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 invitinglyย and alluring rainbow-coloured drinks are poured into glasses. Exciting chatter fills the rooms from tables bustling with friends, eating from trays of warm, rusticย carumย 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,ย three floorsย and turret bedrooms to rest in at the top!ย We’ve returned, freeย from the battles of the secret pages! A safe micro-community of equality and no judgement. Hang up yourย 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.
Rabbitflame bursts into the Hazelpage. “ATTENTION!” she screeches. “EMBERDAWN TOOK MY REQUEST SERIOUSLY SO WHO WANTS TO TEAM UP TO FIND THE VIPERDINER?”
viper took the request seriously ๐
id been in the process of making it for a while but had been stuck on the name in particular
thank you for the suggestion!
its nearly complete atm; ill post the link to the first clue when ive finished
“WHAT IS THE VIPERDINER!”
check the tavern
Redblaze slumps to the ground. โAquila and I are completely stuck.โ
Viper frowned. “Nooooo, why?”
โThe riddles have defeated meeeeeeeโ Aquila laughs, โI even showed them to my mum out of desperation and she couldnโt solve them either!โ
noooo! you can always ask for hints on ones you’re struggling with and get some hints XD
โWhat if thatโs all of them? I canโt get hints for them all ๐โ
“Course ya can! they’ll just all be vague XD”
“I’m no good a riddles,” Flame muses, munching on on a a slice of pizza with a taco in her other hand. “I’ve been giving them a shot, but thus far no luck.”
Viper chewed thoughtfully on her box corner. “You can always ask for hints. This box, for example, has a hint of garlic and olives.”
“Maybe I will then,” says Flame, finishing her pizza and progressing on to the taco.
Briarblaze gave Flamey a tako
“There ya go!” She exclaimed
Flamey devours the tako and stands up. โSo long, for now, friends. I must depart on my quest into the ViperDiner!โ She stands up and walks out the door.
A small grey cat walks in. “H-hi, my name is Cinderpaw, but you can call me Cindy. I-is this the Hazelpage? Is there anyone nice here?” *someone screams* “Ah!” *curls into a ball and starts crying*
“I mean, maybe…” Ttera thinks for a while.
Bri comes over and looks down at the small gray cat tilting her head
“Hi there! Are.. you okay?” She said
โCINDYYYYYYYYYYโ Aquila screeches, and runs over, not very quickly, because she is extremely unfit, โIโm questionably nice, but stillllllโ
Raven returns to the hazelpage as soon as Venus returns back to her universe. “Yes, it is the hazelpage. Some are nice, some are not so nice.”
A ginger she-cat with a flash of white on her chest sprints in. “‘Sup, guys! My name’s Flamepaw, but I tell other peeps to call me Streaky ‘cos there are too many Flamepaws to keep track of. Also, never been here before.”
โHi Streaky! Iโm Aquila and I donโt think weโve met before. My warrior name is Eaglepaw or Eagleflight but Iโm Aquila because I like it and thereโs already an Eagleclaw and an Eaglefrost who are both called Eagle!โ Aquila grins.
“Hi Streaky! I’m Briarpaw! But just call me Bri!” She exclaimed her welcoming as she trotted towards her
“Hiya! Call me Bloomie. I hope you enjoy the Hazelpage!” Bloomie smiles.
Redblaze blinks
โOf course weโre all nice!โ She grins โif a little crazy.โ
“Howdy!” Bloomie says to Cindy. “There’s no reason to be upset. It can get pretty crazy in here, but the cats in here are nice. The inanimate objects, though…” Bloomie cast a wary look towards a nearby salt shaker.
”Yes,” Loneheart replies, ”There is me.”
Ferretpaw looks at the ground, “I keep not coming here-I haven’t been on in FOREVER.”
Lionpaw nods. “Yeah. I couldn’t find it for a while”
”Ahaha, samey same same.” Loneheart replies, with a dramatic wave of her tail.
Redblaze runs in
โFinally weโre getting somewhere!โ
She slumps at a table.
โYes, we are!!!!! 3 down, 2 to go!โ Aquila joins her, bringing her laptop and phone, ready to start working again.
“What are you talking about?”
Raven sips on some water disguised as pumpkin spice lattes.
Dove drinks Cola ยจHiยจ
โSolving the riddles for the viperdiner!โ Aquila chuckles.
“Oh, okay.”
Bri came over here to sail her coffee and chat
“Hi Blaze! Hi Aquila!” She said while walking over with her tech and coffee
โHiiiiiiiiiiโ Aquila yowls back.
โMake that one! You solved number five!โ
โYeah I did! Iโm still convinced that 4 is what you donโt think it is though!โ
Redblaze shakes her head. โThe long for the sun and torn between worlds doesnโt make much sense.โ
“I never can find the clues; and I wasn’t there to see anything sooo….” Ferretpaw meows sorrowfully.
โIt does!!!!! They long for the sun, as when they bury their eggs, they use the sun to guide them back and they are in two โworldsโ!!โ Aquila mews.
โAhhhhh we finished it!!!!!!โ screeches Aquila, โIโm still so happy! And I think we were like the second or third people to finish it with the riddles!โ
“Wow, good job!” Flame says, “I think have one figured out but probably not.”
โSlow and steady wins the race! And plus, me and Redblaze are working together, I know I wouldnโt have got very far on my own!โ Aquila smiles.
Rabbitflame pops open a Java Julmust. She lays down lazily and drawls, “Anyone need hints on the Viperdiner? I finished 2 days ago. Requests are always open.”
Viperfrost stares from the other side of the tavern, shrouded in darkness. She adjusts her cloak silently. “Tiny hints. Tiny, tiny hints only,” she said, attempting to sound ominous as she reached for her glass of mango juice. The glass fell off the table. She pretended it was intentional.
Minktail pops up from around a corner, excited. “Could I get a small hint? I can’t figure out the first riddle for the life of me!” She mews, slightly exasperated. She takes a long drink of her CSS Cola, furrowing her brow as she thought.
Rabbitflame chuggs her julmust. “What does it mean that ‘winter does not live for me’? You have thirty seconds to find out, good luck.” She snaps her fingers and somebody random drags up a radio which starts blaring Jeoprady! music.
Minktail pondered for a moment, bopping her head along to the Jeopardy! music. Suddenly, she gasps, looking up. “I got it! I think I do, at least! It’s a big animal, right?” She mews, hoping she isn’t giving too much away by saying that.
Rabbitflame cracks open a CSS Cola, pours it all down her throat, and tosses the can into the growing pile of crumpled soda cans next to her. “Barkeep! Bring me a cherryade. Anyway, yes, it’s quite large. Any more hints you might need?” She waves a paw and the radio jumps away from Minktail and hops over to Bloomie the Bloomie.
Redblaze blinks.
โHints are useful.โ She looks hopefully at Viper
Never mind the fact that sheโs already had hints
“Can I have a hint?” Bloomie asks while sipping her glass of coconut water. “I’m already stumped on the first riddle.”
“Look above at what I said to Minktail.” Rabbitflame lets out a humongous burp and tosses her julmust can straight into the can. “Same as her, and you can listen to the Jeoprady! music too.”
Willowpaw runs into the tavern โhiimnotinspanishclassrightnowiwantsomelunchbtwโ and runs out with some popcorn
Bloomie looks up. “Did I leave my charger in that popcorn bucket?”
Redblaze leaps up. โHey! Thatโs my popcorn!โ
โHaha noโ
Says willowpaw.
Cindie burst through the door. “Hi everyone! This is my first time here, and it’s so amazing!” She ordered a C++ Cherryade and sat down. “I found the Emberden, it’s really not that hard! How are you guys doing?”
“Hey!” Bloomie calls. “I’m doing well. How ’bout you?” She began to toy with her 3-foot rubberband chain.
“I’m great! Happy Halloween!” she meowed excitedly.
“Happy Halloween to you too!” Bloomie grins.
Redblaze looks at her drink. “I’ve never had one of those before” shemews to Cindy
“You should try it, it’s really good!” she mewed in between sips.
“Nah, I prefer my magical space Choco Lattes which for some reason remain in liquid form despite space being devoid of gravity and pressure.”
โMaybe I will some day.โ She mews, drifting off somewhere between there and the edge of the universe
โIโve solved the emberden and the viperdiner!โ Aquila grins, โNeither seem that hard now Iโve finished but both made me struggle a lot when I was cracking them!โ
C:< just wait till i make even more C:<<<
More riddles :OOO
They were so hard ๐
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ยจYou wouldnt dare!ยจ Dove screeches.
โI think she would, though!โ laughs Aquila, โPlus, you, me and Redblaze made a good team, we can work together again!โ
Willowpaw faints onto the couch โI havenโt even started on the emberdenโ
“Me too” Dove laughs
“Same here! Honestly the Viperdiner was harder than the Emberden.
I’m not so good at cracking codesI really can’t wait until rainie makes the Raincloud into a password hunt though!” squeals RabbitflameRedblaze cocks her head. “You mean Raine’s raspberries?”
โNo, I think thereโs a protected page called raincloud, but it doesnโt currently have a password hunt!โ
โOh yes I saw that.โ Redblaze mews, fiddling with her glass
โCareful you donโt drop the glass…โ Aquila warns, before taking her book and opening it, โPage 458, nearly there.โ she mutters to herself.
Redblaze looks over at Aquila, bumping her glass and sending it crashing to the floor.
โUmm uhh oops.โ She mews, leaping to sweep the glass off of the floor.
Aquila jumps, losing the page in her book as it flies out of her hands and slides across the table, โOh sugar,โ she sighs, โAnd here, Redblaze, let me do that, donโt cut yourself on the broken glass.โ
Loneheart sneaks behind Aquila and stares at page.
Aquila hands her copy of six of crows to Loneheart, โRead it.โ she mews sternly, sweeping up the glass, โBut DONโT break the spine, you have no idea how hard I had to try to not break it.โ
”Hi, hello, greetings, salutations!” Loneheart responds, elegantly wrapping her tail around herself, totally ignoring her gloved paws. ”I am doing quite well.”
“Hello!” Cindy mews. “Can someone help me find the Emberden? Also, can I sit with anybody?”
“Hey there!” Bloomie grins. “Yeah, you can sit riiiight here.” She picks up the sofa from last page and places it down in front of Cindy.
“Thanks! Your name is Bloomie, right? I’m Cindy!” She points her tail at a waitress that happens to be Embix. “Can I have a vanilla bean creme coffee cappuccino and some waffle fries? And whatever Bloomie wants!”
“I’ll take a cherry cola, please!” Bloomie calls.
Embix gets the drinks and the waffle fries. “Wanna share?” Cindy asks.
“Sure, I wouldn’t mind some waffle fries!” Bloomie chittered.
She means the waffle fries ๐
“Skreep”, says Pear.
โSkrooop.โ Says Redblaze
“Potatoes,” Bloomie suggests.
“tomatoes”
“Pumpkins!”
“Skraaaap.” Rabbitflame howls as she tosses her cherryade can into the ever-growing pile of cans next to her.
”Beep beep, skadeep, skadoosh, skreepedeep.” Loneheart replies hoping no one gets the reference.
Redblaze snores in a corner
Rabbitflame chugs her cherryade, crinkles the can, and tosses it towards the trash. It accidently hits Redblaze, waking her up. “Sorry!” Rabbitflame guiltily shouts.
Redblaze yelps and falls off her chair
โYa good, redblaze?โ Asks willowpaw who is sitting on the floor drowning in blankets
Bloomie notices Redblaze snoring in the corner, then motions for her tiny orchestra of friendly mice to stop playing Canon in D Major.
Cindy runs in, busting the door open, even though she was just sitting with Bloomie. “HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOOO MEEEE!! HAPPY BIIIIIRTHDAYY DEAR MEEEEEEE! AND I’D LIKE TO SAY, SKREEEEE!”
โHappy birthday!โ Says willowpaw grinning. โCan I make you some rice and beans for your birthday?โ
โOMG HAPPY BIRTHDAY CINDY!!!!!!!! <3333โ Aquila yowls, because you can definitely pronounce <3 ๐, โWHAT HAZELPAGE MAGIC, UHHH I MEAN PERFECTLY NORMAL STUFF, WOULD YOU LIKE FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY??โ
“CAN I HAVE A PILE OF CAKE????”
Aquilaโs eyes flash bright gold and an enormous pile of cake on a fittingly large silver plate appears in front of Cindy, โDonโt tell Embix, though – Iโm not supposed to be magic!โ
“Don’t be magic!”
Aquila tries to look as innocent as possible, โMagic? Me? Why would you think that?!โ she mews.
“HAPPY BIRTHDAY CINDY!” Ttera makes several cakes appear out of nowhere. “CAKE FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY!”
”Cool your flames Miss Coalstuff” Loneheart responds, ”Some of us are trying to relax.”
She glances at Cindy sideways. ”And happy birthday.” She sniffs, then sits down with great poise, and wraps her tail around herself.
“HAPPY BIRTHDAY CINDYYY!” Bloomie screeches. “I HOPE IT GOES GREAT!”
“Happy birthday!” Shadow yells.
โHappy birthday!โ Redblaze looks up dusgruntedly from the floor
Willowpaw bounces into the tavern โis yeeting allowed here?โ
“Yea.” Rabbitflame says as she yeets an exploding tacocat towards the garbage.
Ttera leans over. “Well, if it wasn’t, I’d have probably been arrested several months ago.”
“of course” Dove mews, yeeting a tomato at a random person
‘Yeet, yeet, ye-yeet, yeet.” Loneheart explains informatively and winks.
“Of course it is!” Bloomie yells, yeeting herself into a pile of extra-large pillows that most definitely weren’t there before.