Let's write a book :)

[this is fun]

If you feel like it

I started this in another thread but I thought it would be easier to follow in one place, and other people can join as well.

For those trying to improve creative writing

Each person writes one sentence and picks up where a previous poster left off.

Here's what we've got so far:

This is fun: It was a sunny day in June and uncertainty was in the air.

StacyT: I had just received an urgent letter that I was to visit my aunt in Bath.

This is fun: It's been five years since I last saw her.


Now you

[ttt]

We lived far away from each other.

[this is fun]

Bath had once been in England but since the second Big Bang, now it took 2 light years to get there.

[Wax Frog]

Originally Posted by this is fun

Bath had once been in England but since the second Big Bang, now it took 2 light years to get there.

I find this quite ironic; after all, what greater need will I have after a long voyage in cramped quarters, but a luxuriously hot soak in very soapy water?...

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Originally Posted by Wax Frog

I find this quite ironic; after all, what greater need will I have after a long voyage in cramped quarters, but a luxuriously hot soak in very soapy water?...

Ah, a soak in soapy water, just the thought of it prompted me to immediately call the Star Trek airline and book two tickets.

[StacyT]

Even though it would be a long journey in our top secret 18th-century travel pod, my sister and I packed up our things and planned to leave that night.

[Wax Frog]

Originally Posted by StacyT

Even though it would be a long journey in our top secret 18th-century travel pod, my sister and I packed up our things and planned to leave that night.

Bless Doctor Cavor and his grand invention!

[StacyT]

"Juanita!" my sister called from the top of the stairs. "Are you ready to go?"

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Ah, of course I was not ready to go, I was still packing my suitcase and there were million things I should have finished before leaving, arrgh..that Steve Pavlina's article on procrastination was a waste of time!!

[Shady]

Ahh.. that reminds me.. I need to pack in Steve's book, in case we meet hostile entities along the way... and I consciously need to check how to vaporise them from my reality.

[StacyT]

Even though Doctor Cavor probably has a vaporizer we could borrow (you never know what he has stored in that gigantic mustache of his), Steve's book will prove much less messy.

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Finally we were all set, waiting for out transport when, for a fleeting second, a feeling of dread washed over me.

[Kazeko]

I forgot my condoms!

(Sorry guys in case you find my humor a bit sick )

[WanderingOak]

Fortunately, there was a french letter vendor on the platform.

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Ah, what a relief, the law of attraction never fails!

[Bradshaw]

Suddenly, a group of flying monkeys appeared out of nowhere.

[CoolBee]

"that's the crew" said Juanita, "they're descended from the son of Able and Miss Baker who went up to space in the 60s, and Bubbles, Michael Jackson's pet.


(Able & MIss Baker two of the US monkey flights into space) Just for info

[WanderingOak]

The monkeys led us to a wicker basket suspended under a balloon, then grabbed tether lines to ferry us to our ship.

[CoolBee]

I've got a very bad feeling here - muttered Pepe to Juanita - balloons - tethers - before you know it, they'll be bringing out the torcs to strap round our necks. Whatever did happen to The Faceless Man?




(What I am referring to: The Anome (Durdane, book 1) by Jack Vance) for the inquiring minds that want to know

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Before we knew it, we took off. Wow, what an adrenalin rush, I had never ridden in a balloon before!

[CoolBee]

As we settled in to the flight and the balloon rose ever higher, Doctor Cavor drew some strange looking necklaces from his fantastic moustaches.
Pepe and Juanita looked at each other, horrified. "Told you" said Pepe - "Torcs".
Like greased lightening, I drew from my pocket a copy of Steve Pavlina's post on "How to Help Negative People".
"Nonsense" I said, they're simply traditional necklaces from Planet Tharg, wondering if this counted as throwing or rowing and wondered when the praying would start.

[WanderingOak]

Hoping to lighten the air a bit, Dr Cavor extracted a fishing pole from his amazing multidementional mustache and began casting for flying fish.

[CoolBee]

As he caught his first fish, we wondered what to do with it - if we killed it straight away we'd have to eat it now, but we had many weeks journey ahead in this balloon and in interstellar space there wouldn't be many fish - we needed to keep it alive somehow. Aha - I thought - if I fill one of these condoms with water, I can make a bag to hold it in - like in a fairground.

[WanderingOak]

Dr Cavor laughed. "These are flying fish son. They swim through the æther and breathe air. All we have to do is tie his finny wings back to ensure he doesn't fly off, and he should stay alive for weeks, as long as we feed him a few mice every now and then."

After a few quick knots, the fish was neatly trussed up, and stowed in a picnic basket.

"Look up ahead!" Dr Cavor shouted. "Isn't she magnificent!!!"

[Mikahcho]

He looked up to see, towering above him, weighing down upon him with it's shadow, the largest of figures.

It's skin lined with emerald and it's eyes glittering with uncertain mischief.

It was a.....

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Dragon! But it was a friendly one, called Fluffy.

[Mikahcho]

Which enjoyed eating dust bunnies :P

[Bradshaw]

For some reason there was a large plastic flying fish among the real flying fishes. Suddenly, the plastic fish imploded and a pirate landed on the balloon.

The pirate asked the dragon for the time.

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It was 11:11,time to dance.

[WanderingOak]

Fluffy the dragon took hold of the tethers, as she just wasn't the right size to dance with the primates. At least not without causing them serious bodily harm in the process. Now that the monkeys were relieved of their tether duties, they were free to dance as well. As it turned out, flying monkeys can dance very well, so everybody in our group picked one for a dance partner. The pirate grabbed a flying fish and joined in the dance as well, to the musical rhythmic beating of Fluffy's wings.