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  • Cathy replied to the topic Character Castle 2.0 in the forum Fantasy Writers 3 years, 9 months ago

    *walks in with a cup of coffee, ready to happily begin catching upppp*

    I WAS ONLY GONE FOR A COUPLE DAYSSSSSSSSS????????????

     

    *skims everything*

    Whoaaa

     

    I know life is busy… hope your finals went well!!!!

    Lol I hope so too! In a couple days the grades should be posted, lol we’re all-my classmates and I-waiting in anticipation, but it should go well my professor is very very generous grading work, he’s very critical when it comes to critiques and I love that he’s really interested in seeing us succeed ANYWAY-!

    I really want to give Ku’s reactions, but wanted to wait for your response to Ku’s question about love. =) I’m really interested in his reaction… Feel free to write as much or as little as you want! I am thinking after Ehud give his answer, there may be room for one more reaction from Ku before Abirami finds us and drags her away, inviting Ehud to tag along. Then Ku will find Ehud again, angry at Abirami for pulling her away, but then they speak some more before getting interrupted by the fight… Ku’Aya has fire beetles in her hive, so when the fire fight starts, she will surround Ehud (and her) with the fire beetles to protect them from the battle….. =) At least, that’s what I’m thinking…. looking forward to a response. But again, write what you want… I’ll follow suit after you. =).

    Ok that works! Having that sequence’ll help me focus on the interactions there without worrying about breaking out of your characters lol I got as far as her asking but then kind froze up trying to describe his “crush” as I have never experienced a crush before so…*of course I write assassins and I’ve never killed anybody before either so…*

    ..question… would Ehud be the type of person to panic, or would his first instinct be to protect someone else? Or to run? …. the typical flight, fight, or freeze….?

    Ummmmmm weeell…*flashback to all the life-threating situations Ehud’s been in* Soooo…he usually freaks out and does something stupid to protect somebody else but it usually ends up backfiring like the time he set a furry glob monster on fire…while riding it…(@rose-colored-fancy you remember that right?😂)

    OHH or the time he stuffed a whole pack of gum up the barrel of that gun without that character noticing but he blurted it out while trying to befriend said character???

    OR WHEN-!!!

    I better start writing…XDDDDD

     

    (Fire beetles are super cool. They breed in burnt trees, so they actually chase forest fires! and they can withstand temperatures up to 1300 centigrade! (which is actually about 100 degrees hotter than molten lava!!!!!!!!!)   (I was surprised in my research just how cool some insects are… fire beetles can withstand practically any heat, and there are species of midges that can survive arctic temperatures! Then you have bullet ants, bugs with poison, etc. Being able to control insects is actually a really powerful skill! hehe. Actually, research has been super awesome all the way around. Researching animal abilities for Abirami has been incredible too…. did you know you the axolotl salamander has the greatest regenerative abilities in the world- so much so that you could even cut off part of it’s forebrain, and it would regenerate?!!! lol. better stop before I’m ahead, or I’ll start rambling for another 30 minutes worth of writing…. lol.  – – sheepish grin.)

    *after I looked up a couple pictures of them*

    OHHHHHH THOSE ARE IN OUR YARD SOMETIMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY LOOK SO CUTEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!

    Ok that is wicked cool!!!!

    Did you know in Pokimon all the animals are actually bugs!!??!?! The author was autistic and his favorite niche interest was bugs and so all the pokiball characters are different bugs that’s why some of them change gender when they evolve coz lots of bugs do that!!! (I actually haven’t seen Pokimon tho…I’m just a funfact sponge)

    But animals. Animals are cool!!!

    DID YOU KNOW THAT QUEEN BEES HAVE A MALE HAREM!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? MALE BEES NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY UNLESS THERE’S A FOOD SHORTAGE AND THEN THEY’RE PUSHED OUT OF THE HIVE TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES AND DIEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    *cough cough*

    Animal facts = freakin’ awesome!!!

    eh…. what happened to my post???

    BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA EVIL INTERNET PACMAN ATE HALF IT’S CODING AND LEFT THE REST VISIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!

     

     

    “Do…do-“ Ku started, and Ehud froze up and turned beat red again. He’dsaidtoomuchhe’dsaidtoomuchhesaidsomethingstupidandnowhe’sgonnadie!!!! He tucked at his collar and ducked between his shoulders.

    He just wanted to have a friend…

    “Do…no. Are…Have you ever had real love, Ehud?” She stammered finally.

    He tugged his collar hard enough it’s a wonder he didn’t strangle himself. He actually didn’t know…according to his own definition, that is. Maybe not, he really really really tried to make everybody happy so they wouldn’t abandon him. But people really did need other people to love and be loved and that’s what people needed and you needed somebody else for that. But it wasn’t real love if you wanted them because they saved you and not simply you wanted them to be happy because they were their own person who deserved happiness, then it wasn’t real love…not really…

    Ehud always got lost in his own philosophical circles of thought.

    “I…I donno…” He looked at wide, wistful eyes latching onto his words and suddenly realized that might not’ve been what she meant. “Oh…uhh…ye-maybe…kinda…”

    He buried his hoodie over his head his cheeks burning. Immediately all he could think about was Rosario, the way she smelled, she way she moved. He felt dizzy with all the sensations suddenly pouring through him, every detail of her mannerisms, how warm he felt whenever she touched him. When she ruffled his hair, straightened his jacket. The sound of her voice…

    He couldn’t smother it he desperately wanted to talk about her, his feeling for her, he wanted SOMEBODY to give him advice. But he didn’t want her to ever know either, he’d literally dieeee!!!

    “Promise you won’t tell nobody never!” He squeaked, peeking out from under his hood just a little. There was a bit of a pause.

    “Promise!” She said, just a little too eagerly. But that didn’t matter because at that exact same time her big brother burst into the scene and grabbed her hand. Ehud yelped, having no clue how much anybody else had heard he was sure everybody was laughing at him now. Because! There was no logic to the assumption.

    Ku fought her brother a little and complained the whole time and Ehud chased after awkwardly, beat red again.

    “Why’d you drag me in here? I’m not interested in eating or sitting. I want to get out of here, or have you forgotten our mission? We need you to find that Tannik’esh.”

    “Wait there’s food?” Ehud asked, speeding up. And there WASSS. Loads and loads of food on tables and chairs it looked like a dining hall in some huge rich dude’s place. He stole a plate of cheese, some bread, fruit and blatantly ignored the salad…

    “I’m going back to talk to my friend.” Cool Troll Princess puffed. “Her friend” was currently precariously balancing between the top of a chair and the table, absolutely not actually sitting in the chair at all costs, as if he were Peter Pan capable of flying and therefore just perched on top of the chair like a bird. He froze midbite when she approached, his face completely stuffed and his muddy cloths already smeared with crumbs. He would’ve grinned sheepishly but his mouth was too full for that.

    So instead, he blushed furiously…

     

    *gonna briefly time-skip Ku’s reaction*

     

    Then things exploded into chaos, or a fiery balls of fire, depending on your perspective. Either way, Ehud tilted back just an inch and toppled off his perch, splaying plates full of food everywhere and completely ruining that entire section of the table and then the chair landed on him!

    “The chair bit me!” He yelped

    “I will make you my pet, beast!” Roared a voice!! Absolute and total chaos!!! Ehud leaped to his feet but by then he was all but encased in bugs.

    “Noooo I’ve gotta save himmmmm!!!!” He squealed pushing his whole weight into the wall of fire beetles. “Excuse me! Sorry!!” He apologized to the bugs but they didn’t really wanna let him get out. He ended up flopping back the floor.

    “Come on, stay down you’ll be safe in here!” Yelled Ku.

    “I gotta rescue them!!!” He wailed, then looked back at her. “Are you sure this is safe? Like nothing’ll get through?” He HAD to protect her, but he had to protect everybody!?!?!?!

    “Yes I’m sure!”

    “Ok then we gotta come up with a plan to save everybody! I saw this in a movie once, if we’re safe it’s our job to rescue them!” Ehud announced, very businesslike and intensely focused. “Ok! We have to cause some sorta distraction and then knock out the bad gu—” Suddenly he was hurled backwards with a cry, and thrust into a chair.

    “Whoawhoawhoa!!” He tumbled back in the seat, raking a hand through his…styled hair?? “Gwahhh! It’s stickyyy!!!” He scratched and rumpled his scalp until it was absolutely wild and all in his face again. It was still stupidly greasy, of course his hair was always greasy but not from icky, sticky yucky gel!!! Cool Troll Princess was right beside him, staring dumbfounded at…

    “Bwahahahahahahahaha you look so funny!!!” He blurted with a hiccupy laugh pointing at Abirami. Then he glanced down at his own cloths in sheer horror. He was wearing a nice suit it was so stifling TIGHT it even had a pink tie. “What happened to my jacket!? My favorite jacket, this one doesn’t even have pockets!?!?!

    He instantly started tugging the tie loose and untucking his solid white shirt and pulling at the uncomfortably tight seams of the jacket.

    “In honor of Ku’Aya’s birthday, the castle proudly presents… the dance of flocking secrets.”

    Ehud turned to Ku with a gasp. “It’s your birthday!? Happy birthday!!!”

    He hugged her, lost his balance on the seat of his chair and ducked back sheepishly. He dug through his pockets the suit pockets were despairingly empty so there was no hope of giving her something for her birthday.

    Apparently some sort event was about to start that they’d have to watch and the chair was uncomfortable so he turned the chair around and slouched on it propping his head on the back of the chair.

     

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