*~ The Great Collab 19: Pirates vs Ninjas ~*

[Carolyn]

Hello!

Welcome to our Nineteenth great collab! Pirates vs Ninjas will be our next theme. Feel free to spread the word! (And this could be pirates, ninjas, or pirates vs ninjas in your work. It doesn't have to be both!)

The date of the collab (unless otherwise stated) will be January 21, 2021.

Deadline is two weeks before on January 7th

Carolyn Carolyn, June Scarlet June, Kat Kat, and Liou Liou will take care of bookkeeping. When you have a submission idea, pm one of us the following, or simply post in this thread:

Proposed title of entry:
Type of entry:
Short description:
Collaborator? Y/N (If yes, UN)

There's also this handy petpage you can link to on the Neoboards: www.neopets.com/~Cleopatra275

Thank you all, as always, for being awesome. Let's have some fun!

[Carolyn]

Look at that cool bookkeeping post! Isn't is awesome? It's pretty awesome.

Articles:
Duke Pikachu - ULTIMATE NEOPIAN WARRIOR: Pirate VS Ninja Edition (Submitted)
ziemelbriedis- 2 independent collaborative articles - two viewpoints (from pirate and ninja perspective) about the same thing. (submitted)
newenglandquizzer (Submitted) Best pets to crosspaint with Pirate
amplificationsseasy (WIP) Hitchhiker's Guide parody article about KI

homsareggplant (Not participating this time, remind for next time)


Coconut_rat
alittlewicked
mellody_sou_10 (not participating this time)

Short Stories:

Ian Wolf-Park (Submitted)
Carolyn (Submitted)

_brainchild_ (Submitted)
kebicorn + Collaborator (Submitted)
love_check + iggy___koopa (Submitted)
gray_wolf_1976 (WIP)

Superkathiee


Comics:
June Scarlet- Dinner with the Scarlets: Pirate Problems: Saskori's technically painted Pirate. Hijinks ensue. (submitted)

Plutos (submitted)
Neopieceluffy (Held over!)
Nightter + 1jediboy (Submitted)
t0tor0 + feraico

Holly - Either comic or short story
praline01
Elipsis4k
Pequepanda
Bleeding_Blue_eyes
katniss_66
4mandy4 (not participating this time)


Series:

Kat precious_katuch14- Another hero's journey... to Krawk Island (WIP)

animageous -

SPOILER: Click to show

It is Y24, season of Gathering. A time of tranquility is being celebrated throughout Shenkuu. Tourism is at an all-time high. The Lunar festival preparations are underway. A famed theatrical troupe, composed of young female orphans from Shenkuu (and its surrounding regions) arrive at the castle on a re-purposed flying warship from the darker days of the warring mountain clans... Meanwhile, in the Imperial gardens, one of the Shenkuu Emperor's previously un-featured Vandagyre daughters goes mad, forgetting her own name, and how to fly. And then, days before the big festival, it is discovered that the high Priestess has gone missing!!

Where has the Priestess disappeared to? What has happened to the princess' mind? Who are these talented orphans? Is all hope for peace lost in the land? What kind of weird hybrid partially Korean/Japanese Neopets character names will the writer invent now? Find out in this thrilling tale.

(WIP)

Mostly Harmless (flufflepuff) (WIP)

CrimsonShroud- "The Tidal Cave" - Deep in the dense woodlands outside Neopia Central, two adventurers, following rumors of hidden pirate treasure, find themselves trapped deep within a dark cave as a raging storm floods its winding tunnels. Will they escape in time before the rainwater completely floods the place, or will they themselves be doomed to their watery grave? (Submitted)

Unsure:

Shellshocks
dudeiloled
sophitell101 - Pirate-related

Artist seeking writer:

[Kat]

Because this idea has been sitting in my brain for a long time:

Proposed title of entry: Another Hero's Journey...to Krawk Island
Type of entry: Series
Short description: After being kidnapped, Reuben winds up on Krawk Island, where he must try and survive in order to board the next ship back to Meridell. Meanwhile, Rohane and Andrea embark on a seafaring quest to find him. Highlights include lesbian pirate moms, Rohane spending quality time with his future sister-in-law, Andrea kicking serious butt, and Kat attempting to write Reuben proposing to Andrea without saying it's an engagement.

[Duke Pikachu]

TITLE: ULTIMATE NEOPIAN WARRIOR: Pirate VS Ninja Edition
TYPE: Article.
DESC: We pit the greatest pirate and ninja characters throughout Neopia to see who comes out on top! Main matches this issue are Garin vs. Ryshu, Captain Threelegs vs. Techo Master, & Captain Scarblade vs. Niten Hiroru. However, when we search through the Archives of Great Encounters, who knows what other fights we may discover!
COLLAB: No.

[Carolyn]

Ahoy, mateys! Under 3 months until the next collab (and about 2 months until entries are due). Get hyped! And let us know if you want to join~

[June Scarlet]

From Carolyn

Aesop reached out to me and asked for us to reschedule the collab from Nov 19th to January. The former is a bit too close to Neo's birthday and Thanksgiving, so it's a huge crunch time for him. He says Jan 7th (tentatively) should be good instead. So now you have an extra 2 months to write some swashbuckling, ninja-ing action!

[animageous]

Cool, thanks Carolyn/June Scarlet - I was worried about finishing in time, but now not so much ^^

Proposed title of entry: Ninjesses of Shenkuu (probably going to change as I'm pretty sure a "ninjess" is a nonsense/sexist term, and it really leaves nothing to the imagination, but you get the idea)
Type of entry: series
Short description: It is Y24, season of Gathering. A time of tranquility is being celebrated throughout Shenkuu. Tourism is at an all-time high. The Lunar festival preparations are underway. A famed theatrical troupe, composed of young female orphans from Shenkuu (and its surrounding regions) arrive at the castle on a re-purposed flying warship from the darker days of the warring mountain clans... Meanwhile, in the Imperial gardens, one of the Shenkuu Emperor's previously un-featured Vandagyre daughters goes mad, forgetting her own name, and how to fly. And then, days before the big festival, it is discovered that the high Priestess has gone missing!!

Where has the Priestess disappeared to? What has happened to the princess' mind? Who are these talented orphans? Is all hope for peace lost in the land? What kind of weird hybrid partially Korean/Japanese Neopets character names will the writer invent now? Find out in this thrilling tale.
Collaborator? Nope. It's all on me to answer these difficult questions *cry*

Author's Neopets username: exanomaly
(my animageous account is linked to an email I don't have anymore, oops.)<style></style>

[Ian Wolf-Park]

Hmm, I might be able to come up with a short story for this Great Collab.


EDIT: A brief (pardon the accidental pun) snippet has now been posted on my writing thread, Lupehunter's Cave of Markings.

[Ian Wolf-Park]

Carolyn, you might want to update the post regarding the collab date, as Aesop mentioned a new date for the collab, which was mentioned in the editorial.

We will also be delaying the Pirates vs Ninjas NT Collab edition until January 21st. With quite possibly a record-breaking amount of submissions already received for the 950th Anniversary edition, along with the Holiday issue being published right after it in December, we decided the best move was to push back the Collab issue. This way we can take the time needed to edit and fill each of these editions with as many of your wonderful entries as possible (: ~~Aesop

In other words, an additional 2 weeks from the tenative date of Jan 7, mentioned in June Scarlet's post

[Carolyn]

Thanks, Ian Wolf-Park !! I fully plan on catching up with this stuff this weekend. I've been kind of swamped with everything, but I'll be pinging NTWF folks and making sure the list is up to date and all that fun stuff!

I think the only folks from NTWF this go are me, Kat , Duke Pikachu , Holly and Ian Wolf-Park ?

Unless I missed anyone. ^^; RielCZ , are you jumping aboard this go?

[Holly]

Well, I guess since Crumbeard's out of retirement, I'll probably do something for this. (I commented on the Neoboards.) Though since it looks like we have way more comics than anything else, I'm tempted to try my hand at an article instead 🤔

[Duke Pikachu]

Yeah, I'm still working on mine. Got side tracked but I'll get back to working on it. 

[RielCZ]

Nov 12, 2021 23:11:44 GMT -5 Carolyn said:

RielCZ, are you jumping aboard this go?

Thanks for the heads up! But, seeing the current deadline, I'll probably decide one way or the other whether I participate by about Christmas or so.

[Holly]

Okay so I think I've come up with an idea I think I can work with that isn't a Crumbeard comic.

Proposed title of entry: The Secrets of the Secret Pirate Training Academy
Type of entry: Article
Short description: "The ninjas may have their secret school for Battledome training, but have ye ever wondered where ye train to be a combatant of Food Club?" A comedic article written from the perspective of the master of the Secret Pirate Training Academy, an academy so secret that even its master can't actually remember how you qualify for it, hence why there are only ever the same 20 participants in Food Club.
Collaborator? Y/N

[Rasaiu]

Proposed title of entry: Academy vs. Training School: A Learning Review

Type of entry: Article
Short description: The choice of school depends not only on the fee or duration of training, but also on the content. Every owner wants the highest quality courses for their pets but which school provides the most suitable?
Collaborator? No

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Pray for me. O_o