Red Eye – Project Marblearth

The Tropical Collage

Our Marble Survival Season 2 competitors reflect on a hard-fought season post-elimination, all the way to the end.

ML2023 Memo #16: Faster Than the Eye Can Bee

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.

ML2023 Memo #15: Penultimatum

At the bottom of the sand slope, still covered with a thin film of sand, Pinky Toe was greeted enthusiastically by the rest of their team. A mood soured by anxiety after their first-race wipeout only made their victorious comeback sweeter, and the Rosakan team was by far the loudest amongst those greeting their racersContinue reading “ML2023 Memo #15: Penultimatum”

ML2023 Memo #14: Shadow of a Doubt

They’re going to be the first Marble League champions to not win a single event. It’s as if with every revolution around the bell that statement made its own loop back into their minds, a reminder of what they couldn’t reach four times over this season. At least those saying it admitted to their eventualContinue reading “ML2023 Memo #14: Shadow of a Doubt”

One Second To Midnight

As Season 5 of Marbula 1 draws to a close, the remaining teams in competition for a podium spot weigh their odds and their relationships with each other before the fateful midnight hour.

M1S5 Memo #4: Diving Deep, Digging Deeper

As the season draws to its close and pressure mounts for the athletes, tensions rise between teammates and rivals alike in Project Marblearth’s M1S5 Memo #4.

Out of the Rolling – Event 4: Turbulence of Dreams

The silence was louder than any noise could possibly have been. In reflection, the crushing weight of competition only felt heavier now that it was over. Wind ripped through the air like a great shout, and though it wasn’t yet night time, dark clouds covered the world in gloomy shadows. Gloomy as Red Eye felt,Continue reading “Out of the Rolling – Event 4: Turbulence of Dreams”