Partial Bloom

Rosaka was a city with a lot to offer, and it had the habit of splitting the Racers apart. Razzy, Rizzy, and Ruzzy had won the Stone Toss together—truly together, with an under-anticipated system of utilising turn order to bait any given opponent into a fatal mistake. Now, even in the same building, they’d splitContinue reading “Partial Bloom”

The Final Gamble

Green Ducks & Kobalts Las Veglass was known to all as the city that never sleeps.  Where Midnight Bay had tough restrictions on nighttime light meant to preserve the environment and the city’s unique ambiance, Las Veglass had foregone all of that for its signature enchanting rows of city lights and blinking billboards, advertising aContinue reading “The Final Gamble”

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”

Roll to Survive: The Racers of Marbula 1 Season 5

What unites all these 40 racers is a passion that has not faded. They take on the track for a chance to win – to record their name in history. Project Marblearth looks back at where they come from, along with their hopes going forward.

Hearts Aflutter and Minds Abuzz

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.

ML2023 Memo #7: Funnels All the Way Down

To their fans, the sight of the Shining Swarm and Pinkies on the three steps together was a welcome throwback. But they were missing someone. In their post-podium walkabout chat, Sterling, Rosa, and Sheet had been joined by Pulsar, who was content with having advanced out of the heats.  In the midst of a livelyContinue reading “ML2023 Memo #7: Funnels All the Way Down”

ML2023 Memo #3: Riding a Fine Line

Following Razzy’s injury, Ruzzy had stepped in as the Raspberry Racers’ finalist in Marble League 2020’s Hurdles. Pit against three athletes who had prepared months in advance for the event, the odds were stacked against the reserve who had been watching from the stands just moments ago. Yet in an incredible upset, they’d claimed theContinue reading “ML2023 Memo #3: Riding a Fine Line”

Going All In

In Marbula One, champions don’t boil down to just their best racer. Teams that were once broken can learn to lift each other up.

Top of the Meowntain

There are races where nothing happens, And there are turns where a season happens. Twenty racers will roll onto Felynia’s Mirage Meowntain circuit this weekend in the most competitive Marbula One season ever. It’s big enough news that the race will decide the season-long struggle between the Crazy Cat’s Eyes and the O’rangers. Even moreContinue reading “Top of the Meowntain”