Chatterbox: Pudding's Place

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.

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.