Write Your Own Adventure
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OK, today we’re going to kick off a brand new type of article on The Casual Observer. I will begin to write a story, and then stop after a couple hundred words. I am asking all of you, the readers, to continue the story by adding a comment. Take over the story from where I left off and write a hundred or so words. Each successive writer should build upon the previous comment. I do ask that you not finish the story if you are one of the first commenters – the goal is to have a lot of people play along. If the progress stalls out, I will go ahead and write a conclusion to the story.
(Note to Evan @ 40Tech – your stuff is still getting caught in the spam filter, so if you want to play along, use a different address. Otherwise, the sequence will get messed up a bit.)
If you have never left a comment before, go ahead and take the plunge today!
Without further ado …
Lindsey
After thirty seven minutes in the air, Lindsey turned the plane sharply to the east, deviating from the flight plan she had filed earlier. She was beginning to sweat. It was uncomfortably warm in the cabin of the plane, and the stress of what lie ahead for her only served to intensify the perspiration. Lindsey pushed her auburn hair away from her eyes and wiped the sweat off her brow with a filty blue hankerchief. She forced herself to avoiding thinking about what would happen on the ground, and instead focus on the task of flying the plane.
Shortly after she had passed over the mountains, Lindsey saw the runway in the distance. It was rudimentary, but it would serve serve the purpose. Lindsey had landed on aircraft carriers in the Navy; she could handle landing on a poorly maintained landing strip in the middle of nowhere.
The potholes, small bushes, and a lone misplaced goat made the landing a bit more rough than usual, but Lindsey was a pro and easily taxied the plane to a stop. As soon as the vehicle had come to a complete stop, Lindsey popped open the door, grabbed her Nevy duffel bag, and hopped out of the plane.
OK, readers – what happens next? What the heck is Lindsey up to? Honestly, I have no idea … you tell me.
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August 16th, 2009 @ 9:31 am
Lindsey unzipped the duffel bag, and peaked inside. She wasn’t sure what she expected to find- the contents were exactly as she had left them when she started her trip.
The young woman scanned the horizon in all directions. If they were nearby, they certainly would have heard the descent of her aircraft. She wasn’t about to wait to find out.
With a sigh of resignation, Lindsey scrambled to the east, towards a ramshackle hut. She clenched her bag tightly, as if her life depended on it. Perhaps it did.
(Trying a different e-mail address – even emails I receive have been getting caught in my spam filter, so it has been bad going both ways)
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