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The Maze
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You exist. Although you can’t exactly be sure where, or when, or how, one thing that you do know for sure is that you exist. Something's not quite right, though. Where are you? What are you doing there?
A voice slices through your empty/full mind: “Hello!”
Suddenly, you are aware of someone. It is a teenage girl wearing a silver-white sweater and jeans. You are now existing together, though you are still not sure where. She is sitting with legs crossed and is smiling brightly.
“Hellooo,” she says, leaning forward, and you realize that she wants you to respond.
After a few seconds, you find your voice and say, “Hi. Where am I?”
“Good question,” the girl says, throwing her hands up above her head. As if responding to the gesture, the nothingness around you shifts into a real, solid room with plain gray walls and no furniture. She frowned, muttering, “oh, no, that won’t do,” and waved her hands again. This time the room shifted so that the ceiling was a little lower, peach-and-beige wallpaper rolled over the walls, and antique wooden furniture slid onto the (newly polished) floor. You blink and look down, realizing you are now sitting in a dining chair. Were you sitting before?
“My name’s Silver Crystal,” the girl says. “And you are in the Maze.”
“The Maze,” you say, more as a question than anything else.
“Indeed,” she confirmed, nodding. She turns back to the wall to her left and looks at it contemplatively. “It could use a window, right?”
“Uhh.” You’re not quite sure how to respond. “I guess?”
She snaps, and a window edged with pink lace curtains appears, displaying a gorgeous view of rolling green hills with mountains looming in the distance.
You point to the window. “Can I go there?” you ask.
Silver laughs. “Oh, of course not. It’s not real. Nothing in the Maze is real.”
It looks real to you. You say, “How do I leave?”
“The only way to leave,” Silver says, still grinning. “Is to escape.”
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Name (& any nicknames):
Pronouns:
Personality:
Appearance:
Spring, summer, fall, or winter?:
Cool colors or warm colors?:
If you could have any ONE superpower, what would it be?:
Weapon of choice?:
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>> Fill out the form to enter the Maze. The limit is 10 CBers, who will be split into two groups of five once it starts.
>> The Maze is interactive and if you decide to participate you should be willing and able to follow along and comment to influence where the story goes.
>> Thank you, and I’ll see you there!
submitted by Silver Crystal, age Infinity, The Maze
(October 6, 2023 - 9:10 am)
(October 6, 2023 - 9:10 am)
Yaaaaay! *Joins in with Flamarestii* I love roses *goes finds one to sniff*
(October 14, 2023 - 3:15 pm)
Part I:
Nyx woke up suddenly, startling upwards. The last thing she remembered was hanging out with her sisters and scrolling through the Chatterbox. She sat up, looking around. She was in a room that resembled the inside of a large, white cube. The floor was cool to the touch and smooth. On either side of her was a person, who also seemed like they had just woken up.
“Ugh,” a girl wearing glasses said. “Where are we?”
“I have no idea,” Nyx replied, standing up and brushing herself off. “I’m Nyx.”
“I’m Lyric,” glasses-girl said.
“I’m CelineBurning Bright,” said the third person, a thin Asian person with a bright smile. “You can call me Celine. It’s nice to meet you guys!”
Nyx smiled back and said, “It’s nice to meet you too! Despite the… weird circumstances.”
“Oh, you guys are awake!” a voice echoed from behind the trio. They spun around to find a teenage girl with pale skin, long, white hair, and blue eyes standing with one hand on her hip.
“Who are you?” Lyric asked, who was positive that it had only been the three of them in the room a few seconds ago when they woke up.
“I’m Opal,” the girl said. “Silver Crystal’s AE. I’ll be your team’s sponsor for the competition. I’m here to explain the rules before it starts.”
Nyx suddenly remembered filling out the form the night before. She wondered where her sisters had ended up.
“First thing’s first,” Opal said, tone brisk. “You three make up Team Daisy. There are two other teams who are getting briefed as well right now, Rose and Jasmine. The goal is to make it out of the Maze before the other two teams. As soon as you step out of this box, you’ll have access to the superpower and weapon that you listed on your form.”
“Oooh, cool,” Celine said, already bouncing with excitement about getting to be able to teleport for real.
“Now, it won’t be easy to get out,” Opal continued. “The Maze will make it difficult. But if you ever find yourself in a sticky situation, you can call on me for a favor, and I’ll help you out. But you only get three favors, so use them wisely. Got it?”
“Got it,” the three teammates chorused.
“Alright, then,” Opal said. She waved her arm and a doorway appeared, etched into the wall. “Good luck!”
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{Meanwhile, in a different blank, colorless room}
“Got it, Team Rose?” Topaz, another one of Silver’s AEs said, having just finished explaining the rules. “Are you ready to start?”
“Yes!” Flamestarii, Winter, and Hawkstar said.
“Quick question,” Darvine said, raising her hand.
“Yeah?”
“Is there any real danger?” she asked.
“Not if you do it right!” Topaz said, tone very bright for such an ominous statement. “Time to start!” She waved her hand and a doorway appeared.
~~~
{In Team Jasmine’s room}
“So is the Maze, like, magic or something?” Moon Wolf asked.
“I mean, it has to be, right?” Ava said. “Since we’re getting superpowers.” She turned to Onyx, their sponsor and the third AE. “Right?”
“I mean.” Onyx, fiddling with the drawstring on faer hoodie, shrugged. “I guess? It just kind of exists. I don’t know if it qualifies as magic, though.”
“Come onnnn,” Periwinkle said. “Let’s get started! I want to win!”
“Okay, okay,” Onyx said, summoning a doorway. “Have fun!”
~~~
And that’s the first part! Some people appeared more than others but everyone will get time to shine :)
Now, here's the question: where should the doorway for each team lead? Comment on where you want your team to go first (it can be any location/time period, wherever you want), and I’ll try to write the next part based on your suggestions! Thanks for reading!!
(October 15, 2023 - 2:05 pm)
Nice! I like this a lot already. Hmm, the first thing that popped into my head was a pizza place in like the early 2000s? Very random, idk… Excited for the next part!
(October 15, 2023 - 3:33 pm)
A pizza place sounds interesting! So what @Peri said.
(October 15, 2023 - 8:10 pm)
maybe an ancient Greek city? that's all I can think of lol
(October 15, 2023 - 8:29 pm)
Maybe a city in the future?
(October 16, 2023 - 1:25 pm)
AAAA! Yayyy! :D Um, maybe we could be in an ancient forest or something like that? I don't know. Maybe a zoo? That was a weird and random thought. :)
(October 16, 2023 - 4:56 pm)
Oh, I like the idea of an ancient forest too!
(October 16, 2023 - 10:05 pm)
Okay, so technically Avara (My character) can't talk, but it doesn't matter all that much to me. But maybe she could be using ASL or something during her talking part?
(October 16, 2023 - 4:59 pm)
Ofc, I'll be sure to keep that in mind in the future! Thanks for letting me know :)
(October 16, 2023 - 6:42 pm)
Thanks so much!
(October 17, 2023 - 3:16 pm)
omg, ASL!! I love ASL, I'm learning it right now.
And as for the room, I got a skating rink for some reason. But it don't really matter :)
(October 17, 2023 - 7:06 pm)
Can we start soon?
(October 23, 2023 - 2:31 pm)
(October 24, 2023 - 6:13 am)
Are we supposed to do something? Because I'm ready to go
(November 1, 2023 - 4:31 pm)