Building a community-authored narrative for the world of Jelle's Marble Runs.
Watching Red Eye, Bumble and Pinky Panther vanish with their coaches into the podium preparation room, one they hadn’t come close to stepping into themselves, left Speedy feeling strangely deflated. Another championship was on the line and they’d only advanced a single place in the order. Keeping the overall bronze was a cold comfort, though they were sure they’d feel differently on the podium later.
It was Rapidly who approached them first after the race, bringing them off to the side.
Fragmented rose-pink clouds decorated the orange-yellow sky. A thin morning haze hung over the city streets down below. The moon had disappeared beneath the horizon and the sun, burning the wispy edges of the clouds with its light, had emerged in its place.
The cycle of the heavens was beginning anew, and a new day was breaking over Buzznya.
On Snowy’s bedroom wall hung two individual golds. The first they’d earned during S1’s Short Circuit GP. There they’d learned that to stand alone on the top step of the podium was an incomparable experience. The second was from the 2022 Showdown’s Sand Rally, the final event, before which the Snowballs had been sixteenth andContinue reading “ML2023 Memo #5: Running Fast, Running Past”
Buses drove the teams out to the Buzznyan Foothills for the Steeplechase. Reaching the inclines that the teams must race down required slow and cautious driving. If many athletes were getting bored, there was one exception: Team Plasma’s Ghosto, fidgeting with a contraption topped off by a weather vane. “Excuse me, but… what is thatContinue reading “ML2023 Memo #2: Whether You’ll Weather the Storm”
Hello and welcome to another RetRollSpective, where we reflect on the history of marble sports teams that have appeared in the tournaments of Jelle’s Marble Runs. This time, we’re going to focus on the Minty Maniacs, the third-place finishers of Marble League 2020 and hosts of the Marble League Winter Special. Read on to findContinue reading “RetRollSpective – Minty Maniacs”
This is Part 4 of Nordique Whaler’s Offseason Moments series. For Part 1, click here. For Part 2, click here. For Part 3, click here. Amalanta Mellow Yellow. There was really only one moment that I could think of for this season. I’ll let Greg Woods quote the moment. “What happened there? Yellup is gone!”Continue reading “Marbula One Season 2 / Pre-Marble League 2021 Offseason Moments – Part 4”
Hello and welcome to another RetRollSpective, where we reflect on the history of marble sports teams that have appeared in the tournaments of Jelle’s Marble Runs. This time, we’re going to focus on the Gliding Glaciers, a team that came out of retirement to compete in the Marble League 2021 Qualifiers. Read on to find outContinue reading “RetRollSpective – Gliding Glaciers”
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