AlteredTundra

Meadow University

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Palm Beach Royals: Senior Year

Sonny's Outfit

The last week of Sonny’s life was a lot of things but uneventful wasn’t one of them.

As the week went on, Sonny was over at Julie’s a lot. And when he says a lot, it’s not an overexaggeration nor would him saying the panic levels were raised to an all-time high when she came over that first Monday afternoon. Julie, as Sonny found her to be, was meticulous in figuring out exactly what Sonny had to deal with. What outfits were doable and which ones wouldn’t ever see the light of day. She combed through his shirts like she was trying to find hidden treasures and sifted through some of his favorite shirts, those of which were heavily criticized by the detailed queen.

And this was only Monday.

Though the entire ordeal he went through was a pain in the ass for him to have to go through all of this and as much as Sonny thought the plan wasn’t worth the hassle, there was a lot of good that came out of it. Spending all of that time with Julie, going to hair appointments, her getting a feel for his style, and just enjoying each other’s company, there had been a lot of minutes where they had to fill up the time with something. At some point, they both found themselves having a rare and genuine conversation about their sisters.

Sonny was about to leave his house, unsurprisingly sweating through his shirt, though thankfully it wasn’t showing through creme suit jacket (Julie would throw a queen-sized fit if he called it beige one more time), he made sure it wasn’t wrinkling in any way. Julie worked so hard having it tailored to fit his size and he would feel bad if he appeared looking like all of that time was for nothing. So he took a few extra moments and spared nothing as he aligned it with his posture and figure, making sure it was as straight a narrow line. When perfected, Sonny was about to head out but that was until he was stopped by his mother.

“Sonny, wait up for a moment.” Viola blocked his direct path to the front door. “I wanted you to have this before you left.”

As Viola handed Sonny a small black square box with a decorative white ribbon tied on it, he opened up and revealed what looked like a set of some fancy-appearing car keys. “What’s this?”

Viola Banks, one who usually wasn’t so silent, shrugged as she couldn’t stop smiling at him. “Well, you’re going to be heading off on a date -- even if it is just a celebration of friendship -- with someone who, let’s face it, has higher quality tastes than you ever have.”

“Gee, thanks mom--”

“You didn’t let me finish,” she said, cutting him off and continuing, “I didn’t want you to feel embarrassed or like you disappointed her by picking that sweet, surprisingly pleasant young girl in that truck of yours.”

She gestured Sonny to follow her as she walked away from the main hallway of the Drake-Banks house and into the two-car garage. When the light came on, though one spot was taken by his mother’s Audi, there was another car where Jackson’s mustang usually was parked but it wasn’t. Instead, a silver and black 2017 Audi TT.

Chuckling, he turned around to his mother. “Did you buy dad a new car? Doesn’t seem like his style.”

“No, this isn’t your father's.” Viola couldn't have said that any quicker than she did, almost as though she was offended at his assumption. “It’s yours, Sonny.”

Sonny’s usual demeanor was tossed out the window in favor of visible confusion. “What do you mean it’s mine?”

“I mean that this is your new car. I mean this is your early birthday present and I wanted to give you something special.” Viola laughed at just how thrown he was, which was rare but not unexpected. “Listen, son, I know I have been--” She paused, looking for the right word to use, “--difficult with you as of late but that’s only because I didn’t want you to have to go into your final semester of high school without a plan, but you have clearly shown you have a plan. And how honest you’ve been with me and your father -- not to mention yourself -- is something we couldn’t be prouder of you even if we tried. So this is a gift from us to you, well, more from me but don’t tell your father I said that.”

A typical chuckle he expected from Viola brought him out of his aghast state. “Still, I can’t accept this.”

“You can and you will!”

If there was something to be said about his mother, there was no winning with her, so Sonny wasn’t going to waste any energy trying to talk her into taking the rather expensive-but-equally-beautiful car she bought for him. “I don’t know what to say..”

She patted Sonny’s cheeks two times and smiled. “Just show that Julie a lovely time and have fun!”

That was the last thing Viola said to him before she walked away, leaving Sonny in the still-too-surreal-to-believe-it. For all of the trouble he put her through, for every little thing he criticized her for, and for all of the times he made her worry, Viola Banks, Sonny’s often confusing mother, just continued to surprise him. She proved that she was there for him when it mattered and he would need to be a better son, one that she could be proud of.

“And I will be that for her.”

As he said that, Sonny was inside his new Audi, a car that mirrored his mother’s but one not as flashy. A car that, when its engine started to rev up, he could easily tell how much smoother it was than his Dodge Ram. It eased out of the garage and driveway with relative ease and soon Sonny was MacMillan Manor Bound.

Cancelled - until next time family. Thank you for understanding.

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“What a fucking delightful turn of events.”

Ava stood next to Reyna in the perfect spectator seat. From where the back of Rey’s car was parked, she had an ideal vantage point to not only see who would pull into the parking lot and gravitating to the Sun-sized RV that AJ himself decided wasn’t enough, she would also be able to assume certain thoughts those would have just based off of who arrived and who liked or didn’t like them. And to say it was a mixed bag would be one hell of an understatement.

On one side of the spectrum, Ava herself was fond of a lot of people and had mutual friends in some others. Sami was an okay guy and Chris, too despite the two not being ultra-close to Ava herself. And yes, despite a particular closeness, Ava could hang with them and not completely hate it. Sami had a great view of the world and Chris was entertaining enough. So neither of them were a bad choice if push came to shove, but Ava knew who she would choose over them in a heartbeat.

Smirking, Ava settled into her natural state of appearing like she was drunk but was really trying to size someone up as soon as Ivy stepped out of Chloe’s car. Which one was she trying to get the attention of? Hard to say. Both were looking pretty fantastic as they were. Between the beige dress on Chloe that complimented her natural tones and the denim everything that highlighted Ivy’s everything, Ava was honest to god enjoying the view.

“A girl can get used to that view.” Ava spoke as she leaned against Rey's car, nudging her friend teasingly.

That was, of course, until two specific annoying bitches decided to make themselves known. One of them Ava could deal with. Valeria wasn’t unbearable. If anything, the person whose patience she was going to test nigh immediately was AJ, but as for the other one…?

“What a nightmare.” Ava rolled her eyes at the sight of bright pink hair. “Where’s Nate? I’m sure he can’t be--” Before she could finish her sentence, she did find Nate eventually. Why she didn’t scan the same place where Val had been was beyond her, but now she saw Leon’s abs and rolled her eyes. “And why is his fucking shirt off already? Jesus Christ! That meathead could have at least waited until we hit the road..”

Ava couldn’t say for certain but she just knew if she didn’t have some food now, she was going to blow up at everyone who was annoying her right now. So she grabbed a pancake and started stuffing her face.

Shuffle your music player and post the first 10 songs

_{Not A Damn Thing Changed — Lukas Graham — Not A Damn Thing Changed (Single)
Renegade — Hammerfall — Renegade
Ghost — Coheed and Cambria — The Color Before the Sun
Bayou — Mountains of the Moon — Bayou
Happy Home — Lukas Graham — Lukas Graham (Blue Album)
Kill Em' With Kindness — Selena Gomez — Revival (Deluxe Edition)
Out of the Black — Royal Blood — Royal Blood (Self-Titled Album)
Roundtable Rival — Lindsey Stirling — Shatter Me
Bad Vibrations — A Day to Remember — Bad Vibrations
Mister Asylum — Highly Suspect — Mister Asylum}

Meadow University

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_{Location — Meadow View Auditorium
Time — 8:00 AM}

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As the minutes timed closer to eight in the morning, the set time when a special assembly was announced (as well as being known for weeks now), the staff had met prior to the third years rolling in. They met behind closed doors and in the office of Emilia Beaumonte. When they all had gathered -- or at least those of the head of the major departments -- a wide variety of topics were brought up but none were prioritized higher than what came to the attention of the Head of Campus Security, Frank Robinson.

Frank was someone who took his job seriously. Unlike most who enjoyed the scenery a bit too much for their own good, Frank was a by the books kind of guy. As a former Meadow Police Officer who had been one of the toughest, yet surprisingly just, officers of MVPD’s recent history, he applied that to his job at Head of Campus Security. He took great offense when rules were broken and took it personally. At the same time, when rules were broken and he didn’t know about it, that’s an act of war to him.

For five years straight, he tried to stop this so-called “Great Bash” from happening and every year he managed to at least know about it and stop it from going all night but this year was different. The kids were getting craftier and Frank didn’t find out about the party until one of his officers brought a recorded fight of two students and a Youtube video, which now has over 50K views on Instagram, that was a bunch of cellphone recorded videos of the party.

So naturally, he brought this to the Headmistress’ attention. If you thought he took it personally, the Headmistress, though when the talks happened it wasn’t clear on how this affected her, when it was all said and done, she assured the muscular man that she would handle this in her own way.

Fast Forward a day and she stood solo against a podium centered at the central platform of the Meadow Auditorium that normally held assemblies (not to be confused with the theater and arts center where plays and the like were held).

As the third years started to arrive, their whispers became louder and louder. The ever professional and stone-faced Headmistress simply waited for all of them to be seated. Some appeared to be more energetic than others, making it apparent that about half the students who now sat and filled up almost every seat in the first seven rows, were clearly morning people while others looked like they barely slept the night before. Knowing what she does about some of them, she probably knew why a large percentage of the young adults she saw were running on low.

But she wasn’t going to lead with that. Emilia was a lot of things but she wasn’t about to make them feel worse. She had to lift up their spirits and to do that, she would begin with what she had planned on saying long before the news about their unsanctioned party came to light.

Emilia lifted her hand up, signaling them all to quiet it down and she began.

“It is wonderful to see you all here! I do apologize if this is just a tad earlier than any of us would prefer, but thank you for arriving on time. I wanted to take a moment to congratulate you Juniors. You have done what most in this world aren’t able to do for one reason or another,” she paused, her smile gracing them all as she surveyed the students left to right. “You have reached your third year of college! Be proud of this accomplishment. You are here and that much closer to getting your respective degrees!”

As she let that sit with them, she saw some faces that barely react and others that brushed what she said off as the usual rhetoric. And that was fine. She understood these young people couldn’t possibly appreciate the little things of what they have accomplished.

“Take a moment and congratulate yourself!” She clapped for them, hoping some would follow suit (some did).

After the moment passed, Emilia allowed them to sit in silence for nearly a minute. When that minute was up, her resting stone face soon turned frigid and her gaze matched it plenty. “And while I am most pleased with how far you all have come, there are a few among you who chose to celebrate your accomplishments in a way that disrespects those of you who abide by our rules, that disrespects the faculty, and that disrespects the prestige of not only this university but the entire Ivy League.”

As she spoke, she sighed that, if one really was paying attention, you could just feel the disappointment emanating from her. “I can’t express how dissatisfied I am with how you chose to behave. Of course, it brings me great joy that you could find reasons to enjoy your accomplishments, but what you did and…how you chose to make a mockery of everything Meadow University stands for pains me beyond anything anyone here can begin to comprehend.” She took a moment before continuing, inhaling and exhaling slowly. “And this is why it pains me, but because the few decided to break so many rules and because they thought they were so much better than you, as of right now, everyone who sits in this room is placed on Academic Probation until further notice.”

And that, as they say, was that. Emilia left the podium, left the platform, and left the students to sit with that. Whether they accept this new normal or try to appeal, this was going to be their life until they proved they could follow the rules of the university.

Guild News: April 2020

What a fresh take on this month's edition! Really looking forward to next month's issue! _{hopefully there'll be a next month}

Meadow University

_{An @Altered Tundra, @HaleyTheRandom, & @Ejected Collaboration
featuring Ramona Martin, Nathaniel Blake, & Jasper Delamar}
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Jasper was definitely starting to feel a little out of it now. One one hand, alcohol made her act out and go along with bad decisions more willingly than she was sober. (A miraculous feat, truly). On the other hand, it made her calmer, and forced her to sit on her ass. Jasper was caught somewhere in the middle, currently unable to feel her face. It took her a moment to understand and process what Mona had said. Watching as she bounced away, Jasper didn’t realize what exactly Mona had said until her friend was halfway towards the lake.

Her spark reignited, Jasper winked at Nate before beginning to walk away. Grabbing the bottom of her shirt, Jasper pulled it off and tossed it on the ground, showing off the black bra underneath. Once she reached the edge of the lake, Jasper promptly removed her shoes. Too drunk to deal with her shorts, the girl gently eased into the water, before turning to smile at Mona.

”The water feels amazing,” she sighed.

"Hell yeah," Mona said with a grin as she waved her arms around in the lake; the water had now stopped right above her waistline, and she no longer cared whether or not her hair got wet. "I hope you're prepared to get wasted tonight, Nate!" Mona yelled loudly as she gestured towards the boy who'd been just a tad too slow to beat Jasper into the lake. "There's three more tequila shots with your name on them!"

“Oh I am so game!”

Nate didn’t like to brag about it, but he was a little slow on the uptake. When the obvious was written in neon letters, he still had trouble seeing what was so clearly right in front of his eyes. So one could imagine just how long it took him to figure out just how much of a handful (no puns intended) these two were. But he wasn’t a quitter -- at least, not anymore! Even before he himself realized it, Nate’s shirt was gone, his wallet and phone tossed onto where the shirt had landed and Nate rushed into the shivering cold lake, immediately feeling just how freezing it was despite it being rather warm outside.

He stood rather close to the two ladies, hiding as much of his shivering body as he could, which even then it started to simmer down. “Yeah it is amazing!” when it’s not being unfriendly to my balls That last comment was for his own benefit.

Laughing as the alcohol continued to take over her body, Jasper splashed the two of them before diving into the water. Mona couldn't help but let out a high-pitched shriek as droplets of the cool water came splashing onto her face.

Shit that’s cold!

Nate stood there for a moment or two, coming to terms with just how refreshing that splash was despite how shockingly cold he found it. After that, he soon shot back with a splash of his own as he brought both of his slender arms up and raised up a mini-wave of lake water, hurling it directly into Jasper’s cocky face.

"Oh, so it's like that, huh?" Ramona said with a mischievous grin as she used the hair-tie on her wrist to put her locs into a quick bun. "In that case... I've got something for you both!" And without another word, Mona lifted her own hands and sent a wave of water towards both Nate and Jasper when she'd finally resurfaced. It was after then that she also decided to pull Nate by the shoulders in a successful attempt to dunk him underwater; afterwards, she retreated with her arms up to block whatever was coming next.

”Oh you guys are so on,” Jasper said, wiping her wet hair from her face. Sending another splash towards Mona, Jasper grinned at Nate once he resurfaced. ”Careful Mo. Don’t drown the poor guy.”

Nate’s long arms dangled above the water, fingers extended and his wrists moving around in the air, desperately reaching for something to latch onto while Mona had held him down with a surprisingly large amount of physical force. Around the same time Mona’s hands left his shoulders, Nate’s hands latched onto…something. He couldn’t tell exactly what they were but he grabbed them as if his last breath depended on it, not realizing that his legs were able to push him up and he immediately took advantage of this sudden realization.

Coming up from under the water, Nate’s breath was like it was the first breath of air he had taken ever. It only took him moments after the fact to see clearly - well, as clear as one could with the limited light of the moon - that what he grabbed onto wasn’t what he thought it was and, though somewhat delayed, he retracted his hands from Jasper’s chest and blushed. “I’m so sorry! I could have sworn that was your hands. I mean, they were soft like arm fat..I’m not saying you have it but like..” Okay, this was the part Nate never succeeded at. Apologizing when flustered was always a no win zone for Nathaniel Blake.

Jasper couldn’t help but laugh once again. In all reality, the young woman was more than accustomed to people grabbing her boobs at random times. Rather the people grabbing them meant to or as a joke, she didn’t know most of the time. What she did know, was that she didn’t really mind whenever it happened. Shaking her head as she smiled, Jasper watched as the young man's face switched through fifty different shades of red. Quickly deciding that she would like to see just how red Nate could turn, Jasper stood on her tiptoes and wrapped her arms around his neck before planting a drunken kiss on him. Releasing Nate and returning back to her normal height, Jasper shoved him back into the water before he had time to respond, causing Nate’s mouth to open as if he was going to say something and the noise of him screeching before bubbles of what was clearly him screaming from below muting his voice..

”Too much?” she asked, looking at Mona.

With wide eyes, Mona watched as her friend planted a smooch right on Nate's lips. And once the boy had been shoved back under water, she burst into yet another fit of laughs and shrugged her shoulders. "Hey, why not? But girl, all I know is if he wasn't already in love with you before, he definitely is now."

Jasper pursed her lips in a thoughtful response. Shrugging her shoulders as she waited on the boy to resurface, she stood there, her arms crossed. ”I mean… he is a little cute?” Mona pondered this statement for a few moments before simply nodding in agreement.

As though he was caught in a time loop, yet again Nate arose from the depths of the shallow part of Lake Meadow and gasped for what - again - felt like his famous last breath and again, he was wheezing due to the lack of airflow. “I’m okay!” He grinned, breathing heavily. “...I think.” He inhaled a few times to make sure everything was fine. Aside from a few deep coughs that should have resulted in internal bleeding, he was fine. After he took just a moment, he blinked at the two. “So, yeah that kiss! Wowzers!” Nate chuckled. “Best kiss I’ve had since high school!”

Jasper rolled her eyes, returning back to her usual bitchy self. ”Oh shut up. Freaking nerd.”

Nate’s gaze stayed on Jasper and moved to Mona for a quick second as if searching for an answer in her eyes but he found nothing. So, as those blue gems returned to her round face, he spoke. “Sorry, did I say something wrong?” He asked, blinking in confusion.

"Uh, of course not," Mona said as she approached the pair and gently patted Nate on the back. "Sorry for almost drowning you, bud. But, hey! What do you two say to getting out of this cold ass lake and getting some more to drink? Especially you." Her last couple of words were directed towards Nate, who could probably tell from the look on her face that there was no way he'd get out of his 3 tequila shots. Boy, was she determined.

Jasper shrugged her shoulders. ”I’m down.” She began to make her way out of the water before she turned back to Nate. ”And nah man. You didn’t do anything. I’m just like… reaaaalllyyyy fucking drunk.” Stepping up onto the bank, the dark haired girl did her best to try and find her missing shirt. ”Does… anyone know where my shirt went?”

He was last out of the bank and Nate surveyed the surrounding area. Under the moon, he was afforded limited light, so he couldn’t necessarily find her shirt. “Wait…” He looked to the shirtless Jasper. “Didn’t you take it out in the lake?” He asked her, unsure about the whereabouts of her shirt, shaking his head quickly. “Well, nevermind that! Until then, you can just wear my shirt!” He squatted down and picked up his blue polo shirt covered in dirt. “I know it’s not your style but it’s gotta be better than nothing, right?” He chuckled with a grin.

”Nah, I don’t think I did…. Maybe? I dunno.” Still looking around, Jasper gave Nate a small smile when he offered her his shirt. Shrugging her shoulders as she took it from him, the girl attempted to shake off most of the dirt before slipping it on. The shirt was just a little bit too big for her, but that was fine. Spotting Mona, Jasper smirked at her friend before asking her a question. ”You really think he’ll survive another three shots?”

“Of course I can!” Nate proclaimed as he hiccupped. At least I think I can… The thought came as he felt a little woozy. He couldn’t tell if it was due to the booze or the repeated dunks he took in the lake.

After shooting a hesitant glance at both Jasper and Nate, Mona simply shrugged her shoulders and continued on to fix her skirt. “Well, I guess there’s only one way to find out.”

And it was at that moment, Nate truly was in for a long ass night.

Shuffle your music player and post the first 10 songs

_{It's Morphin Time — Brian Tyler — Power Rangers (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Closer (Chainsmoker and Halsey Cover) — Boyce Avenue (feat. Sarah Hyland) — Cover Sessions, Vol. IV
This Woman's Work (Maxwell Cover) — Greg Laswell — Covers
Such Small Hands — La Dispute — Somewhere At the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair
California Dreaming — Hollywood Undead — Five
Shallow — Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper — A Star is Born Soundtrack
thank u, next — Ariana Grande — thank u, next
Vengeance — Zack Hemsey — The Way
The Horror of Our Love — Ludo — You're Awful, I Love You
It's Not My Time — 3 Doors Down — 3 Doors Down}

Topic of the Day/Week/Whatever

They get a bad rap because they are bad.

@Inkarnate

So knowing things about what might make a character more interesting is bad? Got it.

Topic of the Day/Week/Whatever

Okay guys. This one's gonna be RP related.

"Should likes/dislikes, hobbies, fears, etc. be included/required in a character sheet? What are some of the things that are absolutely mandatory for a character sheet? What are some things that we're better off leaving out?"

@HaleyTheRandom

I'll say it: I like all of the likes/dislikes and whatnot. Can it be a hassle sometimes? Oh, absolutely! If I'm not giving with the character, then I'll obviously suffer trying to figure out what sort of quirks or habits they have, but if I truly know the character like I do the back of my hand, I'll for sure get behind listing all of the things they like and what they don't like.

Now, of course, it obviously depends on the type of roleplay. As stated, it's more common in SoL than not. I just think they get a bad rap for all the wrong reasons.