{ inklings writing contests } NEW CONTEST

[tuesdaysart]

XD I have more than enough ideas- between all of the prompts I post on the Inklings thread and the ones in my head, I've got a years worth of ideas.
Write from your character's POV- but it has to either be in their younger years (childhood) or their older years (when they're elderly).
Try to make us believe that your character is that age at that point of time.

[tooru]

I'm a gonna mark this so I can enter the next comp. ^^

[Jelly.]

Here's a prompt.

Your charater meet's their genderbender without knowing, and they spend a weekend together in an island. What will happen during this time, and will they ever find out about their gender-bender?

[watermelon.]

Here's a prompt.

Your charater meet's their genderbender without knowing, and they spend a weekend together in an island. What will happen during this time, and will they ever find out about their gender-bender?

Thanks! Sorry, I already posted the prompt for this time, but I was wondering what a genderbender is?

[Jelly.]

Here's a prompt.

Your charater meet's their genderbender without knowing, and they spend a weekend together in an island. What will happen during this time, and will they ever find out about their gender-bender?

Thanks! Sorry, I already posted the prompt for this time, but I was wondering what a genderbender is?

A genderbender is say,

A female charater who is kind, shy, and sweet.

Then in an alternate universe, there is a male who looks like the female, and acts like the female.

That's the writing term, anyways.

[watermelon.]

Here's a prompt.

Your charater meet's their genderbender without knowing, and they spend a weekend together in an island. What will happen during this time, and will they ever find out about their gender-bender?

Thanks! Sorry, I already posted the prompt for this time, but I was wondering what a genderbender is?

A genderbender is say,

A female charater who is kind, shy, and sweet.

Then in an alternate universe, there is a male who looks like the female, and acts like the female.

That's the writing term, anyways.

Interesting! I saw this girl against me in soccer who looked EXACTLY like this kid in 2 of my classes, but with long hair. I was like /.\ whoo are youuu

[tuesdaysart]

A boy (or girl) is given a choice to choose: his safe, false reality of virtual lovers and friends, or the dangerous real world, where his real-life best friend truly does care for him. If he chooses one, he will lose all memory of the other… and there is no third option
Cali typed on the computer furiously, sharing a laugh with her internet friends. She felt alive and happy- but she was interrupted when Sherbet slammed the computer on her long skinny fingers.
"Ow!" she yelped, pouting and furrowing her eyebrows, turning away from the cat in anger.
Sherbet sighed, wrapping his arms around the spaniel and nuzzling up to her softly. "I'm sorry, but you've been on that Internet for three hours straight! I want my Cali back."
Cali blinked, forgetting all about the conversation she was having and seeing the feline's adorable face.
"I'm okay...let's share a laugh of our own." she smiled, laughing and hugging the cat back.

[Jelly.]

The Twisted Paths.

Sarah giggled happily with her friends, her blonde ponytail in the wind. Her emerald green eyes scanned the field. "Emma! Behind you!" She shouted, right before she took her sword and slashed the feral pig. She sighed, then laughed. "Thanks!" Emma said. Marcus spoke up behind the girls. "Yo, it's time for me to go. Don't forget to think about switching to virtual life" He said very casually, before he disappered. Emma smiled. "Well, see you tomorrow Sarah!" and logged off. Sarah sighed and signed off, waking up in her bedroom.

Sarah hopped onto her computer, and started to research. The online world of Aridella was offering members to be virtually put in the game forever. This was for the people to live forever in the servers, never worrying about anything else. Sarah was seriously considering joining this, but her friend Marilyn wouldn't let her. "I'll never see you again!" she cried out. Sarah lied down on her bed, the Onli Headset sitting on her desk. The Onli Headset allowed her to play these virtual reality games.

The next day at school her best friend, Marilyn was ignoring her. "Maddie? What did I do?" She said, somewhat upset. "You forgot to call me!" Marilyn finally shouted. She blinked, very confused. "Call...you?" She said, in a trace like voice. "Yes! You were gonna call me at six!" Marilyn shouted angrily, before storming off. "Well then...grouch" Sarah mumbled.

[size=150]Path A.
Sarah chooses to live in the virtual world. She in her friends live happily in the world, all living in the same house and slaying monsters for the rest of their lives. The company is living off goverment money to keep the world running. Her friend Marilyn falls into a depression, and Sarah never takes to her again.

Path B.
Sarah chooses to stay in the real world. She never sees her online friends again. She and Marilyn live happily together, until they both die in a car crash.

W.I.P.[/size]

[tooru]

with my words.

My head rested in my pale hands. Tears streaked down my face, creating a stream of salty water.
Why did I have to choose?
Why couldn't I have what I wanted?

Because I wanted it all.

The world has a funny way of not allowing you what you want. It hurts you in every single way that it can, trying to win you over; trying to get you to give up the fight. The world had done me wrong before, but never quite this wrong. How could I choose? The internet was my sanctuary, full of friends and supposed lovers, but then again, it was also full of secrets and lies. The person typing away could lie with just one keystroke.

I've done it many times.

I could choose to have my real life, with my one singular friend - and although he had shown interest in me romantically before; I couldn't quite bring myself to acknowledge it. The world is just to unsteady, and your secrets never ever last. I looked up at my computer screen, at the encouraging messages and amazing people whom I had met. My eyes drifted to the left, resting tentatively on my phone's black screen. My head lifted somewhat, and my hand reached out. My fingers lifted the phone. Pulling it to my body, I clicked it on, and entered my passcode. Opening my contacts screen, I looked at the few numbers that it contained. The first one belonged to my friend.

I called him.

As his static-filled voice filled the phone, we traded our greetings, and then I asked him about how he was doing. Closing my eyes, I listened to his calm voice talk on and on endlessly. Of course, the babble did eventually come to a halt. That meant it was my turn to talk. A couple heart wrenching seconds passed. My mouth opened, and no words came out.

I hung up the phone.

It was too much. I couldn't tell him. My phone buzzed in my hand as he called me again and again, unsure as to why I had suddenly hung up. But my attention wasn't on my phone. It was on the computer screen, my secret life, my safety jacket.

And there, I submitted a post to my blog. All that it said? One very simple word. And after I clicked the submit button, I clicked the red "x" button in the top right corner, tantalizingly slowly. As I turned the computer off, I watched the pixelated screen fade to black. I smiled. The tears were gone now, and I thought to what I had just posted. That word, that very defining word.

"Goodbye."

And then, I answered my buzzing phone.

[watermelon.]

-----Times come to me sometimes when I look at my computer screen and I almost wonder how I have wasted my life here. Then there are the days when I actually get out of my stuffy apartment, and I regret it. How can someone like me go on like this?
-----My life might not be the ideal situation for someone my age, but oh well- so be it. I moved out when I was 19, to this small apartment in the city. My parents were abusive and I found that being online helped me- a lot. I met new friends, and we chatted for hours! I knew about personal safety, and I never gave out personal information but I still talked a lot!
-----I also met someone very special. My girlfriend... well, for all I know "she" could be some creeper but I trust her! I feel like she really is. Who else would stay talkative with someone like me- for 2 years other than my perfect match? No one. To me, online is like an escape... I know a lot of people say that, but for me I think it is honestly true! I could lock myself in my room for hours and hours getting away from my parents, and the rest of the world.
-----Since moving out, I have gotten a job, and my own place. Except, my job is testing video games online, and my "place" is a ratty old apartment, but hey, I don't need anything fancy. I do like my job a lot, I get to get video games before anyone else, and experience cool glitches. None of the games beat my current online world, but they are all really awesome- and I usually get a free copy for testing it.