Once upon a
Chatterbox: Pudding's Place
Once upon a
Once upon a time, there was a brilliant young person. They were blessed with many attributes of perfection, the greatest among these being their incredible intellectual aptitude. It is, on this fragile planet Earth, nearly impossible to find a human with a mind that can truly be classified as a genius, but this particular person was among the lucky few possessed with this rare trait. They had the power to do nearly anything, even bring about world peace, and only one thing was stopping them.
This thing is commonly known as the adult who takes care that most wonderful of humans.
That adult would often say to their brilliant child, "You know I love you, but you still need to..." This sentence could continue in many different ways, from "go to school" to "eat broccoli." The genius did not wish to do those things, but was forced to, against their better judgement. This stopped them from saving the world. Then, one day, a fairy godhuman swooped in...
Sighing, you put down your pen. You are no genius, and no fairy godhuman is going to come save you from anything. You're an ordinary person, going through all of the things that are so common among people your age. You are not in a fairy tale, and, tomorrow, you are going to have to be shipped off to boarding school. Because, apparently, your perfectly adequate schooling situation is not adequate at your age, learning ability, and during widespread virtual learning. And the rest of your family has to take care of a sick distant cousin from Alaska.
So boarding school it is. If you lived in a fairy tale, you would be saved just about now. But, as it is...
A miniature flying horse is at your window. No, wait. Somehow it used its hooves to open your window. A tiny pegasus is in your bedroom. Now it transformed into a letter? You are so confused that the only viable options seem to be screaming and reading the letter, and you decide that the latter would be less embarrassing to look back on once you wake up from what has to be a dream. So, you read.
My dear friend (or, perhaps, despised enemy),
How are you? I'm doing well, thank you for asking, although I have recently been diagnosed with an incurable and deadly allergy to small talk, so it's probably best to move on from this stage. It's best to get right to the point.
I am a fairy. You are in distress. I pick up on distress signals, and I want to save your life, so would you like to come to a ball? I live in palace. I can use my stunning actual magic powers to make you royalty, give you fancy clothes, maybe even some sort of magic power of your own (nothing big, though, that's far too draining.)
So, please. Join me in Lilac Palace for a ball and formal dinner.
But remember.
The magic ends at midnight.
Larom Ross
***
Yes. This is a ski lodge, obviously. Apologies for throwing another one at Pudding's Place, I know it's overflowing, but I've been thinking about this one for months, and I think maybe it's time to start. Apologies part two for the below-average introduction to the story, it's late and I just did ten pages of math homework, but I want to get this done so I can start on May 1st. I do promise that my writing is at least a bit better than this. Form is below. I will accept about 10-15 people, hopefully enough apply before May, and if not, we'll just make do with what we have.
Name:
Age:
Gender/pronouns:
Preferred Royal Title:
Appearance:
Ballroom garb:
Preferred magical powers (nothing major, please):
Favorite food:
Other:
submitted by Your Fairy Godhuman, age Ski Lodge!, Yes, another one
(April 26, 2021 - 12:43 am)
(April 26, 2021 - 12:43 am)
Name: Morning
Age: 14
Gender/pronouns: Female, she/her
Preferred Royal Title: (Like Quill said, I don't know precisely what you mean by title, so I'll do everything) The Queen of Procrastionation (or just Queen if you don't want something so specific, or Lady if Queen is too OP), Her Majesty
Appearance: Tallish, pale, brown hair a bit past my shoulders that's kind of annyoing and gets super messy five minutes after brushing. Grey-blue-green eyes, with a mole beneath one of them. I usually have my nails painted.
Ballroom garb: A floaty green dress that reaches almost to the tips of my silk dancing slippers (yes, I'm terrible at dancing, but who cares), a high waistband, and, best of all, the sleeves, which are sort of floaty things that are almost as long as the skirt.
Preferred magical powers (nothing major, please): I can talk to the sky
Favorite food: Chocolate truffles and goat cheese! I don't think I can choose
Other: I'm vegetarian. And cats are the best species.
(April 28, 2021 - 7:20 pm)
Personality: I'm painfully shy around people I don't know, and quiet and energetic by turns around my friends, depending on my mood and tiredness. I can obsess crazily over things I love (books, musicals, and food being very important in the list of things to love way too much.) I love writing and other forms of creativity, but writing is the only one I'm actually good at and care enough for to work hard on.
(May 2, 2021 - 8:12 pm)
I believe there's still space left? If not then sorry and ignore this!
Name: clementine
Age: 13
Gender/pronouns: she/her: female
Preferred Royal title: Uhm... royal goddess? does that work? :P
Appearance: Red hair that goes down a little past my shoulders. Freckles and hazel eyes. Short, around 5'2".
Ballroom garb: A flowy floral dress, with... flowers. People are so good at giving details about their clothing but I never have anything to say about mine! XD
Preferred magical powers (nothing major please): the animal whisperer
Favorite food: Macaroni and cheese.
Other: Can't wait!
(April 28, 2021 - 7:40 pm)
Notes:
1) @clementine: Yes, there are spots left. As long as the group is under 20ish and submits their sheets before May 1st, I'm accepting anyone.
2) @Everyone: I forgot to add a personality section to the sheet, please comment with that.
3) @Joan: Please submit your sheet within the next two days! Thanks! This may also apply to Nerd, who has a comment that hasn't shown up yet, and may or may not be a charrie sheet.
4) @Quill, Morning, and actually just everyone: When I said title, I did mean stuff like Queen or Lord, but now that it has been pointed out, stuff like Her Majesty is important too, so please supply both types of titles, please and thank you. Everyone else, if you do not, your title will be Royal 1 and your announcement thing with be *insert applicable pronoun here* Existence. Thank you, and apologies for the unclearness.
I think that's everything! Can't wait to start, and thank you so much for joining.
(April 29, 2021 - 9:40 am)
(April 29, 2021 - 10:47 pm)
Personality: Optimist, easygoing.
Royal Title: Viscount of ___.( Insert kingdom name) Or refer to me as 'sir'.
(May 1, 2021 - 7:00 am)
Zealatom, would you be able to include the entire sheet? Until you do, I might mention you every so often, but I do need to have more information before I can really incorporate you into the story. Thank you!
To everyone else, I have the first part in the works, and it should be out sometime this evening. Thanks so much for joining!
(May 1, 2021 - 6:33 pm)
Wait, never mind. That was just the stuff I wanted you to add, thank you so much, and apologies for the misunderstanding.
(May 1, 2021 - 7:45 pm)
(May 1, 2021 - 9:47 pm)
It's okay! Misunderstandings happen! I'm so exited for this to start!
(May 2, 2021 - 6:28 am)
Ummmmmm... Just to make sure, will I still be mentioned?
(May 2, 2021 - 6:47 am)
Yes! I just made a mistake, you certainly will be. I am not able to work all the people into each part, and that's why you weren't included in this one, especially since I mostly just plugged in random humans to talk and make the exposition work during yesterday's part.
(May 2, 2021 - 8:57 am)
(May 3, 2021 - 12:05 am)
Here’s my completed form!
Appearance: Long flowing hair which is usually lavender, but changes color depending on my mood. Same with my eyes (which are pastel blue rn), but they only change with VERY a strong emotions, or if I want them to. I am short, but not too short. I sometimes wear circular glasses (fake, just for looks.), but usually wear a pastel-colored hoodie and shorts. Sometimes, if it’s cold, I wear knee socks in pastel colors with cute animals on them, but I never wear shoes. (And I can float, so don’t worry about my socks getting dirty/wet/absolutely disgusting). Also I have stars for freckles, and wear makeup sometimes. My skin in pale, but not VERY pale.
Ballroom clothes: I wear my hair up in French braids which come up into twin space buns. (or make it appear short). I still don’t wear any shoes, or my glasses or socks. I wear beautiful dainty white flowers in my hair, and a beautiful dress: It’s a space-colored dress, whitish and shimmery. It’s off the shoulder, and the arms/sleeves are long (covering my hands) and flowing. The dress part goes past my feet and is made of soft, flowing fabric (so long as it is NOT velvet. I hate the feeling of velvet.
Personality: Straightforward, sarcastic, fun-loving, artist, in my own world half the time.
(May 3, 2021 - 7:10 am)
(May 3, 2021 - 9:01 pm)