View Full Version : "Once Upon a Time"--The storytelling game
Here's how it works.
We'll have up to 10 players. First come, first serve for signing up.
Play order will be randomly determined. Then each player will be publically assigned two items/characters/etc. that are commonly found in fairy tales. (You might, for instance, be assigned a Witch and a Sword.)
Each player will be PM'd their own secret "Happily Ever After" ending. For Instance, you might get something like "They fell in love and got married." Or "The evil men were struck blind as punishment for their deeds."
When you play, you post no more than five sentences telling a fairy tale, using one of your two items/characters.
I will post to declare the entry acceptable, then it will be the next player's turn.
The next player then posts up to five more sentences, using one of his items. This player must logically continue the same story!!!! No ignoring what has gone on before. What you post must make "sense" (in terms of a fairy tale) with what has gone on before.
We continue on this way until all the players have gone twice and have used both their items/characters.
Then we continue on, with each player posting another little bit of the story.
THE OBJECT IS TO BRING THE STORY TO A LOGICAL END USING YOUR "HAPPILY EVER AFTER" ENDING. To end the story, your ending must make sense AND must not leave any plot threads unresolved.
No one is allowed to end the story until all the players have gone twice and used both their items/characters. After that, the story may be ended by any player on his turn if he can logically do so.
I will be the judge, with god-like powers over the story. If you post something I think does not make story sense, then your post be declared invalid AND you will be given another item/character you must use before you can attempt to end the story.
Hope this all makes sense. Please post if you want to give it a try.
Space Jawa
01/28/2009, 17:10
I shall take it upon thyself to participate in this fun activity of wits and storytelling.
The BoyBlunder
01/28/2009, 17:13
I'd like to give this a shot. A warning though, I'm crazy.
I'd like to give this a shot. A warning though, I'm crazy.
Being crazy might actually be a plus in this game.
Quebbster
01/28/2009, 17:27
I'd love to give this game a try.
That's three. There are seven more slots to fill yet.
AlienFlanders
01/28/2009, 18:10
I'll give it a spin.
charlesx
01/28/2009, 19:44
I'd like to participate, please. I love a happy ending! :)
Well, that's five players, which is enough to run the game if no one else is interested. I'll give it until tomorrow to see if someone else wants to sign up, then we'll get started with whomever we have.
Raiserb1ade
01/30/2009, 00:36
I'm in like Kevin "the yellow dart" Smith.
Okay, we'll start with six players. Other players may join in anytime BEFORE all the current players have had one turn.
Here's the randomly determined turn order, plus each player's items/characters/etc:
1. Space Jawa: A trap, Mountain
2. Quebster: This Item can Talk, Cave
3. Alienflanders: Palace, Fairy
4. BoyBlunder: A rescue, Orphan
5. Rasserb1ade: Horse, Wolf
6. Charlesx: Old man, A death
So Space Jawa goes first, posting no more than five sentences to start the story and using one of his items as a part of that story.
There's no firm deadline--no need for anyone to feel rushed with a game like this. Post any time in the next week or so.
The BoyBlunder
01/30/2009, 14:08
The goal is for us to bring the story to an end, and not to be the one to end it, correct? It's a team game, not a competition?
The goal is for us to bring the story to an end, and not to be the one to end it, correct? It's a team game, not a competition?
No, it is a competion. The goal is for you to bring it to an end with YOUR ending before anyone else can end it with their ending.
Space Jawa
01/31/2009, 03:11
Once upon a time, long, long ago in a far away land, across the ocean, over the hills and valleys, one days journey across the desert, underneath upper, middle, and lower earth, and two left turns to the right of Transylvania, there lived a King by the name of Theodore Reywashkadoom the Third. “King Teddy”, as he was known to his family and friends, lived an average castle in the middle of an average kingdom on the top of an average age-old Mountain. But for how average the King’s life was, he was not a happy man.
“King Teddy is not happy!” He would often say, as like all Kings, Teddy liked to hear his name said and thus would always speak in the third person in order to hear it more often.
I'm not sure how I missed this before, but if you're still taking players I'm in :grin:
charlesx
01/31/2009, 15:03
Nice beginning...
spike1138
01/31/2009, 15:18
Aw man! just like Grinner, I don't know how I missed this before. I just bought the game recently after seeing it mentioned on the Realms.
If there's interest in a second round, count me in. For the time being, I'd like to lurk and see how this game turns out. :)
Once upon a time, long, long ago in a far away land, across the ocean, over the hills and valleys, one days journey across the desert, underneath upper, middle, and lower earth, and two left turns to the right of Transylvania, there lived a King by the name of Theodore Reywashkadoom the Third. “King Teddy”, as he was known to his family and friends, lived an average castle in the middle of an average kingdom on the top of an average age-old Mountain. But for how average the King’s life was, he was not a happy man.
“King Teddy is not happy!” He would often say, as like all Kings, Teddy liked to hear his name said and thus would always speak in the third person in order to hear it more often.
Spaca Jawa's entry is accepted.
It is now Quebbster's turn. He must continue the story using no more than five sentences and must use one of his two items.
I'll put Grinner in as player #7. On Monday, I'll list his two items/characters and PM him his ending.
Quebbster
02/01/2009, 17:19
Once upon a time, long, long ago in a far away land, across the ocean, over the hills and valleys, one days journey across the desert, underneath upper, middle, and lower earth, and two left turns to the right of Transylvania, there lived a King by the name of Theodore Reywashkadoom the Third. “King Teddy”, as he was known to his family and friends, lived an average castle in the middle of an average kingdom on the top of an average age-old Mountain. But for how average the King’s life was, he was not a happy man.
“King Teddy is not happy!” He would often say, as like all Kings, Teddy liked to hear his name said and thus would always speak in the third person in order to hear it more often.
"And when the King is not happy, his subjects cannot be happy either!" exclaimed King Teddy. "From this day forth, laughter and merriment shall be against the law, and those found breaking the law will be imprisoned in the Cave of Despair, for faithlessness against their rightful sovereign!"
Heralds were immediately sent out to make the proclamation, and from that day forth the kingdom was a place without laughs and merriment.
"And when the King is not happy, his subjects cannot be happy either!" exclaimed King Teddy. "From this day forth, laughter and merriment shall be against the law, and those found breaking the law will be imprisoned in the Cave of Despair, for faithlessness against their rightful sovereign!"
Heralds were immediately sent out to make the proclamation, and from that day forth the kingdom was a place without laughs and merriment.
Quebbster's story is accepted. Alienflanders is up next. Remember--no more than five sentences and you must use one of your items.
Grinner will be inserted as Player 37. His items are: Transformation, People Meet.
I'll PM Grinner his ending.
Grinner will be inserted as Player 37. His items are: Transformation, People Meet.
So I have a really long wait for my turn, eh? :laugh:
So I have a really long wait for my turn, eh? :laugh:
Neglected to hit the shift key. That should be #7.
AlienFlanders
02/02/2009, 18:21
The Cave of Despair was slowly turning into the jolliest place in the Kingdom, as Jesters, Clowns and Comedians were the first imprisoned, they had Joke-offs every night, and despite the ooze that seeped from the walls and general gloom and the regular beatings handed out by the guards, nothing could stop them as their audiences grew from the commoners and foreigners that kept being arrested and imprisoned there.
Nobody knew who or what the Guards were, most people guessed they were enchanted armour, they marched out of the high windowed Palace barracks, they stood completely still on duty but could move like lightning, and their voices had a slightly mechanical sound. No one noticed during one of the more brutal beatings handed out by the Palace Guard, one of the Guard picked up a bundle of notes dropped by one of the Comedians.
Word of the Joke-offs leaked back to the castle but the newly appointed First Minister (replacing the older, unluckily named Frederick Unwin Neville the Younger, who had an unfortunate habit of spontaneously laughing at inopportune moments), refused to let the news get to the King. He desperately wanted to know what was making the King unhappy, but was too afraid to ask.
The BoyBlunder
02/02/2009, 18:29
I'm excited. Lets hope Kal gets on soon.
The Cave of Despair was slowly turning into the jolliest place in the Kingdom, as Jesters, Clowns and Comedians were the first imprisoned, they had Joke-offs every night, and despite the ooze that seeped from the walls and general gloom and the regular beatings handed out by the guards, nothing could stop them as their audiences grew from the commoners and foreigners that kept being arrested and imprisoned there.
Nobody knew who or what the Guards were, most people guessed they were enchanted armour, they marched out of the high windowed Palace barracks, they stood completely still on duty but could move like lightning, and their voices had a slightly mechanical sound. No one noticed during one of the more brutal beatings handed out by the Palace Guard, one of the Guard picked up a bundle of notes dropped by one of the Comedians.
Word of the Joke-offs leaked back to the castle but the newly appointed First Minister (replacing the older, unluckily named Frederick Unwin Neville the Younger, who had an unfortunate habit of spontaneously laughing at inopportune moments), refused to let the news get to the King. He desperately wanted to know what was making the King unhappy, but was too afraid to ask.
The entry is accepted. The BoyBlunder is up. Remember--no more than five sentences and you must use one of your items.
The BoyBlunder
02/02/2009, 19:47
The new First Minister decided to send someone to ask King Teddy what was wrong. He sent Mark The Minimalist. Mark the Minimalist was an orphan. He would not be missed should the king decide to punish his insolence. Mark the Minimalist asked the king what was wrong.
The new First Minister decided to send someone to ask King Teddy what was wrong. He sent Mark The Minimalist. Mark the Minimalist was an orphan. He would not be missed should the king decide to punish his insolence. Mark the Minimalist asked the king what was wrong.
This entry is accepted. Rasserb1ade is up next.
Raiserb1ade
02/03/2009, 16:27
The king sighed and began to speak, "I used to be a happy child. Laughing, chuckling, chortling, guffawing, giggling, snickering, these I did with much regularity. But now in my old age I find that life has lost it's amusing quality. I've heard all the jokes a thousand times. Indeed I fear that unless I find something new to inspire those hilarious chuckle-snorts of old I may never laugh again."
Quebbster
02/03/2009, 16:46
The king sighed and began to speak, "I used to be a happy child. Laughing, chuckling, chortling, guffawing, giggling, snickering, these I did with much regularity. But now in my old age I find that life has lost it's amusing quality. I've heard all the jokes a thousand times. Indeed I fear that unless I find something new to inspire those hilarious chuckle-snorts of old I may never laugh again."
Did you get one of your items in there? If so, please bold it so the rest of us can keep track...
Raiserb1ade
02/03/2009, 17:01
Did you get one of your items in there? If so, please bold it so the rest of us can keep track...
oh snap. I overedited my piece. I was trying to keep it in 5 sentences and cut the wrong part.
Haha oh well. At least i'll have fun even when I don't win.
Raiserb1ade
02/03/2009, 17:07
I know it's too late but for the record this is the correct version.
The king sighed and began to speak, "I used to be a happy child. Laughing, chuckling, chortling, guffawing, giggling, snickering, these I did with much regularity. I would horse around like... well like a horse. But now in my old age I find that life has lost it's amusing quality. Indeed I fear that unless I find something new to inspire those hilarious chuckle-snorts of old I may never laugh again."
Quebbster
02/04/2009, 10:04
Do you get eliminated if your contribution does not meet the requirements?
I just thought you had to try again...
Well, let's hear what Kal says. It's his game after all.
The new First Minister decided to send someone to ask King Teddy what was wrong. He sent Mark The Minimalist. Mark the Minimalist was an orphan. He would not be missed should the king decide to punish his insolence. Mark the Minimalist asked the king what was wrong.
Raiserb1ade does have to miss a turn, so the above b BoyBlunder is the last accepted story. It's Charlesx' turn and he must build on the story starting from this point.
So Raiserb1ade still has both his items to use up, putting him one turn behind everyone else. I actually didn't mind him reposting his entry, but the way he used "horse" was a bit too much of a stretch. Remember to fit your items in as actual items, characters, events or places--don't sneak them in as part of a phrase. :laugh:
Quebbster
02/04/2009, 12:46
So Raiserb1ade still has both his items to use up, putting him one turn behind everyone else. I actually didn't mind him reposting his entry, but the way he used "horse" was a bit too much of a stretch. Remember to fit your items in as actual items, characters, events or places--don't sneak them in as part of a phrase. :laugh:
I was a bit curious how you'd feel about the use of 'horse' as a verb as I expected the items to be nouns - but then I realized he used 'horse' as a noun later on.
Good to know what happens if you screw up though. :)
anonym0use
02/04/2009, 13:26
I don't suppose someone could collect all the snippets in one post and upate accordingly?
Good idea.
Chapter 1:
Once upon a time, long, long ago in a far away land, across the ocean, over the hills and valleys, one days journey across the desert, underneath upper, middle, and lower earth, and two left turns to the right of Transylvania, there lived a King by the name of Theodore Reywashkadoom the Third. “King Teddy”, as he was known to his family and friends, lived an average castle in the middle of an average kingdom on the top of an average age-old Mountain. But for how average the King’s life was, he was not a happy man.
“King Teddy is not happy!” He would often say, as like all Kings, Teddy liked to hear his name said and thus would always speak in the third person in order to hear it more often.
Chapter 2:
"And when the King is not happy, his subjects cannot be happy either!" exclaimed King Teddy. "From this day forth, laughter and merriment shall be against the law, and those found breaking the law will be imprisoned in the Cave of Despair, for faithlessness against their rightful sovereign!"
Heralds were immediately sent out to make the proclamation, and from that day forth the kingdom was a place without laughs and merriment.
Chapter 3:
The Cave of Despair was slowly turning into the jolliest place in the Kingdom, as Jesters, Clowns and Comedians were the first imprisoned, they had Joke-offs every night, and despite the ooze that seeped from the walls and general gloom and the regular beatings handed out by the guards, nothing could stop them as their audiences grew from the commoners and foreigners that kept being arrested and imprisoned there.
Nobody knew who or what the Guards were, most people guessed they were enchanted armour, they marched out of the high windowed Palace barracks, they stood completely still on duty but could move like lightning, and their voices had a slightly mechanical sound. No one noticed during one of the more brutal beatings handed out by the Palace Guard, one of the Guard picked up a bundle of notes dropped by one of the Comedians.
Word of the Joke-offs leaked back to the castle but the newly appointed First Minister (replacing the older, unluckily named Frederick Unwin Neville the Younger, who had an unfortunate habit of spontaneously laughing at inopportune moments), refused to let the news get to the King. He desperately wanted to know what was making the King unhappy, but was too afraid to ask.
Chapter 4:
The new First Minister decided to send someone to ask King Teddy what was wrong. He sent Mark The Minimalist. Mark the Minimalist was an orphan. He would not be missed should the king decide to punish his insolence. Mark the Minimalist asked the king what was wrong.
Raiserb1ade
02/04/2009, 14:10
Raiserb1ade does have to miss a turn, so the above b BoyBlunder is the last accepted story. It's Charlesx' turn and he must build on the story starting from this point.
So Raiserb1ade still has both his items to use up, putting him one turn behind everyone else. I actually didn't mind him reposting his entry, but the way he used "horse" was a bit too much of a stretch. Remember to fit your items in as actual items, characters, events or places--don't sneak them in as part of a phrase. :laugh:
Hilarious. I screw up on the stated rules but then get penalized for an unwritten one. :grin: It all works out I guess.
DarkCorsair
02/04/2009, 20:01
I'd like to join the game, if players are still being accepted (and since it looks like you're not at the 10 person cap and its still turn 1, I've got a shot!)
charlesx
02/05/2009, 09:24
Here is my piece:
"What is wrong?!??" retorted the unhappy monarch when the question was posed to him in a hushed and fearful tone. "King Teddy is not happy because of what it says in the manuscript of Kharambolas. Surely, Mark the Minimalist, you must have heard of the prophecy that that dastardly old man spoke unto the realm. King Teddy's average life will end when he hears a joke that will make him laugh until his heart explodes. If you would lift the grim threat of Kharambolas' prophecy from this land, Mark the Minimalist, go forth and find a way to ensure that it does not come to pass."
If you're still accepting new players Kal, then I'd very much like to join in as well! :)
Charlesx' entry is accepted. It's now Grinner's turn.
DarkCorsair & Melkhor--you may both join in the game. I'll post your items and PM you an ending later today or tomorrow.
Chapter 1:
Once upon a time, long, long ago in a far away land, across the ocean, over the hills and valleys, one days journey across the desert, underneath upper, middle, and lower earth, and two left turns to the right of Transylvania, there lived a King by the name of Theodore Reywashkadoom the Third. “King Teddy”, as he was known to his family and friends, lived an average castle in the middle of an average kingdom on the top of an average age-old Mountain. But for how average the King’s life was, he was not a happy man.
“King Teddy is not happy!” He would often say, as like all Kings, Teddy liked to hear his name said and thus would always speak in the third person in order to hear it more often.
Chapter 2:
"And when the King is not happy, his subjects cannot be happy either!" exclaimed King Teddy. "From this day forth, laughter and merriment shall be against the law, and those found breaking the law will be imprisoned in the Cave of Despair, for faithlessness against their rightful sovereign!"
Heralds were immediately sent out to make the proclamation, and from that day forth the kingdom was a place without laughs and merriment.
Chapter 3:
The Cave of Despair was slowly turning into the jolliest place in the Kingdom, as Jesters, Clowns and Comedians were the first imprisoned, they had Joke-offs every night, and despite the ooze that seeped from the walls and general gloom and the regular beatings handed out by the guards, nothing could stop them as their audiences grew from the commoners and foreigners that kept being arrested and imprisoned there.
Nobody knew who or what the Guards were, most people guessed they were enchanted armour, they marched out of the high windowed Palace barracks, they stood completely still on duty but could move like lightning, and their voices had a slightly mechanical sound. No one noticed during one of the more brutal beatings handed out by the Palace Guard, one of the Guard picked up a bundle of notes dropped by one of the Comedians.
Word of the Joke-offs leaked back to the castle but the newly appointed First Minister (replacing the older, unluckily named Frederick Unwin Neville the Younger, who had an unfortunate habit of spontaneously laughing at inopportune moments), refused to let the news get to the King. He desperately wanted to know what was making the King unhappy, but was too afraid to ask.
Chapter 4:
The new First Minister decided to send someone to ask King Teddy what was wrong. He sent Mark The Minimalist. Mark the Minimalist was an orphan. He would not be missed should the king decide to punish his insolence. Mark the Minimalist asked the king what was wrong.
Chapter 5:
"What is wrong?!??" retorted the unhappy monarch when the question was posed to him in a hushed and fearful tone. "King Teddy is not happy because of what it says in the manuscript of Kharambolas. Surely, Mark the Minimalist, you must have heard of the prophecy that that dastardly old man spoke unto the realm. King Teddy's average life will end when he hears a joke that will make him laugh until his heart explodes. If you would lift the grim threat of Kharambolas' prophecy from this land, Mark the Minimalist, go forth and find a way to ensure that it does not come to pass."
Here's the items for the two new players:
8. DarkCorsair: Poison, Mirror
9. Melkhor: Gravestone, Mouse
I'll PM you both your endings promptly.
In the meantime, it's still Grinner's turn.
Mark the Minimalist was sorely confused, for he had never heard of any such prophecy, so he decided to go back to the First Minister for advice. On his way to the Minister’s chambers, he met Queen Charlotte and her twin daughters Elsbeth and Marcella. “Well met, your majesty,” said Mark the Minimalist, “and perhaps you can help me, for I have just been speaking with your husband, the king, and I know not the prophecy of which he speaks.” “What misery it has brought upon our family, what pain and sorrow when little girls are not allowed to laugh and giggle with joy,” replied the Queen. “I know I be but an ignorant orphan, but I would like to help if I may,” said Mark the Minimalist.
(Card used: People Meet)
Grinner's entry is accepted. It's now DarkCorsair's turn.
Chapter 1:
Once upon a time, long, long ago in a far away land, across the ocean, over the hills and valleys, one days journey across the desert, underneath upper, middle, and lower earth, and two left turns to the right of Transylvania, there lived a King by the name of Theodore Reywashkadoom the Third. “King Teddy”, as he was known to his family and friends, lived an average castle in the middle of an average kingdom on the top of an average age-old Mountain. But for how average the King’s life was, he was not a happy man.
“King Teddy is not happy!” He would often say, as like all Kings, Teddy liked to hear his name said and thus would always speak in the third person in order to hear it more often.
Chapter 2:
"And when the King is not happy, his subjects cannot be happy either!" exclaimed King Teddy. "From this day forth, laughter and merriment shall be against the law, and those found breaking the law will be imprisoned in the Cave of Despair, for faithlessness against their rightful sovereign!"
Heralds were immediately sent out to make the proclamation, and from that day forth the kingdom was a place without laughs and merriment.
Chapter 3:
The Cave of Despair was slowly turning into the jolliest place in the Kingdom, as Jesters, Clowns and Comedians were the first imprisoned, they had Joke-offs every night, and despite the ooze that seeped from the walls and general gloom and the regular beatings handed out by the guards, nothing could stop them as their audiences grew from the commoners and foreigners that kept being arrested and imprisoned there.
Nobody knew who or what the Guards were, most people guessed they were enchanted armour, they marched out of the high windowed Palace barracks, they stood completely still on duty but could move like lightning, and their voices had a slightly mechanical sound. No one noticed during one of the more brutal beatings handed out by the Palace Guard, one of the Guard picked up a bundle of notes dropped by one of the Comedians.
Word of the Joke-offs leaked back to the castle but the newly appointed First Minister (replacing the older, unluckily named Frederick Unwin Neville the Younger, who had an unfortunate habit of spontaneously laughing at inopportune moments), refused to let the news get to the King. He desperately wanted to know what was making the King unhappy, but was too afraid to ask.
Chapter 4:
The new First Minister decided to send someone to ask King Teddy what was wrong. He sent Mark The Minimalist. Mark the Minimalist was an orphan. He would not be missed should the king decide to punish his insolence. Mark the Minimalist asked the king what was wrong.
Chapter 5:
"What is wrong?!??" retorted the unhappy monarch when the question was posed to him in a hushed and fearful tone. "King Teddy is not happy because of what it says in the manuscript of Kharambolas. Surely, Mark the Minimalist, you must have heard of the prophecy that that dastardly old man spoke unto the realm. King Teddy's average life will end when he hears a joke that will make him laugh until his heart explodes. If you would lift the grim threat of Kharambolas' prophecy from this land, Mark the Minimalist, go forth and find a way to ensure that it does not come to pass."
Chapter 6:
Mark the Minimalist was sorely confused, for he had never heard of any such prophecy, so he decided to go back to the First Minister for advice. On his way to the Minister’s chambers, he met Queen Charlotte and her twin daughters Elsbeth and Marcella. “Well met, your majesty,” said Mark the Minimalist, “and perhaps you can help me, for I have just been speaking with your husband, the king, and I know not the prophecy of which he speaks.” “What misery it has brought upon our family, what pain and sorrow when little girls are not allowed to laugh and giggle with joy,” replied the Queen. “I know I be but an ignorant orphan, but I would like to help if I may,” said Mark the Minimalist.
Wade Wilson
02/06/2009, 22:47
is there still room for one more please?
is there still room for one more please?
There is. I'll post your items and PM you an ending tomorrow.
In the meantime, it's still DarkCorsair's turn.
DarkCorsair
02/09/2009, 19:52
Okay, my apologies for making folks wait. Hectic weekend. But we're off!
****************
Queen Charlotte sized up Mark the Minimalist with a glance, then produced a small mirror from the folds of her gown. Pressing the mirror into Mark's hands, she said, "According to legend, the power of Kharambolas's prophecy is sustained by the belief of his hidden followers, the Deep Dwellers. If the Deep Dwellers were vanquished, the belief in the prophecy would fade, as would it's power. The cave of the Deep Dwellers is concealed in the Dagger Mountains, and the cave entrance can only be seen in this mirror!" Mark solemnly took the mirror, wondering exactly how he would help his King and Queen.
charlesx
02/10/2009, 10:05
It's cool to see how the plot is twisting and turning according to each player's new chapter. It's gonna be interesting to see how it all works out. Party on! :cool:
DarkCorsair's entry is accepted.
Chapter 1:
Once upon a time, long, long ago in a far away land, across the ocean, over the hills and valleys, one days journey across the desert, underneath upper, middle, and lower earth, and two left turns to the right of Transylvania, there lived a King by the name of Theodore Reywashkadoom the Third. “King Teddy”, as he was known to his family and friends, lived an average castle in the middle of an average kingdom on the top of an average age-old Mountain. But for how average the King’s life was, he was not a happy man.
“King Teddy is not happy!” He would often say, as like all Kings, Teddy liked to hear his name said and thus would always speak in the third person in order to hear it more often.
Chapter 2:
"And when the King is not happy, his subjects cannot be happy either!" exclaimed King Teddy. "From this day forth, laughter and merriment shall be against the law, and those found breaking the law will be imprisoned in the Cave of Despair, for faithlessness against their rightful sovereign!"
Heralds were immediately sent out to make the proclamation, and from that day forth the kingdom was a place without laughs and merriment.
Chapter 3:
The Cave of Despair was slowly turning into the jolliest place in the Kingdom, as Jesters, Clowns and Comedians were the first imprisoned, they had Joke-offs every night, and despite the ooze that seeped from the walls and general gloom and the regular beatings handed out by the guards, nothing could stop them as their audiences grew from the commoners and foreigners that kept being arrested and imprisoned there.
Nobody knew who or what the Guards were, most people guessed they were enchanted armour, they marched out of the high windowed Palace barracks, they stood completely still on duty but could move like lightning, and their voices had a slightly mechanical sound. No one noticed during one of the more brutal beatings handed out by the Palace Guard, one of the Guard picked up a bundle of notes dropped by one of the Comedians.
Word of the Joke-offs leaked back to the castle but the newly appointed First Minister (replacing the older, unluckily named Frederick Unwin Neville the Younger, who had an unfortunate habit of spontaneously laughing at inopportune moments), refused to let the news get to the King. He desperately wanted to know what was making the King unhappy, but was too afraid to ask.
Chapter 4:
The new First Minister decided to send someone to ask King Teddy what was wrong. He sent Mark The Minimalist. Mark the Minimalist was an orphan. He would not be missed should the king decide to punish his insolence. Mark the Minimalist asked the king what was wrong.
Chapter 5:
"What is wrong?!??" retorted the unhappy monarch when the question was posed to him in a hushed and fearful tone. "King Teddy is not happy because of what it says in the manuscript of Kharambolas. Surely, Mark the Minimalist, you must have heard of the prophecy that that dastardly old man spoke unto the realm. King Teddy's average life will end when he hears a joke that will make him laugh until his heart explodes. If you would lift the grim threat of Kharambolas' prophecy from this land, Mark the Minimalist, go forth and find a way to ensure that it does not come to pass."
Chapter 6:
Mark the Minimalist was sorely confused, for he had never heard of any such prophecy, so he decided to go back to the First Minister for advice. On his way to the Minister’s chambers, he met Queen Charlotte and her twin daughters Elsbeth and Marcella. “Well met, your majesty,” said Mark the Minimalist, “and perhaps you can help me, for I have just been speaking with your husband, the king, and I know not the prophecy of which he speaks.” “What misery it has brought upon our family, what pain and sorrow when little girls are not allowed to laugh and giggle with joy,” replied the Queen. “I know I be but an ignorant orphan, but I would like to help if I may,” said Mark the Minimalist.
Chapter 7:
Queen Charlotte sized up Mark the Minimalist with a glance, then produced a small mirror from the folds of her gown. Pressing the mirror into Mark's hands, she said, "According to legend, the power of Kharambolas's prophecy is sustained by the belief of his hidden followers, the Deep Dwellers. If the Deep Dwellers were vanquished, the belief in the prophecy would fade, as would it's power. The cave of the Deep Dwellers is concealed in the Dagger Mountains, and the cave entrance can only be seen in this mirror!" Mark solemnly took the mirror, wondering exactly how he would help his King and Queen.
It's Melkhor's turn next.
Wade Wilson is added as our 10th player. His items are: Frog, Cottage.
*Unsure what to think of this strange fate that destiny, and the queen, had seen fit to thrust upon him, Mark the Minimalist made his way back to the first First Minister and informed him of what he had learned.
Equally befuddled by this new information, the First Minister quickly decided that Mark would have no choice but to carry out the request of the Queen so he handed him a horse, a map of the path to the Dagger Mountains and sent the unfortunate orphan on his way before he had a chance to object.
The road through the wilderness to the distant mountains was long perilous indeed, but fortune favoured Mark the Minimalist, and after many days and nights of reckless riding he finally reached the forlorn and jagged peaks of the Dagger Mountains.
Dismounting his horse, Mark unpacked the magic mirror the queen had granted him and began the difficult trek up a small path, all the while looking at every cliff face through his mirror in search of the legendary cave.
His search, however, came to a sudden stop when he almost blundered straight into what appeared at first to be merely a boulder, but which at closer examination turned out to be a large, ancient gravestone covered in intricate writings that someone had seen fit to place in the middle of the mountain path!*
Card used: A Gravestone
*Unsure what to think of this strange fate that destiny, and the queen, had seen fit to thrust upon him, Mark the Minimalist made his way back to the first First Minister and informed him of what he had learned.
Equally befuddled by this new information, the First Minister quickly decided that Mark would have no choice but to carry out the request of the Queen so he handed him a horse, a map of the path to the Dagger Mountains and sent the unfortunate orphan on his way before he had a chance to object.
The road through the wilderness to the distant mountains was long perilous indeed, but fortune favoured Mark the Minimalist, and after many days and nights of reckless riding he finally reached the forlorn and jagged peaks of the Dagger Mountains.
Dismounting his horse, Mark unpacked the magic mirror the queen had granted him and began the difficult trek up a small path, all the while looking at every cliff face through his mirror in search of the legendary cave.
His search, however, came to a sudden stop when he almost blundered straight into what appeared at first to be merely a boulder, but which at closer examination turned out to be a large, ancient gravestone covered in intricate writings that someone had seen fit to place in the middle of the mountain path!*
Card used: A Gravestone
Melkhor's entry is accepted. It's Wade Wilson's turn to finish up the first round of storytelling.
Wade Wilson
02/10/2009, 15:15
*Mark the Minimalist squinted closely at the writing on the gravestone, trying hard to make out what was written on it. "Here lies Joel the Maximalist, fallen in battle against the Deep Dwellers. Beware the cottage." Mark read aloud. Turning the mirror slightly in his hand, the sky begins to darken as the sun sets.*
card used: cottage
Wade Wilson's entry is accepted.
Chapter 1:
Once upon a time, long, long ago in a far away land, across the ocean, over the hills and valleys, one days journey across the desert, underneath upper, middle, and lower earth, and two left turns to the right of Transylvania, there lived a King by the name of Theodore Reywashkadoom the Third. “King Teddy”, as he was known to his family and friends, lived an average castle in the middle of an average kingdom on the top of an average age-old Mountain. But for how average the King’s life was, he was not a happy man.
“King Teddy is not happy!” He would often say, as like all Kings, Teddy liked to hear his name said and thus would always speak in the third person in order to hear it more often.
Chapter 2:
"And when the King is not happy, his subjects cannot be happy either!" exclaimed King Teddy. "From this day forth, laughter and merriment shall be against the law, and those found breaking the law will be imprisoned in the Cave of Despair, for faithlessness against their rightful sovereign!"
Heralds were immediately sent out to make the proclamation, and from that day forth the kingdom was a place without laughs and merriment.
Chapter 3:
The Cave of Despair was slowly turning into the jolliest place in the Kingdom, as Jesters, Clowns and Comedians were the first imprisoned, they had Joke-offs every night, and despite the ooze that seeped from the walls and general gloom and the regular beatings handed out by the guards, nothing could stop them as their audiences grew from the commoners and foreigners that kept being arrested and imprisoned there.
Nobody knew who or what the Guards were, most people guessed they were enchanted armour, they marched out of the high windowed Palace barracks, they stood completely still on duty but could move like lightning, and their voices had a slightly mechanical sound. No one noticed during one of the more brutal beatings handed out by the Palace Guard, one of the Guard picked up a bundle of notes dropped by one of the Comedians.
Word of the Joke-offs leaked back to the castle but the newly appointed First Minister (replacing the older, unluckily named Frederick Unwin Neville the Younger, who had an unfortunate habit of spontaneously laughing at inopportune moments), refused to let the news get to the King. He desperately wanted to know what was making the King unhappy, but was too afraid to ask.
Chapter 4:
The new First Minister decided to send someone to ask King Teddy what was wrong. He sent Mark The Minimalist. Mark the Minimalist was an orphan. He would not be missed should the king decide to punish his insolence. Mark the Minimalist asked the king what was wrong.
Chapter 5:
"What is wrong?!??" retorted the unhappy monarch when the question was posed to him in a hushed and fearful tone. "King Teddy is not happy because of what it says in the manuscript of Kharambolas. Surely, Mark the Minimalist, you must have heard of the prophecy that that dastardly old man spoke unto the realm. King Teddy's average life will end when he hears a joke that will make him laugh until his heart explodes. If you would lift the grim threat of Kharambolas' prophecy from this land, Mark the Minimalist, go forth and find a way to ensure that it does not come to pass."
Chapter 6:
Mark the Minimalist was sorely confused, for he had never heard of any such prophecy, so he decided to go back to the First Minister for advice. On his way to the Minister’s chambers, he met Queen Charlotte and her twin daughters Elsbeth and Marcella. “Well met, your majesty,” said Mark the Minimalist, “and perhaps you can help me, for I have just been speaking with your husband, the king, and I know not the prophecy of which he speaks.” “What misery it has brought upon our family, what pain and sorrow when little girls are not allowed to laugh and giggle with joy,” replied the Queen. “I know I be but an ignorant orphan, but I would like to help if I may,” said Mark the Minimalist.
Chapter 7:
Queen Charlotte sized up Mark the Minimalist with a glance, then produced a small mirror from the folds of her gown. Pressing the mirror into Mark's hands, she said, "According to legend, the power of Kharambolas's prophecy is sustained by the belief of his hidden followers, the Deep Dwellers. If the Deep Dwellers were vanquished, the belief in the prophecy would fade, as would it's power. The cave of the Deep Dwellers is concealed in the Dagger Mountains, and the cave entrance can only be seen in this mirror!" Mark solemnly took the mirror, wondering exactly how he would help his King and Queen.
Chapter 8:
*Unsure what to think of this strange fate that destiny, and the queen, had seen fit to thrust upon him, Mark the Minimalist made his way back to the first First Minister and informed him of what he had learned.
Equally befuddled by this new information, the First Minister quickly decided that Mark would have no choice but to carry out the request of the Queen so he handed him a horse, a map of the path to the Dagger Mountains and sent the unfortunate orphan on his way before he had a chance to object.
The road through the wilderness to the distant mountains was long perilous indeed, but fortune favoured Mark the Minimalist, and after many days and nights of reckless riding he finally reached the forlorn and jagged peaks of the Dagger Mountains.
Dismounting his horse, Mark unpacked the magic mirror the queen had granted him and began the difficult trek up a small path, all the while looking at every cliff face through his mirror in search of the legendary cave.
His search, however, came to a sudden stop when he almost blundered straight into what appeared at first to be merely a boulder, but which at closer examination turned out to be a large, ancient gravestone covered in intricate writings that someone had seen fit to place in the middle of the mountain path!*
Chapter 9:
*Mark the Minimalist squinted closely at the writing on the gravestone, trying hard to make out what was written on it. "Here lies Joel the Maximalist, fallen in battle against the Deep Dwellers. Beware the cottage." Mark read aloud. Turning the mirror slightly in his hand, the sky begins to darken as the sun sets.*
This takes us through the first round. It's Space Jawa's turn again and he must use his remaining item in his entry.
charlesx
02/11/2009, 12:10
Question: what determines whether you won the game?
The successful use of your two items, or the fact that the ending that you sent us is fulfilled in the body of the text - or both of the above?
Thanks for the clarification.
Question: what determines whether you won the game?
The successful use of your two items, or the fact that the ending that you sent us is fulfilled in the body of the text - or both of the above?
Thanks for the clarification.
You gotta use your two items first.
On any turn after that, if you can bring the story to a logical end using your ending, then you win.
So no one can win until everyone has had at least two turns.
charlesx
02/11/2009, 17:47
You gotta use your two items first.
On any turn after that, if you can bring the story to a logical end using your ending, then you win.
So no one can win until everyone has had at least two turns.
Gotcha, thanks.
So basically the last round will have one ending (player 1) with an inordinate number of epilogues (every next players' endings)! Sounds like fun! :cool:
Gotcha, thanks.
So basically the last round will have one ending (player 1) with an inordinate number of epilogues (every next players' endings)! Sounds like fun! :cool:
Actually, once you've used up your items, you would only use your ending on your turn IF IT MAKES SENSE. It's possible that the story may go several more rounds before anyone can do this.
Space Jawa
02/13/2009, 13:25
Looking for a place to take shelter for the night, Mark the Minimalist looked for any indents in the mountain wherein he could sleep for the night. As he did so, he came across a very, very rare golden feather-fox, trapped and trying to escape from a patch of vines. Remembering that such creatures were insanely lucky, he approached the fox in order to help it get free. However, as he reached the animal, he fell through the ground into a pit, dug in a half-circle around the golden feather-fox. Seeing his predicament, Mark realized that he had fallen into a trap, of which the golden feather-fox was simply bait.
Looking for a place to take shelter for the night, Mark the Minimalist looked for any indents in the mountain wherein he could sleep for the night. As he did so, he came across a very, very rare golden feather-fox, trapped and trying to escape from a patch of vines. Remembering that such creatures were insanely lucky, he approached the fox in order to help it get free. However, as he reached the animal, he fell through the ground into a pit, dug in a half-circle around the golden feather-fox. Seeing his predicament, Mark realized that he had fallen into a trap, of which the golden feather-fox was simply bait.
Space Jawa's entry is accepted. It's Quebbster's turn next. Remember, Quebbster, you must use your remaining item as a part of your story.
The BoyBlunder
02/14/2009, 19:01
Man, when is it going to be my turn? Mark the Minimalist needs to get laid.
charlesx
02/14/2009, 19:54
Man, when is it going to be my turn? Mark the Minimalist needs to get laid.
LOL!!! Finally, a TRUE happy ending!!! :laugh:
Wade Wilson
02/15/2009, 01:20
Man, when is it going to be my turn? Mark the Minimalist needs to get laid.
that your ending? "and then he go laid...giggity giggity giggity goo, all right"?
Quebbster
02/15/2009, 16:10
Mark started examining the walls of the pit, hoping to find a way to escape before his captor returned, but found nothing.
Suddenly, a faint voice exclaimed: "Perhaps I can be of assistance - I am as much a prisoner as you, and enjoy it no more".
"My gods" thought Mark, "the golden feather-fox can talk!"
Card used: This item can talk
Mark started examining the walls of the pit, hoping to find a way to escape before his captor returned, but found nothing.
Suddenly, a faint voice exclaimed: "Perhaps I can be of assistance - I am as much a prisoner as you, and enjoy it no more".
"My gods" thought Mark, "the golden feather-fox can talk!"
Card used: This item can talk
Quebbster's ending is accepted.
That makes it AlienFlanders' turn.
AlienFlanders
02/15/2009, 23:11
"Over here, Stupid! everybody knows feather-foxes speak with a spanish accent" the voice came from the darkest part of the pit, Mark
approached carefully and slowly discerned a cage containing a hunched figure, it looked rather bedraggled and no real threat, apart from the hob nailed boots it wore, as he worked to lever the cage door open using his trusty dagger he explained about King Teddy's decree and the Queen's assistance, finally free the creature hopped out and stretched, now in the light Mark could see that he had freed a Fairy.
"My name is Gwendoline, the dwellers trapped me here some time ago, and I see you have a mirror, pretty enough given to you perhaps by a Queen?"
Mark nodded cautiously, holding the mirror tightly and gripping his dagger,
"No need for that yet, if we fight, the scent of blood will send the golden feather-fox into a frenzy and the dwellers will come to investigate" Gwendoline said "There is a back way into the cave and I have a need to kick some dweller butt, and I know where the manuscript containing the joke is, if the King reads it himself, he might survive if I help you, you can help me to get a particular crystal for me from the dwellers, out of the cave into the moonlight."
She motioned him to an alcove and pointed at a hole in the wall, mirror sized, Mark fitted the mirror into place and the pit wall cracked, Gwendoline slipped into the gap and pushed the now door further open, Mark watched as the fairy picked up some armour and a sword from an niche in the tunnel wall, he then recovered the mirror and followed her
down the tunnel.
After walking some time Gwendoline motioned Mark forward, "Here we are at the cave of the Deep Dwellers, remember that the main gate is down, you are looking for a red and black sealed manuscript for King, and a Blue crystal for me, got that?" Gwendoline instructed and after Mark's nod of understanding leapt through the opening into the cave with a ear splitting rebel yell that echoed and re-echoed off the walls.
Sorry, AF, the rules say only five sentences per entry. I will continue to be forgiving with run-on sentences to an extent, but you would have had at least six sentences in your first paragraph alone if you hadn't substituted commas for periods. It's too much to ignore--I gotta reject the entry.
So AlienFlanders loses his turn and must still use his remaining item up on his next turn.
Quebbster's last entry is still the official point where the story left off:
Mark started examining the walls of the pit, hoping to find a way to escape before his captor returned, but found nothing.
Suddenly, a faint voice exclaimed: "Perhaps I can be of assistance - I am as much a prisoner as you, and enjoy it no more".
"My gods" thought Mark, "the golden feather-fox can talk!"
It is now BoyBlunder's turn.
Wade Wilson
02/16/2009, 14:35
can you clarify what we are counting as sentences? ie if you have someone speaking, does each sentence in there count as a single sentence, or are we counting that as each individual sentence? thanks in advance :)
can you clarify what we are counting as sentences? ie if you have someone speaking, does each sentence in there count as a single sentence, or are we counting that as each individual sentence? thanks in advance :)
Just follow the rules of common grammar for the most part. A sentence "typically expresses an independent statement, question, request, command, etc."
As I said, I'll allow some run-on sentences (adding commas and "and" a little more often than clear grammar might otherwise allow}, but just don't overdue it.
charlesx
02/16/2009, 15:12
...just don't overdue it.
Wow. Spoken like a true librarian. Conan the Librarian, that is! :laugh:
Fine, I won't overdoit and will instead wait for me turn!!! :cool:
Wade Wilson
02/16/2009, 16:58
Just follow the rules of common grammar for the most part. A sentence "typically expresses an independent statement, question, request, command, etc."
As I said, I'll allow some run-on sentences (adding commas and "and" a little more often than clear grammar might otherwise allow}, but just don't overdue it.
ok, thanks i was very careful on that last time XD, can always just use semicolons >.> they're like a period, but not...
The BoyBlunder
02/16/2009, 17:42
The voice grew considerably louder, and considerably more rude, shouting "No stupid, everybody knows golden feather-foxes speak with a spanish accent, and if you have a ####ing magic mirror, at some point it is going to speak. Now, I can rescue you from this pit, but I can't go with, so you better ####ing find some way to get me back, because you arn't going to ####ing find the ####ing entrance to the ####ing dwelling of the ####ing Deep Dwellers without me!" As a bright light eminated from the mirror, Mark the Minimalist vanished, and reapeared at the edge of the pit, minus one magic mirror, but plus one golden feather-fox. Spotting a cottage, Mark the Minimalist proved how short his memory was, saying to himself "Hey, maybe whoever lives in that cottage can help me retrieve my magic mirror!" The golden feather-fox muttered some generic and stereotypical latin phrases, but otherwise didn't offer anything interesting to the story.
Object used: Rescue
TheBoyBlunder's entry is accepted.
That makes it Raiserb1ade's turn, who still has both his original items. He must use one of them for his chapter.
Chapter 1:
Once upon a time, long, long ago in a far away land, across the ocean, over the hills and valleys, one days journey across the desert, underneath upper, middle, and lower earth, and two left turns to the right of Transylvania, there lived a King by the name of Theodore Reywashkadoom the Third. “King Teddy”, as he was known to his family and friends, lived an average castle in the middle of an average kingdom on the top of an average age-old Mountain. But for how average the King’s life was, he was not a happy man.
“King Teddy is not happy!” He would often say, as like all Kings, Teddy liked to hear his name said and thus would always speak in the third person in order to hear it more often.
Chapter 2:
"And when the King is not happy, his subjects cannot be happy either!" exclaimed King Teddy. "From this day forth, laughter and merriment shall be against the law, and those found breaking the law will be imprisoned in the Cave of Despair, for faithlessness against their rightful sovereign!"
Heralds were immediately sent out to make the proclamation, and from that day forth the kingdom was a place without laughs and merriment.
Chapter 3:
The Cave of Despair was slowly turning into the jolliest place in the Kingdom, as Jesters, Clowns and Comedians were the first imprisoned, they had Joke-offs every night, and despite the ooze that seeped from the walls and general gloom and the regular beatings handed out by the guards, nothing could stop them as their audiences grew from the commoners and foreigners that kept being arrested and imprisoned there.
Nobody knew who or what the Guards were, most people guessed they were enchanted armour, they marched out of the high windowed Palace barracks, they stood completely still on duty but could move like lightning, and their voices had a slightly mechanical sound. No one noticed during one of the more brutal beatings handed out by the Palace Guard, one of the Guard picked up a bundle of notes dropped by one of the Comedians.
Word of the Joke-offs leaked back to the castle but the newly appointed First Minister (replacing the older, unluckily named Frederick Unwin Neville the Younger, who had an unfortunate habit of spontaneously laughing at inopportune moments), refused to let the news get to the King. He desperately wanted to know what was making the King unhappy, but was too afraid to ask.
Chapter 4:
The new First Minister decided to send someone to ask King Teddy what was wrong. He sent Mark The Minimalist. Mark the Minimalist was an orphan. He would not be missed should the king decide to punish his insolence. Mark the Minimalist asked the king what was wrong.
Chapter 5:
"What is wrong?!??" retorted the unhappy monarch when the question was posed to him in a hushed and fearful tone. "King Teddy is not happy because of what it says in the manuscript of Kharambolas. Surely, Mark the Minimalist, you must have heard of the prophecy that that dastardly old man spoke unto the realm. King Teddy's average life will end when he hears a joke that will make him laugh until his heart explodes. If you would lift the grim threat of Kharambolas' prophecy from this land, Mark the Minimalist, go forth and find a way to ensure that it does not come to pass."
Chapter 6:
Mark the Minimalist was sorely confused, for he had never heard of any such prophecy, so he decided to go back to the First Minister for advice. On his way to the Minister’s chambers, he met Queen Charlotte and her twin daughters Elsbeth and Marcella. “Well met, your majesty,” said Mark the Minimalist, “and perhaps you can help me, for I have just been speaking with your husband, the king, and I know not the prophecy of which he speaks.” “What misery it has brought upon our family, what pain and sorrow when little girls are not allowed to laugh and giggle with joy,” replied the Queen. “I know I be but an ignorant orphan, but I would like to help if I may,” said Mark the Minimalist.
Chapter 7:
Queen Charlotte sized up Mark the Minimalist with a glance, then produced a small mirror from the folds of her gown. Pressing the mirror into Mark's hands, she said, "According to legend, the power of Kharambolas's prophecy is sustained by the belief of his hidden followers, the Deep Dwellers. If the Deep Dwellers were vanquished, the belief in the prophecy would fade, as would it's power. The cave of the Deep Dwellers is concealed in the Dagger Mountains, and the cave entrance can only be seen in this mirror!" Mark solemnly took the mirror, wondering exactly how he would help his King and Queen.
Chapter 8:
*Unsure what to think of this strange fate that destiny, and the queen, had seen fit to thrust upon him, Mark the Minimalist made his way back to the first First Minister and informed him of what he had learned.
Equally befuddled by this new information, the First Minister quickly decided that Mark would have no choice but to carry out the request of the Queen so he handed him a horse, a map of the path to the Dagger Mountains and sent the unfortunate orphan on his way before he had a chance to object.
The road through the wilderness to the distant mountains was long perilous indeed, but fortune favoured Mark the Minimalist, and after many days and nights of reckless riding he finally reached the forlorn and jagged peaks of the Dagger Mountains.
Dismounting his horse, Mark unpacked the magic mirror the queen had granted him and began the difficult trek up a small path, all the while looking at every cliff face through his mirror in search of the legendary cave.
His search, however, came to a sudden stop when he almost blundered straight into what appeared at first to be merely a boulder, but which at closer examination turned out to be a large, ancient gravestone covered in intricate writings that someone had seen fit to place in the middle of the mountain path!*
Chapter 9:
*Mark the Minimalist squinted closely at the writing on the gravestone, trying hard to make out what was written on it. "Here lies Joel the Maximalist, fallen in battle against the Deep Dwellers. Beware the cottage." Mark read aloud. Turning the mirror slightly in his hand, the sky begins to darken as the sun sets.*
Chapter 10:
Looking for a place to take shelter for the night, Mark the Minimalist looked for any indents in the mountain wherein he could sleep for the night. As he did so, he came across a very, very rare golden feather-fox, trapped and trying to escape from a patch of vines. Remembering that such creatures were insanely lucky, he approached the fox in order to help it get free. However, as he reached the animal, he fell through the ground into a pit, dug in a half-circle around the golden feather-fox. Seeing his predicament, Mark realized that he had fallen into a trap, of which the golden feather-fox was simply bait.
Chapter 11:
Mark started examining the walls of the pit, hoping to find a way to escape before his captor returned, but found nothing.
Suddenly, a faint voice exclaimed: "Perhaps I can be of assistance - I am as much a prisoner as you, and enjoy it no more".
"My gods" thought Mark, "the golden feather-fox can talk!"
Chapter 12:
The voice grew considerably louder, and considerably more rude, shouting "No stupid, everybody knows golden feather-foxes speak with a spanish accent, and if you have a ####ing magic mirror, at some point it is going to speak. Now, I can rescue you from this pit, but I can't go with, so you better ####ing find some way to get me back, because you arn't going to ####ing find the ####ing entrance to the ####ing dwelling of the ####ing Deep Dwellers without me!" As a bright light eminated from the mirror, Mark the Minimalist vanished, and reapeared at the edge of the pit, minus one magic mirror, but plus one golden feather-fox. Spotting a cottage, Mark the Minimalist proved how short his memory was, saying to himself "Hey, maybe whoever lives in that cottage can help me retrieve my magic mirror!" The golden feather-fox muttered some generic and stereotypical latin phrases, but otherwise didn't offer anything interesting to the story.
Raiserb1ade
02/17/2009, 04:16
As he stepped into the cottage Mark couldn't help but notice a very equine figure staring at him. "You're a horse!" mark exclaimed. "Of course i'm a horse," said the horse, "the name is Edmond Reginald Smithe the III pleased to make your aquaintance." "Can I just call you Mr- "Oh don't worry all my friends call me Reggie", interjected Reggie.
This entry is accepted. It's charlesx' turn.
Remember to keep track of the growing cast of characters. Mark is building up quite a following in his quest to defeat the Deep Dwellers. He's got the foul-mouthed magic mirror, the spanich-accented golden feather-fox, and now the talking horse Reggie.
As he stepped into the cottage Mark couldn't help but notice a very equine figure staring at him. "You're a horse!" mark exclaimed. "Of course i'm a horse," said the horse, "the name is Edmond Reginald Smithe the III pleased to make your aquaintance." "Can I just call you Mr- "Oh don't worry all my friends call me Reggie", interjected Reggie.
The BoyBlunder
02/17/2009, 11:35
I hope Mark's non-talking horse does battle with Reggie the non-non-talking horse.
charlesx
02/17/2009, 11:47
Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Mark the Minimalist, the realm was already deep in mourning. The day after Mark the Minimalist had set out on his journey, someone with a dark purpose had slipped a folded piece of paper under King Teddy's sleeping chamber door. Innocently, the King had picked up the paper and read the message that it carried within. Someone had jotted down the world's funniest joke and sure enough, the troubled monarch had found it so hilarious that he had laughed himself to death. With a heavy heart, Queen Charlotte had made the funeral arrangements, all the while wondering about the final fate of Mark the Minimalist and the failure of his quest.
The BoyBlunder
02/17/2009, 11:51
Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Mark the Minimalist, the realm was already deep in mourning. The day after Mark the Minimalist had set out on his journey, someone with a dark purpose had slipped a folded piece of paper under King Teddy's sleeping chamber door. Innocently, the King had picked up the paper and read the message that it carried within. Someone had jotted down the world's funniest joke and sure enough, the troubled monarch had found it so hilarious that he had laughed himself to death. With a heavy heart, Queen Charlotte had made the funeral arrangements, all the while wondering about the final fate of Mark the Minimalist and the failure of his quest.
So suddenly the only female character is single?
You thinking what I'm thinking?
charlesx
02/17/2009, 11:52
So suddenly the only female character is single?
You thinking what I'm thinking?
Good news for Mark the Minimalist's mojo? :laugh:
This entry is good to go. That makes it Grinner's turn.
Remember to keep track of the plot twists. Poor Mark and his motley crew are now apparently on a quest that serves no purpose, while the king has been knocked off by a person or persons unknown.
And gee whiz, guys. Is Mark supposed to hit on Queen Charlotte during the funeral, or does he wait until just afterwards? :laugh:
Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Mark the Minimalist, the realm was already deep in mourning. The day after Mark the Minimalist had set out on his journey, someone with a dark purpose had slipped a folded piece of paper under King Teddy's sleeping chamber door. Innocently, the King had picked up the paper and read the message that it carried within. Someone had jotted down the world's funniest joke and sure enough, the troubled monarch had found it so hilarious that he had laughed himself to death. With a heavy heart, Queen Charlotte had made the funeral arrangements, all the while wondering about the final fate of Mark the Minimalist and the failure of his quest.
The BoyBlunder
02/17/2009, 16:28
This entry is good to go. That makes it Grinner's turn.
Remember to keep track of the plot twists. Poor Mark and his motley crew are now apparently on a quest that serves no purpose, while the king has been knocked off by a person or persons unknown.
And gee whiz, guys. Is Mark supposed to hit on Queen Charlotte during the funeral, or does he wait until just afterwards? :laugh:
Considering he is up a mountain, I doubt he'll make it back in time for the funeral.
I love how the main character was born from me making a ironic joke about how long everyone's posts were.
It's still Grinner's turn.
It's still Grinner's turn.
Sorry - things are always nuts after a 4 day weekend. I'll have my turn up later tonight :grin:
"Well, Reggie," Mark said, turning back toward the door, "perhaps you can help me. I fell into the trap outside, and my magic mirror helped me get out. I need some assistance getting the mirror out." He looked back at Reggie, but as he watched the horse changed, transforming into a large, dark foul beast. "You failed to heed the warning, foolish child," chuckled the creature.
Card used: transformation
Grinner's entry is accepted. It's now DarkCorsair's turn.
Chapter 1:
Once upon a time, long, long ago in a far away land, across the ocean, over the hills and valleys, one days journey across the desert, underneath upper, middle, and lower earth, and two left turns to the right of Transylvania, there lived a King by the name of Theodore Reywashkadoom the Third. “King Teddy”, as he was known to his family and friends, lived an average castle in the middle of an average kingdom on the top of an average age-old Mountain. But for how average the King’s life was, he was not a happy man.
“King Teddy is not happy!” He would often say, as like all Kings, Teddy liked to hear his name said and thus would always speak in the third person in order to hear it more often.
Chapter 2:
"And when the King is not happy, his subjects cannot be happy either!" exclaimed King Teddy. "From this day forth, laughter and merriment shall be against the law, and those found breaking the law will be imprisoned in the Cave of Despair, for faithlessness against their rightful sovereign!"
Heralds were immediately sent out to make the proclamation, and from that day forth the kingdom was a place without laughs and merriment.
Chapter 3:
The Cave of Despair was slowly turning into the jolliest place in the Kingdom, as Jesters, Clowns and Comedians were the first imprisoned, they had Joke-offs every night, and despite the ooze that seeped from the walls and general gloom and the regular beatings handed out by the guards, nothing could stop them as their audiences grew from the commoners and foreigners that kept being arrested and imprisoned there.
Nobody knew who or what the Guards were, most people guessed they were enchanted armour, they marched out of the high windowed Palace barracks, they stood completely still on duty but could move like lightning, and their voices had a slightly mechanical sound. No one noticed during one of the more brutal beatings handed out by the Palace Guard, one of the Guard picked up a bundle of notes dropped by one of the Comedians.
Word of the Joke-offs leaked back to the castle but the newly appointed First Minister (replacing the older, unluckily named Frederick Unwin Neville the Younger, who had an unfortunate habit of spontaneously laughing at inopportune moments), refused to let the news get to the King. He desperately wanted to know what was making the King unhappy, but was too afraid to ask.
Chapter 4:
The new First Minister decided to send someone to ask King Teddy what was wrong. He sent Mark The Minimalist. Mark the Minimalist was an orphan. He would not be missed should the king decide to punish his insolence. Mark the Minimalist asked the king what was wrong.
Chapter 5:
"What is wrong?!??" retorted the unhappy monarch when the question was posed to him in a hushed and fearful tone. "King Teddy is not happy because of what it says in the manuscript of Kharambolas. Surely, Mark the Minimalist, you must have heard of the prophecy that that dastardly old man spoke unto the realm. King Teddy's average life will end when he hears a joke that will make him laugh until his heart explodes. If you would lift the grim threat of Kharambolas' prophecy from this land, Mark the Minimalist, go forth and find a way to ensure that it does not come to pass."
Chapter 6:
Mark the Minimalist was sorely confused, for he had never heard of any such prophecy, so he decided to go back to the First Minister for advice. On his way to the Minister’s chambers, he met Queen Charlotte and her twin daughters Elsbeth and Marcella. “Well met, your majesty,” said Mark the Minimalist, “and perhaps you can help me, for I have just been speaking with your husband, the king, and I know not the prophecy of which he speaks.” “What misery it has brought upon our family, what pain and sorrow when little girls are not allowed to laugh and giggle with joy,” replied the Queen. “I know I be but an ignorant orphan, but I would like to help if I may,” said Mark the Minimalist.
Chapter 7:
Queen Charlotte sized up Mark the Minimalist with a glance, then produced a small mirror from the folds of her gown. Pressing the mirror into Mark's hands, she said, "According to legend, the power of Kharambolas's prophecy is sustained by the belief of his hidden followers, the Deep Dwellers. If the Deep Dwellers were vanquished, the belief in the prophecy would fade, as would it's power. The cave of the Deep Dwellers is concealed in the Dagger Mountains, and the cave entrance can only be seen in this mirror!" Mark solemnly took the mirror, wondering exactly how he would help his King and Queen.
Chapter 8:
*Unsure what to think of this strange fate that destiny, and the queen, had seen fit to thrust upon him, Mark the Minimalist made his way back to the first First Minister and informed him of what he had learned.
Equally befuddled by this new information, the First Minister quickly decided that Mark would have no choice but to carry out the request of the Queen so he handed him a horse, a map of the path to the Dagger Mountains and sent the unfortunate orphan on his way before he had a chance to object.
The road through the wilderness to the distant mountains was long perilous indeed, but fortune favoured Mark the Minimalist, and after many days and nights of reckless riding he finally reached the forlorn and jagged peaks of the Dagger Mountains.
Dismounting his horse, Mark unpacked the magic mirror the queen had granted him and began the difficult trek up a small path, all the while looking at every cliff face through his mirror in search of the legendary cave.
His search, however, came to a sudden stop when he almost blundered straight into what appeared at first to be merely a boulder, but which at closer examination turned out to be a large, ancient gravestone covered in intricate writings that someone had seen fit to place in the middle of the mountain path!*
Chapter 9:
*Mark the Minimalist squinted closely at the writing on the gravestone, trying hard to make out what was written on it. "Here lies Joel the Maximalist, fallen in battle against the Deep Dwellers. Beware the cottage." Mark read aloud. Turning the mirror slightly in his hand, the sky begins to darken as the sun sets.*
Chapter 10:
Looking for a place to take shelter for the night, Mark the Minimalist looked for any indents in the mountain wherein he could sleep for the night. As he did so, he came across a very, very rare golden feather-fox, trapped and trying to escape from a patch of vines. Remembering that such creatures were insanely lucky, he approached the fox in order to help it get free. However, as he reached the animal, he fell through the ground into a pit, dug in a half-circle around the golden feather-fox. Seeing his predicament, Mark realized that he had fallen into a trap, of which the golden feather-fox was simply bait.
Chapter 11:
Mark started examining the walls of the pit, hoping to find a way to escape before his captor returned, but found nothing.
Suddenly, a faint voice exclaimed: "Perhaps I can be of assistance - I am as much a prisoner as you, and enjoy it no more".
"My gods" thought Mark, "the golden feather-fox can talk!"
Chapter 12:
The voice grew considerably louder, and considerably more rude, shouting "No stupid, everybody knows golden feather-foxes speak with a spanish accent, and if you have a ####ing magic mirror, at some point it is going to speak. Now, I can rescue you from this pit, but I can't go with, so you better ####ing find some way to get me back, because you arn't going to ####ing find the ####ing entrance to the ####ing dwelling of the ####ing Deep Dwellers without me!" As a bright light eminated from the mirror, Mark the Minimalist vanished, and reapeared at the edge of the pit, minus one magic mirror, but plus one golden feather-fox. Spotting a cottage, Mark the Minimalist proved how short his memory was, saying to himself "Hey, maybe whoever lives in that cottage can help me retrieve my magic mirror!" The golden feather-fox muttered some generic and stereotypical latin phrases, but otherwise didn't offer anything interesting to the story.
Chapter 13:
As he stepped into the cottage Mark couldn't help but notice a very equine figure staring at him. "You're a horse!" mark exclaimed. "Of course i'm a horse," said the horse, "the name is Edmond Reginald Smithe the III pleased to make your aquaintance." "Can I just call you Mr- "Oh don't worry all my friends call me Reggie", interjected Reggie.
Chapter 14:
Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Mark the Minimalist, the realm was already deep in mourning. The day after Mark the Minimalist had set out on his journey, someone with a dark purpose had slipped a folded piece of paper under King Teddy's sleeping chamber door. Innocently, the King had picked up the paper and read the message that it carried within. Someone had jotted down the world's funniest joke and sure enough, the troubled monarch had found it so hilarious that he had laughed himself to death. With a heavy heart, Queen Charlotte had made the funeral arrangements, all the while wondering about the final fate of Mark the Minimalist and the failure of his quest.
Chapter 15:
"Well, Reggie," Mark said, turning back toward the door, "perhaps you can help me. I fell into the trap outside, and my magic mirror helped me get out. I need some assistance getting the mirror out." He looked back at Reggie, but as he watched the horse changed, transforming into a large, dark foul beast. "You failed to heed the warning, foolish child," chuckled the creature.
DarkCorsair
02/23/2009, 22:53
"Failed to heed the... of course! The 3rd 3-named horse demon of legend, whose neighing leveled the city of Pramandar and whose hooves shattered the magical shield of Zam!" As the beast advanced on Mark the Minimalist, the unlikely hero hurled the closest thing he could find. In a storm of Spanish curses, the golden feather-fox exploded against Reggie, who staggered to his demonic knees. "How did you know... that golden feather-fox dander.. is poison to demons?"
charlesx
02/24/2009, 05:16
LOL!!! Well done!! This story just keeps getting more and more entertaining!!!
"Failed to heed the... of course! The 3rd 3-named horse demon of legend, whose neighing leveled the city of Pramandar and whose hooves shattered the magical shield of Zam!" As the beast advanced on Mark the Minimalist, the unlikely hero hurled the closest thing he could find. In a storm of Spanish curses, the golden feather-fox exploded against Reggie, who staggered to his demonic knees. "How did you know... that golden feather-fox dander.. is poison to demons?"
DarkCorsair's entry is accepted.
It's Melkhor's turn.
"I am undone" the Demon cried as it fell to its demonic knees, coughing up blood and bile. "Soon the poison coursing through my veins will destroy me, but you will not triumph so easily, my vengeance will be terrible!"
With it's dying breath, the vile demon chanted in an blasphemous language, calling down an unspeakable curse upon Mark the Minimalist.
Struck by waves of dark and infernal power Mark the Minimalist staggered backwards, and before he had a chance to utter even a single word the power of the Demon's curse transformed him into a mouse!
Item used: Mouse
"I am undone" the Demon cried as it fell to its demonic knees, coughing up blood and bile. "Soon the poison coursing through my veins will destroy me, but you will not triumph so easily, my vengeance will be terrible!"
With it's dying breath, the vile demon chanted in an blasphemous language, calling down an unspeakable curse upon Mark the Minimalist.
Struck by waves of dark and infernal power Mark the Minimalist staggered backwards, and before he had a chance to utter even a single word the power of the Demon's curse transformed him into a mouse!
Item used: Mouse
This entry is accepted.
It's Wade Wilson's turn.
Raiserb1ade
02/24/2009, 12:48
Oh sure, the character I create gets turned into a demon and killed. Thanks guys.
:p
Wade Wilson
02/24/2009, 14:26
Elsewhere, one the day of the king's funeral, a dark fairy shows up cackling loudly. Looking around the kingdom, she notices that not a single person was giving her any heed as they were all mourning the death of their king. Being the hot headed fairy she was, she pulled out her wand and started waving it. "I'll show all of you," she heaved, "I shall every single one of you into a FROG." As soon as she said Frog, all in the kingdom, save King Teddy, were turned into Frogs.
card used: Frog
Wade Wilson's chapter is accepted. It is now Space Jawa's turn.
Mark is now a frog, still in possession of the foul-mouthed talking mirror. Meanwhile, everyone in the kingdom (except, apparently, the corpse of King Teddy) is also a frog.
Space Jawa has used both his items. So if he can end the story logically (without leaving any plot holes--such as who killed King Teddy with the world's funniest joke) while using his ending, then he wins. Otherwise, he simply continues the story.
Chapter 1:
Once upon a time, long, long ago in a far away land, across the ocean, over the hills and valleys, one days journey across the desert, underneath upper, middle, and lower earth, and two left turns to the right of Transylvania, there lived a King by the name of Theodore Reywashkadoom the Third. “King Teddy”, as he was known to his family and friends, lived an average castle in the middle of an average kingdom on the top of an average age-old Mountain. But for how average the King’s life was, he was not a happy man.
“King Teddy is not happy!” He would often say, as like all Kings, Teddy liked to hear his name said and thus would always speak in the third person in order to hear it more often.
Chapter 2:
"And when the King is not happy, his subjects cannot be happy either!" exclaimed King Teddy. "From this day forth, laughter and merriment shall be against the law, and those found breaking the law will be imprisoned in the Cave of Despair, for faithlessness against their rightful sovereign!"
Heralds were immediately sent out to make the proclamation, and from that day forth the kingdom was a place without laughs and merriment.
Chapter 3:
The Cave of Despair was slowly turning into the jolliest place in the Kingdom, as Jesters, Clowns and Comedians were the first imprisoned, they had Joke-offs every night, and despite the ooze that seeped from the walls and general gloom and the regular beatings handed out by the guards, nothing could stop them as their audiences grew from the commoners and foreigners that kept being arrested and imprisoned there.
Nobody knew who or what the Guards were, most people guessed they were enchanted armour, they marched out of the high windowed Palace barracks, they stood completely still on duty but could move like lightning, and their voices had a slightly mechanical sound. No one noticed during one of the more brutal beatings handed out by the Palace Guard, one of the Guard picked up a bundle of notes dropped by one of the Comedians.
Word of the Joke-offs leaked back to the castle but the newly appointed First Minister (replacing the older, unluckily named Frederick Unwin Neville the Younger, who had an unfortunate habit of spontaneously laughing at inopportune moments), refused to let the news get to the King. He desperately wanted to know what was making the King unhappy, but was too afraid to ask.
Chapter 4:
The new First Minister decided to send someone to ask King Teddy what was wrong. He sent Mark The Minimalist. Mark the Minimalist was an orphan. He would not be missed should the king decide to punish his insolence. Mark the Minimalist asked the king what was wrong.
Chapter 5:
"What is wrong?!??" retorted the unhappy monarch when the question was posed to him in a hushed and fearful tone. "King Teddy is not happy because of what it says in the manuscript of Kharambolas. Surely, Mark the Minimalist, you must have heard of the prophecy that that dastardly old man spoke unto the realm. King Teddy's average life will end when he hears a joke that will make him laugh until his heart explodes. If you would lift the grim threat of Kharambolas' prophecy from this land, Mark the Minimalist, go forth and find a way to ensure that it does not come to pass."
Chapter 6:
Mark the Minimalist was sorely confused, for he had never heard of any such prophecy, so he decided to go back to the First Minister for advice. On his way to the Minister’s chambers, he met Queen Charlotte and her twin daughters Elsbeth and Marcella. “Well met, your majesty,” said Mark the Minimalist, “and perhaps you can help me, for I have just been speaking with your husband, the king, and I know not the prophecy of which he speaks.” “What misery it has brought upon our family, what pain and sorrow when little girls are not allowed to laugh and giggle with joy,” replied the Queen. “I know I be but an ignorant orphan, but I would like to help if I may,” said Mark the Minimalist.
Chapter 7:
Queen Charlotte sized up Mark the Minimalist with a glance, then produced a small mirror from the folds of her gown. Pressing the mirror into Mark's hands, she said, "According to legend, the power of Kharambolas's prophecy is sustained by the belief of his hidden followers, the Deep Dwellers. If the Deep Dwellers were vanquished, the belief in the prophecy would fade, as would it's power. The cave of the Deep Dwellers is concealed in the Dagger Mountains, and the cave entrance can only be seen in this mirror!" Mark solemnly took the mirror, wondering exactly how he would help his King and Queen.
Chapter 8:
*Unsure what to think of this strange fate that destiny, and the queen, had seen fit to thrust upon him, Mark the Minimalist made his way back to the first First Minister and informed him of what he had learned.
Equally befuddled by this new information, the First Minister quickly decided that Mark would have no choice but to carry out the request of the Queen so he handed him a horse, a map of the path to the Dagger Mountains and sent the unfortunate orphan on his way before he had a chance to object.
The road through the wilderness to the distant mountains was long perilous indeed, but fortune favoured Mark the Minimalist, and after many days and nights of reckless riding he finally reached the forlorn and jagged peaks of the Dagger Mountains.
Dismounting his horse, Mark unpacked the magic mirror the queen had granted him and began the difficult trek up a small path, all the while looking at every cliff face through his mirror in search of the legendary cave.
His search, however, came to a sudden stop when he almost blundered straight into what appeared at first to be merely a boulder, but which at closer examination turned out to be a large, ancient gravestone covered in intricate writings that someone had seen fit to place in the middle of the mountain path!*
Chapter 9:
*Mark the Minimalist squinted closely at the writing on the gravestone, trying hard to make out what was written on it. "Here lies Joel the Maximalist, fallen in battle against the Deep Dwellers. Beware the cottage." Mark read aloud. Turning the mirror slightly in his hand, the sky begins to darken as the sun sets.*
Chapter 10:
Looking for a place to take shelter for the night, Mark the Minimalist looked for any indents in the mountain wherein he could sleep for the night. As he did so, he came across a very, very rare golden feather-fox, trapped and trying to escape from a patch of vines. Remembering that such creatures were insanely lucky, he approached the fox in order to help it get free. However, as he reached the animal, he fell through the ground into a pit, dug in a half-circle around the golden feather-fox. Seeing his predicament, Mark realized that he had fallen into a trap, of which the golden feather-fox was simply bait.
Chapter 11:
Mark started examining the walls of the pit, hoping to find a way to escape before his captor returned, but found nothing.
Suddenly, a faint voice exclaimed: "Perhaps I can be of assistance - I am as much a prisoner as you, and enjoy it no more".
"My gods" thought Mark, "the golden feather-fox can talk!"
Chapter 12:
The voice grew considerably louder, and considerably more rude, shouting "No stupid, everybody knows golden feather-foxes speak with a spanish accent, and if you have a ####ing magic mirror, at some point it is going to speak. Now, I can rescue you from this pit, but I can't go with, so you better ####ing find some way to get me back, because you arn't going to ####ing find the ####ing entrance to the ####ing dwelling of the ####ing Deep Dwellers without me!" As a bright light eminated from the mirror, Mark the Minimalist vanished, and reapeared at the edge of the pit, minus one magic mirror, but plus one golden feather-fox. Spotting a cottage, Mark the Minimalist proved how short his memory was, saying to himself "Hey, maybe whoever lives in that cottage can help me retrieve my magic mirror!" The golden feather-fox muttered some generic and stereotypical latin phrases, but otherwise didn't offer anything interesting to the story.
Chapter 13:
As he stepped into the cottage Mark couldn't help but notice a very equine figure staring at him. "You're a horse!" mark exclaimed. "Of course i'm a horse," said the horse, "the name is Edmond Reginald Smithe the III pleased to make your aquaintance." "Can I just call you Mr- "Oh don't worry all my friends call me Reggie", interjected Reggie.
Chapter 14:
Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Mark the Minimalist, the realm was already deep in mourning. The day after Mark the Minimalist had set out on his journey, someone with a dark purpose had slipped a folded piece of paper under King Teddy's sleeping chamber door. Innocently, the King had picked up the paper and read the message that it carried within. Someone had jotted down the world's funniest joke and sure enough, the troubled monarch had found it so hilarious that he had laughed himself to death. With a heavy heart, Queen Charlotte had made the funeral arrangements, all the while wondering about the final fate of Mark the Minimalist and the failure of his quest.
Chapter 15:
"Well, Reggie," Mark said, turning back toward the door, "perhaps you can help me. I fell into the trap outside, and my magic mirror helped me get out. I need some assistance getting the mirror out." He looked back at Reggie, but as he watched the horse changed, transforming into a large, dark foul beast. "You failed to heed the warning, foolish child," chuckled the creature.
Chapter 16:
"Failed to heed the... of course! The 3rd 3-named horse demon of legend, whose neighing leveled the city of Pramandar and whose hooves shattered the magical shield of Zam!" As the beast advanced on Mark the Minimalist, the unlikely hero hurled the closest thing he could find. In a storm of Spanish curses, the golden feather-fox exploded against Reggie, who staggered to his demonic knees. "How did you know... that golden feather-fox dander.. is poison to demons?"
Chapter 17:
"I am undone" the Demon cried as it fell to its demonic knees, coughing up blood and bile. "Soon the poison coursing through my veins will destroy me, but you will not triumph so easily, my vengeance will be terrible!"
With it's dying breath, the vile demon chanted in an blasphemous language, calling down an unspeakable curse upon Mark the Minimalist.
Struck by waves of dark and infernal power Mark the Minimalist staggered backwards, and before he had a chance to utter even a single word the power of the Demon's curse transformed him into a mouse!
Chapter 18:
Elsewhere, one the day of the king's funeral, a dark fairy shows up cackling loudly. Looking around the kingdom, she notices that not a single person was giving her any heed as they were all mourning the death of their king. Being the hot headed fairy she was, she pulled out her wand and started waving it. "I'll show all of you," she heaved, "I shall every single one of you into a FROG." As soon as she said Frog, all in the kingdom, save King Teddy, were turned into Frogs.
The BoyBlunder
02/24/2009, 16:23
Wade Wilson's chapter is accepted. It is now Space Jawa's turn.
Mark is now a frog, still in possession of the foul-mouthed talking mirror. Meanwhile, everyone in the kingdom (except, apparently, the corpse of King Teddy) is also a frog.
Chapter 17:
"I am undone" the Demon cried as it fell to its demonic knees, coughing up blood and bile. "Soon the poison coursing through my veins will destroy me, but you will not triumph so easily, my vengeance will be terrible!"
With it's dying breath, the vile demon chanted in an blasphemous language, calling down an unspeakable curse upon Mark the Minimalist.
Struck by waves of dark and infernal power Mark the Minimalist staggered backwards, and before he had a chance to utter even a single word the power of the Demon's curse transformed him into a mouse!
Chapter 18:
Elsewhere, one the day of the king's funeral, a dark fairy shows up cackling loudly. Looking around the kingdom, she notices that not a single person was giving her any heed as they were all mourning the death of their king. Being the hot headed fairy she was, she pulled out her wand and started waving it. "I'll show all of you," she heaved, "I shall every single one of you into a FROG." As soon as she said Frog, all in the kingdom, save King Teddy, were turned into Frogs.
Mark is a mouse, not a frog.
And as for Reggie being turned into a demon, well, you didn't pay attention to the fore shadowing of the cottage. It was clear that anyone inside was going to be bad.
Wade Wilson
02/24/2009, 17:45
i misspelt on T_T not even sure how that happened =/ and i also somehow missed the word turn...who said that Mark was a frog?
That was just my mistake in my re-cap of the story. Mark is a mouse, not a frog. Just about everyone else is a frog.
The BoyBlunder
02/24/2009, 18:05
Mighty Mr. Editor Man.
Wade Wilson
02/24/2009, 18:05
ok, thanks for the clarification :D
As soon as she said Frog, all in the kingdom, save King Teddy, were turned into Frogs.
Well, unless the Dagger Mountains aren't in the kingdom, the exact wording of this line would imply that shortly after being turned into a mouse that Mark was turned into a frog. Unless already being a mouse made him exempt from turning into a frog for some reason.
Well, unless the Dagger Mountains aren't in the kingdom, the exact wording of this line would imply that shortly after being turned into a mouse that Mark was turned into a frog. Unless already being a mouse made him exempt from turning into a frog for some reason.
That's a good point. Space Jawa can use either option in his chapter.
Space Jawa
02/24/2009, 20:15
Meanwhile, back at the cabin, the Demon had not yet put out its final blow, as when he fell over, he knocked the house down, and Mark the Minimalist Mouse was killed by a falling piece of wood.
Fortunately for all, it was not to be a death in vain, as due to Marks citizenship in King Teddy’s average kingdom, his cursed death at a proper time within the activation of the FROG spell, no matter where it occurred, activated magic that brought King Teddy back from the dead. Unbeknownst to the King, the words of Kharambolas had not been as sinister as they had initially appeared. Yes, the King had died, but Kharambolas had known that the Dark Dwellers would make a move against the Kingdom, and had seen that they would send a fairy who would easily be manipulated into turning all the Kingdom into frogs. It had been Kharambola’s hope that someone would vanquish the Dark Dwellers before they got a chance to make their move, but had seen fit to set things in motion that would provide the kingdom with a backup plan should that fail and placed the Kingdoms last hope in King Teddy.
The BoyBlunder
02/24/2009, 20:40
Meanwhile, back at the cabin, the Demon had not yet put out its final blow. As it so happened, there was a reason Mark had been turned into a mouse, as when the Demon fell over, he knocked the house down, and Mark the Minimalist Mouse was killed by a falling piece of wood.
Fortunately for all, it was not to be a death in vain, as due to Marks citizenship in King Teddy’s average kingdom, his cursed death at a proper time within the activation of the FROG spell, no matter where it occurred, activated magic that brought King Teddy back from the dead. Unbeknownst to the King, the words of Kharambolas had not been as sinister as they had initially appeared. Yes, the King had died, but Kharambolas had known that the Dark Dwellers would make a move against the Kingdom, and had seen that they would send a fairy who would easily be manipulated into turning all the Kingdom into frogs. It had been Kharambola’s hope that someone would vanquish the Dark Dwellers before they got a chance to make their move, but had seen fit to set things in motion that would provide the kingdom with a backup plan should that fail and placed the Kingdoms last hope in King Teddy.
That's 6 sentences buddy.
Space Jawa
02/24/2009, 20:44
Oops. <_<
Fillerfillerfiller
Space Jawa
02/24/2009, 21:44
I know someone else tried to change their entry after they made a mistake, and I remember that didn't go over so well, but I figured I might as well try to keep my post eligible by editing it down from six to five sentences.
I know it'll still probably be axed, but it can't hurt to try, can it?
The entry is accepted. I don't mind you guys editing them if you do so before I judge them. The one I rejected earlier wasn't for editing his entry, but because he mis-used his item by trying to turn it into a verb.
So it is now Quebbster's turn. Same deal. IF you can end the story with your ending without leaving any plot holes (and Space Jawa certainly simplified the story) then you win.
Meanwhile, back at the cabin, the Demon had not yet put out its final blow, as when he fell over, he knocked the house down, and Mark the Minimalist Mouse was killed by a falling piece of wood.
Fortunately for all, it was not to be a death in vain, as due to Marks citizenship in King Teddy’s average kingdom, his cursed death at a proper time within the activation of the FROG spell, no matter where it occurred, activated magic that brought King Teddy back from the dead. Unbeknownst to the King, the words of Kharambolas had not been as sinister as they had initially appeared. Yes, the King had died, but Kharambolas had known that the Dark Dwellers would make a move against the Kingdom, and had seen that they would send a fairy who would easily be manipulated into turning all the Kingdom into frogs. It had been Kharambola’s hope that someone would vanquish the Dark Dwellers before they got a chance to make their move, but had seen fit to set things in motion that would provide the kingdom with a backup plan should that fail and placed the Kingdoms last hope in King Teddy.
The BoyBlunder
02/25/2009, 16:15
I know someone else tried to change their entry after they made a mistake, and I remember that didn't go over so well, but I figured I might as well try to keep my post eligible by editing it down from six to five sentences.
I know it'll still probably be axed, but it can't hurt to try, can it?
Damn, and here I thought I had saved my character.
Rep to Quebbster if he continues Mark's story in the afterlife.
It's still Quebbster's turn.
Quebbster
02/27/2009, 17:09
King Teddy awoke with a jerk, sat up in his coffin, and looked out over a vast field, filled with frogs, and was surpised to see the dark fairy suddenly materializing in front of him.
"Silly Kharambolas" the fairy said. "He may have intended to protect you, but instead his spell has only sealed your doom! Come, King Teddy, you will go with us to Dagger Mountains!"
A huge wave of darkness swept over the field, taking both the fairy and King Teddy with it before it vanished.
charlesx
02/27/2009, 23:13
Oh, this ending should be fun! :)
King Teddy awoke with a jerk, sat up in his coffin, and looked out over a vast field, filled with frogs, and was surpised to see the dark fairy suddenly materializing in front of him.
"Silly Kharambolas" the fairy said. "He may have intended to protect you, but instead his spell has only sealed your doom! Come, King Teddy, you will go with us to Dagger Mountains!"
A huge wave of darkness swept over the field, taking both the fairy and King Teddy with it before it vanished.
Quebbster's entry is accepted. It's AlienFlanders turn--I believe he still has one item to use (so he can't end the story) and must guard a little more carefully against run-on sentences.. :laugh:
AlienFlanders
03/01/2009, 02:27
Back at the pit a dwarf looked into the depths, "Hey Emma, get your fairy ### over here, there is some silver down there."
A pair of size 9 boots lightly touched down near the mirror, a dainty but gnarled hand picked it up and looked at the reflection caught in it.
"Tch, Delim you sharp eyed dwarf, you wouldn't believe the things some people leave behind, its a scrying mirror, with a fresh soul inside, I wonder if you belong in the cottage we saw earlier".
A Fairy and a dwarf approach the ruins of the cottage and discover the body of Mark the Minimalist in the wreckage, in death the spells had failed and his body had reverted to human.
After scanning the extremely tiny writing on the back of mirror Delim handed the it to the Fairy who placed the mirror facing the body said a cryptic incantation and so began the process of transferring the life essence of Mark back into his body from the mirror.
This entry is accepted. It's now BoyBlunder's turn.
Keep in mind that there are now two plot threads to deal with--King Teddy's apparent kidnapping and the apparent ongoing resurrection of Mark the Minimalist.
Also, I believe that everyone in the kingdom is still a frog.
Back at the pit a dwarf looked into the depths, "Hey Emma, get your fairy ### over here, there is some silver down there."
A pair of size 9 boots lightly touched down near the mirror, a dainty but gnarled hand picked it up and looked at the reflection caught in it.
"Tch, Delim you sharp eyed dwarf, you wouldn't believe the things some people leave behind, its a scrying mirror, with a fresh soul inside, I wonder if you belong in the cottage we saw earlier".
A Fairy and a dwarf approach the ruins of the cottage and discover the body of Mark the Minimalist in the wreckage, in death the spells had failed and his body had reverted to human.
After scanning the extremely tiny writing on the back of mirror Delim handed the it to the Fairy who placed the mirror facing the body said a cryptic incantation and so began the process of transferring the life essence of Mark back into his body from the mirror.
The BoyBlunder
03/02/2009, 16:19
Mark the Minimalist arose from the dead with a gasp, and knowledge taken from the other side of the vale. "King Teddy died, then came back to life, then was kidnapped, then was mocked, then was taken out to dinner, then was kidnapped for real! And with everyone else in the kingdom turned into frog, I am the king's only hope!" Upon noticing the fairy and dwarf, Mark said "If I am right, and you are the ones responsible for bringing me back from dead, I thank you, and implore that you aid me in saving my king."
The magic mirror gave a snort and said, "Sure, hold someone's ####ing soul, making their resurrection possible, and a duo of ####ing mythological creatures takes the ####ing credit."
The BoyBlunder's entry is accepted. That makes it Raiserb1ade's turn, who is the only remaining player who has an item left to use.
Mark the Minimalist arose from the dead with a gasp, and knowledge taken from the other side of the vale. "King Teddy died, then came back to life, then was kidnapped, then was mocked, then was taken out to dinner, then was kidnapped for real! And with everyone else in the kingdom turned into frog, I am the king's only hope!" Upon noticing the fairy and dwarf, Mark said "If I am right, and you are the ones responsible for bringing me back from dead, I thank you, and implore that you aid me in saving my king."
The magic mirror gave a snort and said, "Sure, hold someone's ####ing soul, making their resurrection possible, and a duo of ####ing mythological creatures takes the ####ing credit."
Raiserb1ade
03/02/2009, 21:52
So Mark, Delim, and Emma set out on an epic quest to- "Hey ####head, aren't you ####ing forgetting someone you dip####?"- *Ahem* Mark, Delim, Emma, and the magic mirror set out on an epic quest to save the King and his dom. Unfortunately their first major obstacle was crossing the Howling Woods (which as everyone knows are full of things that would be more than happy to relieve you of your life). Nervously making their way through the dark groves of trees Mark nearly tripped over a wolf. "Ahhh a wolf!" shouted Mark.
This entry is accepted. It's Charlesx' turn.
Every player has now used all his items. Remember, any player may end the story on his turn if he can do so logically using his assigned ending.
So Mark, Delim, and Emma set out on an epic quest to- "Hey ####head, aren't you ####ing forgetting someone you dip####?"- *Ahem* Mark, Delim, Emma, and the magic mirror set out on an epic quest to save the King and his dom. Unfortunately their first major obstacle was crossing the Howling Woods (which as everyone knows are full of things that would be more than happy to relieve you of your life). Nervously making their way through the dark groves of trees Mark nearly tripped over a wolf. "Ahhh a wolf!" shouted Mark.
charlesx
03/03/2009, 23:15
Much to the surprise of the intrepid adventurers, suddenly there was a shimmering, mystical glow and instead of the wolf there stood before them a powerful sorceror.
"Your epic quest is ended, ye who call yourselves brave Delim, stalwart Emma, and gallant Mark the Minimalist, for I am Kharambolas. My boon to you is this ring of one and only one wish, which will grant you your true heart's happiness."
Humbly, Mark the Minimalist accepted the ring, a great desire welling up within him to set it all right. And this is how, using the ring's sole wish, the prophecy was fulfilled thusly: King Teddy returned to the land of the dead and Mark the First became the Kingdom's new ruler, with Queen Charlotte sitting warmly by his side.
Ending: "And so the prophecy had been fulfilled."
And charlesx is the winner, finding a way to tie up the plot with his assigned ending.
Congratulations. (Though poor King Teddy got cheated, didn't he? Ends up dead yet again with his wife pretty much immediatlely hooking up with another guy.):laugh:
Much to the surprise of the intrepid adventurers, suddenly there was a shimmering, mystical glow and instead of the wolf there stood before them a powerful sorceror.
"Your epic quest is ended, ye who call yourselves brave Delim, stalwart Emma, and gallant Mark the Minimalist, for I am Kharambolas. My boon to you is this ring of one and only one wish, which will grant you your true heart's happiness."
Humbly, Mark the Minimalist accepted the ring, a great desire welling up within him to set it all right. And this is how, using the ring's sole wish, the prophecy was fulfilled thusly: King Teddy returned to the land of the dead and Mark the First became the Kingdom's new ruler, with Queen Charlotte sitting warmly by his side.
Ending: "And so the prophecy had been fulfilled."
Congratulations, charlesx! :grin:
And I am jealous about your ending card :laugh:
Mine was "And every year, on the anniversary of their deaths, she put flowers on the graves of her children."
(Though poor King Teddy got cheated, didn't he? Ends up dead yet again with his wife pretty much immediatlely hooking up with another guy.):laugh:
I don't see a "happily ever after" in there - ol' Charlotte may just off Mark herself. "Take my husband's throne, will you?" :laugh:
I had "And thus the transformation was reversed" Shouldn't have been too hard to get that worked into the story, all things considered! :)
But alas, there was no time.
Wade Wilson
03/04/2009, 16:07
i had "So she revealed her true identity and they were married."
anyway to play again? :D this was quite fun
I'll run it again some time in the future. Anyone else who wants to give it a try as judge is welcome to do so.
Quebbster
03/04/2009, 17:51
My ending was
"So they returned it to its original owner."
I still don't get what the deal with Kharambolas was though.
charlesx
03/04/2009, 18:13
And charlesx is the winner, finding a way to tie up the plot with his assigned ending.
Congratulations. (Though poor King Teddy got cheated, didn't he? Ends up dead yet again with his wife pretty much immediatlely hooking up with another guy.):laugh:
Woo hoo! Thanks, Kalel.
I actually wanted a happy ending with Mark the Minimalist finally getting some much-needed TLC. Sorry about that, King Teddy!!
DarkCorsair
03/04/2009, 19:10
I threw in some Deep Dwellers to accommodate: "For their evil deeds they were all struck blind."
The BoyBlunder
03/04/2009, 19:22
I like how Mark the Minimalist was just an ironic comment about how long everyone's chapters were, yet he ended up being the main character.
I was more interested in keeping Mark alive, even though it meant giving up my turn.
My ending was "They looked after it until she was old enough."
Wade Wilson
03/04/2009, 23:45
i tried to just keep the story going so i could figure out how to end it XD was thinking of having mark turn into a female and marrying teddy.
Quebbster
03/05/2009, 16:27
I must say charlesx is a worth winner after reviewing his entries:
Entry 1: introduces the prophecy
Entry 2: fulfills the prophecy and kills off the King
Entry 3: concludes the story... somewhat abruptly.
OTOH, my own entries contained a lot of stuff that was to be disregarded by later competitors - the Cave of Despair wasn't seen again after the beginning of the story, it turned out the feather-fox could not talk after all (and I can't say I liked the mirror's cruel language either), and the kidnapping of King Teddy went nowhere.
I must say charlesx is a worth winner after reviewing his entries:
Entry 1: introduces the prophecy
Entry 2: fulfills the prophecy and kills off the King
Entry 3: concludes the story... somewhat abruptly.
OTOH, my own entries contained a lot of stuff that was to be disregarded by later competitors - the Cave of Despair wasn't seen again after the beginning of the story, it turned out the feather-fox could not talk after all (and I can't say I liked the mirror's cruel language either), and the kidnapping of King Teddy went nowhere.
In playing the card game, this happens quite often. Player A will introduce a element into the story; Player B steals the story away and then finds a way to do away with that element or minimize its importance because it doesn't fit in where he wants the story to go.
It's what makes the game so much fun and so annoying at the same time.
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