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Pokémon Lab Interest Check

I have a female scientist with questionable morality who very much enjoys experimenting on living things.
I also have a male scientist/doctor who thinks experimenting on living things is unethical, but can be part of the staff to treat wounds and try to change the organisation from the inside.

Paranormal Activities [SporkoBug and Calle]

At dawn Ethan waited for his friends at the agreed upon location. The shift was over and they had some successes. Agents Morrison and Barrow had already left, and Morrison had promised to write the report for their shift.
When they approached they looked relieved to see he had survived the night and he gave Benjamin and Mike the details of what had happened. He had texted them some of it already when he let them know he was done for the night, but he filled in some more details now.
"I'm off to bed," he concluded. "Try not to get into trouble during the day, without me around."
"Of course," Mike said.
"And don't go on any crusades to find Steph without me."
"We won't," Benjamin promised. "Daytime is not a good moment for that anyway."

Confident his friends wouldn't do anything dangerous, Ethan took his leave to get some much-needed sleep at the new base.

Benjamin and Mike remained where they were for a moment and Benjamin checked his watch. It was a bit early still. The movie and a good night sleep had kept him from worrying too much, but his mind wandered back to Steph.

RP time! - RPC#1

Yes, you're basically writing a single post as if it were a RP. You can use the NPC's as you see fit as long as you incorporate the points I listed. They are all commoners you can generally find in low-tech village and you approach/create a villager I didn't mention as long as it fits the setting.

Completing the objective is not necessary, it serves more as a motivation or direction for your character. You are in a new area and now you can show how your character would try to figure out where they are. Concluding you have no idea where you are is a valid outcome of your investigation.

RP time! - RPC#1

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RP Contest #1

Let's try something new! This time it's a more roleplaying type of writing competition, because you will use one of your characters and use that to react to the situation I will provide. First time doing a contest like this, so let's see how it goes.

Setting:
How odd, you don’t remember going to a forest. Yet here you are, on a muddy path surrounded by bushes and trees. It must have rained recently, judging by the puddles.
Standing still isn’t going to solve this, so you continue in the direction you are facing.
A short walk later and you reach a little village, with cobblestone roads, and houses with white-plastered walls and straw rooftops. Among those you can see, you notice an elderly man who is tending to the roses in his garden, two middle-aged women who are standing next to a well on what looks to be the center of the village, and a young man pushes a handcart filled with bags towards what looks to be a bakery. All are dressed in simple clothes in various colours from what looks to be natural materials: wool and linen.
While you can see houses and shops, there doesn’t seem to be an inn. Nor do you see any children or domesticated animals.

Objective:
Try to find out where you are.

Extra information:
Here are elements to incorporate in your writing, if there is a choice you can only choose one option:

• The villagers are not surprised by your appearance, even if you look nothing like them or carry items that don’t exist in the village. They speak your language.
• The villagers look at you with either distrust or pity. Either way, they don’t know how you got here either.
• The village has a mayor who lives in a mansion just outside the village; he is either hated or feared. The gate that leads to the mansion is locked.
• Don't forget to weave in details about your character.

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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.
• Your submission must be written by you and specifically for this contest.
• Don't exceed PEGI 16 with your writing - no 18+ themes and fade to black if applicable.
• Don’t forget to subscribe to this thread. You will receive updates on the contest and on the number of entries, and reminders about the deadline here. I will not PM them.

Contest rules:

• You will receive a setting to which a character of your choosing can react. Write out what your character will see/do/think/experience based on the information I provided.
• You can use any RP character for this, as long as they can talk and live on land.
• Minimum is two paragraphs with at least 3 sentences each, maximum is 1000 words.
• Please PM @Calle the entry and give it as title RPC#1 - (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.
• The deadline is April 24th, 9:00 CET, which is 7:00 server time (both times are in a.m.)

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Number of entries so far: 3

THE WAR FOR MYTHERIA - Isekai Adventure

I'm reading up and will post sometime today. You all made lovely long posts after the last update, so reading up and finding a good way to react to everything (or at least the most important things) may take a bit XD
Good stuff though, looking forward to reading it all.

THE WAR FOR MYTHERIA - Isekai Adventure

Fenna watched the map as Adam explained the route he had planned. It was a sensible one. The first part of the route didn't seem like it would give them a lot of trouble, and staying close to the river was always a good idea. The second part would be difficult, regardless of the path they chose.
"It's a good plan," she agreed when he asked her opinion on it. "On paper that looks like the best route through the Mazy Hillocks, but we can reassess when we get there. Easier terrain could also be home to things we'd rather avoid." Having seen what she needed to see, she looked up. "I'd be happy to scout ahead when needed."

She then turned to Mackensie who had asked her a question. "Of course. When we make our next camp I'd be happy to teach you what I know."
As Mackensie turned to her duties, Fenna also packed her bag and went to the river to fill the waterskin.

It didn't take long before everyone was ready to leave and so was Fenna. She walked at the front this time and the falcon didn't stray far from them. Every time it noticed the distance getting too large, it circled back to them, using the air currents to glide circles. With Adam responsible for keeping the group on track, Fenna had her attention mostly on the ground. This path looked like it was used often by locals, which made sense. It was an easy road and close to a river.

She spotted a tree that was easy to climb and grabbed the first branch to do so. It would give her a good overview of the area - the last thing she wanted was to be surprised by more skeletons. Am I going to climb in a tree every day? she wondered and chuckled to herself. She didn't need to climb to the top, halfway up she already had a good view. No skeletons or other big monsters in sight. A flash of grey sprinted away in tall grass, it was gone before she had properly seen it, but it reminded her of a big dog. The glittering in that area made her think there was a body of water. Drinking place for local wildlife?

What did the local wildlife look like?

She climbed down to walk with the group again. A single animal wouldn't be an issue, they would never attack a group. Some dangerous animals lived in packs though and there was no reason to assume it would be different here.

"I don't think skeletons will be our only concern," she stated. "I saw an animal run away that was large enough to be a concern if there are more of them."

THE WAR FOR MYTHERIA - Isekai Adventure

Fenna opened her eyes when someone greeted her with a good morning. It took her a moment to realise where she was. And that the previous day obviously hadn't been a dream. She hadn't woken up next to her husband, nor could she hear her children who hopelessly failed at trying to be silent in the morning. A tear rolled down her cheek and she rubbed it away. They were far away somewhere, and she would find a way back to them. She sat up, hiding a yawn behind her hand. A gawk from the tree greeted her and she looked up with a smile. The falcon was still there.

She got up. "Morning, everyone," she said as she stretched her arms.

Now what? Breakfast? Although she wasn't much of an early eater - she never ate breakfast right after getting up - she did have some morning rituals. It started to sink in that not only did she have to miss her morning cuddles, but her morning tea as well. That sucked. Even when they had gone camping they had always brought teabags with them. She bent down to pick up her spear and examined it for a moment - she had never seen one of these before, but she had read about spears with a fork attached to the end, but weren't they supposed to be larger? Maybe she'd have an opportunity to test this one, but now was not the time for that. There were more important things to do.

Fenna walked over to where Adam was. "Hey," she said to him. "Can you show me what route you are planning to take today?"

THE WAR FOR MYTHERIA - Isekai Adventure

I haven't posted yet, but you don't have to wait for me to move on to the morning. If I can I'll post before that happens, otherwise, I'll recap when everyone wakes up.

Microfiction and Poetry Contest Hall of Fame

MF&P #10 - Ten!

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Lights.
Eight Stars.
Cresting the sky.
Reaching out ad infinitum.
White horses of the horizon.
The sleek battleship grey churning past.
Septuplets guiding the navigator through the abyss.
Cargo cowering in fear of the eldritch benthos.
An esoteric mind rises through the inky depths; searching.
Sextuplets winking out above the screeching tearing of steel bulkhead.

by @PerfectThought

Microfiction & Poetry contest #10 - voting and feedback

With 6 out of 8 votes, Guiding Lights is the winner of this round.

Thank you to all participants and to all the voters. I enjoyed reading everything and I look forward to seeing what everyone will come up with in future contests.