You step outside the hall to find dragons racing around a large circular track, cheered on by thousands of people in the stands. A large poster attracts your eye, and you try to block out the cheering so you can concentrate on it.

DRAGON RACES

Objective: to post the most good quality posts in response to threads in the Scholar's Hall (excluding Realms Beyond)

Details: The most important thing to do is post! Make a post in this room, and every time you make a reply in Scholar's hall, edit your post to paste in the link. Keep a running count at the top. Try to make more replies than all the other participants! Make sure all your posts are good quality. Your reply should not just be "I really like this _____." Try to say a specific reason why you like the ______ as well as asking a question and/or contribute significantly to the discussion.

End time: September 21, midnight PDT

"Hello! Hello?" the registrar shouts at you. "Interested in signing up?" She hold a pen out to you.

Your dragon runs toward the registrar, looking expectantly back at you.

An awkward girl with loose brown hair edges up to the poster and looks at it for a long time, reading the instructions over and over. A small white dragon flies up and lands on her shoulder after awhile and starts biting her hair and pulling it. "Wuurrr!" it squears impatiently.

The girl bites her lips and smiles a bit at the registrar. "I'll sign up...thankyou." She takes the pen and signs the register, humming 'Chim Chim Cheree' and smiling at everything while the dragon bounces on her shoulder.

"Wurr-wuurrrrr!"

Posts so far: 13

Accepting Praise

Balancing Power and Faith

Arrows, Bows, and Wounds

Help With My World!

Humility is a Cruel Virtue

Mermaids

Balancing Power and Faith

Mermaids

Suicide

The Ettiquette of Witches

Superstitions

Suicide

Essences As Songs

Come on, everyone! Juliet's already getting ahead. We don't want her to win by default, do we?

Heeheehee.

*Chuckles*

Elanor, known today as Saphira, is going to sign up for this.

Posts up to now: 6

Mermaids

Mermaids

Arrows, Bows, and Wounds

What Constitutes Christian Fiction?

Vampires

Suicide

The small young lady with the wild ginger hair shyly enters the room, a faltering smile on her lips as she tries to hide her fear. "I'm not used to posting in the Scholar's Hall," she explained quietly, smiling a little more. "I've always been afraid to... but I'll try."

She steps up and takes a quill pen. Her hand fumbles for a minute, and she accidentally drops the pen, sending it skidding across the table. The girl sighs quietly, muttering, "Sorry, I'm a bit clumsy..." She carefully picks up the quill pen and place the tip against the paper. Then she signs the register in a rather tremulous-looking scrawl before tentatively stepping back.

Post Count: 4
Suicide
Accepting Praise
The Etiquette of Witches
Suicide

Hurrah! I apologize that I didn't have time to get involved. Oh well. Great job, ya'll!

Well done on first place, Juliet!