LostButterfly92

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Melanie Rose Pourri
Monday Morning
Eukary University Female Dorms

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A blinding light faded to reveal a tiny little girl amongst a group of a dozen young students of all shapes and sizes. Music began, and soon beautiful voices joined together in harmony. The girl was smiling wide with sparkling fangs, shiny fur, and wearing a brand-new white dress, with little pink flowers scattered throughout it. She was growing more and more excited, awaiting her moment-- the moment she would make her parents proud and become a star.

The girl stepped out of the group toward the edge of the stage and took a deep breath as the light focused on her. But, her breath stopped short as she noticed two seats in the front row were empty, and at that moment she forgot her lines and lost her voice. She stood staring back, dumbfounded, at the gawking audience. Some time passed and there were hushed whispers and shuffling amongst the audience and behind her on stage. Paws started to push and nudge her, and sheet papers were being shoved in her snout. Her peers were closing in on her, elbowing her, stepping on her buckled black shoes and tail. Sharp claws dug into her flesh and she was pulled back and forth, until... PFFT!

Immediately, a terrible stench began to fill the auditorium in a noxious green cloud. Noses wrinkled, and then there was shouting, cussing, and rushing all around. People were running, and others getting trampled. Fingers were pointing and there was laughing and jeering. The tiny skunk girl shrunk down, covering her ears and closing her eyes, trying to tune it all out. Red lights were flashing, and an alarm was going off... ERR! ERR! ERR!

"Ah!" Mel gasped as she sat straight up in bed, jolted awake by the sound of her alarm clock. She quickly reached over to the clock and turned the alarm off, then threw the covers off herself. She checked her fur under her nightgown--drenched with sweat, but otherwise fine--and breathed a sigh of relief. While it hadn't happed yet, Mel always feared that her nightmares would make her musk in her sleep.

She looked across the room to see a lump in a bed, heaving gently with quiet snores. It was days like this that Mel was grateful that her dorm-mate was a deep sleeper. With a sigh, the skunk-girl grabbed her caddy and headed off for her morning shower.

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Later that morning, at Eukary University Cafeteria

Melanie sat slumped over a bowl of milk and cereal in a dark corner of the cafeteria, alone. It was early still, only about 6:30 in the morning and there were only a few other students puttering about (many students opted for later classes). Her fur was slightly damp from her shower and there were bags under her eyes. She munched slowly on her cereal as she read over a little paper sign on the table. It advertised many extracurricular activities and clubs. Chorus, band, drama club, film club, the school newspaper, astronomy club, book club, anime club, and all kinds of sports. There had to be something that wouldn't end in disaster, but what? Mel sighed. After her dream, she was having second thoughts...

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@IronPhinx Your character has been approved as well!

Everybodoy: Working on a post. Should be out soon...

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@Argetlam350 Accepted! Please post your character in the character tab. =) I will be starting a new roleplay day in my next post. (Should be up tonight.) And you can join in whenever you're ready.

@IronPhinx Yes, we're still accepting!

As a reminder to all, you can have characters of any age, species and occupation that you like. Most of our characters are college students, but it is not a requirement. =) (Just a convenient excuse to have our characters in close proximity).

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@Myling Both are approved! Please add them to your character tab post. Are you keeping Amelia, or shall I remove her from our character list?

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@Myling You can start in the current rp day (a Sunday) or the next rp day (Monday). If you want to interact with somebody right away, Roger and Vance are in the cafeteria around 7pm at night.

You may have multiple characters or if you would rather have just one, you can edit your post and I'll edit the character chart as well. =)

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@Zanavy We're excited to have you join us! ^_^

Everybody: I'll start a new roleplay day soon. Just want to see how the story plays out with @RedXIII and @Martian 's characters first! :3

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@RedXIII Very cool! Vance has been approved. Please post your character in the Character Tab and start when ready. =)

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Melanie Rose Pourri
Eukary University Cafeteria w/ Kayla Samson

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"That's the spirit! How about you join a club, too? Lots of clubs are looking for help with the Winter Carnival. Drama Club could use some stagehands and help with decorating, I'm sure that's up your alley. Um, there's the school newspaper. I know you're not an English major but you're a great writer! Or you could take photos for them since you're handy with a camera! Or you could join the Film Crew, they work with drama club a lot--ooh, I wish I was a good actress! Then there's Open Mic every week, you could just watch or you could go on stage and...."

Melanie gulped her last bite of veggie burger and shook her head vigorously. "No, no, no... I don't think I'm ready for any of that yet. Maybe I'll try to make friends with someone in class, or go to one of the dorm activity nights, but joining a club could full of strangers? Going on stage? My tail is twitching just thinking about it!" Mel admitted, truthfully.

"Hey, don't worry so much! You're such a sweet girl, everybody would love you given the chance to know you better, like me," Kayla assured her with a smile. Melanie nibbled at the last few scraps of food on her plate doubtfully. Three schools full of people got to know me and not a single person liked me... I'm lucky Kayla hasn't turned her snout up at me yet.

"Thank you, Kayla. You're a good friend," Melanie replied with a sad smile. "Are you ready to head back to the dorm?" the skunk-girl asked. Kayla nodded. "I am!"

The two girls got up from their seats, pushed in their chairs, and took care of their trays. Melanie was grateful to be getting away from the hustle and bustle and gossip of the cafeteria.

On the way out, they passed by a very large rodent (a capybara?) who actually towered over her, reminding Mel that this wasn't small-town living anymore. She smiled up at him as she walked by. The people were different here. And maybe they would see her differently, too.

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Eukary University Campus w/ Kayla Samson

The two girls walked quietly across the campus, taking in the beautiful scenery. White Christmas lights were hanging up, and there were wreaths hanging on the light posts. A light snow was falling and had blanketed the ground. Melanie rubbed her arms against the cold and watched her breath float away in the cool air. It was a lovely walk, except for one thing.

"Do you feel like somebody is watching us?" Melanie asked, her fur on end. "No, why?" Kayla asked, looking around. There was no sign of anybody else, but Mel was grateful to see one of many safety alarm poles installed throughout campus. "Oh, no reason I guess. Let's hurry back, though. It's cold."

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Eukary University Female-Only Dorms w/ Kayla Samson

Around an hour later Melanie was in bed worrying about the days soon to come. Would she really be able to make more friends like Kayla thought she could? Could an undesirable species, poor and shy as she was, make a good name for herself? Or would she lose everything as she had so many times before...

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Melanie Rose Pourri
Eukary University Cafeteria w/ Kayla Samson

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Kayla rolled her eyes. "Come on, Mel... We both know you're making excuses. You started school in the fall and you haven't tried even once to make new friends or try something new. And you wont go anywhere without me. Don't you think it's time to live a little? This could be great for both of us! Kalya insisted, clenching her fists with a look of determination in her eyes.

Melanie sighed and sunk into her seat, closing her eyes in frustration and dread. "Finnnee. You win, Kayla. I'll go with you," she groaned. "Yes! Hahaha!" Kayla yipped with joy.

"Hello... Sorry to interrupt, but you dropped this. I wanted to return it to you," a deep, but quiet voice spoke from behind Melanie. "Ah!" Melanie yelped. Her tail shot straight up, and her eyes got big. She pulled her legs up onto her chair and hugged them defensively. Mel turned her head slowly to see the lion she bumped into earlier that day, with the big blue eyes and a nervous, glistening smile. He held out her missing sketchbook in two big paws, but Mel couldn't bring herself to grab it.

"Woah, no need to be frightened. Here, you go," the boy lion spoke even more quietly and placed the book on the table. Kayla nudged Melanie with a paw and a big grin, but the girl just trembled nervously. The boy looked at the two girls and rubbed the back of his head. "I uh, should get going. Your art is great, by the way" he complimented before giving them a wave and disappearing into a crowd.

"Nice meeting you!" Kayla called after him, waving. She turned back to Melanie, who was still curled up in a ball on her chair, trying to hold her stink in. The dog girl shook her head disapprovingly. "See? You need to get out more."

Melanie slowly uncurled and sat normally. She let her fluffy tail relax, and it cascaded over her chair to the floor. "Yeah... that was almost disastrous wasn't it. He seemed so nice, too, but I couldn't help feeling frightened. I feel awful. Melanie confessed. She looked sadly down at her sketchbook. "I'm going to try harder to make friends. And if I see that lion boy again, I'll properly apologize."

Searching for RP partners (1x1 or group)

@Tropicalpeacock I made an interest check a little while back and I invited you. Have since made the roleplay page here. People are just starting to sign up. We would love to have you join us. =)