Mid-Season Interview Q&A

Hello, readers!

We didn't get as many questions as we thought we would, but here's the interview all the same. ;)

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     Anika: How many seasons of Cyberfantasy do you think you will post?

     Sylvia: Right now, we've only planned one season. However, this season could have a whole lot of episodes! We're still not sure how many, though. :)

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     Anonymous: How did you come up with the idea for this great photostory?

     Saige: A few of our relatives had been writing fantasy and sci-fi stories around the time we were brainstorming for our series. We wanted to make our story sci-fi-ish, but still taking place on Earth, so readers would feel like it could possibly happen in the future someday... ;)

     Sylvia: Yeah - and we also wanted to make our heroine very ordinary and not exactly wanting to go on any adventures. A Bilbo Baggins sort of character. Someone without any special gifts or superpowers... someone like me. Haha.

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Well, that's all for now, folks! We only got two questions this time, but that's totally fine. Thank you Anika and Anonymous for commenting! As the series continues, we'll probably do another interview, so if you missed out on this one, don't worry. ;)

Have a lovely day!

-Sylvia and Saige

Mid-Season Interview

Greetings, readers!

As the title suggests, it's time for an interview with Saige and Sylvia regarding our Cyberfantasy series! (Try saying that ten times fast.)

Submit any questions you have in the comments. After a week, we'll answer all your questions in a separate post. (We'll answer them to the best of our ability, of course. We can't give share any plot spoilers or personal information. Ya know.)

We look forward to hearing from you!

-Caroline

Back-To-School Projects

Hello, everyone!

For most of us, summer vacation is over and it's time to go back to school. This post is a little late, but we wanted to remind you of a few tutorials we have for back-to-school supplies!

Learn here how to make your doll a whole stack of lined paper.

We always seem to be short of pencils whenever we start school! 

Make your doll some new ones here.

Learn here how to make doll composition books, a back-to-school necessity!

Have fun with these tutorials, and have a lovely day. :)

-Kirsten

Cyberfantasy: Episode 4

Hello, readers!

We're back from our hiatus! Hope you all have had a lovely July. Now, to start us back into our blogging groove, how about another episode of Cyberfantasy? :)

Episode 4

Well, for a fact, I was not equipped for any type of travel. I seldom like to leave my comfortable apartment except to go to work, and even then, I try to get home as soon as possible. I’m definitely an introvert.

And now Sona wanted to know if I was ready for extensive travel. I wondered how much money was in my bank account, and how much I could actually spend on a crazy journey. 

“Sona... I’m, uh... well, not exactly poor,” I said out loud, “but I’m not rich either. Where will we have to go? How much money will I need?”

By extensive travel, I mean that you will be required to exert a considerable amount of physical energy.  

As for money, you will only require enough to reach the bus station. One of my human assistants will be waiting in the empty lot nearby.

“Oh, well - that makes it easy,” said Chloe. “When shall we start?”

Immediately.

However, it is vital that you leave any electronics behind. They are dangerous and unpredictable in this situation.

 “How will we speak to you if I don’t bring my laptop or phone?” I asked, at the same time trying to suppress my sense of alarm at the mention of “exerting considerable amounts of physical energy”. What was I getting myself into?

My assistant Bria is able to communicate with me without the use of electronics. Once you have met up with her, you should have no trouble. 

I hope this is all satisfactory.

There was that sarcasm again.

“Sounds good. We’ll leave as soon as we can,” said Chloe, getting up and beginning to clear the plates and napkins off the table. 

After putting the remains of the pizza into the fridge, I found my backpack and stuffed it with granola bars and a few waterbottles. I really had no idea what I was doing - the only other “adventure” I had ever been on was a hike with Chloe. That hadn’t turned out so well, because I’d forgotten to bring myself any provisions. 

Yeah... not fun.

“What about Tanuki?” said my friend suddenly. “You can’t just leave him here.”

Surprisingly, I had already thought of this. “Oh, I’m going to ask the neighbor next door if she can watch him. We’re acquaintances, and she’s offered to watch him before.” 

Chloe nodded. “All right. Let's go bring him over."

I opened the door and we stepped outside.
It felt strange to be leaving the house without my phone - it was almost like it had become a part of me. Uncomfortable thought.

Chloe waited while I locked the door.

My neighbor was more than happy to care for Tanuki... I think she really likes cats. 
Anyway, I shouldered my backpack, put the apartment key in my pocket, and looked at Chloe.

“Are we really doing this?”

“Yes, we are,” she replied, taking a deep breath.

Then, side by side, we headed out into the busy city to find Bria.

Ahhhhh... it's so good to be back. :) Have a lovely day!

~Kirsten & Sylvia

Summer Break... Again

Hello, readers!

You may remember from last year that we like to take a break every summer - to relax, finish random projects, and basically just catch up on life. Well, that time has come again. We'll be gone from here until the first week of August.

Thank you so much for being understanding about this... at least, we hope you understand. ;) We just need a time to get refreshed, re-inspired, and ready for another round of blogging. We are always so ready to come back at the end of our break!

So enjoy your summer, everyone! Relax, eat ice cream, finish projects, and have fun. We'll be back before you know it. :)

-Kirsten, Sylvia, Saige, & Caroline

Caroline Says Farewell to Spring

Hello, everyone!

It is I, Sylvia. We've hit that time of the year when Spring's last flowers are dropping to the ground and fading away, while Summer, chuckling gleefully in the distance, is preparing to throw her blanket of heat over the land.

Well folks, that was my moment of poetry for today. Now on to a photoshoot, in which Caroline says farewell to the last of the cool weather. :)

Have a lovely day!

-Sylvia

~Lily Rose Brookshire~

Hello, readers!

We've finally finished our picture of Lily Rose. Thank you for waiting so long! ;)

Thus ends the very long journey of Lily Rose Brookshire. But in a sense, it's only the beginning. What if AG sees our work and decides to make her the 2017 Girl of the Year? Wouldn't that be amazing? I hope it really happens.

Have a lovely day, ya'll. :)

-Sylvia

Cyberfantasy: Episode 3

Hello, everyone!
     Enjoy the next episode of Cyberfantasy. :)

Episode 3

I grabbed the laptop out from under my pillow, where I had stuffed it an hour or two before. I still felt wary about it.  

Gingerly, I put it down in front of Chloe, opened it, and typed in the password. The email was still there from when I had slammed the computer shut. Chloe glanced at the cyberbot’s sentences.

“Say something in your mind,” I suggested. “It might reply.”

Before the words were fully out of my mouth, however, a row of new words snaked across the page. My name is Sona. You have permission to call me that.

Chloe leaned forward, and I pointed wildly at the screen. “Did you see that? Did you see that?”

“This is weird,” my friend murmured. Then she narrowed her eyes at the screen, and I knew that she was talking to the cyberbot in her mind.

More words appeared. Are all humans this ignorant?

I almost felt like laughing. “What did you ask her?”

“I asked what a cyberbot was. Wow, I didn’t know that a computer could have such an attitude.”

For the record, I am a cyberbot, not a computer, but that is of little relevance. I am in need of your assistance.

“This is getting really bizarre,” I said, fiddling with my paper plate. “This Sona person needs our help? I’m starting to feel like I’m in a bad sci-fi dream.”

“Maybe we are,” said Chloe, being inconveniently mysterious. “I’m not sure of anything anymore. But this,” she motioned at the laptop, “is pretty amazing. Very advanced technology. I like it.” And she narrowed her eyes at the screen again.

Thank you for asking. I am glad to see that you have more sense than your friend.

“Apparently I’m smarter than you,” said Chloe, with a playful smirk at me. “At least, Sona thinks so. I asked her what she needs our help with.”

I rolled my eyes.

We - that is to say, myself and other cyberbots - are currently under attack. An army of viruses is threatening to destroy us, and if they do, all devices connected to the Internet will detonate.

Without meaning to, I began imagining all the people who owned electronic devices. Kids as young as five or six had phones now. That would be a lot of explosions, injury ... and death.

I forgot that I had decided not to speak with Sona again. My thoughts were whirling, but I organized them enough to ask, What do we do to stop the viruses?

I am glad that you care for your race, replied the cyberbot. It has taken me a long time to find a personal computer network that I could trust. You are the first who has responded rationally.

“We still don’t know what a cyberbot is,” I said out loud to Chloe. “I want to know who I’m working with before we do anything crazy.”

“Sure, I’ll ask her,” said Chloe, smiling at me. She must have known what a leap of absurd faith I was making. To be honest, I didn’t know what made me trust Sona. I still don’t know.  

After a moment: Cyberbots exist within electronics. We protect the owners and keep their technology running. 

Chloe gazed at the screen for a second, then looked
up at me. “I’ve asked her what we have to do. Now pay attention.”

Before we begin, said Sona,

are you equipped for extensive travel?

     Hope you've enjoyed the episode, and have a lovely day! :)

-Kirsten