The Story Game

[MSB]

This thread aims to add a story game to the Mead Hall. It basically involves each person posting a sentence into the thread that follows on from the previous post. Nobody should post straight after themselves: they should wait until at least two more people have posted till they post again. Eventually it should make a strange story that ends in an unexpected and peculiar way. I want to see where we get to after a few months.

I'll start with:
It was a cold, sinister and bitter evening as the young child, named Robert, crawled through the misty and bizarre wood.

[The Foolish Horseman]

in the wood, lay a dingy dark secret that even the prince of darkness could dream of

[Motep]

That last sentence made absolutely no sense to me.

This secret was so old, even the oldest of the trees could not remember its making.

[Franconicus]

Robert was too exhausted to run, but fear pushed him further.

[MSB]

Then suddenly, without warning, the dark and deep secret was reveled in an amazing and spectacular way.

Note: I would have said more but I want somebody else to decide what the secret should be.

[Csargo]

Little did Robert know that this secret would lead to something horrible.

[Motep]

As he trudged along, he heard a frightning wail pierce the air, one that shook the very ground and caused the creatures of the land to scatter.

[Andres]

Sitting near the warm fire in the Great Room of the Imperial Palace, the old monk Aulus, servant of the Great Emperor Motep Ironfist, started shaking, and he screamed in agony: "Oh no, they have discovered it!".

[MSB]

I suppose I must write what the secret is:
"That Robert from the village has discovered my master's pet Thracian Horse!"

Note: For those who don't know: the Thracian horses are mythical carnivorous horses from Thrace. Their favourite food is human flesh.

[Julian the apostate]

For years they had feed it on peasants and prisioners of war, strengthening the poor beast, Aulus had adopted so long ago.

[Andres]

Unfortunately, Robert looked exactly like the Thracian horse's favorite meal.

[MSB]

After Robert had heard the wail he ran for his life away from the awful screeching, not really conscious of which path he was following.

[Motep]

He bagan to hear the galloping closing fast behind him, and when he turned to look, he tripped over an exposed root on the path.

p.s thank you for naming me emperor.

[Andres]

Just when he started to think the stomach of the giant beast would become his last resting place, he noticed a small gap in a nearby rocky hill.

thank you for naming me emperor

You're welcome my Lord

[MSB]

He charged towards the gap as quickly as his tiny legs could carry him.

[Julian the apostate]

The valley had once been a fine land, the home of an older people, all dead from a great plauge, leaving their monuments and fortresses behind.


*to bad its not in england we could have a spinal tap moment*


EDIT
"STONEHENGE was in danger of being crushed by a dwarf"

[Prince Cobra]

In this world of shadows the presence of the dead could still be felt and their moans still be heard.

[Hepcat]

A sudden relief came over Robert as he realised that he was no longer being pursued by the horse, this only lasted for a split second however when he realised that this could hardly be considered a better situation.

[MSB]

For, after squeezing through the hole in the cliff, infront of his very eyes he could see a huge valley now ruled by the dark Hades, the realm of Erobos, the home of the dead on Earth.

[Andres]

The terrifying screams of the tormented, long forgotten souls filled his heart with fear.

[Julian the apostate]

As the howl of hells watch dog ruminated in the frigid air behind him, the rocks closed off sealing him in.



--good doggie--

[MSB]

Robert suddenly thought that he would have been better off as horse food when he saw what was infront of him.

[Motep]

He dropped to his knees as the horrors of the world engulfed him: the first living thing to venture in thisland since the days of Odessyeus,(I KNOW I spelled that wrong) and they wished to exterminate this life.

[Julian the apostate]

he stared a the dark banners, seeing the ruffled sign of his own conquered land, the same seal that he had found in the woods and hung from his neck.

[MSB]

Instantly one of the half dead shades who lived there glided across the black ground and breathed his icy, cold breath down Robert's neck.

[Julian the apostate]

the seal eminated a lovely chartruse which robert failed to notice in his pannic, he wasn't a fan of chartruse and tried to pretend it was a lighter color.

[Motep]

The shade began to glow in its own icy fire, but it retreated several feet when the seal began to glow its funky color.

[MSB]

Then, semi-randomly, the shade's seal began to turn into the monk, Aulus who appeared, after five seconds, infront of the icy cold and rocky spot where Robert stood.

Julian the apostate remember the rules. You must wait till two people have posted before you can post again.

[Motep]

Robert recognized the man from his village's temple, Aulus was his mentor, But he was alive and well when they had last parted just three months ago.

[Julian the apostate]

the shade still slightly chartruse, pointed to a sword as he whispered, "boy take back your kingdom... the land of oz... wait no wrong story... i remember ur supposed to free your homeland do that."

sorry about the posting 2 fast, my fault albiet ironic that motep just did the same. i won't do it again though