A story thread. Maybe it'll get me to keep coming back instead of vanishing for months at a time. The rules are simple, try to keep everything grammatically correct and somewhat comprehensible. Whenever you post you add one word to the story. You're allowed to add commas or periods or what have you to whatever the last person said in order to make your word fit grammatically. And so with no further ado:

Once upon a time, when

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"Thunder is good, thunder is impressive, but it's lightning that does the work." ~Samuel Clemens

Mah Griffon is © Todd Lockwood.

Once upon a time, when magic

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The devil doesn't come dressed in a red cape and pointy horns. He comes as everything you've ever wished for.

-Tucker Max

Once upon a time, when magic glowed

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Now and then I announce "I know you're listening" to empty rooms. If I'm wrong, no one knows. And if I'm right, maybe i just freaked the hell out of some secret organization. It's basically Paschal's wager for the paranoid prankster.

~~ http://www.xkcd.com ~~

"glowed"? Really?

Once upon a time, when magic glowed within

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The devil doesn't come dressed in a red cape and pointy horns. He comes as everything you've ever wished for.

-Tucker Max

Once upon a time, when magic glowed within the

(Had to choose the obvious...lol)

Once upon a time, when magic glowed within the hearts

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The devil doesn't come dressed in a red cape and pointy horns. He comes as everything you've ever wished for.

-Tucker Max

I wanted to change it up. cuz otherwise you get "once upon a time when magic ruled the world...and it's the most generic beginning. hence 'glowed'.

oh this one is hard to choose...

once upon a time when magic glowed within the hearts of

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Now and then I announce "I know you're listening" to empty rooms. If I'm wrong, no one knows. And if I'm right, maybe i just freaked the hell out of some secret organization. It's basically Paschal's wager for the paranoid prankster.

~~ http://www.xkcd.com ~~

And I was going for "when magic lived in all the land"... or something like that.

Once upon a time when magic glowed within the hearts of mankind

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The devil doesn't come dressed in a red cape and pointy horns. He comes as everything you've ever wished for.

-Tucker Max

Once upon a time when magic glowed within the hearts of mankind and

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"Thunder is good, thunder is impressive, but it's lightning that does the work." ~Samuel Clemens

Mah Griffon is © Todd Lockwood.

Once upon a time when magic glowed within the hearts of mankind and oranges


(I used to love this game. That and king of the hill, but I don't think tempest would allow us to do that one)

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~Once I knew who I was, until I met someone who knew me even better.~
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Once upon a time when magic glowed within the hearts of mankind, and oranges were

(Could it hurt to try?)

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"Thunder is good, thunder is impressive, but it's lightning that does the work." ~Samuel Clemens

Mah Griffon is © Todd Lockwood.

Once upon a time when magic glowed within the hearts of mankind, and oranges were filled

(maybe, I think we'd need to make the rule a bit more strict. I've got an idea of how to do it. I'm kinda scared of getting fussed out over it though.)

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~Once I knew who I was, until I met someone who knew me even better.~
http://dragcave.net/incubators/incubator_Mirravin.png

Once upon a time when magic glowed within the hearts of mankind, and oranges were filled by

(I'll let you start it, either way. Man. That one was fun.)

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"Thunder is good, thunder is impressive, but it's lightning that does the work." ~Samuel Clemens

Mah Griffon is © Todd Lockwood.

Once upon a time when magic glowed within the hearts of mankind, and oranges were filled by elves

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~Once I knew who I was, until I met someone who knew me even better.~
http://dragcave.net/incubators/incubator_Mirravin.png

Once upon a time when magic glowed within the hearts of mankind, and oranges were filled by elves, darkness

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The devil doesn't come dressed in a red cape and pointy horns. He comes as everything you've ever wished for.

-Tucker Max

Once upon a time when magic glowed within the hearts of mankind, and oranges were filled by elves, darkness significantly

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"Thunder is good, thunder is impressive, but it's lightning that does the work." ~Samuel Clemens

Mah Griffon is © Todd Lockwood.

Once upon a time when magic glowed within the hearts of mankind, and oranges were filled by elves, darkness significantly made

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~Once I knew who I was, until I met someone who knew me even better.~
http://dragcave.net/incubators/incubator_Mirravin.png

Once upon a time when magic glowed within the hearts of mankind and oranges were filled by elves, darkness significantly made things

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"Thunder is good, thunder is impressive, but it's lightning that does the work." ~Samuel Clemens

Mah Griffon is © Todd Lockwood.

Once upon a time when magic glowed within the hearts of mankind and oranges were filled by elves, darkness significantly made things very

yeah, modifiers rock

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Now and then I announce "I know you're listening" to empty rooms. If I'm wrong, no one knows. And if I'm right, maybe i just freaked the hell out of some secret organization. It's basically Paschal's wager for the paranoid prankster.

~~ http://www.xkcd.com ~~

Once upon a time when magic glowed within the hearts of mankind and oranges were filled by elves, darkness significantly made things very dark.

Yeah. Periods rock.

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"Thunder is good, thunder is impressive, but it's lightning that does the work." ~Samuel Clemens

Mah Griffon is © Todd Lockwood.

Once upon a time when magic glowed within the hearts of mankind and oranges were filled by elves, darkness significantly made things very dark. Boom

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~Once I knew who I was, until I met someone who knew me even better.~
http://dragcave.net/incubators/incubator_Mirravin.png

Once upon a time when magic glowed within the hearts of mankind and oranges were filled by elves, darkness significantly made things very dark. Boom went

Once upon a time when magic glowed within the hearts of mankind and oranges were filled by elves, darkness significantly made things very dark. "Boom," went three

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"Thunder is good, thunder is impressive, but it's lightning that does the work." ~Samuel Clemens

Mah Griffon is © Todd Lockwood.

Once upon a time when magic glowed within the hearts of mankind and oranges were filled by elves, darkness significantly made things very dark. "Boom," went three Small

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~Once I knew who I was, until I met someone who knew me even better.~
http://dragcave.net/incubators/incubator_Mirravin.png

Once upon a time when magic glowed within the hearts of mankind and oranges were filled by elves, darkness significantly made things very dark. "Boom," went three small hedgehogs

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Now and then I announce "I know you're listening" to empty rooms. If I'm wrong, no one knows. And if I'm right, maybe i just freaked the hell out of some secret organization. It's basically Paschal's wager for the paranoid prankster.

~~ http://www.xkcd.com ~~