WHFORC Ink Well Journal

Part 2

"What the fu-"

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"YOU ACTUALLY GOT IN INKWELL?" My older sibling Parchment said as I showed them my acceptance letter.

Parchment is my older sibling by only 10 months compared to me and Quill's 2 years. They are a long-ish piece of parchment that is rolled up at the top and the bottom and looks as though they were stained with coffee and then oven baked, due to this they have a tendency to flake easily.

"Yeah I don't even believe it, I thought I would be on the bottom of the list!" I responded sitting down on the couch behind me rubbing my forehead.

"Well it starts in only 3 days you should probably pack and get going, how are you going to get up there?" My sibling says to which I have no response. I hadn't thought about it because I didn't think I would get in to be honest.

"Uhm I have no clue BUT! Would you mind brainstorming while I pack? I don't need to worry about 2 things at once right?" I say getting up and stretching the grogginess out I didn't know I was in.

"Alright but you owe me like 4 donuts for this, now go get ready!" I start walking to my room as they sit down and grab a notepad to brainstorm ideas, kinda ironic now that I think about it.

I walk into my room and grab a suitcase from the top shelf of my very messy closet (author note wait would objects even need closets??? like they don't wear clothes, would they be used for something else???) and brought it onto my bed and unzipped it.

I looked around to figure out what I should bring, if I'm being honest I could probably bring everything I own in this and like a backpack, I don't own much.

I decided to start with a pillow as it's nice to have a feel of home with you, and on that note I'll grab my very old yellow knitted blanket that was once my mom's, I folded it then rolled it up and stuffed it right next to my pillow. Next I figured something to write a journal with would be a good idea so I grabbed an empty leather bound journal I had with a design of a dream catcher on the front from a drawer of my desk. I also grabbed 2 pencils and a sharpener plus my really nice set of colored pencils.

I threw those into the bag and looked around for more things I needed. Oh I almost forgot some really important stuff, I grabbed my 2 bottles of prescription meds and another bottle of ibuprofen, just in case. I threw all three in a ziplock bag and realized I also needed to grab toiletries.

I went to the bathroom my siblings and I shared and grabbed my toothbrush and toothpaste plus a few refills of dark blue Ink incase I spilled any.

I went back to my room and threw them in the suitcase. Jeez all this moving around is making me tired, but I need to finish this and see what Parchment came up with.

I grabbed my phone and charger and threw it in the bag so I could text Parchment and Quill if I needed to, plus for if I get bored during free time.

I figured that was all I needed and zipped up my suitcase and rolled it out of the room with me into the living room.

"Ok so I have an idea, doesn't Quill own that BIG cannon used for throwing confetti or something? Like the one she keeps in the closet" Parchment says upon seeing me walk into the room, I already have a bad feeling about this.

"Are you saying you want to launch me in a cannon!?" I say in a panic, what if I shatter, what if I miss, what if it isn't powerful enough?! So many thoughts ran through my head that it started to hurt.

"Well yes but hasn't she done something similar? I'm sure it will be fine" They say shrugging.

"Yeah that was 5 feet, this thing is like 200 miles in the air!" I say giving them a look of disbelief, this will never work!

"Just trust me it will be fine, just cover yourself and luggage in bubble wrap and we go to it and shoot you up there, it will be fine" They say going into the closet and pulling out the long thing of bubble wrap we have and bringing it over to me.

I sigh and say "Fine, it is our best bet I suppose, let's head over there, but you're dragging the cannon!" I say grabbing the bubble wrap and my suitcase.

A little while later we arrive and I am astounded by how high up it is. I'm really glad for the air bubble thing it has or else the air would be paper thin.

"Alright we're here, wrap yourself up I will line it up for us" Parchment says adjusting the way the cannon is pointed.

I sigh and wrap my luggage in bubble wrap carefully until it will be fine upon landing. I then do the same to me until the only thing out is my arms which I will have my sibling do for me.

"Ok I'll finish wrapping you up then load you in, you better stay long!" They say walking over and doing exactly what they said they would.

Finally they plop me and my bag in the cannon and carefully readjust it. Finally it is really and I take a deep breath as they light the fuse.

"Have a safe flight!" Parchment says laughing as the fuse reaches the end and I get shot up miles into the air.

It's so beautiful up here, the sky is bright and birds are happily chirping as I shoot past them. I take another breath right before entering the area where air gets thinner and almost hit one of the birds. Finally I'm starting to come back down towards the floating island.

I brace for impact as I land roughly on top of my suitcase. I wiggle my arms free and remove the bubble wrap. I look up to see about half the contestants already there and they're so diverse! There's a cat, a bottle, some slime and even more!

As I wonder how everyone got there I see a plane land nearby and another object step off onto the area only to realize it's an Ink Pot, are there two of us?

I then make eye contact with them as they walk out and they quickly walk into a tree. I rush over and see that they cracked their face, I ask if they're alright but they pass out before they can answer. I grab them and rush around looking for a medical area and find it.

I bring them in and explain what happened and then run back to grab my bag and come back to wait till they wake up to make sure they are ok.
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