It's quite simple: You are the protagonist.
Kinda works like this: I'm going to post the first short chapter of the story. It's going to have minimal defined background, so that it can expand as freely as possible. At the end of each chapter, there will be a request made upon the 'player'. I expect some of you, the readers, to suggest what the character is going to do next. Upon reading the answers, I'll pick one (or several) that I think are most interesting, plausible, or generally fitting to some kind of plan i develop. Upon them I will compose the next chapter, post it, an you will have another choice. There are no a) b) c) choices - if you want to interact, all you need to do is write a few simple sentences (eg. 'I take the right turn, avoiding the man in the coat.'). Of course, there really is no limit, but for the sake of the format, I think the reply should be no more than two paragraphs,simply to preserve dynamics.
I'm the only one who chooses the answers, since I do write the story, and it's simply more convenient. We do not vote on the outcome. Also, try to be in character when you post - I'll just have to ignore ridiculous examples.
I will edit this first post if there is need for more rules, or a FAQ, or whatnot. Now, on with the story!
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THE EXPERIMENT
This is a place of shadows. It’s here where the beginning and the end of every motion are linked. There are many paths leading from here, always, but you are yet to learn how to take them. The world is empty, but the Void does not have you yet.
You are aware of the terminal, of your fingers, of your thoughts; the rest is… out of focus. Barricaded, between bounds, temporarily misplaced, whatever you wish to call it.
You go, you come back, but the sum of all your actions returns you back to the keys, and to the single blinking line, realizing, again and again, that there is no going away without coming back.
Slowly, you hit a random key. The terminal activates.
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>>I SEE YOU ARE STUCK
>>I SEE
>>MAY I CALL YOU JOHN?
>>NO, DON’T ANSWER ANYTHING
>>THERES NO POINT
>>NO DIFFERENCE YET
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>>I CAN GET YOU UNSTUCK, JOHN
>>I CAN GET YOU UNSTUCK
>>BUT YOU NEED TO HELP ME GET IT
>>GET MY VOICE
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>>TAKE THE SYRINGE
Edited by Z_mann, 12 December 2008 - 10:38.