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The last bit of light is finally choked out from dusk as the night settles in. Birds quiet their chirping, leaves cease their rustling, and the silence seems to make the whole world a bit darker. A few stars begin to overtake the sky above, but the moon seems shy and the path ahead shrouded in underbrush and uncertainty. Still, you trudge on, a beacon of noise in the night as you stumble your way ahead.
Up ahead is a break in the tree line, the path clearing somewhat as you make your way forward. Dirt and weeds recede, revealing long worn stone from many feet before yours. Who knows how old this path is? You haven’t the time to dwell on the thought; night is taking hold fast and whatever light that guided you before is dwindling rapidly, pushing you from the forest and into the clearing ahead.
The slight slope you’d been scaling reveals itself to be a large hill with buildings dotted upon its crest. Not quite large enough to be a town as you’d hoped, but enough to suggest someone, anyone, might be there to greet you upon arrival. Feet slick with last rain’s mud you climb, fighting both the incline and the clock in order to make it to refuge before something found you fumbling about, alone in the dark.
As the hill plateaus and the trail widens into something more suitable for walking, you discover that the not-a-town has ample things of interest to explore. A fork in your path shows trails that lead to an array of different buildings, but they’re hard to make out in the dark, nothing more than fogged shapes in your periphery. Straight ahead, though, is what you assume to be the place’s cathedral, its spires towering over you with a faint glow trickling out from beneath the main doors. With no other choice and the night creeping up your back, you enter.
… Another person! Or, someone you assume to be a person. At the farthest end of the nave atop the altar she stands, framed by stained glass and a glow that you haven’t the slightest clue as to where it could be coming from. The light warps, a halo surrounding her as she turns to face you. But before you can speak, she sets off, dashing from the altar into a door that presumably leads deeper into the building, the room now dimmer without her.
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What do you do? Do you chase the woman deeper into the cathedral? Do you explore the nearby buildings? Maybe you leave all together and poke around in the gardens or neighboring forest? Perhaps you are a creature of the night as well? So many possibilities, all for you to explore!
Welcome to Storytime Adventure, a mini contest where the goal is to create and continue a story through each member’s contribution. Here’s how it will work: each successive post will need to have an outfit and a story that continues the previous entry. This is how it will look:
Person A’s look and story → Person B continues A’s story with an outfit → Person C continues B’s story with an outfit → Person D continues C’s story with an outfit, and so on and so forth.
Each entry must have an original outfit and an accompanying story. The addition must be enough to give the next person something to work with, so no single sentences! It doesn’t have to be as long as mine, just enough to ensure the story can be built upon.
Get creative! Take the story wherever you’d like, do whatever you want, be whoever you want to be, this contest is meant to be a collaborative and continuous bit of fun, so don’t feel obligated to stick to a certain setting, tone, feel, etc.
Rules:
✦ Shop screenshots are allowed for all players regardless of level.
✦ Only one outfit per player will be eligible for rewards. Feel free to submit multiple looks, just know that only the first will count for prizing.
✦ If you'd like to also submit a look and story from an alt account, please specify which account you'd like to be rewarded! Entries from alts are allowed, but only one prize will be given per player.
Prizes:
✦ The first 10 valid entries from Antitheocra will be awarded 100 diamonds each.
✦ The first 10 valid entries from any other state will be awarded 75 diamonds each.
✦ Instead of a deadline, as each entry is prized, I'll update this counter below to reflect the remaining prize pool!
