Round-Robin Storytelling

[Brickwall]

I made an awesome entry before I remembered that Vaynor gets 24 hours to make an entry. Still, if he passes, it's all made.

[Vaynor]

Oh, is it my turn? If you like your entry so much, you can go before me. ;D

[Sophistemon]

Yeah, get a SpellCheck done there, man. You even used "Allusions" in place of "illusions" on a D&D board. Get some sleep.

Yeah, thanks.

I fixed the problems. I'm still sick, but at least my mind is as sharp as it normally is (that ain't saying much, but...).

And I really liked Abd's addition. More fluff to keep track of. We're digging a pretty big hole.

Good stuff, though.

EDIT
Vaynor, for Shock's sake do a durned entry. Seriously.

[PhoeKun]

More fluff to keep track of. We're digging a pretty big hole.

Don't worry, I'm keeping notes.

No, really.

[Abd al-Azrad]

You know what? Considering how rarely anyone posts, I doubt that us deviating from the "posting order" would significantly increase confusion. Brickwall, you've been keeping the story going much more than the rest of us combined- whenever you have a decent idea, I've no problem at all with you jumping the line.

[Sophistemon]

Yeah, I'm going to have to agree with that. I guess we'll just enforce the rules more unflinchingly when we start a new story, if we decide to.

EDIT
Nice to know, PhoeKun. Thanks.

[Brickwall]

Jaques raised an eyebrow. "A thrumstone? What's that, a stone that makes sounds?"

"Kneel you idiot!" Fam'tala yelled as she pulled him to the ground by his shoulder. "And don't look at it until it starts making a sound. You could get blinded." Jaques did as he was told, and pretty soon he was greeted by a buzzing sound. Taking that as the cue to look up, he noticed that the torus had flipped onto one side and expanded to the size of the room, runes of the Lea'a Fanti Ancients inscribed all along it.

"Lea'a Fanti...?"

"Yes. These stones are the places where they took those with injured souls. The Greatest, the highest of all the pantheon, heals them at one."

"That's not possible. The Greatest never interacts with the world. He is a god of the gods, not of mortal affairs." Fam'tala did not respond. Instead, she dragged Fred over to the inky jet black that coated the floor, and he...sank? The fact that the substance could not have meen a centimeter thick did not matter to the unconcious body, especially not as it began swimming toward the enlarged thrumstone, still with eyes closed and a lack of any life on its face.

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Does he make it? What heppens if he does? Why should anyone recognize or revere the Lea'a Fanti and the Greatest? Find out, on somebody else's installment!

[Sophistemon]

That was good.

It isn't my turn, is it? I just went...

[Vaynor]

No, I believe it's mine.

EDIT: Expect one soon!

The fact that the substance could not have meen a centimeter thick did not matter to the unconcious body, especially not as it began swimming toward the enlarged thrumstone, still with eyes closed and a lack of any life on its face.

The thrumstone continued it's humming, buzzing like a bee. Fred's body swam ever closer into the black liquid, until the very tips of his toes centered on the darkness.

"What's going to happen to him!?" Jaques whispered urgently with an expression of pure confusion on his face.

"Will you shut up!?" Fam'tala replied, motioning towards the thumstone, she added, "Just watch!"

Jaques shut himself up, and turned back away from Fam'tala and silently watched the holy scene. The inky black liquid sprouted long tendrils and they started to spin around the thrumstone itself. Fred started to sink into the center of it, and it started to glow with a bluish light. The stone then issued such a horrible din of humming, that Jaques' and Fam'tala's ears started to bleed it was so loud.

Fred was gone...

[hr]
I had NO idea where to go with this one, so I just kinda stalled...

[Brickwall]

Storytelling tip: Holy things are supposed to be pretty/mysterious. You really just kinda reversed the entire point of this scene, whatever you did.

So, yeah, that's not "stalling" (also something we kinda dislike, as we have yelled at others about).

[Vaynor]

Storytelling tip: Holy things are supposed to be pretty/mysterious. You really just kinda reversed the entire point of this scene, whatever you did.

So, yeah, that's not "stalling" (also something we kinda dislike, as we have yelled at others about).

I thought that's what I did...

Anyway, I didn't completely stall, I made him disappear... That's something. :)

I can add more if I need to...

[Brickwall]

I thought that's what I did...

Anyway, I didn't completely stall, I made him disappear... That's something. :)

I can add more if I need to...

Tentacles=evil. Always. No exceptions. That's what I meant.

You don't need to add more, you didn't stall. I'm just saying you SHOULDN'T stall.

[Vaynor]

Tentacles=evil. Always. No exceptions. That's what I meant.

You don't need to add more, you didn't stall. I'm just saying you SHOULDN'T stall.

I said "tentacle-like", just to describe what it looked like. As in there was more than just the original thing. It was blossoming in a way.

Oh, ok, good. ;D

[PhoeKun]

You shouldn't even invoke the image of tentacles unless you're implying some sort of evil, usually the horrible kind from another plane of existence. Adding the cutsey question mark in parentheses after the word holy doesn't help either.

Now, I believe it is my "turn" in so much as we have those any more. Within the next 12 or so hours, I should have something up.

[Vaynor]

You shouldn't even invoke the image of tentacles unless you're implying some sort of evil, usually the horrible kind from another plane of existence. Adding the cutsey question mark in parentheses after the word holy doesn't help either.

I added the question mark because I wasn't sure if it was actually a good thing or not when writing it. I just couldn't get that from he two previous entries.

[Brickwall]

If the first two say it's holy, questioning it isn't exactly the best thing to do. Be active in your contradictions, or just ride with it.

Wishy-washy writers are a great source of aggrivation.

[Sophistemon]

I agree with them, Vaynor.

Perhaps another word-choice is in order. Would 'tendril' be any better? Hm?

[Vaynor]

I agree with them, Vaynor.

Perhaps another word-choice is in order. Would 'tendril' be any better? Hm?

Yes! Tentacle was just all I could think of to describe the picture in my head.. ::)

[Brickwall]

So...umm...

Am I up again? How is it that we have a ton of writers, and only 4 semi-consistent posters?

[PhoeKun]

Because I am, in a word, unreliable. It would probably be best if you just dropped me from the list, much as I hate to say it...

[Abd al-Azrad]

Dangit, we stagnated again. Strangely, it does look like it's Brickwall's turn- according to the new posting order, we go Phoekun, Ivan, Sophistemon, me, Vaynor, Brickwall.

No, wait, because Brickwall jumped the line to get in his addition, it's more likely Phoekun's. And if he ain't gonna post, it's Ivan's turn.