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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 13, 2023 - 7:50 am)
(February 13, 2023 - 7:50 am)
Name: Silver Crystal
Age (must be 11-16): 15
Gender/pronouns: She/her
Appearance: Long brown hair, brown eyes, white silver long sleeved shirt, bleached jeans.
Favorite color(s): Blue and purple
Luggage: Notebook, pencils, camera, compass
Please name your dragonfly: Trixie!
Personality: INTP
Largest fear: Being alone
Where you live (your character version of yourself, not you in real life): A big city
Favorite mode of transportation: Driving or biking
Likes/Dislikes: Likes: food, music, reading; dislikes: liars, country music
Allergies/Food Aversions: cilantro (soap ewww)
Other: Bringing my AE with me!
Name: Topaz
Age (must be 11-16): 16
Gender/pronouns: She/they (prefers they/them but doesn't mind she/her)
Appearance: Dark brown skin, brown eyes, red/orange/yellow ombré shoulder length hair, tye dye shirt, jean shorts
Favorite color(s): Yellow!
Luggage: Sketchbook, markers, snacks
Please name your dragonfly:
Personality: Outgoing, friendly
Largest fear: Darkness
Where you live (your character version of yourself, not you in real life): With Silver
Favorite mode of transportation: Walking
Likes/Dislikes: Likes: the outdoors, friends, desserts; dislikes rain, anger, and nighttime
Allergies/Food Aversions: None!
Other: :)
(February 13, 2023 - 9:01 am)
Oops, forgot to name Topaz's dragonfly! Let's go with Aurora :)
(February 13, 2023 - 6:09 pm)
Lovely! Both you and your AE are welcome! And that fills up our last AE slot!
(February 14, 2023 - 8:25 am)
Ya know what? Theres no such thing as being in too many ski lodges.
Chaser is too busy with two sports plus all-honors homework, so it'll just be me (Jay) and my newest AE.
Name: Jay
Age (must be 11-16): 15ish
Gender/pronouns: he/him
Appearance: Short. Light brown skin. Brown hair. Hair is short on the sides and a little longer and spiky on the top, hair tips dyed royal blue. Usually wears black sweatpants and a black jacket or sweatshirt of some kind over a t-shirt. One leg is in one of those black plastic booots they make you wear when you break your ankle (he can walk small distances on the booot, like up one flight of stairs or down a hallway, but for anything longer he needs crutches). Wears sneaker on the other foot. Gray-green eyes. Freckles across face and arms. Hates jeans.
Favorite color(s): Royal blue and black.
Luggage: The other sneaker, multiple sketchbooks of various sizes (probably about three of them), art supplies (art pencils, colored pencils, art pens, paint, paintbrushes, markers), computer (covered in stickers), old Google pixel model (also covered in stickers), wireless headphones (yet again--covered in sticker), plastic fork (because he's too smart to go to a shady resort without a weapon).
Please name your dragonfly: Blep
Personality: Friendly but reserved, happy to speak up but happy to let others do the talking.
Largest fear: Having his plastic fork stolen
Where you live (your character version of yourself, not you in real life): In a nice lil house in the woods next door to Chaser.
Favorite mode of transportation: Lassoeing the tailpipe of a bus and letting it drag you down the road.
Likes/Dislikes: Likes: Plastic utensils, good art, cheese, snakes, coding (in C and Java and a little Python), video games. Dislikes: potatoes, glitchy code, bad art, art theft
Allergies/Food Aversions: none
Personality: Ha. You tried. You won't fool me.
Other: Has a pet ball python named Syntax (he/him), who he will be bringing.
(February 13, 2023 - 9:11 am)
Oh, I forgot about my AE! Friendo will be annoyed that I forgot him.
Name: Friendo
Age: 14
Gender/pronouns: he/him
Appearance: Pale skin, black hair that is short on one side and medium-short on the other, bright pink streak. Freckles. Medium height, insanely athletic and flexible, does about a billion sports. Usually wears sweatpants and a t-shirt and a jacket. Green eyes.
Favorite color(s): Neon pink, blue, orange
Luggage: Phone, computer, water bottle (he likes to pack light).
Please name your dragonfly: Snorkle
Personality: He’s chill and outgoing, and nearly always happy. When he is in a more mellow mood, he is friendly and relaxed. When he’s more hyped up, he’s bouncy and bubbly and eager to please. Has a talent for making friends.
Largest fear: Being unsure of something
Where you live: In Jay's basement. Don't worry, it's a nice basement, not a creepy one.
Favorite mode of transportation: Riding a giant sausage
Likes/dislikes: Likes - breakfast sausage, dogs, snakes, sleeping. Dislikes - waking up early
Allergies/food aversions: allergic to pickles
Personality: He’s chill and outgoing, and nearly always happy. When he is in a more mellow mood, he is friendly and relaxed. When he’s more hyped up, he’s bouncy and bubbly and eager to please. Has a talent for making friends.
Other:
(February 13, 2023 - 3:21 pm)
(February 13, 2023 - 3:51 pm)
Here's the picture for my appearance because I'm incredibly forgetful.
(February 13, 2023 - 7:02 pm)
Everthing looks good so far; also, the wings and antlers are fine, and they can be real if you wish. There are others here with wings and ears and whatnot.
Have fun!
(February 14, 2023 - 8:45 am)
Also, how do you want me to use Rose's pronouns? Do you want me to use mostly he or mostly they or switch back and forth?
(February 14, 2023 - 9:00 pm)
(February 14, 2023 - 8:26 am)
YES YES YES HI I'M HERE--*sobs with effort*
Name: Echo Hallowswift--just Echo, please.
Age (must be 11-16): I'm a teenager, so around 13--though that's not my exact age.
Gender/pronouns: She/Her/Hers.
Appearance: A slim, average-heighted girl with light skin, long and braided blonde hair that shines like sunlight, grey eyes like stormclouds that flash like lightning, and long lashes. I wear a black turtleneck undershirt and a see-through star shirt with flecks of silver on it. I wear jeans and black/silver glasses. My earrings are silver stars. Very poetic, lol--
Favorite color(s): Black and silver.
Luggage: I'll bring the clothes aforementioned, and a silver dagger that I keep with me at all times. And a phone with a case that has silver stars on it, as well as my typewriter, my ink, and my fountain pen from the olden days.
Please name your dragonfly: Starchaser.
Personality: I'm a quiet and serious introvert with a knack for deductive reasoning and mystery solving. I enjoy reading in my freetime, as well as drawing.
Largest fear: If death is not allowed, then heights.
Where you live (your character version of yourself, not you in real life): New York City, New York.
Favorite mode of transportation: Subway. Oddly enough.
Likes/Dislikes: Crumbl. Neatness. Books. Writing. Art. Dislike: messiness. Stickiness. Rudeness. Obnoxiousness. Loudness.
Allergies/Food Aversions: None. Though I do dislike brussels sprouts.
Personality: I'm a quiet and serious introvert with a knack for deductive reasoning and mystery solving. I enjoy reading in my freetime, as well as drawing.
Other: Other people have wings and whatnot, so I was wondering if perhaps I could be a seer? T'would be delightful if I could be.
(February 14, 2023 - 12:31 pm)
@~Echo Hallowswift~:
Hmm. At this point the Mostly Human rule has gone down to Party Human, and the "no special powers" rule just lies absolutely in rubble. So why not.
It'll be pretty limited, something like the Nightwing's abilities in WoF, with sporadic visions that the seer cannot control, but sure, you may be a seer.
Have fun!
PS Snorkle says <<oikpw>>
(February 14, 2023 - 9:15 pm)
All slots are filled! The first individual intro will be posted tomorrow, and Scuttles hopes to have the next one out on Thursday or Friday! Intros will be posted in the order that the person reserved or signed up (with the exception of @Eirian, who has not yet filled out their form). @Eirian, the rule about 5 days to fill out your form isn't serious, but please fill it out soon!
(February 14, 2023 - 9:05 pm)