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January 19, 2018 at 7:46 pm #60776
lol
A heartless queen of hearts. Haha!??????????????????????
January 24, 2018 at 5:14 pm #61265@catwing This…is…BRILLIANT! XD I love it!
Am I the one who says that only my friends and I are allowed to try a takeover?
January 24, 2018 at 9:07 pm #61289January 24, 2018 at 10:02 pm #61296Part Four
The Rock and The FrogCatwing blinked. The mist cleared a bit around them. /How did that rock get here?/ βUmmβ¦β
The rock sat there, very rock-like, doing nothing. Because thatβs what rocks do. Until they get a case.
βSanta Claws needs a lawyer.β Catwing sat down and put her nose right up to the rock. βDo you want the case?β
The rock quivered. It needed more details.
βSanta Claws ate all of the raspberries and ice cream in one of the storage room, he thought they were for him.β /An impossible case to defend./ Catwing smiled. /Rocks like impossible cases./
The rock started to shake so much she wondered if it would explode. βIβLL TAKE IT!β
Catwing jumped back. For a small rock it had a very big and startling voice. βAnd what payment do you want?β
βFOR SOMEONE TO MAKE ME TRIP PEOPLE! IT IS MY GOAL IN LIFE! BESIDES BEING A WINNING LAWYER!β The rock boomed. βAND I AM A WINNING LAWYER! THEN I CAN COMPLETE BOTH OF MY GOALS!β
Catwing blinked. βI think I can arrange that.β They stared at each other for several minutes. At least it seemed like it, but you couldnβt tell since rocks donβt have eyes. βHow did you get here anyway.β
βPROBABLY WONDERMENT! FROM THE WONDER PORTAL!β The rock was probably pausing to think, but if you looked at it it would look just like a rock. Probably because it was one. βOR ILLAYNE MERESPARK! FROM AETHAISIA!β
Catwing held her paws up to her ears. βI can take you back to Regnis so you can hold a court.β
βLOVELY! THEN I CAN WIN THE CASE AND TRIP PEOPLE! I WILL HAVE A PORPOISE!β /For something that doesnβt have a mouth or a throat or lungs, this rock is very very loud./
She nodded. βCan you talk softer, please?β
βNOPE! SORRY! BUT I COULD JUST BE QUIET! I KNOW WHEN NOT TO TALK TO PEOPLE! A LOT OF MY LIFE IS SILENT ANYWAY! BECAUSE I ROCK! IβLL BE QUIET NOW! DONβT WORRY CATWING I WILL STOP TALKING NOW!β
βThat would be nice.β Catwing picked up the rock between her paws. /Now I know why rocks are so quiet./ She grinned. Starting with her grin and going to her tail, she vanished back to Regnis.
She had appeared back where she had left. Except the hall was empty. And she was on the net instead on in it. βWhere did everyone go?β She peeked into the interrogation room. Empty. /Whereβs Claws?/
Spotting her best option, she sat under the interrogation chair. It was made of Tumtum tree which was a tree that helped people think. So she sat a while and thought. βNeed to figure out where they went.β
Several minutes passed in silence between Catwing and the rock. Mostly because the rock wanted to remain silent (it is also possible that it was asleep, but do rocks even sleep?) and Catwingβs mind was wandering to Varpol swords.
βRibbit.β /Hello/ Catwing looked up to see the Wiserβs Frog sitting on the table.
βWhereβs everyone?β Catwing sat up and tripped over the rock, who laughed (Trust me it was a laugh. Rock laughter sounds like falling rocks.).
βRrrrrribbit.β /Somewhere./
βCan you be less cryptic?β She brushed herself off, glaring at the rock.
βRibbit.β /Frog talk./ He leaned over the edge of the table.
βI know you can talk.β
βRrribbbbbbit.β /Sylabull./ The Frog rolled his eyes.
Catwing jumped up onto the table.
βRibbit.β /Two./
βYou can talk in only two syllables?β
The Frog nodded.
βWhy? Canβt you just use more ribbits or somethings?β Catwing glanced at the rock which sat rejected on the floor. As much as a rock can look rejected. Which I suppose it canβt, so it sat like a rock.
βRibbit. Ribbit.β /Curse. Wiser./ The frog panted.
Catwing recoiled. βThe Wiser cursed you? To be a frog? And it tires you to say more than one Ribbit.β
The Frog nodded.
βGood bye.β Catwing leapt off the table, and tripped on the rock. βOoof.β
βRibbit.β /Translation is unclear. Could be, mites, mic, Mike, or maybe./
Catwing picked up the rock. βI donβt care! Now good day!β
βRibbiiiit!β /Phone./
βNo.β She started out of the room.
βRibbit.β /Translation is again unclear. Could be, mites, mic, Mike, or maybe./
βMikeβs phone is that a clue?β Catwing stopped and looked back.
The Frog face-webfooted. [I still hold that face-flipper sounds better, even though you say they are not called flippers.]
βWell thereβs probably a very good reason why he turned you into a frog.β She squinted at him.
βRibbit.β /Sing./
βDo you want a microphone?β
The frog nodded.
Catwing sighed. /I need some advice./ She hopped into the chair. βHeya Chosen Kid!β She sprung out of it just a the flames started to melt it. Against the laws of physics. βSnapper I need your advice.β
The dragon looked up from the chair. She stalked into the room. Her eyes narrowed and she threw an Alpha Toothless GIF.
βAwwwβ¦ Toothless!β For a second Catwing watched the GIF, it was Toothless GIF after all, then she dodged it. βSnapper you named yourself the Chosen Kid AND I needed you here. Calling you kid is the best way to do that.β
Snapper huffed. βReally? I honestly donβt know how I got here.β She melted a chair that had appeared.
βThe Frog says that The Wiser cursed him to be a frog and that he wants a microphone to sing.β Catwing held out her paws weighing them.
The Frog sighed. Probably because he had only communicated a very small amount, and it had taken so much effort to get it across.
βThat would turn him back probably.β Snapper bit on her claw, then melted another chair.
βBut should we?β Catwing sat down in a thinking pose and stared at the melted Tumtum chair.
βThat /is/ the question.β Snapper eyed the Frog. βWhy should we turn you back?β She melted a chair.
βRibbit.β /I help./
βFine. But why did he turn you into a frog?β A fifth chair was melted.
βRibbittt.β /Annoy./ He rolled his eyes.
Snapper looked at Catwing. βWhere do you think we could find a microphone?β Another chair was melted.
βBehind your horns?β Catwing shrugged.
Snapper reached behind her horns and pulled out an extension cord. βI donβt think that is a mic.β Eight chairs lay in melted hemps on the ground.
The Frog leapt up and down. βRibbit.β /Mike./ actually it was probably /Mic./
Catwing checked to make sure the extension cord hadnβt turned into a mic. It hadnβt. βYou want it anyway?β
The Frog nodded.
Snapper handed it to him.
Struggling to hold it between his flippers, he pretended it was a mic. βRibbit.β /Frogroot./
βThe mic doesnβt cure him, he just wanted to have a mic.β Catwing groaned. βAnd we still donβt know where Claws and the others are. And now we have to find Frogroot? Where do you even find that?β
βI know.β Bethany stood in the doorway covered in ink and roses. In fact the roses she was wearing may have been creating the ink. βBut I donβt know how I got here. I tried the doors but they were all grumpy so I jumped out a window and, poof, here I am.β
βWelcome!β Whoosh of flames and another chair melted.
βDo you know where Claws and the others are?β Catwing tried to ignore the Frog βsingingβ into the extension cord. He was being very over dramatic. (Eg. One βCroooaak!β paired with him pretending to dance for the next few seconds of silence.)
βIt was chaos.β Bethany shrugged. βThey could be anywhere.β
βWhat about Frogroot?β Whoosh. Melt. Score 10.
βI saw some out in the garden, all we have to do is find a window.β She raised an eyebrow at the Frog. βHe cursed?β
βYep.β Catwing sighed. βAnd he knows where they are soβ¦β
βAlright Iβll take you to the Frogroot.β Bethany marched out of the room followed by Catwing and Snapper after another chair was melted. The Frog stopped his singing to hop after them with the extension cord in his mouth.
It wasnβt long before they saw a window. And sitting in the window was Jane Maree in her black ninja outfit, eating a pizza slice. The pizza box with her pizza ninja stars on it sat on the floor. She waved. βWant any?β
Bethany shook her head. βNot right now. Can you see the garden from your window?β
Jane turned her head to see. βYep!β
βMind if we jump out the window?β Bethany absentmindedly drew on her hand with the ink that was covering her.
Hopping off the window, Jane took another bite out of her pizza slice. βSure.β
One by one they jumped out the window and landed back inside. Jane looked from the window to them. βWere you carrying pizza?β
They shook their heads.
She snapped her fingers. βThat explains it.β She picked up her pizza box and started handing them each a pizza slice. βNow try.β
Once again they jumped out the window. Gravity pulled them down. This time they landed on the ground just outside of the garden.
βIt worked!β Bethany shouted up to Jane. βThank you!β
Jane stuck her head out of the window. βYouβre welcome! Enjoy the pizza!β She ducked back inside. βPizza ninja out!β
Bethany turned to the garden. βNow we just have to find the Frogroot, it’s the plant that smells like pond water with a small white star flower and long blades.β Together they spread out. Or rather apart they spread. All the while eating their pizza slices.
Snapper took up into the air to get an overhead view, Catwing stalked underneath, Bethany peeked around, and the Frog just seemed to lug the extension cord behind him.
βOver here!β Catwing heard a chair melt. Rushing over she began to smell the pond water and familiar scent of melted chair. By Snapperβs feet grew the Frogroot and a melted chair. Well the root grew, the melted chair sat there.
The Frog dropped the extension cord. βRibbit!β /At last./ He leapt onto the plant and started digging madly at it. His front legs were whacking comically everywhere around the plant while he squeezed his eyes tight. Unfortunately frog feet are not good at digging so all he was able to do was beat up the plant.
The Frog stopped to look at them. Snapper was chuckling as white smoke spiraled out her nostrils, Bethany was laughing, and Catwing was nowhere to be seen, though you could hear her laughing too. Snapper melted a chair.
βRibbit. Ribbit.β /If you. Were frog./ He panted and sat down.
βYeah, I know.β Snapper nonchalantly dug one claw under the plant and pulled it up. βHere.β She tossed it to him. He tried to catch it, but it landed on his head.
βRibbit!β /Hey!/ The frog shook the dirt off the root. He examined it suspiciously, but he opened his mouth as wide as it would go and bit down on the root anyway. Though he didnβt have any teeth to bite it off with. βRibbit.β /Great./
βHello, do you need any help chewing that? I love chewing things.β
Catwing looked down from the branch she had reappeared on. There was a brown and white puppy sitting on a giant mushroom. He was drinking something out of his backpack using a ridiculously curly straw, and while he drank he was chewing on the straw.
The Frog just returned a blank stare.
The Puppy jumped off the mushroom and walked up to the Frog, sniffing him all over. He wagged his tail hopefully. βHi nice to meet you! Why do you smell partly human? You were turned into a frog right? I like you already! Can we be best friends? Will you play fetch with me? What are your names? Do you have any treats?β
βNice to meet you. Iβm Snapper.β Snapper said, she melted a chair.
βIβm Bethany.β
βRibbit.β /Frog./
βAnd Iβm Catwing.β Catwing jumped off her perch to get a closer look.
The Puppy sniffed toward her, then snorted. βCat.β
βYes, I know but Iβll be nice donβt worry.β Catwing sat down and swished her tail.
The Puppy wagged his tail, but watched her cautiously.
βI always wanted to ask, why do dogs and cats not like each other.β Bethany looked between them.
βA lot of our body language is backwards to dogs.β Catwing grinned. βThey also canβt smell our emotions.β
βDo you want to play?β The Puppy went down on his front paws and wagged his tail.
βNo.β Catwing thrashed her tail.
βBut your tail is wagging?β
βCat tails swish, dog tails wag.β Catwing licked her paw. βAnd the reason behind them are very different. You want to play, Iβm thinking or irritated.β
βOaky.β Puppy grabbed the Frogroot and ran circles around the Frog. βYou can play with me then!β
βRibbit!β /Frogroot!/ The Frog leapt after the Puppy. βRibbit!β /Slobber!/
Whenever the Puppy got several feet ahead he would bow down and chew on the root. βRibbit.β /Help./
After melting a chair, Snapper shot into the air. Air zipped by her. The wind made music in her ears. She closed her wings into a dive. She snatched up the Puppy, then landed gently. She looked the Puppy in the eye. βWe need to find out where some of our friends are, and that Frog knows. But first we have to turn him back. Can we please have the Frogroot back?β Another melted chair.
The Puppy dropped the root. βOaky. Can I come too?β
βSure.β Snapper sat him down. Whoosh. Melted chair.
The Frog picked up the root. It was covered in teeth marks, slobber, and pieces of root that were falling off.
βAt least itβs partly chewed so you can eat it now.β Catwing said.
The Frog closed his eyes. Despite the slimy stuff he felt in his webbed feet [See? Still awkward, unlike flipper. Flipper just sounds better], he tried to imagine he was eating sweet tea cereal. He was able to get a big bite this time because it was partly chewed for him. The slime and root felt even grosser in his mouth than he had imagined. They rolled slowly and yucky around his tongue before he found a seed of courage lying on the ground to help it down. As soon as he put the seed in his mouth he swallowed. It was over. He opened his eyes.
βNothingβs happening.β Snapper melted a chair.
Then the Frog began to grow taller until he was his normal height again. He looked down at his front webbed feet [flippers] as the skin between his fingers ungrew and they turned into his hands again. Slowly he was turning from a frog into a human teen with a βIβM A KAPEEFER!β t-shirt with his face on it. βIβm back!β He picked up the extension cord and used it as a mic. And for some reason he sat down in a chair.
βWait, youβre the Wiserβs brother?β Snapper cocked her head. She melted the chair right underneath him.
Daniel jumped away from the melted goop. βWhoa!β Still using the βmicβ he said. βWhat was that for?β
βChair invasion reflexes, sorry.β Whoosh, melt.
βYou know where the others are?β Catwing asked. Despite all this she still couldnβt forget the looming danger of the cherry tarts.
βTheyβre past the Mcdonaldβs sweet tea stand.β Daniel started toward it. βLast one there is the Wiser!β He dashed off.
The Puppy cocked his head. βIs that supposed to be a bad thing?β
Also Starringβ¦
Daniel DeGraaf
BethanyInkyRoses
PoorPuppyIMMA KAPEEFER! Til we're old and gray!
January 24, 2018 at 10:05 pm #61297@aretea Your frog…
@the-real-Kapeefer You are very welcome.
@jane-maree @bethanyinkyroses @dekreel @jessi-Rae
@aislinn-mollisong (Can you tell who all the Aethesians are on KP?)IMMA KAPEEFER! Til we're old and gray!
January 24, 2018 at 10:24 pm #61299@catwingΒ Whoa. DUN DUN DUNNN. I didn’t expect the frog to be…..Β even with the extension cord! ARGH!
Our Aethasians are: @aislinn-mollisongΒ @lady-iliaraΒ @0-0enyali0-0Β @xonos-darkgrateΒ @forevermeΒ @silverclaw-bonnetfollyΒ @destiny
There might be one or two others. Not sure π
You can pronounce it however you want.
January 25, 2018 at 7:44 pm #61364@catwing oh my goodness. I was laughing so hard in that little cameo I got. XD
Writing Heroes β¦ Writing Hope // janemareeauthor.com.au
January 26, 2018 at 1:04 pm #61429@catwing Sweet! I like taking over kingdoms! That is…I mean to say…um… WhatΒ do I mean to say? XD
Awesome job on Part Four! Actually, awesome job on the whole story so far! π
January 26, 2018 at 7:30 pm #61451@catwing, it…was…amazing! Each part gets better and better…and the frog, classic sibling relationship.
WIP - Decisions
Kapeefer til we're old and greyFebruary 14, 2018 at 1:24 am #63492*giggles uncontrollably*
Oh my goodness, @catwing, this story is amazing. AMAZING, I tell you!!! I love all the arbitrary randomness.
Wait, you probably don’t know me. I’m Ariella, one of the newest Aethasians on KP. π Nice to meet you! ^-^
*disappears into the shadows*
INFJ. An extroverted introvert who loves to write and draw.
*disappears into the shadows*
February 14, 2018 at 1:50 am #63494how is it possible for a writer to be terrible at communicating in real life, but in books itβs easy??
I know exactly what you mean, @alia! That’s why I write books, myself, to convey in writing thoughts and ideas that I never could irl. π
INFJ. An extroverted introvert who loves to write and draw.
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February 14, 2018 at 9:11 pm #63590Opps… I didn’t respond to you guys.
@dekreel I frogot to thank you!
@jane-maree Now you can say pizza opens new windows.
@jessi-rae Thank you.
@alia I have been waiting from the beginning to have the frog part! I was surprised no one had done it yet. I had even suggested it once, but some how I was overlooked and I couldn’t wait. And that’s why I wrote a Catwing Christmas. I also thought off two cliche twist-ishes to put in. :3
@ariella-newheart Yes! Arbitrary randomness! Thank you!
I’ve heard about you. I have even planned to have you in a later part.
Nice to meet you.IMMA KAPEEFER! Til we're old and gray!
February 14, 2018 at 9:27 pm #63594@catwingΒ You’re welcome! @ariella-newheart is also an Aethasian. (She’s the one who started the rock collection thing, but @lady-iliara took ownership)
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You can pronounce it however you want.
February 15, 2018 at 7:44 pm #63781@catwing Oh my goodness! I’m honored! π
(Sheβs the one who started the rock collection thing, but @lady-iliara took ownership)
The story kind of goes farther than that. π You see, once upon a time Iliara swirled her epic cape and tripped over a rock, causing everyone else to trip over rocks. After she did that, (in the spirit of role-play) I admitted that I was the one who actually placed the rocks around for people to trip on. (And I dug those holes, set those water balloon traps, and so on.) Now the rocks have been almost eradicated, so much so that we put the last surviving one in the role-play museum. Or so we thought. Occasionally someone will trip over a rock. Strangely enough…I never put them there….
INFJ. An extroverted introvert who loves to write and draw.
*disappears into the shadows*
February 15, 2018 at 7:55 pm #63785@ariella-newheart you’re welcome. But I have to do something With the rock.
So… You’re a prankster?
Perhaps the last rock is The Rock (as from my story?) and it escapes sometimes?IMMA KAPEEFER! Til we're old and gray!
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