Storymaker: Long Version
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Storymaker: Long Version
This is a further-modified version of a theatre game. It's quite simple. We take it in turns to contribute to a story. Each person may post one sentence per post. Just one sentence. It can be one word long. It can be longer, as long as it isn't a blatant run-on sentence. Use your one sentence to take the story in whatever direction you think it should go.
Before we start, a few thoughts and rules:
- No double-posting, please. Let other people have a chance to contribute.
- No post-editing, unless you want to correct a typo.
- This counts as one sentence: "Muffins for breakfast?" asked Esmerelda hopefully.
- One-word interjections at the beginning of a dialogue sentence don't count as a separate sentence. '"Hey! Drop those stolen muffins, buddy, or I'm calling the cops!" barked Lloyd threateningly.' is allowable.
- New people (if any appear): Don't feel like you have to ask before you post. Jump right in!
While this probably won't be as weird as its short version, there's still a good chance it will turn out quite weird. Have fun with it, and we'll see how it turns out!
Time to start. First sentence:
"The clouds split, and a single sunbeam illuminated the letters on a sign."
[Whoever posts first gets to decide what the sign says!]
Before we start, a few thoughts and rules:
- No double-posting, please. Let other people have a chance to contribute.
- No post-editing, unless you want to correct a typo.
- This counts as one sentence: "Muffins for breakfast?" asked Esmerelda hopefully.
- One-word interjections at the beginning of a dialogue sentence don't count as a separate sentence. '"Hey! Drop those stolen muffins, buddy, or I'm calling the cops!" barked Lloyd threateningly.' is allowable.
- New people (if any appear): Don't feel like you have to ask before you post. Jump right in!
While this probably won't be as weird as its short version, there's still a good chance it will turn out quite weird. Have fun with it, and we'll see how it turns out!
Time to start. First sentence:
"The clouds split, and a single sunbeam illuminated the letters on a sign."
[Whoever posts first gets to decide what the sign says!]
Re: Storymaker: Long Version
Spelled out in eerie letters were the words, "Welcome to Gotham City, please do NOT disturb the bats."
muffinman219- Aeromuffin
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The onlooker, a rigid-backed man in a stark white traditional coat, stared at the sign a bit sardonically before glancing around the side of it.
Sarent- Arcmanager
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The man knew that somewhere in this area was a machine that would extend his life span.
Sapphira- Esteemed Newcomer
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He hesitated for a fraction of a second, then continued making his way down the road.
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He knew he was being followed, which pretty much made the exercise ineffective.
Sapphira- Esteemed Newcomer
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He was skilled at evading pursuit, but his pursuers were not exactly ordinary.
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They were controlled by his brother.
Sapphira- Esteemed Newcomer
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It was a terrible cliché for the two of them to be fighting, of course, but then his brother had always been the grouchy sort.
Sarent- Arcmanager
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The man would have preferred to be on better terms with him, if only to avoid cliché, but it had become nearly impossible for him to reason with his brother.
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His brother had been driven mad by OCD.
Sapphira- Esteemed Newcomer
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(Is that idea from a book we read, Sapph? One that involved... a crayon and an eBay auction? My memory works in strange ways. o.O)
Some people would see such madness as a weakness, but not his brother; he had managed to harness it to make himself more powerful.
Some people would see such madness as a weakness, but not his brother; he had managed to harness it to make himself more powerful.
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(semicolon what that you cheating no man)
Then again, it was the source of the conflict, as his brother's obsessive tendencies led him to send the pursuers to "sort him out".
Then again, it was the source of the conflict, as his brother's obsessive tendencies led him to send the pursuers to "sort him out".
Sarent- Arcmanager
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(You say I am cheating; I believe creative cheating is part of what makes this game diverting.)
He had hoped his brother's irrational fear of bats would prevent him from giving chase in this particular location, but he had been disappointed.
He had hoped his brother's irrational fear of bats would prevent him from giving chase in this particular location, but he had been disappointed.
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Not that his brother would pursue him in person... there were many ways of doing the same job.
Sarent- Arcmanager
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(Okay I'm probably going to regret saying that thing about creative cheating.)
Still, he preferred to limit his involvement with bats and the City of Bats.
Still, he preferred to limit his involvement with bats and the City of Bats.
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It was very understandable, as the City of Bats was a very unpleasant place.
Sapphira- Esteemed Newcomer
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(As it has been foretold, so it is done. I have updated Storymaker, Lady Sapphira.)
Only the truly desperate willingly went there.
Only the truly desperate willingly went there.
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(Thank you. Also, enough with the sarcasm already.)
Even the bats tried to avoid going there.
Even the bats tried to avoid going there.
Sapphira- Esteemed Newcomer
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(You're telling me to be less sarcastic? I don't think so, O Snarky One.)
The bats who couldn't avoid living there were extremely unhappy, which made the city an even less pleasant place for other creatures.
The bats who couldn't avoid living there were extremely unhappy, which made the city an even less pleasant place for other creatures.
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(Whatever, Mademoiselle Snarkypants. )
Especially so for the strange visitor.
Especially so for the strange visitor.
Sapphira- Esteemed Newcomer
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The dislike was mutual.
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