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toasttt11 · 5 months ago

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hobey baker

April 12, 2024

Mackenzie took a deep breath looking in the mirror her hands brushing down her dress. She let her Mom pick out her outfit for the Hobey Baker award and Robyn didn’t pick a suit.

Mackenzie was wearing a sleeveless black dress with buttons done the front and it ended above her knees with black tights, simple black heels and a black blazer.

Mackenzie kept her hair straight and her front pieces tucked behind her ears with the lightest makeup.

Mackenzie took another breath and let out her breath slowly, the sting of the loss firm last night was still there and she was till disappointed by that but she was trying to enjoy today.

Mackenzie stepped out of the bathroom and Charlie gasped, “You look so pretty.” Charlie looked at her sister in awe, she’s always thought Mackenzie was the prettiest person ever especially her pretty curly hair that Charlie never sees anymore.

“Thanks Charls.” Mackenzie smiled and brushed her hand over her baby sister’s head, “You look beautiful.” Charlie had an all black dress too.

Mackenzie walked more into the hotel room seeing Cole all ready and on facetime with Connor.

Mackenzie hasn’t seen her best friend since she went out to Chicago for a few days in January after Connor was injured.

“Hi Con.” Mackenzie sat down next to Cole smiling at her best friend.

“Kenzie!” Connor smiled seeing his best friend, “You look beautiful.” Connor’s has always had his sister Madi but meeting Makenzie when they were young was liking getting more family and of course Cole became the little brother Connor never asked for.

“Thanks.” Mackenzie smiled softly, “Ready to go home?” Mackenzie knew how much Connor wanted to be back in Vancouver.

“So ready.” Connor let out a long sigh, his rookie season has been a lot and within two weeks he will be home.

“Me too.” Mackenzie was looking forward to going home and she only had a few weeks at home before she was heading to Prague and then back to New Jersey because she was invited for the Draft Lottery.

“Don’t forget me you’re obligated to take me with you.” Cole piped in dramatically, he always hates on Canada but is very dramatic making sure they remember to invite him to Vancouver, as if they have ever forgotten.

Connor and Mackenzie shared a fond eye roll.

They said bye to Connor and both of them stood up from the bed and everyone started leaving the hotel rooms.

Mackenzie rolled her eyes as Cole pushed her into the middle seat in the car and shared an exasperated with Charlie as Aiden, Rj and Cole were being rowdy together.

Rick drove them to the convention center for the award show and they all walked in together.

Mackenzie smiled softly seeing her whole team there for her sitting in the rows and she saw Lane’s nonchalant smile and knew he was a big part of getting everyone there, even if they would come for their teammate.

Mackenzie was looking around at the other rows seeing who was here for the the awards and before she could see everyone Cole elbowed her and she turned to him seeing him point something out and her attention shifted to him.

Mackenzie didn’t see the pair of eyes looking at her in awe as she walked away but Aiden did.

Makenzie sat down and RJ quickly sat down next to her before Aiden could take Cole sat on her other side, Charlie sat next RJ with their parents and Aiden next to Cole.

Mackenzie fingers fiddled with her rings as she waited for the ceremony to start.

Mackenzie took a deep breath as her name was called up with the two other finalists and she got up and headed up to the front stage and shook hands before sitting in between the other two finalists, Cutter Gauthier and Jackson Blake.

Mackenzie kept her eyes mostly on Aiden not loving being in front of this many people who are all looking at her.

“Mackenzie Celebrini, Forward from Boston University.”

Mackenzie blinked surprised hearing her name, she won the Hobey Baker becoming the first ever woman to do so and the youngest recipient of the award.

Makenzie stood up smiling slightly and shook her hand with Cutter and Jackson and walked across the stage shaking more hands with other important people before she stood next to the trophy.

Mackenzie said a few words not even remembering what she said before her team and family came on the stage for her pictures and she was given hugs by everyone.

She was eventually allowed off the stage and taken back stage for more media as the award ceremony continued.

Mackenzie let out a long sigh as she finished the last interview, she only just finished and the award ceremony was already over.

She walked back into the convention center seeing most people gone already, heading out or talking with someone else.

“Tired?” A voice she knows well spoke from behind her and she spun around seeing Will standing there with a small smirk but a gentle smirk.

“Exhausted.” Mackenzie nodded letting out a long sigh. Her eyes flickered across his face.

Will made an understanding sound, “Congrats Celebrini. You’ve played incredible this season.” Will complimented her.

Will has spent a lot of time thinking lately about his “Rivarly” with Mackenzie and after the hockey east game he knew he didn’t want her to be his rival any longer. He was trying to her kinder to her than he has been the past two years.

Mackenzie blinked shocked at his kind words and she grinned slightly, “Is that a compliment Smith?” Makenzie teased with mischievous eyes.

Will chuckled softly and nodded, “It is.” Will answered honestly with a soft smile.

Mackenzie’s grin changed into a soft smile, “Than Thank you.”

“Of course.” Will nodded his head, “Good luck in your draft.” Will smiled slightly.

There is a lot of talk about which team will get the first round pick and everyone knows that is where Mackenzie is going, he hopes the Sharks get the first round pick because he would really like to be on a team with Mackenzie.

Mackenzie nodded softly back smiling slightly, “Good luck tomorrow. Beat Denver.”

BC would be playing Denver in the Frozen Four finals tomorrow.

Will chuckled softly, “Is this you rooting for BC?” Will teased.

Mackenzie just grinned mischievously shrugging.

Will fondly shook his head, “See you later Celebrini.” Will didn’t know when he would see her again but he hoped it was because soon they would be on the same team.

“Bye Smith.” Mackenzie grinned waving softly.

Will gave her one more charming smile before nodding and walking away.

Mackenzie watched him walk away with a small smile.

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what-if-i-just-did · 6 months ago

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(Part 1)

@supergirl-prime With all the sincerity of a stranger on the internet, I LOVE YOU. So, just for you:

Meeting Your Heroes

"So", Talon said, trailing a claw across my collar bone, "Are you going to text him?"

I paused. "Why... why wouldn't I?"

"Meeting one's heroes is never the best idea, little one." Talon's face betrayed very little, as per usual. Still, I could see traces of... care, maybe sorrow. I knew it was dangerous for him to care about me, that he wasn't allowed to. He couldn't say it outright, but he didn't wanna see me get hurt. Little did either of us know where that one small interaction would lead us.

I texted Disillusioned, because of course I did. He responded within the day, and one response turned to twenty, one minute turned to hours and hours of texting. I told him about my day at the center, about the kids, about doing the dishes. He told me about house fires and hero gossip, visits to the children's hospital and fan conventions. He didn't ask about Talon. Not even when I brought him up, which was difficult not to, seeing as he was always nearby and always part of my day.

Then came the day that told me he was gonna be in Vancouver again. There was another convention. The same convention, actually, just the winter edition this time. He'd requested to be there, so we could meet again. Through the butterflies, I'd told him I couldn't afford it. He'd told me to show up anyways.

So, I did. Talon was going on about some thing or another, and I was standing in line without a ticket. Without money. Hoping to gods Disillusioned would pull through.

I got to the front of the line. "Uhm, I don't have a ticket, but my name is Ciji Lewis and Disillusioned asked for me?"

The ticket checking guy looked at his notepad, then at me, then looked back and nodded. Oh. Talon cackled next to me in that hair-raising, so close to human but wrong way of laughing that I'd almost gotten used to. Almost.

Inside, it wasn't difficult to find Disillusioned. All the signs pointed towards the hero panel. The Los Angeles ones weren't usually here for the winter edition, so he'd been grouped in with the New York heroes as some kind of "special visit". "Can you go find him?" I softly asked Talon. He gave me a look, but nodded and vanished into thin air.

A few minutes later, he popped back. "Follow me", he said, and took my hand. I quickly dropped my hand from his, knowing it would look odd if I was being dragged forwards by my floating hand. I followed Talon through a zigzag of people until we arrived at the backstage entrance.

"Um, hi, uh.. Disillusioned asked for me?"

The woman, wearing a shirt that said "Security", looked at me with unamused eyes. "Name?"

"Ciji Lewis?"

Apparently, my name got me in here as well. Talon led me to a door that had "Guest Star" written on it in a horrible font. Taking a deep breath, I knocked. Talon had already walked through the door.

"Come in!", came the reply in Disillusioned's voice.

I tried to supress what would have been a very embarrassing fangirl squeal, and walked in. The dressing room was fairly regular looking. None of the usual flashy hero stuff, costumes, etc. I'd worked with a few minor heroes before, and seen a lot of stuff about them online, so I'd expected some type of glitzy jazz. There was none.

More surprising, was the guy in the middle of the room. Curly, blond hair was draped over his ears and neck, the longest parts of it reached the spot where his shoulder met his throat, and I tried not to think about what it would be like to kiss him there. He was wearing dark jeans and an unbuttoned green flannel. He turned around, and his eyes and voice were those of Disillusioned. But damn, his face...

He had thick eyebrows, and sharp cheekbones. The most beautiful looking cupid's bow lips I had ever seen, and an ashen blush across his cheeks. It took me a second to hear the words he was saying, instead of just staring at his lips.

"Ciji! Hi! You came!"

I swallowed. "You're, uh, you're. You're not wearing your costume."

"Astute observation. I see you brought Talon again, hi Talon, how are you?"

"Impeccable", Talon rasped. "Still chained to this one. But I suppose I'm sufficiently amused to bear it."

"Why.. aren't you in costume?" I said, still slightly lagging.

"Why would I be? The show costume is massively uncomfortable, and I'm not up for another four hours or so." His slight grin could probably cause earthquakes. Or, at least, it felt that way to me.

"Because now I've seen you without your costume? Is that even allowed?" I glanced at Talon, who seemed at ease. It slightly calmed me down.

"No, but who even cares. You know my phone number and my real name, that ain't allowed either." The casual way in which he talked was making the butterflies in my stomach do the chimi-changa.

"What do you mean, I don't know your real name."

"Really? I thought I told you. Huh." He looked at me for a sec, then grabbed his coat. Were my knees shaking? My palms were sweaty. He looked straight at me.

"It's Neill. Neill Wise."

That's what he left me with, as he calmly left the changing room and sauntered down the hallway. It took me much too long to unfreeze, and I dashed after him. Talon was cackling as usual, but I was too unfocused to be able to tell where exactly he was. I caught up to Disillusioned Neill soon enough, feeling slightly dishevelled. "Where are we going?"

"I thought a picnic would be nice."

Author's Note: I kinda wanna write the picnic? Idk. Maybe this should be a short series? Comment if you want me to continue!!

#writeblr #short story #original fiction #fantasy writing #story writing #fiction writing #superheroes #oc story #oc #ocs #original character #paranormal romance

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total-drama-takes-takes-2 · 1 year ago

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ttwt episode 10

“Last time, on Total Takes World Tour: The teens you’ve grown to know and hate had a… surprise landing on the remote island of St. Helena, where they recreated the decisive Battle of Waterloo as a tribute to its most famous resident. Mal revealed a smart side to her crazy, prompting Ass and Courtney to make an unexpected alliance. Julia finally got Patrick eliminated, and Team Friendship became just a little more unraveled. Who will survive today’s challenge? Will anyone? Find out right here, right now, on Total Takes: World Tour!”

The sun finally disappears behind the sea of clouds, only visible from the windows of the clunky jet plane soaring through the skies. It’s dark now, but no stars are visible.

Julia peers outside the single tiny window in economy and squints, then turns back to her team. Ass and Courtney are sitting a significant distance from herself and Mal, whispering and giggling amongst themselves. The aforementioned is closer to Julia, but still holding her space as she stretches out on the bench, scrolling through her phone. Nothing out of the ordinary.

Julia takes a seat next to her. “So, what’s the M.O. for today?”

“Hmmmmm?” Mal asks, not bothering to tear her eyes away.

The blonde grits her teeth. “Any idea where we’re landing next?”

“I haven’t had the chance to run my Predictinator since yesterday. I’m running low on storage space,” she sighs. “What’s it gonna take for a girl to get a 30TB hard drive around here?”

Julia rolls her eyes and looks out the window again. A few lights are visible through the evening mist, piercing through the carpet of clouds like rays of sunshine. She turns back. “Lights, so, we’re somewhere populated. Paris, maybe?”

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JULIA: “I wouldn’t announce it in front of anyone on this plane, but I think I might be the only smart player left,” she pauses to snort. “Who’s gonna out rank me? Pinkie Pie? Daria? The Nutcase? I don’t think so. If anyone’s gonna pull us together, it’s me.”

---

“Unlikely,” Mal says, adjusting a pair of cat-eared headphones on her head. “While the lack of stars is definitely a sign of light pollution, we’re not in Europe. I’ve been tracking our flight times, and we’ve been flying way longer. If I had to guess…” she thinks for a moment as the cat ears light up to an aggressive shade of pink. “Western United States. I guess it could be Vancouver, but the air and temperature don’t feel right.”

Julia raises an eyebrow. “How-”

“I went to San Diego comic con last year- total ripoff, by the way, the east coast conventions are so much better- and I was wearing my latest Diluc cosplay, and-”

“Okay, I’ve heard enough,” the blonde sighs, getting up and walking away out of economy.

Michela watches the interaction from across the room with bated breath. She turns to Albert. “Something’s up with that team,”

The boy, still absorbed in his book, looks up for a fleeting second. “Isn’t there something up with all of them?”

“Yeah, I guess, I mean like…” she holds out her hands and moves them apart, indicating the space between Mal and Julia, and then Courtney and Ass. “Totally split.”

Albert sets down his book and thinks for a moment. “Maybe… we could use that to our advantage,”

“We might have to,” Michela says, gesturing to herself and her last remaining teammate.

---

First class feels much bigger than usual with everyone crowded in the same area.

Bonnie and Kelly are squinting at a crude drawing of what appears to be a bell with a horse’s head in red crayon. Finally, the goth sighs. “I have no idea. I give up,”

“No giving up!” Staci insists, urging Phillip to shove the drawing closer to them as if the distance would suddenly reveal something to them.

“Come on, it’s obvious!”

“Um… steam boat?”

The small hour glass on the pull-out table in the center of the area runs out of sand and Phillip sighs. “It’s a physical manifestation of the concept of grief,”

“What?” Bonnie snaps, throwing their arms out. “WHO chooses that for Pictionary!”

“I thought Eiffel Tower was too obvious,”

The goth slinks back in their seat, groaning as if in a tremendous amount of pain. Kelly offers them a reassuring shoulder pat. “It’s our turn, Bonnie- I’m sure we’ll do better this time!”

They grumble, but relent.

In the opposite corner of the cabin, Max grimaces and holds his hands over his ears tighter.

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MAX: “Staci thinks we haven’t been “working as a team” lately, so she’s been forcing the dunces to play “team building exercises”. AKA, kiddie board games. I only got out because I flipped the board after Phillip started crying when he lost Clue. I’m in time-out,”

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“This is torture,” Bonnie mutters.

Finally, the intercom crackles to life and, like an angel descending from heaven, Chris swoops in to save the day with a different kind of torture.

“Attention, passengers! We’ll be landing in Los Angeles, U.S.A. shortly- so buckle in!”

No one wastes any time rushing to their seats and double-buckling before the plane plummets, accompanied by the sounds of screaming teens. Kelly and Staci grab onto Bonnie, who quickly shakes them off.

Phillip tries to grab Max’s arm but the latter dodges just in time, and he smacks face-first into the arm rest.

Economy isn’t doing much better. Julia covers her head, Michela and Albert duck, and Courtney and Ass grab the edge of the bench while dodging all the loose wads of gum and candy wrappers flying around the Zero-G cabin. Mal struggles to post a Tweet while the room trembles from the air force.

Finally, the plane swoops over the Southern Californian hills, pulling up just before colliding with the mountain face (but not before taking out one of the “O’s” in the Hollywood sign, leaving it as “Hollywod”).

The metal bird lands gently and delicately on the sandy, arid desert hills, its doors opening and releasing the woozy contestants with a round of hisses and groans.

Chris grins at the sight. “Apologies for the rough landing- nighttime- low visibility!”

“Sure,” Courtney mumbles, a deep inflection of sarcasm in their tone.

“Welcome to Hollywood! Famous for its movies, stars, and, well… fame!”

Kelly squeals, forcing everyone on their side to cover their ears.

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KELLY: “Finally, I knew my luck would turn! I’ve always wanted to go shopping in Beverly Hills, strut the Walk of Fame, visit the gorgeous beaches… if there’s anything the Cali coast is known for, it’s good vibes and positive energies!”

---

“Right,” Chris grimaces, pulling his hands off his ears the second Kelly quiets down (thanks to a quick hand-over-the-mouth from Max). “Anyway… today’s challenge is all about the Stars- you’ll be climbing the metaphorical ladder from being pathetic nobodies to being someone important, like me!”

Bonnie rolls their eyes.

“Your first step is enclosed in this sealed Award envelope- you’ll be hunting for these throughout your stay here in La-La-Land,” the host says, pulling the glossy golden tickets from his shirt pocket and tossing one to each team. “First team at the last location wins immunity and first-class amenities. As they say in the theater industry- break a leg. Or two!” Chris chuckles. A helicopter suddenly swoops overhead, dropping a ladder for him to climb.

The teens watch as he ascends and begins floating off into the night. “Oh, yeah- almost forgot- like any Star, you’ll be avoiding the Paps- paparazzi, that is!”

“Ooh, I’ve always dreamed of being a famous actress- or a singer- or a triple threat!” Kelly squeals. Albert rolls his eyes. “I love having my picture taken!”

“Yeah, but not by these guys,” Chris shouts. “Good luck!”

Max massages his temples. “Okay, listen- as much as you oafs want to soak in the limelight like a dying houseplant, we need to keep a low profile. I-”

“Not so fast, Max,” Staci says, shoving a finger in his face. “Let’s hear from everyone before making any big decisions. We need to work as a team if we want to win!”

He hisses, but is luckily restrained by Bonnie when Staci turns her back.

“If we lose, she’s done,” Max whispers harshly. “I’m not going to be a part of her little friendship experiment. They’re destroying the team!”

“Anything to get out of-” Bonnie shudders. “Group bonding.”

He raises an eyebrow. “Still as solitary as ever, I see?”

“I’ve been improving,” they say, shrugging. “I’m just not sure how to like… not explode into a million angry pieces when I get fed up with everyone’s crap. What even is that?”

“Overwhelm. You went from no friends to all the friends. I’d imagine that’d take some adjustment,”

Bonnie’s eyes drift over to Albert and Michela as they open their envelope. “We both have some adjusting to do, huh?”

Nearby, Julia clears her throat and opens the envelope. “Oh, great, it’s another one of Chris’ stupid riddles. What does this even-”

She takes a deep breath, and then sighs. “Mal, would you-?”

Courtney and Ass make fleeting, annoyed eye contact, but don’t say anything as Mal peers over Julia’s shoulder.

The brunette sighs and rolls her eyes. “It’s just a haiku,”

“A what?”

“A haiku- you know, an ancient Japanese poem. You guys are like, so uneducated!”

“Okay, fine,” Julia grits her teeth. “What does it mean?”

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JULIA: “As much as I hate that little IPad baby twerp, she might be the only other person on this team who has any competency. If I can keep goading her into participation without wringing her neck, we might have an easy ride to the finale three,”

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“If it’s fame you seek, find the place of solid stars, and make like a bee,” Mal reads. “Hm… solid stars…”

“The Walk of Fame? Those stars are pretty solid,” Ass prompts.

Courtney shakes their head. “But what does that last part mean? “Make like a bee…?” What do bees have to do with the Walk of Fame?”

“Maybe Chris hid a bunch of killer hornet nests there,” they grumble in response.

Julia shakes her head. “If only there were someone… ugh. SMARTER THAN ME who could help out,”

Mal smacks the gum in her mouth and gives the team a sideways glance. After a brief silence, she sighs with a smile. “If you insist…”

She nabs the paper from Julia’s grip and reads it, then reads it again, and then holds it up to the lights of the city as if it’d do anything. Then she nods. “The wax museum,”

“What?” Julia snaps. “How?”

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MAL: “Does it bother Julia that I’m good at things? Yes. Do I care? Not really. I’ve barely got enough storage space to unlock my phone… if I can “team player” my way into a hard drive, so be it,” she pauses to flick a lint ball off her shirt. “Besides, this is child’s play. I’ve been stalking and collecting data on deleted blogs since I was eight.”

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“Uh, duh? Solid stars- bees? Wax statues,” Mal says, crumpling and tossing the clue behind her. “Can we get moving now? I’m getting like, NO bars here.”

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Max pushes open the door to the now-closed and empty wax museum and peers into the dark foyer. “This is it,”

“Team work makes the dream work!” Staci says proudly, accidentally shoving him out of the way as they strut in. “Let’s go, guys!”

Bonnie helps Max to his feet and he grumbles, then follows the leader inside.

“Okay, problem: It’s too dark to see,” Staci says, scratching their chin. “Solution! Let’s find a light switch. Any volunteers?”

“Ooh, me! Me!” Kelly announces, dashing off into the dark before slamming into an unseen wall. Staci winces.

“You okay there, teammate?”

“Just… happy… to be included…”

Max rolls his eyes as he and Bonnie are ordered to go help them up. A sudden fwoosh catches everyone’s attention and they turn to its source.

Phillip is holding a lighter, emitting a short spark of flames that illuminates the area around him.

“Where’d you get that?” Bonnie asks, raising an eyebrow.

“I always carry a lighter on me, in case I ever need to light a smoke,”

“You smoke?”

He pauses for a moment, and then sulks. “No. I have asthma,”

“Well, it’s a good thing you came prepared anyway!” Staci says, patting him on the back. “Lead the way!”

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BONNIE: “Staci isn’t a bad person, she’s just… a little in over her head. It’s like they’re reciting dictionary terms, not really leading… but I’m not going to test my luck. I might be next in line,” they shiver.

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MAX: "Yeah. We’re dead,”

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STACI: “Am I doing a good job or what? I finally feel like I’m getting the hang of this leader thing- college, here I come!”

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Michela and Albert push the double doors open and dash in.

“It’s so dark in here- we must be the first ones!” she gasps, grinning. “Let’s find a light switch and get our next clue.”

The two run in further, seconds before Team Yaoi dashes in.

“That was Michela and Albert- how are we last?” Courtney huffs.

“Never mind, let’s just-” Julia thinks. “Mal, does your phone’s flashlight still work?”

She shrugs, her eyes still fixed on the screen. The blue light casts a menacing shadow over her face. Julia grits her teeth.

“Mal, would you be so generous as to-”

“On it,” she says, flicking on the flashlight and illuminating the darkness.

Dozens of lifelike statues surround the team, their dull stares sending shivers down everyone’s spines.

Courtney swallows a lump in their throat. “Okay… is it just me, or is this place kinda-”

“Creepy?” Ass says, finishing their sentiment with a nod.

Julia shakes her head. “Let’s just find our clue and get out of here,”

They press on into the dark.

---

“Hey, look!” Kelly says, pointing ahead. “There’s a note from Chris on the wall!”

““Your next clue is hidden somewhere in one of these statues- in order to find it, you’re going to have to get personal- heh. One unlucky teammate is going to have to carefully undress the statues, one by one, until you find it. Don’t worry- they’re not totally lifelike. Good luck!”” they read.

Max rolls his eyes. “He even enunciates his evil laughs in writing,”

Bonnie crosses their arms, ignoring their friend’s remark. “So… who’s gonna strip them down?”

The five of them look between each other awkwardly. Max turns to Staci. “Alright, since no one’s stepping up, looks like our leader is going to have to pick a volunteer,”

“Doesn’t that kinda beat the purpose of volunteering?” Staci chuckles, looking a bit pale. “Well… alright. How about-”

“I just got my nails done!” Kelly insists.

“I hate the feeling of wax,” Bonnie grumbles.

“No way, it’s way too gay,” Phillip quivers.

Staci swallows a lump in their throat and then turns to Max. “Would you-”

He shrugs, giving them a wicked grin. “Nah. I’m not much of a leader, after all,”

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MAX: “Staci wants to role-play Mx. President? Fine. But I’m tired of being her VP every time she wants an easy out. If she’s going to actually learn how to lead, she’s going to have to make a hard choice eventually,”

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STACI: "Okay, I'm no prude but... bodies make me a little squeamish. They're just so... fleshy,"

---

“That’s okay! I can figure this out,” Staci says, pacing back and forth. “Okay, okay, I’ll do it. Right?”

The other four teens shrug, and then follow her into the darkness.

---

“Oh this is SICK!” Julia gags, reading Chris’ instructions.

Courtney shrugs. “Hey, better than doing it to a real person like in the original season. Even though these statues are creepy as all hell,”

“They’re not so bad. They kinda remind me of my anime figurine collection. I have the largest collection of exclusive one-time-run limited supply Haikyuu figures in continental Canada, you know,” Mal says, poking one of the statues with a giggle. Julia rolls her eyes.

“Let’s just get this over with,”

The faint, ever-dreaded song bell catches their attention, and the entire cast seems to collectively groan.

“It’s creepy how they stand there, and don’t even blink!” Courtney sings, walking by an Elvis.

Ass crosses their arms. “I don’t wanna see them there, all smooth and pink!”

Julia leans into the two. “Hey guys, could we bribe Mal to strip them all down?”

Ass shrugs “I say let her at them-”

“Nuh-uh, she’ll burn this place down!” Courtney snaps.

Across the floor, Team Friendship isn’t faring much better. Staci is trembling, beet-red and unable to even undo a single tie on Marilyn Monroe. She turns back to the team for help.

Bonnie looks away. “No way, I can’t do it- I swear I’ll spew!”

“And I’m allergic to sequins-” Max smirks.

“Okay, that’s just cruel,” the goth comments.

Phillip holds up his hands defensively. “My sigma lifestyle, prevents me from touch!”

Kelly blushes and clears their throat. “Um, well, I think it’s just a bit too much,”

“If we’re gonna find that clue, there’s only one thing to dooooo!” Bonnie sings.

Max nods. “Force someone to strip them down-”

The four players sing in unison, pointing at Staci. “And sorry, Stace, that’s you!”

They groan, looking pale.

“If we’re gonna find that clue” Julia sings, nudging Courtney and Ass with either elbow. “There’s only one thing to doooo!”

“Force someone to strip them down,” Courtney and Ass nod, both pointing at Mal. “And Mal will have to do!”

Mal shrugs.

“Hey I think I got something!” Michela says, pulling an envelope out the back of Lady Gaga’s dress. “Come on, let’s go, quick!”

Albert shakes his head. “Good, let’s get out of here- this place makes me sick!”

Team Yaoi sings as Mal shreds the clothes off the figures one-by-one. “Yeah, we’re gonna find that clue!”

Staci unzips a single dress, looking green and dizzy. “We’re doing what Chris proposed!”

“Force someone to strip them down,” Max sings merrily, nudging Bonnie.

The rest of the team harmonizes in unison. “Cause if we don’t we’re toast!”

Bonnie walks throughout the rows of statues, hand clutched to their heart. “Totally to-oh-oh-oh-oh-oast!”

Staci shudders, pulling their hand away from the dress. “I don’t think I- guys, I can’t even look at Barbie dolls naked, it- it freaks me out!”

Max rolls his eyes. “Well, I’m not doing it. Bonnie?”

The goth shakes their head. Kelly whistles innocently, looking around the room. Phillip begins backing away, but doesn’t look where he’s going and crashes into a wax statue of Taylor Swift, both of them falling backwards.

The flamed tip of his lighter catches onto her tousled blonde locks and she goes up in flames, melting slowly and dreadfully into the concrete floor. Phillip winces.

“Hey, look!” Bonnie gasps, pointing at the melded beige remains of Swift. A single, wax-covered envelope pokes out of the mess.

Max grabs it and tears it open. ““With your wax surprise, find where the magic happens, and the crowd goes wild.” Any thoughts?”

“Wax surprise must mean the clue. Where the magic happens is what bosses say when you’re about to sign up for the worst job of your life,” Bonnie thinks aloud. “And the crowd…”

Max and Bonnie look at each other and speak in unison. “A studio!”

“Yayyyyy team!” Staci says weakly. “We did it!”

“Phillip did it, with his amazingly idiotic dunce routine,” Max snaps. “Whatever. Let’s get a move-on.”

---

Team Yaoi stops outside the gates of a massive studio lot, looking between the wrought-iron bars of the entrance.

Julia gives them a tug. “Locked,”

“Well, the clue has got to be around here somewhere…” Courtney thinks aloud. “Ass? Any help?”

“I’m thinking,” they respond, pacing back and forth. “If only we really were in the movies. Some deus ex-machina plot device would swoop in and save the day.”

Courtney snorts. “I wish. We could go for a corny superhero savior right about now,”

“Like in that one movie where the girl jumps off the roof-”

“-And that hero in the spandex swoops in and saves her! That was so dumb, I swear- I don’t think I’d ever be so infatuated with a man to jump off a roof for him,”

Ass crosses their arms. “Tell me about it. How dumb do they expect the audience to be to believe a working woman would throw her whole life away for some dork in tights? It’s basically the same as a ditzy princess marrying a rando she just met. I’ll never forgive my cinema studies teacher for giving me a low grade on my paper about that. He called it “too cynical”,”

“Yeah, I got banned from watching spoof movies when my parents are home,” Courtney chuckles. “Even though I’ll watch pretty much anything when they’re gone. Which is all the time.”

---

COURTNEY: “Out of all the people… I can’t believe I’m getting along with Ass- I mean, Natalie. Maybe this is some weird trauma-response to Mal and Julia’s alliance, maybe this show is just getting to me, but… they’re not half-bad company!”

---

ASS: “Courtney? I know. I used to hate their guts, but they might be the only sane person left. Even after we get Mal voted out, I don’t see any harm in continuing our alliance. It’s not like Julia’s the most pleasant person to converse with,”

---

A loud screech distracts the two from their in-depth analysis and they turn to the road, where seven black vans have pulled up.

“Don’t even tell me,” Julia sighs.

The car doors slide open and dozens of paparazzi file out, holding cameras- and stun guns.

“I guess this was what Chris was talking about,” Courtney says, looking at Ass nervously. “And the crowd goes wild!”

“I’m not sticking around for that. Run!”

---

“Okay, everyone, stay together!” Staci yells, running at the front of Team Friendship’s frantic escape from the stampede of coffee breath and flashing lights. “Remember, work as a-”

“Enough!” Max shouts, covering his ears seconds before he’s enveloped by the crowd of paparazzi.

“NOOOOOOO!” Bonnie shouts, throwing out a dramatic hand behind them as he disappears into the tidal wave. They turn back to Staci. “Man down!”

“We need a plan!” Phillip shouts.

Kelly yells ahead. “You can do this!”

Staci frowns, a bead of sweat running down their forehead. “I… I… I don’t know! I don’t know! Leave me alone!”

She screams and throws herself into the crowd, knocking over a dozen paps like bowling pins.

Bonnie blinks, turning to Kelly and Phillip. “I think our leader was just assassinated,”

“Not a bad idea though!” Kelly shouts back, grinning. They stop and throw themselves backwards, barreling over a few more people. The impact has a domino effect, and with each collision another row of paparrazzi fall.

“For my honor!” Phillip shouts, tossing himself too.

Bonnie shakes their head. “I hate you guys!” and jumps into the fray as well.

After the dust clears, and the sounds of groaning and grumbling have subsided, a hand juts out of the fog to help Bonnie up. They accept it and Max pulls them to their feet. He waves around a golden envelope. “Let’s get out of here,”

---

“The win which you need, is where stars are out of reach, skies are what you seek,” Julia reads aloud. “Okay, so… somewhere high…”

“That could be anywhere!” Courtney says, dusting off their shirt. “There’s multiple skyscrapers in this city.”

“But it has to do with actors, right?” Ass adds on as the team walks through the darkened city, wincing at their injuries from the paparazzi encounter. “There’s gotta be some agency building or something.”

“Maybe… maybe not,” a voice from the back pipes up.

The three turn behind them, where Mal is scrolling through her phone. The device itself is untouched, while the girl is covered in scrapes and bruises from the stampede.

“What is that supposed to mean?”

“Chris said this challenge is all about stars, right? Well, what if this clue is about a different kind of star?” She says, pointing at a hill ahead of them.

The Griffith Observatory flashes, twinkling in the night sky like a star itself. Julia sighs, not even bothering to ask, and then gestures the team ahead. “Only one way to find out!”

Mal grins and follows close behind.

---

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She holds her phone to the confessional camera, revealing live camera footage of herself in the confessional. She scrolls and it flicks to the plane galley, and then economy class, and then the cargo hold.

She takes back her phone and sits down. “I wouldn’t call it stalking so much as, per se… learning the lore!”

---

Team Friendship looks between each other as Max and Bonnie pace, discussing the clue. Staci is seated on the asphalt, far from the rest of the group, her knees pulled tightly to her chest.

“So it’s somewhere high up, has to do with actors, but isn’t a skyscraper, isn’t the Hollywood hill…” he thinks aloud, pacing. “I feel like we’re missing something.”

“A double entendre, maybe?” Bonnie asks. “‘Sky’ might be a metaphor, or a reference.”

Max groans. “This is useless,”

Kelly watches the two discuss the clue, team morale sharply dropping. They sigh and take a seat next to Staci. “They could really use you, you know,”

She shakes her head. “I don’t know anything. I’ve been playing everything by the book to a T- and I still suck at this. It’s no different than high school, or college… I’m just never going to understand people,” they sigh. “What’s the point of trying anything- friendships, school, romance… if I’m just never going to get it right?"

Kelly frowns, and puts a hand on their shoulder. “Staci, you have more strength than you know. I know I see the best in everyone, but… you’re a part of our team!”

No response. She looks away.

“Look, maybe you’re not a leader. Maybe you can’t be Max, or Bonnie… So what? You don’t have to be perfect at everything,” they smile weakly. “I know what it feels like to be out of place… but you, Staci, you belong on this team. You don’t have to be the head! You can be the… liver, or something.”

They raise an eyebrow. “Anatomy isn’t really my strong suit. Human bodies kinda ick me out,”

“My point is more than everyone has a purpose. We all have a purpose. You’re an important part of this team,”

Staci thinks for a moment, and then smiles slightly. Kelly grins, feeling a deep sense of accomplishment, before the both of them are called back to the group.

“Hey, we think we got it!”

---

Chris sits atop Mount Hollywood, tapping his watch. Despite the time, the observatory decks are packed with tourists, pointing and gawking at the lights of the city below them.

As the host checks his teeth in the reflection of his watch, a team rises over the crest of the hill and lands at his feet with a thud.

“Did we… did we make it?” Julia wheezes.

“You sure did, champ. Team Yaoi has won the challenge- and immunity!”

Only two people follow them, wheezing and covered in bruises. Michela groans at the sight of Team Yaoi already planted firmly in the winning spot.

“Dammit! I thought we actually did pretty okay this time,”

Albert huffs. “At least we’re not-”

“INCOMINGGGG!” Staci shouts, shoving a line of tourists aside as Team Friendship dashes forward.

With one final burst of energy, the five had managed to scale the hill- but not fast enough. Max sighs at the sight of the other teams, and then shrinks to the back of the group to conference with Bonnie.

Kelly cheers. “We made it! We made it!”

“We’re in last,” Phillip sighs.

“But we still made it, didn’t we?”

Albert rolls his eyes from nearby.

“That you did. Unfortunately, not in time,” Chris says, pacing between the three exhausted teams. “Team Yaoi- welcome back to first class. Team Friendship- I’ll see you later tonight. Enjoy the city while you can, folks- we’re taking off in ten!”

---

Team Friendship looks between each other nervously as Chris merrily clears his throat, munching on complimentary airplane pretzels and flipping through a Reality, Weekly.

“Hah, Blaineley’s getting canceled on Twitter again. I bet you guys are glad she’s not coming back, amirite?”

The teens stare back blankly. He sighs. “I miss Scruffy. Anyway, onto the votes. With three against her, Staci- time to take your final bow and step out of the limelight. And into the moonlight, amirite?”

Crickets. Chris glares. “Do I have something in my teeth? Helloooo?”

“Can we just get on with this?” Max snaps.

“Ugh. FINE. Staci, you have been eliminated never coming back, yadda yadda. Here’s your chute,” he tosses them a pack, which they catch with a thud.

She sulks, but stands anyway. “Well…” she says, a slight smile coming to her face. “Thanks for the experience!”

Staci waves to Kelly and jumps into the night sky, screaming all the way down. Chris sighs happily. “I missed that. Well, I’ve got a jacuzzi and three seasons of soap opera that are calling my name. See ya!”

The host walks off, leaving the remaining team members behind.

---

Julia walks into first class, holding a soft chocolate chip cookie. She plops down on the plush, comforting first class seats and leans back. Mal giggles at her phone from across the aisle.

“What’s funny?” the blonde asks, taking a bite of the baked good.

Mal clears her throat, quickly switching from live footage of the cargo hold to her Instagram account. “OMG, you’re gonna love this. My mutual posted this new Genshin meme-”

“You know what? Forget I asked,” Julia mumbles. She looks around the cabin. “Where are Thing 1 and Thing 2?”

“Bathroom and galley,” Mal states, matter-of-factly. She plugs her headphones back in and tunes out Julia’s grumbling as she switches back to the raw footage.

---

ASS: “As surprised as I am to admit it, this arrangement is… working for us, somehow. Now, I don’t want to be in the final three with Mal as much as the next guy, but-”

The door suddenly opens and closes behind someone.

“Oh, sorry, I didn’t realize that someone was in here,” Courtney says. “It was unlocked.”

Ass shrugs. “Damn it, I must’ve forgotten. I’ve been kinda off my game lately,”

“Really? I feel like you’ve been doing pretty well,”

“That’s not what I… never mind,” they sigh. “Thanks, I guess. You too.”

Courtney smiles, and then chuckles lightly. “This is crazy, right? I feel like this is pretty crazy,”

“Yeah,” Ass smiles back with a shrug. “Crazy.”

The two beam at each other for a moment and then, without thinking, lean in and kiss.

---

From back inside first class, Mal’s eyes widen at her phone.

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Vancoufur 2025

So! I basically never do anything outside of school and work, nor do I really watch anything that interesting in my free time, but once a year I attend a little something called Vancoufur! Vancoufur is a convention that's been running since 2012 at convention centers in the lower mainland, before it became the convention we see today it actually started in one of its founders homes as an event that hosted around 20 people. Over the years Vancoufur has grown amazingly in attendance and size with 2012 hosting around 300 people, and this year in 2025 had over 2,500 attendees.

(my artwork from 2018, when I started posting my furry art to my social media more)

For some context into my interest in this convention I started finding my interest in furry art and the community in 2013 at age 12. My mom bought me an iPod touch for my birthday and thus began my deep dive into all things nerd. Anime and manga, video games, cartoons and animation, and most of all; art. I was fascinated by artists posting on Tumblr and DeviantArt and began to create my own art and posted on said sites. I have always been a big lover of cartoons and digital art growing up and creating my own worlds and original characters was a huge part of that for my art journey. I had come across furry artists and their work eventually and began drawing my own furry styled artwork. Jumping some years I got an okay social media following and started doing commissions of furry artwork that just deepened my interest in the community. The space that I'm apart of is welcoming, engaging, supportive, and has a lot of artists and members who are apart of the LGBTQS2+ community or neurodivergent like myself. I always like to describe the community to people as a kind of fantasy escape through art.

I started attending Vancoufur in 2019 once I finally had enough money for tickets in my first year at university. I was amazed at how talented and creative people got with their suites and artwork and storytelling. I spent the entire weekend attending every panel I could and spent more than I probably should have at their artist alley and dealers den on original artworks, prints, stickers, books, keychains, everything.

(The convention had a videogame room, tabletop/boardgames room, and arcade space set up for all hours free of charge for access!)

This year I went along with my partner who was the one to actually introduce me to the convention all those years ago. We met up with some friends we have across the border, some animator friends, freelance artists, a friend in medicine, a university professor, and some local friends from Vancouver. The convention typically goes on for 4 full days from 8am to 2am. I had the idea since I wanted to really be immersed in the event to create a little sketchbook journal of events that I went to and participated in. These things ranged from Mexican bingo, to a panel about zine making, queer activism and what the furry community is doing in Vancouver, a panel for 3D animation and modeling, a fiction writing workshop, a punk rock rendezvous, the list goes on and on. One of the spaces I spent the most time in was artist alley. Artist Alley is an opportunity for artists to put up a booth and sell their original artwork, take commissions, and sell merchandise of all their original designs and making. I met printmakers, leather workers, jewelry and metal workers, painters and drawers, digital artists, all selling stunning work. Like every year I spent way more than I should have, but after 6 years of attending this convention you start to recognize a lot of the artists (especially the locals) and can't help but empty your wallet.

For a lot of folks, proudly announcing you're a furry is embarrassing or shameful with a lot of people never speaking about the community to family or friends. I find no shame in stating I am, most of the people I go to school with or have worked with know and always come to me asking questions and showing their curiosity. And I'm always happy to answer questions about it. For me, creating art and being a part of the community is something that will probably follow me for a long time. I've met amazing friends and been given incredible opportunities through the fandom that I wouldn't trade for the world. Another reason I feel quite at home with the community is that its predominantly made up of people apart of the LGBTQS2+ community. Though I grew up in a fairly accepting and queer family, the subject wasn't as talked about in and out of the home for me. I had to do a lot of figuring it out on my own and when having conversations with friends and peers I was never sure if people would accept me for how I identify. With the furry community that's never been an issue. The first time that I was invited to a discord server of furries, every single person was queer ranging from transgender, gay or lesbian, non binary, and everything else in between. I never had to question if I was going to be accepted for the way I dressed and presented with them.

(In 2024, Vancoufur raised 20k for donation to QMUNITY, a LGBTQS2+ resource center in Vancouver)

If the opportunity arises to actually attend a furry event casually or if you know a friend who is attending one and you aren't a furry, I would highly recommend just going and having that experience. A majority of the people that attend these events and meets are just everyday people like you and I. I've met teachers, engineers, military members, scientists, medical professionals, students, seniors, like I've mentioned before the list goes on and on.

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