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RPGC #27: To the sky! (Prompt and Discussion)

To the sky!

From da Vinci to the Wright Brothers, from Icarus to the Dragon Riders; flight doesn’t come natural to humans, but we always longed for it. It is our dream to conquer the sky with paper airplanes or spaceships, with a gift from the gods or by taming the winged beasts. It doesn’t matter how, but we will fly.

Spread your wings, my fellow writers, because for this writing competition I invite you to write a story about flying.

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Core rules:

• At all times follow the Fundamental Rules of the Guild and the Moderation Policy for Forum Contests.
• After reading the above this should be obvious: No plagiarism and respect copyright laws.
• The story you submit must be written by you and specifically for this contest.
• This is a place for original fiction, no fanfiction allowed.
• No explicit sex, but you may fade to black.
• No excessive violence or gore.
• Please subscribe to this thread.

Contest rules:

• For this contest there are no restrictions to the theme.
  Just like the freedom that comes with flying, be free in what you want to write about, as long as it is about flying in one way or the other.
• There will be a minimum word count of 500 and a maximum of 5000
• Please PM @Calle the entries and give it as title RPGC#27 - (Your Title).
• Your entry can be anonymous or carry your name. Let me know what you want in the PM. If you don't specify, your entry will be posted anonymously, but you may always claim your story during or at the end of the voting round.
  Even for anonymous entries, the name of the writer will be added to the entry in the Hall of Fame.
• The deadline is June 30th, 9:00 GMT+1, which is 7:00 game time (both times are in a.m.)

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Number of entries so far: 2

Contests overview

Contests overview

This is a summary of all current and past series of contests and who hosts/hosted them.
If you have any questions or additions, please PM me.

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Current writing contests

RPGC (Roleplayer Guild Contest) is the series of official writing contests of the guild that started five years ago on this website and is still going. These are run by the Contest Mods.

the founders of RPGC

Founding Staff:

These are the people who came together to lay out all the nitty-gritty details of RPGC. They made the first contest, too -- neat, right? They are:

Lady Squee
slade
Drakel
AkiBlue
Jorick
mdk
Gwazi Magnum

Previous Contest Staff

None of this would probably be happening if not for the efforts of the WOTM staff, of old-guild and new. They are:

Brovo
Jorick
Kaga

@mdk

MFP (Microfiction & Poetry contest) is a series of writing competition where the goal is to write a short story of up to 500 words or a poem. These are run by a contest mod.

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Previous writing contests

MASC (Monthly Adaptive Storytelling Contest) ran by Jorick

SALIGIA: The 7 Sins, ran by The Grey Dust

TTL (The Twelve Labours) ran by Terminal

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Current character creation contests

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Previous character creation contests

Character Contest, ran by BrokenPromise

Character Creation Contests, ran by NuttsnBolts

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Current art contests

TDAC (Traditional and Digital Art Contest) is a series of art contests organised in the Gallery. They run alongside the RPGC's and are hosted by a contest mod.

RPGC #26: All That Gitters Belongs To Me - Discussion

The voting for RPGC#26 will continue for another week, but since the new contest will begin tomorrow, the link to the voting thread will disappear from the sidebar.

A Trainers Ambition [SporkoBug and Calle]

I suppose that once you discharge the wool it'll be good to use. Cutting will be the real obstacle XD
Wooloo will probably be the main source of wool now, I recall its wool being used was specifically mentioned in the Pokédex.

Cotton comes from plants, so that doesn't have to come from a Pokémon, but it definitely could come from the right plant Pokémon. And silk is most likely from Pokémon.

Bulbapedia doesn't mention much about any industry when it comes to Pokémon, but I know Miltank farms are a thing in the anime and Moomoo milk is a known drink that comes from Pokémon.

I do sometimes wonder where the meat they eat comes from... They try not to talk much about Pokémon as food source for other Pokémon, although some Pokédex entries and anime episodes do hint to that. They don't talk at all about Pokémon as a food source for humans, except for that one anime episode where Ash, Brock and James fantasize about eating Magikarp.

A Trainers Ambition [SporkoBug and Calle]

"Love at first sight can happen," Andy said, "but I think that is mostly attraction. It takes a moment to see the person as they really are to really love them." He frowned briefly. "It's sad when that love is one-sided though," he added with a hint of bitterness in his tone.

Bear growled softly and Kim's ears drooped.

"Whatever," Bear said. "That was a long time ago and I am going to be awesome in the gym battle."

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Mabel accepted the words with a nod. Both had said what needed to be said, so there was no need to continue. She would keep a close eye on the situation, but as far as she could tell Gavin was decent. She met the look of Li and returned it for a moment, before getting up and stretching her wings.
"I'm going to fly," she said. "Please tell Mindy I'll return soon, and if she needs me she has to call me."
She didn't wait for an answer, with a few wingbeats she lifted into the sky.

"Enjoy!"" Benny said, flying around close to the ground. He wasn't one for sitting still long, but he never went far away from Michael.

Merlin opened an eye when Fez sat down next to him, then looked at the energetic Butterfree and leaving Dragonite, and then closed it again.

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Mindy went to the shop and entered it. "We need the right colour of yellow," she said as she started looking around. "Colours like blue and purple don't really stand out in my dark hair." She touched the red ribbon on the right side of her head. "It's why I usually have a bright red one."

The shop was full of wool and thread for sewing and knitting, needles in all shapes and sizes. And lacework and ribbons in different colours and patterns.

A Trainers Ambition [SporkoBug and Calle]

I don't remember either. Could be Li. Li is also part dragon-type.

The Rorie League, a Pokémon Trainer RP (always open for more players)

The Misdreavus looked at the Mareep and then looked back when leaves were pushed to the side and a twig snapped under someone's foot.
A man showed himself, by the looks of it he was somewhere in his thirties and his blond hair seemed messy. He looked at the two trainers for a moment, but soon had his attention on the Misdreavus. "Where did it go?" he asked.
The Misdreavus looked at the bushes the Mareep had pointed out.
"It left," the man concluded. He turned to the two young males. "What brought you here?" he asked.

Paranormal Activities [SporkoBug and Calle]

When Harriet and Steph were gone, Mike turned to Benjamin. "Actually, there is something I want to talk about..." he told his friend about Harriet and how evil she had looked. Benjamin listened to it and seemed to doubt.
"Look, I know what you're thinking," Mike said. "You think that since I don't trust Steph I don't trust any of them. But Steph is a demon and you can't say that isn't true. Harriet is from another planet. Succubi have a history of being dangerous to humans. Harriet's kind doesn't have that history. I'm not a bigot to anything that isn't human. But Harriet scared me, how she looked, it was unlike anything she ever showed."

"I believe you," Benjamin said. "I hope I can prove to you Steph isn't who you think she is, but let's focus on Harriet. Do you think she will go after those two?"

"She looked serious when she talked about scaring them into submission. The way she grinned..." Mike sighed. "You probably don't want to protect those guys that did this, but..." Mike rakes his hair with his fingers, unsure of what to say next.

"But if Harriet will go through with it and other agents will see her or those two will tell what happened," Benjamin continued, "she will lose the trust of the agents and her entire team is at risk. The only reason Gaia and Steph are condoned as they are, is that an alien ally is leading that team. Because humans are more likely to accept an alien humanoid than a demon." He paused, thinking about it. "You saw the agents? You know who they are?"

"I never spoke to them, I don't know their names, but I have seen them before."

"Let's not mention them to the boss yet, we'll report the vandalizing and then go look for them."

Mike nodded and together they went on their way to the office of mr. Johnson.

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"Not any different than an agent who caught a new disease or a demonic parasite," mr. Johnson said. "You are still an agent of our organisation and should be treated as such. Please go to Stuart Greyhill; he is the expert on demons and may know more about timberfae's."