School VS Highness

Alright, so Highness is doing okay in the VS School battle...though I had NO TIME yet today to write. :( I've been always ahead or on top of the word count...up until today, that is. (My profile just says I wasn't because I forgot to update my word count on one of the first couple of days, or something.) I really hope I can catch up tomorrow or something...I reallyreallyreally want to reach 50,000 words.

Currently I'm at 12150 words. I need to be at 13336...

Anyway, I've got some great inspiration for the plot of my novel...but I just remembered I posted in the dares thread on the NaNoWriMo Forums awhile back! So after some digging, I finally found my post (from October 29), and here is what I had to say for myself:

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Still building my plot, so random funny dares might help with a few chapters. :)

I am taking:
- Pick a side character, any side character. When this side character was a small child, instead of a stuffed animal, he (or she) carried around and snuggled a knitted left mitten made of soft purple wool. They called it by two names, the second one beginning with 'Mc'. (example: Lala McPinny, Georgie McNoopsie, Mr. McNuttio) (and the mitten, in my novel, will be called...hmm...Red McToma) (Suggested by Fireblade K'Chona)
- "Come to the dark side, we have cookies."
+++1 if the character saying that is actually telling the truth about the cookie thing
+++2 if the character is actually a 'light' sider (gonna try to do all the extra things - no clue how yet, though) (Suggested by LadyAbby)
- Include ramen.
+Bonus if over 1000 words are devoted to the ramen.
++If somebody has an allergic reaction to the ramen.
+++If the ramen isn't even being used as food. (I actually have an idea for these... :P ) (Suggested by Greenling)

And since I decided to take three...I'll leave three as well.

Dare 1:
- Include a singing hairless cat.
BP: If it sings in another language.
DBP: If the song is never translated, so nobody knows what it means (not even the reader, unless they know the language)
TBP: If the song's meaning is actually important to the plot, but since nobody understands it...

Dare 2:
- Have your main character say this: "But honey, I thought the moon was made of SWISS cheese."
BP: If the moon is really made of swiss cheese
DBP: If "the moon" being referred to isn't any sort of celestial object whatsoever
TBP: If this results in a major turning point in the plot

Dare 3:
- Have a bunch of pairings that are completely reasonable and believeable for the first half of the novel, then have EVERYBODY switch partners for the second half.
BP: If this is done abruptly and without any sort of explanation
DBP: If this results in one or more characters ending up in a relationship that goes against their sexual preferences (like if they're a straight woman, have them in a relationship with another woman)
TBP: If they stay this way without complaining or questioning too much

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So yes. I am taking all of the dares I committed myself to ALL THE WAY.

So for the mitten one, the purple woolen mitten, Red McToma, belonged to Polly. Maybe I can make this significant to the little bit of plotness I thought up for Polly? ;) I dunno how, though. I'm thinking Jamie will say the cookie thing, and the "dark side" is just her druggie friends, or something. Meh. As for the ramen, I'm thinking a chapter will involve an unorthodox usage of Cup Ramen in order to fend off something, and then Lampur has an allegeric reaction. Mwahaha, I love making Lampur suffer! >:)