goo-volution 2022 | prompts (closed)

[bakuraas.]

answering the prompt for day 12!
username: bakuraas.
team: agel
prompt:
"Alright goobs, we need theories. If we have solutions in mind we can share those, but right now my primary goal is analyzation." Perseus was pacing around with a clipboard and papers, looking over the group of goobies that he'd gathered, from his own assistant to the bed-ridden Emersyn, who thankfully was recovering her goo quite well at this point. The room was silent, nobody exactly knowing where to start. So eventually, after a while, Perseus began to speak, pulling up a large piece of paper with scribbles on it that could barely be put together as language and diagrams. Perseus usually had more sense of quality than this, but he didn't exactly have time for quality.

"As all of you know from your history classes, the great gob's separation caused the creation of the gob and gobbess as separate entities, however, I question you this- you've all seen the ancient depictions of the great gob, and we were all witness to the gobbess' true form. Now tell me, is there something...strange you notice?" There was a pause, but as Perseus pulled up the diagrams he had created, Girasole gasped and spoke aloud. "It's not an even split! The majority of the great gob's form in the books is more gobbess than gob!" That outburst caused Xiv to speak as well, finally having something to say. "It's interesting, we've always heard of the great gob in such a good light, but now that I think of it, it's kind of morbid. After all, it's said that the great gob only created the world and life because it was bored, and eventually found it troublesome to keep up with it. It created gobs and demigobs as workers, not children, and didn't think of them as such at all, I'm sure." Between their two caretakers, Sweets felt the need to speak up, and they did have...one thought picking at their mind as the others spoke. "But, when you create something, even if it's not out of any emotion to begin with, you start to get attached and proud of what you make, right?"

Perseus nodded at the answers, moving the paper to show a diagram of the earth and the sky. "Excellent points you all, and it leads perfectly into my next point. After all, realize how diabs populate the earth, and that Jystyr went as far as to take a normal goobie form to partake in our events, to experience our joy. However, the Gobbess stayed in the sky, not showing her face until it was time for her to cause problems." Emersyn growled a bit. "Alright, nice points, goobstein, but what does that have to do with theorizing anything about the gobbess?" Perseus sighed, moving the large sheet again to show a very simple diagram of the gobbess and the gob, next to eachother, with little bullet points that couldn't really be read by anyone but Perseus. "Well, Emersyn. It's not that the Gobbess inherited the worst parts of the great gob, but that Jystyr inherited the ONLY GOOD parts of the great gob. The great gob was completely devoted to itself, UNTIL it had other things, other creatures to be devoted to. Part of the great gob hated that fact, and that hatred went into the gobbess, who seems jealous and angry that the gob cares more about his metaphorical children instead of her."

Emersyn raised her brow. "Really? You're saying that part of the gobbess' issue is that she's the equivalent of someone's partner getting jealous over attention given to a baby?" Next to her, Dash made a noise of consideration. "I mean, it would make sense, in a way." Emersyn groaned openly. "Okay, fair enough- but we already knew that the gobbess was a terrible person that's not new, so how do we make her stop being terrible?"

Another pause. It was clear for a while that everyone was thinking. And then, suddenly, for the first time in the conversation, Tres spoke, and he had a large grin on his face as he declared his idea with his full chest. "We make her make new gobs!" "...What" Was all Emersyn responded with, clearly not being convinced on that alone, however the others seemed more than willing to hear Perseus' apprentice out. "Yeah! If she makes enough gobs from her emotions and abilities, she'll be at a lower level, and she'll end up more close to us and be well...manageable! And then maybe she can go to therapy!" The goob standing next to Tres, Daith, heard the other but spoke his concern. "Tres, that's a grand idea in theory, but how in the earth and sky do you expect her to be able to create more gobs from her powers? The major gobs already handle the big events, and the minor gobs already fill in the blanks, and then there's the demigobs. What other gobs can be made?" Tres puffed out his chest, his grin only getting wider. "Well, my good diab, may I introduce you all to the concept of obscurity, after all think about the gobs we currently know about and their domains. The Calendar, Design, Space, it's all well known words that everyone uses in their lives. But just as there are exoplanets beyond our view that often get disregarded, there are words not commonly used in our language that get disregarded as well."

Daith's expression brightened up as he heard the other's explanation, and then suddenly scrambled through his bag to pull out a small dictionary and a few pieces of paper. "Tres, that's...that's genius! There's so many words that explain the gaps not only between the minor domains, but between major domains in ways that aren't described in any way except through one obscure word! Like vellichor, or hiraeth, or maybe even eutony!" Tres and Daith quickly distracted themselves with flipping through the dictionary, and Perseus seemed...surprisingly impressed with the suggestion. In a moment, he was moving to grab papers of his own and pass them out to the other goobies in the room. "Alright, goobs! You heard the boy, start finding obscure words!"

Emersyn's paper landed directly on her face, and she huffed, grumbling as Dash began to scribble almost immediately on his own sheet of paper. "This is the most stupid idea I've ever heard...but I guess I have no choice but to participate huh?" "Yeup!" Dash said, a genuine bright smile on his face. Emersyn exhaled hard enough to push the paper off of her face and onto the ground in front of her. "Great."

[imabanditø]

answering the prompt for day 12!
username: imabanditø
team: diab
prompt:
pitre says: “i think the gobbess is this way because….. maybe this was how she was told to react? and how to behave?… there are so many reasons why this could be what she resorts to, and none of us may ever know the truth, and that’s okay.

i feel like showing some support, some kindness, and some empathy is the best thing we as goobies can do to help her. even a little bit may help.”

[castiiian]

day 12 results...
Griff - 10 coins
bakuraas. - 10 coins
imabanditø - 10 coins

☀ day 13 ☀
a world not far from our own..

[bakuraas.]

answering the prompt for day 13!
username: bakuraas.
team: agel
prompt:
While very different I envision the goobie planets/solar system to be similar to ours in some basic manners, though also very different. Particularly in organization, or...lack of organization. I sort of imagine them floating around almost aimlessly, similarly to how in the image of the Great Gob they just sort of...float around with other space phenomena. However, I do imagine that the goobies do have a solar system of sorts, and therefor have exoplanets that are beyond the solar system, but none of them are any planets we would know of and I don't imagine many of them having the same properties as our planets either. As for the planet that the goobies live on, I do imagine it like earth, but more layered upwards with some sky layers being sort of like...cloud land? Like Care-A-Lot from the Care Bears where almost everything is made of clouds and rainbows but also has full buildings and whatnot. To Summarize; Earth Adjacent with a healthy dose of fantastical elements.

[fruitbat]

answering the prompt for day 13!
username: fruitbat
team: diab
prompt: I think the goobies planet/solar system is pretty versatile, just like goobies themselves! In the beginning I reckon there was a clear divide between agel and diab planets, but over time the divide was cleared off due to agel/diab interactions becoming less taboo. Nowadays, planets may be similar to Earth but also vastly different- perhaps something like Star Wars? There are inhabitable and uninhabitable planets, some perfectly suited for gobs/gobbess', some ideal for mere moral goobies. The only consistent thing between the planets would be something in the atmosphere that allows their goo to be both viscous, fluid, and solid. Because if it were gravity then it'd simply just... fall? If there was no gravity then we'd have floating goobies everywhere!

[imabanditø]

answering the prompt for day 13!
username: imabanditø
team: diab
prompt:

[Griff]

answering the prompt for day 13!
username: Griff
team: DIAB
prompt: I like to think it is a place with a lot of stars, as well as various planets that represent different elements. The planet perhaps from space has a touch of goo-like features, even if it is not really goo, and it simply looks like so from space. Perhaps though they have goo-like milky way belts, instead of our rock-filled ones. I imagine they have more planets suitable for life, and many have already gone to explore those! Said planets over time have developed wildly unique flora and fauna, and often have their own trials and dangers to overcome!

[castiiian]

day 13 results...
bakuraas - 10 coins
fruitbat - 10 coins
imabanditø - 10 coins
Griff - 10 coins

☀ day 14 ☀
it's the end... almost!

[Griff]

answering the prompt for day 14!
username: Griff
team: DIAB
prompt:

"Could any of my friends be a gob or gobbess?" Monty asked, before smiling fainly. "I don't have many friends... but there is one that comes to mind. She only thinks about making others smile, she is kind, she is beautiful, she can see past the hide to the soul... she has a laugh as warm as sunshine, a smile that can brighten any storm, a hug that..."

There is a scoff beside him. "That's not a goddess you goof. You're just twitterpated."

"I'm what?"

"You're in looooove."

"I... I... I..." The other smiled smugly, before he gently bumped shoulders with Monty.

"I have met her though, your gobbesss. And yanno, that gal? Mariposa I think her name is? I don't think I'd mind if she really was one. She seems nice... and she makes you smile which is a feat for the immortal gobs indeed!"

[fruitbat]

answering the prompt for day 14!
username: fruitbat
team: diab
prompt: Bailey, the most laid-back Goobie you may ever meet, chuckled at the question. He was sprawled out on his couch eating a egg and lettuce sandwich, crumbs flying everywhere and getting easily caught in his chest fur. Though, Bailey being Bailey, did not mind and honestly was not even bothered by the slight itchiness it started to create. "I think having a gob amongst us mere moral beings is pretty cool, you never know who you're dealing with now" he said simply. "But honestly, the gob was so chill even when that gobbess was causing such a ruckus" Bailey stated, recalling the event as it sat fresh in his mind. "If he could be so relaxed, and so easily hidden for that matter, why can't we all be gobs?" Bailey asked you, cocking his head in question and raising an eyebrow. Before you could reply, Bailey spoke again: "I couldn't see any of my friends as gobs or gobbess', they're too... that's just not them." He sighed quietly, in relief that none of his friends could potentially be hunted down by the gobbess.