Post by The North Wind Star on Feb 28, 2015 22:58:21 GMT
It's been an eventful February, with a day full of card-making on the 14th and plenty of activity in the early site weeks. Plots rocket on in the roleplay topics, with drama at every turn! The site's new theme has been taken off of settings for polishing, leaving the Editor rambling about ridiculous site things yet again. Welcome to another issue of the North Wind Star!
The Monumental Failures of the Editor
by The Editor
I seem to have overestimated the general success that the paper would gain, and so the material produced in it will begin to change a bit. I'm thinking more interesting, relevant articles, and fewer reader-participation games.
Another thing: I shall try setting a specific timeline for paper publication dates. The Star's two issues in and it's been all over the place, posting-wise.
I was so excited to do this in the beginning. It's all just crumbled and caused problems.
I'm very sorry for the lack of profession and continuity that has been shown.
Please leave suggestions to make the Star better in the comments! Or not. Whatever floats your boat!
And Thus I Create You…
by Evaporating
Character development is usually quite a hit, as it well should be! With some questions from the mini-issue and more of them freshly-made, we personally challenge any reader to answer 5 questions of their choosing either in comments or just to yourself!
1. What does your character plan for their future? What careers are they interested in?
2. What is the birthday of your character?(This detail is forgotten surprisingly frequently!)
3. What are some of the unconventional/notable aspects of your character's appearance?
4. Is your character more introverted or extroverted?
5. What effects do friends/peers have on your character? Positive, negative, mixed?
6. Who does your character look up to?
7. What does your character wish for?
8. What is the most developed aspect of your character? The least developed?
9. Is your character good at answering riddles/logical questions?
10. How does your character act around friends/family compared to people they don't know?
11. If your character could have a superpower, what would they want? Why?
12. Try to think of a title for your character's life.
13. Is your character better in the sciences or the arts?
14. Does your character have any allergies?
15. What is your character's favorite food?
16. What is your character's biggest weakness? Strength?
17. What is your character passionate about?
18. Who does your character care about? Who do they love, who do they hate?
19. What does your character do in their spare time?
20. What defines your character?
Background Sounds
by Petrichor
Many North Wind-goers enjoy writing(seeing as this is primarily a roleplaying site, which is improv for writers!), so our musical contact has decided to put together a few of their favorite background writing noises. Most songs included, if not all, are lyricless, as this particular person finds it easier to concentrate on writing if there aren't words in the background.
(Pretty much all of the songs with titles preceded with a color are the themes of characters, but are beautiful nonetheless. I am fandom trash)
RainyMood: Just rain. A steady background with no sudden changes but the occasional gentle rumble of thunder.
Nature Sounds: You can change around the settings to get the perfect mixture of nature-themed sounds to write to.
RainyCafé: Like RainyMood, but with the option to add the ambient, bright noises of a bustling café in the background.
Olive Scribe: A sweet, quick-moving song. Opening with the soft wordless singing of a woman, it later moves on to a more pulsing, harsh beat, but ends softly again.
Jade Mother: A gentle song. A quiet voice raises and falls, and the song feels nearly grey with its atmosphere of quiet resignation.
Cobalt Thief: A detached, soft song. Beginning with discordant piano melody, it moves to have a rich, dark undertone made by a cello-sounding instrument.
Orchid Horror: A smooth, strings-driven piece. The sounds of the orchestra make a slowly swelling and lovely song that, after a few quiet gong beats, quickens and intensifies to a song fitting nearly of a villain.
Pilot Light: An ethereal-sounding piece. Difficult to describe, it gives the atmosphere of an endgame scene.
Happy writing!
Not Going Home
Short story by Rainsong who is still obsessed with science fiction-y space stories
"It is clearly unsafe. There is no way I am going to live with this discovery, this planet," began the faltering voice of the woman on the static-filled screen. "I have already filled its file with the lies. I have said that the others died because of the poisonous atmosphere. I have said that no human should set foot on that planet because of the air. But if you are seeing this, I will be long gone from this place, and human curiosity will have overcome you once again. Maybe they sent out a probe and determined the air was fine, maybe they just ran out of places to explore. But the truth about this place…"
The woman on the screen paused to sigh, regret flashing over her face. "The truth is, it seemed entirely habitable. My companions… my dear companions, they were so excited. And so was I. But in the end, it wasn't what we hoped. One day, when Collins went out on her own, it took her longer than usual to return. She seemed different when she did… we should have known then. Slowly, one by one, the rest of them began to change, too… until I awoke late one night to the screams. Through the window I saw them, the aliens, slowly killing my best friend. Only they didn't look like aliens. They were the crew. The aliens turned into the crew. I panicked, locked the doors of the ship and ran. I never knew if any of them were still alive and I left them there. I just knew I had to get away from there before they got me too… now, years later, I am recording this and sending it down to one of the computers we left here. Thank goodness for the existence of transference technology!"
The woman fiddled with her lab coat, her name tag unreadable. "If you are hearing this, you are on that planet. You have to know that you cannot trust anyone, not your family or friends." She began to speak faster, stumbling over some words. "Please. Leave while you still can, and do a test of DNA on anyone coming with you. Do not let them do it again, do not let them take you…"
Her voice cut off and the screen became filled entirely with static.
For a few moments, the room was utterly silent. Then Nisha spoke.
"That must've been Doctor Carrel," she breathed, quiet and terrified "The one we learned about when we were reading over the colony information for this planet. Rajni, we have to go tell mother right away! We have to leave!"
Rajni shook her head at her sister and began to smile far wider than Nisha had ever seen.
Riddles!
Still enamored with the spoiler button. Oh my god.
Feed me and I live, give me a drink and I will die.
What invention allows you to look straight through a wall?
What can you catch but not throw?
What is always coming yet never arrives?
Why can someone living in the United States not be buried in Cananda?
Fire
A window
A cold
Tomorrow
They're alive, why would they be buried?[/font]
Thanks for reading!
The Monumental Failures of the Editor
by The Editor
I seem to have overestimated the general success that the paper would gain, and so the material produced in it will begin to change a bit. I'm thinking more interesting, relevant articles, and fewer reader-participation games.
Another thing: I shall try setting a specific timeline for paper publication dates. The Star's two issues in and it's been all over the place, posting-wise.
I was so excited to do this in the beginning. It's all just crumbled and caused problems.
I'm very sorry for the lack of profession and continuity that has been shown.
Please leave suggestions to make the Star better in the comments! Or not. Whatever floats your boat!
And Thus I Create You…
by Evaporating
Character development is usually quite a hit, as it well should be! With some questions from the mini-issue and more of them freshly-made, we personally challenge any reader to answer 5 questions of their choosing either in comments or just to yourself!
1. What does your character plan for their future? What careers are they interested in?
2. What is the birthday of your character?(This detail is forgotten surprisingly frequently!)
3. What are some of the unconventional/notable aspects of your character's appearance?
4. Is your character more introverted or extroverted?
5. What effects do friends/peers have on your character? Positive, negative, mixed?
6. Who does your character look up to?
7. What does your character wish for?
8. What is the most developed aspect of your character? The least developed?
9. Is your character good at answering riddles/logical questions?
10. How does your character act around friends/family compared to people they don't know?
11. If your character could have a superpower, what would they want? Why?
12. Try to think of a title for your character's life.
13. Is your character better in the sciences or the arts?
14. Does your character have any allergies?
15. What is your character's favorite food?
16. What is your character's biggest weakness? Strength?
17. What is your character passionate about?
18. Who does your character care about? Who do they love, who do they hate?
19. What does your character do in their spare time?
20. What defines your character?
Background Sounds
by Petrichor
Many North Wind-goers enjoy writing(seeing as this is primarily a roleplaying site, which is improv for writers!), so our musical contact has decided to put together a few of their favorite background writing noises. Most songs included, if not all, are lyricless, as this particular person finds it easier to concentrate on writing if there aren't words in the background.
(Pretty much all of the songs with titles preceded with a color are the themes of characters, but are beautiful nonetheless. I am fandom trash)
RainyMood: Just rain. A steady background with no sudden changes but the occasional gentle rumble of thunder.
Nature Sounds: You can change around the settings to get the perfect mixture of nature-themed sounds to write to.
RainyCafé: Like RainyMood, but with the option to add the ambient, bright noises of a bustling café in the background.
Olive Scribe: A sweet, quick-moving song. Opening with the soft wordless singing of a woman, it later moves on to a more pulsing, harsh beat, but ends softly again.
Jade Mother: A gentle song. A quiet voice raises and falls, and the song feels nearly grey with its atmosphere of quiet resignation.
Cobalt Thief: A detached, soft song. Beginning with discordant piano melody, it moves to have a rich, dark undertone made by a cello-sounding instrument.
Orchid Horror: A smooth, strings-driven piece. The sounds of the orchestra make a slowly swelling and lovely song that, after a few quiet gong beats, quickens and intensifies to a song fitting nearly of a villain.
Pilot Light: An ethereal-sounding piece. Difficult to describe, it gives the atmosphere of an endgame scene.
Happy writing!
Not Going Home
Short story by Rainsong who is still obsessed with science fiction-y space stories
"It is clearly unsafe. There is no way I am going to live with this discovery, this planet," began the faltering voice of the woman on the static-filled screen. "I have already filled its file with the lies. I have said that the others died because of the poisonous atmosphere. I have said that no human should set foot on that planet because of the air. But if you are seeing this, I will be long gone from this place, and human curiosity will have overcome you once again. Maybe they sent out a probe and determined the air was fine, maybe they just ran out of places to explore. But the truth about this place…"
The woman on the screen paused to sigh, regret flashing over her face. "The truth is, it seemed entirely habitable. My companions… my dear companions, they were so excited. And so was I. But in the end, it wasn't what we hoped. One day, when Collins went out on her own, it took her longer than usual to return. She seemed different when she did… we should have known then. Slowly, one by one, the rest of them began to change, too… until I awoke late one night to the screams. Through the window I saw them, the aliens, slowly killing my best friend. Only they didn't look like aliens. They were the crew. The aliens turned into the crew. I panicked, locked the doors of the ship and ran. I never knew if any of them were still alive and I left them there. I just knew I had to get away from there before they got me too… now, years later, I am recording this and sending it down to one of the computers we left here. Thank goodness for the existence of transference technology!"
The woman fiddled with her lab coat, her name tag unreadable. "If you are hearing this, you are on that planet. You have to know that you cannot trust anyone, not your family or friends." She began to speak faster, stumbling over some words. "Please. Leave while you still can, and do a test of DNA on anyone coming with you. Do not let them do it again, do not let them take you…"
Her voice cut off and the screen became filled entirely with static.
For a few moments, the room was utterly silent. Then Nisha spoke.
"That must've been Doctor Carrel," she breathed, quiet and terrified "The one we learned about when we were reading over the colony information for this planet. Rajni, we have to go tell mother right away! We have to leave!"
Rajni shook her head at her sister and began to smile far wider than Nisha had ever seen.
Riddles!
Still enamored with the spoiler button. Oh my god.
Feed me and I live, give me a drink and I will die.
What invention allows you to look straight through a wall?
What can you catch but not throw?
What is always coming yet never arrives?
Why can someone living in the United States not be buried in Cananda?
Fire
A window
A cold
Tomorrow
They're alive, why would they be buried?
Thanks for reading!
