I need to update the pathway today, some strange traffic happening to one road.
Can someone write a story about an incident they heard about- it has to be a real story, but presented like a fictional story. Choose your own adventures seem to trick the system. I'm thinking Midna or Nik, whoever replies to this first?
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Sure thing Zeth.I've got some time tonight. Any sort of real experience in mind?
“If you only knew the magnificence of the 3, 6 and 9, then you would have the key to the universe.”
― Nikola Tesla
― Nikola Tesla
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I think anything that might scare folks away would be good. Should be bigger than Specs or Geists. It has to be real enough to resonate with future Moths, but maybe too weird for those with their eyes closed.
And thanks. Never been the strongest writer.
And thanks. Never been the strongest writer.
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On it.
STORY BELOW.
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"Can I ask you a crazy question?”
You blink out of your daze, returning to the table and bringing your attention back to Jen. She’s sat across from you, leaning forward, her necklace grazing the thickening skin on her cooling soup. You don’t often go to lunch with Jen. You don’t often go to lunch with anybody, usually preferring to eat your miserable bologna sandwiches at your desk, hunched over your computer. Normally, you’d take crumbs on your keyboard over this any day. But today is different. So when Jen asked if you’d like to come for lunch, you said yes. Well done.
“Well, can I?” Jen leans further, her pendant dipping further into tomato and cream. “Ask you a crazy question?”
[] “Uh, sure.”
[] “No question is truly crazy.”
STORY BELOW.
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"Can I ask you a crazy question?”
You blink out of your daze, returning to the table and bringing your attention back to Jen. She’s sat across from you, leaning forward, her necklace grazing the thickening skin on her cooling soup. You don’t often go to lunch with Jen. You don’t often go to lunch with anybody, usually preferring to eat your miserable bologna sandwiches at your desk, hunched over your computer. Normally, you’d take crumbs on your keyboard over this any day. But today is different. So when Jen asked if you’d like to come for lunch, you said yes. Well done.
“Well, can I?” Jen leans further, her pendant dipping further into tomato and cream. “Ask you a crazy question?”
[] “Uh, sure.”
[] “No question is truly crazy.”
“If you only knew the magnificence of the 3, 6 and 9, then you would have the key to the universe.”
― Nikola Tesla
― Nikola Tesla
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both answers lead to
“Great.” Her eyes flash, then she lowers her voice to the edge of a whisper. “Do you believe in like… ghosts and stuff?”
[]“Yeah, of course.”
[]“No. I’ll take aliens though.”
“Great.” Her eyes flash, then she lowers her voice to the edge of a whisper. “Do you believe in like… ghosts and stuff?”
[]“Yeah, of course.”
[]“No. I’ll take aliens though.”
“If you only knew the magnificence of the 3, 6 and 9, then you would have the key to the universe.”
― Nikola Tesla
― Nikola Tesla
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“Yeah, of course.”
Jen smiles.
“Me too,” she says. “I’m so glad because I haven’t been able to tell anyone this story since...” Her eyes glaze over.
You get the sense that whatever the story is, it’s going to be intense. Lunch is very nearly over, and you have a lot of work to do today. Also, you may believe in ghosts, but that’s for a reason. A reason you’d rather not get into right now.
Or ever.
[]Get up. “Sorry, I have to get back to work. Next time?”
Jen smiles.
“Me too,” she says. “I’m so glad because I haven’t been able to tell anyone this story since...” Her eyes glaze over.
You get the sense that whatever the story is, it’s going to be intense. Lunch is very nearly over, and you have a lot of work to do today. Also, you may believe in ghosts, but that’s for a reason. A reason you’d rather not get into right now.
Or ever.
[]Get up. “Sorry, I have to get back to work. Next time?”
“If you only knew the magnificence of the 3, 6 and 9, then you would have the key to the universe.”
― Nikola Tesla
― Nikola Tesla
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“No. I’ll take aliens though.”
Jen laughs nervously. “Well, they’re all sort of the same thing right?”
[]“Not really, but sure. I believe in them. Why not.”
Jen laughs nervously. “Well, they’re all sort of the same thing right?”
[]“Not really, but sure. I believe in them. Why not.”
“If you only knew the magnificence of the 3, 6 and 9, then you would have the key to the universe.”
― Nikola Tesla
― Nikola Tesla
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“Not really, but sure. I believe in them. Why not.”
“Me too,” she says. “I’m so glad because I haven’t been able to tell anyone this story since...” Her eyes glaze over.
You get the sense that whatever the story is, it’s going to be intense. Lunch is very nearly over, and you have a lot of work to do today. Also, you may believe in ghosts, but that’s for a reason. A reason you’d rather not get into right now.
Or ever.
[]Get up. “Sorry, I have to get back to work. Next time?”
“Me too,” she says. “I’m so glad because I haven’t been able to tell anyone this story since...” Her eyes glaze over.
You get the sense that whatever the story is, it’s going to be intense. Lunch is very nearly over, and you have a lot of work to do today. Also, you may believe in ghosts, but that’s for a reason. A reason you’d rather not get into right now.
Or ever.
[]Get up. “Sorry, I have to get back to work. Next time?”
“If you only knew the magnificence of the 3, 6 and 9, then you would have the key to the universe.”
― Nikola Tesla
― Nikola Tesla
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[]Get up. “Sorry, I have to get back to work. Next time?”
As you walk past her, she grabs your wrist. “No, you can’t... you have to let me tell you. You have to listen.”
You look down at her hand on your wrist as it tightens, then to her wild eyes.
“Please,” she whispers.
You look down at her, her pleading face, the tomato soup staining her shirt. You feel pity.
[]Sit back down. “Fine, Jen. What is it?”
As you walk past her, she grabs your wrist. “No, you can’t... you have to let me tell you. You have to listen.”
You look down at her hand on your wrist as it tightens, then to her wild eyes.
“Please,” she whispers.
You look down at her, her pleading face, the tomato soup staining her shirt. You feel pity.
[]Sit back down. “Fine, Jen. What is it?”
“If you only knew the magnificence of the 3, 6 and 9, then you would have the key to the universe.”
― Nikola Tesla
― Nikola Tesla
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[]Sit back down. “Fine, Jen. What is it?”
“Thank you,” she says, her relief palpable. You grit your teeth against the embarrassment.
“So,” she runs a hand nervously through her thinning, box-cherry-red hair, “I have this... friend. My longest friend, actually. I’ve known her since we were kids. I used to stay at her house some weekends, when my parents were out of town for work.”
You listen patiently as Jen weaves her tale. You also wish you’d insisted on buying another cup of coffee for this. You try to catch the eye of the waitress.
“My friend had an... imaginary friend. She used to call him Big Man. She loved him. He played with her and made her feel better when she got a bad mark on a test or her parents were fighting. She didn’t tell me about Big Man until we were like, thirteen? Thirteen I think.”
[]“Big Man is a pretty fucked up name.”
[]“That’s creepy.”
“Thank you,” she says, her relief palpable. You grit your teeth against the embarrassment.
“So,” she runs a hand nervously through her thinning, box-cherry-red hair, “I have this... friend. My longest friend, actually. I’ve known her since we were kids. I used to stay at her house some weekends, when my parents were out of town for work.”
You listen patiently as Jen weaves her tale. You also wish you’d insisted on buying another cup of coffee for this. You try to catch the eye of the waitress.
“My friend had an... imaginary friend. She used to call him Big Man. She loved him. He played with her and made her feel better when she got a bad mark on a test or her parents were fighting. She didn’t tell me about Big Man until we were like, thirteen? Thirteen I think.”
[]“Big Man is a pretty fucked up name.”
[]“That’s creepy.”
“If you only knew the magnificence of the 3, 6 and 9, then you would have the key to the universe.”
― Nikola Tesla
― Nikola Tesla