RE: Interactive painting contest #2: And Then There Were Two of Us
Ok... I am not exactly struck by inspiration, but I am not letting this great post go get buried in tumbleweed...
Let's continue where I left off:
It was the time before the legends. The Mystery Man had just arrived from the dimensional manifold. He felt nauseated and confused. Firmly holding his little suitcase, containing everything he thought he was missing before, he approached himself.
His job was done. Or was it?
No, it wasn't! This was only the beginning... again!
Now that Mystery Man had met himself (again), they both found themselves lost in the event horizon of the paradox that had become their existence.
"Do you see anything on your side?" Mystery Man 1 asked Mystery Man 2, "I'm seeing everything different but nothing changed at all."
Mystery Man 2 peered into the darkness and suddenly whispered: "Quiet. I see her, there she is: Mahakali, the goddess of time and death. I have to go and deliver the..."
But Mystery Man 1 couldn't hear him anymore, he was off on his own into his corridor. The last thing Mystery Man 2 saw was the corridor closing.
Then all became black...
Woah, excellent continuation, weird and completely FUBAR!
Leaving open endings, perfect "I have to go and deliver the..." what!? Excellent!
Must continue! Thanks :)
thanks man, glad you liked it!
can I ask: when you write the blank-text initially, you sure must have some ideas of your own in mind to connect the snippets logically, or not?
I would be really curious how you would have filled the blanks yourself or what your initial vision was. Of course I wouldn't want to know before the user submissions were made... but it would be interesting afterwards...
Haha, cool, I sure did have a version of my own, but I didn't write it down, this is what it was more or less:
Now that Mystery Man had met himself (again), they both found themselves lost in a dream, and stuck inside an immense labyrinth.
"Do you see anything on your side?" Mystery Man 1 asked Mystery Man 2, "I'm seeing wonderful things, as if this place itself is alive."
Mystery Man 2 peered into the darkness and suddenly whispered: "Quiet. I see her, there she is: The Medusa."
But Mystery Man 1 couldn't hear him anymore, he was off on his own into his corridor. The last thing Mystery Man 2 saw was a pack of wriggling snakes in the darkness. He heard his name called in an unearthly hissss...
Then all became black.
hehe... awesome... thanks for the exclusive reveal! I like the "stuck in a dream" aspect, too!
Thanks! I admit, for the first episode - Mystery Man - I had no story of my own, just questions. It seems to work better when I have a little something of myself planned out. Will do, episode #3 coming up later!
ah... perfect! I was really hoping for a mashup ;)
I tried it with the first episode, but it didn't feel coherent, so there it is now!