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You're in your room, reading your favorite book. It's raining softly; you can hear it tapping gently against your window. You've built a nest of pillows and blankets around you, and you're wearing your thickest, fluffiest pair of socks; you don't believe a rainy day could get much better than this.
Then you're suddenly gripped with a feeling of urgency. You have no idea what it could be about, or where it came from. You read the last line on the page over and over, but it doesn't register in your mind; something else, something important, is demanding your attention.
It's night. You're sitting in your bed, staring out the window, searching for something lost. But you can't remember what it is, or was. All you know is that it's out there...it's important...and it was once yours.
You know these words, but you've forgotten where they're from. But their origin isn't what's concerning you... it's the nagging feeling that whatever this thing is, you still haven't found it.
Dazed and distracted, you turn the page. A note, unmarked and neatly folded, falls from the pages and into your lap.
You pick it up and stare at it with confusion. It this, whatever it is, the thing you've been searching for? You figure there's only one way to find out. Curiously, you open it.
Dear Chatterboxer,
You are being invited to a ski lodge. Yes, an actual ski lodge, not a mansion, or a hotel, or a castle, or a treehouse, or even a train infested with strange men named Larry. No, I am inviting you to a real, honest-to-goodness ski lodge, where you can ski. Fear not, though, this isn't some ordinary ski lodge. No, it's a rather famous one. It's owned by someone named Sakura C. Maybe you've heard of them?
Anyways, you're being invited for a very special reason- there's a mission I'm going to send you on. I can't give you the details yet, but it's important that you come. If you've ever dreamed of being part of some kind of epic adventure, this is your opportunity.
Please do not come if you don't appreciate weirdness. I can guarantee that weird things will happen often.
Enough talking from me! Come to have fun and save the world! Bring the family! Fill out the sheet! (You know how this part works.)
Name:
CBer, AE, CAPTCHA or CAPTCHAE (you can bring 0-3 companions):
Gender/pronouns:
Basic appearance:
Describe yourself in 10 words or less (if you go over the limit, you will be publicly shamed by Gandalf, who will shout "Fool of a Took!" and whack you over the head with a mop that is actually his staff):
Please give your detailed opinion on the color red:
Packing list:
Other:
We look forward to seeing you there! (And yes, the popcorn is free.)
-Mx. Sam Crickett
~~~~~
The Magicae Palace sequel has arrived! CBers, you are on a mission- there is a dark, mysterious force you must work together to destroy. The future of ski lodges depends on it! You can read more about that here: http://www.cricketmagkids.com/chatterbox/puddingsplace/node/389370
Readers/attendees of Magicae Palace get first dibs on spots. I will tell you when spots are full. I don't care if you guess me since I'm sure everybody knows who I am already XD. Journal entries, comments, and suspicions are welcome and encouraged! Have fun friends! I'm so excited! :D
submitted by Mx. Sam C
(November 27, 2020 - 10:26 am)
(November 27, 2020 - 10:26 am)
Ooh, awesome! I'll Join!!
Name: Spellbound
CBer, AE, CAPTCHA or CAPTCHAE (you can bring 0-3 companions): Cber
Gender/pronouns: Female, she/her/hers
Basic appearance: Medium-length golden dirty brown hair, hazel-brown eyes, and short. I like wearing jeans and jean shorts and long sleeve shirts.
Describe yourself in 10 words or less (if you go over the limit, you will be publicly shamed by Gandalf, who will shout "Fool of a Took!" and whack you over the head with a mop that is actually his staff): Weird, kind, slightly smart, ambivert, creative, did i metion weird?
Please give your detailed opinion on the color red: Well, certain shades and mixed reds are cool, but bright or bold red is not a color i enjoy. A light red, redish-orange and shades of pinkish-red and magenta can be really pretty though!
Packing list: Clothes! A sketchbook and pencils, toiletries my phone, a laptop, books, and snacks.
Other: Nope, I don't think so!
Hey! Does anyone else want to come? There are 3 spots open!
Nope, I'm good.
Me me!
No thank you
(Oh! Uh, sure!)
*Waves hands wildely*
Tumble, Phoxx, do either of you want to come?
"NahI'm" "Goodd"
{Yeess} {Pleas}
Alright, Arya, Grace, and Tumble! Cool!
Name: Grace Jenna
CBer, AE, CAPTCHA or CAPTCHAE (you can bring 0-3 companions): AE
Gender/pronouns: Female, her/hers/she
Basic appearance: Olive skin, light purple and silver eyes, dark brown puffy and curly hair. She enjoys wearing large t-shirts and sweatshirts and boots. She has freckles and her cheeks are usually blushed and she wears earings, 1 at the tip of her ear, and two at her earlobe.
Describe yourself in 10 words or less (if you go over the limit, you will be publicly shamed by Gandalf, who will shout "Fool of a Took!" and whack you over the head with a mop that is actually his staff): Awkward, kind, nerdy, ambivert, friendly, giving, self conscience.
Please give your detailed opinion on the color red: Meh. It's a color. I mean if you like it, good for you, but, i mean, colors are colors.
Packing list: Boots and giant shirts, toiletries, her phone and laptop, and food!
Other: Nope!
Name: Arya Summers
CBer, AE, CAPTCHA or CAPTCHAE (you can bring 0-3 companions): AE
Gender/pronouns: Female, her/hers/she
Basic appearance: Dark skin, light green eyes, short black hair, she enjoys wearing cropped shirts and jeans.
Describe yourself in 10 words or less (if you go over the limit, you will be publicly shamed by Gandalf, who will shout "Fool of a Took!" and whack you over the head with a mop that is actually his staff): Obnoxious, loud, annoying, extroverted, interrupted people, dramatic, social.
Please give your detailed opinion on the color red: Well...colors are fun!! She likes pinky shades of red, but she likes being creative and art in general and she also likes bright colors, so reds are nice.
Packing list: Clothes, laptop, food, phone, and shoes.
Other: Nah, I don't think so.
Name: Tumble
CBer, AE, CAPTCHA or CAPTCHAE (you can bring 0-3 companions): Captcha
Gender/pronouns: Male, he/him/his
Basic appearance: A tiny, harmless porcupine with giant, adorable eyes and a small, kind smile.
Describe yourself in 10 words or less (if you go over the limit, you will be publicly shamed by Gandalf, who will shout "Fool of a Took!" and whack you over the head with a mop that is actually his staff): Adorable, nice, tiny.
Please give your detailed opinion on the color red: pale red and orange-red are really pretty!
Packing list: Nothing really, he's a baby porcupine
Other: N/A
(November 29, 2020 - 10:53 pm)
And with that, spots are CLOSED! Leafy, Bakerloo, Orson, Lucinda, Azalea, and Kaliedescope have all been accounted for. (Leafy, if you want to bring one or two companions, I will accept them too.
I promised day 0 part 1 once all spots were full, so here it is!
Morning was buzzing with excitement. A very, very large suitcase was lying in the dirt next to her feet, and Abcde and Liddy were on her other side. She was trying, and failing, to ignore her AE.
"It's so dusty out here," Abcde huffed. Pouting, she ran a silver hairbrush through her rosy hair. Her hair, Morning could see, looked no different than it did when the three left about twenty minutes ago.
"Yrspy," Liddy chirped reassuringly from Abcde's shoulder. Abcde sighed dramatically in response.
"I suppose you're right," she sighed. She put away her hairbrush, but she continued to fluff, straighten, and perfect her hair.
Morning rolled her eyes, but even she had to admit it was dusty. The trio was standing next to a country road ridden with potholes and sadness. The memory of grass crunched under their shoes. Morning wouldn't be surprised to see some tumbleweed blow forlornly across the ground.
"When is the silly thing going to come, anyways?" Abcde snapped. "I'm dying out here. If I stay out for much longer, I might melt."
As soon as the words fell from her flawless lips, Morning saw it- a strange-looking bus rattling along the road. Even from so far away, she could see the bright colors on the bus's sides and the unhealthy clouds of black gases its backside was vomiting.
Abcde noticed it too. Her amber eyes went wide. "Is that-" she interrupted her own sentence with a loud scream. "Am I supposed to- to ride on that... abomination??"
Morning smiled and didn't reply. The "abomination" shuddered slowly along the road, like it might fall apart at any moment. Eventually, it stuttered and stopped at the awed Morning, aghast Abcde, and clueless Liddy. "ski lodge transport" was written in cursive spraypaint amidst the crazy swirling colors that the bus boasted.
The door swung open with a shriek and a thud. Morning jumped a little, and Abcde swore she nearly fainted. A smiling woman sat in the driver's seat. As she climbed in, Morning saw the woman's nametag said "Jem Louise Margaret". When she turned to look at the inside of the bus, Morning grinned. It was much bigger on the inside than it had appeared on the outside. It was still chaotic, but it didn't appear quite as broken, and Morning felt better about the bus's chances to surviving the trip to the ski lodge.
"Morning!" Moondrop called. She, as well as several other CBers, AEs, and CAPTCHAs, were seated on the many multicolored benches. Morning waved and struggled with her large suitcase towards Moondrop, paying no attention to Abcde and her loud complaining. On her way, Morning passed many other CBers and smiled at them. She flopped down in the seat next to Moondrop, who had a smile on her face and a small box in her lap. The bus shuddered to life again and started, very slowly, to move.
"I'm so excited!" Moondrop exclaimed. "We've only got to pick up Quill, then we'll be going to Sakura's ski lodge!"
"Can we go any faster?" Abcde complained loudly. "I've seen sick turtles go faster." Nightfall snorted, but Morning rolled her eyes.
A rather short eternity later, they picked up Quill and Bean, clad with small suitcases, a guitar, and a few broad grins. The group busied itself with conversation and games as they bumbled along at "sick turtle pace". The only problem they ran into was when Faith and Dallas decided to steal a cactus, and Dallas actually started to pry a window open.
A not-quite-as-short eternity after that, the bus pulled into its destination. "I bet we're really late," mumbled dreamii.
"Oh no, you're not late!" a cheerful voice called from just outside the bus. "Nor are you early. You guests arrive precisely when the adventure begins."
dreamii climbed out of the bus and was met with the speaker- a short, black person with red-streaked black hair in a bob that covered one of their bright blue eyes. They wore black Converse, black jeans, and a black t-shirt that said "Relaxation Suites" in dark, cursive letters. It was Sam Crickett.
~~~~~ta-da! The next part will come once everyone has submitted their form!
(November 30, 2020 - 8:13 am)
Ahhhhhh that was AWESOME Luna! I can't wait for more!
(November 30, 2020 - 11:11 am)
Oh. My. Goodness. That was incredible! Sick turtle pace. Abcde is perfect—
Obviously.
AND YOU PUT JEM LOUISE MARGARET INTO THE STORY! Jem Louise Margaret!
(November 30, 2020 - 11:40 am)
Oh my goodness xD
Faith tried to steal a cactus xDDD
This is everything I had hoped for! I love it so much, Luna!
I cannot wait for the next part :D
(November 30, 2020 - 1:52 pm)
Name: Azalea
CBer, AE, CAPTCHA or CAPTCHAE: CBer
Gender/Pronouns: Female, she/her
Basic Appearance: shoulder-length brown curly hair, tan skin, brown eyes, turquoise glasses, wearing something casual, artsy, and colorful.
Describe yourself in 10 words or less: kind, creative, introverted, procrastinator, awkward, thoughtful, smart but not clever.
Please give your detailed opinion on the color red: Well, it's not my favorite color, or even close to it in fact, but I like it okay as long as it's not super bright or in large amounts. I like darker, muted reds best.
Packing list: my journal (for writing), a sketchbook and compact art supplies, clothes and other essentials, skiing clothes, books to read, my guitar, my phone and headphones, a water bottle, an apple and a granola bar, a silver locket whose contents are to be seen, and a pocketknife just in case.
Other: Kaleidescope's sheet will be out by the end of today, but I gotta go now :(
(November 30, 2020 - 10:03 am)
Well, I wasn't in the original one, and I'm currently reading it, but if there's space, I'd like to join!
Name: Honeybee
CBer, AE, CAPTCHA or CAPTCHAE (you can bring 0-3 companions): CBer. I think I'll bring Olive. She hasn't come to a ski lodge yet.
Gender/pronouns: she/her
Basic appearance: Brown hair just past my shoulders, hazel eyes, light skin, I think I'll wear a yellow tunic with long sleeves, black leggings, my hair in a high ponytail, and white high-top converse.
Describe yourself in 10 words or less (if you go over the limit, you will be publicly shamed by Gandalf, who will shout "Fool of a Took!" and whack you over the head with a mop that is actually his staff): Cats. Bees. Flowers. Rain. Books. No people. That's all.
Please give your detailed opinion on the color red: The color red is a very beautiful color, like every color. It is a warm yet bold color, the color of winter and summer. It is tulips and strawberries but also Christmas.
Packing list: Some changes of clothes, an e-reader, a sketchbook and a lot of pens and pencils, watercolors, a sword, warm clothes, teabags, random supplies.
Other: Vegetarian!
Name: Olive.
CBer, AE, CAPTCHA or CAPTCHAE (you can bring 0-3 companions): AE.
Gender/pronouns: she/they
Basic appearance: Black hair. Black clothes. Black shoes.
Describe yourself in 10 words or less (if you go over the limit, you will be publicly shamed by Gandalf, who will shout "Fool of a Took!" and whack you over the head with a mop that is actually his staff): Meh.
Please give your detailed opinion on the color red: It exsists. Yippee.
Packing list: More black clothes, black makeup and nail polish, guitar, random stuff
Other: Nope.
(November 30, 2020 - 10:41 am)
Whoops! That was super late sorry XD I'm going to be reading it though
(November 30, 2020 - 3:05 pm)
Oh, boy, I'm so excited!
I'm not. This sounds dangerous.
excit!
Okay, I'll go first...
Name: Bakerloo.
CBer, AE, CAPTCHA or CAPTCHAE (you can bring 0-3 companions): Chatterboxer.
Gender/pronouns: Male. He/him pronouns.
Basic appearance: Straight, long brown hair, brown eyes. Pale skin, tall and thin.
Describe yourself in 10 words or less (if you go over the limit, you will be publicly shamed by Gandalf, who will shout "Fool of a Took!" and whack you over the head with a mop that is actually his staff): Shy around strangers, sociable around friends. Good sense of humor.
Please give your detailed opinion on the color red: It used to be my favorite, but it's... not... any more. It reminds me of the CB though, which is very comforting.
Packing list: Heavy winter clothes (sweaters, jeans, coat, scarf, woolen hat, gloves, boots, wooly socks), all thirteen books in A Series of Unfortunate Events, toothbrush, toothpaste, William Pene du Bois's The Twenty-One Balloons, pajamas, portable record player with various opera records and It's Howdy Doody Time (I found it in a consignment store for two cents, what a steal!), vintage camera (this is like a trope at this point), contact lenses, lens case, saline solution, and my dagger, Krakatoa.
Other: I'm going to have to learn how to ski. But I'll going to be in the sequel to Magicae Palace, so it's totally worth it!
Okay, your turn, Orson.
Um... I'm writing a script. Let Lucinda go.
ohyah!
Name: lucna!
CBer, AE, CAPTCHA or CAPTCHAE (you can bring 0-3 companions): cappy!
Gender/pronouns: shehr!
Basic appearance: dusty bunny! llike under dabed! itiny!
Describe yourself in 10 words or less (if you go over the limit, you will be publicly shamed by Gandalf, who will shout "Fool of a Took!" and whack you over the head with a mop that is actually his staff): quick inher judge, darey devil, noome gusta comit mints! crazy!
Please give your detailed opinion on the color red: itjus okayi guess.
Packing list: idont neeed thing! bcuzi ajust dusty bunny!
Other: dontt knoow howto skiok!
Hey, good job, Lu! I think that's the most I've ever heard (read?) you speak.
thank!
Your turn, Orson.
Um, I just got a call from my agent. I've got to shoot another film, I can't come right now-
Picture this: a documentary, chronicling our great adventure at this ski lodge.
There was no call from my agent.
I figured as much.
Name: Orson.
CBer, AE, CAPTCHA or CAPTCHAE (you can bring 0-3 companions): Alter Ego.
Gender/pronouns: Male. He/him.
Basic appearance: Short and stocky. Dark skin, short, curly black hair. Very handsome.
Describe yourself in 10 words or less (if you go over the limit, you will be publicly shamed by Gandalf, who will shout "Fool of a Took!" and whack you over the head with a mop that is actually his staff): Genius. Loves cinema. No patience for silliness or *brrrr* television.
Please give your detailed opinion on the color red: I dressed Marilyn Manroe in red once. It clashed with her rosy cheeks.
Orson, I think you mean Marilyn Monroe.
Bakerloo, I know what I'm talking about. Her name is Marilyn Manroe. What are you going to say next? The name isn't Shawn Connery, it's Sean Connery?
But it isn't-
Bakerloo, people legally change their names so they sound very similar to the names of big stars. I hire these people to trick unsuspecting moviegoers into seeing films like The Two-Hundred Foot Tall Blobfish. What don't you understand?
Um... nothing. It's all clear now. Continue.
Thank you. As I was saying, red is nice, but it doesn't look good on everyone. Now, green is a different story. Green makes everyone look nice. I dressed Tom Hinks in green once, and-
All Sam Crickett wants is your opinion on the color red.
Spoilsport.
Packing list: Clothes (pinstripe waistcoats, white button-down shirts, black pleated pants, red cravats), tripod, camera, and film, megaphone, collection of black berets, monogrammed pajamas, toothbrush, toothpaste, and a single book: The Complete Compendium of Codes.
Other: I do know how to ski. I'm also hoping that The Ski Lodge Story (a new documentary from a visionary filmmaker, coming to theaters on Labor Day) becomes a hit, so I finally get the attention and praise I deserve.
That's everything, I think.
letsa goooo!
This is it. The pinnacle of my career begins now.
Argh, I'm so excited! See you guys on the bus!
(November 30, 2020 - 11:23 am)
Wow, so many comments already! :D Thank you, all!
Honeybee- technically spots were closed, but because I love you very much I will allow you and Olive to attend. :)
(November 30, 2020 - 5:54 pm)
Oops, I guess I broke my promise- I'm helping Kali with her form, btw
Name: Kaleidescope, Kali for short!
CBer, AE, CAPTCHA or CAPTCHAE: CAPTCHA
Gender/Pronouns: Female, she/her, I think.
Basic Appearance: She is a shapeshifter with two forms- as a bird, she has feathers in pretty much every color you can imagine and a long plume of feathers on her head, and black eyes. As a human, she is a bit smaller than a normal human, looks about 8-9 years old, and has the multicolored, longish hair, almond-shaped black eyes, and light tan skin. Likes wearing light, bright, flowy things.
Describe yourself in 10 words or less: carefree, mischevious, weird, hard to keep track of, usually nice.
Please give your detailed opinion on the color red: Ilike iittt! Ilike every color!
Packing list: a sketchbook and pencils, extra clothes and other essentials, a stuffed animal of unidentifiable species, and a flute!
Other: She's vegitarian, and because she's new she's still not the best at flying.
(December 1, 2020 - 9:23 am)
(December 2, 2020 - 11:05 am)
Wow... I just spent five hours straight binge reading Magicae Palace before realizing that all the spots here were filled...
Oh well, I'll still be reading along :)
(December 3, 2020 - 10:48 pm)
Oh no, I'm so sorry! I do hope you at least enjoyed Magicae palace...
I am working on the next part, so fear not! We only have one sheet to be submitted (*coughleafycough*).
(December 4, 2020 - 1:57 pm)
Of course I enjoyed Magicae Palace, who wouldn't!? It was sooo well thought out and well executed (no pun intended lol). I'll 100% be reading along with this so expect some strange theories and guessing coming from me further down the line XD
(December 6, 2020 - 1:26 am)