Author Topic: Lets play a game... (Read 2012 times)

CampeadorShin · « **on:** January 05, 2007, 09:43:20 PM »

I thought this might be fun.

I'm going to type the first four or six sentences of a story, then the next poster types the next four or six and the poster after them continues it and so on.

Just one rule I can think of. If you post, you have to wait at least two more posts by other people before you can post again.

Lets start...

My knuckles were torn up and the poor excuse of a stretcher my friend was on had been reduced to a rag and two sticks. A small row boat was heading towards us, just as we had planned. I hadn't noticed before, but my hand was still gripping my sword. As we loaded onto the row boat, I could see our countrymen armed with muskets waiting on the opposing shore. It was good to finally see people wearing crucifixes again.

I never thought I'd be involved in a Japanese cινιℓ ωαr...

(now one of you continue the story)

(oh and another thing, don't write too much, keep it shorter than two paragraphs)

Trinity · « **Reply #1 on:** January 05, 2007, 10:04:03 PM »

and I can tell you now it's not the best situation for a good Catholic boy to get caught in. As we rowed across the water, we recited our Ave Maria's more fervently than ever, because we knew that if it weren't for the Blessed Virgin we wouldn't be alive to be making this leg of the journey. Our compatriots on land, hearing our prayer of praise, joined in with gusto, and soon the hills resounded with Ave Marias and Pater Nosters.

The Japanese are wont to worship their ancestors, but...

clare · « **Reply #2 on:** January 06, 2007, 04:17:32 PM »

... with that thought in my mind, I started to come round from the anaesthesia. The operation had been a success!

Matthew · « **Reply #3 on:** January 06, 2007, 06:01:25 PM »

:sign-thread-hijacked:

I was now officially the first man in history to have three usable arms.

The science had only been discovered only a few years previous, but the biologists involved had put in so much effort, and campaigned so hard for volunteers, that they had begun live human testing for the procedure only last year.

And now it had come to fruition!

But then there were problems as well...

Trinity · « **Reply #4 on:** January 06, 2007, 06:48:41 PM »

:scared2:

Brian · « **Reply #5 on:** January 06, 2007, 08:42:31 PM »

....as my new arm was that of an orangutan. I now had an arm which exhibited the strength of 5 human arms, and the first time I tried to blow my nose, I broke it! My nose, I mean. And have you ever tried to shop for shirts and jackets with three sleeves? But I must admit, my juggling improved three fold, and as luck would have it...

CampeadorShin · « **Reply #6 on:** January 08, 2007, 02:27:32 PM »

...I was now able to shake more hands and give more high fives.

I know a Catholic should be cautious about such abominable experiments, but...

Trinity · « **Reply #7 on:** January 08, 2007, 03:19:16 PM »

as a Catholic politician I needed every edge I could get. Ever since Kerry got us in trouble with a number of bishops and the rank and file Catholics, it has been harder and harder to find ways to get votes.

Now, however, I am a leading contender, and my whistle stop campaign is more popular and better attended than even the most well heeled politician in the running. People come out to see me in droves,...

gilbertgea · « **Reply #8 on:** January 11, 2007, 02:02:07 PM »

...something I generally appreciate, all things considered.

But then, inconveniently, the Martians landed. Inexplicably, I began drinking heavily and felt an overwhelming desire to paint myself green and sing opera in the nude. My political campaign ground to a halt, and I fell into a deep depression.

Suddenly, the phone rang. It was my mother-in-law...

CampeadorShin · « **Reply #9 on:** January 11, 2007, 02:27:36 PM »

...she called to say that my strange behavior was popular among the strange alien culture. They were asking to contact me and had reached her by mistake.

I couldn't believe it, they wanted me to visit their homeworld to perform my strange behaviors for their audiences.

I boarded their ship and was midway into the flight, but we suddenly stopped and the pilot informed the passengers...

Matthew · « **Reply #10 on:** January 11, 2007, 02:49:06 PM »

...that a huge, 500-Km, blue gelatinous blob had stopped the ship, and was demanding a parley with the ship's captain.

All the aliens aboard were visibly nervous -- their eyes darted all over the room, and most began exuding an odd smell that smelled like a cross between freshly baked bread and rancid oranges.

At that point, I felt a strange pain in the back of my head, and I opened my eyes and sat up. The smell of cherry blossoms, moving water, and fresh greenery filled my nostrils...

Trinity · « **Reply #11 on:** January 11, 2007, 03:38:46 PM »

and that's when I realized that a good Catholic boy should never, never become intoxicated, consort with aliens, have radical surgery, and lie to all and sundry.

I realized that I was at a critical crossroad. I had to choose which direction to take and neither road looked good. I confess that I have always been one for taking the easy road, which is why I got into politics in the first place, had the surgery in the second place, and so on and so forth. Now I stood at the juncture of two equally difficult paths. I could give up politics or check myself into a mental hospital; or, maybe...

antyshemanic · « **Reply #12 on:** January 11, 2007, 04:19:39 PM »

become a rabbi...have my story published in the тαℓмυd
as a 'tradition of the elders' ... to make the world a much
happier place.

Trinity · « **Reply #13 on:** January 11, 2007, 04:48:42 PM »

(snicker, snicker)

Matthew · « **Reply #14 on:** January 11, 2007, 05:30:24 PM »

But no, as a Catholic there was only one thing I could do. Go off into the desert and be a hermit.

But I should have chosen a more politically stable desert than Gaza. Anyhow, I managed to dig a nice cave in the crusty, sandy ground, and I moved my few simple possessions (what I had left after I sold all the rest on eBay) inside.

But then I heard a man outside. I went to the door and looked out -- He was only a few hundred yards away, and seemed to be wearing a white turban...