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An Exquisite Corpse II
Mmm. Game revival. Although is it called revival if it was never actually alive to begin with? Ah well.
Introduction/How the Game Works Welcome to An Exquisite Corpse, a strange game that tests not only your individual writing abilities but your capability to work with others to create a random but entertaining finished product. What is An Exquisite Corpse? To put it simply, it's a party game created by surrealists (so you know it's going to be somewhat messed up). In it, a player writes or draws a piece of a composition and reveal only a part of it to another player, who would then continue the cycle by writing their own continuation to the last player's part before passing it onto another. The end result is an erratic and disjointed piece (of crap) that may or may not make any sense whatsoever. Laughs are had by all as they try to figure out how each piece fits together. To participate in the game, the first thing you need to do is sign up. Right now, you're looking at the discussion thread. To sign up, just post in it, and I'll add you to the player list. That's all you have to do. That's it. Nothing more. Nada. Zip. Zilch. It's that simple. Once you've got the hang of that part, then comes the harder part. I'll take the list and shuffled the people on it so you all wind up in a random order. Once I post the signal for the first round (and you'll know when I will), the people designated as the heads (i.e., the first people on each list) will begin by writing part of a story until they reach a certain goal which will be detailed in the rules below. When they reach their goal, they'll only pass the last line of their part (whether or not it's complete) to the next person in line. Then, they'll write their part and pass the last line on to the next person. This continues until there's no one left on the list. When that happens, the last person writes something resembling a possible ending to the story before shipping a message that says something along the lines of "OK! I'm finished!" to the first person in line. At that point, the first person in line makes a post in this thread to get a title. (The head and the first three people to post one word for the title create it.) Once a title is decided, the head creates a thread in the main forum (tagged with a special tag that I'll also get to in a moment) containing his part of the story. After that, each person in line posts their part in succession until the entire story is complete. Then, we stand back and laugh at the crap we've written. Sounds simple, right? Oh, it gets more complicated than that. Rules: 1. Each part must be one page long, single-spaced in twelve-point, Times New Roman font, with margins set at 1" top and bottom and 1.25" left and right. (Check your page setup to change the latter.) Please note those specifics because there's no ifs, ands, or buts about it. You're going to write using that format until you hit a new page. When that happens, ship the line that bumped you to a new page off to the next person in line, even if it's not a complete sentence. 1a. The exception to this rule are the people who are at the end of the line. They MUST wrap up their story within their part, no matter how long it ends up being, just as long as that ending is at least a page long. 2. A player CANNOT discuss what they're writing with anyone, including and especially the line. They also can't change their piece in any way once they've finished. 3. To keep the game going, each part must be finished in a week. One week really is a sufficient amount of time to write at least a page worth of storyline, so there's really little excuse. However, if you're unable to work in under a week, please simply forward the message you've received from the person before you to the next person in line so the game can continue. 4. When you ship your line to the next person, you can do so via PM or e-mail. Do NOT use this thread to post a line. 5. If you're the first person in line who's posting a thread, please insert the tag [Corpse] in front of the thread title. That way, we'll know it's part of this game. Q&A Q. I don't get it. What's the point? A. There is no point. It's an entertaining fling in which you mix your creativity with that of others to drag them through several rounds of brutal and pointless torment. Q. Are the corpses really considered stories? A. There's a beginning, a middle, an end, and some semblance of a plot. That's actually more than some badfics out there, so I personally say yes. Q. What do I get for joining? A. Eternal glory. Q. Are there any requirements to join? A. Well, you have to write. A lot. And you have to be comfortable with working with other people when you don't even know what you're supposed to be writing about. Q. Can I write about Pokémon or something other than Pokémon? A. There's no actual limitation to what you can write for your entry, but keep in mind that this game is being held in the Pokémon Fanfiction forum (so it's recommended that you stick to Pokémon). Q. Wait. Go over the part about titles again. A. When the head receives the OK from the last person in line, he goes to make a post in this thread with a single word that should be a subject. Then, the first three people to post next get to add something to the "sentence" so that each entry, when strung together, makes no sense, is related to the piece, but is still, somehow, a sentence. Examples of actual corpse titles: roaming/brings peaceful divinity/organic opportunities/great googally boogally!! sidereal/king in yellow/painfully sneezes/when doves fly! So, just write the first thing that comes to mind, and you'll be fine. Also, the heads should add the tag [Corpse] to the beginning of the sentence when they put it in the title of a thread so we know it's a corpse. Q. Can I join after the game starts? A. Sure you can. You'll be added to the end of the line, however, in case the line is already halfway through. Q. Where can we review fresh corpses? A. In the corpse thread, after the story is finished. Q. Where can we find old corpses? A. In this thread. There will be a list of finished corpses each round. Q. Won't it take forever for one round to complete? A. Yeah, at the very most, a round may take a couple of months. If it gets that ridiculous, I'll start breaking people into teams. Otherwise, uh, write quickly? Q. I have more questions! A. Feel free to respond to this thread to ask. That's why I've made this a discussion thread. Old Corpses Ho-oh's Incoherent Blank Continuum Thine bony, fiery Quetzacoatl Discombobulated Dish-washing Wonder Malarkey Next Round Begins ??? Current Team Please use this list in determining who's next. Censored Astinus Rabbit Icomeanon6 An-chan Xanthine Shrike Flamestar Post Office Buddy Ninja Caterpie POKEMON_MASTER_0 |
Count me in! -pokes corpse- Ew.
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I would but I am going on a trip for the next few days, then school starts, plus a book report to finish.
But I would absolutely love to read the finished products ^ ^ |
I will take part =) I can't wait!
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I love all things random and not-making-sense. Count me in! Maybe wait a bit longer in case anyone else wants to jump in, though? Four would technically take a month if everyone used the maximum amount of time, but that's also four weeks others would have to wait. Or they could just make their own...never mind...
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This sounds interesting. I actually did an activity like this in school once and it turned out to be hilarious.
I'll try my hand at it. Count me in! |
That list is getting pretty big, this must be what I get for not logging on for over 12 hours.
*raises hand, waves it furiously* Pick me! Pick me! |
*waves arms around in the air* Me next. Me next.
So when do we get started? |
O_o to the number of applicants I received within the past few hours.
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Yay! More time!
Can I join? |
All right, guys. The first round's order has been randomized. (You're still free to join, but you'll end up at the end of the line.)
For this round, we're doing a test. There's nine of you, so that'll take a bit of time to complete. Keep on top of it and submit quickly, and I won't split you up into teams the next round. If it really does take us a little over two months to complete this round, then yeah, next round will have more than one team. That said, the order: Blue Angel Dark Lakitu kcander90 Aqua059 POKEMON_MASTER_0 IceDragon2439 icomeanon6 Jax Malcolm txteclipse PM will be fired off to Blue Angel, and otherwise, let the round begin! |
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Huh? Did you read my post thoroughly enough? (I've done that one wrong before :] ) I'm too busy right now. If you threw me in because you needed a ninth, I understand, but I am too busy ;p Thanks, but I can't. Maybe add the two others to a different team, count yourself out (but it sounds like you really want to) or beg me to work against my busy-ness(:p) |
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That said, sure, I'll take you off the player list, and the first one up is therefore Dark Lakitu. |
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Well, it was mainly because I wanted to make sure I'd get to read it. It sounds a little biting, but you do make a good point. ^^ |
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I'd rather keep this thread as clean as possible so there's very little confusion as to what's going on. I apologize if I didn't mention that earlier, but mostly, it's sign-ups and away notices here as well as title creation between rounds. Reviews will go in corpse threads. Discussion, meanwhile, I'd like to keep to players only between rounds. (Yeah, as restrictive as it is, I'd like to keep discussion during rounds minimal to avoid "OMG who're we on?" posts and discussion about the plot.) Quote:
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Hmm...Well, TxtEclipse just sent me his part so...ehh?
...Hmm...So...I have to post one word for the title? Ho-oh's I'm not gonna get busted for bumpin this, am I? There's no need for this thread for the 2 or so months in between, really...x.x |
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This is going to be epic, I can tell! |
Umm, I understood the current round is almost over, right? So, is there any chance I could get in on the next round? I sure do like writing a lot, and we did similar things in elementary school. Actually, we did them all the time, and my parts were always the most extraprdonary ones. I don't quite know if that's a good or a bad thing, but at least it proves that I'm crazy...
Although I'm not 100% sure I completely understood the part about titles. |
Sure. I'll add you to the next round's list.
As for titles, if you've written part of the current corpse, all you need to do is be one of the first four people (including the person posting to say the corpse is finished) to post a single word, and your word will be added to the title. So, for example, Dark Lakitu posted "Ho-oh's," which will be the first word of the title. The second will be icomeanon's "Incoherent." The third will be what I post below, and the fourth will be someone else's word. Hence, the title will be something like this: Ho-oh's Incoherent Blank Blank. That will be posted as the title of the thread, followed by the head's part. By the way, I'll add one word to keep this up: Blank. Very creative, no? |
Continuum. This is going to be so epic.
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So, the deceased's name is Ho-oh's Incoherent Blank Continuum. Sweet, can't wait to post!
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CRAAAAAAAP.
I only realised that I never saved my piece of the corpse after it was dug out from the corpse of my old computer! Can this take a little longer while I type it up or should I just let someone else go first and let someone else pick a word? |
We can't not have a beginning, so get typing! Just make sure that the last line matches what you sent out.
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Rightyo!
I got it out already. I just couldn't remember the last line...Buoysel, can you add it into the start of yours? |
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I didn't get my part done in time so I forwarded the line you sent me to Aqua059. I will send you the line you sent me via PM. |
Alright, thanks! Aqua059, you can post your part now!
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I'm...I'm...wait, what exactly am I supposed to be posting? Don't shoot me...
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Post your segment, I believe, in the [CORPSE] thread on the main fanfiction page. Right now. NOW. I'm sick and bored. ;;
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Oh. OH. Well, I didn't finish my segment, so I passed Dark Lakitu's line on to POKEMON_MASTER_0.
Sorry!! Sorrysorrysorry! -ducks- |
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How many people actually finished there segment? |
I did, for one, and D.L. did, so that's two out of four.
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I wrote my part, and the line I got from PM0 was different than Dark Lakitu's, so we know that PM0 wrote something, too.
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Good. That means that at least some people wrote theirs.
Well, the thing is, there's always going to be at least 2 parts. The first person's and the finisher's. xD Wait, wait...what line DID you get, icomeanon? |
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Hey, would I be able to join in the next one? This one had me giggling like crazy.
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Thanks. =D And you may.
In fact, because we had trouble getting people to keep up with the last one, I'm just going to erase the old players' list between each round. You've got the same amount of time to sign up for a slot, but now that you know what it's like to be on the corpse team, you can decide whether or not you want to be a part of this coming round. Who's in? |
Me! It sounds fun, and insane, and I like insane.
*Begins plotting how evilly insane he can make his page.* |
Would you be so kind as to add me into the next round? :D
I've always wanted to do something like this. |
I'm up for trying a killing spree, count me in!
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I'll return as a veteran. It would probably be better for me not to be the tail this time though, as I'm a tad long-winded.
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I'll go back and do it too! It was boring the first time round cos I wrote some boring stuff (it's awesomely more dead when it goes from plain to weird) but nao for sum fun!
Guys, can some people write properly as to make it even more dead? |
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I'm still in! I just had to say it in case my former application has been erased of everyone's minds or something. Oh, I so am itching to get my hands on this!
I just have to ask one thing. Can I add Finnish words (translation provided) to further mess up the thing? I don't mean I want to use heaps of Finnish words so that nobody can understand anything, but.... Um, for example, can I replace the word 'chair' with the Finnish counterpart 'tuoli'? Oh, well, maybe I won't do that anyway, but I want to know. Just out of curiousity. Anyway, count me in! |
txt, I mean for some people to write without much crazy-ness so it goes:
Crazy Non-crazy Crazy Lovelyness Universe Implosions Not that it matters much. |
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Also, player list so far: Xanthine Shrike Flamestar jeffback txteclipse Dark Lakitu An-chan icomeanon6 Although this is more people than we had actually submit last round, should we keep registration open for awhile? Also, should I open this thread up to discussion during each round, so long as we're not discussing plot? |
To answer your questions, no and yes. It's been a while since someone joined, and I think a bit of discussion will be fine.
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Found it! Check post 39, please! |
Added. Sorry about that.
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May I sign up again? Hopefully it isn't too late.
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Awrighty, when do we start? I'm itching to write!
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Added and added. Also, it's been two weeks since I've asked for re-signups, so I'm just going to go ahead and randomize the list. The lineup is now as follows:
POKEMON_MASTER_0 Xanthine txteclipse Buoysel icomeanon6 Dark Lakitu An-chan Post Office Buddy Shrike Flamestar If I've forgotten anyone, feel free to reply to get yourself inserted randomly onto the list. Second round begins now. Good luck to everyone! |
Oh God, I got the final part... *facepalms* You do realize how long it takes me to finish something, right? Of course most of what I write is around 20 pages and actually needs to have some semblance of sense to it... I'll try to keep the ending for this here to around four or five pages, which I can get done in one writing session if I try, so hopefully I won't procrastinate too much with it.
...Having to come up with the ending puts all this pressure on me, though. Don't be surprised if I do something crazy like blow up the whole world or something. :D *Patiently waits for his turn* Wait, but...what if someone new comes and steals my spot at the end?! :O I'm kind of psyched about having to finish it now... NO ONE ELSE JOIN OR I'LL GIVE YOU THE WORST LINE I CAN THINK OF! <_< |
Just, you know, out of curiousity: this thing is going on, right? No-one has slacked off or disappeared or anything? I'm just curious, because there hasn't been an awful lot of conversation going on here (as in: none)... But, I hope you're all alive and well and that I get to write my part before I die.
Sorry for being so annoying, but I'm really excited about this :< |
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And it's totally cool. |
I'm weaving the next body segment, as it were. Interesting things are happening.
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Just one page, remember. I hardly see how one page can have interesting stuff.
Now that I'm in the middle, I can have some fun time! |
It's still several weeks before my turn :< I'll just have to write that parody of mine as a replacement. I need to do something completely incoherent once in a while.
When are we doing the title for this? |
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I finished my segment finally and fired the next line off to Buoysel. Eh...sorry it took so long. School has been killing me lately, and I forgot about it didn't have much time on my hands.
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It's fine. I'm glad that you informed us though. I wondered who had forgotten it was their turn last received a line.
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It's amazing what one can do when one is on a sugar high, anyway, I'm sending my line on to the next one in line.
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Wow, did I manage to do that fast or what? At any rate, I've got my line sent on to Dar...I mean, Ninja Caterpie.
This one's going to be good, I can tell... |
Yep. I have a feeling the POV I'm writing from might be different... xP
And half an hour after starting, I'm done. :P G'luck An-chan, decoding what I've written. :P |
Hey, Erm what if you don't have Word or something of the sort to type it up first? Also, I am not quite sure-If I Joined- what I would ship off to the next person.
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You sent the last line of the page that you typed. |
So, you only send in that last line?
One thing about Wordpad/Notepad, how would I know if it was on the second page or not.. since it types only one straight line. |
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EDIT: Ninjaed. >:{ |
Okie Dokie, thanks guys.
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Could I join in on this?
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Yes, I would like to join as well.
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To the both of you: Sure! But you'll be added to the end of the line because the line is going in full swing right now. So, if you're completely cool with being put at the end, I can add you on (Rabbit first because her request came first).
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^_^ That's cool with me.
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CURSES! YOU FOILED MY PLANS FOR EVIL WORLD DESTROYING EVILNESS!
So Lostt, you have taken over my position as tail of the corpse. I have a proposition for you. Peacefully tell Xanthine to switch our spots and I won't murder you and everyone you know. Deal? Edit: Or Rabbit. Or whoever it is. Front post doesn't say Lostt when I look at it now. |
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Unless Lostt says he's cool with being the tail and decides to take it over being put in the middle. At which point, you two will need to have a deathmatch. |
Did anyone else here read TRINITY? Well I did, and judging from TRINITY, I'd say we could expect a final part of the corpse in around July if we have Shrike at the end.
(No offense to Shrike, of course, TRINITY's awesome! I'm still waiting for chapter two!) |
I don't always take so long to write :O Like take the sidestory TRINITY: Waves for the sci-fi contest over at Serebii, that one only take me maybe...two months. Instead of three.
But seriously, as I said earlier there's no way that would happen here. Probably. The thing is that my normal stories are all highly structured and planned and such whereas here I plan to just go all out crazy, going in without a set plot and seeing just how much mayhem and chaos I can cause before it ends :D |
Well, you COULD just make a narrator be bored and kill everyone off using the Death PieceOfPaper.
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I'll take whatever spot, it's all fine by me.
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XD We allways could wait a few months and post our parts with or with out him. :D j/k |
Hey, I won't be able to do the tail, School and the writing of my own stories and things will be in the way. So, yeah Im dropping out.
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You'll get it by my weekend. I sent it to An-chan yesterday.
Is it just me, or did I write mine the fastest...? |
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Icomeanon6 sent his off about an hour after he got it, and it took me a little over an hour after I sat down and started on my part. |
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Also, sorry, Shrike. Looks like Rabbit's getting the tail. ^_^; |
Thank you all so much for making me feel even worse about taking so long. XD
To put it into perspective, icomeanon6 finished his part five hundred and four times faster than I did. |
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Just a reminder for the future. |
-looks around- I'm what? Hey, don't pass the buck to me. I don't wanna be murdered in my sleep. D: Shrike can have it. He deserves it for his dedication and not-so-subtle threats.
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I sorta just slammed down the first thing that came into my head, which happened to be a <censored>, in a <censored> <censored>, so that's what I did. I reckon it turned out pretty well. I think you WERE meant to just pass it on after a week...xP |
I got my line from An-chan earlier and I just sent out the line to Rabbit after accidentally sending it to Shrike first. He already told me it was supposed to go to Rabbit, so I fixed that. I should have looked at the last post instead of the first... but just letting everyone know where it is now. Man, I feel stupid...
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Also, to POB, totally cool. Shrike's just PMed me about it, so I belatedly switched up the player list. Really, it wasn't clear on this end, either, so don't feel so bad about it. Also also, Shrike, would you like to permanently be the tail (as in, tail of future rounds)? XD |
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Sent it off to Shrike! We'll have a finished corpse to dissect soon enough.
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Whee, corpsey corpsey, corpsey... While I question your assertion that we'll see it "soon enough," I have actually started writing a few things while forsaking the studying I should be doing instead.
CURSE FINALS! Like Buoysel I expect that I'll pretty much type just what comes to mind, though I have a few things I want to be sure to have in it and I already know what I want the ending to be like. Whee, this will be fun! :D GAH, F YOU IDIOT N00B NEIGHBORS! YOUR CRAP RAP MUSIC IS CRAP! DO YOU EVEN UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF "QUIET HOURS"?! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE F'ING QUIET! EDIT: Well, I'm now at the one page mark and where I would have had to cut it off if I didn't get the tail. BUT SUCH AN EPIC STORY SHALL NOT BE ABRIDGED! Also, I forgot to respond to this earlier, but while being the tail is fun and all (for me) I don't want to take that fun away from others :O |
I've posted the first part of the Corpse, "Incinerating Reality As We Know It." I guess we can all start to post our parts, now.
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Wait, wut? Where'd that title come from?
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But, uh, wait. We haven't composed the title yet. It should be done together, right? because I was really looking forward to throwing some cool word in ;_;
But hey, this thing is ready now? I can't wait! Edit: Uh-huh, ninja'd by Ninja Caterpie. Fitting, huh? But, hey, if the corpse indeed is ready, the title should also be done, no? And the first four words get to be in the title, no? And because you'll all probably make it up while I'm asleep because it's night here, I'll cheat now and try to get my word in. It is Thine (as in, yours but just in old English. Right?). If it's not the time to be making the title, or something else is wrong or incomplete or this is in some other way a very wrong time to do this, feel free to overlook, discard and ignore that word. I just had to try -_- Sorry! |
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