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Awww, thank you! You're fics are amazing and you seem like a wonderful person!

appreciation post edition numero two

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HEY YALL IM BACK. unless u live under a rock (or fine, maybe this is your first selection), u would know i was @jynsongxvii during the dreaded obscurantism of ocnet selections, aka dom’s selection. back then, i posted a little thing to boost morale up when some anon stuff seemed to be getting hairy, so i’m doing it again. i should actually be writing my next crooks fic but,,, i mean,,, yeah, whatever. yall will live with the wait if you’re keeping up with that. let’s get started. 

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I'd like to apologize for my lack of artistic talent and say Merry (belated) Christmas, Grace ( @brooks-schreave )! You do a brilliant job at playing these characters! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and that you have an amazing year! P.S. the first picture is Brooks teaching Max Shakespeare, which Max will later use to flirt with girls.

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Challenge Three

A/N: Thank you to @brooks-schreave aka Grace for the wonderful rp. Appriximately 1,100 words.

It has been about three hours since I decided to try to get some sleep. To no one’s surprise, sleep never came to me. I decided to continue my reading of The Tempest, but my hunger kept me from focusing. Which brings me here, outside of the kitchen. I heave open the heavy metal door to find none other than Prince Brooks. 

“Oh hey!” I say to the younger prince. I panic a little and dip down into a curtsy, feeling a little weird after greeting him so casually. Frightened by my sudden appearance, Brooks throws his book across the room. He goes to pick up the book, groaning as he does so.

“Hello.” He greets after he has retrieved his book. 

I can't help but laugh a little. “You good?” I ask him, hoping I didn't startle him too much.

“Eh,” he shrugs, “Just a little upset my reflexes are only quick when it comes to fear.” 

“Well some is better than none I guess.” I flash him a reassuring smile, “What book are you reading?” I ask, trying to get a peek at the cover.

“The Choosing by Kieran Casa.” He informs me, telling me the plot soon after. 

“That sounds interesting. I'm currently rereading The Tempest.” I've been reading and rereading the classic since I was about 13. 

“Why are you rereading?” He questions. 

“Because Shakespeare is a literary genius that deserves to be more read than once.” I reply quickly. 

He laughs a little at my response. “I suppose so. What's your favorite piece?”

I think for a moment. I have read most of Shakespeare's plays and reread a lot of them also. “It's either The Tempest or Romeo and Juliet. Or the Twelfth Night. Or Macbeth. You know what, don't make me choose.” I've always been a little indecisive about choosing a favorite book.

“How dare I even ask the question. My sincerest apologies, Lady... uh. What's your name?” 

“Jordan,” I tell him, “and you can drop the ‘Lady'”

“Well, Jordan why exactly are you down here?” He asks

“I was planning on making a quesadilla.” I answer, pointing back at the kitchen full of ingredients.

“Do you want one?” I offer as I start to walk away.

“Excuse you, I don't eat dairy nor gluten. How dare you.” He scolds me jokingly.

I hold up my hands like I'm surrendering. “I am so sorry You're Majesty, I shouldn't have even assumed it.”

He smiled at my response. “That was my attempt at humor.” He informs me, “Tragic, I know.”

“Well then,” I smile back at him, “I must have a tragic taste of humor because I thought it was funny.”

“Jordan, no!” He exclaims, “Be better than that!” I grin again, as I walk over to the fridge.

“So quesadilla or no?” I ask him. 

“Quesadilla.” He nods awkwardly and sits back down.

“Jalapenos or no jalapenos?” 

“ABSOLUTELY NONE!” He says rather loudly, “Too spicy.” 

“You don't like spicy!?” I gasp. First Nate, now Brooks. What was it with these Schreave boys and their hatred of spicy food?

“I'll actually throw up.” He defends.

“Wow,” I reply as I finish gathering the ingredients, “Fear reflexes and gag reflexes!”

“All charming qualities of good ole Brooks, I'm sure.” He sighs. 

“But you like to read,” I remind him, “So that automatically cancels all of that out.”

“Is that your common rule?” 

I flip the quesadillas about a foot into the air. “Yep, one of the many.”

“Don't flip that onto the ground, please.” 

“I'll try not to.” I say laughing.

“Much obliged.” 

Finally, I finish the two quesadillas and place them on some plates. “Voilà” I set his plate down, making sure that it is the one with no jalapenos -- I don't need to be responsible for making a Prince throw up.

He takes a bite and nods. “It's good!” I thank him and take a bite out of mine. Quesadillas and eggs are about as far as my cooking skills go.

“What's your caste?” 

“I'm a Five.” A inform him.

“Do you paint or sing?” He asks. 

“I sing a little,” I answer, “But I'm a professional violinist and pianist.” My older brother painted, but when I try painting they always turn out horrible, so I stick to music for the most part. 

“Do you like it?”

“Oh, I love it.” I know so many people who hate being a Five, but I never really felt that way. In fact, I think that we are rather lucky. We aren't stuck with boring jobs, like accountants or farmers. 

“I'm sorry, I'm not the best conversationalist.” He says, “You can ask anyone in my family and they talk for hours about how I'm 'socially inept'.” 

“That's totally fine, people say that about my older brother too.” John was what you would call an awkward person. My mother gets upset about it at times, but I don't mind it. This is probably why we are so close -- I'm one of the few people he can hold a conversation with.

“So, if you married my brother, you'd have a socially inept older brother and younger brother.” I almost choke on my quesadilla. “Just pointing that out.” I was trying to take the selection one step at a time in order to not have a mental breakdown. Talking about marriage wasn't exactly taking it “one step at a time”. I decided to change the topic to something that is the exact opposite of me marrying Nate -- his little brother flirting with me.

“Speaking of younger brother, your younger brother is a very... Interesting person…” I Max in the Selected hallways on my first night at the palace. He hit on me for a good five minutes, despite the fact that I was supposed to be dating his brother.

“Maxy?” He smiles and laughs to himself, “He's a cute kid, isn't he?”

“He is.” I agree. Cute in a little brother kind of way though.

“He's also a very persistent kid.” I say.

“Is he?” Brooks jokes, “Do tell.”

“Let's just say he has a lot of pick up lines.” I honestly don't know how the kid remembers all of them.

“Oh yeah, they're his entire personality.” 

“Wow, really? Your conversations with him must be interesting then.” I say, taking another bite of my quesadilla.

“He won't stop hitting on me.” He jokes, “It's a problem, really.”

I smile. “I'm sure it must very awkward.” 

“Very flattering, though.” He grins back at me.

“Great self-confidence builder.” I agree, still smiling.

He looks down at his watch and frowns. “If I don't go to bed now, my whole sleep schedule will be trashed.”

“Well, it was a pleasure.” I say, taking the last bite of my quesadilla.

“Thanks for the food!” He calls out as he leaves.

I sigh as I walk back to my room. Hopefully now I'll be able to sleep…

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Illea Illustrated Issue 4 with Lady Eloise Duval on the cover

Featuring: @eloiseduval, @mistylane059, @jordan-maldez, @avalyn-cadly, @maya-edwards, @camille-marshall, @quinn-schreave

Thank you so much for the interviews!  Stay tuned for more Selection News by following @illeaillustrated.  Tell us what you thought about the issue by sending us asks~! Want your character to be featured in the #Stylection? Check out our desktop Illea Illustrated site on tumblr to see the submission guidelines.

Editors’ Note:

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Challenge Two

A/N: So sorry about how late this is! I started writing it like 2 weeks ago, then they extended the date to the 15th and I planned on finishing it up this past week, but I didn't realize how busy I was going to be! Anyways, thank you to Claire for the wonderful role play and for the extension! About 1,000 words, forgive me for any typos.

“Are you nervous for your date?” Holly inquires as she does my hair. I shake my head, which results in Holly politely telling me to stay still.

“I’ve been on my fair share of dates.” This is an understatement, “The only difference is that this date is with a Prince.” I was saying this for myself as much as I was for Holly. It was true, I had been on many dates. I wasn’t nervous because my date was a Prince though. I was nervous because this relationship might have a future, as opposed to all of my other “relationships” that ended after one or two dates. I don’t tell Holly that I’m nervous because I know that if I do, we’ll get into why, and then I might panic and chicken out of going.

I take a deep breath, as Holly finishes my hair. As Rose helps me out of my seat, we hear a loud knock. Thanking my maids, I open the door to see Nate’s smiling face.

“Ready for your date?” He asks. I think about darting, but my heels would hold me back. Instead, I smile back and nod. He offers me his arm and I take it immediately. The last thing I need is to trip in these shoes.

“Have any ideas for what we’re doing?” He questions, leading me down the large staircase.

“I don’t have to guess it before we do it do I?”

“No, I was just seeing if you had any thoughts of what we would do.” He answers.

“Well then, no,” I tell him, “I do not.”

As we reach the end of the hallway, a large movie theater comes into view. An excited look grows on my face. I love movies almost as much as I love books.

“Oh! What movie are we watching?” I say — well, squeak.

“Your pick.” He points to a large rack that houses rows upon rows of movies. I walk over to the rack, a feeling of power coming over me. In my family, we voted on what movie we watched, and everyone rarely wanted to watch the movies I picked. I scan the selection of films, thinking carefully.

“Have you seen The Matrix?” I ask, looking back at him.

“No, I haven’t.” He answers.

“Well then,” I pluck the movie off the shelf, “It’s settled!” I remember the first time I watched The Matrix. For a while, I was suspicious of everyone, waiting for someone to turn into an agent and capture me. After a few weeks of having no angry men in suits showing up, I began to believe that the movie was all fictional, as my family had told me many times before.

“Do you want popcorn?” He asks.

“Of course!” I reply.

After the popcorn is ready, we settle down towards the middle of the theater. I’m surprised to see previews start — I guess even the royal family isn’t exempt from previews.

“What type of movies are your favorite?” He asks, taking a handful of popcorn. I explain to him my love for action movies, later finding out that he is a fellow fan of Harry Potter.

Soon, the movie starts and we go silent, but I can’t get the thought of talking to him more out of my mind.

I glance over at him, a little ways into the movie and see that a piece of his hair is sticking up. I go to put it back into place, but decide that now isn’t the time, and quickly pull my arm back. Luckily, he doesn’t seem to notice. I go back to watching the movie, my thoughts often drifting back to him or the selection.

The next thing I know, the movie is over and Nate offers to walk me to my room. Arm in arm, we begin to walk.

“So, dogs or cats?” He asks me.

“Dogs.” I reply, “I don’t have a dog, but I walk my neighbor’s French Bulldog, and he’s the sweetest thing.” Me and my siblings had always wanted a dog, but we never had enough money. I remember how excited we were when our neighbors got a dog. We all raced over and asked to play with him and that soon turned in to us walking him every weekend.

“Aw that’s a cute breed!” He says, his face lighting up.

“What about you, cats or dogs?”

“Dogs all the way, I’m not a cat person at all.” He answers.

“I agree. Cats can be mean.” When I was little, I had a cat attack me, and I’ve never gotten over it. I still have a scar.

“Sweet or sour?” He asks.

“Sweet,” I say, after thinking it over for a little bit, “But I like spicy better than both.”

“Spicy? I can’t eat too much spice.” He tells me, “It’s too… spicy.”

I laugh. “Spicy is too spicy, huh? Who would’ve known!”

He laughs along with me. “I don’t know, did you know that?”

“Nope.” I answer, “This is brand new information!”

“Crazy, the world is crazy!” He says, jokingly shaking his head.

“Tell me about it.” I reply, “Next thing you know, we’re going to find out that 2+2=4 or something crazy like that!” I try to contain my laughter, but a slight smirk spreads across my face, a similar one on Nate’s.

“Wait really?” He asks, still jokingly.

“I’m not gonna lie,” I tell him, “I’ve heard rumors that it’s true!”

“I’m shocked, are you sure? I’m not sure if I believe you.” He raises his eyebrows and grins at me. Our eyes meet and my stomach fills with butterflies.

I return his smile and try not to let laughter consume my words. “I’m kidding, It’s six.”

“I knew I shouldn’t believe you!” He exclaims, still grinning.

“I’m sorry, it’ll never happen again!” I say as we arrive at my room.

He eyes me jokingly before chuckling again. “It better not!”

I giggle, as I turn the knob to my door. “I promise!” We smile at each other once more before I shut the door. My maids rush over to me, asking how it went.

“It was like I was talking to a close friend.” I tell them. But I immediately know that this isn’t true. No, this is much more than that.

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For a brief moment you held me so close that I felt all my worries and pain go away

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Challenge Three - A Talk with a Royal

In this challenge you will have to rp with only one royal WHO IS NOT NATE. This means you can rp with either the King, Queen, Quinn, Brooks, Mallory, Max or Jace.

YOU MUST WRITE A FIC! - if you don’t you are at the risk of elimination

You have one week to finish this challenge. CHALLENGE ENDS DECEMBER 22nd

If you want to rp with Jace you have to do it by the 19th because after that I will be on vacation.

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What do you look for in a person?

There are the usual: sweet, caring, funny. He doesn’t have to play music, but he has to like it at the very least. Preferably not a douche and I wouldn’t mind if he were attractive.

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What can I say, we're very exclusive.

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ask away ♥

what’s your favourite memory?

what song(s) describe your mood right now?

tea or coffee?

sunsets or sunrises?

vanilla, chocolate or strawberry?

rain or sun?

is your first language english? if not, what is it?

do you like your ice crushed or in big blocks?

if you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

who are you closest to, your father or mother?

what time period would you like to live in other than your own?

is it hot or cold right now?

what is your accent?

has anyone ever saved you from a situation? if so, what happened?

who did you last hug?

who are your top 5 fictional characters?

how have you changed in the past year or two?

biggest regret(s)?

biggest fear(s)?

is your room messy or clean?

have you ever had a near death experience?

favourite scent?

would you survive a zombie apocalypse?

what lyric(s) do you love?

what do you like about yourself?

what would you change about yourself?

do you like your handwriting?

how do you like to style your hair?

what time is it?

what time did you wake up today?

what are your bad habits?

what was your first fandom?

burger or pizza?

do you have any unusual talents?

when did you last feel infinite?

when did you last cry?

who was the latest person to see you cry?

best movie?

best tv series?

have you ever wrote fanfiction?

are you happy?

do you really relate to your zodiac?

what year was you born in?

do you often find yourself jealous?

are you a fan of 80′s music?

what has been your most vivid nightmare?

what has been your most vivid dream?

have you ever had your first kiss?

what has been your most intimate moment?

do you usually start conversations?

are you superstitious?

what do you believe in most, ghosts or aliens?

what song(s) do you hate?

turn ons?

turn offs?

are you comfortable with talking about your flaws?

what are your otp’s?

do you have any bizarre experiences?

do you have a night/morning routine?

do you have a bittersweet memory?

are there any friends that you miss?

do you have an enemy?

are you a night owl or an early bird?

what is your dream job?

if you had to pick a fictional universe to live in forever, which one would you pick and why?

do you know any form of self-defence?

favourite planet?

do you consider yourself to be more masculine, feminine or a mixture?

do you rely on others or do others rely on you?

what do you think happens once someone dies?

are you a leader?

what question do you hate answering?

do you believe in guardian angels?

can you rap?

how do you stay warm?

do you want to be in a relationship?

how was your day?

are there any fictional universes you would not want to be in?

what fictional character do you relate to the most?

who hurt you last?

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looks like a cinnamon roll but could actually kill you: Me. Murder weapon: Memes.

looks like they could kill you but is actually a cinnamon roll: Marshall

looks like a cinnamon roll and is a cinnamon roll: Maya, Evelyn, Stephanie, Eloise, Melody, Clara, Elizabeth, Heeyoung, Brooks, Quinn, Maia

looks like they could kill you and could actually kill you: Mallory, Victoria, (Marshall too, ngl), Jordan, Aubree

looks like a cinnamon roll but is actually just committing a lot of treason: Poppy

looks like they could kill you but it's just the make-up: Venus, Fleur

looks like a girl but it's just Nate in Venus' make-up: Nate, Jace

looks like they could kill you but actually uses her logic and realises how inconvenient that mess would be: Clove

looks like he's 15 but thinks he's 20: Max

looks like two people but are actually the same person: Aada, Allegra

looks like a hot miss, is actually a Hot Miss: Jordan, Eloise, Misty, Avalyn

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65 Questions You Aren't Used To

1. Do you ever doubt the existence of others than you?

2. On a scale of 1-5, how afraid of the dark are you?

3. The person you would never want to meet?

4. What is your favorite word?

5. If you were a type of tree, what would you be?

6. When you looked in the mirror this morning what was the first thing you thought?

7. What shirt are you wearing?

8. What do you label yourself as?

9. Bright room or dark room?

10. What were you doing at midnight last night?

11. Favorite age you’ve been so far?

12. Who told you they loved you last?

13. Your worst enemy?

14. What is your current desktop picture?

15. Do you like someone?

16. The last song you listened to?

17. You can press a button that will make any one person explode. Who would you blow up?

18. Who would you really like to just punch in the face?

19. If anyone could be your slave for a day, who would it be and what would they have to do?

20. What is your best physical attribute? (showing said attribute is optional)

21. If you were the opposite sex for one day, what would you look like and what would you do?

22. Do you have a secret talent? If yes, what is it?

23. What is one unique thing you’re afraid of?

24. You can only have one kind of sandwich. Every sandwich ingredient known to humankind is at your disposal.

25. You just found $100! How are you going to spend it?

26. You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere in the world, but you have to leave immediately. Where are you going to go?

27. An angel appears out of Heaven and offers you a lifetime supply of the alcoholic beverage of your choice. “Be brand-specific” it says. Man! What are you gonna say about that? Even if you don’t drink booze there’s something you can figure out… so what’s it gonna be?

28. You discover a beautiful island upon which you may build your own society. You make the rules. What is the first rule you put into place? 

29. What is your favorite expletive?

30. Your house is on fire, holy shit! You have just enough time to run in there and grab ONE inanimate object. Don’t worry, your loved ones and pets have already made it out safely. So what’s the one thing you’re going to save from that blazing inferno?

31. You can erase any horrible experience from your past. What will it be?

32. You got kicked out of the country for being a time-traveling heathen who sleeps with celebrities and has super-powers. But check out this cool shit… you can move to anywhere else in the world!

33. The Celestial Gates Of Beyond have opened, much to your surprise because you didn’t think such a thing existed. Death appears. As it turns out, Death is actually a pretty cool entity, and happens to be in a fantastic mood. Death offers to return the friend/family-member/person/etc. of your choice to the living world. Who will you bring back?

34. What was your last dream about?

35. Are you a good….[insert anything you’d like here]?

36. Have you ever been admitted to the hospital?

37. Have you ever built a snowman?

38. What is the color of your socks?

39. What type of music do you like?

40. Do you prefer sunrises or sunsets?

41. What is your favorite milkshake flavor?

42. What football team do you support? (I will answer in terms of American football as well as soccer)

43. Do you have any scars?

44. What do you want to be when you graduate?

45. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

46. Are you reliable?

47. If you could ask your future self one question, what would it be?

48. Do you hold grudges?

49. If you could breed two animals together to defy the laws of nature, what new animal would you create?

50. What is the most unusual conversation you’ve ever had?

51. Are you a good liar?

52. How long could you go without talking?

53. What has been you worst haircut/style?

54. Have you ever baked your own cake?

55. Can you do any accents other than your own?

56. What do you like on your toast?

57. What is the last thing you drew a picture of?

58. What would be you dream car?

59. Do you sing in the shower? Or do anything unusual in the shower? Explain.

60. Do you believe in aliens?

61. Do you often read your horoscope?

62. What is your favorite letter of the alphabet?

63. Which is cooler: dinosaurs or dragons?

64. What do you think about babies?

65. Freebie! Ask anything interesting you can think of.