The internet is a storm of URLs, wi-fi and strings of dangerous code, whirling and thundering. Out in the wilderness you can only survive so long unaided, but in here, behind the mellow yellow windows, a safe and comforting place awaits. This place is a respite from the internet; the fire crackles invitingly and alluring rainbow-coloured drinks are poured into glasses. Exciting chatter fills the rooms from tables bustling with friends, eating from trays of warm, rustic carum bread and hearty stews. Gentle music comes from the band in the background.
[image description: a busy tavern lit by orange light]
Come in, chat away, have a great time! The old location may have been overrun by the Codekind, but this new building has three-meter thick walls, three floors and turret bedrooms to rest in at the top! We’ve returned, free from the battles of the secret pages! A safe micro-community of equality and no judgement. Hang up your HTML-reflective suit at the door and settle in with a drink and a meal.
Notice Board: Free candy in the bowl on the counter! What types of candy are there? Yes.
“I’M GOING OUTSIDE BYE!!!!” Peo waves frantically before yanking the door open, sending in a billow of wind and snow. Gryffindor scarf and hat snug on, she slams the door behind her.
Moonpaw stares at the Gryffindor scarf and prayed she’s made more house points, adjusting her Ravenclaw scarf. I’m gunna beat Peb at Quidditch tonight I know it!!
Then, she stuffs her face with a pancake shaped like a waffle with chocolate on it.
Also, how is it I always miss blog chat? It was open half an hour ago. Waaaaat
RAVENCLAW RULES!!!!:)
RAVENCLAW IS SUPERIOR TO ALL HOUSES!!!!:)
No Hufflepuff is way better! thought Eagie defending her house.
Shadow looks at the two houses fighting and has an identity crisis.
“GRYFFINDOR ABOVE ALL!” Peb whoops. “WE’RE THE QUEENS AND KINGS!”
Shadow proceeds to look at Peb while still deciding whether to take the side of Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw.
Join the light side, Shadow, we have the kitchen, thinks Flamecloud.
gasp
you have the kitchen? Shadow thinks. She was getting tempted now, and terrible timing since she just found her Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff scarfs stitched together.
“The Hufflepuff common room is very close to the kitchen,” Flamecloud mews, grinning. “Who need a tower with lots and lots of stairs to walk up when you can stop by the kitchen, visit Winky, and get a snack?”
“Ravenclaw has a fun door and we have all the books in the WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” says Spirit defending her superior house to Hufflepuff of all houses.
Gosh I am offended! gasped Eagie, Hufflepuff is my house and I will not let it be put down by Ravenclaw.
(Whoa this is probably the most coding I have ever used in a comment!)
(Oh and btw I’m not entirely serious when I ‘argue’ on here, I don’t actually want to argue, I hate fights)
*COUGH* “you know what?” Shadow said. she took her Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff scarf that were stitched together to say ‘RAVENPUFF’ and put it on. “I AM A DIVERSE AND UNIQUE HUMAN BEING, AND THEREFORE I FIT INTO MORE THAN ONE CATEGORY OF SOCIETY” she announced dramatically- she had too much energy to just think it to them.
Honestly I think I’m part Hufflepuff but I’m not ready to call myself a Gryffinpuff or Huffledor 😛BecaUSE GRYFFINDORS CAN BE KIND TOO
YESSSS
Peb turns. “Wait you’re from Gryffindor too?”
yeppppperzzzzz i just don’t mention it a lot 😛
“Hufflepuff’s are the best,” Flamecloud mews, joining the debate.
YAAASSSS!!!!!! RAVENCLAW FOR THE WIN!
*high fives Spirit*
Let’s go team Ravenclaw!!!!!!!!!! 😛
*high fives Moon back*
Peb pops back in, hearing that thought. “WANNA HAVE A MATCH?”
She ran upstairs, making a trail of dusty snow. I’ll clean that later, she thinks in case Embix was around.
She runs back down with her dark-handled gleaming, spiffy-brushed broom with Nimbus 7,000 flashing from the oak handle.
Icy springs off the bar. “No brooms inside, young lady!” She barked, eyeing the broom handle.
“Dang,” Peb mutters. She turns and heads for the door.
“I’ve got a Nimbus 7,001!”
“A Nimbus 7,000? I have a Firebolt! And you’re on!” says Spirit jumping up to meet Peb
“YUS,” says Peb.
“C’mon!”
She hops on her broom and flies outside.
Moon runs after Peb, holding her Nimbus 7001 that will only last a year.
Spirit races after the two screaming “Wait for meeeeee!” while clutching her Firebolt.
‘Uh oh…’ Ivyleaf thinks to herself. She edges towards the side. I just wonder what’ll happen? She casts away the emotion and stands on her hind paws while spinning around, singing. ‘SOME LEGENDS ARE UNTOLD, SOME TURN TO DUST OR TO GOLD BUT YOU’LL REMEMBER MEEEEEEEEEEE!!’
Peo stops in her tracks,eyes wide. “I LOVE THIS SONG!” she screeches.
“REMEMBER ME FOR CENTURIESSSSSSS !!!!!”
‘JUST ONE MISTAKE…IS ALL IT’LL TAKE!!!’
“WE’LL GO DOWN IN HISTORYYYYYYYY…”
“REMEMBER ME FOR CENTURIEEEESSS”
“YAYH HAYAYA,HEY HEY HEY HEY!!!”
“REMEMBER ME FOR CENTURIESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
“JUST ONE MISTAKE,”
“Yess I love this song but I don’t know the lyrics so I’ll sing the song I’m listening to now! First things first I’m going to say all the words inside m- SONG SWITCH TIME- Heyyo I’m just like my country I’m young scrappy and hungry-Will you hold the line-had to have high high hopes for a livin’-Try bottle alley or the harbor, try Central Park its guaranteed! Try any banker bum or barber-When the days are cold and the cards all fold and saints we see are all made of gold,” Wow I switch songs waaaay too much was anyone able to guess those songs?
1) Hamilton duh! The song is My Shot
2) Natural by Imagine Dragons
3) High Hopes by Pan!c at the Disco
4) Carrying the Banner Newsies
5) Demons by Imagine Dragons.
You chose all my favorite songs! How is that possible?
uhhh i think the first one is Beliver by imagine dragons but that’s it 😛
Yep! Completely right!
Fawny jokingly says “Gryffindor kids are noobs”
Peb whips around. “WHAT?”
You heard me. Gryffindors have become the norm, they are the average. At this point, even Hufflepuff is more unique than Gryffindor, and Hufflepuff is supposed to be the mostly normal kids😛Ivyleaf thinks to herself. ‘Hmm…I don’t even know what’s going on here? What’s hufflepuff? Gryffindor?’
“From Harry Potter,” Peb explains kindly.
Understanding dawns on Ivyleaf. ‘Ohhhh…’ she says, feeling stupid. ‘Thanks, Peb!’
gasp
gAsP
“What do you mean by even Hufflepuff?” Flamecloud mutters, “Even Hufflepuff. Hufflepuffs are very unique.”
“Exactly, I’m a Hufflepuff!”
Calm down 😛 I was just making fun of the fact that Hufflepuff’s stereotype is that they’re generic even though they’re clearly not 😛 and that now Gryffindor seems to be even more common than Hufflepuff 😛
Ack oof
Calm down 😛
I was making fun of the fact the Hufflepuff’s stereotype is that they’re generic (not true tho), and that nowadays Gryffindor seems to be even more “common” than Hufflepuff 😛
“Ah, okay,” says Flamecloud.
Pebblepaw puts her hands on her hips, now serious. “It is ridiculous how Gryffindor is considered normal. But to be honest, I know very few Gryffindors! And I’m just being in my true place, whatever people say.”
I know….two. Most of my friends are Ravenclaws and Slytherins.
Most people I know are Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws 😛
I think I know like 2 Gryffindors?
There are a lot of Slytherins in my school.
Bring it down a notch, IT WAS A JOKE 😛
I guess my humor is just too “edgy” for you to handle😛Handle, huh? Well, BYE*waves*
I gotta say I’ve just developed a defensive nature from living with a defensive sister so yeah you know 😛“Oh, snap!” says Spirit, not expecting that answer
Aww man, Wavey grumbled internally, Gryffindor is the one House I’m not in.
Flamecloud pulls the Red Scrolls of magic and begins to reread it for the 7th time.
welllow
;3
Power went out at my school so we went home early cause the toilets weren’t working plus we couldn’t do anything without power 🙃
Yayyyyyyyyyy score!! *high fives*
*Spirit yeets in while playing the pokemon theme song on her phone* “Wassup peeps!?” she says.
“Math,” Peb says casually.
“Well, I thought that what people would be doing would be a little more interesting.” Spirit said “No offense to anyone who likes math!” she added quickly.
“Honestly I don’t like math,” says Peb 😛
Tree looks up from where he’s reading Thomasina: The Cat who Thought she was a God. “Hey I like Math >:000”
“That’s good!” says Peb. “I wish I enjoyed it more so I could get it done quicker, but meh….”
“Enjoy maths! I love maths because my teacher doesn’t care what we do. I spent the whole lesson making a warrior name generator with Redblaze and the rest of the class were on their phones (my school has a very strict no phones rule)”
Tree looks at Eagle. “>:0000”
“My maths teacher is amazing, I don’t think I’d like maths if I had a different teacher though!”
Oh G O S h 😛
I know! He’s so laid back.
yessss i like maths toooooo
especially geometry
when she hears the pokemon theme song, you cannot stop the shadow
“I WANNA BE THE VERY BEST
LIKE NO ONE EVER WAS”
“TO CATCH EM IS MY REAL TEST” Flamecloud adds reflexively, unable to stop herself.
“TO TRAIN THEM IS MY CAAUUUUUSSSEEEE”
“I will travel across the land searching FAR AND WIDE!”
“TEACH POKEMON TO UNDERSTAND
THE POWER THAT’S INsIdEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE”
Shadow gets ready for everyone to say ‘pokemon!’ in unison
“TO TRAIN THEM IS MY CAUSE” Blossomkit yells then waits for everyone to say the last word in unison.
“POKEMON!!!! GOTTA CATCH THEM ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!” Spirit yells at the top of her lungs.
“IT’S YOU AND MEEEE
I KNOW IT’S MY DESTINYYYYY”
POKEMON! Oh, you’re my best friend”
“IN A WORLD WE MUST DEFEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNNDDDDDDDDDDDD”
“I want to be the very best,
Like no one ever was.
To catch them is my real test,
To train them is my cause!
(I will travel across the land,
Searching far and wide.
Each Pokemon to understand
The power that’s inside!)
Pokemon!
Gotta catch em’ all!
It’s you and me,
I know it’s my destiny!
Pokemon!
Oh, you’re my best friend,
In a world we must defend!
Pokemon!
Gotta catch em’ all!
(A heart so true,
Our courage will pull us through!)
You teach me and I’ll teach you,
Po-ke-mon!
Gotta catch em’ all!
Gotta catch em’ all!
Every challenge along the way,
With courage I will face!
I will battle every day,
To claim my rightful place!
Come with me, the time is right,
There’s no better team!
Arm in arm, we’ll win the fight,
It’s always been our dream!
Pokemon!
Gotta catch em’ all!
It’s you and me,
I know it’s my destiny!
Pokemon!
Oh, you’re my best friend,
In a world we must defend!
Pokemon!
Gotta catch em’ all!
(A heart so true,
Our courage will pull us through!)
You teach me and I’ll teach you,
Po-ke-mon!
Gotta catch em’ all!
Gotta catch em’ all!
Gotta catch em’ all!
Gotta catch em’ all!
Gotta catch em’ all!
Pokemon!
Gotta catch em’ all!
It’s you and me,
I know it’s my destiny!
Pokemon!
Oh, you’re my best friend,
In a world we must defend!
Pokemon!
Gotta catch em’ all!
(A heart so true,
Our courage will pull us through!)
You teach me and I’ll teach you,
Po-ke-mon!
Gotta catch em’ all!
Gotta catch em’ all!
Po-ke-mon!”
“Ignoring my homework!”
Shadow inhales.
“I want to be the very best,
Like no one ever was.
To catch them is my real test,
To train them is my cause!
I will travel across the land,
Searching far and wide.
Each Pokemon to understand
The power that’s inside!
Pokemon!
Gotta catch em’ all!
It’s you and me,
I know it’s my destiny!
Pokemon!
Oh, you’re my best friend,
In a world we must defend!
Pokemon!
Gotta catch em’ all!
A heart so true,
Our courage will pull us through!
You teach me and I’ll teach you,
Po-ke-mon!
Gotta catch em’ all!
Gotta catch em’ all!
Every challenge along the way,
With courage I will face!
I will battle every day,
To claim my rightful place!
Come with me, the time is right,
There’s no better team!
Arm in arm, we’ll win the fight,
It’s always been our dream!
Pokemon!
Gotta catch em’ all!
It’s you and me,
I know it’s my destiny!
Pokemon!
Oh, you’re my best friend,
In a world we must defend!
Pokemon!
Gotta catch em’ all!
A heart so true,
Our courage will pull us through!
You teach me and I’ll teach you,
Po-ke-mon!
Gotta catch em’ all!
Gotta catch em’ all!
Gotta catch em’ all!
Gotta catch em’ all!
Gotta catch em’ all!
Pokemon!
Gotta catch em’ all!
It’s you and me,
I know it’s my destiny!
Pokemon!
Oh, you’re my best friend,
In a world we must defend!
Pokemon!
Gotta catch em’ all!
A heart so true,
Our courage will pull us through!
You teach me and I’ll teach you,
Po-ke-mon!
Gotta catch em’ all!
Gotta catch em’ all!
Po-ke-mon!”
defying the logic of time, she sings that at the exact time Brooms does.
“I’m simultaneously disappointed in and proud of the both of you,” Gooseshadow says, having just walked through the door.
Your WelCoMe
Shadow looks Gooseshadow in the illuminati eye. “however, i disagree”
she stands on a table and bellows, “PREPARE FOR TROUBLE”
(types brooms instead of moon)
OOOP
Take on me…
Take on me…
Take me on…
Take on me…
I’ll be gone…
In a day or two!!!!
Peb wracks her brain, getting a sense of deja vu.
“Gosh I know I know this…
and yet I don’t….
this will drive me nuts.”
“Is anyone here a Lindsey Stirling fan?” Spirit asks curious. “I saw her on the 5th!!! She played her Christmas album Warmer in the Winter!!!!! It was amazing!!!”
*pops up* “YES!!!!!”
“YESSSS!!!!!!!!!!! I”M NOT ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Yep!
Hi Embix, can I use you in my trailing stars christmas project?
Sure!
Thanks!
“has anyone here who reads harry potter realised that one of the key things in quidditch is your BROOM that you BUY? therefore, rich people are the best at quidditch,” blackie says, using the word ‘therefore’ because he wants to sound smart since he isn’t
(that’s a plot point! draco essentially buys his way into the quidditch team in the second book by buying everyone the newest brooms)
Yes!
that snakehey if it works it works 😉
Woahhh are you accusing Peb of being rich? 😛
“It would be great to try to make a broom, send it to my rival with an unsigned note saying it was the best, then sit back and watch the chaos.”
*pops in* Oh my :0
*checks wallet*
Huh I guess Mcgonnaggal (I butchered that spelling didn’t I) and Sirius Black, an escaped prisoner, are both rich
We’re no strangers to love
You know the rules and so do I
A full commitment’s what I’m thinking of
You wouldn’t get this from any other guy
I just wanna tell you how I’m feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
We’ve known each other for so long
Your heart’s been aching, but
You’re too shy to say it
Inside, we both know what’s been going on
We know the game and we’re gonna play it
And if you ask me how I’m feeling
Don’t tell me you’re too blind to see
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
(Ooh, give you up)
(Ooh, give you up)
Never gonna give, never gonna give
(Give you up)
Never gonna give, never gonna give
(Give you up)
We’ve known each other for so long
Your heart’s been aching, but
You’re too shy to say it
Inside, we both know what’s been going on
We know the game and we’re gonna play it
I just wanna tell you how I’m feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn’t mean I’m lonely when I’m alone
What doesn’t kill you makes a fighter
Footsteps even lighter
Doesn’t mean I’m over ’cause you’re gone
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, stronger
Just me, myself and I
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn’t mean I’m lonely when I’m alone
I love this song :3
Fawny tiredly lays on the floor and starts drawing for the December Contest
Moky is currently procrastinating, he wants to draw the art but at the same time he doesn’t
Peb notices. Oh my, I really need to do that….
Shadow looks at her unfinished rough drawing. “I hath ben attacc”
she also remembers the gift exchange. “frick”
same
I have sketched my gift exchange partner 3 different times, and I am not satisfied with any of them “oof”
oof don’t worry! You’ll get there soon!
Sandy lies down with her, too lazy to do anything.
‘Pizzaaaaaaa orrrrrrrr burgerssss?’ Ivyleaf asks, looking up from her cocoa.
“Pizza, of course!”, smiled Eagie. That wasn’t a hard choice!
“BBBBBBooooooooottttthhhhhh,” says Peb.
“Pasta,” Flamecloud mews.
“yes”
“o really”
“Burgers!”
“Food.” Tree simply states.
“Both, but depends what they both are,” says Sandy.
Eagie sat sketching an OC called Whispers of the Wind.
She finally finished it and gave herself a headache from staring at a screen in the process.
https://imgur.com/a/duNegQW
“Ooohhh,” says Peb, looking at the screen. “That cream tail tip gives great contrast from the other cool colors!”
“Thank you!”, Aquila mewed (excited about using her new nickname!), “I used the cream so you could actually see it from the white background”
“It’s really beautiful that way!”
“Aww thank you!”