Quests & Challenges

[center][img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/777277906979520542/780074449348722688/Title_Neon1.png[/img] [img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/777277906979520542/780074546723684352/Title_Neon2.png[/img] [size=5] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2933082/1#post_45297993] [color=0033FF] Rules[/color][/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2933082/1#post_45298005] [color=0033FF] Badges[/color][/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2933082/1#post_45298054] [color=0033FF] Prizes[/color][/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2933082/1#post_45298061] [color=0033FF] Participants[/color][/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2933082/1#post_45298068][color=0033FF] FAQ[/color][/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2933082/1#post_45298098] [color=0033FF] Prompts[/color][/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2933082/2#post_45298122] [color=0033FF] Winning Entries[/color][/url] [/size] [/center] The first prompt is up! You can still sign up for the five remaining spots, but you will still have the same deadline as the other players. [columns] [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/dressing-room/scry?sdid=1096448&skin=0&apparel=4320,22828,22830,22832,22833,22825&xt=dressing.png [/img] [nextcol] “Hey, I’m Ehrde, these are my bandmates Zarqa and Spirit, isn’t this wicked? Never thought I’d get to explore a cave! I bet I’ll get plenty of ideas for slammin’ new songs. Imagine what I could write about the rescue! Wait, do you hear that?” The mirror suddenly falls silent, and you both listen to a strange humming sound. “It’s almost a melody, this is so cool! I bet we could make an epic song out of that. What do you think, can you help? I already know what we could sing about, but it’d be dope working together! We could even find other dragons that want to write lyrics… ” [/columns] [columns] In short, in this competition, each day you will get a theme and a choice of two songs. You will have 24 hours to rewrite the lyrics (between 100 and 150 words) to match the theme. Since judging these will be quite a bit of work, there are only 20 spots. [s]You need to sign up between the 15th and the 20th of November, then the RNG will pick the participants[/s]. There are still some spots left, so you can sign up till Sunday the 22nd. Each day’s best entry will receive a small prize and be featured in the “Winning Entries” section. There will also be overall winners and prizes for everybody who wrote at least five entries. More details in the “Rules” section. [nextcol] [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/dressing-room/dragon?did=62475857&skin=0&apparel=22816,22824,22823,22821,22819,22818&xt=dressing.png[/img] [/columns] Thank you to @LadyTroubadour and @ASinglePringle who will be judging the competition along with me. Thank you to @Dracowolf for the help with headers and lore, @Saoirse for the badges and @Daineic for helping me choose themes and songs. [center] [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/650081/65008047_350.png[/img] [/center]

[center][img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/777277906979520542/777315720542289940/Rules_Neon.png[/img][/center] [size=5]General[/size] [LIST=1] [*] There are 20 player spots. [s]Sign ups are between the 15th and the 20th of November. Spots will be assigned by RNG.[/s] There are still some spots left, so [b]you can sign up until the 22nd[/b] and the spots will be assigned on a first come first served basis. If you get a spot but figure out that you don’t have enough time to participate, please tell me as soon as possible so I can reassign the spot. [*] To sign up, simply write in this thread that you would like to participate and ping me. [*] The competition itself will take place from the 22nd to the 29th of November. [*] I will post a theme and songs each day around 9 am FR time, but since I’m on my own it might vary a bit. You will then have [b]24 hours to post your entry[/b]. [*] I will post lyrics for the songs to be rewritten (as well as a youtube link). Please [b]use the lyrics I post[/b] as a base. Not only are there different versions at time, I will also shorten some of the songs. [*] Please [b]don’t edit your entry[/b]! If you want to modify it, please delete and repost it so I can use the time stamp. Don’t make any changes after time is up. [*] There will be a winner for each day, whose song will be featured in the “Winning Entries” section and who will get a small prize. It may take several days to determine each days winner. [*] There will also be overall winners and everybody who participated will get a prize. Participating is defined as writing entries that fulfill the criteria defined below on at least five days. [/LIST] [size=5]Rewriting a Song[/size] [LIST=1] [*] You are welcome to repeat lyrics in the same places as in the original songs. [*] The lines that are completely rewritten should total at least 90 words. [*] To be completely rewritten, a line must use new words, though an article or pronoun here and there is not an issue. For example, rewriting “We all live in a yellow submarine” as “We went up to spend the day in the sun” might keep the “We” but still counts. [/LIST] [size=5]Judging Criteria[/size] [LIST=1] [*] Can the new lyrics be sung to the given melody? (Right meter) [*] Do the lyrics fit the given theme? [*] Do the lyrics reference Flight Rising and/or the earth flight? [*] Bonus points for puns. [*] Bonus points for sticking to the original rhyme scheme. ETA: By rhyme scheme, I mean stuff like AABB or ABAB, not actually rhyming with the original song. [*] I don’t mind a few typos, but if I stumble across a typo in every second word I will get annoyed and judge you more harshly. [/LIST] [quote name=RRR][columns][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2936288/1#post_2936288][img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/768626469579653161/772923125423538256/fishies.png[/img][/url][nextcol][size=4][b]Rock #13[/b][br]The goldfish’s larger brother has given birth to a subspecies. In the thread of its association, at the bottom of the first page, a rock has hidden.[/columns][/quote]

[center][img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/777277906979520542/777315532046729256/Badges_Neon.png[/img][/center] @Saoirse made some lovely badges. Here’s one that you can get just by signing up, even if the RNG turns out not to be in your favor. [img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/773335178193928230/773336159589367828/amethyst.png[/img] I might have forgotten to update this... So here is the badge for those who wrote a song on day one: [img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/773335178193928230/773529735430799370/peridot.png[/img] And here is day two: [img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/773335178193928230/773531317161820160/ruby.png[/img] Here's your badge for day three: [img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/773335178193928230/773532186795966544/malachite.png[/img] Day four: [img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/773335178193928230/773532777445589013/rose_quartz.png[/img] Day five: [img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/773335178193928230/773533243634614292/pyrite.png[/img] Day six: [img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/773335178193928230/773534036077182987/bluegoldstone.png[/img] And day seven: [img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/773335178193928230/773341306923515904/poal.png[/img]

[center][img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/777277906979520542/777315652179722280/Prizes_Neon.png[/img][/center] [quote=Ehrde] Unbred G1, lvl 25, with elim [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/29369799][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/293698/29369799_350.png[/img][/url] [item=Finely Crafted Lute] [item=Faerie Rose Thorn Leg Tangle] [item=Faerie Rose Thorn Arm Tangle] [item=Faerie Rose Thorn Tail Tangle] [item=Faerie Rose Thorn Wing Tangle] [item=Faerie Rose Thorn Crown] [/quote] [quote] [quote=Zarqa] Shadow primal, unbred, with lore [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/62475857][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/624759/62475857_350.png[/img][/url] [item=Dusky Thorn Tangle] [/quote] OR [quote=Rock and Root] [item=Accent: Rock and Root] [/quote] [/quote] [quote=Spirit] Unbred, with art and lore [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/65008047][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/650081/65008047_350.png[/img][/url] [/quote] [quote] [quote=Angelic] [item=Primary Gene: Cherub] [item=Secondary Gene: Seraph] [/quote] OR [quote=Songbook] [item=Earth Tome] [/quote] [/quote] [quote] [quote=Room to Play] [item=Scene: Remembrance] [item=Scene: Royal Chambers] [/quote] OR [quote=Cute Companions] [item=Superb gryphlet] [item=Sorrel gryphlet] [/quote] [/quote] [quote=Singing the Blues] [item=Blue goo] [item=blue ooze] [item=blue sludge] [/quote] [quote] [quote=Second Chance] [item=Tincture of dissolution] [/quote] OR [quote=Hibden Slot “Recycling”] 25 x [item=mangled zeeba carcass] 25 x [item=gamy shockshank] [/quote] OR [quote=Rage Against The Coliseum] [item=Berserker] [/quote] [/quote] [quote] [quote=Surprise!] 10 x [item=rusted treasure chest] [/quote] OR [quote=Survival] 5 x [item=major health potion] [/quote] [/quote] [quote] [quote=Light as Air] [item=Steam gyre ] [item=smoke gyre] [/quote] OR [quote=Hibden Slot “Too Cute”] 15 x [item=dwarf fawn] 15 x [item=wildwood owlet] [/quote] OR [quote=New Identity] [item=Scroll of renaming] [/quote] [/quote]

[center][img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/777277906979520542/777315614742151178/Participants_Neon.png[/img][/center] [LIST=1] [*] @Sinjin [*] @Bxy26 [*] @Stolen [*] @Katsuji [*] @QuetzalQueen [*] @FinalFlight [*] @Enen16106 [*] @hashrapmodus413 [*] @Airbuddy [*] @AWB [*] @Jaderannosaurus [*] @feleathion [*] @sockmonkeygerald [*] @Medievalredragon [*] @NeverAmore [*] @AquaEmperor [*] @LoversMasque [*] [*] [*] [/LIST]

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[center][img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/777277906979520542/777315685306597376/Prompts_Neon.png[/img] [size=5] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2933082#post_45298098][color=0033FF] Day 1[/color][/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2933082#post_45298104][color=0033FF] Day 2[/color][/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2933082#post_45298106][color=0033FF] Day 3[/color][/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2933082#post_45298111][color=0033FF] Day 4[/color][/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2933082/2#post_45298113][color=0033FF] Day 5[/color][/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2933082/2#post_45298115][color=0033FF] Day 6[/color][/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2933082/2#post_45298117][color=0033FF] Day 7[/color][/url] [/size][/center] Prompt for day 1: [b]Deadline: Monday at 09:06 FR time[/b] Theme: Your home clan Songs: either House of the Rising Sun by The Animals or Hotel California (shortened) by The Eagles [b]House of the Rising Sun[/b] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Fy7opKu46c]Youtube link[/url] There is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy And God, I know I'm one My mother was a tailor She sewed my new blue jeans My father was a gamblin' man Down in New Orleans Now the only thing a gambler needs Is a suitcase and trunk And the only time he'll be satisfied Is when he's on a drunk Oh, mother, tell your children Not to do what I have done Spend your lives in sin and misery In the House of the Rising Sun Well, I got one foot on the platform The other foot on the train I'm goin' back to New Orleans To wear that ball and chain Well, there is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy And God, I know I'm one [b]Hotel California[/b] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=811QZGDysx0]Youtube link[/url] On a dark desert highway Cool wind in my hair Warm smell of colitas Rising up through the air Up ahead in the distance I saw a shimmering light My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim I had to stop for the night There she stood in the doorway I heard the mission bell And I was thinking to myself "This could be Heaven or this could be Hell" Then she lit up a candle And she showed me the way There were voices down the corridor I thought I heard them say "Welcome to the Hotel California Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place) Such a lovely face Plenty of room at the Hotel California Any time of year (Any time of year) You can find it @Sinjin @Bxy26 @Stolen @Katsuji @QuetzalQueen @FinalFlight @Enen16106 @hashrapmodus413 @Airbuddy @AWB @Jaderannosaurus @feleathion @sockmonkeygerald @Medievalredragon @NeverAmore

Prompts for day 2:
Congrats on finishing the first day! Here's the next prompt:

Dealine: Tuesday at 09:10 FR time
Theme: Love Story – opposites attract (don't forget to set it within the FR world)
Song: either "Decide" by Heavens to Betsy or "The Brilliant Dance" by Dashboard Confessional

Decide
Youtube link

"Do you wanna get married baby?"
Is that that the way he said it?
Is that the way you asked him?
I know you have to live your life and I live mine
But when I think about it, it still makes me want to cry

"I will decide my life
I will decide this time
No man is gonna rule my life," she said
"I will decide my life"

Make a million promises that you won't keep
Holding on boygirl, I'm dying in my sleep
Wait for something different
Holding on to nothing else but him, him, him, him, him

"I will decide my life
I will decide this time
No man is gonna rule my life," she said
"I will decide this time"

Waiting on forever, waiting on tomorrow
Waiting on a fairy tale
You get rid of all those traps that they have set around you
But can you get rid of that seed they planted in your head?

"I will decide my life
I will decide this time
No man is gonna rule my life," she said
"I will decide this time"

Is he a real prince charming? Is he really worth it?
All those things I saw you give up
I wait, I wait for a happy ending
But I could never say goodbye

The Brilliant Dance
Youtube link

So this is odd
Painful realization
That all has gone wrong
And nobody cares at all
And nobody cares at all

So you buried all your lover's clothes
And burned the letters lover wrote
But it doesn't make it any better
Does it make it any better?
And the plaster dented from your fist
In the hall where you had your first kiss
Reminds you that the memories will fade

So this is strange
Our sidestepping has come to be
A brilliant dance
Where nobody leads at all
Where nobody leads at all

And the picture frames are facing down
And the ringing from this empty sound
Is deafening and keeping you from sleep
And breathing is a foreign task
And thinking's just too much to ask
And you're measuring your minutes
By a clock that's blinking eights

Well, this is incredible
Starving, insatiable
Yes, this is love for the first time
And you'd like to think that you were invincible
Yeah, well weren't we all once
Before we felt loss for the first time?
Well this is the last time

@Sinjin @Bxy26 @Stolen @Katsuji @QuetzalQueen @FinalFlight @Enen16106 @hashrapmodus413 @Airbuddy @AWB @Jaderannosaurus @feleathion @sockmonkeygerald @Medievalredragon @NeverAmore @AquaEmperor @LoversMasque

Prompt for day 3:

Yes, yesterday's songs were pretty obscure, I thought it'd be fun to have a great variety of songs, and that included not only famous songs. They were not the last ones that you're unlikely to know, but today's, at least, many of you might have heard.

Deadline: Wednesday 9:26 FR time
Theme: Ode to the Earthshaker
Song: Either "Starman" by David Bowie or "Iron Man" by Black Sabbath

Starman
Youtube Link

Didn't know what time it was, the lights were low
I leaned back on my radio
Some cat was layin' down some rock 'n' roll
"Lotta soul," he said

Then the loud sound did seem to fade
Came back like a slow voice on a wave of phase
That wasn't no DJ, that was hazy cosmic jive

There's a starman waiting in the sky
He'd like to come and meet us
But he thinks he'd blow our minds
There's a starman waiting in the sky
He's told us not to blow it
'Cause he knows it's all worthwhile
He told me
Let the children lose it
Let the children use it
Let all the children boogie

I had to phone someone, so I picked on you
Hey, that's far out, so you heard him too
Switch on the TV
We may pick him up on channel two

Look out your window, I can see his light
If we can sparkle, he may land tonight
Don't tell your poppa or he'll get us locked up in fright

There's a starman waiting in the sky
He'd like to come and meet us
But he thinks he'd blow our minds
There's a starman waiting in the sky
He's told us not to blow it
'Cause he knows it's all worthwhile
He told me
Let the children lose it
Let the children use it
Let all the children boogie

Iron Man
Youtube Link

I am Iron Man

Has he lost his mind?
Can he see or is he blind?
Can he walk at all
Or if he moves will he fall?

Is he alive or dead?
Has he thoughts within his head?
We'll just pass him there
Why should we even care?

He was turned to steel
In the great magnetic field
When he traveled time
For the future of mankind

Nobody wants him
He just stares at the world
Planning his vengeance
That he will soon unfurl

Now, the time is here
For Iron Man to spread fear
Vengeance from the grave
Kills the people he once saved

Nobody wants him
They just turn their heads
Nobody helps him
Now, he has his revenge

Heavy boots of lead
Fills his victims full of dread
Running as fast as they can
Iron Man lives again

@Sinjin @Bxy26 @Stolen @Katsuji @QuetzalQueen @FinalFlight @Enen16106 @hashrapmodus413 @Airbuddy @AWB @Jaderannosaurus @feleathion @sockmonkeygerald @Medievalredragon @NeverAmore @AquaEmperor @LoversMasque

Prompts for day 4:

Sorry I'm so late! I'll keep to around this time in the coming days because I don't want things to overlap, you're busy enough finishing one prompt without me getting you started on the next!

Deadline: Thursday 11:14 FR time
Theme: A dragon's story
Song: either "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" from the Beatles or "Born in the U.S.A." from Bruce Springsteen (shortened)

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naoknj1ebqI

Picture yourself in a boat on a river
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly
A girl with kaleidoscope eyes

Cellophane flowers of yellow and green
Towering over your head
Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes
And she's gone

Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Ahh

Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain
Where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies
Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers
That grow so incredibly high

Newspaper taxis appear on the shore
Waiting to take you away
Climb in the back with your head in the clouds
And you're gone

Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Ahh

Picture yourself on a train in a station
With plasticine porters with looking glass ties
Suddenly, someone is there at the turnstile
The girl with kaleidoscope eyes

Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Ahh

Born in the U.S.A.
Youtube link

Born down in a dead man's town
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
You end up like a dog that's been beat too much
Till you spend half your life just covering up

Born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.

Got in a little hometown jam
So they put a rifle in my hand
Sent me off to a foreign land
To go and kill the yellow man

Born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.

Come back home to the refinery
Hiring man says "Son if it was up to me"
Went down to see my V.A. man
He said "Son, don't you understand"

I had a brother at Khe Sanh fighting off the Viet Cong
They're still there, he's all gone

He had a woman he loved in Saigon
I got a picture of him in her arms now

@Sinjin @Bxy26 @Stolen @Katsuji @QuetzalQueen @FinalFlight @Enen16106 @hashrapmodus413 @Airbuddy @AWB @Jaderannosaurus @feleathion @sockmonkeygerald @Medievalredragon @NeverAmore @AquaEmperor @LoversMasque