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Ski Lodge - Yes, another one.
Yes, Scuttles is indeed starting another Ski Lodge, despite there already being 3 in progress right now.
Welcome to The Scuttling Place, Scuttles's abode, to which you have been temporarily invited.
The rules are in the General Intro, but Scuttles will put them up here too.
- Obey all CB rules.
- Participants must be at least Mostly Human, and are not allowed to have any special powers.
- The popcorn is not for you.
- All popcorn and popcorn-making supplies will be confiscated upon entry.
- There are three AE slots, and 9 CBer slots. CBers who get an AE slot may only bring one AE. CAPTCHAs may substitute for AEs.
- All CBers are invited. First to respond will get a slot. Should you reserve a slot, you must fill out your form within 5 days of reserving.
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General Intro, Day 0, 9:00 AM:
You lie on the couch, gazing at the rain-paths down the window. It is autumn. Autumn is an alright season, but when it gets closer to winter, and the weather gets colder, and the leaves turn into wet leaf-mush on the sidewalks due to constant rain… Ugh. Your gaze drifts over to the ceiling, where you inspect the patterns made by the plaster…
Tap.
Tap.
Tap.
Where is that tapping sound coming from? It is not the sound of rain, which is a softer plunk, but a harsher sound.
Tap.
Tap.
Tap
The window. It is coming from the window. A dragonfly, which happens to be your favorite color(s), is bumping its head against the window. On a whim, you lift the window a teensy bit. After all, it is your favorite color(s). It zips in and settles on the arm of the couch. You watch it re-fold its wings, and it looks up at you curiously, tilting its head.
Then it makes a hacking sound, like a cat coughing up a hairball. You look at it in alarm. The sound is much louder than such a small thing should be able to make. Is your dragonfly friendo dying?
The hacking sound continues, and then the dragonfly coughs up a scroll. How did it do that…? The scroll is easily 20 times its size. Then the dragonfly zips away and perches on the windowsill, tilting its head again.
Welp, not much that can be done except to open the scroll. But you can at least be careful. You rush into the kitchen and grab the first thing you find, a singular chopstick and a fork. With the fork, you nudge the scroll over. No explosions. Yet. You carefully break the seal, still using the fork. And…
It explodes (“it” referring to the seal, not the entire scroll).
Glitter of all colors poofs up into the air. Only glitter in this explosion. You accidentally inhale some, coughing a little. You are somewhat disappointed with the explosion. At some point during the explosion, the scroll sprang open. You give up on only handling it with the utensils, and smooth down the paper. You read:
Dear CBer,
Congratulations!
You have been invited to The Scuttling Place! Getting sick of the eternal rain and leaf-mush that accompanies autumn? Come to The Scuttling Place, where all is forever Summer! Yes, we are aware that normally season names are not capitalized, but this is a special type of summer. It is Summer. Here, you will participate in a number of athletic and art and crafts activities, including watersports. To accept your invitation, please fill out the following form, give it to your respective dragonfly, pack your bag, and obey the dragonfly’s instructions.
Name:
Age (must be 11-16):
Gender/pronouns:
Appearance:
Favorite color(s):
Luggage:
Please name your dragonfly:
Personality:
Largest fear:
Where you live (your character version of yourself, not you in real life):
Favorite mode of transportation:
Likes/Dislikes:
Allergies/Food Aversions:
Personality:
Other:
Please make sure to obey the following rules:
- Obey all CB rules.
- Participants must be at least Mostly Human, and are not allowed to have any special powers.
- The popcorn is not for you.
- All popcorn and popcorn-making supplies will be confiscated upon entry.
- There are three AE slots, and 9 CBer slots. CBers who get an AE slot may only bring one AE. CAPTCHAs may substitute for AEs.
- All CBers are invited. First to respond will get a slot. Should you reserve a slot, you must fill out your form within 5 days of reserving.
Huh. Might be interesting.
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Scuttles made this on a whim, so we'll see how it turns out.
Thing you should know about your host:
- Scuttles sometimes refers to themself in third person, and sometimes in first.
- Scuttles is genderfluid (biologically female, for those who care to know)
- Scuttles has A Way With Bugs and Other Scuttlers, and bugs and other creep-crawlers may be heavily involved in this.
submitted by Scuttles, age Scuttlish, The Scuttling Place
(February 9, 2023 - 1:50 pm)
(February 9, 2023 - 1:50 pm)
(February 10, 2023 - 7:44 am)
(February 10, 2023 - 7:44 am)
Name: Darkvine
Age (must be 11-16): 12ish
Gender/pronouns: she/her
Appearance: long black hair with neon green streaks, neon green eyes, Camp Half-Blood t-shirt, black shorts. Has large black dragon wings.
Favorite color(s): midnight black and neon green.
Luggage: iPad, wireless headphones, pocketknife that can morph into a dagger, and a Wii with several Mario games that are older than me.
Please name your dragonfly: Chia
Personality: quiet yet loud when I want to be, stealthy yet occasionally clumsy, always delightfully strange with a whole lot of self-doubt.
Largest fear: ... the Manta Storm from Super Mario Sunshine. If you don't know what it is, look it up.
Where you live (your character version of yourself, not you in real life): the Lost City of Night in the winter and autumn, Camp Half-Blood in the summer.
Favorite mode of transportation: flying
Likes/Dislikes: likes dragons, Encanto, snakes, jumping spiders, and the feel of a Nintendo controller (Xbox controllers are disorienting). Dislikes broccoli, the sound of snoring, cheese, and the Manta Storm theme song.
Allergies/Food Aversions: no cheese. Ever. Unless it's on pizza.
Personality: um... you put Personality on here twice?
Other: volcanoes are just lava pimples. Also, if flying counts as a special power ignore the wings.
(February 10, 2023 - 11:03 am)
Accepted! The wings are fine.
About the personality thing on the form - Oh, yes, I'm well aware. It was intentional, or if not I shall pretend it was.
Heh.
(February 11, 2023 - 11:31 am)
reserving a slot
(February 10, 2023 - 12:05 pm)
Wonderful! Heh heh, I always get a little leap in my heart when I see another person has signed up. Make sure you remember to fill out your form!
(February 11, 2023 - 11:32 am)
Oh, and one thing - your Largest Fear may not be death.
(February 11, 2023 - 11:40 am)
This sounds really cool, can I reserve a spot for me and one AE?
(February 11, 2023 - 12:33 pm)
Yes! You may! Your slots have been reserved!
(February 12, 2023 - 1:49 pm)
Ah, my very first time in a ski lodge. I'm so excited!
Name: Opal
Age: 15
Pronouns: She/her
Appearance: Light purple hair with streaks of silver, pale skin, and glowing light blue eyes. Wears a pale blue tunic and light green pants.
Favorite color: Light blue
Luggage: Several fantasy books, sketchbook, pencil case, a few snacks, clothes, and one small dagger, just in case.
Dragonfly name: Ender
Personality: Very shy and quiet, worries constantly, can be very goofy when I feel comfortable, playful, not very adventurous.
Largest fear: Losing my family or friends
Where you live: A cozy cave somewhere in the woods.
Favorite mode of transportation: Train
Likes/dislikes: Likes cats, hot cocoa, books, feeling safe, warm noodle dishes. Dislikes rude or unkind people, giving advice, and bran cereal.
Allergies: I don't really have any, although white potatoes and rice make me feel ill.
Personality: Hmmm, odd. I feel as though I already answered this. Perhaps it's a trick, I shall stay silent.
Other: I hope the appearance is human enough. :)
(February 11, 2023 - 3:12 pm)
Yup! The appearance is fine! Welcome to the Scuttling Place!
(February 13, 2023 - 4:05 pm)
Name:Reuby Moonnight
Age (must be 11-16):13
Gender/pronouns:She/her
Appearance:Pale skin at white as milk, black, wavy, long hair covering one eye, gold eyes with fleck of red, like burnign embers, big, fluffy wolf ears and tail, painted black nails.
Favorite color(s):Black and red.
Luggage:Sketch pads, blackwing pencils, copic markers, copic multiliners, spiky chokers and emo clothes.
Please name your dragonfly:Hornet needle.
Personality:Snarky, sarcastic, emo, goth and tsundere.
Largest fear:Being disliked and thought of as mean.
Where you live (your character version of yourself, not you in real life):A comfy, black house in the in the middle of a wisteria feild.
Favorite mode of transportation:A big black wolf that I CAN RIDE!
Likes/Dislikes:I like anime, manga and wolves. I don't like being touched and going to sleep early.
Allergies/Food Aversions:None
Personality:Sarcastic, snarky, emo, cold and goth.
Other:I AM GOTH!
(February 11, 2023 - 3:31 pm)
Accepted! Also, the wolf's name is Wiccan, yes? And will Wiccan be coming along?
(February 13, 2023 - 4:08 pm)
*kicks open a non-existent door*
Huzzah! Another ski lodge? Count me in!
Name: Ultimatium
Age (must be 11-16): 15
Gender/pronouns: he/him
Appearance:Long black hair, glasses. Wears a gray T-shirt and long pants under whatever I currently wear, normally a thin black cloak in the case of summer. Always has a length of chain locked onto one wrist for some reason. (I copy this partly from my first ski lodge because it really sums me up. I'm a person who likes wearing strange things.)
Favorite color(s): Uhhh... blue, green, black, gold, jade, indigo... I like all of them.
Luggage: A yoyo, a water bottle, a pair of protective goggles(never know when you need one) A swiss army knife, some twine rope, and five pocketwatches.
Please name your dragonfly: Serendipity. (Treasure opportunities to name things)
Largest fear: Running out of time (as in deadlines, late schedules, or just waking up late for school.)
Where you live (your character version of yourself, not you in real life): In a bottom half of a oversized hourglass. The celing keeps leaking sand despite corking the hole up.
Favorite mode of transportation: Flying.
Likes/Dislikes: Likes: having enough time to finish things which I started. Dislikes losing all sense of time.
Allergies/Food Aversions: No allergies, but I detest spice.
Personality: An introvert who looks like a extrovert. Friendly. Optimistic on the surface, but pessimistic to the core.
Other: I lost key to my chain. So much for trying to get it off, I hope everyone can cope with random clinking noises for the whole stay.
(February 12, 2023 - 12:30 am)
Oh my! Slots are filling up fast! Everyone who has already reserved or entered--your slots have been filed! Everyone who hasn't--There are 3 CBers and two AE slots left!
Progress report--Darkvine's intro is under way and will be posted as soon as our last spots are accepted!
(February 12, 2023 - 1:55 pm)