[All the teams are ushered to their own tables, secluded somewhere in the depths of the garden. There's a pot of tea (because of course there is), a bowl of fresh-picked fruit, and a messy stack of blank papers and pencils. In the very center of the table is another piece of paper, this one with a very simple set of instructions written across the top.]
• As a team, create a list of story elements. This list must include:
-A setting -A hero -A villain -An object -A one-sentence quote
• General elements are usually better than overly-specific ones. No gaming the system! (Yeah, I'm looking at you, smartass.)
• That's it.
• So get goin' already!!
[OOC: You have 1 hour (7 PST/10 EST) to submit your list.]
Then... then in that case... the object should be... some kind of prize for being the best. Like... a trophy, but something better! Something legendary.
[He knows how to fight dirty, and to use implants. Telekinesis, cryokinesis. So he's not very familiar with armor as far as actual use goes, but when it comes to the value of a symbol....]
A crown wouldn't fit the aesthetic.....hmm. Isn't there something worn on the hands by warriors that go into battle?
SETTING: A sky society where people fight with giant robots in a yearly (non-lethal) tournament to strive for the title of The Strongest Among the Heavens.
HERO: A young underdog female fighter who isn't particularly wise, but is very brave and compassionate. She loses early on in the tournament, but ends up saving the day in the end.
VILLAIN: A figure sent from the Earth World, seeking to obtain the Victory Gauntlets (the tournament prize) to use in a war against the Sea People.
OBJECT: The Victory Gauntlets, wreathed in mystic legend that claims they grant the wearer impeccable fighting ability.
QUOTE: "You could have asked for help! Instead you get... THE HURT!"
[The paper with your list suddenly rolls up and disappears in a tiny puff of smoke. After a moment, another paper appears and drops on the table in its place, unrolling itself helpfully to reveal a new set of instructions.]
• Write a short story using the following elements:
-The place: Somewhere cold but not frozen, with flowers and forests and stuff -The hero: A robot. -The villain: King Kold - The tyrannical, purple-horned ruler of the Kingdom, who wishes naught but winter and oblivion on his people. -An important item: Telescope -The line: "I've been waiting for you."
• Stories will be judged by the other teams on the basis of both creativity and quality.
• So if you can't be good, ya' can at least try to be weird!!
[OOC: You have until 10 PST/1 EST to submit your stories! Have fun!]
He could have been created to subjugate lands for King Kold, and used the telescope to find villages and towns to take over. But during his travels and experiences, he learns to think for himself and to want a better reason to exist.
...Yes. The king had told him that the villagers and townspeople of the summer lands were all with-holding from him valuable resources, and that they were mean, horrible people!
...
But instead, what he spies, time and again through the telescope are people who love each other and are just trying their best to survive. --In fact, even though they know that this robot is a servant bearing the emblem of another kingdom, supposedly ruled by a cruel man, when the gears for the robot's eyes break down one day it seems it will be able to go no further, a kind mechanic finds him and takes him back to his workshop.
... Using the metal and innards of the telescope, he's able to repair the damage done to the robot's eyes, and the robot realizes that his better reason to exist should be... to bring the kind of thinking and way of life from the summer kingdoms back to the winter realm.
And he realizes that if he's to succeed, he must remove King Kold from power. But...
[PAUSING, because he's getting a bit emotionally involved.]
....but because he's changed the way he views the world and his place within it, he wants to do so non-lethally. So he simply restrains the King until a new government can assemble, and hands him over to people who can work to rehabilitate him.
[ she doesn't even realize how deeply this is affecting jag. STORIES ARE JUST STORIES, RIGHT? ]
Right. In the meantime, the robot begins to try to rework the way things are done, acting as temporary sovereign. He attempts to make peace treaties and trade agreements with the surrounding kingdoms, offering them... [ what does an ice kingdom have to offer, anyway? ] ... ice and, uhm, penguins and polar bears, in return for blankets and more food. In time, he's able to achieve a sort of balance.
There once was a creature named King Kold, and he was the tyrannical and purple-horned ruler of a country known far and wide as the Kingdom. It was a cold place, but without snow, full of flowers and trees. Yet King Kold wished only for winter and oblivion and decided he would spread it to other lands through subjugation.
To this end, he created a robot to do his bidding. Programming him, teaching him to harbor false beliefs. He told the robot that the villagers and townspeople of the summer lands were all selfishly hoarding valuable resources and that they were terrible people deserving of punishment. Then King Kold gave the robot telescope with which to find those villages and towns, and instructions to take control of them in the King's name.
The robot obediently set out to do this. However, what he saw again and again through his telescope were people that loved each other and were just trying their best to survive.
In fact, when it came to pass that the robot's eyes were damaged during his travels, those people worked hard to repair his vision even though they knew him to be a servant bearing the emblem of King Kold. Using the metal and innards of the robot's telescope, the machinery of the robot's eyes were fully restored. It was this kind act along with the altruistic acts he had witness that caused the robot to decide that a better reason to exist would be to bring such a way of life from the summer kingdoms back to the winter realm.
He also realizes that if he's to succeed in that endeavor, he must remove King Kold from power. But because he's changed the way he views the world and his place within it, he wants to do so non-lethally. So he simply restrains the King until a new government can assemble, and hands him over to people who can work to rehabilitate him.
In the meantime, the robot begins to try to rework the way things are done, acting as temporary sovereign. He attempts to make peace treaties and trade agreements with the surrounding kingdoms, offering them ice and penguins and polar bears in return for blankets and more food. In time, he's able to achieve a sort of balance.
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PART 1
• As a team, create a list of story elements. This list must include:
-A setting
-A hero
-A villain
-An object
-A one-sentence quote
• General elements are usually better than overly-specific ones. No gaming the system! (Yeah, I'm looking at you, smartass.)
• That's it.
• So get goin' already!!
[OOC: You have 1 hour (7 PST/10 EST) to submit your list.]
DISCUSSION
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Should I... do this on my own, then?
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Ahem.
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It seems so. Shall we begin?
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[ what interests her? ]
I like... stories about... fighters. But... I'm not sure if that's very helpful, since people can fight in any time or place.
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. . .
How should they fight then, do you think? Is it... maybe more like a race? Or do they have flying robots?
[ gundam meets last exile, this won't end in tragedy for anyone ]
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I was thinking with their own fists, but.....perhaps martial arts combat between piloted robots, on a flying arena.
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Then... then in that case... the object should be... some kind of prize for being the best. Like... a trophy, but something better! Something legendary.
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A crown wouldn't fit the aesthetic.....hmm. Isn't there something worn on the hands by warriors that go into battle?
/2
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. . .
That's not very legendary is it? ... Maybe gauntlets? I think that's what knights wear.
[ probably more fitting for sky warriors with robots, anyway ]
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Th-the hero then... is the winner then, right?
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That would be too expected, wouldn't it?
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S-so... one of the losers then?
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She fails to win the tournament, but ends up saving the day because the villian doesn't expect to be challenged by one who lost.
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Oh. Oh, there's another villain!? Some... outside force?
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That's a good idea.....perhaps they want to steal the gauntlets for their own purposes? And aren't part of the tournament at all.
TURN IN
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HERO: A young underdog female fighter who isn't particularly wise, but is very brave and compassionate. She loses early on in the tournament, but ends up saving the day in the end.
VILLAIN: A figure sent from the Earth World, seeking to obtain the Victory Gauntlets (the tournament prize) to use in a war against the Sea People.
OBJECT: The Victory Gauntlets, wreathed in mystic legend that claims they grant the wearer impeccable fighting ability.
QUOTE: "You could have asked for help! Instead you get... THE HURT!"
PART 2
• Write a short story using the following elements:
-The place: Somewhere cold but not frozen, with flowers and forests and stuff
-The hero: A robot.
-The villain: King Kold - The tyrannical, purple-horned ruler of the Kingdom, who wishes naught but winter and oblivion on his people.
-An important item: Telescope
-The line: "I've been waiting for you."
• Stories will be judged by the other teams on the basis of both creativity and quality.
• So if you can't be good, ya' can at least try to be weird!!
[OOC: You have until 10 PST/1 EST to submit your stories! Have fun!]
DISCUSSION
Re: DISCUSSION
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...
Or maybe. He starts out doing the king's bidding, but... as time goes along... something happens to his programming?
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[Pinged for obvious reasons.]
He could have been created to subjugate lands for King Kold, and used the telescope to find villages and towns to take over. But during his travels and experiences, he learns to think for himself and to want a better reason to exist.
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...
But instead, what he spies, time and again through the telescope are people who love each other and are just trying their best to survive. --In fact, even though they know that this robot is a servant bearing the emblem of another kingdom, supposedly ruled by a cruel man, when the gears for the robot's eyes break down one day it seems it will be able to go no further, a kind mechanic finds him and takes him back to his workshop.
... Using the metal and innards of the telescope, he's able to repair the damage done to the robot's eyes, and the robot realizes that his better reason to exist should be... to bring the kind of thinking and way of life from the summer kingdoms back to the winter realm.
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[PAUSING, because he's getting a bit emotionally involved.]
....but because he's changed the way he views the world and his place within it, he wants to do so non-lethally. So he simply restrains the King until a new government can assemble, and hands him over to people who can work to rehabilitate him.
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Right. In the meantime, the robot begins to try to rework the way things are done, acting as temporary sovereign. He attempts to make peace treaties and trade agreements with the surrounding kingdoms, offering them... [ what does an ice kingdom have to offer, anyway? ] ... ice and, uhm, penguins and polar bears, in return for blankets and more food. In time, he's able to achieve a sort of balance.
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That sounds like a good way to end the story, I think.
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I think so too!
[ ooc: I hate to ask you to do turn-in again but I've gotta rush off to see my supervisor, could you get it? ]
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it's you]
Let's write the actual story, then.
[ooc: beep boop im on it]
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[ PUTTING PEN TO PAPER NOWWWW ]
Re: DISCUSSION
[ of course there'd be more hiyori. WHOEVER HEARD OF A GAME WITH ONLY ONE ROUND!? ]
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Well, it's to be expected.
Re: DISCUSSION
R-right. Well... onto round two then.
[ FIGHT! ]
TURN IN
Re: TURN IN
To this end, he created a robot to do his bidding. Programming him, teaching him to harbor false beliefs. He told the robot that the villagers and townspeople of the summer lands were all selfishly hoarding valuable resources and that they were terrible people deserving of punishment. Then King Kold gave the robot telescope with which to find those villages and towns, and instructions to take control of them in the King's name.
The robot obediently set out to do this. However, what he saw again and again through his telescope were people that loved each other and were just trying their best to survive.
In fact, when it came to pass that the robot's eyes were damaged during his travels, those people worked hard to repair his vision even though they knew him to be a servant bearing the emblem of King Kold. Using the metal and innards of the robot's telescope, the machinery of the robot's eyes were fully restored. It was this kind act along with the altruistic acts he had witness that caused the robot to decide that a better reason to exist would be to bring such a way of life from the summer kingdoms back to the winter realm.
He also realizes that if he's to succeed in that endeavor, he must remove King Kold from power. But because he's changed the way he views the world and his place within it, he wants to do so non-lethally. So he simply restrains the King until a new government can assemble, and hands him over to people who can work to rehabilitate him.
In the meantime, the robot begins to try to rework the way things are done, acting as temporary sovereign. He attempts to make peace treaties and trade agreements with the surrounding kingdoms, offering them ice and penguins and polar bears in return for blankets and more food. In time, he's able to achieve a sort of balance.