MAGICIAN ✦ CHARACTER ✦ Magic: Air Klas: Miss Nannete Partner: If people were like rain, I'd be drizzle and you'd be a hurricane
Onderwerp: Gifttopic Art-trade - Holidays edition~ di dec 16 2014, 17:27
Hier is het cadeautopic voor Arttrade - Holidays edtion. Hier mag je zelf je cadeautjes in droppen. (je hoeft het dus niet naar mij te sturen zodat ik erin kan zetten - dit was enkel voor de mensen die er niet zeker van waren of ze het op tijd online konden zetten. Jullie krijgen tot 25 december de tijd om je cadeau in dit topic te plaatsen. Als er personen zijn die dan nog niks gekregen hebben, dan zou het leuk zijn als er wat mensen zouden zijn die hun vrije tijd willen opofferen om iets voor deze personen te maken. Ik zal sowieso al iets doen, maar als er meer dan 1 iemand is, zou ik wel wat hulp kunnen gebruiken ^^
To see the drawing/painting/ish thing I made for...:
NOOR!~ (Beware, it's kind of big sorry):
Yeah. So this is supposed to be Evangelyne. Heb het getekend en dan geschilderd en dan nog eens wat bewerkt digitaal, omdat het nogal smudgy was enzo C: Het was een klein beetje een oefening op shading en anatomie voor mij dus het is niet perfect, maar ik hoop dat je het toch leuk vind ^^
En hier is nog iets wat iemand me gevraagd had erop te zetten :
It's from Justine to Ruuz Cx:
XAVIER IN WONDERLAND
ADAPTED FROM ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. SO MUCH COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
EVA ‘Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.
“Beware of Evangelyne, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Evangelyne and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!”
He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought – So rested he by the tumtum tree And stood awhile in thought
And, as in uffish thought he stood The Evangelyne, with eyes of flame Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as she came!
One, two, one, two! And through and through As the vorpal blade through the air had flown He found his death and Eva took his head She brought it to his home.
“And, has thou not slain the Evangelyne? Let me bury my beamish boy!” His mother chortled in her tears; Eva revelled in joy. ------------------------------------- Down the Rabbit Hole
Xavier was beginning to get very tired and grumpy of sitting by his tree on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice he had peeped into the book that lay beside the tree, but it had no pictures in it. ‘And why are there books,’ thought Xavier, ‘without pictures?’ So he was considering whether it would be worth it to go through the trouble of getting up and picking daisies for a daisy-chain, when suddenly a white Ike ran close by him. There was nothing so remarkable in that; until Xavier heard the Ike say to itself: ‘Oh dear, oh dear! I’ll be late!’ That did not really disturb him, sleepy as the warm sunshine had made him, but when the Ike actually took a watch out of its pocket and started running, Xavier got up. What in the world was happening? When he had gotten to his feet, he saw the daisies he had wanted to pick up, all trampled under the Ike’s feet. Why? What was the use of trampling those poor flowers?! That Ike was going to pay dearly! He ran after the Ike and was just in time to see it jump down a large rabbit-hole under the hedge. Without hesitating Xavier jumped after it, not considering where he might end up. The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel, but then it suddenly dipped down. Xavier did not have a second to rethink his decision! Luckily, that was one of the things he rarely did. So, as for a way to pass the time when falling down the very deep well, Xavier had tons of time to reflect on his life and look around him. The walls of the well were filled with bookshelves and cupboards. It was like being in the library, so Xavier wished this journey would end soon. However, the fall did not seem to come to an end as he kept falling down, down, down. ‘I wonder how many miles I’ve fallen by this time,’ he wondered aloud. ‘I must be getting somewhere near the centre of the planet, I think..’ You see, Xavier had learnt something in all his hours at school and though this was probably one of the worst opportunities to show off, it still was good practice. Oh, the stories he could tell when he’d come back! Xavier simply kept on falling as he thought over other things he had learnt and which he could show off to the walls, but soon he fell down on a heap of dry leaves and the fall was finally over. Luckily, Xaviers face still showed a grumpy expression, which meant he was not hurt at all. It was all dark, but he was very close to the Ike. Let the chase continue! There were a few long passages and Xavier managed to keep the Ike in sight until he took a third turn. Suddenly the Ike was no longer to be seen. Such a hurry he had been in; what appointment could be so urgent as to stress him out like that? Xavier had just walked on and came upon a little table, on which was a small golden key. What door would it fit on? He tried and tried, but none of the locks would be opened. What use was a key that did not fit to any door? What kind of crap was that? Xavier frowned and turned an annoyed look at the key. That damn thing. Pff. He might just as well throw it away. And thus he did. Goodbye, useless key! Maybe the other items would be somewhat more interesting. You must know that Xavier is of the kind that likes to not listen to any advice given to him. He walked back to the table, only to find a tiny bottle there. ‘DRINK ME’, its label read. Hmm. What did everyone always tell you? Never accept candy from a stranger. Never drink or eat things of which you don’t know the origin. Hmm. Well, then this seemed like a perfect drink to quench his thirst! It was not labelled poison, was it? Then he might as well empty it!
Drink me
‘What the hell!’ Xavier groaned, as he suddenly started to shrink and shrink and shrink until he was even below Wren-height: only ten inches high. How long would the shrinking continue? He was not very fond of disappearing, but for a moment he feared there was nothing to stop him. Yet it did stop and he found himself large enough to now spot a tiny door, in front of which he had fortunately tossed the little golden key. Maybe it would fit that keyhole! Well, wasn’t that a lucky coincidence! Xavier picked up the key and unlocked the door, only to see the cutest little garden. Little did he know this garden was part of Kovomaka’s gardens! It was a lucky thing he was a wood magician, for otherwise this scene might have caused him to vomit of its abominable cuteness. Oh, what caught his eye! As soon as he had entered the garden, the Ike came trotting along! It looked grumpy and anxious at the same time, which was quite an accomplishment. ‘Oh dear, the Queen, she will get me executed! Where can I have dropped it?’ As soon as he saw Xavier, he called out to him in an angry tone. ‘You! Get to work straight away and find me my flower chain! Hurry up, you dumbass.’ As soon as Xavier entered the little house of the rabbit, he noticed a little bottle on the table. This one did not read poison either, so he decided to drink it and see what would happen #yolo. ‘It better make me grow again, or I’ll have to kill something,’ Xavier complained. Luckily it did indeed make him grow again, but soon he grew and grew until his head bumped against the ceiling. ‘Goddamnit! Are you serious?’ Xavier called out. It seemed drinking did not equal fun at all on this planet. The Ike started to scream. ‘Get off my property, you punk!’ He ran up to the door and began poking Xaviers leg. Sometimes things never go right, not the tiniest bit. ‘I’ll burn you out,’ the Ike screamed and he hurried away again, off to no good. Well, how would Xavier save himself this time? Suddenly he saw a bit of cake laying around. ‘It can never hurt to eat some, could it? It’s not like anything bad will happen,’ Xavier sighed, sarcastically. Because, when did something bad happen? He had not yet tried the cake, so there we go. He ate the cake. It tasted like chocolate-steak cake, which was a very strange combination, but it seemed to be worth it as he started shrinking soon enough. ‘Good, good,’ Xavier said, as he kept stuffing the cake in his mouth. As soon as he could walk through the door again, he started making a run for the crowded streets of a village named Oak’s Field. At least, that was the name of the pub he passed by; he assumed it would be the name of this place, too. The Ike tried to chase him, but he soon lost him as Xavier took a left into a shady back alley. ‘Ha, can’t beat me,’ he laughed, as soon as he could stop running. A disadvantage of course, was that he still had to return to his original length. Short legs, they could be damned!
Advice from Oriël
Little lost Xavier wandered through the alley, in the hopes of finding someone who could show him the way to the large building he could see from here. He did not know what it was meant for, but something told him he had to go there. Soon he got sick and tired of the wandering around and he just picked a random store to enter. The name on the window read: Miss Oriël. ‘There better be some useful information here!’ Xavier opened the door and entered a shady room, strongly scented by incense. At least ten candles were lit and, seated on pillows on the ground, near a low table, he could see a lady. She looked up as he stared at her, wondering what to do. However, it was too late to walk away now. ‘Who are you?’ asked Oriël. ‘As if I would tell you,’ Xavier answered, reacting just as hostile as the lady. ‘I hardly know! I knew who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have changed several times this day! And yeah, that’s none of your business.’ He did not walk away, but he crossed his arms and turned away from her. ‘What do you mean? Explain yourself!’ she went on. ‘Dear god, shut up!’ Xavier said, wanting to walk away again. Who was she, why was she nagging like that? ‘Come back,’ he heard and a little surprised he did stop and turn. ‘I’ve something important to say,’ Oriël shouted. Good, that sounded promising. ‘Well?’ he asked, upon which Oriël answered: ’Keep your temper.’ ‘What the hell? Don’t tell me what to do,’ Xavier sneered at her. ‘Was that all?’ ‘No,’ said Oriël. Then she started to wave the incense around, making the scent in the room even stronger. This continued for a few minutes, until she put the incense down and looked at Xavier. ‘So, you think you’re changed?’ ‘Well, yes,’ Xavier answered, referring to his length. ‘It doesn’t make very much sense.’ ‘What?’ demanded Oriël. ‘Ever since I got to this place, everything has been going wrong. I’ve been growing, shrinking and all of that must’ve gotten to my brain: I can’t clearly remember the lyrics to Grens national song!’ Xavier started singing to demonstrated, but soon Oriël intervened. ‘Yes, yes, yes, stop that. What size do you want to be,’ she asked, to stop the sound Xavier produced. ‘Taller,’ the boy specified, wondering what the lady could do for him. Oriël held out a mushroom. ‘One side will make you grow, one side will make you shrink.’ No other warnings followed and Oriël started to wave the incense again. ‘I guess fifty fifty is good enough for me,’ Xavier reasoned, as he broke of a piece of the mushroom and ate it. ‘Well fu-!’ Xavier yelled, as he started to shrink rapidly. He barely managed to break off another bit and stuff it into his mouth before he could not open it anymore and as he swallowed it, he began to grow again. Too large, this time. ‘Can’t something go right today?’ he sighed, but even he acknowledged that being stubborn would not help him grow or shrink. So he started to nibble bits of one side and then another side until he was his original length again. ‘Kthnxbai,’ he quickly said, not finishing his words as a sudden hurry to get out got over him. He had had quite enough of this!
A curious bunch
Oh, dear, there was the Ike again! This time he did not notice Xavier at all, as he was running toward a fancy looking house in the middle of town. Since the castle he had wanted to go to seemed to be too far away, he decided to follow the Ike. Who would own that house? He took care to stay unnoticed, but still he was so close he could eavesdrop on the conversation. The Ike knocked on the door and as soon as it opened, he started reading a letter. ‘For Duchess Lightning, an invitation from the Queen to play soccer,’ he said, in a frantic voice. Maybe this letter was what he had lost and he had needed to bring it here earlier! Maybe there were things in this world that made sense. It seemed interesting in there, Xavier thought, as some plates were thrown out of the door and almost in the face of the Ike. How could he get in and find out what violent creatures resided there? He got up to the door and knocked. ‘There’s no use in knocking,’ the Ike said, seemingly not recognizing him. ‘I’m on the same side of the door as you, you know?’ ‘Duh, dude,’ Xavier said, frowning. Inside there was a loud noise every now and then, certainly something crashing again. ‘How do I get in?’ ‘Are you to get in?’ the Ike asked. ‘That’s a better question!’ ‘Well, screw you too,’ Xavier said. He opened the door and went in.
There was Lightning, the Duchess, lecturing a younger child. A cook was trying to make soup in the kitchen. Every now and then the cook grabbed pepper and threw it in the soup. However, in doing so, he also tossed a lot into the air. Everybody was sneezing! ‘More pepper, Saturi!’ demanded Lightning. ‘And you, Jacey, you can’t go outside!’ she told the child. The only thing that did not sneeze was a big, grinning cat. ‘You creep me out, cat. Hide that big smile of yours,’ Xavier told the animal. ‘That’s merely a Cheshire Riku,’ Lightning told Xavier, as she pointed Jacey to the corner of the room. What would she be punished for? ‘I have never seen cats laugh like that,’ Xavier opposed Lightning, shrugging. ‘Well, all cats can and most of them actually do,’ Lightning answered. ‘I have never seen one,’ Xavier argued. ‘In that case you don’t know much and that’s a fact.’ ‘Goddamn, hasn’t anybody here heard of social norms?’ Xavier growled, not replying to the Duchess anymore. She didn’t seem too smart altogether and her kid was already slipping away again, not willing to obey her. ‘Thinking of it, I might as well have your head chopped off,’ Lightning happily said. When that didn’t happen, she just shrugged and pointed at Xavier. ‘While you’re still here, why don’t you keep an eye on Jacey! I’ll have to leave to play soccer with the Queen.’ ‘Not a snowball’s chance in hell,’ Xavier told her, but she had already hurried off. As soon as he got outside again, he coughed the pepper out of his lungs and tried to get it out of his eyes as well. Now, where should he go? He saw the Cheshire Riku sitting near him, so he walked over to it and decided Riku might as well provide him with an answer. ‘So, where am I supposed to go from here?’ ‘That depends, of course, on where you want to go,’ was the answer. ‘I don’t really care,’ said Xavier, forgetting about the castle now. ‘Then it doesn’t matter where you go,’ Riku answered. ‘In that direction lives the Aislin Hatter; and in that direction lives the Thomasso Hare. Visit whomever you like; they’re both mad.’ ‘But screw mad people.’ ‘Oh, there’s no getting away from them,’ Riku said. ‘We’re all mad here!’ ‘Well, excuse me, but I’m not mad!’ Xavier said. ‘You must be, or you wouldn’t have come here,’ was Riku’s answer. ‘I’m not mad,’ Xavier repeated. ‘Well, call yourself as you like. Will you play soccer with the Queen today?’ ‘I’m not invited and I’m also not interested,’ Xavier snorted. ‘You’ll see me there,’ Riku said. So far an invitation for party-crashing. The cat then vanished and left Xavier without any hints or clues. ‘I might as wel go to Thomasso, then,’ Xavier reasoned. ‘Hatters seem boring so I’ll go visit the hare.’
The Black-out Drunks
There was a table in front of the house and the Mad Aislin and the March Thomasso were having whiskey at it: Kaoru was sitting between them, fast asleep, and the other two leaned over him, were talking over his head. The table was a large one, but the three were all sitting in one corner of it. ‘No room, no room!’ they yelled when they saw Xavier coming. ‘There’s plenty of fucking room,’ Xavier said as he sat down in a chair at one end of the table. ‘Have some wine,’ Aislin said. Xavier looked all around, but there was nothing but whiskey on it. ‘I don’t SEE any wine, dumbass,’ Xavier answered. ‘There isn’t any,’ Aislin said. ‘Then why would you offer it to me!’ Xavier yelled, angrily. ‘You shouldn’t just sit down without being invited,’ Aislin answered. ‘You don’t OWN this table,’ Xavier argued. ‘Besides, I guess you don’t even have enough friends to fill up all the empty chairs!’ ‘You’re in dire need of a hairdresser’s,’ Thomasso said, only speaking up now. ‘Shut up,’ was all Xavier answered. Thomasso, in return, only opened his eyes very wide on hearing this, but he said: ‘Why is a raven like a writing-desk?’ Xavier stared at him for a while, completely silent, until he opened his mouth to answer. ‘The fuck, dude?’ ‘Do you mean that you can answer the riddle?’ Thomasso asked, stunned. ‘Well, of course,’ Xavier said, without really thinking about his answer. Of course he could! It wasn’t like he would let these stupid people have their way. ‘I will solve that stupid riddle of yours!’ And then he started to think of answers for the riddle. Aislin said something to break the silence. ‘What day of the month is it?’ she asked, as she turned to Xavier. She had taken her watch out of her pocket and looked at it as if it might explode any second now. ‘The fourth I guess,’ Xavier shrugged. Cool people don’t care about what date it is. ‘Two days wrong!’ Aislin sighed. ‘I told you butter wouldn’t suit the works!’ she added, looking at Thomasso angrily. ‘It was the BEST butter,’ Thomasso sighed. ‘Yes, but some crumbs must have got in as well,’ Aislin grumbled. ‘You shouldn’t have put it in with the bread-knife.’ Thomasso then dipped the watch into his whiskey and looked at it again. ‘It was the BEST butter, you know..’ Xavier had been looking at the scene and shook his head in despair. Why did he end up here? This place made no sense at all! ‘Oh, Kaoru is asleep again!’ Aislin said, as she poured a little hot tea on his nose. Kaoru awoke for a short time, but did not open his eyes. ‘Of course, of course, that is just what I was going to say,’ he squeaked, and then he went back to sleep again. ‘Have you guessed the riddle yet?’ Aislin asked Xavier. ‘Nah,’ he said, unwilling to admit he had not yet found the answer. ‘What’s the answer?’ ‘I don’t have a clue!’ Aislin answered. ‘Nor I,’ Thomasso backed her up. ‘WHAT? You really are retarded, right?’ Xavier yelled, as he smacked his hands on the table and decided he might just as well have a glass of whiskey. How could he ever survive here? Suddenly Aislin and Thomasso decided it was time for a little song. A song they had sung for the Queen, apparently. He felt sorry for her. ‘Twinkle, twinkle, little bat! How I wonder were you’re at! High above the world you fly, like a tea-tray in the sky, twinkle twinkle!’ They looked at Xavier proudly. Kaoru even began to mumble ‘twinkle twinkle’ while he was asleep and he wouldn’t stop until some more tea was poured onto him. ‘And then the Queen jumped up and yelled our heads should be chopped off because of our voices!’ the two of them suddenly complained. ‘Wish she had done just that,’ Xavier sighed. For the love of god! How could he get out of here? All of this was so confusing. They were rude and he was the only one who could be rude! He was sick of it, so he just stood up and walked out. The three of them didn’t notice him leaving. ‘I’ll never go near these idiots again,’ Xavier mumbled. ‘It’s the worst whiskey-party ever!’ Perhaps they had been drunk, but still. He walked into the forest again. Where should he go now? Suddenly he saw a door in a tree to his right. Wasn’t that weird? But since he had nowhere to go, why not go there?
The Queen’s Soccer Game
A large rose-tree stood near the entrance of the garden behind the door: the roses growing on it were white, but there were three gardeners at it, busily painting them blue. Xavier found that very strange and, above all, stupid, so he went nearer and caught some of their conversation. ‘I couldn’t help it!’ one of them said. ‘You pushed me over!’ ‘That’s right, always blame others,’ the other one said. ‘Who do you think you are!’ one yelled, as the last one turned around and saw Xavier. ‘So, why are you doing this boring, I assume almost non-paying job?’ Xavier asked them, not hesitating. ‘Well, as luck would have it, this should be a BLUE rose-tree, but we put a pink one in by mistake; and if the Queen was to find it out, we should all have our heads cut off! So you see, we’re doing our best, afore she comes..’ ‘The Queen, the Queen!’ one of them suddenly yelled, and they all dropped to the ground. Wait. If the Queen was here, did that mean he had finally reached the castle, where he had wanted to get all this time? Soon came the soldiers; then the Ike and some dukes and duchesses. Then came the knights and finally, last in this procession, came the King and the Queen of Starshine. Xavier stood there and watched, wondering what would happen next in this crazy world. Now he had gotten where he wanted to be, what was left to do? He did not have much time to ponder on that, unfortunately. ‘Who is this?’ said Wren, looking at Xavier. The knight she asked just bowed and smiled. ‘You idiot!’ she screamed, impatiently tossing her head. ‘What’s your name?’ ‘Xavier..’ he said, deciding leaving out her formal title. You’re either a rebel or you are not. ‘And who are these?’ Wren demanded, pointing at the guards laying on the ground. ‘How should I know? It’s no business of mine!’ Xavier snorted. Wren stared at him angrily for a while and then she started screaming again. ‘Off with his head! Off-‘ ‘No way in hell,’ Xavier replied decidedly and Wren glared at him. The King, Allen, laid his hand upon her arm and tried to stop her. ‘Consider, he’s only a small tiny boy! He isn’t even old enough to get pranked!’ ‘Fair enough,’ said Wren, turning away from him angrily. ‘Turn them over!’ A knight kicked the guards until they rolled over. ‘GET UP!’ she then demanded. They instantly jumped up and started bowing. ‘STOP THAT! You make me sick,’ she said. And as she looked away from them, she couldn’t help but spot the rose-tree. ‘And just WHAT have you been doing here?’ ‘May it please your Majesty,’ one of them said, very softly. ‘We were trying to-‘ ‘I see!’ Wren yelled, after she had examined the roses. ‘OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!’ She pointed at them and then she simply ordered the procession to move on, leaving a knight behind to execute the guards. After a minute or two she suddenly turned back and yelled at the knight. ‘Are their heads off?’ ‘Their heads are gone, if it please your Majesty,’ he answered. ‘Damn well it does,’ Wren said, looking awfully pleased. ‘Doesn’t that make the world a little better, dear?’ she asked Allen, rhetorically of course. Wren turned to Xavier again. ‘Can you play soccer?’ ‘Yes!’ he said, almost offended that she had to ask. ‘Well, come on then!’ Wren happily said, clapping her hands and smiling, like a child who had gotten candy. Xavier quickly joined the group, just a little bit afraid for his own neck. ‘It’s a very fine day,’ a timid voice next to him spoke. Wait! That was the Ike! Xavier stared at him. What was he doing here- ‘Get to your places! Quick, quick!’ Wren shouted and people began running in all directions, tumbling up against each other. However, within a minute they got settled down and the game could begin. The Queen herself stood in de middle of the field and put her foot on a hedgehog, who would apparently function as soccer ball for the match. Her guards formed formations to make the goals and the King would judge the game from the side-lines. Then everyone just started playing, without playing together or watching the rules. Everywhere he heard quarrelling and in a short time Wren was running around furiously, ordering someone to be executed every minute or so. Xavier began to feel uneasy; he had no dispute with the Queen, but as they were so eager to behead people here, he felt he had to be looking for a way out. As he was looking around, he suddenly noticed a big grin. It was the Cheshire Riku! ‘How are you getting on?’ the Riku asked. ‘I don’t think this is fair play at all,’ Xavier complained. ‘And they fight all the time and it’s just pissing me off. Aren’t there any rules to this game? It’s confusing and just plain weird!’ ‘How do you like the Queen?’ the Riku asked, in a low voice. ‘Not at all, she’s so extremely-‘ The Queen was close behind him and listening. ‘likely to win, that it’s not even worth it to keep playing!’ Smooth. Wren smiled and ran on, after she had looked at the Riku in a strange fashion. ‘Who are you talking to?’ Allen asked, as he came back with Wren, who was pointing at the Riku fervently. Nobody seemed to mind she wasn’t playing anymore. ‘It’s a cat, duh,’ Xavier said. ‘It looks weird,’ Allen concluded, investigating the strange animal. ‘It may kiss my hand if it likes,’ Wren said, after which she turned and suddenly decided to kick the hedgehog around for a bit. Allen stayed. ‘I can’t come to terms with this animal. It is staring at me and it does not seem any fun at all!’ He turned around and called out for the Queen. ‘Could you remove the Cat?’ ‘Well, off with his head!’ Wren yelled, from a distance, not even bothering to come over. ‘I’ll fetch someone to cut off his head,’ Allen said, enthusiastically and then he hurried off. Xavier just stared as he ran away. His brain just could not keep up with the mess this world was! It was impossible to make sense of anything and as he heard the Queen yell at even more guards to be executed, he decided he really had to go. Something else caught his interest, however: the Riku and the executioner, and the King and Queen. Everybody just yelled whatever and nobody waited their turn. The moment Xavier came closer, he was ordered to solve the question they were arguing about. The executioner seemed to think he could not behead a mere Cat, since it only had a head right now; the rest of it hadn’t appeared, so he could not cut off a head that only was a head. The King said, in return, that everything with a head could be beheaded and that it should be done now. The Queen looked around and simply said that, if they didn’t get this issue sorted out in one minute, everybody here would be executed. And then Xavier decided it was best to place the blame with someone else. ‘It’s Lightning’s Riku; why don’t you ask her?’ ‘Ah, how convenient she’s in prison,’ Wren said. ‘Go fetch her!’ When the guards did not listen, Wren tried to tap on their shoulders. She couldn’t reach it, but tried anyways. Eventually she just took a hedgehog and threw it at their heads, but the sight of it.. Xavier couldn’t help but laugh! At first he tried not to laugh at her ridiculous length, but now he just couldn’t help it. In that same moment, Xavier got tapped on the shoulder. Behind him stood the Knight, who somehow found Xavier’s laughing so funny that he started laughing himself. ‘She’s just so small,’ Xavier said, looked at Wren while she was trying to order others around. ‘So small!’ He couldn’t help it, he had to laugh it all out! As his laugh grew louder, Wren turned around and glared at him. ‘WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?’ Xavier looked at her, but that did not help at all. ‘Well, you’re short and being short sucks. So I guess you suck,’ he concluded. Maybe that had not been his smartest move since he had come here, as suddenly guards grabbed him and dragged him away from the whole scene. What kind of uncertain faith awaited him in the castle?
Length does not matter
The King and Queen were seated on their throne when Xavier got dragged into the big hall. All sorts of people were gathered there. The knight was before him in chains, even though Xavier was not sure he had actually known why he had been laughing. A soldier stood by Xaviers side and guarded him. Near the King stood the Ike, with a violin in one hand and a scroll in his other. The King would be the judge of today, it seemed, as he wore a great white wig under his crown. The Queen sat beside him, staring at both Xavier and the knight furiously. It made him laugh again. He just couldn’t help it. ‘Silence in the court!’ the Ike yelled. King Allen looked around, was everybody ready to begin? Well, then. He coughed like he meant it. ‘Herald, read the accusation!’ The Ike played a short tune on the violin and then unrolled the scroll and started reading. ‘The Queen of Starshine was playing soccer; her awaited quite a shocker! The intruder called her short and our knight was his support!’ ‘Consider your verdict,’ Allen said, obviously bored with the whole trial. It was a wonder indeed that Xaviers head was still attached to his body! ‘Not yet,’ the Ike interrupted. ‘There’s more to come!’ ‘Call the first witness, then. Quick!’ The first witness would be Aislin, who was greeted with a little violin play. After her came Thomasso and Kaoru. ‘First, take of your hat,’ Allen ordered Aislin. ‘It isn’t mine!’ ‘Stolen!’ the king shouted. ‘I’m a hatter, I keep them to sell,’ Aislin explained. Here Wren leaned forward and shifted her gaze to Aislin, who grew silent again. ‘Give your evidence, or I’ll have you executed on the spot!’ Allen said, happy that Wren wasn’t the only one who could use the sentence. And then, probably just to spoil the fun of the whole scene, Xaviers body decided to start growing again. Why in the world..? While Xavier started growing, Wren kept staring at Aislin, who still hadn’t given any evidence. ‘Give your evidence!’ Allen demanded. ‘Well, I’m not very rich and I was having my tea when the twinkling of the tea-‘ ‘What twinkling?’ Allen interrupted. ‘It began with the tea,’ Aislin explained. ‘Of course twinkling begins with a T!’ Allen shouted in reply. ‘Well, it started out with the tea and when Thomasso said-‘ ‘I didn’t!’ Thomasso interrupted quickly. ‘You did!’ Aislin shouted. ‘I deny it!’ Thomasso countered. ‘He denies it, so leave that part out,’ Allen decided wisely. ‘Well, Kaoru said-‘ When she saw Kaoru was already asleep, she continued. ‘He said that and I had some more tea..’ ‘What did Kaoru say?’ Allen demanded. ‘Well, I don’t remember!’ Aislin said, anxiously. ‘You MUST remember! Otherwise you will be executed.’ Allen yelled. ‘Now, go on.’ ‘I’d rather finish my tea,’ Aislin complained. ‘Very well, you may go,’ Allen concluded. ‘Take her head when she gets outside,’ Wren demanded, suddenly speaking up. Aislin was too quick for the guards, luckily, so she got back to her house in one piece. The next witness to be called forward was Saturi. He was still carrying his pepper-box, as if he still had to prepare Lightning’s meal here. ‘Give your evidence,’ Allen demanded. Wren was tapping with her fingers and now directed her stare to Saturi, as she had nothing else to do. Allen was the jury, but it was obvious she wanted to be in the spotlight by the way she looked at him and acted obviously bored. ‘Shall not,’ was Saturi’s simple reply. The Ike now spoke up. ‘Your Majesty, you must cross-examine this witness!’ ‘Well, if I must..’ Allen sighed, got up and folded his arms. Through the X his arms made he looked at the cook and asked him: ‘What is the main ingredient of soup?’ ‘Pepper,’ was the stern answer. ‘No,’ Kaoru whispered, still half asleep. ‘Behead him! Turn him out of court! Surpress him! Hit him! Pinch him!’ Wren suddenly yelled. The court came in great confusion as everybody tried to follow her orders and by the time everybody had settled down, Saturi had disappeared. ‘Never mind,’ Allen said, shrugged. Then he added, for Wren: ‘Really, you must cross-examine the next witness! It’s so boring!’ The Ike took that as a sign to read out the name of the next witness: ‘Xavier!’
Final verdict
Xavier had to step forward, even though he had grown so large that there was barely any room to place his feet. ‘What do you know about this business?’ Allen asked. ‘Nothing,’ Xavier lied. No way in hell he’d just give in to these lunatics. ‘Nothing?’ Allen tried to persist. ‘Nothing at all,’ Xavier answered. ‘That’s very unimportant,’ Allen concluded. Xavier saw Wren looking down to a notebook and then she looked up again, yelling. ‘ALL PERSONS MORE THAN A MILE HIGH ARE TO LEAVE THE COURT!’ She looked very satisfied with uttering these words. ‘It’s rule 42.’ Everybody looked at Xavier. ‘I’m not a mile high,’ he said, though he had not the slightest idea of his actual length. It seemed to bother the Queen greatly that he was so large now, since it only made her smaller, relatively. ‘You are,’ she argued, smiling at him. ‘Well, I won’t leave anyway,’ Xavier said. He wanted to leave, but nagging her just was the reward he needed for staying a while longer. ‘And there’s no such rule. You just invented it.’ ‘It’s the oldest rule,’ Wren said, crossing her arms and turning her head away. ‘Then why is it number 42 instead of number 1?’ ‘Because-!’ Wren started, but Allen intervened. ‘State your verdict!’ he ordered. ‘Wait, wait! There’s more evidence!’ the Ike interrupted. ‘I have a letter here!’ ‘What’s in it?’ Wren asked. ‘I haven’t opened it yet, but it seems to be a letter written by the prisoner! To… somebody,’ the Ike said. ‘Who is it directed to?’ Allen asked. ‘It has nothing written on the outside! It’s a mystery,’ the Ike concluded. ‘Is the inside written in the prisoner’s handwriting?’ was the next question. ‘No, not at all! That’s the weirdest, most stupid thing about it,’ the Ike sighed. ‘He must have imitated somebody’s handwriting!’ Allen shouted, smiling brightly. Such a good solution! ‘That’s NOT my letter,’ Xavier said. ‘I didn’t even sign it!’ ‘Nor is it mine,’ the knight added, sad. ‘If you didn’t sign it, that proves your guilt,’ Allen said. ‘Otherwise you could have signed it, like somebody who is honest.’ ‘GUILTY,’ Wren shouted. ‘It proves nothing! What is even in it?’ Xavier said. They were so unbelievably.. He did not have words for it. ‘This is the most important piece of evidence yet!’ Allen stated. ‘State your verdict!’ ‘NO, no!’ Wren said, slapped him on the arm. ‘Sentence first, verdict afterwards.’ ‘What kind of nonsensical garbage is that,’ Xavier yelled. ‘Hold your tongue, you ugly giant!’ Wren yelled back at him. ‘I won’t! You’re short!’ Xavier answered her. ‘OFF WITH YOUR HEAD!’ Wren ordered and all the guards and soldiers started to try and climb in his clothes or get to the roof so they could carry out the Queen’s order. ‘You’re all so tiny, I can crush you any moment!’ Xavier said, but he was wrong. Within moments all the soldiers came crashing down upon him and he fell, fell, fell…
He woke up in the twigs of his beloved tree. What? Where was he? Was he.. back? Xavier looked around him, but there was no sign anymore of the Queen and her minions. He sighed. ‘What a weird-ass dream,’ he complained. ‘I’d better go back to the castle.’ He hugged his tree goodbye and then ran off, still wondering what kind of drugs had been in his system all day long.
END
Enjoy giving and receiving your present, and happy holidays! -- Talita
Laatst aangepast door Thayeline op di dec 30 2014, 19:03; in totaal 3 keer bewerkt
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Onderwerp: Re: Gifttopic Art-trade - Holidays edition~ di dec 16 2014, 17:44
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Rudolph the red nosed reindeer Had an advantageous nose He passed his bright red traits on Darwin said that's how it goes
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Onderwerp: Re: Gifttopic Art-trade - Holidays edition~ di dec 16 2014, 20:30
Het is niet echt geweldig, maar ik heb er mijn best op gedaan, dus ik hoop dat je het leuk vindt, Judith.
Ze zijn een beetje groot (en ik kon de mini kerstmutsjes niet laten):
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Onderwerp: Re: Gifttopic Art-trade - Holidays edition~ di dec 16 2014, 21:57
Mijn gepruts is voor de persoon boven moi ~ Hoop dat je er fun mee kunt hebben of zo.
P.S. Als U roterende shit wilt (zoals Miwa's of Hero's avatar) en geen idee hebt hoe dit moet, stuur dan een pb naar dit account met de URLs van de avatars die U erin wilt en dan fix ik 't voor U.
Waarom ik geen streep-dingetje boven de A heb? Nou, het lettertype dat ik gebruikte kende dat teken niet en ik heb geprobeerd om zelf wat te prutsen maar dan werd het iedere keer foei lelijk
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Onderwerp: Re: Gifttopic Art-trade - Holidays edition~ di dec 16 2014, 23:45
Zulke mooie dingen allemaal <3
Juus, nogmaals bedankt voor je awesome oneshot. Ik moest er heerlijk om lachen en al die karakters, ah, so awesome.
Funny thing is tho:
IK KREEG JOU~:
BEWARE, IT'S BIG:
Meeeeeerry christmas, dear Juus <3 Hopelijk vind je het mooi. Ik heb mijn cadeau voor je heel vaak overgedaan omdat ik steeds maar niet tevreden was. Uiteindelijk ben ik voor lieve Feal gegaan op een soort van kaart/poster of iets :'D
<3
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Onderwerp: Re: Gifttopic Art-trade - Holidays edition~ wo dec 17 2014, 09:21
I made some things for the Angie Allereerst een Bijou-tje, I tried, licht haar is lastig dus het is blauwig geworden.
SNOWBALLFIGHT:
En dan nóg een witharige, woeshwoesh.
Is het een genderbend? Is het een crossdress? I don't know, it is...:
En dit, dit kon ik gewoon niet laten xD
Gotta catch 'em all!:
Ik hoop dat je ze leuk vindt, fijne kerst Angie~ c:
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Onderwerp: Re: Gifttopic Art-trade - Holidays edition~ wo dec 17 2014, 23:22
Selma!
I made something for you
White-haired boy 1 ;D:
Ik weet niet of je dit nog herkend ^^’ It’s Ike die net die schedel heeft weten te vangen in de Underground Library. Ik vond dat zo'n grappig moment XD so here you go ^~^~
Pas op! It's big:
White-haired boy 2 =P:
Dit is gewoon een random drawing van Isaiah ^^’ ‘I see a ladybug. Hello lady Ladybug!’ – Butters Stotch ^~^ ~KLIK~
Pas op! It's big:
Ik ben niet zo goed in backgrounds. Excusez Moi
I hope you like!
Merry Christmas Selma
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Ik ben een beetje laat met die van mij, so sorry about that. Maar ik heb de laatste weken nogal lopen vechten met een laptop die aan het sterven is en adobe-programma's die niet meer goed op willen/kunnen starten. So ye. De timing is een beetje ongelukkig. ANYWAY~
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO MELLE~
Hopelijk vind je het wat, ik heb het een beetje een Christmas feely geprobeerd te geven, om in de sfeer te blijven. Het is wat weinig, maar dat komt dus door de laptopproblemen. Wanneer alles weer goed is krijg je de uitbreiding~
OEH EEN PAKJE MAAK HEM MAAR SNEL OPEN:
SCHIET NOU OP:
OMG ZO SPANNENDDD:
TADAAAAA:
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Onderwerp: Re: Gifttopic Art-trade - Holidays edition~ di dec 23 2014, 14:12
Er zijn nog 3 mensen die hun cadeau nog zouden moeten droppen hier De deadline staat op 25 december en daarna zal ik andere mensen vragen om iets te maken. Als je bezig bent aan je cadeau en je zou graag wat uitstel willen, laat het mij dan weten via PB!~
Ik hoop dat je het leuk vind en nog fijne feestdagen toegewenst!!
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Onderwerp: Re: Gifttopic Art-trade - Holidays edition~ wo dec 24 2014, 15:35
Sorry dat ik het pas zo laat neerzet, ik had dit al veel eerder moeten doen ^^'' Iedereen heeft hele mooie en lieve dingen gemaakt, fijne feestdagen iedereen<3 And thanks het leuke Skyler setje, super nice! -Ik weet dat het een rot faceclaim is, ik vind My little pony echt niks, alleen Dash is de enige cartoon of anime char met regenboog haar, sawry x''D-
Okey, hier komt mijn cadeautje. Vast benieuwd wie ik heb?
het is:
wie is het...:
zal ik het zeggen?:
Nu dan?:
Okey, alright. Merry Christmas and a happy new year<3.......:
Anon!!!!
Hier zijn de tekeningen, want setjes ben ik zo derp in
<3:
<3:
Ik hoop dat je ze leuk vind
much love, Moon
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Onderwerp: Re: Gifttopic Art-trade - Holidays edition~ ma dec 29 2014, 21:59
Omdat de amazing host nog niks heeft gekregen, heb ik wat voor je in elkaar geknutseld c; Dit is als bedankje voor het organiseren en het leuk maken van dit event! Superleuk dat je het dit jaar weer wilde doen en dit is dus een klein dingetje wat ik voor je heb gemaakt~ Er zou nog iets aan moeten komen, een ander awesome dingetje, dus dat zie je nog wel verschijnen~
For you~:
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Onderwerp: Re: Gifttopic Art-trade - Holidays edition~ di dec 30 2014, 19:08
En ye, ik denk dat iedereen nu iets gekregen heeft :'D Heb dit event met plezier opnieuw georganiseerd, moet ik wel zeggen C: Maar ook bedankt aan iedereen die meegedaan heeft, zonder jullie zou het ook niks geworden zijn, en al jullie dingetjes waren enorm leuk ^-^ Om jullie nog een gelukkige Kerst te wensen is het nu misschien iets te laat, maar ik kan jullie wel nog allemaal een vrolijk 2015 wensen ^^
Volledig in het thema van Valentijn staan er twee Events op het programma van de site. Beide zullen van start gaan vanaf 14 februari, dus houd de site zeker goed in de gaten.
Cupid Hearts: Verras vrienden of in game characters met een vrolijk hartje deze Valentijn. Met of zonder lief berichtje eraan vast. Anoniem of juist niet. Stuur je hartjes naar het account van Alpha.
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Tijdens de winter is het terrein van de school in diepe rust. De meeste dieren zijn onvindbaar verscholen en de ijzige wind houd ook de leerlingen binnen. De perfecte tijd om met een kop warme choco naar de vallende sneeuw te kijken.
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Onderwerp: Gifttopic Art-trade - Holidays edition~ 
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