Muse Academy RPG*, Part 7
*Role-playing game.
Continued from Part 6.
Date: September 19, 2009
Categories: Muse Academy, RRRs, RPWs, and RPGs
Thursday, 18 April 2024
Life, the universe, pies, hot-pink bunnies, world domination, and everything
*Role-playing game.
Continued from Part 6.
Date: September 19, 2009
Categories: Muse Academy, RRRs, RPWs, and RPGs
“WHERE THE HECK DID YOU GO?!” I screamed in fury.
Spotting Zinc on the canopy bed, I got annoyed and possibly more furious (if that was even possible) than before!
I pulled out several shuriken (ninja throwing stars), added spin, and threw them with both hands towards Zinc.
First post?
Can someone please help me? I want to join. Could someone give me a summary , and how I can start?
((We’re students at a school where Musers learn all skills necessary for future success and World Domination. Right now, there’s a pie fight going on.))
How can I start, or fit in to the story? Who are all the characters, and what are they like?
I shrieked as the shuriken narrowly missed me, and added some kunai to the mix.
“No need to get so violent, Zinc,” AvalonGirl said, smirking.
I raised an eyebrow. “Look who’s talking.”
((369 from previous thread- You’re going to get caught in it anyway. He he.))
I stare upwards, listening to the shrieks. This is boring just standing here. I’ll go see if I can find my dorm room>? I think, and wander off. AvalonGirl might have some problems if she tries leaving the same way, though!, I add to myself laughingly. I see some people making something, but I can’t quite tell what it is. I shrug and ask them, “Hi, I’m new here, and I think I’m a Lasley. My bags are getting kinda heavy, so do you know which way the Lasley dorms are?”
I was promptly infuriated and flung a BSOD junkbox at Zinc.
((May I join?))
((Sure, SL!))
((Um… How? I make up and character and a schedule, right?))
AvalonGirl threw a junkbox at me.
“Okay then, never mind.”
I want to join, but can someone tell me how I can. Pretty pretty pretty please.
((mas0n: It will help if have some basic knowledge of Muse Academy. If you don’t yet, these threads should help you get started:
https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=1026
https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=1309
And the first Muse Academy RPG thread:
https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=1187))
I than threw several dozen shuriken and kunai at Zinc, combining it with a letter bomb which promptly half-destroyed her bed.
I look back, wondering what in the world Mira is doing. There’s quite a racket coming from her direction!
I screamed as the bed collapsed.
“Mwahaha!” AvalonGirl cackled as I sat up in the rubble. “That teaches you to mess with- HEY! GET BACK HERE!”
I ran out of my dorm, heading for the sea. Shuriken and kunair zipped by me, and one nicked my arm. I sucked in a breath as my eyes watered, and held my hand over the small wound.
I was so sad when my parents made me change schools. That was until I got to Muse Academy. I was amazed by the building’s size and structure. I got out of the car, said goodbye to my mom, and walked into the school. ((My characters name is Mason. Is this a good start?))
Sorry about the double post.
((I need help getting my schedule synced up, and I need help finding out what house I’m in.))
((Yes, it’s a good start.))
I saw a student I’d never seen before in the main hall. He had to be new, from the way he was looking excitedly around at everything.
“Hey, I’m Kai.”
“I’m Mason.”
“Where is the office?” I asked.
“You must be new,”she continued,”The office is down here. Do you know what house your in?”
“No,”I said as I thought what a house was.
Adeia and I begin phase two. We began in the great hall, where we pulled down all the old pictures, and replaced them with ones of different types of pies. We took the statues down, and replaced them with pies. We then went on to Spector and Baker. In Baker, we saw Avalongirl and Zinc furiously attacking each other.
I threw several sleeping gas capsules at Zinc.
And realized I was late for the class I was supposed to have.
…But I didn’t care.
(ok why the heck do you two hate each other so much? Did I miss something?)
((We’re attacking each other’s dorms. I broke the skylight in her dorm, climbed in through the roof, and attacked.))
(endceladus-is there a shorter name I can call you?)
I examined the plans… They were not for *whatever they are for* but endceladus’ homework for * insert class here*
” Um, were you looking for this?” I asked.
” Oh, thanks” he said as he shoved them away and replaced them with the real plans.
( ok I got nothin)
(Ladus. Or Lad.)
Avalongirl and Zinc will be in big trouble if a teacher finds out about this incident. I can’t count how many rules they’ve broken.
((Rules? At Muse Academy? I understand, there are some, but really, it’s all fun and games.))
((What? Rules at MA? What are these rules you speak of?))
((Yes, what rules? I want to know so that Jenna can break them, of course!)
I walked into the office and they asked for my name and house.
“My name is Mason and”
She cut me off,”Oh.Your Mason you will need to follow me to take a quiz that will place you in your house.”
Right as she finished two people ran past the window fighting furiously. She sat me down and ran outside towards the fight.
I stare around me. Mira was apparently in a duel with another girl (?)… I shrug and set my bags down against the wall, perching on top of them. Maybe when the commotion is over I’ll get someone to help me. This school is awesome! I’m lovin’ this already! I think happily, taking in the commotion with a grin and a giggle. Plenty of room for pranks, huh?
((Jenna is a trouble maker, she got expelled from her previous school and her parents sent her here not realizing that it would give her more inspiration for pranks and other such mischiefs.))
“What kind of qustions are these?”I thought.
I guess……ummm….BDA.
After I wrote down the answers, I walked out of the small room, placed the test on her desk, and waited in the main office for my schedule to be made.
((This looks interesting, but I need to read more of it. I think I’m a Lasley.))
I wander rather aimlessly around the school until I see two other students.
“Hey,” I say nervously.
They look at me rather guiltily. I wonder what they’re up to.
“Can you tell me where the office is? I’m new here.”
The boy directs me to the office.
“I’m Rachel. What’s your name?”
“I’m Enceladus,” says the boy.
“And I’m Adeia,” says the other student.
I’m about to ask what they’re doing, but I decide I don’t want to get in trouble in my first twenty minutes here. I make my way to the office, hoping I’m in the same house as one of them.
As I was waiting in the office, a girl walked in.
“Is this the office?”
“Yes, it is. Are you new?” I asked.
” Yeah, are you” she answered.
” Yes, by the way , you should have a seat because the lady that works here went to handle 2 people fighting each other and throwing knock out capsules at each other.”
((need to not post this often anymore))
((Okay, so here’s the plan:
We’ve replaced all the food on the serving trays for dinner with spring loaded pies that will smack everyone at dinner. All the pictures have been turned into pictures of pies, which, if you stand in front of, will drop that type of pie on your head. ))
We finish the last picture. The dinner bell rings.
“Oh good.” Adeia says. “I can’t wait to see everyone’s faces.”
The lady walked back in “That was the dinner bell. Come back here when your done.”
Racheal walked out, so I followed her.
“Why is there a picture of pie on” I was stopped by a pie splattering a few inches from my feet.
I covered my mouth and nose with my shirt as the sleeping gas capsules hit the walls and exploded. I sprinted out of the building as the deadly green gas started to form, hoping Mira would get caught in them. She didn’t.
I ran out of the campus and across the pidda field, dodging practicing players. Then I jumped into the river and onto the bridge, over the rim, and back onto land. Running as fast as I could toward the docks, while dodging kunai and shuriken, was not an easy feat.
Just have to get to the dock. Then I’ll be safe.
((I’m not planning to sail away.))
I sighed and ran after Zinc, pulling a hot pink paintgun out of hammerspace (nowhere) and shooting at her with it. Oh, yes, it also shot hot pink glitter glue…what can I say? I’m creative!
“Ah, well, guess I’ll graffiti the dorms when I get back…” I muttered to myself as I dashed towards Zinc.
((This Mira’s not really like me, I’m not really athletic and can’t throw a kunai or shuriken properly if my life depended on it. She’s partially fabricated, but not entirely…))
I just kept walking down the hall staying away from the pictures of pie.
“Lets go get our trays,”she said.
“OK,”I said as the same 2 people ran past the window. One of them threw some gas capsale, and then the other jumped into the river.
“This place is crazy” Racheal said very suprised.
“I know,” I replied not really fazed by the incident because I had already seen the worst part.
We made our way to the dinner hall, and got our trays.
River?
31.1- Maybe someone diverted the Ölfusá for a science fair project. Heh. *walks away casually*
31.1: I don’t know. The last post said he jumped in the river. Is there an ocean by the school?
((33- Zinc is a she not a he.))
I hear a bell and a bunch of people walk by me going in the same direction, so I leave my bags and follow. I hope it’s dinner. I’m hungry! I think hopefully. Then there is a huge noise from in front of us and a bunch of goop-covered people rush out. I stick my head in carefully, and receive a pie in the face. “AWESOME!”, I yell. “Who did this?! I want to thank them!”. Others around me look at me oddly as I scoop up a handful of pie and sling it at the people staying in the hall to avoid the pies. Too bad for them! I bet Mum’n’Da had no idea what a fantastic place this school is when they sent me here. I think happily, as I sling and eat handfuls of pie alternately.
((Erm, yeah. Jenna’s very enthusiastic sometimes. And she likes pie.))
((Are you sick at home too?))
Could someone write out there schedule , and all the house names?
I can’t go much further without them.
Finally, I reached the docks, Mira still in hot pursuit. I ran inside the storage shed, which had held extra sails, rope, and the like.
Mira sniggered. “Cornering yourself, eh?” She paused at the closed doorway, still snickering.
Do note I said “which had held” instead of “which held.”
Mira was quite surprised to find nothing there but a large cow.
((Zinc, unbeknownst to Mira, had gone into her secret passageway to her secret base.
And yes, I am a girl. Sorceress is female; sorcerer is male.))
I hurried to the cafeteria and picked up a tray. I selected mashed potatoes and steak at the counter, then sat down and prepared to dig in. Suddenly, my tray launched forward, covering my face in goopy pie and splattering my food all over the far wall.
“Alright, not cool, pie wars are one thing, but you do NOT come between me and mashed potatoes, PERIOD!”
Walking back to the office, covered in pie, I said,” Who the cake put a spring loaded pie on our trays?”
Racheal didn’t answer becaue she was covered in pie.
I got over it, and walked into the office, Racheal sat down, I got handed my schedule and what house I’m in, and then I read it.
It said:
You are in the Coontz house.
7:00AM breakfast
8:00AM pie throwing
8:30AM art
9:30AM pie kwan do
10:00AM world domination
11:00AM Pre algebra
12:00PM lunch
12:30PM science
1:00PM video game programming
1:30PM english/language arts
2:00PM music
3:00PM explosive tech.
4:00PM-6:00PM pre dinner break
6:30PM dinner
((took test again with better answers and better results))
((My character:
Name: Sophie Estes
Age: 11
Personality: Shy, smart, responsible, a perfectionist
Looks: Light brown wavy hair, green eyes. She hates to wear a skirt or a dress, and usually wears jeans and a light-colored T-shirt.
House: Cootnz
Schedule
7:30 AM- Breakfast
8:00 AM- Pottery
8:30 AM- Writing
9:00 AM- Magyk
10:00 AM- Art
11:00 AM- World Domination
12:00 PM- Lunch
12:30 PM- Meditation
1:00 PM- Science
2:00 PM- Karate
3:00 PM- French
4:00 PM- Pie-throwing
5:00 PM- Drama
6:00 PM- Clarinet
6:30 PM- Dinner))
((Wait…
7:30 AM- Breakfast
8:00 AM- Pottery
8:30 AM- Writing
9:00 AM- Magyk
10:00 AM- Art
11:00 AM- World Domination
12:00 PM- Lunch
12:30 PM- Meditation
1:00 PM- Science
2:00 PM- Band
3:00 PM- French
4:00 PM- Pie-throwing
5:00 PM- Drama
6:00 PM- Karate
6:30 PM- Dinner
I like the idea of band…))
((Never mind the 2nd schedule, I’ve decided on the 1st.))
Cool!!!!!! Your in my house.
After taking the quiz, I was given my schedule.
You are in the Lasley house.
7:30 AM- Breakfast
8:00 AM- English
8:30 AM- Pie Throwing
9:00 AM- Maths
10:00 AM- World Domination
11:00 AM- History
12:00 PM- Lunch
12:30 PM- Science
1:00 PM- Drama
2:00 PM- Music
3:00 PM- French
4:00-6:00 PM- Pre-dinner break
6:30 PM- Dinner
((Reposting mine. I’m in Baker.
Breakfast
8:00 AM Poetry
8:30 AM Writing
9:30 AM Art
10:00 AM Musical Theatre
11:00 AM World Domination
12:00 PM Lunch
12:30 PM Geometry
1:00 PM German
1:30 PM Meditation
2:00 PM Band
3:00 PM Drama
4:00 PM- 6:00 PM- Before dinner break
6:30 PM Dinner))
((Ok. Will someone please construct a schedule for me? I’m not good at this kind of thing. But I do want to have poetry, writing, art, german, band, musical theatre, maths, karate, pie wars (or whatever that class is), and music, and I want some classes with other people. I’m a Lasley!))
Who all is in the Coontz house?
((I am.))
43: Lasley
7:30AM Breakfast
8:00AM Pre algebra
8:30AM Musical theatre
9:30AM German
10:00AM Art
11:00AM Pie Kwan Do
12:00PM Lunch
12:30PM Band
1:00PM Science ((with me))
1:30PM Poetryï¼Writing
2:00PM World Domination
3:00PM Pie throwing/ self defense
4:00PM-6:00PM Pre-dinner break
((Thanks, Mas0n! You’re good at this!))
Except where are the maths? You missed that one. I think I might construct my own schedule, actually.
11:00AM Geomentry
8:30AM Trigonamentry
Sophie~
I wandered out of the office, looking over my schedule.
“Excuse me,” I said to a passing person, “Where’s the Cootnz House? I’m, uh, I’m new here…”
“I’m in Coontz to,” I replied. “I’m new to ,and have no idea were it is,” I continued.
“Let’s go ask someone else. Come on.” the girl urged.
(I am in cootz too. Does this mean the pranking is over? And do I have to write a schedule? It’s my least favorite part! And when are the gapas going to tell us about the supposed rules at MA? )
((Okay, here’s mine:
Wake-up and breakfast
8:00AM Cryptography
8:30AM Archery/ Self Defense
9:30AM Spanish
10:00AM Art
11:00AM Latin
12:00PM Lunch
12:30PM Running
1:00PM Science
1:30PM Writing
2:00PM World Domination
3:00PM Computers
4:00PM-6:00PM Pre-dinner break
Cryptography counts as Math, right?))
Such early rising! You won’t find me teaching any classes at 8 o’clock in the morning.
You won’t find me taking classes then, if I can help it.
((Beginning the day at eight means you can wake up at seven, which is when I wake up naturally. An extra hour makes a world of difference.))
I suppose it expedites things if you don’t have to make your own breakfast. And no doubt some of the teachers share that strange penchant for farmer’s hours.
((I wake up naturally at 6:30, but I like to to go to bed at 8:30, so…))
Also, not sure I’d want to be hanging around in the vicinity of an early morning archery class. Maybe that’s where the self-defense portion of the course comes in….
(I won’t take any classes till 9:00am if I can help it!)
(will one of the GAPAs please answer my questions in post 49?)
I wandered around MA, since as of now I have not applied to any classes. I know alg. 2, AP science, AP lit., AP history, archery, running, astronomy, computer/robotics, and pranking will be in there somewhere.
I found myself in a room that defintly was not there before. I checked the room number- 42.1. The meaning of the universe plus one tenth? That’s just not right! There are no rooms with decimals any how! I raced to go find someone to prove I was not crazy, but finding no one I returned to the room and it wasn’t there!
(49)
Does this mean the pranking is over?
I don’t know, but you have to study once in a while.
And do I have to write a schedule?
Not if you don’t want to. You can just assume that it exists. As the school of your dreams, however, Muse Academy is a good place to dream of all the courses you wish you were taking. (In fact, at times it might be some comfort to think of MA as “real life” and your actual school as an RPG you are playing there.)
And when are the gapas going to tell us about the supposed rules at MA?
I don’t think you need a comprehensive list, but some of the rules ought to be self-evident. It is a school, after all. And although some schools (Hogwarts, for example) might be more lenient about such things, we really can’t have students trying to kill or injure one another, even unsuccessfully.
((Don’t worry, my weapons contain/turn into silk nets on contact with a person.))
((53, question 2. That’s what I’m going to try to do.My schedule:))
7:00 Free reading (Lasely Library)
8:00 Cryptography
8:30 Set Design (Works Jointly with Musical Theater)
9:30 French
10:00 Visual Art
11:00 Pie Defense
12:00 Math
12:30 Lunch
1:00 Math
2:00 World Domination
3:00 Science
4:00 Free Period
5:00 Free Reading again!
6:00 Dinner
8:00 More Free Reading!
9:30 Bed
((I made my schedule, and marked who else are in those classes.))
Jenna’s MA schedule
Lasley House
5:00AM-7:30AM Wake up, do homework, pick out outfit, read in the Lasley Library ((curled up on the floor of course. Jenna no like reading on chair.))Â
7:30AM Breakfast
8:00AM Yoga
8:30AM Writing ((w/Zinc))
9:00AM Maths ((w/Insane))
9:30AM Art ((w/Zinc))Â
10:00AM Visual Art ((w/Enceladus))Â
11:00AM Latin ((with Kai!))
12:00PM Lunch
12:30PM Science ((with Mason! And Insane!))Â
1:00PM German ((with Zinc!))
1:30PM DanceÂ
2:00PM Band ((w/Zinc))Â Â
3:00PM Computers ((w/Kai))Â
4:00PM Pie-Throwing ((w/SilverLeopard))
5:00PM Drama ((w/SilverLeopard))
6:00PM Clarinet ((w/SilverLeopard))
6:30PM Dinner
7:00PM Karate
8:00PM-9:30PM Homework
9:30-10:00PM Lights out/get ready for bed
((There. That was fun! I’ve got at least one other person in each class.Â
Is 10:00PM a good weekday lights out? Opinions please!)) Â Â
((Okay. This is my final schedule. Promise. I think the idea of classes every half hour is cool, but it seems kind of short to me.))
7:30 AM- Breakfast
8:00 AM- Yoga (w/ fireh)
8:30 AM- Art (w/ Mason)
9:00 AM- Drama
9:30 AM- Writing
10:00 AM- Pottery
11:00 AM- World Domination (w/ Zinc)
12:00 PM- Lunch
12:30 PM- Meditation
1:00 PM- Science (w/ Kai)
1:30 PM- Free Block
2:00 PM- Band (w/ fireh and Zinc (again))
3:00 PM- French (w/ Insane)
4:00 PM- Pie-throwing (w/ fireh)
4:30 PM- Free Block
5:00 PM- Magyk
6:00 PM- Clarinet (w/ fireh)
6:30 PM- Dinner
7:00 PM Karate (w/ fireh)
Now I have five classes with you, f&h. ))
((:D Yay! Yoga is awesome in my opinion, and it’s a great way to start the day, too. ))
Jenna had finally gotten her stuff all sorted out, and had been assigned a room. She totally re-arranges the room, because “The arrangement of the furniture and wall decorations are blocking the karma flows!” ((gotta go, more later!))
((Changing my schedule a bit so I can be in World Domination with Enceladus. I will try not to change it again, but no promises.
7:30 AM- Breakfast
8:00 AM- Writing
8:30 AM- Pie Throwing
9:00 AM- Maths
10:00 AM- Art
11:00 AM- Science
12:00 PM- Lunch
12:30 PM- Drama
1:00 PM- Pottery
2:00 PM- World Domination
3:00 PM- French
4:00-6:00 PM- Pre-dinner break
6:30 PM- Dinner))
((Ok, I’m back. Sorry about the partial-post last night…..))
((So Jenna had rearanged her room, etc. Yay!))
Now she is curled up in a corner of the Lasley library at 5am, reading Rakkety Tam, one of her favourite books. Before she knew it, she had finished reading it and it was 7:00. She shrugs. Might as well start heading towards the cafeteria. Hope my outfit is ok. I wonder if MA has a dress code? she thinks. ((NOTE: Jenna is wearing brown yoga pants and a blue Hello Kitty-themed elbow-length t-shirt and a black zip-up hoodie. And her glasses and her watch. And a messenger bag with her books and notebooks and schedule and stuff.)) She sets off for the cafeteria, and looks for the only person she knows so far, namely Mira. ((insert random conversation here)) After a good breakfast of applesauce, she consults her schedule ((on the back of which she has pasted a map of the campus. She likes being organized.)) and heads towards her yoga class. She makes friends with a nice girl, Sophie, and when, after class, they compare schedules, they discover that they have five classes together. Jenna grins. Pretty cool! (blah blah blah. insert rest of day here. I’m having writers block, can you tell? Maybe I’ll rewrite this later….))
Sophie~
The first day was, so far, in one word, great. In three words, better than great. I met a bunch of nice people, accomplished much, and got settled in. Now, I sat in my dorm during my 4:30 free block, absentmindedly twirling a pencil. I’d cleaned the pie off myself a while ago. I was especially excited about my Magyk class, and I was looking forward to my Karate class with Jenna after dinner. I was a green belt in Shotokan Karate back at home. I hoped something exciting might happen to me tomorrow.
I walked down the counter in the cafeteria, evaluating my breakfast choices. Settling on white rice, soy sausages and vanilla yogurt, I scooped them up for my tray and found a seat next to a girl in yoga pants and a Hello Kitty t-shirt.
((Next day, I guess.))
Sophie~
I chose applesauce and three pancakes for breakfast, a change from the bagel, banana and scrambled eggs I prepared myself every school morning at home. I looked around, and chose a seat with Jenna and a girl who I recognized from my science class.
“Hi!” I said, smiling.
I grin back at Sophie. “Heya, Sophie! Can I call you Soph? Pretty Please?”, I reply. She slides into the seat next to me. “I’ll think about that one.” I look at her breakfast. “Oh, you like applesauce too? That’s about all the brekky ops that I saw there that was edible for me.” This morning I was wearing dark blue yoga pants and Chococat themed shirt, with my kangaroo necklace from Australia as an accent. ((I really have a silver kangaroo necklace. It’s a small kangaroo charm and in the center is a beautiful dark blue stone. It’s really from Australia, too.)) I fiddle with my necklace absentmindedly as I slurp up my applesauce noisily. I turn to the other girl sitting at the table. “So what’s your name? Wait, don’t you and Sophie have the Science class after mine?” I ask her. She nods. “Yeah, I thought I recognized you. So, you like San Rio? Hello Kitty and Chococat, huh.” she replies. I grin. “Yea. And I love cats. I’m hoping that I can obtain a cat here, since my mum’s allergic to them I can’t have one at home.” I glance at my watch. “Oh dear! Sophie, we’d better hurry if we want to get to Yoga in time.” I exclaim, panicking slightly. I dunk my applesauce cup in the dirty bowls bin and hurry towards the Yoga room, making sure Sophie is following. Luckily, we get to Yoga with several minutes to spare, and I dig my yoga mat out of my bag and start stretching. ((more later. SilverLeopard, is that ok with you))
Yeah.
((In the newest Alice in Wonderland, the one directed by Tim Burton, Alice is told that she got it wrong the first time and it is not called Wonderland but Underland))
((how did this post get up here?))
((I’m re-posting my schedule. It seemed like everyone’s starting a new day, and I was getting confused.
I think I might scrap my character’s making random noises. Yeah, for the time being, she doesn’t.
8:00 AM Pottery
8:30 AM Writing
9:30 AM Art
10:00 AM Science
11:00 AM German
12:00 PM Lunch
12:30 PM Mythology
1:00 PM Astronomy/Astrology
1:30 PM Computer
2:00 PM Geometry
2:30 PM Violin
3:00 PM Drama
4:00 PM Poetry
4:30-6:00 PM Before Dinner Break (To be added as the whim takes me.)))
((Argh, I’ll post later. Writer’s Block.))
((Mas0n- can you make me a schedule with classes in post 52 like you did for fireanhemlock1996))
After breakfest I wandered through the school yet again looking for Hairball, my dog. I walked past the place where room 42.1 was before. And lo and behold the room was there again and from within came the barks of Hairball! I went into the room and there was Hairball along with other lost pets and various other lost objects. I quickly texted everyone “lost something? Want an adventure? Come to the space between rooms 42 & 43.” I hit send, and settled down to wait in front of the door..
((Are we allowed to have sat phones?))
((I don’t know… GAPAs?))
((Sat phones are allowed.))
((*snork* sat phones….:D))
((What’s so funny about satellite phones?))
(( danke. Now will people answer and come to explore with me in room 42.1?))
I sprinted along the passsageway. It was breakfast, and I hadn’t eaten.
I popped up under the table. Unfamiliar feet. “This’ll make things easier…” I muttered sarcastically.
I found an open seat and popped up. “Hiya!” I said, smiling cheerfully, and extending a hand. “My name is Zinc Caraway, and I just came up from underneath your table! I need some food! See you!” I walked away to the buffet line. Right as I was about to scoop up something that smelled good, my phone started playing the text alert. “What now?” I muttered, and flipped it open. “Lost something? Want an adventure? Come to the space between rooms 42 & 43.†From Adeia.
I grinned. “Sure,” I texted back. “Just let me eat some stuff that smells nice first. Be there in 10 minutes max.” I hit send, and slid my phone back into my cargo pants.
((I am an impeccable texter in real life. I love my full keypad.))
((Changing my schedule again.
7:30 AM- Breakfast
8:00 AM- Writing
8:30 AM- Pie Throwing
9:00 AM- Maths
10:00 AM- Computers
11:00 AM- Science
12:00 PM- Lunch
12:30 PM- Drama
1:00 PM- Pottery
2:00 PM- World Domination
3:00 PM- French
4:00-6:00 PM- Pre-dinner break
6:30 PM- Dinner))
After getting my schedule, I cleaned the pie of myself. I wandered around aimlessly until I found the Lasley dorm room, where I left my stuff, then I went to the Lasley library, where I read for the rest of the evening. I didn’t see Enceladus anywhere, so I decided he must be in another house. Oh well. I’d never liked a guy as much as I did Enceladus, let alone gone out with one. It didn’t help that my old school was a girls’ school. I hoped we were in a lot of the same classes.
Next morning I ordered French toast for breakfast and sat with a group of girls ((insert conversation with Jenna ans Sophie)). Then I got a text from Adeia.
I woke up, not remembering were or how I found my house and dorm, and went to eat breakfast were I ate dinner. Nothing really happened that morning.
63: What are you interested in?
(( see the classes I listed in post 52 plus german . I would copy and paste them for you but I am on my touch and it won’t let me do that… Thanks!))
((please reply to the text people! I have nothing untill more people come/post))
Here is your schedule.
8:00 Late Breakfast
9:00 Archery
9:30 World Domination
10:00 AP History
11:00 Running/Track
12:00 Lunch
1:00 German
2:00 Computer/Robotics
3:00 Language Arts
4:00 Astronomy
4:30 Algebra 2
5:30 Pranking
6:00 Dinner
((Danke))
Everybody seems to assume that you have the same classes every day. In some cases, I think it would make more sense to have longer classes that meet only two or three times or even once a week. Anything that needs setup or cleanup (labs, P.E., etc.) would benefit from the extra time.
Like college! It’s not the same classes every day (usually–spanish is EVERY day). Well, MWF is usually the same, and TR is often the same, but sometime there’s one class (like a lab) that is only one or the other. TR classes are often longer than MWF, as they only meet twice weekly.
That would be cool. Would it be like A and B days?
Your school has A and B days, too?
I saw Zinc hurrying past me in the hallway.
“Where’s the fire?” I asked.
“Adeia texted me and said she wanted us to come to the space between rooms 42 and 43.” Zinc explained. “She said it was about an adventure.”
“Count me in!”
I slid over to a table and wolfed down my food. Omnomnomnom. It was some kind of breakfast bread, and it was chocolate. Nom.
I gulped down my chocolate milk and slid my apple into another pocket. I put the tray in the dropoff area. Then I went over to the snack area, which I thought was a rather clever idea, because God knows muse Academy students need snacks on adventures. I slipped some Pocky into another pocket and stuck a bottle of flavored water into my messenger bag.
I then ran out of the dining hall and out across the courtyard to the 0-100 tower.
I was rather confused when epic music started playing when I met up with Adeia.
“Was this your idea?” I said, raising an eyebrow.
“Probably a joke by one of the GAPAs,” she shrugged.
74.1: No, but my brother went to one that did. The high school I will go to has a block schedule though.
I read my schedule over and over again. Pie throwing, oh well. I walked to the class it said on the schedule.
SPLAT!!!!!!
A pie hit my face as I walked in.
“That is your first lesson” the teacher continued,” Always be ready and on your toes. The best defense is an offense.”
I sat down, and ended up having a great time.
Errata:
My Sat phone buzzed. I picked it up. I hadn’t lost anything, unless you counted my mind, but that was technically inside my head, so I doubted I’d find it. Adventure sounded good, though. I glanced to my right, and discovered I was right next to twelve, and the next thing was the elevator. Right, so I’d go up to floor four and be right there. I pressed the button for the elevator, and it appeared immediately. Convenient.
It had chairs in it, making most of a circle around the edges. A screen flashed, ‘PLEASE SIT DOWN’ while a pleasant female voice repeated it. I did, somewhat confusedly, and the elevator suddenly jerked into motion.
I was still panting and grabbing my heart when the elevator doors slid open, and I got out somewhat dizzily. That was the fastest elevator ride I’d ever been on. But whatever. I was here.
As soon as Zinc showed up I showed her the door of room 42.1 and told her the story of how I first found it.
((anyone else outhere pleaseshow up!!!))
I arrived with Zinc and heard the story from Adeia.
I checked my Sat phone which I had turned off during classes, and saw a text from Adeia. Looks interesting, so I decide to check it out.
I had checked my Sat phone a few minutes earlier, and had reached the specified place by now.
((May I join? I read some of the first threads, and I’m in Spector House.))
((Of course! Create yourself a schedule (you can do whatever class you want, and you can look at other ones for ideas) and a character, and jump in!))
I pulled out my phone after getting a text from Adeia, and ran out of class and towards where it told me to go (hey, I was on the same floor).
When getting there, I noticed everyone else, waited for Adeia to finish explaining, and sneaked up behind Zinc.
“MWAHAHAHAHA!”
((ok let’s go!))
We enter room 42.2 and it was not as I left it, filled with lost belongings… Instead it was a large room filled with doors, perfect for any adventurer. It reminded me of Monster Inc. with racks of doors seemingly leading to nowhere, but after a quick inspection they did, like they do in the movie. “all in favor of going on say pie!” I told the group. I was answered with the chorus of pies. “ok then! Which door first?” I asked.
“Ummmm…” I pondered, and finally pointed towards the one directly in front of me.
“That one!”
“Whatever,” I said, “I can’t decide anything, usually. Anyone have any other suggestions?”
((Oh come on I don’t want to be the one mainly controlling the adventure…))
I (Theresa) walked through the archway of Muse Academy and looked up at the place that was to be my new home. My first impression was that it was really nice, actually. I went to the office and got my schedule.
YOU ARE IN SPECTOR HOUSE.
8:00 Breakfast
9:00 French/Spanish
10:00 Choir/Musical Theater
10:30 Pom/Hip-hop
12:00 Lunch
1:00 World History/Philosophy
2:00 Creative Writing/English Literature
3:00 Algebra 2/Biology
4:00 Break
4:30-6:00 Tennis/Badminton
6:00 Supper
7:30-8:00 Pie class
9:30 Bed
Classes are alternated every day, and the cycle begins every two weeks.
This was amazing! Even if I never found any friends, at least I would have great classes. I found my dorm room, (it was small but cozy) and then had a quick breakfast. A few students looked at me curiously, but I was too shy to talk to anyone. I went off to French.
“Hmmm…” I looked at the doors. Some were metal, some plastic, some wooden. But one gave any indication of the conditions that lay beyond them.
“Well, I think we should avoid opening a metal door first. If it’s made of metal, there’s probably something worth keeping out on the other side.”
“Well,” I pondered, “the wood ones likely mean its’ not flammable.”
Saying that, I opened the plastic door I’d previously pointed at, walked into the room, closed the door behind me, and let out a high-pitched squeak…
“I agree with Kai. All to go through the metal door say pie.”
My sat phone rang, so I looked at it. It told me to go to room 42.1. I walked in, heard someone say ” I agree lets go throw the metal door. Say pie if you do to.”
I shivered in the memory of the pie throwing class. I answered ” Pie.”
I had to be lost. I rounded a corner, and saw some people standing outside of room 42.1. I was about to ask them where I was, but then I heard one say, “…go through the metal door say pie.”
“Pie,” I said.
I came to 42.1 with Sophie, and listened to Adeia explaining. When she asked who wanted to go through the metal door, I said, “pie”.
“Wait.” I had been being quiet, but I sensed inconsistency. “Didn’t Kai just say we shouldn’t go through a metal door? I’d prefer to go through one that doesn’t remind me of a bank vault, if it’s all the same to you. Or we could go through that stone one over there.” I pointed. “Stone means underground, which probably means interesting.”
“Yes, I did say I didn’t like the idea of going through a metal door.”
((Oops read it wrong… still…))
“But if there is something worth protecting, it is probably worth finding, correct? Though I do like the idea of the stone door…. Though it may be a long lost entrance into…. THE BASEMENT…. “
((Can I join? I did the house quiz, and I think I have something resembling a schedule set up:
7:00 Breakfast
7:30 Strategy (Turn-Based)
8:30 Tennis
9:30 Pie-Kwon Do
10:30 Ocarina 3
11:00 Lunch
12:00 World Domination
1:00 Break
1:30 Myths and Legends
2:30 Video Production
3:30 Pie throwing
4:30 Shakespeare
5:30 Intro to Business
6:30 Dinner
7:00 Study time
How’s that?))
((I-Man–sure you can join! What house would you be in?))
“I have an idea,” I said, startling some people. I dropped my bag and dug around in it until I found what I wanted–a spool of thread. I had brought thread and a needle with me in case my clothes ever got a hole in them, but I had forgotten to take them out of my bag. “We can tie one end around a doorknob, so if there are lots of tunnels or passageways behind those doors, we won’t get lost. I’m Theresa, by the way.”
((Coontz :).))
((*sigh* There haven’t been many new Bakers lately…))
((Well, what do you expect, with you and AvalonGirl almost killing each other earlier?))
((What does that have to do with it?))
((I was half-joking, but that would probably make them think that all the other Bakers are like you.))
((Are there any other active Bakers around?))
I gasped. “Not… THE BASEMENT! I didn’t go on that adventure, but I’ve heard some horrible rumors about it… like there were ghosts, and there was a battle… that’s when we learned about Boo, correct?”
((Boo? I was there but I don’t remeber that))
“So… Let’s vote… Who wants to go through the wood door, the metal door, or the stone door? Or does any one have any reasons to go through a different door? ((Plastic, screen, etc.)) I personally want to go through the metal door as I do not want to be turned into a evil version of jean grey again….”
“Good idea about the rope, Theresa.” I said “Zinc, it’s complicated. We found out about Boo when he sailed a ghost pirate ship into the harbor last year. It was in the basements that we ran into a conspiracy to rule the cosmos by villains from several alternate realities and works of fiction.”
“Ohh,” I said. “That’s new. Haven’t heard that one before. But I guess it’s becase it’s real.”
I looked around the doors. Then I looked around the whoe room.
“Hey guys,” I said, poiting upward. “Let’s take the door up on the ceiling.”
“Oooo….. I like that idea! Thing is though…. How we gonna get up there?”
((yeah, I think I came after the pirate ship… what thread was that?))
((The first.))
I grin at Zinc. “On the ceiling? Good thing my handy dandy backpack happens to have some rope in it! Is there anything I could hook it on?” I say cheerfully.
((yeah, I didn’t come to near the end of the second.))
((I’ll just re-join, but as myself this time.))
I joined the group. “Maybe we can make a sort of grappling hook?” I suggested. “Or we just boost one person up and en secures the rope.”
“I’ll do that!” I shouted a bit over excitedly.
(( I really just want to get on with it))
((110 – Yes, please. I want to join this group, but not until they are a little bit down the path.))
I stood back. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to help Adeia, but I have very little upper-body strength.
((How high is the celing? I could give her a leg up but otherwise I need help.))
((let’s say it is a rather low ceiling…))
“I think I can do it myself… Just let me see that rope”
I took the rope and tied it into a basic slip knot, after I noticed a hook in the ceiling that I swear just appeared. Then I leaned back against the wall. Just as I was about to throw the rope up, I must have leaned against a button of some sort, as the door opened and a ladder slid down. I held the ladder as everyone went up into the ceiling. Just as I was heading up I did a quick scan of the room to make sure no one or thing got left behind, and I swear that the spot where I had leaned against the wall glowed hot pink for a second, but I blinked and all was fine… I scurried up the ladder to join my companions and get on with this journey…..
I climbed the ladder into the room.When the last person climbed in the door slammed under us, and hot pink bunnies started coming out of the shadowy corners.
I stopped to take a breath after having climbed the ladder and looked around at the new room we were in.
“oh crap! We are dead!!!!” is what went through my mind as the bunnies seeped into the room. My backpack droped and Hairball leaped out and started to attack the bunnies
“Hairball! No!!” I screamed! But he did not heed my call and kept attacking the bunnies, as their attemps to bunnify him FAILED !?
I nervously stepped into my new room. I was definitely looking forward to Muse Academy, but I was going to miss some of my old friends. Dropping my suitcase and backpack on my bed, I decided to look around and see if I could meet a few people.
I stepped out into the hallway and heard some noise coming from room 42.1. Walking inside, I saw several doors made of different materials, with one additional door on the ceiling. I jumped up and wrapped my finger around the hook on the door, and it swung open.
I was running in circles as the crazy bunnies were chasing me. A cat took out a few of the bunnies, but they kept on coming.
The door suddenly swung open again and a boy tried to climb through. We pulled him up, then re-closed it, sealing the HPBs out. Then, for the first time, I looked around and got a good look at the room we were in.
I couldn’t believe what I was seeing…
((Hairball is a dog not a cat))
((sorry))
120: I don’t understand. Are we in the same room, or did we leave?
((We left the room full of HPBs and entered the room in the ceiling.))
The bunnies were in the room in the ceiling. Thats what I meant when I wrote it. Sorry if I confused you.
SFTDP
Someone else please post here. This is my favorite thread.
The walls of the upper room were covered in floor-to-ceiling mirrors, reflecting our images endlessly in opposite directions.
“Wow…” I muttered, looking around. “But let’s get going! It’s gotta lead somewhere!”
So I walked straight forward…
Only to be met with a seemingly invisible wall.
“Ow,” I muttered from the ground, holding my head. “Two things-one, I’ve never been in a house of mirrors, but I think this is what it feels like. And two is that I thought invisible walls only existed in video games.”
((-giggles madly, having come up with a plot twist-))
As we went into te next room a checked Hairball to make sure he was ok… miraculously he didn’t have a single scratch and wasn’t bunnified….
((Do hpb’s have an effect on other animals?))
now we were in a room full of mirrors…. oh joy….
((Sorry I left.))
Yay! I thought I finally got the new Mysteries game for my laptop I was in my common room, Lasely, and my parents had sent me the new version of the immensely popular computer game Mysteries, Mysteries IV. You found strange situations, and eventually connected them into a plot line. I installed it, and began playing.
My character found himself in a room, mirrored on all sides, with 7 others. They looked familiar. I zoomed in on them. They were all other people at Muse Academy. I felt a chill going through my body. What had happened? Was that a coincidence? Or… Not wanting to think what had happened, I went over to the one that looked like KaiYves.
“Where are we?” I asked.
“Enceladus?! How did you get here?” She said, incredulously.
“Well, now I think I know where you are. I’m not really here.”
“What? How do you know where we are?”
“You’re in a computer game that I’m playing.”
((Tee Hee.))
((nice!))
“oh just great…. We’re in a computer game! How the heck did we get in here?”
then the past series of events went through my head….
1. I pressed a button
2. It flashed pink, the color of evil and hpbs
3. we were attacked by hpbs…
“Endy! Quick! Check the manufacturer!”
((Is Mysteries a play on Myst?))
“Yes, find out who made this game and write an angry letter. It has a bug… well, a bunny.”
((I was thinking of Myst at the time, so I guess…))
“Why don’t I go and see where the bunnies are. If my character dies, he’s fine.” I say. My character walks over to the door, opens, and jumps in.
There is a small plank my character is standing on, and a large blackness that says “END OF THIS UNIVERSE” in large white letters.
“Guys! Come to the door! Look at this!:” My character yelled.
Everyone came over. “Enc! The HPB! Look!” Bookgirl yelled.
“I don’t see any HPBs.” I typed. “It’s just blackness that says “End of universe” on my computer.”
“Well, then let’s explore the other room.” Adeia said.
Another wall in the mirrored room also sported a door, cleverly hidden. Unless it was examined closely, the seam seemed to blend into the rest of the mirror.
We crowded behind Adeia as she opened up the door and jumped in. Hot, humid air blew in our faces, out of the doorway.
“Wow! It’s a jungle in here!”
((Am I just imagining this, or was there some book/show that featured a house with different environments inside, including a rain forest and (possibly) a beach?))
((Dunno. The rainforest makes me think of Un Lun Dun though.))
((And the Arctic, I think there was an Arctic area, too. And they were somewhere they weren’t supposed to be at night, maybe a museum?))
((Night at the Museum?… XD))
((No, in Night at the Museum, all the exhibit halls were still exhibit halls, only the statues were alive. Here, it was the rooms actually becoming the environments.))
((It was Magic School Bus! Now I know!))
“Guys! Look at this one!” I called, standing next to a door that appeared to open onto the surface of the moon.
“And this one!” I called, opening another door that appeared to open onto a rainbow. “But I just realized something.”
“What?” Enceladus-no, his character-asked.
“If we’re not real…how do we get back into the real world?”
Silence prevailed, and nobody dared to answer.
“Maybe we die.“
“We do exist. At least, I think so… something happened in Room 42.1 that made us virtual, and sent us to the start of Enc’s game. So we have to go back to 42.1 to get back to the real world…”
I looked down at the floor, but the trapdoor had vanished.
“Classic. Just classic. All right, Enc, how do you win the game?”
“You have to figure out the mystery of the world, and fix it. For example, in Mysteries I, you were in a post-Armageddon world completely run by robots, but then the power generator had turned off, and you had to fix it. In Mysteries II, you were trapped on a sunken ship, and had to figure out how to raise it, and bring it back to land. In Mysteries III, you had to flood a-” KaiYves cut me off.
“So, what are strategies for winning it? Any specific ways? How long does if normally take?”
“Playing on straight, it takes about eight hours. There aren’t really any specific strategies. Just connect things as much as possible.”
“Okay, connect things. So what things have we seen so far? A room full of mirrors, a black void marked ‘End of the Universe’, a rain forest, the surface of the moon, and a rainbow, plus invisible walls.”
“Is there anything we have to find, or someone we have to defeat specifically in this game?” I called to Enceladus.
“You have to defeat the problem/ revive the universe/ help people escape. On another note, I wonder what happens if I quit?”
I wander into the common room, looking for something to do. I see a boy playing a video game, and-talking to it? I tap him on the shoulder and ask him what he’s playing. He looks at me, and responds: “I’m trying to get them out.”. I stare. “Excuse me?” I ask, raising one eyebrow. He sighs. “I’ll show you.” he moves over a little bit so that I can see it. I goggle at what appears to be AvalonGirl and some other students I know wandering around in a room full of mirrors. “Huh.” I say, wondering if there’s a multiple player feature on the thing. “Need any help?”
Looking around the mirrored room once more, I found a place on the one wall not containing a door where there was a square space more opaque than the mirror-wall around it. Looking closely, I saw what looked like the outlines of jigsaw pieces.
“Hey guys, I think I found something!”
((What I was thinking with the manufacturer comment was that the game was made by hpbs…. or something…))
“Idea! 2 words…. Cheat codes….”
((If we use cheat codes it could make something go terribly wrong and take us even longer to get out of this…fun plot twist…))
“Cheat codes? Good idea. Hey, f&h, could you search that 5,000 page player’s manual for any cheat codes?”
“Why so urgent? I thought the point of Mysteries was to take a long time.”
“Yes, it usually is, but in this case, I need to rescue them. They’re currently trapped inside the game.”
“I don’t really think there’d be cheat codes in the manual. Lemme go get my laptop.”
“Guys, is there a walk-through in the manual?”
“I’ve read the other manuals, and you have to read the whole thing to get a walkthrough. They hide tidbits on random pages. Sorry.”
“Okay, can you flip through and look for something about silver puzzle pieces?”
“Silver puzzle pieces? Those have occurred in every game. They have clues that help you. Pick it up and read it!”
“There aren’t any pieces right here, but there’s a place to put them if we find them on the wall.”
“So are we going to stand around talking, or go into one of these rooms? Wait, if we move out of Enceladus’s character’s view, do we vanish?”
((I’m inclined to say we don’t. Makes it more interesting. But it would also be interesting if we did. But I’m not sure how we’d demonstrate that we did, without making one of us vanish, and then we’d have to go into where we would go if we vanished…))
((We’re an RPG “party”. Unless the player specifically sends one of us out to do something individually, we all stay together.))
“What if the silver puzzle pieces are hidden in the other rooms?” I asked.
“Exactly Sophie! Let’s split up into each of the rooms… I have a feeling if we go into the ‘End of the Universe’ one we will find something very interesting…”
((Adeia: The End Of This Universe is what I see. You see the bunnies…))
((oh…))
“I think that’s the point. We split up, and investigate the different rooms to find the pieces. We’ve got six people, so we can go in pairs. I call moon!”
“I’ll go with KaiYves, unless there’s a more dangerous place. My character isn’t me, so I can’t die. I hope.”
((Idea: How about, when we find the puzzle pieces, they turn into a door. The door leads to the entrance of the school, in reality. Someone comes over to you, and tells you to go to my dorm (Lasley). You go, and I’m still with you, but I’m in my dorm. On the comp. screen, there’s an infinite series of screens. I should look at it, and begin to go insane. ))
(( revive! revive! revive!))
((Okay, we need a jungle group and a rainbow group.))
Hmm… Can I join? I took the quiz, and the closest I got was the Lasley House.
“I’ll go with KaiYves and and Enceladus,” I volunteered.
((There are six people, and three locations, I think.))
((Yes, six people, three locations.))
“Okay, let’s look at this logically. Has anyone here ever visited a rainforest region before? Failing that, out of everyone here, who has the most camping experience?”
“I’ll go to the rainbow. It sounds interesting. On the other hand, I’ve been camping several times, and I’ve been in tropical forests before. So I’d probably be more use in the rainforest. But I don’t know.”
I finally spoke up and said, “I have quite a bit of camping experience, so I could be one of the rainforest people.”
“Okay, so I-Man and Errata for the rainforest, because they have the most outdoors experience. Enc and myself for the moon because it’s the most dangerous and he can’t die (We think), and because we know the most about the moon. Do the remaining two people want to go through the rainbow door or not?”
(Sorry I haven’t posted, but some how take me out of the story until I come back more activly. You could put me in a coma or something.)
“I’ll go with the rain forest group – I have a good amount of camping experience…”
“Okay, so Adeia and I-Man for the jungle and Errata and Mas0n for the rainbow?”
“Sure.” I replied. “Wait! Do you know if cell phones work in here? That’d be a good way of keeping in touch.”
“Waitaminute! Where do I go? I’d suggest I go with the rainbow, for a few reasons,” I said, my fingers randomly twitching.
“And where do I go?”
“Okay, if you want to go to the rainbow, you both can.”
“Sure.”
When Errata asked if cellphones worked, I told her to call mine. I saw her dial. Suddenly, the my phone rang. “Hello? Enceladus?”
“Yeah, it’s me.”
“How? Your character isn’t moving.”
“It’s the real me who got the phone call.”
“Just another of the many mysteries of this.”
((Another idea: How about this is like the gameboard discworld in Corpus Celesti, where it’s the map and the place mapped. Only this is a computer game and the real game.))
((Okay.))
“Okay, everybody open your doors, we’ll all step in together.”
((Okay, just so this isn’t ENTIRELY like Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase, let’s not have the moon portal lead to an Apollo landing site. Maybe it leads to Tycho Crater, like in 2001, and the silver puzzle piece is on the Monolith.))
((Yes. Good idea.))
((Oh, have you seen SDCC, too? Good movie, I just didn’t want us to copy it too closely.))
((me too I even have the book from when my brothers and I were little))
((No, I haven’t. I thought the 2001 reference would be an amazing idea. Though, I did read the wikipedia article on SDCC.))
I stepped in to the hot and steamy room…. ugh… I immediately pulled of my cross country sweatshirt that I am never seen without and tied it around my waist. In my tank top and shorts (athletic ones of course though I often wear jeans too) I heard the door click shut and disappear…… And then I heard a growl come out of the the trees behind us….. ((please help me… who is exactly is “us”?))
((If one of us gets hurt maybe we can start to phase in and out between cyber and real world….))
((You and I-Man are in the rain forest room.))
I stepped through the door to the moon, following Enceladus. The door was slightly above the surface and we fell about three feet as the game provided us with spacesuits.
I caught myself when I reached the ground, and looked around at our surroundings. We were standing on the edge of a gigantic crater that stretched in front of us as far as I could see. The inside was a darker gray than the surrounding ground.
“Tycho.”
“Tycho crater? I remember that from somewhere…” I typed. “Hey look! You can see the Earth!”
“We’re on the moon.”
“I wonder if that Earth is the real Earth. I mean, if we somehow managed to steal a spaceship and fly down there to Muse Academy, would we find me in my room typing?”
“Stop. That’s making my head spin. Where do you think the puzzle piece is?”
“Let’s look in the center of the crater.”
Two bars popped up on the screen in the upper left-hand corner.
“I’m guessing that’s how much oxygen we have.” Enceladus said.
“Let’s see how well the physics simulator is on this game…” I hopped forward and went about six feet. “Woah, just like the 1/6th chair at Space Camp!”
There was an area near us where a landslide had created something like a gentle ramp down into the crater. Thank you, game developers.
“Let’s go- but remember, jump for distance, not height, or you’ll end up on your back!” I said, rabbit hopping towards the “ramp”.
((All the Apollo guys called it a bunny hop, but as that word’s rather dangerous around here, rabbit it is…))
I opened the door onto the rainbow, and found a crazily bright neon sky.
“…oh my god.”
I stepped out with Mira and SilverLepoard. ((Sorry, I can’t remember if you have a different name on here.))
“Wow. This is amazing.” I took a few tentative steps on the rainbow, and it miraculously held. “Wow.”
We rabbit hopped down the “ramp”, onto the crater floor.
“Right, I don’t see anything out of the ordinary- I mean, other than us being on the moon and all…” I said.
“Wait, check your suit for some sort of sensor.” Enceladus offered. We both had a small screen mounted on our lower right arms displaying a crater map. “Looks like there’s some funny magnetic thing up ahead.”
“A magnetic anomaly in Tycho Crater… you don’t think…”
“2001!” I typed “You know, the monolith thing that turned chimps into people?”
“Yeah! That’s just what I was thinking!” KaiYves shouted. “Let’s go!”
“Wait, there might be a problem. If it evolves beings into a higher evolutionary state, it might affect you…” I typed, and KaiYves nearly rabbit hopped over.
((Ack, I’m kind of lost here. I’m with Enceladus and Kai.))
I read everythink that was posted while I was busy for a few weeks, but I have no idea whats happening. Would someone give me a simple explanation please?(this thread hasn’t been very busy since I wasn’t here “shame on you”*
((A simple explanation? Well, everybody except F+H and me are trapped in my computer game. My character is exploring the moon with KaiYves, Mira and Errata are exploring a magical rainbow thingy, and I-man and Adeia are exploring a rainforest.”
Where am I in all this if I’m in the game?
((You can be in the rainforest. You were originally slated for rainbow, but we got two other people while you were gone, and rainforest only has two.))
“I’m going to assume the neutral possible meaning of that…” I told Enceladus, as I hopped towards what our arm screens showed was the concentration of the magnetic disturbance.
I stepped after Errata and wandered out to the purple edge. I sat down, and dipped my toe to touch a cloud. Solid. Well, of course, this is a video game, I thought. I slid down, and stood on the cloud, looking around.
“I always wanted to be in a videogame, but that dream is now squashed,” I thought aloud walking in the forest.
I heard leaves rustle, then a loud roar……..
We hopped forward until a large structure came into view. It was a tall slab of metal, mostly dull, but with one part that looked shinier.
“We were right. The developers were Kubrick fans.”
Mas0n appeared behind I-man and I as we heard the roar… but where the heck was it coming from?! It seemed to be coming from which ever direction you faced…. Apparently, the developers only thought about sound coming out of your speakers… not directly at real people…… We were still real right?
“Ok, I think the roaring is just to freak you out. Which way should we go?” I asked, motioning to the three paths. “How about… enie, meanie, minee, mo! That one!” I said pointing to the left one.
“Is that a good thing?” I asked. “At least we know something about whoever built this.”
I followed Adeia.
“I don’t know if that’s to scare us. I think we should run”, I said as I picked up a stick and walked on.
“Wait, doesn’t every rainbow have a slide? Or steps? Or solid clouds that are only solid in a Bee Suit?” I said, mostly to myself.
“What are you TALKING about?” Errata asked.
“Video games, people. Let the game rules of possibility and form hacks reign here. And if this is anything like VMK or AQWorlds-well, it is in the form-then we’ll have…equippable things.”
“You lost me back there, you know,” one of the other girls sighed.
“Nevermind! Rule still stands that we’re in a video game, and I shall try to bring in as many other game elements in as I can!”
((WOOT! Super Mario Galaxy reference!
I really should post on here soon…))
((God, I love that game. I couldn’t help myself.))
“I’d have to agree with him,” I said nervously, looking around. The girl ((I don’t really know anybody’s names at this point, do I?)) was about to say something in reply when there was another roar that sounded closer than before. We all stopped and she said quietly, “That was definitely not a fake sound…”
A second later, a bush in front of us rustled, and a black panther that was a little bit smaller than norm stepped out of the bush. The three of us stood there, staring at it. It stared back with a scowl and a growl, and I whispered, “Nobody move a muscle…”
As slowly as I dared, I lowered my backpack to the ground, reached in, and pulled out a chew toy that had a distinct smell of meat. As soon as I pulled it out, the panther seemed much happier, staring at it hungrily with a smile on his face. I waved it slowly in his direction, then turned and threw it into the trees. He bounded after it as I shouted, “Run!”
We hopped closer and closer to the Monolith, as the markings came into view. Near the top, we could see a silver puzzle piece attached, but we had no idea how we could get that high up.
I climb back up onto the rainbow.
“Well, where should we go?” I asked.
“Any ideas on how to reach the puzzle piece, Enc?” I asked. “Unless the Starchild’s going to suddenly show up and give it to us.”
Errata:
“I vote we follow the rainbow. See where it leads. Maybe there’s a pot of gold at the end!”
((I’m voting that there’s a leprechaun guarding a silver puzzle piece, and that we have to do something for he leprechaun before it’ll give it to us. Maybe gather four-leafed clovers? Something.))
((Sounds cool!))
I struggled around in my back pack and somehow pulled a sheathed sword that I promptly unsheathed and started hacking at the bushes with….
We stroll along the rainbow road, until a figure comes into sight. It’s a leprechaun. Well, duh, I think to myself, It’s a video game. We walk up to him, and Errata says,
“Hi,”
“What do you want?” the little guy said, not all too kindly.
“We’re looking for a silver puzzle piece,” AvalonGirl said.
“Well, you can’t have it,” The leprechaun answered stubbornly.
“Look,” I hiss to the little guy, “I do not like leprechauns. And unless you give me the puzzle piece-and possibly the ability to fly-I will throw you off this rainbow.”
“Enc! I SAID, how do you plan on getting the puzzle piece off the Monolith?”
((Hallooooooo? anyone here from the jungle room? I got nothing!!!))
“I dunno.” I typed to Kai.
“Maybe we could do something for you? Then can we have it?” I ask.
“Hmmm…” he says, “Well, okay. My daughter still needs gold to put in the pot at the end of her rainbow. She’s got everything except for that gold. Find seven pieces, and you get the puzzle piece.”
“Well, maybe we just have to touch the monolith itself…” I reached out with my space-gloved hand and touched the metal very cautiously with my fingertips, then withdrew it very quickly. Lights began to glow on the outside of the structure, pulsing on and off, getting faster and faster.
“Uh, is that supposed to happen…”
“I doubt it. Maybe I could climb, using the hole in it.” I moved my avatar, and tried jumping.
“Enc! Are you sure it’s safe?”
((seriously!! I got nothing!!!!))
“Well, it’s not really me, is it?”
The Monolith was pulsing with light before I could answer. The pulses rose from the bottom slowly, gaining speed as they approached the top.
“ET phone home?”
((Anyone?Hello????))
((Um, I’d like to join, but I’ll need a summary. In the meantime, here’s my bio;
Name: Sheimei Katai
Age: 14 1/2
Appearance/Personality: Dark blue, almost black hair with green streaks, on the short side, bright green eyes, very cheery, likes to garden
House:Coontz
And here’s my schedule;
8:00-8:10-Breakfast
8:15-9:25-Pre-Algebra
9:30-10:00-Art/Creative Problem Making (Art on A days, CPM on B days)
10:05-10:40-Pie Kwan Do
10:45-11:25-Science (Labs on A days)
11:30-12:10-Lunch
12:15-1:15-World Domination
1:20-2:15-Video Game Learning (There’s such a thing!)
2:20-3:00-Free Time (Or, “Wander Around and Get Hit By Pies Time :lol:)
3:00-4:30-Meditation
4:35-5:45-Band (oboe)
5:50-6:30-Dinner
6:35-9:25-Free Reading
9:30-Bedtime
I hope that’s alright.))
((That looks fine… Glad to see another Cootz!))
so right now the majority of us went through a door in the ceiling (starting at approx. post 114), in a room very similar to the room of requirements, and found ourselves stuck in Enceladus’ video game and now we are in 3 different rooms trying to find puzzle pieces….. to sum it all up rather nicely…))
((wow gapas! moderation has been really fast today! Thanks! Merry X-Mas/ Happy holidays!…. BTW you don’t have to post this….))
((208-Thanks! I’ll just pretend I’ve been with at te rainbow all along, okay? Thanks again! Mappy Kwazakamas! (That’s “Merry” and”Happy,” “Kwanza” and “Christmas.”) My friends say I should just say “Happy Holidays,” but “Mappy Kwanzakamas” is more fun to say! ))
“Hmmm, seven pieces of gold. Now where would gold be…” I thought to myself. “Okay, we should split up,” said [Umbramew’s character]. “Sheimei, you take Sophie and [some other character] and I’ll take the rest. We’ll put the gold in a pile back here with the leprechaun.”
((What about Hanukah??))
((My friend who’s Jewish said Hanukah’s already past. Before, I used to say, “Mappy Christmaswanzakah!”))
((I thought up Kwanunakamas when I was really bored and hyper after pre-season track one day…))
((There’s you, me, AvalonGirl (Umbramew), and Errata in our group.))
((Expletive. I’ve been primarily offline. Sorry. I never got to see how that last plotline got resolved, anyway…
Well, there’s no point in reviving my character if I’m going to vanish like this. Sorry, guys. You may PP me all you want.))
((Calling mas0n and I-Man to this thread to continue with our search!!))
After a lot of running and hacking, we finally found something of interest…. It was a pool… a silvery shiny pool….. a completely still pool….. and…. deep in it’s depths I saw a silver puzzle piece….. or was it coming from above as a reflection; in truth really high among the treetops instead of in the serene pool?
“Guys! I found the piece! ….. I think….” I yelled.
I took Sophie and we separated from [Umbramew] to look for some gold. “Oh, there” I shouted. On top of a giant rock, was 2 pieces of gold. “Come on!” said Sophie. “Let’s go get that gold.”
“Umm, y-you do it. P-Please.”
Sophie looked at me. I felt myself blush. “I d-don’t like h-h-high places t-that much…”
“Fine with me.” Sophie started scaling the rock. When she got to the top, she yelled for me to catch the gold, which she threw down to me. Sophie was halfway down when she lost her foot hold. “Oh, no!” I said. “Are you okay!?”
“Mmmff, yeah. I’m…I’m fine.” Sophie managed to climb back down safely, and we went to deposit the gold.
Sheimei and I walked along the clouds, keeping an eye out for anything gold. Finally, I noticed a piece along the edge of a cirrus cloud, one of the long, thin, wispy ones. We leaped from cloud to cloud, choosing steps that went up to what we wanted. Sheimei choose a cloud directly below it, and walked along, reaching up to get the gold piece. Then she walked back towards me. I helped her back up onto my cloud and we started back.
I burst through the foliage while simultaneously tripping over a branch, falling face-down onto the ground. Groaning, I rolled over on my back to see Adeia looking down at me with a half-confused, half-bemused smile.
“Hi,” I coughed, grinning as I pushed myself up. She said “hi” back, then told me what she had found: “See that pool? I can see a puzzle piece at the bottom, but I’m not sure if it’s in the pool, or up in the trees.”
She looked back and forth between the two places, unable to make up her mind. Meanwhile, I had set my backpack on the ground and was searching through it. After pulling out and discarding some empty snack bags, a GBA with dead batteries (A video game console inside a computer game… I thought. Good thing my old friends aren’t here or they’d be having a ball with this.), and a very old copy of The Number Devil, I found what I was looking for – my Halloween/welding/tool-mask. I put it on, stood back up, and tapped Adeia on the shoulder.
She turned around, saw me, and screamed bloody murder. “What the HECK is that??” she shouted. I grinned, flicked the mask up so she could see my face, and explained, “It’s a welding mask that my dad gave me a couple years ago. I think he wanted me to pursue metalworking when I was older, but I quickly painted a skeleton face on it and added a few simple tools.”
“And… this is going to help us how?” she said skeptically. I smiled and said, “Just watch.”
I then knelt down, pulled the mask back over my face, took a breath, and dunked my head down. Using the tel-riscope, I looked around, but couldn’t see the puzzle piece. I pulled my head back out and said, “It’s not in the pool – I didn’t see anything down there. It must be…”
((I’ve finally come back to this thread, sorry for forgetting about it for 3 months. I’ll just pretend I was with the forest group all along.))
I watch I-man look in the pool. Ooh, he’s good-looking too, I think. But something tells me he’s not a Lasley. And you should totally stop thinking about the guys here.
I climb up onto the nearest tree’s roots and examine the trunk.
“Look!” I call. “There’s a ladder here! Just bits of wood nailed to the tree, but there’s climable branches higher up! It’s got to be up this tree.” I start climbing.
Man, this thread is DEAD. Still, what period are we in? I just enrolled.
WOW i haven’t missed much… I’ll be back… to rereive this thread once more…. but first I must take my shower…..
Ok….. I am back….. Let’s see….. Let’s forget the preveious adventure and have a one-week wait before we come up with a new idea to let new people come….
CALLING ALL MUSERS WHO WISH TO JOIN MUSE ACADEMY RPG……
sfttp but i see no other way to get people’s attention.
Okay, I’m all for something new.
((Ok, so what are we doing?))
I was just going to see what happens when everyone gets here.
how do i join?
((Just look at some of the info and take the quiz (both links are in post 10.1 on this thread) to see which house you would be in, then you can put yourself in the current scenario like any other MB RPG.))
((thanks.))
(( my character
name: Spring Galidine
Age: 12
Appearnce: Light red hair, green eyes,short, cast on her left arm.
personality: cheerful, daredevil, and athletic.
house:lasley
schedule:(( i will tell you this later i have to go to my school’s spring fling.
((okay, i need some help with this))
((Okay, let’s start something and hope the third time’s the charm.))
((ok…. If anyone else want’s to join in please do))
I was walking down the halls of MA on my way to the library, when i noticed a strange marking on the tile below me…. upon closer examination I discovered it to be the crests of each house….
I put my hand on the Cootz crest and it began to glow… If only I could find someone from each of the other houses, something would probably happen….
(i have a suggestion to make…. why don,t we make MA a summer only thread as it seems it dies out over the school year each time…. It would be in a reversed world….))
((Is this a new character of yours? Because I thought you were in the jungle in the computer game storyline…))
((We’re starting over.))
((I’ll join, if you would be needing more people! I’ve sort of skimmed through this thread, but I’m still a bit confused as to how to start. It seems like the characters are named after our real ‘blog names, and I should probably start by making a schedule, but…yeah. Am quite lost, and help would be much appreciated. Thanks!))
As I wander around MA boredly, I notice Adeia kneeling on the floor inspecting something glowy. “Hi, Adeia! What’s that?” I ask interestedly, taking my cap off momentarily to push my bangs out of the way so I can see.
((btw- I’m changing my name. My MA name is Fiona Hemlock, and my nickname is Fireh. I’m 5’1″ and have waist-length dark brown hair, with bangs that go down to just below my chin and kind of frame my face.))
Bored? At Muse Academy?! Perish the thought!
I have a free period, so I decide to FINALLY head over to the corridors by the East Wing of the library and photograph that mosaic I’ve been meaning to since December.
But before I get there, I see two people kneeling on the floor, examining one of the tiles. One, I recognize as Adeia, the other look familiar but has a name I can’t seem to remember.
“Hey, guys! What are you looking at?”
I look up. “Hey! There’s this tile with the House crests on it. The Coontz crest is glowing because Adeia touched it, and the Lasley because I touched it. Now we only need a Baker and a Spector. I’m Fireh, by the way.” I explain.
Sophie~
I was walking down the hall, peering into classroom doorways and dawdling in various other ways when I nearly stumbled over a leg, which, when I looked down, discovered to be Fireh’s
“Hi!” I said, delighted to have found someone else in the deserted halls “What are you guys doing?”
They explained the tile, and I said that, sadly, I was in the Coontz house too, so I couldn’t help them with getting all of the crests, except to find other people.
“Hi, Fireh and Sophie. I’m sorry that I can’t help either, I’m another Coontz. Do you think this is something like that fireplace puzzle in the library?”
I walked down the hallway, and I saw a bunch of girls who where all looking at a tile. Maybe one of them knew where the lasley house was. As I got closer, I saw they were hunched over a glowing mosiac.
“Hi, do you know where the lasley dorms are located?”
((DON’T DIE MA THREAD!!PLEASE!!))
(( hey how about the crest is a trapdoor and it leads us into the hot pink bunny hideout.))
((Name: Selenium
Age: 13
House: Baker
Is that all right? The character name is generally the ‘blog name, correct?))
I walked down the halls of my new school, Muse Academy. They had given me permission to use an hour to explore the building and surrounding grounds, and now I was inside one of the buildings, walking past classrooms where much chaos seemed to be in place.
I turned a corner and came face to face with a girl.
‘Oh – sorry,’ she said hurriedly. ‘Wait – are you new?’
‘Yeah, hi, I’m Selenium,’ I said.
‘Nice to meet you, I’m Fiona, Fireh for short, and I hope you don’t mind me asking but which house are you in?’
‘Baker. Why?’
Fireh gasped and took my hand, leading me past lockers and classrooms to where several girls were crouched over the floor. One of them looked up, saw us and said ‘Have you found anyone yet, Fireh?’
‘Yeah,’ she said, pushing me forward gently. ‘She’s new – her name’s Selenium – but she’ll do, right? She’s in Baker’
((SFTDP, but I pressed the Comment button and then realised my mistake. Fireh in the last post should be Sophie, correct, as Fireh and Adeia are the two crouching over the tile while Sophie, being of the same house as one of them has gone off to look for people. Here it is again: corrected and elongated.))
I walked down the halls of my new school, Muse Academy. They had given me permission to use an hour to explore the building and surrounding grounds, and now I was inside one of the buildings, walking past classrooms where much chaos seemed to be in place.
I turned a corner and came face to face with a girl.
‘Oh – sorry,’ she said hurriedly. ‘Wait – are you new?’
‘Yeah, hi, I’m Selenium,’ I said.
‘Nice to meet you, I’m Sophie, and I hope you don’t mind me asking but which house are you in?’
‘Baker. Why?’
Sophie gasped and took my hand, leading me past lockers and classrooms to where several girls were crouched over the floor. One of them looked up, saw us and said ‘Have you found anyone yet, Sophie?’
‘Yeah,’ she said, pushing me forward gently. ‘She’s new – her name’s Selenium – but she’ll do, right? She’s in Baker,’
One fo the girls – there were two – gasped, then stood up. ‘Hi, Selenium. I’m Adeia.’
‘And I’m Fireh,’ said the girl still kneeling on the floor.
‘Can you help us with something?’
They explained about the tile and how another person – from Spector House – would still be needed.
‘All right, I’ll help,’ I agreed. Adeia looked relieved.
‘That’s great! Sophie, could you help us find a Spector now?’
Sophie nodded. ‘I’ll go right away.’
((Fail, Fireh, fail. **headdesk** Please ignore my below post, then.))
Selenium looked around helplessly. “What, are you looking for a human sacrifice or something?” she asked. The other girls and I stifle our laughter and I explain hurriedly. “No, no. We found this tile, see, and so far we have the Coontz and Lasley crests lit. Here, this one’s the Baker crest.” I hold my breath as Selenium puts her hand on the crest, wondering if her being a newbie matters to the strange mechanism of the tile, or if her being a Baker all the same meant it made no difference.
((Ha, I just noticed that so far we’re all girls.))
((No bunnies on Muse Academy grounds, including any secret chambers appertaining thereto. That’s a Rule.))
((Did I say something about bunnies? When?))
((I understand the rule, but why as a reply to fireh’s comment? I didn’t see any mention of bunnies…or have they taken over the comments as well, unseen by all except for those GAPAs with the special bunny…um…glasses?))
((It was just a random cautionary note in response to comment 233.))
((Oh. But as a reply to fireh’s comment? Random, indeed.))
((Well, you seemed to be getting close to opening it, so I thought I’d better say something somewhere.))
((Oh. Fair point.))
I turn the corner as I’m headed back to my dormatory from my World Domination class and discover a small huddle of people looking down at the floor. I wander over.
“What’s going on?” I ask.
“There’s a group of four tiles on the floor,” Adeia explains. “We need someone from each house to see what they do.”
“That sounds vaguely familiar,” I say with a sly look. ((Referring, of course, to the second total MA adventure and my first))
“Yes, but this time the tiles glow!”
“All right, all right. Do you have a Baker yet?”
“Yeah.” Adeia points to Selenium.
“Drat. I guess I’ll have to sit back and watch, then?”
“Yup.”
I introduce myself as Kyra to all the people I didn’t know from before. I had been too concentrated on my studies for the past several months to join the various adventures that I had been told about. Now, however, the school year is ending and I can have as much fun as I please without having to worry too much about classes.
((Well, I’ve come back. I’m in Lasley.))
I ran into someone leaving a room, where a commotion seemed to be going on. I bumped into Sophie, who I had seen occasionally.
“Are you a Spector?” She asked.
“No. I’m Lasley. Why?” I responded.
“We’ve found these tiles that light up when someone from the right house comes. We only have Spector left.” She said.
“Can I join you?” I asked.
“Sure.” She said, and I walked into the room.
((Hallo, Enc!))
I look towards the door as a new person comes in, but it’s Enc, not Sophie with someone from Spector. “Hey, Enc!” I greet him cheerfully then turn back to the tiles. “I wonder what will happen once all the tiles are lit.” I wonder aloud.
“It does sound familiar, Kyra. Hopefully we can skip the T-rexes-Neo-Nazis-and-various-other-things-trying-to-kill-us part this time.”
((Who wants to be our Spector?))
((So, what will we find when the tiles light up? I suggest living statues. They can only move when you aren’t looking at them. (Why no, I’m not blatantly plagiarising Dr. Who.) They’ve been locked up for thousands of years, and now they want out!
Also, they don’t want to kill us. They just want to rule the world, starting at Muse Academy.
The three of us crouched on the floor, waiting. Around us stood several people, who being of the same house, could not do anything so instead hovered expectantly over those who could do something. One of them, Kyra, was also a Baker, which was nice. Sophie had still not returned with a Spector and I was starting to wonder if there were any in the school.
Finally, she returned. All of us sighed in relief, before Adeia asked quickly, ‘Did you find one?’
‘Yup,’ she said, panting slightly. ‘A Spector all right, just coming around the corner.’
‘Great, who is it?’
((Agrrrfishi, Cat’s Meow, Armada, Axa, and Jadestone are all Spectors, I believe. There are bound to be others that don’t come to mind.))
((None of those seem to have posted on the Part 7 thread…we could always call them back, I suppose…if we really needed a Spector.))
((I think Armada’s lurking around somewhere, I saw a few posts by her recently- But what if we could get around it somehow without a Spector… Hm.))
((Hm. Maybe we could get Rosanne to step into the RPG for a few minutes. I’ll ask her.))
((Rosanne’s a Spector? Good lord, I would never have imagined! :D))
((Thanks, Selenium, you’ve just made my day with that comment.))
((You’re very welcome, fireh! :lol:))
((I’ve e-mailed her. If she doesn’t show up soon, though, you could always arrange for Reckless, the Spector House dog, to come loping by.))
((Thanks, Robert. You forgot your double parentheses though! *revels in the power*))
Rosanne ran in, asking breathlessly, ‘Has anyone seen Reckless?’
((Rosanne!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No, I haven’t seen Reckless, sorry. I did think I heard some suspicious dog-ish noises a while ago, though. Perhaps you could try the H&H if you think Reckless is hungry.))
((wait whut I see my name
*reads*
oh
well if Rosanne can’t stop by feel free use “me”, but I don’t have time to join in this myself, sorry)
(Aha, nevermind then. IGNORE THIS ALL)
I stared blankly at the lady. What was a Reckless?
‘No, I haven’t seen Reckless anywhere -‘ Fireh started, but was interrupted by Adeia.
‘Hey! Do you maybe think…well, I don’t know…you think it might work with adults?’
Fireh gasped. ‘You mean the tile thing? I don’t know, but it might!’
‘Rosanne! Could you help us with something? You’re a Spector.’
The lady, Rosanne, laughed. ‘What is it you need help with? Better make it quick, though, Reckless has been missing for at least half an hour.’
‘All right.’ Adeia grinned. ‘There’s this tile thingy that needs four people from each of the four Houses to make it work. We’re only missing a Spector – could you do it, please?’
Rosanne looked over us. ‘A Coontz, a Lasley…I say, are you a Baker?’
This was addressed to me. ‘Yes, I’m a Baker. I’m new, this is my first day. My name’s Selenium.’
‘Nice to meet you. I’ll help you, I suppose. What is it that needs doing?’
“Rosanne!” I said, slightly surprised. “I haven’t seen Reckless, but could you touch this tile?” I said, pointing at the only tile that hadn’t lit up yet. She reached down and pressed it. It glowed very brightly, and then the rest of the tiles began glowing.
“Thanks!” I yelled, as she left. “Hope you find Reckless!” I turned back to the action. The tiles seemed to be bubbling. They burst apart, and everyone ducked from the blast. Out of the rubble, which wasn’t very large, rose….
((…Reckless?))
(( I had the same idea!))
“You just need to touch the Spector crest on the tile.” my grin matches that of Adeias.
Out of the rubble, which wasn’t very large, rose…
A small purple dog?
“Is that Reckless?” I ask.
“No, it’s too small to be Reckless…” says Enceladus.
“Rosanne! Rosanne!” Fireh calls, but Rosanne is too far away to hear.
“Now what?” I ask again.
“Could someone please tell me why this dog is or is not reckless?” Selenium asks exasperatedly.
“Reckless is the Spector House dog.” I explain. “You’re right, it is too small too be Reckless.” I add to Enc. “Purple. What an odd colour for a dog.”
((So what is going to come out of the tile rubble?))
“But… look, everyone!” I said. The dog wasn’t moving. I touched it. It was stone cold. “It’s just a statue. I think. I hope.”
“Why would a statue come out of the rubble?” Fireh said.
“Maybe there’s more of them! Like, an animal or something for each house!” Adeia said. Everyone ran around the library, looking in every nook and cranny, but nobody found anything. We ran back to the dog. It was gone.
“Where’d it go?” I asked.
“Over there! It’s moved!” Sophie shouted. We ran over.
“It’s in a different position, even.” I said.
I felt sad for the dog, at first. It reminded me a little of a picture I had once seen of a dog that had been caught in the ash avalanches at Pompeii, who’s body was preserved until it looked like stone.
‘Why would a statue come out of the rubble?’ Fireh said.
‘Maybe there’s more of them! Like, an animal or something for each house!’ Adeia said. Everyone ran around the library, looking in every nook and cranny, but nobody found anything. We ran back to the dog. It was gone.
‘Where’d it go?’
‘Over there! It’s moved!’ We ran over.
‘It’s in a different position, even.’
I didn’t feel as sorry for the dog any more. It was kind of creepy, to be honest, how it had been able to move three feet away and change position. It was supposed to be an immobile statue, made of rock!
‘Oh, my…’ I whispered. ‘How did it move?’
Nobody said anything. We were all too busy watching the dog carefully in case it moved again. After a few minutes of patient waiting, we were rewarded – I was certain I had seen its leg twitch. I looked up at the others.
‘Did you guys see that?’
Sophie nodded, but the rest of them shook their heads. ‘I saw..I saw its leg move,’ she confessed, staring at me with worried eyes.
‘Keep watching, guys,’ I advised, and everyone turned their gaze back to the dog.
A minute later, the dog stretched out slowly. We all reeled back, afraid of what else might happen. Nothing did. Enceladus, who was crouched on the floor, hesitantly reached out a shaking hand to touch the dog. He shook his head, as if trying to clear his mind.
‘It’s still cold,’ he said slowly. ‘But how can something like this move and stay stiff?’ Enc wondered. ‘It’s just not possible.’
‘Not possible for anything we would recognize, perhaps, but what if this is something else? Something…different?’ I asked, my heart beating fast. We were all speaking in a whisper now, as if afraid the dog would hear us and wake up. The library was deserted, and it was just us that remained, unmoving, surrounding the dog.
‘What should we do?’ asked Adeia, who, like the rest of us, I’m sure, looked frightened.
‘What should we do?’ echoed Fireh falteringly.
((I actually saw that dog cast when I was at Pompeii.))
“Okay, guys, this is really freaky.” I whispered. “If somebody was touching it, and everybody looked away, even that person, could they feel it moving?”
I watch the dog. “Hmm, it reminds me of something. Just not quite sure what.” I remark thoughtfully. “A purple stone dog that moved… Nope, can’t think of what it could possibly be.”
‘Do you think there are more?’ I asked fearfully, in hushed tones. ‘More where that…thing…came from? What if it’s not the only one?’
((What a strange turn this plot is taking. I thought Reckless could be the Spector you needed to open the panel, but instead a strange little purple stone dog who is not Reckless has popped up.
I hope Reckless himself appears in the RPG at some point. He’d be fun to have around, and he doesn’t mind being power-played.))
“It reminds me of this comic I read where a statue of Cerberus came to life when it was burried underground and tunneled to the surface and then Hercules and the Avengers had to stop it, and…”
Everyone looked at me.
“Yeah, I read Marvel Adventures, okay? Just ’cause it’s for 8-year-olds doesn’t mean it’s not good!”
(( Good golly! does anyone know i’m here? ))
((What do you mean?))
(( I mean my character is standing there the whole time, and NOBODY noticed.))
((I’ll give you a hint: actually posting something and saying that your character is standing in such and such place so that various non-psychic people around here know what you’re trying to do is a big help.))
(( i did. technically. i wouldn;t talk to them from the other end of the hallway, would i?))
Actually, the only thing you did was to post your character info, but I neglected to see a post that was actually part of the story. We hadn’t realized you were ready to come in, and also it’s up to you to make an introductory post bringing your character into the story, unless of course you ask someone else to do that, but again, I didn’t see you do so. Nobody noticed your character because your character technically hadn’t entered the story yet.
((And…I forgot to double parenthesize. Sorry! Fine away… *pays over large amounts of choklit*))
I whistled and my own personal dog, Hairball, came bounding over. I instructed him to inspect the dog…. He did so and apperently pushed a button on the dog’s nose. A startling change occured and it became a real dog, who looked like Reckless but decidedly not Reckless. For one, it was still purple and It talked…
((shoot! scratch that part about the dog being purple…))
‘Afternoon,’ the dog said disinterestedly, stretching out and yawning widely.
We were all too dumbfounded to say anything. This weird statue-dog could talk? It stared up at us, its hollow eyes fixing their gaze on each of us in turn.
‘Who…what are you?’ Adeia, with her dog at her side, finally asked.
‘What am I?’ the dog repeated, looking faintly bored. ‘What do you think I am?’
Nobody replied to this ambiguous question. Beside Adeia, Hairball was growling softly, his ears stiff and alert.
Adeia glanced at us all before turning to the statue-dog and asking again, ‘How did you get here?’
The dog yawned pointedly. ‘You haven’t even answered by first question,’ he sniffed. ‘Not that it matters to me much,’ he added. ‘How do you think I got here, humans? You were the ones that brought me here, now you expect me to know why? I know not the details of my kidnapping any more than you do.’
‘Kidnapping?’ echoed Sophie, briefly stifling a laugh.
‘You think I like being forced out of tiles and then watched by everyone like an exhibit at a museum? I was brought here against my will, and unless you -‘ he pointed a paw at us – ‘do something about it, I shall not be a happy bunny.’
‘Bunny?’ said Sophie, this time letting a tiny giggle escape. ‘Bunnies aren’t – aren’t – allowed at here. And since when have you been a bunny? Are you one in disguise or something?’
The dog didn’t reply. Sophie kept laughing, but Fireh and Adeia suddenly looked scared.
‘What if…what if he does have something to do with the bunnies?’ Fireh asked, afraid.
I kneel down in front of the dog and inspect it’s eyes on impulse, checking for pink. “Well, if he was a bunny, it looks like he was debunnifies and turned into a dog.” I say with a sigh of relief. The dog glares at me balefully. “You will pay for this!” it growls at us.
((btw will people please stop having my character be scared?))
I looked deep into the dogs eyes… I was occasionally able to still read minds… A reminant of my very first adventure, which happened to be into the basement.
Pictures filled my mind…. I saw the world from the eyes of the dog. I think what I saw was right before he was brought to our world….
he was bounding away from a castle… One that was certainly NOT from a Disney movie… He was suddenly at a dead end of the hedge maze he was running in… The ground began to shake beneath him and he was lifted into the air towards a hole in the sky….
“Guys! I know where he is from!”
(( anyone mind if I put a underland twist on this?))
((If you’ll explain what underland is. I also would like for people to stop having my character be scared.))
((It’s from the new Alice in Wonderland movie. Personally, I didn’t like it because of the merge of the Red Queen with the Queen of Hearts. I would be against such a reference.
Unless “underland” means “MA basement”. Because if the castle is not from a Disney movie, it certainly can’t be from the new Alice in Wonderland. *confusion*))
((well, it wouldn’t be exactly like underland but the same general idea of a strange not-of-this-earth world that appears to be under the ground and is inhabited by strange creatures.))
((and by Disney I mean the fairy tale little kids version… The new Alice is diffently not standard Disney))
(( in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland alice is told she was mistaken the first time she was there and it is not called Wonderland but Underland))
((anyway back to the story… We can decide what it’ll look like when we get there…))
” Mr. Dog, if you’ll stand on that tile again we can get you back to your world…”
Then I realised Rosanne left.”Shoot! we need a Spector again!”
“Shoot! we need a spector agian!” i heard a girl say.
“woah. whats with the purple dog?” i say, as i kneeled down. It bit me.
“ow!” i exclaim.
“Hello,” There first girl says. ” My name’s Adeia. This is Sophie, Selinium, Kyra, Kai, and Fireh.”
“Need help?” i asked.
” Are you by any chance, a Spector?” Adeia asks. I shake my head.
“why? What’s going on?” I reply. they explain the tile.
” Maybe it leads to where the dog came from!” I guess.
((Please don’t RP by replying to comments, as it’s very annoying to everyone who has to read it. Could you also try a little harder to spell correctly and capitalize?))
((sorry, I didn’t realize that I replied to my previous post… I was on my iPod and it’s easy to mees up))
(( that of course is supposed to be mess not mees…))
((That’s okay. The ‘spelling and capitalizing’ bit was aimed at bluestarrox, anyway.))
((Maybe something could happen once we try to send it back…))
((ok…. Maybe something like we get sucked in with it?))
((OK, where do you want it to lead to?))
((an underland like world…))
((so is this all we can really do untiill a spector shows up isn’t it?))
(( yes and then the dog leads us into it’s periled kingdom, where Hot Pink Bunnies rule.))
((You wouldn’t happen to be a Spector, would you?
((I don’t think there’s anyone who regularly posts on here any more that’s a Spector. When I joined I was going to be either a Spector or a Baker, because those were the houses with the least MA-active people, but I chose Baker in the end because I love music and history. And I’m half-English.
Anyway, we’re probably going to have to use Rosanne again. Unless you have any other ideas?))
((and feel free to PP my character. ))
I raised an eyebrow in disbelief as Adeia introduced everyone. Was I really that good at going unnoticed? Nice. “Hi, I’m Rachel,” I say to Spring. I’m pretty new here too.”
I wonder why everyone reacted so oddly when the dog thing mentioned bunnies. “What’s wrong with bunnies? They’re cute.”
Several people gave we weird looks. “They’re also evil,” said Enc.
“Well, they can’t possibly be trying to take over the world. They’re cute, but they’re not that smart. Also, who would turn a hot pink bunny into a dog?” I looked at the dog. It growled at me. “How did you get debunnified?” I said. “And why are you… purple?”
The dog sighed. “Does it look like I know?”
‘Don’t worry about the dog,’ I said to Rachel, who was looking surprised that he had spoken. ‘He’s like that to everyone, not just you personally. Well, wouldn’t you be if you somehow got summoned from the world in which you lived without a clue why, or, for that matter, how to get back?’
‘I guess,’ said Rachel, though she still looked uncertain about the talking dog.
‘I think we should give it a name,’ I decided. I had rather taken to this sarcastic, cynical dog. He was rather cute, though the purple colour was a bit odd. ‘Wait…do you already have a name?’
He sighed. ‘No, unfortunately, I have not of yet been bestowed the honour of being given a name.’
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((Is it all right if we name it? I’m thinking for my character to get rather attached to the dog, would that be okay with the plot? Personally I would love a talking animal for a pet. For names, which is better, Johannes or Amadeus?))
((Amadeus. Definetely. No, it doesn’t make me think of Mozart. Honestly.))
((That’s all right, I based them off composer’s names. Amadeus came from Mozart and Johannes from Brahms. (I know Johannes could also be Bach or Strauss but I love Brahms.) All right, Amadeus it is. How about Johannes is his middle name? I’m guessing he doesn’t have a last, unless if my character ever wants to adopt him he may well take her last name. Amadeus Johannes the Quafflebird. Awesome, no?))
‘How do you like the name Amadeus?’ I asked the dog.
He sniffed. ‘Not a bad name, I’d say. Why, do you want to name me Amadeus?
‘It’s either that or Johannes,’ I grinned, ‘Or both,’
‘Amadeus is fine,’ he said, settling back down on the floor and closing his eyes.
“Those are good names, Selenium. Johannes can also be for Kepler.”
‘That’s true,’ I remark to Kai. ‘Or we could have named him Tycho, for Tycho Brahe. It’s a pretty cool name, actually and it suits him well. But I think you like Amadeus, don’t you?’ I ask, looking down at the dog fondly.
‘Amadeus, Johannes, Tycho, whatever you want to call me is fine,’ he said gloomily from his position on the floor.
‘I guess we can call him whatever we want to then,’ I said, half-laughing.
“Eh, Tycho Brahe was a little cookoo…”
‘That’s exactly why it would fit!’ I laugh, stealing a glance at the sullen Amadeus. ‘But never mind, I think he’s quite fond of the name Amadeus already.’
“So now we don’t get to take you home? Awww!” I say, as I was looking forward to traveling to a mysterious land.
((Ha, I just realised that I switched from writing in past tense to present tense.))
‘Well, it depends on whether we want to find out what it’s like beyond the tiles or not. We could always call Rosanne or find someone if we really were interested in going. Are you?’
No one replied. ‘Are you?’ I repeated.
‘Are we what?’
‘Still interested in going beyond the tiles,’ I said. ‘We don’t need to take Amadeus home, but we could always go just to see what it’s like,’
((Sorry… my computer had problems last night and wouldn’t let me type….))
“HECK YEAH!!!!” I yelled…. everyone looked at me…. “Sorry, I’m bored!”
‘All right, Adeia,’ I said, ‘If you really want to. But we’ll have to plan out everything carefully, in case we meet some unexpected danger down there. We can’t just rush into this. What do the rest of you think? Do you guys want to go?’
((Do you??))
((I do.))
((I admit I haven’t been here in a long time, but I’m back now. Sorry I left.
By the way, I’m a Spector. I might not be here all the time, but I’ll try to be around, and if you ever need another Spector…
And going to an Underland thing sounds fine to me.))
I was just coming out of the massive rows of shelves in the library when I noticed a large group, centered chiefly around a… Was that a purple dog? I raised my eyebrows and hurried over.
“What’s going on?”
They looked up.
“Oh, um, long story. This is Amadeus.”
I blinked once. “Okay.” The dog had reminded me of something. “Have you guys seen Reckless anywhere?”
One of them looked up sharply at me. “You’re a Spector?”
“Um, yes. Why?”
“That’s great! You object to a little adventure?”
“Would I still be here if I did?”
” I don’t think so. ” I reply. ‘ But we need you to put your hand on this tile…”
We explained the tiles.
((What do you want to find down there?))
((No idea what’s down there.))
((How about we land in the red queen’s palace?))
((Sure, if that’s what most people want. I personally agree.))
(( so he’s from wonderland/ underland? Ok.))
((rawr… will people please come back so we can get this show on the road?))
((by the way this thread is getting rather long… *hint-hint*))
((Back.))
((I didn’t really mean you… More so KaiYves, Maths Lover and f&h))
((Meh. I personally think we should find something more terrifying and mysterious than wonderland, but that’s just me.
*goes off to write dark hearted stories*))
((I think u nderland is much more mysterious, creepy, etc. than wonderland))
((What’s the difference? I still think that it sounds a bit fairy tale.))
((I agree with Enc. Fairy tale-ey. Heh I am making no sense. But whatever.))
((Sorry, I’m here. Let’s go to Wonder-/Under- land.
“OK, as we are now all here, let us go to whatever lies beneath the door!”
Each person put their hand on their respective house with the extra people standing in the middle. There was a crumbling sound beneath us, and then, with a large CRACK we fell
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Then, what seemeed like several hours later, we landed with a thud at the feet of a very short, very unfriendly looking woman dressed in red, with a crown on her head…..
“Aahhhhhhh! Ooof!” I found myself lying on a floor of polished gray stone. I lifted myself up onto my palms and knees to get a better look at just where we were.
“Is everybody okay?” Adeia asked. Various affirmative sounds came from the group around us.
“Who are you?” I heard an unfriendly voice ask, from behind us.
I blink at the unfriendly looking woman dressed in red. “You know, red isn’t really your colour.” I comment. She scowls. “I asked you who you are.”. I tilt my head sideways and look at her thoughtfully. “I think I’m a person. Don’t know about the others, though.” I say helpfully.
‘Yeah, I’m a person as well,’ I nodded my head in agreement.
“And I, your majesty, am most certainly a person who is named Adeia, Adeia Fireheart.”
I made sure to be polite, as this person did not look like one who is to be messed with, that is until I knew exactly who she was, then, beware.
“Now, your majesty, will you inform us of who’s presence we have the plesure of being in?”
As I absorbed my new surroundings, I noticed somthing.
“Umm, Guys, doesn’t that soldier haves card for a body or is it just me?” I annouced. I shook my arm. “That’s gonna leave a mark in the morning!” I thought, wincing.
(( cake. My calibration is off for my î„„.
The lady dressed in red stared coolly at us. ‘Don’t you know who I am?’ she asked rudely.
We all looked at each other, embarrassed. ‘Well, not really…’ I ventured.
‘Your Majesty,’ she snapped.
‘What? Oh, no, you mistake me for someone else. I’m of no royal blood,’ I said, flustered and confused.
‘She doesn’t mean you, stupid!’ Adeia hissed at me out of the corner of her mouth. ‘She means herself!’
‘Oh, I do beg your pardon, Your Grace,’ I tried to say respectfully, and attempted to sweep a curtsey.
The queen regarded me icily. ‘Well enough,’ she sniffed, and I sighed. ‘And I,’ she continued on haughtily, ‘am the Red Queen, and any fool who doesn’t know that should be executed.’
‘She didn’t mean it, Your Majesty,’ Adeia said helpfully.
I nodded my agreement eagerly. ‘We are newcomers, Your Majesty, you must understand, we have only just arrived here and don’t know much about the ways of the land, unfortunately,’
The Red Queen regarded us with an air of mild distaste, and said contemptuously, ‘Newcomers or not, I demand the most loyal respect from my subjects.’
‘Subjects?‘ I heard someone whisper. ‘Who does she think she is, the queen?’ I tried hard not to giggle at that.
‘If you are quite finished,’ she continued coldly, and turned and stalked away.
‘Wait! Your Majesty…’ Adeia called, looking as if she had half a mind to run after her.
“Executed…” I shivered.
I stood there rather blankly while everyone else talked to the short, red, personage. I was looking around, and wondering how on earth we’d get back. There weren’t any convenient tiles to touch. Anywhere.
“Uh, guys? I think we have a problem.”
“Of course we have a problem, we’re about to be executed!”
“That’s not a problem, because we can just touch the tiles to take us back to MA, right?”
I said it in such a way to make them look around.
“Oh dear.” one of them said, worriedly. “This is not good.”
I bite my lip. “Let’s see, red- queenie wants our heads, we’re stuck here, and this queen’s ugly to boot. Not a good situation.”
Errata glares at me. “That wasn’t funny.”
“What? It wasn’t supposed to be.”
((Could I define the setting a bit more?))
I had tumbled down with everyone else. However, I had landed a bit to the side of everyone else, just out of the red queen’s view. I made eye contact with Kai, and she saw that the queen couldn’t see me. I slowly inched to the side, trying not to make any noise. The tiled floor ended. There was a dirt road leading off into the distance. Who knew what surprises lay there? But, what really intrigued me was that everything appeared to be floating. Under the road, there was clumps of dirt and branches hanging off the bottom, and then… nothingness. It was just and emptiness that sucked at the eyeballs. I dared a look under the tiled floor, and there were tile bottoms floating in mid… vacuum. I took a careful step on the road, hoping not to fall. A bit of dirt fell off the road. I took it step by step, until I took a too strong a step. The road collapsed from under me. I yelled as I fell. I grabbed at the dirt that was still floating, but it broke off with me. As I fell, I saw the queen, and some Classmates arrive at the edge.
The queen said “He fell off the void. He is lost forever.” They faded from view. As I fell, I noticed the air getting thinner. The pocket of air surrounding the floating bit must be ending. I breathed one last breath of air, and everything went black around me.
I woke up in a dark area. I was happy I wasn’t dead, but I needed to find everyone else. I looked up. I saw, of all things, a chess board. It glowed. Pieces were set up for a game. There was no gravity where I was, so I rotated and seated myself at the white end of the board. A voice spoke.
“Do you challenge me to a game, mortal?”
“Who are you?”
“I am Death. Win this game, you are free. Lose, and you die painfully, walk away, you die painlessly.”
“I’ll play.” I was a rather good chess player.
“You may make the first move.”
I pushed the queen’s pawn forward one square. I looked at the board again, and noticed something odd. There was a pawn missing. Suddenly, a vision popped into my head.
Selenium, who had been standing in front of the the queen, took a step back. “What do you mean, he’s lost?!”
I suddenly realized that I was the missing pawn. The other pawns were the rest of the MAers. I had to win. And I couldn’t lose a pawn.
((Have you read the looking glass? Btw do the pawns look like us?))
((The pawn’s don’t look like you, but I have read TLG.
I think that I’ll probably get all of you to the back rank, and turn you to queens.))
((*is extremely, extremely lost* I think I will delete my old character and make a new one…where is everyone at this point???))
((erg… I posted someting last night but it didn’t come up!!!!))
“My majesty, please lend me your ear for a minute so I can explain the situation to you,” I pleaded, “We come from a distant land that is not of this world, and I can show you various things to prove it.”
The queen stopped and turned around, saying, “Oh really? Show me this proof! If I like it, you’re free, if not, then OFF WITH YOUR HEADS!”
“Yes, your majesty, just open your mind and let me in,” I said, as calmly as I could.
I probed into her mind and showed her the most stunning pictures of home that I could, the Pyramids, the temples of the Aztecs, everything I could think of. I felt her relax and become amazed…. Then I ended, pulling out….
“That. Was. Amazing.” she said.
“So we are free?” I asked, eagerly.
“Well,” she said snapping back to her normal, cruel self, “You friends are, but you stay here with me, my pet”
What did she just say?! She did not just call me her pet did she? I would rather die than stay here!!! I thought.
My friends gasped behind me, I could almost feel them tensing up for a fight.
“No,” I whispered to them, “Cherish your freedom, I will find a way….”
“We’re free to go? Well, thank you, Your Majesty, but…” I tried to think of a good “but”. Maybe we could all pretend to have some sort of power, too?
Except I was pretty sure “levitating” a pencil behind my hands wouldn’t impress the queen very much.
I entered KaiYves mind…. Don’t! Just leave with your freedom…. She will take it as soon as she gave it to you… I will find a way out of this!
This was getting tiring… Why, oh why, did I hide some of my powers when they were taken from me after we left the basement?! At least it saved my friends….
I heard a whipering in my ears,”Don’t give up hope, yet!”
I turned and saw a mouth, full of teeth but no head. I found the presence of its mind and said Would you happen to be a Chesire Cat?
((come on people where are you? I am not sure wher to go next!!!!))
((I am lost. Very, very lost.))
((LBK – We’ve gone down into the Underland/Wonderland place and met the Red Queen, who at first is a little…rude…but Adeia manages to convince her that she shouldn’t behead us by showing her some of her powers. However, this backfires as the Red Queen is so taken with these exotic and strange new things that she decides to keep Adeia as a pet.))
(( and I right now, am begging you all to leave and waiting for some one to come and post!!!!!!!!! ))
((I reapeat: I am waiting for some one to come and post!!!!!!!!! ))
SELENIUM
I was shocked. We simply couldn’t leave Adeia behind, but the Queen demanded it! I gazed helplessly at her. ‘What are we going to do?’ I mouthed. She shook her head. The Red Queen had her firmly in her grasp and would not let her go for anything. All of us watched sadly as Adeia was led away, and I couldn’t help noticing a sort of Cheshire Chat thing leaping along the trees that lined the walkway and trying to keep up with them. I hoped the Cheshire Cat was friendly. Adeia would need some company, wherever she was going to go.
As soon as the Red Queen was out of hearing range, I turned to the others and whispered quickly, ‘We need a plan! How are we going to rescue Adeia?’
They all stared at me. ‘She said for us to leave, though!’ said Kai. ‘Adeia wants us to get out of here, she says she’ll find a way out of this herself.’
‘Okay,’ I said. ‘Kai, do you know if Adeia can still enter our minds if she’s this far away? What’s the maximum distance?’
“I don’t know. She was able to communicate with us across dimensions back when she first got her powers, but she was way more powerful then… Maybe if we try to think to her, she’ll be able to lock onto us.” I said.
^ Adeia, Adeia, can you hear us? ^
((I’m using ^ to simulate the < brackets used for telepathy in Animorphs.))
” And if that dosent work… JAILBREAK!!!!!” I entusiasticly suggested. Everyone looked at me”What? Who dosen’t like some good old pranks?”
My game of chess was going well. I found out that getting my pawns captured meant that the students they represented were free to go. Unfortunately, before I had realized this, I had promoted one pawn to a queen. It was Adeia. And if normal pieces got captured… then the beings they represented were killed. The Cheshire Cat, who was my king, was being defended by the queen, but it meant my opponent had a very good chance of taking the queen… and I couldn’t let that happen.
“Well, even after we rescue Adeia and hopefully get Enc out of wherever he is, how are we going to get back to Muse Academy?” I ask. “Are we just going to wander until we find some mysterious tiles and purple talking dogs?” everyone looks at me. “….right.” Selenium looks thoughtful for a moment. “Good question.”
” Speaking of mysterious,have you noticed that elevator? I don’t beleive that was there before…” I said. An elevator with white on it appears.(( I was thinking it could take us to the white queen.))
“Maybe that will take us somewhere!”
” Yes but we shouldn’t leave without Adiea.” Fireh said.
” yes, but Bluestar* might be right! Maybe we can use the elevator to get something to get
adiea snd then get Enc!” Rachel said.
*(( I changed my MA name to Bluestar.(( and, yes this thread is getting rather long…))
I heard my friends trying to contact me, but I did not say anthing, I just listened to their conversation….. Once again I entered KaiYves mind, as he was the one who is the most used to me appearing in his mind, and, as I found earlier, the strongest presence in the group.
^One, just go. Two, find the Hatter, the Hare, and the White Queen, Three, tell Bluestar that you are already free and that there is no need for a jailbreak.^
(( i mean to break you out.))
((319- She, not he.))
“Adeia says that we don’t need a jailbreak. But we have to find the Hatter, the Hare, and the White Queen.”
“How about that elevator? It’s white, maybe it’s connected with the White Rabbit or the White Queen?” Bluestar asked, pointing to it.
((so sorry!!!!))
Murmurs of agreement ripple through the group. we raced into the elveator. the buttons said:
Jabberwocky
Tea party
Castle
Weapons
“it must mean the white queen’s castle!” I said.
“Well, What are you waiting for?” Somone cried. “Push it!”
We pressed the button.
I felt my friends leave my range of communication, the Red Queen’s Kingdom, as the raced toward the White Queen’s domain in the mysterious elevator. My concentration was snapped back to the real world, as the Red Queen’s guards pushed me off to my new quarters. I must admit that they weren’t too bad, in fact they were quite lavish…. But they were missing someting….. The feeling of home, friends, and family. As I was left in my room I heard the door lock shut behind the guards. Oh well, I thought, I will see how well my telekenisis powers work later…. If they don’t work, I can probably win the queen’s trust rather quickly, she is really simpleminded. Anyway, where are you my Cheshire Cat?
Floating in front of me, my new found friend appeared. “Hello,” he said. ” I am Ches the Cheshire Cat! You would be Adeia, correct? Oh, and you can talk, by the way. I like to have my mind be my own, with no extra voices in it.”
“Sorry! I am Adeia, though. Nice to meet you Ches!”
((Is there possible anyone else here who will please come and post?))
My mind drifted away from Ches in it’s very ADDish way as I probed my new surrondings for any intresting forms of life…. I found none. I ran the bell placed by my bedside and demanded to the maid that appeared that I be let out of my room. She, who most defintly was scared of me, complied immeadiatly, and I wondered off to the gardens, in search of inspiration for my escape….
SELENIUM
We all stepped into the elevator, Amadeus Johannes trotting at my heels. Bluestar pressed the button reading ‘Castle’; the doors closed and we started to head up, or was it down? I only felt a sense of hurried movement, but I could not tell if we were ascending, descending or just going to the side. Next to me, Kai was standing quietly, head tilted up and eyes closed, evidently listening intently.
‘Kai?’ I whispered, afraid to break the silence.
She opened her eyes and turned to look at me. ‘Yes, Selenium?’ she replied.
‘Can you still hear Adeia?’
Kai shook her head. ‘I don’t think so. I can’t hear anything from her at all.’
I sighed, and resumed gazing at the door.
Several days pass….A tear falls from my eyes, soon followed by more. What was I to do? I had put on my brave face for my friends, but that was defintly not how I was feeling! I felt small, scared ,and lonely, very lonely. Here I am in this strange world with not a single familiar thing…
Ches popped up in front of me…. “Why are you crying?” he asked. I explained. “Don’t worry,” Ches purred, “Watch! Oh, Bayard!”
A large blood hound sprang through my open window. He barked, “Bayard! At your service!”
“Bayard here can take messages to your friends at the white queen’s castle,” Ches explained.
I found a pen and a quill, and wrote the following message to my friends:
Dear Friends,
Hope you reached the White Queen’s Castle in good health. All my messages will now be sent through my new-found friend Bayard, the bloodhound who has delivered this message. My range mentally is the Red Queen’s domain, but please do not come until the moment is just right. The chances of my escape are slim without outside help, but hey treat me well here and I should be able to survive here as long as needed. I will send you any information I discover that might help with getting home. The one obstacle that stands in our way is the Red Queen. We must launch an attack on her to somehow pull her from power and place the White Queen in power of all of Underland. Then, and only then, if my findings are correct, will we will be able to go home, sadly though, without Enc, as he was lost over the edge.But do not let Enc die in vain, we will fight, and we will get out of this! For now, we must prepare for battle!
DOWN WITH THE BLOODY RED QUEEN!!!!
Adeia Fireheart
I gave the note to Bayard and he leaped out the window and was off into the night…. I then blew out my and went into a restless sleep…
SELENIUM
The elevator doors clanged open and we stood at the gate of what appeared to be a very large garden. In the distance loomed a large white castle.
‘We need to walk over there?’ I asked incredulously.
Kai shrugged. ‘Guess so.’
All of us walked through the gate and entered into the beautiful garden. The flowers were arranged perfectly, but it seemed a little too perfect. Nothing stirred the grass or flowers – they seemed to be frozen into shape. It was a bit eerie, but I let it pass and we continued through the silent garden.
I was nearing the end game of chess. It was rather odd. Pieces floated on and off the board, but there always was my white queen, king, and Adeia. I saw a checkmate in my head. It was risky, and perhaps my opponent was too smart. Perhaps he’d see it. I wouldn’t.