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Dahipuri
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Scratch Writing Camp Writing Sharing Thread (March 2022)

Daily 7th March 2022

What is your character's biggest fear?

A: My character of my imagination is Geeta. Her biggest fear is of bugs and insects. She has a phobia of dogs. Whenever she sees any of those she gets restless and her heartbeat rises up seeing the dogs. The fear and the phobia troubles her a lot. She is going to meet a doctor to resolve her phobia. She is although trying to lessen her fear. Her fear and the phobia started when she heard that her friend got bitten by a dog. She is alqays kept out of group because her friends love dogs but she does not.

Word count of A 1- 113

If your character could receive their deepest desire (wealth, health, love, success etc.) in exchange of betraying a friend, would they do it?
What does your character value most in a friend?
What is your character's greatest weakness?
cocktielfuss
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You're truly amazing :- (Cabin daily)

Hey how are things going? Not good? You’re beautiful just the way you are! Society is just dumb, if you’re too heavy society calls you “fat”, if you’re too thin society calls you “sick”. If you cry society calls you “crybaby”, if you don’t cry society calls you “Too cold”. So just be yourself, It’s a starry night don’t torture yourself your pretty and amazing just the * way you are! Be yourself! It even took me awhile to understand society sucks here see these tags, I’m sure it’ll cheer you up! #LoveisLove #Blacklivesmatter and many more! Everyone who judge’s you actually envies you, that’s why they hate you! Have the best day of your life ever from today onwards and always!

122 Words by @cocktielfuss !
And you’re truly amazing ! Cabin – Non-fi
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theawesomemarbler
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Scratch Writing Camp Writing Sharing Thread (March 2022)

March 7th (Daily)
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The following questions is asking about my character Marbles649. Hope you all can know more about him

“What is your character's biggest fear?”

Marbles649 has acrophobia, which is the fear of heights. However, Marbles649 is only afraid of extreme heights like skyscraper and mountains, if he feels afraid Marbles649 would usually be shivering with fear and sometimes fall off the area, but he is usually saved by Weren or Luna, his two only friends. Most of the time Weren always rescue him. This fear is starting to make people don't really like him, since whenever Marbles649's school has a field trip, he always object to go to the student's favorite place to go whenever there's a school holiday, the skyscraper just over the mountains. This is a reason for Marbles649 to stay at the center of attention to be make fun of. 119 words

“What is one life-changing event your character has experienced? How has it changed them?”

This is one of the most important events in Marbles649's life. Marbles649 was a nerd who was liked by everyone until one day a bully named Martin, who really hated and is jealous of Marbles649, told lies about him and took everyone away from trusting Marbles649. Because of everyone's constant hate towards him, Marbles649 slowly developed depression and acts weaker than an average boy. Eventually everyone in the school showed negative views about Marbles649 except two girls who were best friends, Luna and Lisa. One day, Luna was kidnapped and was held in a planet full of snakes, which is what Luna fears the most. Marbles649, overcoming his fear of heights to reach the planet, successfully saved Luna from the planet. Luna thanked Marbles649 and was moved by his backstory. She was also thinking that why would everyone hate him even though Marbles649 is so kind-hearted? Soon Marbles649 and Luna became friends and influenced another of Luna's friend, Weren, to befriend Marbles649. When Weren's friendship with Marbles649 begin, many things started to happen that changed Marbles649's life. 177 words

“If your character could receive their deepest desire (wealth, health, love, success etc.) in exchange of betraying a friend, would they do it?”

Never in Marbles649's life would he ever betray a friend. Since Weren and Luna were so nice to him, he will never do such bad things to them. Even if Marbles649 is promised fame, and reorganization of being an animator and coder. Marbles649 had also suffered a lot, and after all those suffering he only got two friends, which is already enough for him. Because Weren and Luna is the reason why he can feel happiness, he doesn't want anymore friends, and he also doesn't want to lost his two most precious things in life. Friends are the most valuable thing not only to Marbles649, but to everyone in the world too. 112 words

“What does your character value most in a friend?”

Marbles649 used to value their personality, he doesn't really care unless they really want to be his friend and is nice to him. But no one is not willing to be his friend. Soon he gave up on having any friends until Luna and Weren came into his life. His valued Luna's courage to stand out to bullies whenever she has been made fun of after making friends with “The Only Nerd” in the school. But he valued Weren more than Luna, as he is so brave, kind and charming? No… that's too much, he's quite cute though. But ever since Weren befriended him, the gang he used to hang out with to bully Marbles649, started bullying Weren because of that. Marbles649 valued Weren's sacrifice for him just for being Marbles649's friend. 132 words

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kinderbuenohazel
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florence reeese
07/03/2022
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“What is your character's biggest fear?”
florence has barely any fears , but here are some following fears:lilapsophobia,Aquaphobia .
lilapsophobia according to google is the fear of tornados or hurricanes , aquaphobia is basically a strong and unreasonable fear of water or of drowning .
she also has the fear of heartbreak.


“What is one life-changing event your character has experienced? How has it changed them?”
The first ever chemistry incident she had (she controlled the fire when there was an fire breakout) since then it stressed her out so much that ,
it changed her because her stress raised up and mental health lowered down , and she's learning how to control her powers which she recently revealed


“If your character could receive their deepest desire (wealth, health, love, success etc.) in exchange of betraying a friend, would they do it?”
to be honest yes but for the moral, no because well it can't inspire people if they betray a freind because of their selfishness , and she already has her deepest desire so.. , the short and simple answer is obviously no


“What kinds of music would your character like? What types of clothing?”
rock but she secretly likes k-pop or maybe j-pop since she loves to dance to them in her bedroom but is too shy to admit it the only person she shares it to is her dormmate aka bestfreind , she is an fashion ICON , she literally ( will cause i have'nt made chapter 3 yet ) designed a dress that won a fashion competition thingy , enough about that spoiler- , um anyway well it depends on her mood when she's feeling good she wears leather jackets and vests and red dresses ( on special occasions ) , when she's sad/tired she wears oversized hoodies and sweatpants but SOMEHOW makes them super stylish


“What does your character value most in a friend?”
based on her bestfreind's values , maybe loyalty,braveness,sense of humour and she values her trust cause sometimes she does the impossible ONLY SOMETIMES , so sometimes you need a partner

“What is your character's greatest weakness?”
her weakness is her power, fire control/fire summoning/fire magic blablabla, she worries on her power so much she actually get's panic attacks , but she WILL overcome that in the middle ish of the chapter when things get serious

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theawesomemarbler
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Scratch Writing Camp Writing Sharing Thread (March 2022)

Word War #1
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I closed my hand and open them, but something was there that wasn't before, it was a pendulum, something that people use to hypnotize people. I shivered with fear, what just happened? One moment when I just clutch my fist, when I opened them up again in the next this pendulum appeared. I wonder if I could use this to stop those people from bullying me? I'll give it a try, maybe try Martin first. “Hey Marbles649, what's that you're holding?” Just my luck, Martin's here. I waved the pendulum in front of him and he disappeared. I feel, powerful…

For the next few days, I've been using the pendulum to control people whenever they treat me bad, as revenge for what they done to me. Weren and Luna didn't like it at all, saying that it's not the real me, but I don't care. Eventually one day Weren got tired of my bad attitude and yelled, “Enough, Marbles649! It's too much, you can't be evil the entire day! You need to be the good Marbles649 we have ever knew!!” I shuddered, for this is the first time Weren ever yelled at me. Luna nodded, “He's right, Marbles649.” I sighed, maybe it's time to let go of this pendulum.

After throwing it into the river, I feel a lot happier. Maybe this pendulum is controlling me like how I controlled others, which they came back, not knowing what had happened. I hope no one will ever find that pendulum ever again.

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Scratch Writing Camp Writing Sharing Thread (March 2022)

Daily March 7th


My character of imagination is Gianna White. She is a modern-day girl who discovers that many gods from multiple mythologies are real. The first book (it's a series) is about her finding out what mythology she belongs in. I don't want to spoil to much, and the following paragraphs spoil a lot. But, I need a couple more words, so here are the questions I'm answering:“What is your character's biggest fear?” “If your character could receive their deepest desire (wealth, health, love, success, etc.) in exchange for betraying a friend, would they do it?” “What is your character's greatest weakness?”
“What is one life-changing event your character has experienced? How has it changed them?”
“What is the one thing that makes your character tick?” And then you got the conclusion paragraph. Enjoy!


“What is your character's biggest fear?” Gianna's biggest fear is being humiliated in front of many, although she likes to stand out. You could say she has a weird personality. She also hates spiders because of two things: she had a bad experience with them and spiders are spiders. When she was little, she was playing with dolls and a gigantic spider came out of one of the dolls. CREEPY. The next day, she saw a tarantula and you can imagine what happened. Cough, screaming. Lots of screaming. Cough, cough.


“If your character could receive their deepest desire (wealth, health, love, success, etc.) in exchange for betraying a friend, would they do it?” For Gianna, it depends on which friend. In the beginning, she finds out that a bully from her school is supposed to be her “chaperone”. Everybody calls them friends and Gianna would gladly give him up for free. Her BFF, on the other, Gianna would never give her up. NEVER. But, yeah, Zach? She would probably give him up for.. well, I already said free. You get the idea, though. Right?

“What is your character's greatest weakness?” Remember when I said Gianna was afraid of humiliating herself- that's her greatest fear. Well, she's REALLY WEIRD because she LOVES showing off her skills. Ecspalliy in front of… Ahh! Never mind! But yeah, my character is pretty weird. More on her personality. . . Gianna is an extrovert. But, like, a huge extrovert. You can't get her to shut up. EVER. She also will only do what she wants. Her motto is: Rules are made to be broken.

“What is one life-changing event your character has experienced? How has it changed them?” Well, when she was pretty young, Gianna's parents got divorced. It's changed her life because she hasn't been with her mom for like a whole hour! Then, her dad moves so he can be with his new fiance. Yay! Not. Gianna's not very happy about this and…. yeah. She also has a lot of life and death situations that end up doing stuff. Sorry! But I can't spoil it. Actually, because I need more words. . . one time, Gianna plays kickball with cannonballs. Well, she doesn't play kickball with them. It's more a “running for your life” game. And another time, she ends up fighting a 3- headed dog. Okay, maybe not fighting. More like “running for your life.” Are you noticing a pattern?


“What is the one thing that makes your character tick?” Something that makes Gianna tick is annoying people. It's kinda weird. . . seeing how some people consider her annoying. She is friends with someone, but they are ALWAYS getting in arguments and Gianna acts as she hates her. Gianna hates being wrong. For her, getting the answer wrong is like someone telling you your not in your dream college. It's that bad for her. Yeah, you could call her over dramatic.

There are 5 questions (and answers) about my character Gianna White. My story plot isn't all the way finished yet, so this daily is not my best. But, I hope that's okay!

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astro-liiqht
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daily for 07.03.2022

1. A life-changing event that she’s experienced was when she realised that wings and powers were not important, but the heart inside the person. She was determined to leave her community and to explore our world. When she found out that something was wrong with the magic powers of many of her kind in the community, she was determined to get to the bottom of it. She realised that she was the one that was destroying the magic because she was meant to be different to the rest. She was sent to the community to show them how it would be much better if they gave up their own ways and embraced our world to live together in harmony. However, for the sake of her kind and after realising the flaws of the world she lived in, Alya left on her own.

2. If she could give up her friend for anything she wanted, she would not. As she was picked on and looked down upon in her community, a friend is very rare for her. She would give up anything in the world for her one and only friend. Since she became 12 and did not get her powers, Alya was bullied by everyone in her academy. They only person that was kind to her was Yuko, a shy girl. Together, they became best friends and always relied on one another. When Alya told Yuko that she had to leave to protect her, Yuko insisted on coming with her to show our world what a winged creature was and how they could co-exist in the future.

3. Alya lives in a sheltered, dystopian world. Thus, she does not listen to music and everyone wears the same clothes. Children are well cared for until they turn twelve, when they come of age, are given their specific wings and powers, and are assigned to an academy matching their powers. Each child will receive a different power and there are 3 power types overall - some rarer than others. However, Alya was placed in the elite academy for students with the strongest and rarest power because her parents and Yuko's family wanted Alya and Yuko to be in the same class.

4. Alya's greatest weakness is that she has a very low self-esteem. It has built up from the community, especially her schoolmates, bullying her. As mentioned before, Alya was in the best academy in the community, thus many people looked down on her as she was the only powerless person in the academy. Yuko tries to build her self-esteem back up, even though she is one of the best students in the academy. However, Yuko is also bullied as she is the only person that is friendly to Alya.

word count: 454

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Scratch Writing Camp Writing Sharing Thread (March 2022)

finch returns with another post about word wars
encanto fanfiction. 173 words
Mirabel Madrigal wove through the hallway, knocking on the doors of everyone staying at in her abuela's house. The people who stayed there were not technically family, other than her own abuela. However, Mirabel had grown so close to them they they were basically a found family at this point. They were all taken in by Abuela, who served as a parental figure for all of the members.

Other than that, they happened to be a pretty normal family. A normal family with normal hobbies. Dolores was a musician, Isabela was a gardener, Louisa played sports, Camilo was an actor, and Antonio took care of animals.

As for Mirabel? Mirabel was still figuring herself out.

She longer for something to do in her life, yet nothing ever stuck. She couldn't keep interest in just one hobby. She got fired from every job she applied for.

Even Antonio, who at the time was a middle schooler, was able to find work at an animal shelter.

Abuela praised all of her adoptive (grand?) children for
FirestarForReal
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Scratch Writing Camp Writing Sharing Thread (March 2022)

Worked all weekend writing…
1268 words lets go


“And I tried to hold these secrets inside me,”

-Control, Halsey

“I used to have so much pressure,” Luisa Madrigal assured the next generation of bouncing young kids, “But now I don’t! Just confront those who are pressuring you and say your feelings. Most of them don’t even know how you’re feeling!”
“Wow!” one kid burbled. “That’s epic!”
“Man,” rasped one emo kid with black hair sticking over his eyes. “I never looked at it like that.” He was literally five years old.
“Anyway, we all gotta go! It’s already pretty late.” Luisa smiled. “You should get to bed. But remember all those pressure strategies for our next lesson. And don’t feel pressured if you don’t!”
The kids all cheered, and the strong woman swiftly, with wide footsteps, ran out and to the Madrigal courtyard, her brown hair bobbing. After the immense unspoken pressure on her all those years, she felt that she had to free other children from what she had once felt.


Bruno sighed. He sprinkled salt in a circle around the paved stones of the casita. The moon brightly smiled above, bathing the entire courtyard in brilliant blue light. It was all auspicious and the bad signs refused to show themselves. He could not find a single reason to do something else.
“Three, two, one, midnight,” he incanted, and the moon was directly overhead.
A swirl of sand rose up around them in a tornado. Bruno felt a few twinges here and there, phantom pains that were like his long-unused power stretching, making sure everything still worked.
Bruno’s eyes began glowing green. Well, he felt them glow green- a little burn. He didn’t really know if they were actually glowing. He took a deep breath, and then reached forward and placed his hands on Dolores’ stomach, where the baby was.
In the whirlwind, images began to appear.
Bruno stretched back, looking around the green sand tornado. There was a baby boy, Dolores, Mariano. He was walking, his mouth moving, then he grew. All seemed like a normal life.
Then the baby boy- Robert- that was his name- was suddenly clasping a candle, which glowed yellow even in the green aesthetic place. The candle glowed- and then a giant figure’s shadow loomed up on him. He looked up, his eyes wide in fear- and the vision ended.
The sand fell down, and the image coalesced into a green shard of glass, a boy holding the candle with a shadow over him. Dolores snatched it out of the air and stared at it uncomprehendingly.
“My baby boy.. Robert…will have a dark shadow over him?” Dolores gasped. “What?”
“It’s not my biz anymore,” Bruno used a slang for ‘business’. “Go on,” he flapped his hand. “Fuss about it, whatever, it wasn’t my fault, I just saw it..”
“Yes, yes, thank you, Tío.” Dolores waved him off listlessly. “My Robert..” She clutched the picture like it was her baby himself. “My Robert..” She repeated again, in shock.
“They always do this,” Bruno muttered, and left, rolling up his dark green mat and attempting to scoop up some sand.


“Tell me I'm only dreaming and I'll believe you
Can't see how this could be true,”

-Shocked, Kylie Minogue


It was 8am. Mirabel locked eyes with Mariano across the breakfast table as everyone else busily munched and chewed their food. A vision of the candle cracking and dimming filled Mariano’s brain.
He nodded very imperceptibly. I will, I will! He thought. Trying to think of some way to send the message, he figured it out. The man had to think of something dark. Stealing? Mariano envisioned himself stealing the candle, the moon quarter-way in the sky.
I’ll do it later. After now, before midnight. Mariano tried to broadcast his thoughts loudly.
Mirabel rolled her eyes and shrugged.
She got my message, he thought in happiness. He would’ve said it aloud, but then Dolores would hear him and get mad. Dolores… what would she think of all this? She should know, and Mirabel never said NOT to tell her.
The thought of slight betrayal crept into Mariano’s mind. It’s not betrayal, he argued to himself. If she never said NOT to…. Then I’m allowed to, right? That was a weak argument, but Mariano shrugged and leaned in to Dolores.
“Dolores, darling,” he whispered. “I need to tell you something.”
Mirabel’s eyes were shooting daggers at him across the table. DON’T. DO. IT. He could almost hear her saying the words, not because of her power, but because her glare was extremely intense.
Her fists curled, sending a wave of anger into Dolores.
“Do you have to do this right now?” Dolores murmured back to Mariano angrily. “For goodness sake, is this good news? Is it about Robert?”
“Yes!” Mariano said back quietly. “It is about Robert, it is good news, but er-”
“We don’t have to do this right now?” Dolores asked icily. “Because whatever good news you think you have about Robert, you are wrong. I know that.”
“What? Who’s telling you terrible things about Robert?” Mariano urgently asked. “Because it’s probably fake, you know.”
“Is the future fake?” retorted the soon-to-be-mother. “My Tío cannot fake a future-seeing ritual. What he showed me is real: a dark shadow looming over our boy. During his Gift Ceremony, something dark will loom over him!”
Dolores suddenly stood up, and then shoved her chair back. With a careful hand on her swollen stomach, she stormed off into her room. Questioning eyes followed her, then dismissed it and returned to breakfast.
“But Mirabel will protect Robert from the dark shadow…” Mariano said to nobody. Dolores was gone. Wait! Dolores can still hear me! “Dolores,” Mariano ducked into a random tiny alcove. “You must listen. Dolores. Dolores.”
He waited for what he thought was a sufficient amount of time after repeating Dolores three times, then moved on. “I met with Mirabel last night. She promised me she would-” Frustration overwhelmed him.
If she wasn’t going to listen to him, fine! She’d see when Mirabel protected Robert from that “dark shadow”. She could just change the dark shadow’s emotions to be kind and caring. And Mirabel could only change positive emotions IF he got the candle for her.
Wait! Is Mirabel making me frustrated? Mariano realized. Hmmm. Doubt swamped him. Was Mirabel the dark shadow?????? OMGOMGOMGOMG, the man internally freaked out. All the pieces had clicked into place. It had to be true! It all made sense!
He could literally feel suspicion and doubt flimsily wash over him with no effect. No, Mirabel, you’re exposed now. He felt glee, and in that moment, he disappeared off Mirabel’s bad emotion radar.
The only thing he had done was realize. Mariano finally comprehended the power of the truth: and he knew what he had to do. He had to share it.
Whistling a jolly tune to himself to stay off the radar and thinking of the time Dolores had declared her love for him, he jogged to his wife’s room. “Dolores!” he said, keeping his tone even but maintaining happiness inside to stay off the radar. “I have something to tell you.”
Mariano spilled it all. Every last detail of Mirabel, the candle, the meeting.
And then Dolores spilled. The future, the exact details of the seeing.
Then they stared at each other. The woman in the orange-red dress, who heard everything but had nothing for a plan or idea. The man who was her loving fiancee, but loved nothing about what they had told each other.
The two of them stood in silence for a long, long, time.


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Scratch Writing Camp Writing Sharing Thread (March 2022)

march 7th, daily #4 (according to posts)
Characters
Brooklyn (also known as Brook(e)) is an 18-year-old who has a soft-baddie aesthetic. She would do anything for a close relative or friend and sometimes limits herself from jumping too far for her goals.

Iris is a 17-year-old who prefers pink more than blue (in other words, she’s kind of a girly… girl more than a tom-boy kinda thing).

Camila is a young 19-year-old astronaut that is a lesbian, has short black hair, and emerald eyes. The ship she goes on most is the “Midnight Starship”. She is sometimes nervous/silent, but she is also enthusiastic and clever.

mostly going to be in sci-fi themed stories

sadly all my characters are girls. Well, not anymore because I have total 6 characters right now and half of them are boys + girls

What is your character's biggest fear?

All of them are Thanatophobic (fear of losing a loved one)

what? i can’t imagine anything elsee-

What is the one thing that makes your character tick?

— all of these have something to do with people lol —

Brooke: People underestimating her

Iris: People annoying her

Camila: People absolutely not paying attention, underestimating her, etc
she’s like the protagonist (i mean in personality types) with a hint of a classic annoyed teacher

— okay moving on

What is one life-changing event your character has experienced? How has it changed them?

— everyone is in sci-fi stories so the life-changing event is getting offered to get in the spaceship “Midnight Starship”. I will list the effects here:

Brook: Being more optimistic

Iris: Being more changed into a slight tom-boy thingy

Camila: Bit more serious and currently learning more more

How would your character solve the trolley problem?

i am skipping this because i don't understand it at all-

If your character could receive their deepest desire (wealth, health, love, success etc.) in exchange of betraying a friend, would they do it?

All: nope

What does your character value most in a friend?

For everyone, it’s knowledge, basic moral values, etc

What is your character's greatest weakness?

If it mean weak qualities, it’s:

Brook: too quick-paced

Iris: always wants attention

Camila: maybe too silent
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SWC Daily:

Ans-1:My character’s biggest fear is definitely doing something wrong or not making her parents proud
Ans-2:Bullies. Bullies make my character tick a lot.
Ans-3: My Character’s greatest desire is to have real friends, So ofc They wouldn’t betray anyone.
Ans-4: My character Values Trust the most in friendship
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swc daily - march 7
words: 439

“what is your character's biggest fear?” (exactly 100 words)
Althaea’s biggest fear is forgetting.`As someone who thirsts for knowledge, the thought of being the target of a spell or other effect that makes her forget things terrifies her. Because of her high position in the Mageway library, she knows many things the government keeps secret and knows exactly how to use words to convince someone of a lie that someone told. After all that hard work and delicious rewards, she wouldn’t want to forget any bit of the knowledge that she has now, since forgetting anything contained within her mind would have a catastrophic effect on her life.

“what is one life-changing event your character has experienced? how has it changed them?” (128 words)
One life-changing event that Althaea has experienced would be her half-brother coming back and getting dragged along on a goddess’ quest for magical balance. Neither of them wanted to see each other after a half-decade of ignoring the existence of the other, but unfortunately neither of them could defy the will of the goddess of fate. Perhaps if her brother had been more careful as a child, they wouldn’t have had that half-decade of estrangement or the quest that Althaea partook in with complete reluctance. Alas, we can only imagine. Althaea still doesn’t like being in the same room as her half-brother, and can’t stand the presence of their new traveling companion Maribel- who, for the record, is a bear so nobody can really fault her for that.

“how would your character solve the trolley problem?” (108 words)
The answer to how Althaea would solve the trolley problem varies depending on the situation. From Althaea’s awareness, the trolley problem is a question designed to test morals that sets up the situation (“A runaway trolley is on course to collide with and kill a number of people down the track, but a driver or bystander can intervene and divert the vehicle to kill just one person on a different track.”) but includes no limitations as this question was designed for normal humans and not magic-wielding humans. If a situation like this actually came to be and Althaea was the only person there, she would most likely switch the trolley to the other track and then cast a spell on the one person to levitate them out, assuming there are no other limitations that would cause magic to be counted as something unavailable as an option.

“if your character could receive their deepest desire in exchange for betraying a friend, would they do it?” (103 words)
Althaea’s greatest desire is knowledge. Always has been, always will be unless something else really life-changing happens and, well, changes her life. Infinite knowledge would definitely cause her mind to shatter with an overload of images and facts and be impossible to grant as a wish, but Althaea would likely think that it was worth it if she was offered knowledge about something she knows little about, gambling the life of her friend in the hopes that the knowledge she gains will be able to save them. Depending on the topic, though, the odds may vary and Althaea’s choice may be slightly different.
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main cabin daily ⍋ 03.07.22
word count: 672

➻ “What does your character value most in a friend?”

Competence, Above all, Nyara values competence. She’s a very ambitious person, and acknowledges her own talents and flaws. She’s drawn towards people who have skills of use or who would help her achieve her goals- for example, Ajax is technology-adept, Tarian possesses a knack for manipulation and distraction, and Jasper is skilled in a variety of weapons (Retractable spear supremacy B)). She looks towards those who’s specialties would better her- she would never willingly align herself with people who would only stand in her way. That aside, while she only associates with people of use to her, she only befriends people who have proven themselves to be competent, someone who would be able to tolerate the risks she takes and the risks she’d put them through. Of course, there are other things she’d look towards- loyalty, cleverness- but in the end, she’d pass along the opportunity to work along some of the most esteemed people if she deemed it wouldn’t progress her objectives.

➻ “What is one life-changing event your character has experienced? How has it changed them?”

Meeting Ezri, one hundred percent. Apart from the fact that she’s Nyara’s girlfriend by the end of the book, from the moment they met each other Ezri had changed Nyara and her ways for the better. Nyara is a strategist, and an ambitious one at that. She craves success, each grander and more victorious than the next. Courtesy of this, most of her plans were overcomplicated and quite risky. When Nyara had been stepping up for Jasper in xyr leader position, she would lead xem, Ajax, and Tarian through increasingly risky plans with the promise of success. While she did deliver, she didn’t fully realize or care about the levels of danger she was putting them through, with her mind always looking towards the future. With her fear of failure, the complexity of her plans made her look good and was a soother of sorts to her fear, despite her internal and external denial of said fear. Ezri, who is almost never thinking about the future, refuses to indulge in her plans, despite the tempting promise of such lucrative success. They teach Nyara to stop overcomplicating things, and that she can achieve success through simpler methods. They get her to stop taking such lucrative risks and endangering her comrades. Ezri shows her how to take a breath, stop thinking about the next larger move at hand, and just observe the present moment.


➻ What kinds of music would your character like? What types of clothing?

I can see Nyara listening to rap music. Something fast paced, like her. Its complex, interwoven rhythms are almost symbolic to her thinking processes of constantly strategizing and overcomplicating. Whether it’s leisure time or a mission, she can never get the lingering thought of “what if” or what’s the next play at hand. Rap music and its constant changes and speed would feel like something that she could resonate with, Not Guns and Ships though. Tarian would love that, since they’re the theater kid, but if Tarian loves it, Nyara would automatically get the impression that she wouldn’t. Much sad.

As for clothing, she never exactly had a say in what she wore. Upon getting thrown into an alternate dimension, the scarlet leather jacket from Ezri was just about her only option. If she had the choice, though, she’d probably still wear something like that: leather jacket, combat boots, you get the idea. She’d wear something that made her feel confident and fearless.

➻ “If your character could receive their deepest desire (wealth, health, love, success etc.) in exchange of betraying a friend, would they do it?”

Absolutely. With reluctance- but absolutely. Despite her insensitivity to endangering others, she does value her friends. She respects their skills and is appreciative of their value- the risk of losing the bond with someone so valuable would cause hesitation. The fun part here is that the line between asset and friend for Nyara is blurred- it’s difficult to tell when a person crosses from one label to another. However, Nyara has her eyes set on success and achievement; always has, always will. Failure is not an option. And if betraying someone close to her is the price, the profitwould outweigh the cost in her eyes. If losing an asset is the cost…so be it.

Author’s Note: For this daily, I chose Nyara Khatri, one of my characters from my work-in-progress novel Z-Axis! She’s still in the process of being developed, so a lot of this was improvised on the spot and subject to change, but it was a lot of fun to think about this :)

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Ally slammed her locker door shut, and turned round to face her best friend, Becky
‘Why are you so keen on ruining my life?’ she demanded
‘I didn’t mean to, it just…slipped out I guess’ Becky hesitantly replied
Ally gave her a death stare and marched off. She couldn’t believe that out of anyone. Becky would be the one to do this to her! Unleash her deepest secret Infront of the whole class? She just had to get her back…
‘OUCH!’ yelled Mark
‘Sorry’ Ally giggled
Ally had found her secret weapon. Mark, the boy in the year below her who practically worshipped her. She could use him to do anything she wanted, and she knew that.
‘Hey Mark, so I was wondering, do you think you can do me a favour? Well, I’m round to Becky’s tonight and she has my dress hanging up in her locker, do you think you could fetch it for me?’
‘Well certainly!’ Mark yelled, and ran off to fetch the dress, all the while beaming like a radiant sun.
Ally laughed to herself, if only Mark knew what she would do when she got her hands on Becky’s own special dress…
Becky screamed and covered her eyes and she saw the ruined dress…
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Word war with @Piper_Camps (385 words in 10 minutes, nice!) (Edit: Piper_camps won!)

Him. The cutest boy I've ever seen. Not “that” kind of cute, but baby cute. He was young and kinda small, only 12, I was 15 at this point. He also acted innocent and young for his age. More than me.

Charles. A little boy with black hair. His power was to spawn things with his imagination. It was really cool! He could spawn almost anything, as long as it existed or whatever it was made of existed. For example, he wanted to ride a bike. Poof! A bike appeared! Very cool indeed! However, he could only do it anywhere between 3 and 20 times a day, depending on what he created. It has definitely helped a lot over the three years I knew him.

Now, I was graduating from Power School. I would rarely get to see him. He would be busy with school, while I would be busy doing whatever comes next.

Graduation ended. I was walking out of the school. I waved goodbye to my friends who were younger than me who would be staying here for a few more years. They waved back. I smiled over at my best friend, Rose.
“Wow, Lily, we've actually finished. All of it. So many memories, right?” Rose said. I nodded. A happy tear came out as we walked away. Then, I heard some loud and fast footsteps. I felt squeezing. I looked behind me, seeing Charles hugging me.
“Aww… I'm gonna miss you the most y'know!” I said, He smiled, and let go. Then he started crying.
“I'm going to miss you too, I don't want you to go!” he said, sobbing.
“But I have to…” I said, comforting him. He continued crying.
“No, I won't let you go!” he said, hugging me real tight. I hugged him back, then tried to pull away.
“Well, I have to, I must…” I said, finally releasing myself from his arms. I walked away, looking at him and waving. He watched me. I turned around, and caught up with Rose. What I didn't know, Charles followed me.

I was finally home. I opened the door, and who do I see in front of me? Charles.
“What are you doing!? I had to go and that's that!” I said.
“No, you are never leaving me.” he said sternly.

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3/6/2022
word count: 591
fairy tails for the win!!!


“What is your character's biggest fear?”

Suki's biggest fear is probably either being in water or being sent back to the lab. Suki hates water. There is a small device nestled into her bone and when exposed to water gives a very bad shock. That's why when on a beach day she stays as far away from the shore as possible and never goes to a pool party. The lab has been very cruel to Suki. Experimenting with her for many years. The experiments included exposing her to extremely cold climates, extremely hot climates, thin astrospheres, and many others. She hated them. They treated her poorly too. When she was free, She hid in a box and ate a lot of food. She fell asleep on a full belly, something that never happened to her.


“What is one life-changing event your character has experienced? How has it changed them?”

The lab is probably a life-changing experience for Suki. It was a normal day when she was 3-4 years old, she saw a candy van. She jumped into the candy van and was driven off to the lab, where there were many awful experiences. She faced it all. Cold wet climates, cold dry climates, hot wet climates, hot dry climates, falling, flying, above cloud levels, the cold vacuum of space, everything. She then learned to never trust a van with “free candy” on it. She eventually escaped to the city where she lived in a cardboard box and has been saving money.

“If your character could receive their deepest desire (wealth, health, love, success etc.) in exchange of betraying a friend, would they do it?”

Suki would NEVER betray a friend, even for her deepest desire. After seeing everything the lab has done and how the candy van betrayed her, she never wanted to betray someone. She knew how much it hurts and how sad someone would feel. She would do anything her friend wants her to do. Like, anything. She would murder her friend's worst anime and go to jail. She would sneak in contraband and take the punishment. She would nuke the world for her friend, but she would never betray them. Even if they ask she wouldn't even for her deepest desire. She is too loyal

“What does your character value most in a friend?”

Suki values loyalty in a friend. She values loyalty because she never wants to be betrayed again. She hates traitors like the candy van. She hates people ditching someone because they get scammed for all their money. She just hates betrayal and does not want it to happen to her or anyone else. She values Kindness not just to her but to others. She doesn't want someone to steal a check from someone and give it to her. She doesn't want them to backstab her either. That's why she values loyalty in a friend

“What is your character's greatest weakness?”

Water. Water is her greatest weakness. She can't stand water. It activates the device and gives her a burning shock. She could survive but it would still leave a burning pain in her arm. She hates that burn. All burn creams don't work. She just avoids water getting in contact with skin. How does she do that? She avoids swimming in the ocean on beach days, never goes to a pool party, where's protection over the spot that the device is on when nessicary, don't do the dishes, and NO WAY I'M GOING OUT IN THE WOODS WHEN IT JUST RAINED OR IS RAINING.
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~March 7th~
Main Cabin Daily
1: “What is the one thing that makes your character tick?” (186)
2: “What kinds of music would your character like? What types of clothing?” (129)
3: “What does your character value most in a friend?” (152)
4: “If your character could receive their deepest desire (wealth, health, love, success etc.) in exchange of betraying a friend, would they do it?” (122)
Total: 589 (only the stuff that directly answered the questions)
Overall: 956 words (Including everything except the stuff above and this)
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“Great to see you, Melanie.” I said, grinning. “Would you come in?”
She nodded and warily came inside. She sat down in one of the two chairs in the room. I sat in the other.
“You’re interviewing me, right?” She asked.
I nodded.
“What’s the first question? Let’s hurry.” She said, leaning forward. I wasn’t sure if she wanted to get it over with faster or wanted to get started faster.
Probably the first one.
I cleared my throat. “Okay. Let’s start with an easy one. What’s one thing that makes you tick?”
Melanie blinked, then she said. “I’ll name more than one thing. I get angry pretty easily, so whenever someone annoys me on purpose. I hate getting insulted, but I must say that I love insulting others, so that’s a bit hypocritical. Off that, I need my illusions to be perfect.” She snapped her fingers and a perfect replica of herself stood in front of us. “See, her earrings are too big.” She gestured to her earrings then the illusion’s. I didn’t see the difference. “Again, off that, some things that used to bother me were stability. I know that sounds weird, but when I was younger, I liked living on the edge. If my life wasn’t exciting enough, then it wasn’t a life.” She paused and took a breath, probably readying herself. “When I was a villain or a little before, I was really irked with my friends. They really weren’t my ‘friends’ in my mind, though I’m sure they thought they were. I ended up, well, betraying them, and… um… well. Sorry, one second.”
Melanie turned her face from me, and I gave her time to compose herself.
She took a deep breath and continued. “I was angry, really angry. I hated everyone, besides my brother. I only strongly disliked him. He was on the side I didn’t like. I thought they were selfish, when really the side I had joined was the selfish one. Acer helped me see that.”
“Who’s Acer?” I asked.
“Um, that’s a little complicated. He’s my ‘friend’.”
I raised an eyebrow, but I dropped it.
“Alright. Cool. Next question. What kind of music and clothing styles do you like?”
Melanie laughed. “This one is a lot easier than the other one.” She paused. “I really like songs that have a strong beat. They also need to have a strong message for me to truly like them. Relatable lyrics are my favorite part of any song. It makes the catchy melody even better, so, yeah. I also really enjoy more somber songs. I can’t have slow ones, though, unless they’re jazz-like. My brain works too fast. That probably sounded like a weird answer, but that’s what I got.”
I grinned. “That’s okay.”
Melanie continued. “Well, on the clothes, what I’m wearing right now is what I’ll usually wear.” She gestured to herself. “I’ll usually wear some sort of cloak or coat over a flexible pair of pants and long sleeved shirts. I don’t really have a sense of style, that’s more Acer’s department.”
Again with that Acer dude. I would ask her later if she liked him or not. Seemed like it.
“Okay.” I said. “Third question. What do you value most in a friend?”
Melanie blinked a few times and winced slightly. “Uh, well. This might be a little hard for me to answer, since I haven’t been a great friend recently. I guess I’ll look at it from another person’s perspective. What would I want to see from myself, I guess.” She paused to ponder, and I waited.
“Well,” She said, “I’d want a loyal friend. Someone who could keep my secrets and help me out in a pinch. I’d want them to treat others how they treat me. I would prefer it if they weren’t two-faced, and I’d really like it if they didn’t betray me for someone else.” She laughed darkly.
I nodded, letting her finish. Obviously, this was hard for her.
She breathed in. “I’d like a friend that could laugh with me, stop me from making bad decisions. A good friend would tell me when I’m in the wrong, and they wouldn’t bend over backwards just for me. They’d stand their ground whenever I would be… annoying. I’d like one that is their own person, that they wouldn’t just follow me around like a duckling.”
I nodded again. “Cool. Ready for a hard one?”
Melanie looked at me, raising an eyebrow. “And those other ones weren’t hard?”
“Well, not as hard as this one, I don’t think.” I said. “If you could receive your greatest desire, and name that if you can, would you betray a friend for it?”
Melanie gave it a little thought, and I could see her grit her teeth as she searched for an answer.
Finally, she said, “I can’t really say straight ‘yes’ or ‘no’. It really depends on the situation I’m in, because my desires change with my circumstances. I guess currently my greatest desire is stability in my life, and I’m working towards it. I wouldn’t want to do that right now, because that isn’t really that big of a gain that I can’t just get myself. But, as I’ve said before, I’ve betrayed my friends in the past. To be honest, I didn’t really betray them for any material gain. I was angry and wanted revenge, and that’s what the old president promised me. My old self would’ve said yes in a heartbeat, since that’s what I did. But… I guess now would be a no.”
She checked her watch and cursed to herself. “Sorry, I’ve got to go. I’m late for a meetup.”
She rushed out the door before I could say anything.
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March 6, 2022 - Daily

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“What is your character's biggest fear?”
Melody’s biggest fear is losing her passion for arts, especially dance. As someone who falls victim to a disease that limits her ability to do physical things, her fear develops over a very short period of time. Being suddenly bedridden and not even able to stand makes her wonder about her future, and having a physically limiting disease on top of royal family duties does not help at all in terms of time to dance. As time goes on, she feels less and less of a pull to keep on dancing, which scares her as dance is one of the things she loves most.

“What kinds of music would your character like? What types of clothing?”
Sue me but this girl really likes listening to (and dancing to) kpop. The overall cheerful and energetic-vibe songs are some of her favorites, as they compliment her personality really well! But that’s not to say that she doesn’t like the slower and more emotional songs - those are some of her favorites as well. And let’s not get started on kpop choreographies, oh my gods she loves them!! Just heightens the music ahaha- some of her favorite artists are tomorrowxtogether and enhypen.
As for clothing, bright colors! Though she has plenty of dark colors as well. Anything with a belt, she’ll take it. And a bucket hat too, because those are super useful and super cute!? She absolutely hates hair clips though, before she was diagnosed with the earlier mentioned disease that dislike proved to be a challenge for her long hair - but afterwards she keeps it short, so it’s all good. She likes ballet flats the most, but has a few boots and sneakers in her arsenal - no flip-flops though, sandals are eh. Anything with ruffles or frills is good! Overall very summery vibes.

“What does your character value most in a friend?”
What Melody values the most is probably loyalty. There are a lot of ups and downs and internal struggles that Melody faces in her life, so someone that sticks with her through it all is someone that Melody would hold very close to her heart. Even when she doubts herself and who she is as a person, if that friend is there to remind her and support her no matter what, Melody is literally going to try and keep that friend at all costs. That being said, someone who is “fake” and using her for ulterior motives is not likely to stay very long on the friend radar, as people like them only heighten her internal wars and cause even more conflict for Melody.

“What is your character's greatest weakness?”
Melody’s greatest weakness is likely the desire to be recognized and accepted for who she is. She will do anything to break out of the “third daughter, useless princess” mold that society has given her, and even though the people close to her don’t treat her that way, it’s the outside world’s approval that she seeks. Being one of the princesses of Animalia Kingdom, one of the strongest kingdoms on Khuyeles, does not exactly ease her tensions or the desire to prove herself. She actively seeks this through dance, but once she is bedridden the desire only increases. Trying to continue to prove herself will ultimately lead to one of the biggest lessons of her life.

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Character: Cute Kitty

“What is you character's greatest fear?”
Failure, probably. Cute Kitty never fails anything, ever. Not even when it includes whirlpools or crevices. Even if she just needs to go to a friends house for a playdate. So what of her friends house is all the way on the other side of the woods? If Cute Kitty failed to get to her friend's house, she'll live in eternal guilt. And nobody likes eternal guilt. Nobody. I mean, yeah, sure, don't put so much pressure on yourself, but, someone tells you if you could do something for them, you do it. You just can't say “no”! What good would that do, huh?!

“What makes your character tick?”
Eh, nothing really. Cute Kitty is a calm and cool tiger, and nothing really bothers her. Even if someone would tease her endlessly on April Fool's day. Or when people make excuses not to hang out with her. Or when people make fun of her. Or when anyone does something mean, really. There are really nice people out there. Why would you get annoyed? Just ignore people who are mean to you. Getting angry is nearly a mystery to Cute Kitty. It just Voldemort that really get's on her nerves, though. She doesn't like book villians. She never likes book villains.


“What is the one life changing experience you character has experienced? How has it changed them?”
The day Cute Kitty turned into a human was particularly special. When she was playing in the countryside, she had found a stone, that, when she touched it, she turned into a person! For once in her life, she started questioning her backstory, who she really was. All her life she assumed her backstory was that she woke up one morning, had a weird feeling, and got on with her day. But this time she actually questioned it, about who she was, and that led to an unforgettable adventure.

“How would your character solve the trolley problem?”
Hmm, that's a hard one! She would probably divert the trolley so it's heading for one person, then Cute Kitty would save them. She would sacrifice herself if she had to. Saving one person is easier then saving five, because you have responsibility over less people. Another thing Cute Kitty might do is see the speeding trolley, break one of the rails, warn everyone, and watch the trolley break off the tack. Cut Kitty normally thinks outside the box when doing these kind of dilemmas. People would normally choose one thing or another, but Cute Kitty wouldn't sacrifice anyone but herself.

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Aura’s biggest fear is the sun because she can’t stand how bright and hot it is. She feels safe when she is with the big, bright moon as she feels it’s welcoming glow of love shine upon her. She believes that the sweltering sun will melt her. Melt her into a puddle of strange liquids combined together, carefully mixed. She’s afraid that the sun might melt all her memories away. That it may take over the moon so she won’t feel safe. In her eyes, she sees a fiery, heat breathing, huge monster that’s gonna eat her soul. SHe can’t stand seeing the sun at all.

Aura’s always dreamt of having a mystical, space unicorn. They actually do exist on the other side of space. But, if she was given the chance to get an amazing mystical space unicorn in exchange for betraying her greatest, only friend, the moon, she wouldn’t. She couldn’t. She just can’t! She loved the moon so much and she knew that the moon loved her too. The moon raised her and made her who she is today, Aura would never betray her dear moon. She believes that if she does, they will never get back together again. She believes that the bad spirits may find her if she does.

Aura’s favourite music is the soft but deep, bellow of the shining bright moon. Aura would sit on the moon listening to it hum happily all day. Aura always felt relaxed when listening to the moon’s non-stop music of different low keys. She never felt bored, instead she would sometimes sing along. On the other hand, as for clothing, she always wore the exact same thing. She loves her clothing and doesn’t want new clothes. She always manages to keep her glowing, purple, moon dress very clean. She loves this dress so much as it was gifted to her from the moon.

Aura’s greatest weakness is her lack of confidence. Everytime a shooting star went by, instead of making a wish, she would jump into the moon’s pale rocks and hide. Whenever a visitor from planet earth came to place a flag down on her moon, she would hide. She never, ever talked to anyone but of course, the moon. That is the reason she never made a single friend but the moon. Even if the moon urged her and tried to bring out her confidence, Aura wouldn’t budge. She would just sit there and cry for multiple, long hours every day when the moon tried. She would sit there in the corner cuddling herself.

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