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 Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 12:22 pm
 Wiggling Day CYOA Three treat-themed boys will be given out for this choose your own adventure game. You can gain or lose score points depends on what options you choose for your party, and gain bonus points for the quality of your posts. Each choice must be accompanied with a small bit of rp flavour text, 150 words minimum. For each choice, you will get either gain 1 or 2 points, or lose 1 or 2 points, and we will give 2 points to the rp flavour text reply we liked best each round. The users with the top three scores will be allowed to choose which kid they'd like in order of highest rank down. There will be three days given for each reply choice, if you miss one you may continue with a -1 point penalty. If you miss two or more you are out of the game! As always, users will get 1 event point for playing. At the start of each new round we will announce what choices gained or lost what points, and who got the flavour text bonus. Please keep track of your points in your posts! It's your wiggling day soon, and your lusus has decided you should throw a themed party. You're not sure where it got the idea from, but it seems to be insistent on you picking from one of the ideas it has come up with. Today is the last day you have time to send the invitations, so you have to decide now. What theme do you settle on?a) A pirate themed party! Yarr! You've recently been reading up on the life and adventures of several famous historical troll pirates, and are in the swashbuckling mood. Pirates are dashing and cool, and provide plenty of arrrrrtfull decoration and costume ideas.
b) Underwater! And seadwellers! You can fancy up the house with bits of shiny foil and serve fancy seafood dishes, talk about posh. Plus maybe a bit of harmless fun making light mockery of your social betters. But what's the point of a party if you can't relax, sit back, and tell a few inappropriate jokes?
c) You're feeling a little morbid this year, so why not remind your guests on your wiggling day party that the opposite of life is death. Which comes for us all. A death themed party, fun for everyone! There is no way this will turn out badly.
d) Since Alternia isn't currently at war with any other cultures and you can't make a party celebrating The Eternal Might Of Our Royal Army, you decide to go on the good old fallback for battle themed parties, and decide to host a Zombie one. After all, it's never a bad time to remind other trolls of the walking dead, and how they will roam the planet forever, devouring all who stand in their way. Next choice is on Nov 21
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Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 10:39 am
D) Walking Dead ThemeIt's the only choice, really. Seadwellers should be celebrating pirates and other seadwellers, that's something the higher bloods can have all to themselves, thank you very much. More than that, just concentrating on death alone is boring and not really any means for a party. It's also nothing special. Death is a constant part of life, trolls and lusi die every single day. Yawn. On the other hand, the dead coming back to take revenge and cause a giant fight party? That'll really get their adrenaline pumps screaming. Just to spice things up, though, it doesn't hurt to hang a couple creature corpses around. Ambiance is key with this sort of thing. Give the party goers a real good fright, then get ready to smack around some grim, corpsey pinatas -- whatever those are. To further drive it home, why not splash a little grub sauce onto the invitations? A subtle hint for the TERROR-- err, excitement, that will surely come. Pts: 0
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Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 2:51 pm
A) Pirate Theme
Sooooooo cool! Pirates were the coolest thing EVER! He even got his lusus to bake a cake for his wigglingday....and it looked like a treasure chest!! It was no news that he couldn't afford proper weapons....but his lusus helped him to make cardboard cut-outs and wrap them in tinfoil to look like proper weapons that the wigglers could play with. With more hands from his lusus they fixed a fake wheel in the room so the kids could pretend they really were at sea, and a plank they could force each other off into shark infested waters....his wigglingday party would be THE COOLESET THING EVER!
The invitations were made out to be treasure maps that the kids would follow to his house (As well as the start of their scavenger hunt) and the party favours included gold-coloured chocolates, eye patches, the fake swords he'd made, and even squawk-beasts he'd caught earlier that day. He certainly thought he took it a step up from his traditional parties....but he wanted something special and he got it!
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Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 4:27 pm
a) Pirate!
A boys party would HAVE to be pirate themed! That are so cool! Low and High bloods alike can be pirates, which makes it even better. It's not an exclusive class or anything, it's just whoever is good enough to enjoy the rough n tuff of the seas!
There were other options the boy could have chose from, but he decided against them. It was his wriggling day, why would he want to celebrate a day of death? He's a whole sweep older, more BETTER, not more DEADER.
Zombies are cool and all, but a pirate can take them out no problem. Zombies aren't very smart afterall. But you can battle them, and a group fight would be fun....
No. Pirates. It was definite. He didn't ponder the other options for very long as they were presented. If another option had been told to him first, he may have changed his mind. His brain was locked in on the good ol' sea dogs, and besides, who wants a party honouring dumb high bloods? They take the fun out of everything!
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Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 4:30 pm
C) Death Party
He had not intended to celebrate his wriggling day, but his lusus seemed to think it was a spectacular idea, so he'd given in and thought up a theme. At first he had considered the usual stuff like pirates or celebrating the army, but no, not just any theme would do. His wriggling day party was going to be one to remember, so he'd spent several nights gathering the supplies to make fake skeletons and even got some recently deceased creatures from around his hive to decorate. He was going to have a Death themed party, no one ever had death themed parties. Possibly because not many people liked being reminded of mortality, but he was pretty sure he could make it interesting enough that no one would focus on that small tidbit of life facts. Pfff, mortality, not important! Scavenging around his hive and yard for treats hidden in dead things? Totally important.
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Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 4:41 pm
A) Pirate Theme!
"OH! Ho ho ho! A bottle of rum! My wiggling day is almost here! OH! Ho ho ho! A bottle of rum! Time for some fun and cheer!" He bleated at the top of his lungs as he placed his pirate hat on top of his head. His poor lupus had been hearing this the past two days and every time she heard this, she placed her dainty little paws over her ears. It was said that he didn't have the best of voices but he didn't care because this was the best choice! Nothing was better then a little swash-bugling at his party.
It was always going to be pirates; he couldn’t have done an underwater theme because that was too mean. What if some of his friends came and they were purple bloods? That would be awful, not only would they of hated him for being rude but it was not a joke that he would not like to play. He was more of a fun loving guy them a snarky little fellow. And the idea of death at a party, kind of sound little horrible, who wanted to think about death when they were partying it up, not him. And lastly the zombie idea, overrated! Everyone and their lupus did zombie parties and it was time to put the undead to rest, so there was no other choice other the pirates and that’s what his party was going to be!
Pts: 0
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Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 5:59 pm
A) Pirate Theme
A themed party? For all of his friends? That sounds like a wonderful idea! But what theme? As much as he is fascinated with the underwater landscapes the royal trolls like to talk about, it might offend some of his other friends! That would not work at all. A DEADLY party? Celebrating death? Well, that doesn't sound like an occasion for a wriggling day. And zombies? What was his lusus thinking? These are all terrible ideas for a party! Sure, some trolls might find a zombie apocalypse fun, but this has to be fun for everyone!
But, wait! Pirates! Who doesn't like pirates? Or at least tolerate their antics. There's something for everyone! He was not such a big fan of the legendary swashbucklers himself, but he knew several trolls who completely idolized them and would love to come to his party. The others would appreciate the time he put into the planning and decorations even if they didn't like the pirates themselves. Yeah!
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Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 8:57 pm
A) Pirate Theme
Raspel Bulbry harrumphed at his lusus's suggestions. In his not-so-humble opinion, they all sucked! A Seadweller-themed party? Only Seadwellers could throw sea-themed parties in his mind, and did he have fins on his face? NO! A Death-themed party or a Zombie-themed party? What kind of rubbish was this? Who wanted to think about death when there was a party to be had? Why couldn't he celebrate the Eternal Might of Our Royal Army? The army at least did cool things, like conquering lesser cultures who probably wouldn't make it without Alternia's grand leadership anyway!
...Well, pirates were a compromise. They did lots of plundering and conquering and finding cool things. They weren't Raspel's favorites due to being awfully close to those damned seadwellers, but if his lusus insisted, he would pick it. Maybe he could stage a treasure hunt or something. Pirates hunted for treasure, right? At the very least, a pirate party promised interesting activities. Raspel put his chin in his hands and began to plan...
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Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 7:05 am
A) Pirate theme
When it comes to hold parties, you are the best there is. If anyone asks, anyways. The moment the suggestion came out of his lusus' mandibles, he was all over the idea like flying black twowings all over a forgotten piece of candy. Nothing could keep his sticky fingers away from the idea!
Plus, he knew just what kind of party to hold! Most of his lusus' ideas were all lame and boring. Zombies were SO overdone and there was enough death to go around the place to keep anyone occupied for sweeps. And a sea-dweller party was just stupid when one lived right smack in the middle of Chittentown. Though the irony of holding such a thing in a place surrounded by desert amused him for a moment.
And it led him to the best idea yet. Pirates! Oh, that would be so entertaining, he could hardly stand it. Who didn't like dressing up in their best swashbuckling gear to go raiding the neighbour's hives? It would be fun for all!
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Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 7:35 am
C) DEATH THEMED PARTY because originality means you're a smart motherhuggler
Letali Martic grinned malignantly as he finished painting the last bloody handprint onto his wall with blood he found in his hive's basement. He had completely convinced himself that his genius was unrivaled, but it wasn't as if he didn't know for certain that he'd only become smarter after his wiggling day. The only purpose in his life was proving to everyone else that they had no purpose in theirs, so it was only natural that he’d need to outdo himself in addition to outdoing the few friends he had that tolerated him. Smirking, he licked his paintbrush because why the ******** not, and began spitting and stomping profusely when he realized that he really shouldn’t have tasted it, kicking over the paint can in the process.
Red splotches began seeping through his carpet, and he made a groaning sound similar to his Lusus’s. He had intentionally decided to not lay down tarp because he’d thought it made his hive look tacky during preparation period, since he was absolutely sure that he was incapable of making mistakes. While most young trolls would agonize in audible anguish, Letali is surprisingly more soft-spoken than his peers, so his “RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH” of disappointment came out sounding more like a “rahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh” of discontent.
Whatever. The paint can had it coming; that was not what he intended to do, and that was something that both he and his Lusus chose to ignore. Besides, his hive was the very incarnate of morbid pulchritude with the originality only a Martic could possess, spilled paint can and everything. He'd put an obsessive amount of consideration into planning his party, and researched (as always) how different cultures he never actually cared about handled corpses. Personally, if he found a dead body lying around in Alternia (which he probably wouldn’t), he’d probably decorate it and try to repurpose it for something else. Despite that he was only a few sweeps old, Letali was already trying as hard as he could to be precocious and mature in how he approached everything and anything, since coming off as wise beyond his years made him look cooler to the other kid trolls and therefore a pillar of guidance.
In the end, he’d decided that he'd go “avan gerd” or was it “avant garde”...?
Shaking his head, Letali decided that that was not important.
He'd burned his bed and everything else that was taking up too much room inf his hive, and had neatly aligned rows of chairs in front of an authentic coffin. A wax version of himself slept within it, and he'd taped an authentic-looking mustache underneath his nose to look Completely Different. Guest trolls would be given replicas of his limbs to take home with them, so that literally, a part of him would forever be in their care. It was difficult being a lonely troll, albeit, a troll with platonic friendships, and a small part of him worried that none of the trolls he invited would come. The same denial would visit him every time he had to invite anyone over, since he was conscious that his personality made him hard to get along with.
Yet, everything was still pretty awesome, spilled paint can or not. He sort of did a small spazzing dance, reveling in how he had definitely outdone himself again, even if nobody decided that it’d be nice to show up. It was still horribly important to him that someone would come, anyone, even if it was that incredibly stupid yellowblood girl that sometimes would talk to him when she wasn’t talking to herself. He was anxious about what his friends’ reactions would be when they were confronted with the passing of Letali Martic. He’d even printed out funerary pamphlets with his face juxtaposed beside an enthused Robert Downey Jr’s, whom did not also have a wax look-alike inside a coffin but was Equally Awesome.
He thought he was being clever with it, dying being the opposite of growth, well, technically, onwards growth, but he was all the more excited about how his posthumous theme would make his fellow trolls' wiggling parties look stupid in comparison. Letali Martic had done it again, but it wasn't like he'd openly say so, being the terse troll that he is, no, he was the conniving type of b*****d that would rather enjoy watching his opponents realize themselves that they’d been dun goof’d .
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Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 7:56 am
d) Since Alternia isn't currently at war with any other cultures and you can't make a party celebrating The Eternal Might Of Our Royal Army, you decide to go on the good old fallback for battle themed parties, and decide to host a Zombie one. After all, it's never a bad time to remind other trolls of the walking dead, and how they will roam the planet forever, devouring all who stand in their way.
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Your name is Nervit Lafute, and your lusus knows /everything/. It's coming up to the exact day you were hatched, also known as your wiggling day. A couple of the people who you help out have expressed interest (polite or otherwise) in what you're going to do. You've assured them that it will be a suitable event should they wish to attend, without mentioning any details. This is probably because currently you /have/ no details! You have no idea what to do. The last sweeps you were either too young or too friendless to have a wiggling day party, and this has left you with a sad lack of knowledge. Your lusus has had the best idea though - appropriate for any caste who turns up (because that weird blue-purple lady wanted to come for some reason) you'll host an 'Alternian Might' party! Only, thinking about it you can't because the fleet is all dead.
So when you run across a jade-coloured hanging in the city you almost jump for joy. It can be a /zombie/ party instead! You don't jump for joy, by the way, that would be totally unsuitable. You already pulped scrap paper to make handmade invitations and then painted the edges grey with an ash-derived paint, so the only thing you have left to do is write them. You head home with a small smile secure on your face. (though you do duck into your jumper collar a little, just in case.)
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Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 9:27 am
d) Braaaaaaains Zombie Party emotion_zombie
"No, just...wait no! Get back here!"
A young troll was running after his lusus, arms flailing in great distress as the creature ran off. No doubt the poor lusus was having second thoughts about its idea for its ward's party. The lusus was covered in blood-appropriate paint and poorly crafted prosthetics; as the overly enthusiastic youth barreled after it wielding some very painful pellet gun.
"How can I have a good zombie party without something to shoot at?! It was your idea!" The troll yelled after his cowering lusus, no doubt the creature would return later once it's trauma had settled. With a dissatisfied huff the boy tossed the gun onto the pile of zombie paraphernalia, exchanging it for some paints to get started on the pesky invitations. Who needs some stupid pen when there are finger paints to be had! Spending no more than 3 minutes a piece on the invitations the deed was soon done. The boy hastily folded up the garish papers and returned to decorating his hive in the most gruesome ways possible. Weird organ looking things here, some fake limbs over there, and who could forget the jellied-brains littering almost every table surface in the structure. The troll grinned, quite pleased with himself, he was positive that his wiggling day celebration would be the most extreme party of the sweep.
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Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 7:14 pm
B) Underwater Party!
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Ganyma’s lusus decided that his charge should go out and get some friends.
That morning, the young troll stood face to legs with his lusus in the middle of his respiteblock, looking up at him with confusion. It was his wiggling day soon, and while Ganyma was pleased that Strochio had remembered the date, he was a little concerned as to his’s adamancy about the details of his party. The struggle of communication between lusus and charge was proving difficult, and Strochio was beginning to become impatient.
The hulking ostrich finally scrawled what appeared to be words in the dusty ground with his talons, and glared at his charge.
PIRATE UNDERWATER DEATH ZOMBIE
Ganyma looked incredulously at the words. “So…. A pirate… Falls overboard into the sea… And dies… And then becomes a zombie? What does this have to do with my wriggling day?” He asked, clearly confused.
Strochio screeched. After a few high pitched hisses and avian growls, Ganyma seemed to finally understand.
“Oh! I get it! I get to pick!” The young troll perked up immediately and clapped his hands together. “Wow! I can’t believe you gave me a choice this year! Thanks, ‘Strichfather!”
He thought back to his one-man “survival-in-the-woods” party went last year. That certainly wasn’t very fun.
Truthfully, Ganyma’s thoughts on parties were tarnished due to the swanky get-togethers that he heard about through the purple-fruit vine. Those sea-dwelling trolls had really swell parties. Way better than wandering through the woods!
Ganyma sighed and looked at his options, stroking his chin thoughtfully. Wait a second… Underwater! This wasn’t gonna be some run-of-the-mill midblood party! The high bloods really know how to throw a party! He had no idea what kind of things went on at underwater parties, but that didn’t matter at this point. His mind and heart were completely set. This was the perfect plan.
The young troll bounced up and down and pointed excitedly at his choice. “Let’s do that one! Let’s find people to invite! Let’s get decorations! ...Let’s go!”
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Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 8:43 pm
c) Death themed party.
The list composed by his lusus was one bubbling with creativity. How could one be so astonishingly creative? Surely no other lusus could EVER come up with anything remotely as.....just....it was beautiful, okay!? Tears began to form over visible dark circles, only confirming that a healthy amount of sleep was most certainly not acquired. Which one would assume was the reason behind the sudden burst of emotion. Except this was the norm in this particular hive. Nothing but exquisite tears, and passionate love between a lusus and their troll.
A shaky hand wiped away at the tears before he settled down enough to come to a decision. Each theme represented him impressively well. A classy zombie pirate with a fetish for death. Though which one would provide enough mirth to last the entirety of one full sweep until he would once again be able to arrange another wiggling day party? The answer was obvious enough. DEATH! The other trolls will be gagging in laughter. Maybe someone could even die? He was becoming emotional again.
No more tears he promised himself! Invitations needed to be crafted from the finest materials and sent out post-haste! Would there be enough time to make a coffin?
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Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 6:01 am
You've sent out your invitation a few days ago, and been preparing every night since then for the big event. Food, games, the whole lot. Well now it's time, and your guests should be arriving at any moment. Apart from the decorations and standard party games, what extra steps have you taken to prepare your hive for the party?a) You've absolutely loaded the hive down with snacks. Bowls in every room, in the halls, in the back of your lawnring, there's absolutely no way your guests will be running out of snacks any time soon. And a well-fed party is a successful party!
b) There are blocks designated for the party, and blocks that are private. You've decided to reinforce this message with booby traps and threatening warnings. While they aren't exactly lethal, they should at least put a stop to any inquisitive troll who wants to rifle through your underthings.
c) One thing that you are not looking forward to is the mess that some trolls think is perfectly acceptable to leave in your ablution block. You run a clean hive, dammit! To reinforce this message, you've loaded the entire hive with napkins and coasters, and put staggering amounts of toilet paper and handsoap in the ablution block.
d) The most important thing for a party is that fun atmosphere! Atmosphere ... that's like, air and stuff right? So if you just fill your hive with a million balloons, that's like, increasing the atmosphere to levels beyond that of any other party, right? Yeah that logic holds up perfectly. Just like a delicate, fragile balloon. Or 10000 balloons. Everywhere in your house. Next choice is on Nov 24 For your party themes .... a) It seems your invitations were a little too authentic, as a few trolls you don't recognize show up to your party. After they've left, it appears they were in fact REAL pirates, and took with them most of your beetles and valuables. You're not sure if you should be proud of your arts and crafts skills, or just downright embarrassed. Lose 1 point.b) Turns out an actual seadweller decided to come to your party. After you and all the other guests quickly pulled off your false fins, your important guest actually enjoyed the party a lot! Said the decorations reminding them of home. They give you a smile and a wink as they leave, so good things might be coming your way soon? Gain 2 points.c) With your vaguely worded and more than slightly morbid invitations, a few guests mistake them as death threats rather than party invitations. They show up at you house with as many presents as they can carry, in an attempt to placate you. While you're quick to reassure them that this is a celebration and not a mass slaughter, you hint that if they don't hand over all their presents, it can easily go the other way. Gain 1 point.d) It turns out plenty of the trolls who came to your party don't need reminding. More than a few have lost friends or lusi to the undead menace, and your party is a very sober affair. Occasionally a troll will sneak off to cry quietly in the corner. This might be the worst event you have ever been privileged to take part in. Woopsie! Lose 2 points.+2 bonus points!
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