" you ask the toucan, but it merely cocks its head at you and shoves out its other leg.
Here, you see a form:
Name:
Pronouns:
Appearance:
Personality:
Packing List:
Other:
Please fill in this form and send it in as soon as possible, because spots are limited to a total of 10 CBers, not counting companions they choose to accompany them.
Best Wishes,
The Toucan Keeper
Bemused, you fill out the information and clumsily tie it onto the leg of your toucan. As it spreads its wings to fly away, a peculiar sensation comes over you. By the time the bird has made it through the window, you are splayed out on the floor, unconscious . . .
(August 17, 2018 - 9:12 pm)
Name: Fireburst
Pronouns: She/Her
Appearance: Fiery red wavy hair, bright blue eyes like... really bright blue. Maybe aquamarine, except sort of crystalline. Average height, pale skin. Loose, casual clothing. Rainbow ankle socks can be sometimes seen over my shoes. I sometimes have flames in my hands.
Personality: ISFJ, likes being in charge (and is fairly good at it too) but sometimes panics in danger, will take every possible opportunity to make a reference to something.
Packing List: A computer with every book, every movie and every game that exists or have existed on it, a swimsuit (Just in case)
Other: N/A
Name: Byann
Pronouns: He/Him
Appearance: A bright red dragon. He also has a human form, but I can’t figure out what he looks like then, so feel free to make stuff up if you have him in human form.
Personality: He is very loyal to me, as in he is kind, gentle, and obedient around me, and also that he obeys all my orders. But he feels a strong pull to cause mayhem, so when he can get away with it (as in, when I am away and there is someone else to blame for any wreckage) he will break things and rampage and possibly blow something up.
Packing List: He’s not packing anything.
Other: He’s my AE
Name: Darkfeather
Pronouns: She/Her
Appearance: A small black cat with feathery wings and green eyes
Personality: She’s often kind and polite, but she gets sassy sometimes.
Packing List: N/A
Other: She’s my Captcha
(August 23, 2018 - 4:49 pm)
(August 23, 2018 - 8:19 pm)
There is only one spot left! Your toucan's getting very impatient . . .
(August 23, 2018 - 10:26 pm)
I have arrived to claim the rightful spot!!!
Name- Gracia
Pronouns- she, her, hers
Appearence- Longish brown hair with blonde highlights, fair skin, rosy cheeks, usually smiling except for when there is a mysterious death, wears a t-shirt, jean shorts, and converse.
Personality- cheerful, happy, and optimistic. Gets scared easily and gets very angry and lashes out if someone insults them or their friends.
Packing list- change of clothes, bathing suit, binoculars, books, pencils.
Other- The Hay Master, controls hay.
(August 24, 2018 - 8:25 am)
Waiting on you to begin the ski lodge! I'd like to get a few days in before school whisks me off to Neverland.
(August 25, 2018 - 6:37 pm)
*bursts in* I'm here. Sheet.
Name: Soren
Role: CBer
Pronouns: they/ them
Appearance: pale, "5'4", some freckles, sea-ish blue, Justin Beiber-ish pixie cut, bright, bold eyes same color as hair, Padawan braid, plain grey shirt, jean shorts, blue flip-flops, thick, leathery dragon wings and tail, also sea-ish blue.
Personality: Weird beyond weird, but also very smart and kind, always tries to be helpful. Knows when to get quiet, but I'm very loud and wild around my friends. Adventurous to a point, not brave but not a coward, extremely tomboyish, hates being fancy or flouncy, descriptive, avid reader and writer. A teacher's pet, but hates being one. Smart alic, sometimes sarcastic. Fairly independent, not popular and happy about it. Obsessed with Harry Potter, Minecraft Story Mode, and Captain America.
Packing list: clothes, toiletries, some books, notebook with partly-written story in it, booklight, yellow lightsaber, pocket knife, phone, lucky baseball hat, lots of gum.
Other: vegetarian.
Name: Dewy
Role: AE
Pronouns: she/ her
Appearance: very pretty, chocolate brown skin, eyes changing smoothly from emerald green to sea blue. Knee-length, curly emerald green hair with water lilies strung in the curls. Wears neon shirts displaying positive sayings, floral shorts, and never shoes.
Personality: just about the brightest, happiest, most positive person imaginable. She's bright, bubbly, kind, and brave. She has a passion for nature and animals.
Packing list: clothes, toiletries, and ALL of her pets. She has a LOT.
Other: can turn into a parrot... they can have a tropical bird war. XP She wouldn't want that, though.
Name: Boo
Role: CAPTCHA
Appearance: cute piglet, mostly pink with a few brown spots.
Personality: sweet and curious, obsessed with cake.
Packing list: a blanket and lots of cake.
Other: N/A
(August 26, 2018 - 7:59 am)
IM HEEEERE
Name: Darkking
Pronouns: He/him
Appearance: I am almost always surrrounded by shadows that swirl around me, obscuring most people’s vision of me. I have metallic blue hair, porcelain colored skin, eyes so blue that they are almost black with tiny specks of white in them so it looks like they are a starry night sky, long black gloves that go under the sleeves of his navy blue hoodie to his elbows, blue jeans, combat boots, 2 swords on my back, 2 daggers in each boot, 5 daggers on each hip, and a black crown that looks like it is made of shadows bloating above my head. I walk extremely fast and my friends often grab onto my arms in attempt to slow me down, I am also taller than average. I wear gloves because anyone I touch with my bare hands(excluding myself) will turn to dust or stone almost immediately(why I wear gloves). I can shapeshift to have wings on my back but that is the extent of my shapeshifting.
Personality: I seem emotionless to people who don’t know me but around friends I am the most outspoken, funny, happy, joyous, emotionfull person to ever exist. I fell others emotions strongly and tend to subconsciously act like them a bit. If I’m with a brave person I tend to act more daring, if I’m with a witty person I tend to make more observations, etc.
Packing List: I have a portal cube that I carry ADMINS KNOW WHAT in, weapons, food, etc..
Other: BWHEP
~~~
Name: Mor
Pronouns: She/her
Appearance: Mor usually has golden blond hair with purple eyes, she is a foot shorter than I am and she usually wears a red shirt and black shorts. She is quite tan and almost always has a mischievous sparkle in her eye. She has white wings and red cat ears and tail. Her tail has a bell of silence (stealth increased to 99999) attached to a white ribbon that is tied around it and her ears have 3 piercings on the left, 4 on the right. Her earrings are charmed and glow when she uses the charm: electricity (revered to as minor power over electricity, light yellow earring), healing (small wounds, rose red), shielding (the shield is lavender and so is the earring, note that the shield cannot deflect physical blows, just weather), teleportation(when someone tries to touch her she sometimes teleports across the room on accident, light blue), and charm (ya know, charisma, get people to do stuff for you, this earring is light pink), telekinesis (moving small objects, light green) and fire (slight control over fire and immunity to fiery explosions, light orange earring) She always has a camera. ALWAYS. SHE IS ALWAYS WATCHING. *paranoia activate*
Personality: Arrogant, cocky, funny, caring, a great friend to be around.
Packing List: Camera, she has her own portal cube that is in her backpack with the necesities and a bunch of batteries and storage discs for her camera.
Other: talks like this
~~~
Name: Will
Pronouns: He/him
Appearance: Dark skin, black hair, Hazrel eyes, medeum height, wearing a plain, dark green, jacket with brown pants and sneakers
Personality: Calm, shy, invisible
Packing List: Nothing
Other: talks like this
~~~
Name: Harliquin
Pronouns: He/him
Appearance: Fair skin, strawberry blond hair, his eyes contain every color imaginable and they glow in the dark(unless he's dead), Neon blue hoodie, Black shorts, brown boots
Personality: Bold, striking, noticable
Packing List: NOTHINGGG
Other: talks like this
~~~
Name: Izzy
Pronouns: She/her
Appearance: A neon yellow "I solemnly sweat that I am up to nbo good" hoodie that's about 2 sizes too big, jeans, sneakers, big purple glasses with silver designs(she needs these to see)
Personality: Happy, ambivert, shyish, nerdy, more nerdy, ultimate nerd
Packing List: LIBRARY, sugar, food, mofre food
Other: Shes my new AE and she speaks like this
ukrr
Is that a book referance
WHO CARES!
*bangs head on desk*
don't do that Darkking, it's not healthy
(August 27, 2018 - 12:40 pm)
Thanks to everyone for signing up! Spots are now closed.
Expect the first installment tomorrow or the day after!
(August 27, 2018 - 8:57 pm)
General Waffleson groaned and sat up on his forearms, body splayed out on a beach. He could tell it was a beach not just because there was sand stuck to every inch of himself, but because of the crashes of the waves nearby and the slimy sensation of seaweed on his left arm. “Gross,” he groaned, flapping the appendage around and getting up.
He dusted off his pants and glanced around. Apparently he was the first to arrive at the resort. He felt a twinge of annoyance: he was expecting rainforests, not beaches. Hadn’t that letter mentioned the Amazon?
“Eeew!” said a voice behind him, and a girl with coppery hair peeled some seaweed off the back of her neck.
“Hey, Vyolette,” said Waffleson, vaguely surprised. “I didn’t know you were coming.”
“Oh! Hey, Waffleson. I wasn’t expecting you either.”
After many more cries of disgust as people pulled seaweed from more and more unexpected places, and hasty introductions, a group of very confused CBers and AEs stood on an otherwise abandoned beach.
“Didn’t that letter say a rainforest?” demanded a disgruntled Mor. “This is not a rainforest.”
“It’s not even tropical,” agreed June.
The crowd burst into angry complaints, some people gesturing at the area around them, Byann taking the opportunity to throw sand into everyone’s faces.
“I am terribly sorry for the inconvenience,” interrupted a quiet voice, and the guests silenced immediately. The Toucan Keeper was wearing typical zookeeper garb: a camouflage suit and baseball cap, her signature bird perched on her shoulder, brown hair tied up in a ponytail. “Our resort is very carefully hidden. However, the protections around it make it impossible for me to transport you directly in. If you would follow me?”
Her guests followed her as she wandered down the beach and around two gigantic sand dunes. To everyone’s surprise, behind them was not a boardwalk or more sand, but a lush tropical rainforest. “Watch out for snakes,” The Toucan Keeper advised, moving further inward.
As they continued to walk, more childish AEs and CAPTCHAs began to moan, Bela going as far as to throw a complete tantrum before June gave up and shoved her angrily into their bag. The Toucan Keeper did not falter, deftly avoiding gigantic puddles of mud and even larger colonies of army ants - in fact, she only paused when they had reached their destination.
“Careful now,” she said, beginning to climb, “the ladder’s slippery.”
But everyone else was too awestruck to pay much attention. Tropical Air and Wildlife Resort was as beautiful to them as an oasis to someone trapped in the desert. A line of treehouses stretched over a clear, almost sparkling river beginning in a waterfall, a rope ladder dangling down to a carefully cleared rainforest floor. Everything seemed much more open than the compressed, claustrophobic forest they’d just been walking through.
Eagerly, the guests began to climb the rope ladder, slipping into an equally gorgeous lobby. Toucans lined the walls, settled in cages with the doors hanging open. General Waffleson began giving them birdseed immediately. “Please take a moment to take off your shoes and dust off the sand,” said The Toucan Keeper. “I need to ready your rooms.”
After a moment, she returned carrying a slip of paper. “Vyolette, Dewy, and Nymph, please follow Chestnut to the Banana Tree Room. Darkking, Will, and June, you’re with Pecan in the Ceiba Room. General Waffleson, Gracia, and Silvern, Peanut will show you the way to the Rubber Tree Room. Fireburst, Darkfeather, and Raven are in the Cecropia Room with Cashew. Brynn, Harliquin, and Izzy, Almond can lead you to the Kapok Room. Quill, Max, and Bela, you’re staying in the Curtain Fig Room with Macadamia. And Soren, Byann, Mor, and Viola? are with Walnut in the Teak Room. Take some time to get comfortable and unpack! I’ll see you all at dinner.”
-.-.-.-.-
The happily settled-in guests, a room at a time, followed their nut-themed toucans to dinner. The dining room was its own treehouse, a large, sleek room with one table that reached from one end of it to the other. It was piled high with food of all sorts, and everyone happily filled their plates.
Cackling, Brynn reached into her pocket to pull out some popcorn. After eating some of it, she pelted it down the table, where it hit June in the head. Immediately fired up by the assault on his CBer, Max shouted “FOOD FIGHT!” and chucked a nearby apple at Brynn’s head. She smirked and ducked. Chaos caused. Next target apprehended. FIRE!
In order to avoid ruining her pristine clothes, The Toucan Keeper slipped out of the room to tend to her charges. Taking advantage of the chaos and the lack of an overseeing eye, the murderer slipped out of their chair and, pausing only to dump some food down Izzy’s neck, dropped some poison into an unsuspecting guest’s food.
-.-.-.-.-
Izzy stepped out of the Kapok Room’s shower, expecting everyone to already be in bed. Still toweling off her hair, she raised her eyebrows when she saw Brynn still sitting up, eyes open. “Something wrong?”
“Izzy, I don’t feel so good,” Brynn groaned, clutching her stomach.
“Are you okay? Should I send Almond to get The Toucan Keeper?”
“No, just . . . tell Skye she was right . . . ”
“Don’t be so dramatic, you’re going to be - ” before Izzy could finish her sentence, Brynn keeled over and off of the bed. Being knowledgeable in taking pulses thanks her novels, it was easy for Izzy to determine the obvious conclusion: Brynn was very dead.
~~~~
Rest in Peace, Brynn.
Fingers crossed that the formatting works out.
(August 28, 2018 - 10:27 pm)
MY BEAN AE WHY DID YOU HAVE TO WHITNESS IT?!?!
At least we know it wasnt her.
wmir
Worm?
Mer? Like from Kymgdom?
*bursts into room* THERE'S BEEN A MURDER
wAiT wHaT
(August 29, 2018 - 10:01 am)
*Shakes popcorn out of hair* Wow, this is good! RIP Brynn
Rest In Peace Brynn.
Rest In Peace fellow food fighter.
Rest In Peace.
Nooow, who is the murderer? *begins re-reading Part 1* hmmmm...
Ittt wwaasssnntt mee!
And how do you know that, Max?
Because...
Mmhhmhhm.
*glares*
#ndav#
Ummmm...No Dave? Whose Dave and why do you they are the murderer?
#ndav#
Oookkkkaayyy
(August 29, 2018 - 10:15 am)
Hm. That reference at the end looks very intentional. I wanted to tell you I saw that, and that I know exactly what it’s from. I won’t put what it is or where it’s from in case some people don’t want to know.
Also, we know the murderer isn’t Izzy. I’m going to have to start a suspect list soon.
(August 29, 2018 - 11:11 am)
O.O
Wow. Poor Brynn.
But awesome writing, Toucan Keeper!! It's very descriptive, I love it!!
(August 29, 2018 - 7:15 pm)
Skye... I don't feel so good... *Stumbles* No... I don't wanna go, Skye, I don't wanna go... *Floats away*
So the Toucan Keeper is a Marvel fan. Good to know.
*Reads* *gasps* NOOOOOO BRYNN MY FRIEND! Soren, if you're the murderer, I will break your freaking face.
(P.S @Toucan Keeper, my CAPTCHA Boo wasn't mentioned when you said the cabins...)
(P.P.S @Alizarine sorry if my whole Infinity War/ Brynn reenactment was a little weird.)
(P.P.P.S I just wanted to add another P.)
(August 29, 2018 - 4:06 pm)
I wanted to tell you I read your post and started laughing because of it. These references are making my day.
(August 29, 2018 - 5:44 pm)