The CHALLENGE continues! - Page 20

Glass Mouse · 07-17-2012, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by C'nor

Glass Mouse, do you still have the setting stuff I PMed you? I ended up losing most of it recently because my computer messed up...

I never delete PMs entirely, so I should have it somewhere. I'll see if I can dig it up

Edit: Found it, but your PM box is full. Should I post it in this thread, or will you empty the PM box so I can send it there?

C'nor · 07-17-2012, 11:05 AM

Oops. Sorry about that; there should have been room, but someone apparently felt it necessary to send a PM to test if I had room in my inbox before sending the thing they actually wanted to PM me. It's clear now.

And thanks!

Glass Mouse · 07-23-2012, 04:25 AM

Status!

Glass Mouse passes with a 1864 word short story.

ShadowySilence uploaded a poem. Are you still with us?

C'nor didn't send me anything.

HeadlessMermaid passes with six different photographs.

The Grimmace passes with the usual abundance of eight molecular poems, six microdreams, six longer poems, and two haikus.

Thus, ShadowySilence og C'nor FAIL this round!

Glass Mouse, HeadlessMermaid and The Grimmace PASS this round!

Current standing:

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It's C'nor's turn to choose a theme

I've used my Google Doc so consistently these last months that I've just included the link in my name (on the list). For those curious, every Sunday(ish) I upload my writings to the doc and delete the old ones.

By the way, C'nor, did you know that you can download all your PMs in a single file? It's at the bottom of the colomn, hidden in the "Move to folder..." option.
I just thought it might be useful if you have a lot of PMs you want to save without clogging up the inbox

Glass Mouse · 07-30-2012, 04:54 AM

*looks around and notices a tumbleweed blow by* Will you look at that, it's time for status!

Glass Mouse passes with seven drawings, from Harlequin to self-portrait.

ShadowySilence is out due to disappearance.

C'nor didn't send me anything. Did you disappear?

HeadlessMermaid passes with six photographs, mostly of city details.

The Grimmace passes with eight poems, four moleculars, one haiku, two microdreams and 310 words of prose.

Thus, ShadowySilence og C'nor FAIL this round!

Glass Mouse, HeadlessMermaid and The Grimmace PASS this round!

Current standing:

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It's HeadlessMermaid's turn to choose a theme

Most of my pictures this week are in the Google Doc in crappy camera quality. They're for a meme, and I had no scanner, so I didn't want to inflict them on DA yet.

HeadlessMermaid · 07-30-2012, 02:34 PM

Um, OK, how about... helmets. Motorcycle, astronaut, construction worker, knight, whatever. Good luck!

C'nor · 08-01-2012, 11:42 PM

Indeed I did. I forgot that I'd signed up for a class right after the play, so I suddenly had considerably less time than I'd thought I would.

I've been somewhat inspired on that backstory I was writing when I last posted here, though, so there'll at least be something from me this week... I'm not up for digging through my subscribed threads to find it right now, but it's currently in the Nexus Stories thread over in the FFRP section, under the title 'Dreams and Nightmares', just in case I forget to actually link to it at some point.

C'nor · 08-05-2012, 06:07 AM

As it turns out, this was a very good week for my writing. I got two new entries done in Talina's backstory, and a couple of insanely long posts written in an LoC game, all of which add up to 3,514 words.

Here are the backstory entries, in chronological order:

Dreams and Nightmares - Part 0: Thank you, please come again (Talina, Nycca)

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Gods. I feel like finding someplace quiet and drinking hemlock, or something like it. Not that I will, because then no-one would look after the girls - the people here listen to me when I tell them they need to change something, maybe because I'm one of the few people willing to come here and help the girls without reporting them, and they're afraid I'll leave - but...

I didn't come three days ago because the streets were flooded, and then I had other places where I was supposed to go help people until now, so I didn't get a chance to get back here until I would have anyway. And after all, it's not like anyone had anything that the instructions I'd left with the girls wouldn't cover, so in theory, it should have been fine.

The thing is, they stuck Nycca into what they call the 'blind room'. The place is filled with photo lights; everything but the floor is covered with them, and they're left on permanently. And of course, her eyes are sensitive enough even to normal light, besides the fact that the damn things made it an oven, and got rid of pretty much any water in the air.

I pulled her out, and got something that will hopefully repair at least the worst of the damage into her eyes, plus some painkillers and a potion to restore her fluid levels, since she was dehydrated as hell, then got the bindings off her wings, and sat with her until she managed to get to sleep (which didn't take all that long, as she'd barely been able to get any sleep in there), but she wouldn't be anywhere near as badly off if I'd gotten here as soon as the streets weren't flooded...

I also want to take the one who ordered it, give him something to dilate his pupils, and shove him in there for a while, but I'm not going to do that, either, for the same reasons.

I did throw a royal fit once she was out, though. Told them that if they put anyone - but especially her - in there again, I'd make sure whoever did it got something to make them impotent for the rest of their lives, so at least that shouldn't happen again. Though I'm going to start coming in every day now, instead of every three anyway.

(413 words)

Dreams and Nightmares (Rewritten) - Part 1: Entrance (Talina, Nycca)

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Dreams and Nightmares (Rewritten) - Part 2: Cleansing Flames (Talina, Nycca)

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(These are basically the original two entries, and thus don't count for this week's Challenge. They're simply included here so that people who are interested in the story don't have to go hunting for them.)

Dreams and Nightmares - Part 3: That Sleep of Death...

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Nycca’s started writing a journal now. She doesn’t like to talk, so I suggested she might find it worked better for her, and judging by the fact that she's using the one I gave her, it seems like it does. Of course, spending her time hidden off upstairs writing has made her even more withdrawn. Sometimes it feels like whatever I do to try to help her, she turns it around somehow so that the consequences leave her worse off than she was before... Not that I think she's doing it because she has something against me or anything like that, but it does get frustrating.

And she's still shivering all the time, and not putting on any weight. I don't know why. She's been getting food, and the supplements and potions I've been giving her should have helped with the malnutrition by now.

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Apparently, Nycca doesn't want to keep living; she's been giving her food to Lenia, and putting the blankets we give her back as soon as we aren't looking. The same with everything else.

I'm not angry with her, more... Sad, and frustrated that I can't seem to help her. I did sit with her for a while, though, which she seems to like. I don't know if she could be said to enjoy it, exactly, but she seems like she appreciates it, and it does seem to make her feel better for a bit.

She's also hooked up to an IV now, so that she'll at least be getting some sort of nutrition, and I can make sure that the potions I make are actually used. She doesn't like it, but what am I supposed to do? Let her starve herself? If she asked me for poison, I don't know what my answer would be at this point, but I won't let her die like that.

Her nightmares are still bad too, but Sherry's going to be sleeping next to her, and I'm working on figuring out the sympathies to help. I'd do the same thing Sherry is while I am - I don't think Nycca would mind - but there are just so many other things I have to do... Most nights I've ended up falling asleep over my work, or laying down on the couch to wait for my head to clear because I can't see straight, and then finding out in the morning that the minute or two it was supposed to be ended up with my passing out for a few hours.

(431 words)

For those who read that and are interested, there's a companion story being written by Nycca's player, the current entries in which can be found here and here.

The first LoC post, which comes in at 878 words. The second, which is 1792 words long, can be found here

Also, I don't suppose that I can get credit for next week too, since I did twice as much as I needed to this week, can I?

Glass Mouse · 08-06-2012, 05:54 AM

Status time! Sorry about the slight lateness, I was without internet all of yesterday so I had to spend the morning catching up on some work-related things. Anyway!

Glass Mouse passes with 5.187 words of fantasy novel.

C'nor is back with style. He passes with 3.514 words of RPG backstories.

HeadlessMermaid passes with seven pieces worth of photos, from urban details to human portraits.

The Grimmace passes with four molecular poems, six poems, four microdreams and 331 words of prose.

Thus, no one FAILS this round!

Glass Mouse, C'nor, HeadlessMermaid and The Grimmace PASS this round!

We rock! One more week, Headless and Grimmace, and you'll get a prize

Current standing:

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It's The Grimmace's turn to choose a theme

Great job, C'nor! I have to disappoint you, though, you can't spill over between the weeks. Would be nice, though. I could live off a few "writing rush" weeks all year

I kiiiinda sorta promised myself and my writing group that I'd write a novel before September. No idea if I can pull it off, but expect lots and lots of writings (and not many drawings) from me the next few weeks.
And I had a nice idea for the helmet theme, too. Shoot.

Zjoot · 08-06-2012, 04:52 PM

Let's make the theme force. That's a good theme, I think.

C'nor · 08-06-2012, 05:20 PM

Force, eh? Well, Kansheri is in the middle of a multi-deity war, so that shouldn't be too hard...

Glass Mouse · 08-06-2012, 06:14 PM

I feel.... Star Wars.....

HeadlessMermaid · 08-08-2012, 08:57 PM

Reminder!
I'm away on a trip, I have access to the internet (obviously), and I'm taking a lot of photos, but I can't upload them. There'll be an influx eventually, but not before Monday-Tuesday.

Cheers. :)

Glass Mouse · 08-11-2012, 06:24 PM

Mermaid, I'll account for that

To you all: I'm away too, and I'll be back Monday, so status may post as late as evening (usual time is 11 am). Just wanted to give you a heads-up.

Glass Mouse · 08-13-2012, 04:12 PM

Phew! Finally home and ready to do the status!

Glass Mouse passes with 6277 words of fantasy novel.

C'nor didn't send me/link to anything.

HeadlessMermaid passes with six photographs of various Lisbon city sights.

The Grimmace passes with four poems, four micropoems, three haikus and one molecular poem.

Thus, C'nor FAILS this round!

Glass Mouse, HeadlessMermaid and The Grimmace PASS this round!

Current standing:

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It's my turn to choose a theme, and I say (keeping in theme with my novel) possession

Grimmace: Two things.
1) I count poems and haikus in regards to the Challenge, but microdreams and molecular poems are too short to count. It's not relevant right now, but I thought you should know.
2) You just passed eight weeks, which means you earned a prize! I'll draw you one drawing of anything SFW and within my skill level - here are most of my previous prizes. Shoot me a PM or let me know here what you want me to draw

C'nor · 08-13-2012, 08:19 PM

Gah, sorry. I have the stuff done, I think, but I've been out all day.

Glass Mouse · 08-14-2012, 04:22 AM

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Originally Posted by C'nor

Gah, sorry. I have the stuff done, I think, but I've been out all day.

Send it to me asap, and I'll let you pass

C'nor · 08-14-2012, 05:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Glass Mouse

Send it to me asap, and I'll let you pass

It turns out it looked like I'd written a lot more than I actually had, especially since some things that were half-finished I made changes to and/or completed after the deadline, making it a nightmare to figure out what's from when, so it seems I don't actually have enough.

Glass Mouse · 08-14-2012, 06:27 AM

Aw, that's a shame. Next week, then!

C'nor · 08-14-2012, 06:42 AM

Hopefully, yes. I should have a fair start already, in fact, if recent posts are anything to go by...

HeadlessMermaid · 08-14-2012, 03:16 PM

I'm back, and I uploaded the first quick batch - thanks for waiting! :)

Glass Mouse · 08-16-2012, 05:57 PM

Aye. Sorry it took a few days, but I've been away (again-again). The post is updated now.

And Headless, those photos mean that you've passed 8 weeks, which means you earn a prize, just like Grimmace. 'Grats, and let me know!

Glass Mouse · 08-20-2012, 05:23 AM

Status!

Glass Mouse passes with 2095 words of novel, mostly a chapter about the main character getting possessed by her mother's spirit.

C'nor didn't send me/link to anything. Edit: I received 2,016 words worth of setting descriptions and RPing.

HeadlessMermaid passes with seven vacation photos. Edit: Make that six, mostly city and church photos.

The Grimmace passes with four poems and a 2683 words short story about a white canary.

Thus, no one FAILS this round!

Glass Mouse, C'nor, HeadlessMermaid and The Grimmace PASS this round!

Current standing:

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It's C'nor's turn to choose a theme

Jeez, I've been away non-stop (at three different places) for the past eleven days. Minimum of writing done. Oh well - gotta chug on and get as far as I can with that novel :)

@The Grimmace: I tried to just skim your story to look for the theme, but it hooked me. Really creepy little story - I liked it a lot.
Also, in case you missed it, you can still contact me for your 8-week prize

HeadlessMermaid · 08-20-2012, 02:40 PM

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HeadlessMermaid passes with seven vacation photos.

Ummm... actually I missed the deadline.

I uploaded 1 yesterday and 5 today. The previous ones, which you saw, were for the previous week. I guess I should be more helpful and inform you from now on whenever I post stuff, instead of letting you figure it all out on your own, which can be confusing. Sorry about that. :)

Here's to hoping this week's stuff will be posted before Monday this time. And now I'm off to reply to your pm. :)

C'nor · 08-20-2012, 03:09 PM

My turn to choose a theme, hm?

I pick... Music and death.

Glass Mouse · 08-20-2012, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by HeadlessMermaid

Ummm... actually I missed the deadline.

I uploaded 1 yesterday and 5 today. The previous ones, which you saw, were for the previous week. I guess I should be more helpful and inform you from now on whenever I post stuff, instead of letting you figure it all out on your own, which can be confusing. Sorry about that. :)

Here's to hoping this week's stuff will be posted before Monday this time. And now I'm off to reply to your pm. :)

Oops! I just checked out the dates and completely forgot that you posted late last week. Summer really skews my sense of time.
You don't have to PM me as long as they show up on the blog. I'll just try to remember more than a few day into the past

It's worth mentioning... C'nor just PM'ed me with enough writings to pass, and I was about to give him his week counter. So, if you want, the same laxness can apply to you, too. Equal rules, after all

But both of you, the laxness is only for once in a while. Next week, it's a fail.

Edit: C'nor, ooooh, I like that! Very dramatic theme

C'nor · 08-20-2012, 03:26 PM

Thanks!

Though in the interests of honesty, I only really picked it because I knew I'd be doing some writing on the subject.

Zjoot · 08-20-2012, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Glass Mouse

@The Grimmace: I tried to just skim your story to look for the theme, but it hooked me. Really creepy little story - I liked it a lot.
Also, in case you missed it, you can still contact me for your 8-week prize

Thank you very much! I had forgotten how much I enjoyed writing short stories, maybe expect some more.

And I didn't miss it, I just have no idea what I want for the prize...Let's go with a Zebra on stilts with a rider who is obscured by some sort of cloak and large brimmed hat who is fishing into a classic round fish bowl with nothing in it but a single blue goldfish...is that okay?

Glass Mouse · 08-20-2012, 06:32 PM

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Thanks!

Though in the interests of honesty, I only really picked it because I knew I'd be doing some writing on the subject.

Don't tell anyone, but that's what I did for last week, too

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Originally Posted by The Grimmace

Thank you very much! I had forgotten how much I enjoyed writing short stories, maybe expect some more.

And I didn't miss it, I just have no idea what I want for the prize...Let's go with a Zebra on stilts with a rider who is obscured by some sort of cloak and large brimmed hat who is fishing into a classic round fish bowl with nothing in it but a single blue goldfish...is that okay?

Hahaha, oh that's gonna be interesting! It sounds like you have a pretty specific idea in mind, so if you want to send me a quick sketch of where you want the elements relative to each other, I'll happily draw things according to that.
If not, I'll just figure it out. Sounds like fun in any case

HeadlessMermaid · 08-20-2012, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Glass Mouse

C'nor just PM'ed me with enough writings to pass, and I was about to give him his week counter. So, if you want, the same laxness can apply to you, too. Equal rules, after all

Oh, OK then.

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But both of you, the laxness is only for once in a while. Next week, it's a fail.

Yes ma'am!

Glass Mouse · 08-20-2012, 06:50 PM

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Oh, OK then.

Fixed. I'll get to your PM tomorrow after work