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Rigamarole

PostPosted: Sep 01, 2013 8:04 pm
by ValiantArcher
Welcome to a new game! :) This is a slight variant on the typical storytelling game.

One person starts off by telling an original story but that person has to stop at the climax (e.g. "and she opened the door to find-"). The next person then resumes the story.

RULES:
1. No copyrighted characters!
2. General forum rules apply.
3. Please keep your posts to three sentences or less.


EXAMPLE:
Person 1: Once upon a time in a faraway country lived a beautiful princess who had a horrible...
Person 2: dog named Fido and one day when the princess was out for a ride on her horse, she came home to find...
Person 3: Fido missing! She looked everywhere, although her family couldn't understand why because he was such a horrible dog. But, then the princess noticed...

I'll start off. :)

On a dark and stormy night, a young lady was...

Re: Rigamarole

PostPosted: Sep 02, 2013 12:16 am
by waggawerewolf27
obliged to seek shelter in a ruined, tumbledown

Re: Rigamarole

PostPosted: Sep 02, 2013 4:09 am
by King_Erlian
shopping mall. Most of the shops were damaged beyond repair and flooded, but a laundrette appeared to be intact and dry. The young lady's attention was drawn to one of the tumble dryers, which was

Re: Rigamarole

PostPosted: Sep 02, 2013 5:08 am
by DiGoRyKiRkE
overflowing with vicious worms! The young lady shrieked in horror, grabbed her laundry, and fled, but the worms. . .

Re: Rigamarole

PostPosted: Sep 02, 2013 6:37 am
by ValiantArcher
oozed out after her, laughing maniacally. Thankfully, the worms, being worms, moved rather slowly and the young lady was able to...

Re: Rigamarole

PostPosted: Sep 02, 2013 2:58 pm
by Meltintalle
climb the down escalator (which was still in working order) to the second floor where she...

Re: Rigamarole

PostPosted: Sep 02, 2013 5:00 pm
by waggawerewolf27
found there was a crowded food court, where everyone was complaining about the

Re: Rigamarole

PostPosted: Sep 02, 2013 6:02 pm
by ValiantArcher
poor service. "Well, what do you expect when the mall is so run-down and deserted that there are vicious worms in the laundromat dryers?" remarked the young lady to herself. However, because the worms were still following her, albeit slowly, she...

Re: Rigamarole

PostPosted: Sep 03, 2013 5:45 pm
by DiGoRyKiRkE
decided to hop into the middle of the mall fountain, as she knew all too well that worms don't do well in water. Worried that her clean laundry was going to get wet again, the young lady. . .

Re: Rigamarole

PostPosted: Sep 03, 2013 5:50 pm
by ValiantArcher
tried to neatly tie it up in a bundle she could hold out of the way of the water. It was a bit cumbersome, though, and...

Re: Rigamarole

PostPosted: Sep 04, 2013 4:38 pm
by waggawerewolf27
so she fell down slippery stairs, finding herself, battered and bruised

Re: Rigamarole

PostPosted: Sep 04, 2013 10:05 pm
by wolfloversk
...on her knee. She got up and brushed herself off only to discover...

Re: Rigamarole

PostPosted: Sep 05, 2013 3:27 am
by waggawerewolf27
the worms had caught up with her at the ground floor exit, where she could see...

Re: Rigamarole

PostPosted: Sep 05, 2013 4:36 am
by DiGoRyKiRkE
that her only escape route was blocked. A large chain had been wrapped around the doors making escape impossible. She realised that she was trapped as the worms closed in. Bracing herself for her imminent devourment, the young lady. . . .

Re: Rigamarole

PostPosted: Sep 05, 2013 4:05 pm
by ramagut
remembered that she had a potion to make herself invisible, but when she drank it...

Re: Rigamarole

PostPosted: Sep 06, 2013 4:55 pm
by waggawerewolf27
she discovered that choking down this foul-tasting potion had made her noticeably