Quests & Challenges

You know how people will sometimes place a flock of flamingos in the yard of someone as a practical joke? Well, we have the Flamingos... So here's the plan. [item= Lawn Decoration] Send me all of your flamingos from May 3rd to May 10th, along with a story about your clan and what dastardly deed they did, or one of them did, that makes them deserve to be pranked. The best story will get that clan flamingoed. [item= Lawn Sin][item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Sin] Of course you can just donate flamingos to the cause if you'd rather, because unless we have stacks and stacks it's not really a good flamingo prank. [item= Lawn Decoration] [item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Sin][item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Sin] All of the flamingos will be sent to that clan for the next week, and new stories will be written here saying why [i]your [/i]clan really deserves to be pranked. [item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Sin][item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Sin][item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Sin] That clan who gets flaminogead that Sunday will decide on the best story for the new week and will flamingo a new clan on the following Sunday. [item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Sin][item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Sin][item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Sin][item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Decoration] [item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Sin][item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Sin][item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Sin][item= Lawn Decoration] [item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Sin][item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Sin][item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Sin] Please do not play if you do not plan to flamingo the next deserving clan. [item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Sin][item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Sin][item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Sin][item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Decoration] [item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Sin][item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Sin][item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Sin][item= Lawn Decoration] [item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Sin][item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Sin][item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Sin][item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Sin][item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Sin][item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Decoration][item= Lawn Sin][item= Lawn Decoration] Here is the link if you'd like to help spread the word in your signature. Just remove the spaces [code][center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2854921#post_2854921][size=6][color=magenta]Flamingo[/color][color=green] Challenge[/color][color=magenta]![/size][/color] [item=Lawn Decoration][item=Lawn Sin][/center][/url][/code]

Not much had gone differently for the past week. BeBop and Rock Steady held on to Castle Anami by a string and a few perfectly placed land mines. That new chemist, Rakaza, really new her explosive propeties.

Things were getting a bit boring really. A few hours of intense battle every day to keep the contagion away, General Skikashi would rally the troupes, Etan would perform some amazing feat of strength to save everyone at the last minute, and then, given that act, the Scientists would move in and clear out a few more of the pestilences attacking the Castle.

But it never seemed to end.

Every time the clan cleared out a contagion a new corruption would creep in. While some of the surrounding caverns had succumbed to the mighty Plaguebringer Castle Anami had held strong. Though the battle seemed futile. Eventually they knew they would all be a part of the contagion.

BeBop saw a movement out of the corner of his eye and quickly moved toward the battlement.

Nothing.

He swore he had seen movement, but there was nothing there. Peering closely he noticed something green on the ground, just to the side of the drawbridge. Probably another contagion making it's way closer to the curtain wall.

He'd send Galileo to check it out. That drake could really sneak around when he wasn't attacking the next meal.

There it was again. Just a flicker of movement, but another one of those... things was there. This one pink. He peered closer.

There was another. And another. What new terror was this?

Quickly, BeBop sounded the alarm. Looks like there would be two battles today.

In no time at all the ranks were called, each veteran in control of four trainees, as usual. These battles were the time for the trainees to make a name for themselves. Or, much more likely, to fall victim to the contagion.

Galileo took the lead, flying in formation with his four trainees. Steelwar and Ancientfire to the left and right, and the other two bnringing up the rear.

Galileo swooped in on one of the green pustules, planning to graze it enough to get a sample for the chemists, but pulled up short.

Steelwar and Ancientfire quickly swooped to the side, but the other two didn't understand the signals Galileo had chirruped, and both went down hard.

Two more for the contagion, BeBop thought, watching the two soldiers tumble head over dewclaws, splattering through what now looked like hundreds of the pestilence.

Then he saw that Galileo was trembling. Could this be an airborne virus? Were they about to lose all five of the scouts?

And then he heard some strange sound he had never heard befor coming out of the usually silent Galileo. What new hell was this?

The two on the ground were up, back to back, and swiping their claws through the infection that remained on the ground. Steelwar and Ancient fire started convulsing as well, And now Ardast. All three were... landing in the pestilence? That was weird.

And that strange noise was coming from all of them now, but in the others it sounded almost like laughter. Galileo would never laugh. This was the strangest infection ever.

Just as BeBop was about to call for firebreath from Hooligan and Jinneyeh to wipe out the entire infected crew, the noise from Galileo stopped. He shook himself off, and snatched up several of the pink and green pustules in his claws, rising up in the air with a hideous grimace on his face.

The others followed suit, raucously... laughing is the only way to describe the noise, and the five soldiers swooped up directly toward the battlement where BeBop and the others perched.

"Hold..." BeBop commanded. "Hold..."

The soldiers waited, knowing that BeBop had some sort of strategy aimed at protecting them. Waiting anxiously for the signal to literally fire at the small returning troupe, they peered at the approaching pestilence.

But it was too late.

It started with BeBop, who began to chuckle, and then one after the other laughter spread through the ranks. Weapons were dropped, bellies were clutched, and all of the soldiers joined in with screeching, squealing laughter.

They had been flamingoed!

Sending 9 [item=Lawn Sin] & 12 [item=Lawn Decoration] Ribbitar was meandering along, as usual, looking for food. He could hear Berkeley in the bushes behind him, crashing around and digging for "tasty roots." BLECH. Sure, Berkeley knew where all the best roots grew, but who even ATE roots. Seriously. Meat was what a dragon SHOULD eat. And maybe seafood. But no, Berkeley ate ROOTS! Smiling, Ribbitar circled around behind Berkeley, preparing to flank him. Hopefully he could knock the large, heavy dragon on his back again. The only time you could get the upper hand with the humongous Berkeley was to get him on his back. And then he would be forced to admit that meat was the only REAL food. And maybe seafood. Usually Berkeley would just hunker down and wait for a foe to get in range of his beak, as his natural armor was practically impenetrable, but on his back he was as helpless as a hatchling. Berkeley tipping had become Ribbitar's new practical joke of choice. He'd only actually managed it twice now, but he was an optimist. This would be his 27th try this week, and he knew it would happen again if he persisted. He thought bout the last time, in December. It was during the Night of the Nocturne festivities. Everyone was running around like lunatics trying to find Nocturne eggs to grow the clan, and Berkeley was playing egg sitter. The behemoth was cuddling the eggs between his massive front feet, and telling them a story. Ribbitar settled in to listen, knowing Berkeley would not leave his charges until the story ended, his replacement arrived, and he needed to eat. It took a lot of food to keep Berkeley's stomach from grumbling. Maybe that's why he ate roots. "No, that's no excuse," thought Ribbitar. Berkeley was repeating the epic tale of his favorite moment in the history of dragonkind, the battle against the Shade led by his favorite deity, the Lightweaver. "Perfect!" thought Ribbitar. Berkeley was always a little lighter on his massive feet after talking about his WONDERFUL Lightweaver. Ribbitar himself prefered to worship the Shadowbinder, who had also helped in the battle, thank you very much, but Berkeley never went on and on about her exploits. No... just his precious Lightweaver. As if the Shadowbinder had been LESS helpful because the Shade was all dark and stuff. Nonsense like that is why Ribbitar occasionally had to knock Berkeley over. Because shadows RULE, and light DROOLS. Whatever. Following in the foraging dragon's path to avoid detection as he drew closer, Ribbitar crept, avoiding telltale sound from the foliage as only a mirror could. Closer. Closer. And that's when he smelled something odd. What was that nasty smell? It was really artificial smelling. Definitely in the NOT FOOD category. Ribbitar's least favorite of all the categories. His favorite, of course, being FOOD. [item=Lawn Sin] It smelled like petroleum, maybe? Or maybe ethylene? Whatever it was it smelled nasty. He sniffed around a bit more, and realized it was coming from every direction. All around him! He was surrounded by the nasty smell. He rose up on his hind legs to get a view of what was apparently surrounding him, snaking up the nearest pile of rubble to get a better look. [item=lawn sin][item=lawn decoration] Ribbitar was bewildered. Everywhere he looked all he saw were those green and pink horrible smelling birds. They were so still. And they were LOOKING at him. [item=lawn sin][item=lawn decoration][item=lawn sin][item=lawn decoration][item=lawn sin][item=lawn decoration] He used his wings to lift himself a little higher. He usually preferred to creep along the ground, but this was an EMERGENCY. [item=lawn decoration][item=lawn decoration][item=lawn sin][item=lawn decoration][item=lawn sin][item=lawn sin][item=lawn decoration][item=lawn sin][item=lawn sin][item=lawn decoration] Looking up he saw that they were in the trees as well. Turning to the left, then the right, then quickly circling around he looked for a possible escape route to no avail. They were everywhere. And they smelled so BAD! [item=lawn sin][item=lawn sin][item=lawn sin][item=lawn decoration][item=lawn sin][item=lawn decoration][item=lawn decoration][item=lawn sin][item=lawn decoration][item=lawn sin][item=lawn decoration][item=lawn sin][item=lawn decoration][item=lawn decoration][item=lawn sin][item=lawn decoration][item=lawn sin][item=lawn sin][item=lawn decoration][item=lawn sin][item=lawn decoration] Ribbitar was going to barf. He knew it. He hated barfing, because what a waste of FOOD, but these weird, silent birds were POISONING him! [item=lawn decoration][item=lawn sin][item=lawn decoration][item=lawn sin][item=lawn decoration][item=lawn sin][item=lawn decoration][item=lawn sin][item=lawn sin][item=lawn decoration][item=lawn sin][item=lawn sin][item=lawn decoration][item=lawn sin][item=lawn decoration][item=lawn sin][item=lawn sin][item=lawn decoration][item=lawn decoration][item=lawn sin][item=lawn decoration][item=lawn sin][item=lawn decoration][item=lawn decoration][item=lawn sin][item=lawn sin][item=lawn decoration][item=lawn sin] And then he saw Berkeley, smiling up at him, but from BEHIND the birds. And there was Zablesk. And Chroma, and Papa and Bernadine and Croc. Everyone! Everyone was outside of the circle of weird birds! And he was TRAPPED in the middle. And they were LAUGHING! Was this was some kind of JOKE? A prank they played on HIM? Ribittar blinked a few times, considering the possibility that all of them would prank him. HE was the prankster in this clan. HE was the one who played the jokes on clan mates. This was MADNESS! And yet, here they were. Ribittar looked around at all the weird, foul smelling birds, and all his smiling clan mates, and then he realized how ridiculous he must look, surrounded by these nasty things as all the others looked on. 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This was followed up by a huge breath, which made him inhale the scent of those stupid birds again, and he lost it. This was the best joke EVER! And since they had spent all this time gathering these nasty birds for HIM, then that meant they belonged to Ribbitar now. And HE would be the one to decide who got FLAMINGOED next! 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@Presserpop Running Tally- 14 [item=Lawn Sin] 19 [item=Lawn Decoration] so far. Keep the stories and the flamingos coming! If you just want to donate flamingos, that's fine. In fact, I will add that to the first page. And the number of Flamingos in your story was really kind of funny AND annoying, just as a prank story should be. Ribbitar is so extra!

Thanks, @Crackles! New Tally 17 [item=Lawn Sin]20 [item=Lawn Decoration]

Here are some flamingos. Have fun with the RP :) 1[item=lawn sin]6[item=lawn decoration]

Thanks to @Gemmabean! Running total: 18[item=lawn sin]26[item=lawn decoration]

Thanks to @Pandademic 29[item=lawn sin] 34[item=lawn decoration] New running total: 47[item=lawn sin] 60[item=lawn decoration] We have a full stack with both!!!!

Thanks to @Tamanthajayne for their donation. 57[item=Lawn Decoration] 61[item=Lawn Sin] New running total: 108[item=Lawn Sin]117[item=Lawn Decoration] We have a full stack of each now! Keep them coming!