Adventure into the woods! You might discover a little more than what you bargained for...
A WANDER IN THE WOODS
Please note this prompt is using our legacy prompt procedures, meaning it will still need to be submitted to the google form, and prizes will be rolled in the discord! future events will fully utilize the new prompt system!
Prompt Story
Prompt Outlines
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Part 1 - It’s Time to Enjoy The Outdoors!
The warm weather permits many skireans to bound out into nature; enjoying the sunny days and beautiful sights of the untapped wilderness. You (your skirean) are one such skirean who decided to go out and take a much needed vacation in the woods. It’s the perfect time to do so, and so you pack up the essentials and trudge out to steak a spot for your tent. Maybe you brought some friends, maybe you trekked it alone, either way you are determined to have a good time!
Part 2 - Something Odd In The Woods…
While out and about, or setting up camp, something out of the corner of your eye grabs your attention.
There are strange lights and metallic flashes in the woods. Sometimes they seem like they are beckoning you, like they want to be followed. You decide to take a closer look.
Stepping forward towards the lights, there is an instant silence that envelops you, as if every creature living in the woods noticed your presence, or maybe they fled. Continuing forward the trees grow denser, and though the light of the sun is dimmed here the floating lights guide your way.
As the air around you grows colder, you think you finally begin to hear some kind of noise in the deafening quiet of these woods: music. Music… and singing?
The gentle singing seems sad and happy all at once, and draws you further in. You must find out where it’s coming from.
Part 3 - The wounded beast
You make your way into a clearing that seems to be bordering a strange lake. A lake? There was no lake where you were, at least not this close by. The water looks like glass; moving slowly as if thicker than usual. You also think you see eerie metallic statues peeking above the surface.
You can’t look for long, as a friendly whisper grabs your attention. There, by the shore, you find a beautiful metallic beast leaking oil, its leg in a trap. The oil from its body pools on the surface of the still, milky water. It seems weak; eyeing you warily.
The lights seem to swarm around you, physically tugging you closer, and as you near the unfamiliar being you realize the beast is grinning at you. Though its mouth doesn’t move, in a tinny voice it speaks.
“Help me… please… I am hurt…please help me…”
“It is good to see you… good to see a friendly face…”
What do you do?
Prompt 3: The split choice.
You may only choose one option, and it may only be completed once. Draw your Skire doing one of two things:
Choice 1
Choice 1
Go with the lights and help the beast. You stoop down and free its leg from the vice of the trap. Immediately the creature is on its feet, as if the trap didn’t phase it at all. It reaches for you, clasping its burning cold hands over yours.
“Thank you… you’re so brave… I could use another friend like you…”
It tries to tug on you as it steps back towards the water, but you break its hold, backing out of the clearing as it stares you down with that grin. It doesn’t move, but the lights claw at your limbs begging you not to go.
(Item given for completing prompts: Oily Compact (Opalescent Markings)
Choice 2
Choice 2
Break free of the lights and flee. Something is not right here, you are in danger. As you run away you feel what seems like tiny hands tearing at your limbs trying to slow you down, and the sound of something, maybe the beast, laughing.
(Item given for completing prompts: Thorny Flower (Horns/Spikes for CCCats/Gravents/Nautipods, and Split Hands for Crooks)
As you run back the way you think you came, you try to make sense of what you saw. You’re not sure at all where you are… everything looks different… Are you sure this is the way you came?
Just as you start to doubt yourself, the woods opens up into… the place you first saw the lights. The sun warms your body as you look back behind you, but the woods look normal… not at all like the eternally dark and cold place you thought you’d just left.
Was it real? The items in your possession definitely makes it seem real. You try to return to your activities, or maybe you’re done camping for a while… Even as you wander back to camp the memories of what you saw start to fade away.
PROMPT Outlines
ENJOY THE OUTDOORS
Prompt 1
This prompt must be completed FIRST
Denizens of Skire have taken advantage of the warm weather and are venturing out to camp!
Draw or write about an Official Skire Character (Yours, someone else's, or an NPC) camping, glamping, hiking, or doing an activity that one may do while camping.
- Does your character enjoy the outdoors, or are they a bit more reluctant to spend time in the wilderness?
- Do they prepare, bring needed items, or do they seem to be lax about setting up?
- What do they enjoy in the woods? Do they like gathering plants, looking for cool creatures, or exploring interesting areas?
SOMETHING ODD IN THE WOODS
Prompt 2
This prompt must be completed SECOND
Strange lights have been appearing in the woods, and you feel quite strange…
Draw or write about an Official Skire Character (Yours, someone else's, or an NPC) investigating the strange lights in the woods.
- Does your character excitedly investigate, or are they scared of what might be causing the strange lights?
- What is their approach to encountering them? Are they sneaky, or maybe more forthright?
- How do they react to the strange feelings that the lights seem to be causing?
THE WOUNDED BEAST
Prompt 3
This prompt must be completed THIRD
THIS PROMPT IS SPLIT CHOICE! You may only choose one prompt to follow, and it may only be completed once. Whichever outcome you choose, please make sure you follow the correct one since it also determines the finalized item you will receive.
Draw or write about an Official Skire Character (Yours, someone else's, or an NPC) following one of the split choice prompts.
- Choice One: Help the Beast – This prompt gives you the Oily Compact (Grants the Opalescent Markings Trait)
- Choice Two: Break Free and Flee – This prompt gives you the Thorny Flower (Grants Horns/Spikes for CCCats/Gravents/Nautipods, and Split Hands for Crooks)
Submission Requirements
Art Requirements
- The image should include your Skire character, an NPC, or other Skire character that you have permission to use for your focus character.
- You may include non-Skire characters as long as there is still an official Skire character included that follows prompt requirements.
- ¾ body showing of the primary character (Meaning thigh and above with part of the tail showing). This may also be supplemented with multiple characters present in a scene, but at least one official Skire character must be shown ½ body (waist and up).
- Fully colored (Shading is not required, but is allowed).
- A legible background is required (Can be simplified or stylized, but needs to be detailed enough to be a tangible space occupied by the character.)
- Art must be done by you. You may not commission others to make your entry for you, nor can you use bases or artwork done by others to create your entry.
- Collaboration pieces will not earn either person an entry but can still be done for fun.
- AI Generated images are not permitted for any event entries.
- Photography used as backgrounds are not allowed, even if it is your photo.
- Photography is allowed if you are submitting a craft entry, such as sculpted or paper CCCats interacting with the world around them.
- Entries can be digital or traditional.
- NAUTIPODS have a separate art rule: If you are using the pod form, it MUST be drawn full body and shaded! It does not have to be painted, but it must have shaded tones. The full humanoid form follows the regular requirements!
Writing Requirements
- The writing should include your Skire character, an NPC, or other Skire character that you have permission to use for your focus character.
- Minimum of 800 words per entry.
- You may include non-Skire characters as long as there is still an official Skire character included prominently in the story
- You must create the story/literature yourself. You may not commission someone else to write it for you. Plagiarism will be checked.
- AI Generated writing is not permitted for any event entries.
General Rules
- Your art or writing must be related to the theme of the prompt.
- No NSFW or sexual material is permitted. Themes MUST be PG-13 to exist onsite. Nudity of any kind is not allowed.
- No AI is allowed in the creation of event entries.
- If you are drawing someone else’s character please make sure you have their permission to do so. Please check below for characters available for gift art!
- AI Generated writing is not permitted for any event entries.
- Prizes from this event are subject to normal Skire group rules.
- Make sure you have a Skire.Club account, as one is needed if you end up winning a prize!
- Do not guilt trip or harass members for entering or winning a prize. Doing so may ban you from entering future events.
- Do not enter the event if you are blacklisted or greylisted. (We have informed you if you are).
- Please respond to the Google Form in the submission section with your entry to be counted! If you do not, your entry may be missed and not counted for the event.
- Submissions must be provided in a viewable form, meaning admin must be able to access them properly.
NPCs and volunteers
Please check if the character is AVAILABLE or ASK FIRST. Please always make sure to ask if it is not clear!
Prizes
Premades
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MYO Slots
Enter for a MYO Slot with 1 Rare, and 3 Uncommon traits. [This can be redeemed for a CCCat, Crook, Nautipod, or Gravent] There are 2 separate pools - one that is Free-For-All (FFA), and one for Non-Owners (N/O).
- Non-Owner (N/O) Pool - There will be 2 base MYO slots for this pool.
- Free-For-All (FFA) Pool - There will be 4 base MYO slots for this pool.
- If the Non-Owner Pool reaches 10 entries, we will increase the prizes to 3 N/O MYO slots.
- If the Free-For-All Pool reaches 30 entries, we will increase the prizes to 5 FFA MYO slots.
- Following the original pool goals, every additional 20 entries will add another MYO slot to its corresponding pool.
Trait Tickets
Enter for a Trait Ticket that can be applied to any official Skire design in your possession. This pool will begin with 2 Rare and 1 Myth trait tickets. For each 20 Entries, another x1 of each type will be added to the pool
Trait Items
For completing ONE OR MORE of the prompts, you will receive the Feather Duster item that grants the Particle Markings trait.
For completing all three prompts in order, and choosing one of the two choice prompts for Prompt 3, you will receive ONE of the two options depending on that choice.
- Pathway One: Help the Beast – This prompt gives you the Oily Compact (Grants the Opalescent Markings Trait)
- Pathway Two: Break Free and Flee – This prompt gives you the Thorny Flower (Grants the Horns/Spikes Trait for CCCats/Gravents/Nautipods and Split Hands/Feet for Crooks)
Perhaps you might leave with more than you bargained for...
Submissions
You can submit to the google form at most three times for filling out each of the separate prompts.
- Prompt 1 - Outdoors - Submittable once for 1 entry to your chosen pool (+1 entry for Non-Owners)
- Prompt 2 - Something Odd - Submittable once for 1 entry to your chosen pool (+1 entry for Non-Owners)
- Prompt 3 - Wounded Beast - Submittable once for 1 entry to your chosen pool (+1 entry for Non-Owners)
- Choice 1 - Help The Beast (Earns one Oily Compact that grants Opalescent Markings)
- Choice 2 - Break Free and Flee (Earns one Thorny Flower that grants Horns/Spikes for CCCats/Gravents/Nautipods, and Split Hands for Crooks)
- This prompt cannot be submitted more than once!
- Once completed, you will gain a completion badge, and if you’re lucky… perhaps you’ll leave with more than you bargained for…
Please note there are two tabs, one with the submissions list, and the other being the official numbers!
If you don’t see your entry pop up on the official numbers list after a week since your submission, it means that there may be something wrong with your submission that needs to be fixed before it can be counted! In the case of this, you should get a DM from Batty, Sweet, or Frog with what’s wrong and how to fix it, however, if you still can’t see it after a week and haven’t heard anything, please feel free to ask in FAQ or DM Batty, Sweet, or Frog directly!
FAQ
FAQ
Q: Can we ask for an extension on the prompt?
A: No, it is two months long and extending it could delay other prompts.
Q: If I win, can I give my prize away?
A: For fairness, if you win the prize, you may not gift the prize away.
Q: Can I enter to try and help someone else win?
A: No, it is not fair for multiple people to enter on behalf of one person.
Q: When will the event end specifically?
A: This prompt will end September 30th, 2023 at 11:59:59PM UTC. Please refer to the website's clock for this time!
Q: When will prizes be raffled off?
A: Anywhere from the next day to a few days after the event ends. Please give us time to make sure we have everything for the raffle, since admin double check entries to make sure everyone’s events are included.
Q: My entry was denied because it didn’t meet the requirements. Can I fix it and resubmit to try and enter?
A: Yes, as long as this is done so before the event ends. We will not count anything submitted after the event has ended.
Q: Are admin allowed to enter the event and win prizes?
A: Yes, admins are allowed to enter events! However if an admin is rolled for winning a prize, they don’t occupy a member’s chance to win! Another roll will be done so that a member can still win a prize.