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Post by minitiate on Feb 3, 2021 22:25:22 GMT -5
Mad Science Fair
It's 2:39 PM, Monday afternoon. It's 16 minutes exactly until you get out of school, and 4 days, 20 hours, and 21 minutes until you WIN THE FIFTH GRADE SCIENCE FAIR! Probably. You hope. There's a little scholarship money put up by some big company or other for first prize. But mostly, you want to make your MOM proud. MOM is basically the coolest person who exists. She's kind of an INDEPENDENT BIOMECHANICAL ENTREPRENEUR, according to you, and a MAD SCIENTIST according to boring people. Someone who opens portals to the fifth dimension for work and tinkers with the robot that cooks you breakfast on the weekends isn't gonna be impressed by some colorful carnations or a baking soda volcano! You have a legacy to live up to here! AND she promised to take you out for ice cream if you won! Well actually she promised to take you out for ice cream no matter what, but it would taste better if you won. MOM is on a business trip this week - something about going to the coast and spreading psychic waves that stop people from perceiving blue - so you'll have the whole house to yourself. This would be a GREAT TIME to start your project, as long as you can decide WHAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY DOING. You have a few ideas but you haven't decided on anything yet. Last year's exploding tomatoes got you a talking-to about PLAUSIBLE DENIABILITY and NOT EVEN HAVING ANY PROPER HOSTAGES, so you're trying to prune your ideas to those that don't threaten your classmates with too much harm. You better figure it out soon, in case you want to do something that GROWS again - the time-acceleration chambers aren't MAGIC, after all. Or... you could spend the afternoon scoping out what your RIVALS are doing. Everyone looks as checked out as you are right now, but there was some STIFF COMPETITION at last year's science fair! Oh good, there's the bell! Mrs. Brigg is collecting the worksheets and waving your classmates goodbye - oh RIGHT, there was a worksheet! You finished it as soon as you got it, of course, but now you realize you've forgotten to write your name. WHAT do you hastily scrawl on top of your worksheet?
WHICH LESSON was that boring drone you were tuning out, anyway??
And WHAT are your plans for the afternoon???
{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{A/N}
Long time adventure enjoyer, first time adventure creator... I write rarely and show anyone more rarely, so this is an exercise both in creating a narrative and not being shy about sharing it! Here's hoping I make it through all 10 updates! Thanks for reading! |
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Post by tronntronn on Feb 4, 2021 1:39:04 GMT -5
>Petra Weirdwell
>Ethics
>You're going to hang out with Aldie
This is well made, it's hard to believe that this is your first adventure!
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Post by Eversor on Feb 4, 2021 11:06:52 GMT -5
>Mina BoBina
>AP Calculus (Cause its so easy)
>Meet up with friends at the fast food burger join
(Oh man! This is rad!)
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Post by adventurezealot on Feb 4, 2021 20:08:31 GMT -5
Gwen Stacy.
Goblin Aerodynamics.
Off to the local diner to meet with your boyfriend Peter.
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Post by minitiate on Feb 6, 2021 13:53:38 GMT -5
>Petra Weirdwell >Ethics >You're going to hang out with Aldie >Mina BoBina >AP Calculus (Cause its so easy) >Meet up with friends at the fast food burger join Gwen Stacy. Goblin Aerodynamics. Off to the local diner to meet with your boyfriend Peter. Your name is MINA WEIRDWELL, and you're never in too much of a hurry to write your name with a little flourish. You're so glad that CLOSING YOUR MIND TO THE POSSIBILITIES you mean ETHICS class is finally over. What a bore!!! You also snoozed through AP CALCULUS in the morning, but that was at least as much because you were sleepy as because you were bored. But you would NEVER sleep through your best friend ALDIE explaining the particulars of GOBLIN AERODYNAMICS! Speaking of... "Hey nerd!"
"Hey dork!"
"Are you ready to see your boyfrieeeeee-" "Oh my god Aldie it's not a date!!! There are four of us, JEEZ!!!!!!"Today after school, you're meeting some of your FRIENDS at a local diner, and just because ONE OF THEM is a CUTE BOY who ALWAYS MAKES YOU LAUGH and has this ADORABLE SMILE when he's EXCITED ABOUT SOMETHING does NOT MEAN it's a DATE!!! Oh my god!!!!! He's just objectively cute you've discussed this!!!!!!!!! You explain all this to Aldie for the kajillionth time, but they just laugh you off.  After Aldie's gigglefit is over, they ask what you're doing for the science fair, you brush them off, and they slip right back into explaining the GOBLIN-POWERED PERPETUAL MOTION-ISH MACHINE they're planning on constructing for the fair. You're pretty sure you've never seen a goblin in person, but honestly, you trust them to have it figured out. Or at least to come up with a solid backup plan on the fly. They've never been fazed by any of the weird problems you've faced throughout your YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP, not even when their pet bunny came back from the dead with an extra eye and three extra legs. It's one of the many qualities that make them a GREAT FRIEND. Your other friends are already there when you get to the diner. You slip in beside them and order some DELICIOUS, UNHEALTHY BURGERS. "Hey, Gwen, we didn't happen to have calc homework, d-" "Here you go." Gwen is already sliding her notebook across to you, full of the calculus homework she, naturally, did while she and Peter were waiting for you and Aldie.
"How did you know? How'd you even have that done already?" you grumble, reaching into your own backpack. "Because I am me, and you are a lazy butt," she responds simply. "English?"
"You just don't get how tedious it is to try and predict which of the many ways you could solve the problem is the one the teacher wants! You're good at that stuff! And you say you don't even like math!!" you say, as you pull out the last week's worth of reading comprehension questions and hand them over. "I don't, it just makes a lot of sense," she says, getting to work. "You, I've never been able to tell if your brain works in mysterious ways, or if you're just a really good guesser."Oh, your COMPETITIVE SPIRIT will NOT take that. "Okay watch this," you say. You quickly scribble down a few of the questions, which Gwen has copied neatly at the beginning of every problem, onto a napkin, change a few of the numbers so it's not too easy, and shove it over to Peter. "Ok quiz me!"Some people don't think getting math quizzed by your crush is a good time but those people are COWARDS and also NOT NERDY ENOUGH TO BE YOUR FRIENDS. Conversation continues.
"...So the trifold says 'Hear the voices of aliens', but I bought these infrasound microphones, see? And when they open the flap on the transmitter, they'll be able to see the terrarium, and all the translations I put on the poster will just be what the vocalizations of these little beetles actually mean," Peter is explaining. "And because I'm friends with Dr. Weirdwell's kid they'll almost believe it!"
"An excellent plot. I approve," you say, even though it sounds pretty dull to you. He grins. "So, what are you gonna do? How much property damage are we talkin' this year?""Hah, like I'd ruin the surprise like that!" "Surely you've got a title picked out, or something?"You do not. "Weeeeeelll....." you say, if only to give yourself time to think.
You gotta say something cool! Activate his interest! Reel him in!!!
What do you say/do?
{Authors note}man, forum adventures are GREAT, you don't have to name any of the characters! you can just let people do that for you!
i got lost in the sauce creating these people this update, next update will have more hijinks probably
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Post by tronntronn on Feb 6, 2021 17:52:15 GMT -5
>Put hand under your armpit and make farting noises. Claim that it is a hint and he should be able to figure it out.
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Post by K25fF on Feb 6, 2021 19:36:45 GMT -5
"Ah, well, uh, you see. It's a SECRET! Yeah! It's a secret secret, and I want it to be a surprise. And maybe to limit the property damage."
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Post by Eversor on Feb 7, 2021 2:56:44 GMT -5
>Do that thing where you cross your fingers together and wiggle your middle fingers in different directions.
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Post by kaninchen on Feb 7, 2021 16:11:27 GMT -5
Draw that cool geometric S. You know the one.
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Post by minitiate on Feb 12, 2021 18:03:02 GMT -5
"Ah, well, uh, you see. It's a SECRET! Yeah! It's a secret secret, and I want it to be a surprise. And maybe to limit the property damage."
“Weeeellllllllllllllll, it’s possible that there are some details I may not want to mention for fear of spoiling the impact. And perhaps I don’t quite want to give some of the more, hrm, splash-damage-phobic people within earshot anything to get unduly worried about. BUT-”
“Hey, I resemble that remark,” Gwen says mildly.
“BUT,” you continue. “I’ll give y’a hint.”
Peter leans forward. “Mmm-hmm. Elaborate?”
Oh good, the benefit of the doubt! When people give you that, they never don’t regret it.
>Do that thing where you cross your fingers together and wiggle your middle fingers in different directions.
“Hmmm okay it’s something to do with illusions, physical prowess, maybe that’s a weird creature wiggling around? No, what can we rule out? There’s symmetry in it. Is that a thing?”
You make a show of considering his words for a minute, then grab a napkin and a pen.
Draw that cool geometric S. You know the one.
"Alright, there's definitely something here about patterns, about memes. Memetic virus that makes everyone dab or something when they walk past your poster, then you explain how it works. Ambitious optical illusion! Everyone thinks there's a project but there's not!"
You give him a carefully calculated skeptical expression, at that one.
"Could be more literal," Aldie adds. "I'm thinking ssssssnakessss."
"Snake plants! Snakes that are fit together in weird arrangements, like those S chains you can twist into letters and stuff! Unless they're metaphorical snakes? Sneaking, sinuous..." He grabs the napkin, drawing some kind of diagram.
Oh, this boy is nerdsniped. Completely fascinated. Absolutely lost in the sauce.
You smile.
Let’s reel him in.
>Put hand under your armpit and make farting noises. Claim that it is a hint and he should be able to figure it out.
Peter trails off, a considering expression on his face. The other just kinda look at you. So does someone halfway across the diner, before returning to their chicken wings.
"Okay, so either the snakes fart or you're bringing a general sense of irreverence to the project."
"Well I mean that's a given." You nod in stoic acceptance of this.
"Oooooooor, you're completely talking out of your butt right now."
You can’t help but snort-laugh at that one, but you quickly tamp down your reaction and put on your MOST innocent/offended expression. "But she's not even talking!" Aldie says, giggling themself.
"No but I mean like- you know!"
You refuse to back down from any of the statements you haven't made, but Peter is getting increasingly skeptical that you're not-talking about any coherent concept. Aldie declares themself a snake fart truther, and is pestering you for more details. You ask Gwen for her take, but she pleads the fifth. Conversation eventually turns to other stuff, but you catch Peter occasionally trailing off and making notes on his napkin, and you're sure he's muttering something about memes and synchronicity when you all leave. So, success? Maybe??
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Eventually you have to say goodbye - the sun's almost setting, and you're still a fair bit away from home. You and Aldie take a bus back out towards where you both live.
There are several blocks to walk between the bus stop and your houses. On one of those blocks, something makes your footsteps slow. Back there... beyond that tasteful shrubbery, across that wide, lush lawn, from deep within the bowels of the startlingly geometric mansion comes... swearwords? A burst of amber light? The faintest odour of rotten eggs? What's your RIVAL up to now? You grab Aldie's sleeve, and they put away some weird stick they were waving around and come peer through the bushes with you.
So on the one hand, you could try to go home and work on your project and beat them fair and square. But on the other[í]... your RIVAL'S DAD is also away for the moment; you heard them talking about how he had to go about protecting the psychic integrity of the people in some coastal city or whatever. It's an ideal time for at least a LITTLE snooping. Aldie says they may get a talking to from their mom if they stay out too late but they're in if you're in.
What do you decide?
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Post by Eversor on Feb 12, 2021 22:59:28 GMT -5
>In for a penny out for a pound.
>LETS SNOOP!
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Post by tronntronn on Feb 13, 2021 1:37:55 GMT -5
>holy heck your friends came up with the best ideas for the project, you should totally do a memetic illusion of flatulent snakes or something
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