Story Time

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Unique reminded me how fun this kind of thread could be. I did it once not long ago. Maybe its time to do it again.

The premiss: Everyone on these boards writes a story through posts. Write a line, a paragraph, two pages or whatever. Try to keep the story. Dream sequences and drug induced hallucinations are a valid way to change the story, but lets try to work with what we are given. Everyone gets one out.

Its an interesting game that lets the writers here really flex. This is, after all, a writers medium.

I’ll start obviously... let the game begin.

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Willy Wonka had a new idea for a candy. A super-secret candy that he was certain would revolutionize the entire market.

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Willy Wonka had a new idea for a candy. A super-secret candy that he was certain would revolutionize the entire market. The secret ingredient was perfect - cheap, readily available, and absolutely addictive.

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Little did he know that his arch-nemesis Natasha Fatale, head of the Union Carbide division of Crystalized Sugar Products, had convinced three of his most trusted advisors to have industry intelligence sent to her on a weekly basis.

"Vell", She began, "It vould zeem zat Villy Vonka hask created zee most important candy ever.". "I must have eet!"

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Fortunately for Willy, he actually read The Art of War and told his agents to disseminate FALSE information on his claim. Yes, his enemies were kept at bay while his secret was kept safe.

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The secret ingredient was perfect - cheap, readily available, and absolutely addictive.

Willy learned from tribal men on a deep furrow into the rainforest what this ingredient was. After hunting down this evasive herb in the twilight, they held a ceremony that night that involved a big fire, dancing into the night, and a clay ceremonial cup of the ancestors to sample this herb with.