Premium contest/2022-06 - Sensational Sanctuaries

Have you ever wanted to design sanctuary (220) including custom entry/exit messaging?
Well, now's your chance!!

Here are the requirements:

1. Design custom entry messaging (comes after You gesture.)
2. Design the custom sanctuary room name [no more than 23 characters]
3. Design the custom sanctuary (no props, no shows).
4. Design custom exit messaging comes when you go out of sanctuary.

Example of a Submission:

1. Whipping winds carry the hot, metallic taste of lightning to you as your surroundings blur...
2. [Eye of the Storm Sanctuary]
3. Protected within the eye of the storm, the waters of the grey chamber lap gently at your feet. Beyond the calm and quiet of the sanctuary is a raging hurricane of whipping winds and lightning streaked skies. Directly above, the sky is clear and the quiet sounds of a gull drift to your ears.
4. The blinding flash of lightning shatters the chamber in a cloud of wind and light, causing it to dissolve around you..


Entries that do not include all requirements and follow the guidelines will not be considered eligible.
Contestants have until 11:59 p.m. PT on June 30, 2022 to get entries to me.


Ten winners will be chosen from the submitted entries.

Like all Premium Monthly Contests, entries are subject to change based on the discretion
of the GMs and QC. Entries will be judged during the first week of July. Zoelle
will not judge this contest except in the rare case of a tie. The winners will be
announced as soon as possible afterwards. Zoelle reserves the right to make any changes
to items that she, or QC, deems necessary.

Please direct any questions to the Premium Contests folder on the official message boards.

REMINDERS: THERE IS NO GUARANTEE ANY WINNING ITEM WILL BE CREATED IN GAME!

~Zoelle~

Winners

Top Ten Winners, in alphabetical order:

• Allyria
• Aubriella
• Kalyrra
• Leatrix
• Lunaryna
• Maylan
• Opalina
• Roelon
• Rohese
• Vincien

Entries

Aethyra

1. The air is filled with the scent of flowers and the sound of trickling water as your environs shift and blur...
2. [Garden of Tranquility]
3. A bubbling stream wends its way through several lilac bushes and empties into a small reflection pool next to a pale pink granite bench. Wood violets spring up at your feet and slender trees dot the area, the entwined boughs of the two on either side of the bench forming an arbor draped with wisteria vines. Other trees bear climbing vines of honeysuckle and jasmine, their sweet fragrance encouraging the deep, slow breaths of quiet introspection. 
4. A crescendo of birdsong escalates into a cacaphony as the garden dissipates around you...

Arianiss

1. Shadows coalesce and swirl around your form in an ever-obscuring dance...
2. [Inner Conflict]
3. It is deep night, the absence of visible moons or stars creating an unnatural darkness.  Trees in various stages of ailing vigor surround you, their shadows becoming cold and uncertain the farther outward you gaze.  Central to the forest is a sunlit meadow, its gentle hills dotted with flowers in bloom and trees healthy and tall.  A breeze passes through, tempering the warmth and quiet, while surrounding the area a faint, misshapen barrier undulates and pulses as shadows and light probe with tiny lances.  A small fox, ears alert, huddles in the center beneath the protective embrace of an oak tree.
4. A disruption of the shadows occurs as the sanctuary fades, a trickle of light accompanying you...

Jaysehn

1. A rank scent of low tide mixing tumultuously with the crisp bite of fresh ozone usher in a quickly growing fog strewn with indigo and aquamarine lights...
2.[The Stilling of Caligos]
3. Shrouded almost entirely in mist, you find yourself upon the bone-white deck of a two masted carrack. To the starboard side, the mist parts to reveal a frozen image of apocalyptic scale. The ship sits a mile off the coast of a mist strewn island. Just off its coastline, a massive tidal wave, larger than could possibly be natural, stands perched to crash down and obliterate the island. At the island's peak, jutting out defiantly towards the wave, a clifftop temple bathed in indigo light stands against the oncoming destruction. People in the streets of the town below scramble in panic with no way to avoid their doom while desperate crews on the ramshackle docks fruitlessly struggle to get their vessels underway. The whole scene is locked in place, as though removed from time itself, with only the mists around the ship and those weaving through the island having any movement at all.
4.A sharp crack of thunder breaks the silence, putting the scene once more into motion. A horrific chorus of screams and thunderous explosions of sound mix together as the wave slams into the island. Blinding flashes of lightning are interrupted by the mocking cackle of sea gull cries as the ship dissolves around you...

Kalyrra

1. Serene stillness takes over your mind, calming your thoughts even as your vision is gradually obscured by a radiant white light…
2. [L’Naere’s Respite]
3. Dragonflies of various hues dance on a warm breeze, occasionally skimming the surface of the shallow pond at the center of this tranquil garden.  A tall persimmon tree shades one corner of the pond, making it easier to see the fish swimming in the remarkably clear water.  Constructed entirely out of zydris, a small bench offers a comfortable place of rest within the cool shadow at the pond’s edge.  Irregular slate stepping stones provide safe passage through the purple columbine that sway gently in the midst of the fennel, snow lilies, and rosemary that grow throughout the area.
4. A shimmering mist pulsing with silvery-blue electrical energy slowly consumes the area, leaving you with conflicting feelings of loss and hopefulness…

Leafiara

1. A blinding light obscures your vision!  You hear the sound of metal locks and latches fastening in rapid succession, then the light fades, revealing a new environment...
2. Gilded Cage
3. Plush carpets of soft fur beneath your feet serve as the grounds for lavish surroundings, including a centerpiece fountain surrounded by couches stacked high with thick pillows.  All of it stands in contrast to thick golden bars ringed around the room, enclosing it with no visible point of escape while still permitting a complement of sunlight into the area and a full view of the vibrant blue sky outside.
4. The surrounding cage appears to quickly rust and dissolve, and after an intense flash of light you find that your surroundings have changed...

Obelin

1. A sensation not unlike a great heaving breath wracks your chest as your vision narrows to a pinpoint...
2. [Heart of the Beast]
3. Faintly glowing fluids provide the only source of illumination within the cavernous and disintegrating ribcage.  A blackened heart the size of a mastodon once beat nearby, but now lays still and deliquescing.  Moisture lays thick and oppressive within the torpid air, and the scent of decay eradicates all others.
4. With an echoing wet squelch and a slight vertigo, your surroundings suddenly crush, shift, and tear before your eyes...

Starletdawn

1. Darkness surrounds, as you feel yourself falling towards an unidentifiable destination. You are strangely unperturbed by the sudden change in gravity as your mind flits to and fro amongst the happenings of the day…
2. [The Rabbit Hole]
3. The soft glow of a levitating table lamp, hovering nearby, illuminates the walls of the vertical tunnel surrounding your peculiar fall into the abyss. It sheds a welcoming light, while offering occasional glimpses of seemingly never-ending bookcases that are filled with row upon row of curious books and tomes. A random assortment of household objects floats momentarily through the space; a bowl and its escaped fruit drifts lazily near your feet, while an ornate rug furls and unfurls in a dance that seems to move upwards. The gentle, sporadic *tick* of a clock’s escapement echoes from below, helping to ground you in this bewildering place.
4. Light floods the space around you as your feet meet solid ground with a gentle thump, leaving you to wonder if the never-ending fall was reality or simply a dream…

Traiva

1. A swirl of snow surrounds you, though the flakes never touch your skin.  You see the faint flicker of a single candle before the snow settles...
2. [Snowfield Sanctuary]
3. Despite the expanse of pure white snow, the air is comfortable with a slight breeze.  The deep snowdrifts and pewter cloud cover cushion any sound to bring a sense of quiet tranquility.  A lone cabin stands not far off in the distance with a trail of pale grey smoke rising from the chimney and a bright, beckoning light shining in one window.
4. You find yourself drawn toward the cabin's brightly lit window before the snowfield blurs..

Vaikhen

1. You begin to fold inward on yourself, collapsing down to a single blazing pinprick of light that suddenly winks out of existence ...
2. [Edge of Eternity]
3. Four shattered columns mark the corners of this smooth white marble platform that is impossibly suspended in space. Brilliant multicolored galaxies and quasars stretch endlessly into the infinite blackness, granting perspective on how incredibly small you are in the vast, uncaring universe.
4. In your peripheral vision you can barely detect a silently swelling void.  You feel yourself being compressed by an intense force as all light is drawn into the emptiness ...

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