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JX Valentine August 14th, 2008 7:59 AM

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

Sunnybeam August 14th, 2008 8:27 AM

Count me in! -pokes corpse- Ew.

Blue Angel August 14th, 2008 9:29 AM

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 ^ ^

IceDragon2439 August 14th, 2008 9:51 AM

I will take part =) I can't wait!

txteclipse August 14th, 2008 10:52 AM

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...

POKEMON_MASTER_0 August 14th, 2008 11:51 AM

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!

icomeanon6 August 14th, 2008 1:01 PM

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!

Buoysel August 14th, 2008 1:21 PM

*waves arms around in the air* Me next. Me next.

So when do we get started?

JX Valentine August 14th, 2008 4:19 PM

O_o to the number of applicants I received within the past few hours.

Quote:

Originally Posted by kcander90 (Post 3857367)
So when do we get started?

Well, because I'm lazy, I'll wait a couple more days (as txt proposed) to see if anyone else wants to join.

Ninja Caterpie August 15th, 2008 1:24 AM

Yay! More time!

Can I join?

JX Valentine August 16th, 2008 7:00 AM

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!

Blue Angel August 16th, 2008 11:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jax Malcolm (Post 3861600)
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!

0_o *blink*blink*
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)

JX Valentine August 16th, 2008 12:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blue Angel (Post 3862187)
0_o *blink*blink*
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)

Sorry about that. I just added whoever posted after the initial, actually, rather than read whether or not they were actually joining because I'd assumed no one would be doing a "I'd like to join, but" post. Apologies if this sounds biting, but why would you post in the game thread if you didn't actually want to participate? O_o

That said, sure, I'll take you off the player list, and the first one up is therefore Dark Lakitu.

Blue Angel August 16th, 2008 3:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jax Malcolm (Post 3862332)
Sorry about that. I just added whoever posted after the initial, actually, rather than read whether or not they were actually joining because I'd assumed no one would be doing a "I'd like to join, but" post. Apologies if this sounds biting, but why would you post in the game thread if you didn't actually want to participate? O_o

That said, sure, I'll take you off the player list, and the first one up is therefore Dark Lakitu.

To tell you I was interested, but I'm busy :)
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. ^^

JX Valentine August 16th, 2008 4:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blue Angel (Post 3862810)
To tell you I was interested, but I'm busy :)

Again, why post in that case? =/ I mean, it's great that you're interested, but I do have profile notes and PMs. (And anyway, I still don't quite know why one would post to say they're not going to participate. If you don't want to participate because you're busy, that's fine. I say in the first post that you can join later if you feel you're up for it but will be tacked onto the end of the line. Otherwise, you don't need to tell me you're not going to take part. If I don't get a post from you, then I know you don't want to be put in line.)

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:

Well, it was mainly because I wanted to make sure I'd get to read it.
Of course you would. The corpse will be in the main forum when it's done. O_o

Ninja Caterpie October 6th, 2008 12:41 AM

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

icomeanon6 October 6th, 2008 2:36 AM

Incoherent

This is going to be epic, I can tell!

An-chan October 6th, 2008 10:14 AM

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.

JX Valentine October 6th, 2008 10:52 AM

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?

txteclipse October 6th, 2008 11:32 AM

Continuum. This is going to be so epic.

icomeanon6 October 6th, 2008 2:14 PM

So, the deceased's name is Ho-oh's Incoherent Blank Continuum. Sweet, can't wait to post!

Ninja Caterpie October 6th, 2008 3:15 PM

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?

icomeanon6 October 6th, 2008 3:19 PM

We can't not have a beginning, so get typing! Just make sure that the last line matches what you sent out.

Ninja Caterpie October 6th, 2008 4:12 PM

Rightyo!
I got it out already. I just couldn't remember the last line...Buoysel, can you add it into the start of yours?

Buoysel October 6th, 2008 4:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dark Lakitu (Post 4009956)
Rightyo!
I got it out already. I just couldn't remember the last line...Buoysel, can you add it into the start of yours?


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.

Ninja Caterpie October 6th, 2008 4:21 PM

Alright, thanks! Aqua059, you can post your part now!

Sunnybeam October 7th, 2008 3:15 PM

I'm...I'm...wait, what exactly am I supposed to be posting? Don't shoot me...

txteclipse October 7th, 2008 3:17 PM

Post your segment, I believe, in the [CORPSE] thread on the main fanfiction page. Right now. NOW. I'm sick and bored. ;;

Sunnybeam October 7th, 2008 3:21 PM

Oh. OH. Well, I didn't finish my segment, so I passed Dark Lakitu's line on to POKEMON_MASTER_0.

Sorry!! Sorrysorrysorry! -ducks-

Buoysel October 7th, 2008 3:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aqua059 (Post 4012662)
Oh. OH. Well, I didn't finish my segment, so I passed Dark Lakitu's line on to POKEMON_MASTER_0.

Sorry!! Sorrysorrysorry! -ducks-


How many people actually finished there segment?

txteclipse October 7th, 2008 4:05 PM

I did, for one, and D.L. did, so that's two out of four.

icomeanon6 October 7th, 2008 4:13 PM

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.

Ninja Caterpie October 7th, 2008 4:54 PM

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?

icomeanon6 October 7th, 2008 5:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dark Lakitu (Post 4012916)
Wait, wait...what line DID you get, icomeanon?

I got one from POKEMON_MASTER_0 that was different than yours (I'm not going to post it here, that'd give it away). IceDragon2439 had complications of some sort and didn't participate, and I was next in line.

New Age Retro Hippie October 12th, 2008 6:35 PM

Hey, would I be able to join in the next one? This one had me giggling like crazy.

JX Valentine October 12th, 2008 6:44 PM

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?

Shrike Flamestar October 12th, 2008 7:41 PM

Me! It sounds fun, and insane, and I like insane.

*Begins plotting how evilly insane he can make his page.*

Post Office Buddy October 12th, 2008 7:54 PM

Would you be so kind as to add me into the next round? :D

I've always wanted to do something like this.

icomeanon6 October 12th, 2008 8:07 PM

I'm up for trying a killing spree, count me in!

txteclipse October 12th, 2008 8:48 PM

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.

Ninja Caterpie October 14th, 2008 2:57 AM

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?

txteclipse October 14th, 2008 8:32 AM

Quote:

Guys, can some people write properly as to make it even more dead?
Not really sure what you mean here...do you mean improperly? I could go for a more surreal approach if necessary. That would make things all the more ludicrous and crack-inspired.

An-chan October 14th, 2008 11:46 AM

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!

Ninja Caterpie October 14th, 2008 11:22 PM

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.

JX Valentine October 19th, 2008 8:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by An-chan (Post 4033978)
Can I add Finnish words (translation provided) to further mess up the thing?

You certainly can!

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?

txteclipse October 19th, 2008 8:56 PM

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.

icomeanon6 October 20th, 2008 2:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xanthine (Post 4051829)
You certainly can!

Also, player list so far:

Xanthine
Shrike Flamestar
jeffback
txteclipse
Dark Lakitu
An-chan

Wait a minute, I could have sworn I signed up...

Found it! Check post 39, please!

JX Valentine October 20th, 2008 4:47 AM

Added. Sorry about that.

POKEMON_MASTER_0 October 21st, 2008 7:14 PM

May I sign up again? Hopefully it isn't too late.

An-chan October 22nd, 2008 11:30 AM

Awrighty, when do we start? I'm itching to write!

Buoysel October 22nd, 2008 11:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by POKEMON_MASTER_0 (Post 4056997)
May I sign up again? Hopefully it isn't too late.

I would like to try again also.

JX Valentine October 26th, 2008 12:29 PM

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!

Shrike Flamestar October 26th, 2008 11:54 PM

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!

<_<

An-chan November 15th, 2008 7:00 AM

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 :<

JX Valentine November 15th, 2008 1:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by An-chan (Post 4123109)
Just, you know, out of curiousity: this thing is going on, right? No-one has slacked off or disappeared or anything?

Well, I sent my part out not too long ago, so it's somewhere, I'm sure.

And it's totally cool.

txteclipse November 15th, 2008 2:05 PM

I'm weaving the next body segment, as it were. Interesting things are happening.

Ninja Caterpie November 15th, 2008 2:21 PM

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!

An-chan November 16th, 2008 5:10 AM

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?

JX Valentine November 16th, 2008 7:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by An-chan (Post 4126008)
When are we doing the title for this?

Titles are done as soon as the last person in line sends a note to the first person to say the corpse is complete. Then, the first person makes a post, and we all gun for getting in a word.

txteclipse December 6th, 2008 2:03 AM

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.

Post Office Buddy December 6th, 2008 2:32 AM

It's fine. I'm glad that you informed us though. I wondered who had forgotten it was their turn last received a line.

Buoysel December 6th, 2008 8:18 PM

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.

icomeanon6 December 6th, 2008 9:17 PM

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...

Ninja Caterpie December 6th, 2008 9:19 PM

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

ANARCHit3cht December 6th, 2008 10:08 PM

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.

Buoysel December 6th, 2008 10:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lostt (Post 4176152)
Hey, Erm what if you don't have Word or something of the sort to type it up first?

If you don't have Word, you could always use Openoffice, or Word Pad, or Note Pad. Anything that lets you save your work. I suggest using OpenOffice because it has a built in spell checker. It can be found at www.openoffice.org, and it's free.

Quote:

Also, I am not quite sure-If I Joined- what I would ship off to the next person.
That can be found in the first post, along with the rules of the game.

You sent the last line of the page that you typed.

ANARCHit3cht December 6th, 2008 10:27 PM

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.

icomeanon6 December 6th, 2008 10:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lostt (Post 4176176)
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.

Try a print-preview, and I believe Wordpad has a ruler which can give you the right horizontal length, if that's a problem as well.

Buoysel December 6th, 2008 10:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lostt (Post 4176176)
So, you only send in that last line?

Yep., that's where the fun is.
Quote:

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.
Word Pad does not do that.


EDIT:
Ninjaed. >:{

ANARCHit3cht December 6th, 2008 10:33 PM

Okie Dokie, thanks guys.

Rabbit December 6th, 2008 10:44 PM

Could I join in on this?

ANARCHit3cht December 6th, 2008 10:47 PM

Yes, I would like to join as well.

JX Valentine December 6th, 2008 11:17 PM

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).

Rabbit December 6th, 2008 11:19 PM

^_^ That's cool with me.

Shrike Flamestar December 6th, 2008 11:21 PM

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.

JX Valentine December 6th, 2008 11:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shrike Flamestar (Post 4176270)
Edit: Or Rabbit. Or whoever it is. Front post doesn't say Lostt when I look at it now.

Yeah, waiting for Lostt's reply. Some people wouldn't want to be the tail because it involves more writing. XD So, the other option would have been for him to wait until the next round sign-ups are announced, but if POB doesn't send you his line before then, because you were expecting to be the tail for weeks, I can let a switch happen.

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.

icomeanon6 December 6th, 2008 11:31 PM

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!)

Shrike Flamestar December 6th, 2008 11:37 PM

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

Ninja Caterpie December 7th, 2008 12:54 AM

Well, you COULD just make a narrator be bored and kill everyone off using the Death PieceOfPaper.

ANARCHit3cht December 7th, 2008 7:47 AM

I'll take whatever spot, it's all fine by me.

Buoysel December 7th, 2008 8:02 AM

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Originally Posted by icomeanon6 (Post 4176293)
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!)


XD

We allways could wait a few months and post our parts with or with out him. :D j/k

ANARCHit3cht December 7th, 2008 8:46 PM

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.

Post Office Buddy December 7th, 2008 8:50 PM

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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.
Shrike will be pleased. I haven't received the line yet, so no need to worry about that getting in the way. I'll just check the first post when I'm ready so I know who to send it to.

Ninja Caterpie December 8th, 2008 2:48 AM

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...?

Buoysel December 8th, 2008 5:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Ninja Caterpie (Post 4179132)
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...?

How long did it take?

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.

JX Valentine December 8th, 2008 8:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Lostt (Post 4178866)
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.

No problem. You can always join up on a later round.

Also, sorry, Shrike. Looks like Rabbit's getting the tail. ^_^;

txteclipse December 8th, 2008 8:36 AM

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.

JX Valentine December 8th, 2008 8:49 AM

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Originally Posted by txteclipse (Post 4179569)
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.

That's actually something else I'd like to bring up. Remember, if you're not the tail and a week has passed, you're actually supposed to pass the line you'd received onto the next person to keep the body going.

Just a reminder for the future.

Rabbit December 8th, 2008 2:43 PM

-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.

Ninja Caterpie December 8th, 2008 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by txteclipse (Post 4179569)
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.

Crud, does that mean I finished 1008 times faster than you? Wow!
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

Post Office Buddy December 8th, 2008 10:30 PM

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...

JX Valentine December 8th, 2008 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Ninja Caterpie (Post 4181432)
Crud, does that mean I finished 1008 times faster than you? Wow!

M'dear, please don't brag about how quickly you finished your piece. That be not the point of the exercise. (It's just convenient to get it out quickly because we're all impatient to know what the finished product looks like. That and it's more likely to create a piece of WTFery by writing quickly.)

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

Ninja Caterpie December 8th, 2008 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Xanthine (Post 4181448)
M'dear, please don't brag about how quickly you finished your piece. That be not the point of the exercise. (It's just convenient to get it out quickly because we're all impatient to know what the finished product looks like. That and it's more likely to create a piece of WTFery by writing quickly.)

Sorry, but it does make more WTFery, as I believe...uh...my part's gonna be a little different to the others... xP

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Originally Posted by Xanthine (Post 4181448)
Also also, Shrike, would you like to permanently be the tail (as in, tail of future rounds)? XD

That would remove the chance of the rest of us having fun like that... So...uh, no, please?

JX Valentine December 8th, 2008 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Ninja Caterpie (Post 4181453)
Sorry, but it does make more WTFery, as I believe...uh...my part's gonna be a little different to the others... xP

No, I meant that this isn't a race. Speed's convenient, but just because you got your part out faster than someone else doesn't actually mean much.

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That would remove the chance of the rest of us having fun like that... So...uh, no, please?
It was a joke anyway.

Rabbit December 8th, 2008 11:55 PM

Sent it off to Shrike! We'll have a finished corpse to dissect soon enough.

Buoysel December 9th, 2008 5:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Xanthine (Post 4181448)
we're all impatient to know what the finished product looks like. That and it's more likely to create a piece of WTFery

I typed what ever literally came to my mind, I really didn't even think things through. So expect mine piece to be quite random, and well... dead.

Shrike Flamestar December 9th, 2008 10:27 AM

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

POKEMON_MASTER_0 December 19th, 2008 2:11 PM

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.

Ninja Caterpie December 19th, 2008 2:19 PM

Wait, wut? Where'd that title come from?

An-chan December 19th, 2008 2:26 PM

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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