Interactive Painting Contest #5: The Beings
Looking for a little interaction here on steemit!
I present you a painting of mine, along with a little story, with the contest being that you can fill in the ___ blanks and create a weird, wonderful, little story of your own based on the painting in the comments. I will divide the SBD of this post's payout at my own judgement among the contestants after payout.
This is episode 4, previous episodes:
Episode 1: Mystery Man
Episode 2: And then there were Two of Us
Episode 3: Niflheim
Episode 4: Green Fellow (I forgot to title the painting, how weird!)
Episode 4 received 3 valid stories, interpreting the painting each in their own way, thank you @ravenruis, @deemarshall and @occupywallets! You can read their full stories in the comments of Episode 4.
All entries were awesome in their own way, so I once again took the liberty to mash up the entries, making everybody an equal winner, with @ravenruis being a more equal winner because I used 3 of his/her suggestions (that's "Animal Farm" right there for ya..) along with the bonus for the cliffhanger to Episode 5. Here's the story, alongside last weeks painting:
Suffering from an accumulation of gas in the alimentary canal -or one could just say flatulent- Mystery Man 2 searched the vast realm of Nefeline for his doppleganger until his burps spurred him on no more.
Finally, hungry and exhausted, he began to chew on an old liquorice stick he found on the ground.
It was then and there he was approached by a green figure, who was remarkably ethereal in nature, and yet there was something deep and darkly intangible swirling around in its aura.
Mystery Man trembled, finally asking: "Are you the guardian of the lake? Have I done something to offend you?
It smiled and said: "No, Mystery Man, I am not the guardian of the lake although he does lurk here this night. I am, however, representing a delegation of beings who are prepared to offer you aid in looking for your doppelganger in return for a small favour ..."
Mystery Man 2 knew this chance would only happen once every thousand moons,
so he acted without a second thought...
(fade to narrator in Morgan Freeman voice)
So, in short, we have Mystery Man, lost in time and space, looking for his doppleganger in the vast and empty (filled with the occasional stick of liquorice) realm of Nefelim, meeting a delegator of beings who will aid him in finding Mystery man 2, in return of a small favor...
The next painting in the story is this:
Complete the blanks of the story in a comment to win (at least a part) of the SBD this post generates. Upvoting and resteeming will help the SBD grow, so feel free to do so! And have fun!
"Okay", Mystery Man reluctantly agreed: "I will do you a favor. But first tell me where I can find my brother."
The Green Entity chuckled and said: "Good luck, Mystery Man: your Brother is ____" (Where is his brother?)
"Okay, and how do I get there?" Mystery Man asked.
"That is not for us to tell, we would only tell you where your brother is. Now it is time for you to return the favor."
A horde of creatures appeared on the horizon. All looking eagerly in anticipation. Saliva drooling from their little, thin mouths. "We now shall have ____, Mystery Man. Hand it over, per our agreement."
"You tricked me!" Mystery Man shouted. The entities approached silently and, undisturbed, they drew ever closer. In the corner of his eye, Mystery Man suddenly saw, to his rescue: ____. (Who or what did he see?)
(I have my own version of the story, and will include it in the next episode! But the story's being steered by your input, so go crazy!)
"Okay", Mystery Man reluctantly agreed: "I will do you a favor. But first tell me where I can find my brother."
The Green Entity chuckled and said: "Good luck, Mystery Man: your Brother is being held in a tower which is neither in this world nor the next, and is both tangible and intangible until the silver blood moon strikes upon it."
"Okay, and how do I get there?" Mystery Man asked.
"That is not for us to tell, we would only tell you where your brother is. Now it is time for you to return the favor."
A horde of creatures appeared on the horizon. All looking eagerly in anticipation. Saliva drooling from their little, thin mouths. "We now shall have your fondest memory from the time of your childhood, which hides in the deepest recesses of your soul, Mystery Man. Hand it over, per our agreement."
"You tricked me!" Mystery Man shouted. The entities approached silently and, undisturbed, they drew ever closer.
In the corner of his eye, Mystery Man suddenly saw, to his rescue: almost hidden in shadow behind a large and gnarled old tree, a small elf-like creature. This creature, he saw, had but one eye but it moved rapidly closer, and to Mystery Man's surprise in one fist it held a bunch of licorice sticks. And then it stopped, opened its mouth, and ....
:)
Looks like I totally forgot to to reply to your entry, sorry @ravenruis! You won yourself some SBD, check out episode 6 which also happens to be the finale here. Thanks for your wonderful entry, I may do an epilogue to conclude the series ;)
No worries!
Thank you so much for including my entry, it has been such fun. I just wish I had discovered this contest earlier and contributed. The artwork was beautiful. :)
An epilogue is definitely called for. :D
Hey, cool, and thank you! :)
And no worries yourself, steemit is becoming a big place!
"Okay", Mystery Man reluctantly agreed: "I will do you a favor. But first tell me where I can find my brother."
The Green Entity chuckled and said: "Good luck, Mystery Man: your Brother is in a hidden cave under the lake."
"Okay, and how do I get there?" Mystery Man asked.
"That is not for us to tell, we would only tell you where your brother is. Now it is time for you to return the favor."
A horde of creatures appeared on the horizon. All looking eagerly in anticipation. Saliva drooling from their little, thin mouths. "We now shall have all the nourishment you have gathered, Mystery Man. Hand it over, per our agreement."
"You tricked me!" Mystery Man shouted. The entities approached silently and, undisturbed, they drew ever closer. In the corner of his eye, Mystery Man suddenly saw, to his rescue: the Guardian of the lake.
Thank you for organising this game. It is fun!
Awesome, thanks for participating, glad you're having fun!
Bonus points for mentioning the Guardian of the Lake! (he/she actually comes to the rescue in my version! :)
"Okay", Mystery Man reluctantly agreed, "I will do you a favor. But first tell me where I can find my brother."
The Green Entity, Rhas Al Ghore, chuckled and said: "Good luck, Mystery Man! Your Brother is the manager of my manufacturing plant, where I enslave the native creatures of this realm, the Trumpa-Lumpa's, to pre-chew my bubblegum... For my mouth is too busy proclaiming things, to masticate my own gum! Hahaha..."
"Okay, and how do I get to the bubblegum plant?" Mystery Man asked, as he casually reached for his sword, which was made of an old, rock hard french baguette.
"That is not for us to tell, it would only tell you where your brother is. We like him as the manager of our plant, we think we'll keep him forever... Now it is time for you to do us a favor. How about you go join your brother? The only catch is, you can never leave! Ahahahahahaha..."
A horde of creatures appeared on the horizon, all looking eagerly in anticipation. Saliva was drooling from their little, thin mouths. When he looked into their mouths he was astonished to see bubblegum, and beyond that he saw his estranged brother, as if gazing at him through a portal...
"We now shall have a rap battle, Mystery Man. Hand over the microphone, yo, per our agreement."
"You tricked me!" Mystery Man shouted.
The entities approached silently and, undisturbed, they drew ever closer, blowing bubblegum bubbles and drooling. In the corner of his eye, Mystery Man suddenly saw, to his rescue, his brother had become a golem made of bubblegum, composed voltron-style of the Trumpa-Lumpa's bubbles... The Bubblegum Golem defied The Green Rhas Al Ghore...
Too many thoughts conflicted in Mr. Mystery Man's mind... Was he a hero, or a villain? Would his bubblegum golem of a brother rescue him from this sticky situation? Would he ever find his long lost ____? Wait... What was it he had lost? He had finally lost the losing of it, and the realization of this drove him colorblind...
Now the Green Entity was RED...
Hahaha, cracking read, hilarious! Extra points for keeping to try and sneak in Rhas Al Ghore :D
Thanks for participating!
This is the best creative exercise since MADLIBS!!!!
I play a lot of games, but I actually never heard about Mad Libs! (Belgium here...) Just researched it, haha, uncanny similiarities :) I really thought I had a little original idea for a few weeks there. Doesn't matter, glad you're enjoying it!
I'm getting ideas... Hmmmmmmmmmm!!!
Ideas are always good, let's see what you come up with! :)
I am going to take news stories and put a blank in every line, then have folks fill them in in the comments... This is such a profoundly great idea, I may have to give you credit for it! (or SBD, lol!)
Awesome! Both the idea, the credit and SBD! Nah, just run with it :D
Reminds me of Have I got News for You. Darn, none of these ideas are original Have fun, I'll follow up!
I still wanna call Green Man Ras Al Ghore
Hey, feel free to do so! :) It's not because I didn't select it first time around that I will do so again - it's all in my own judgement of a good story based on my paintings... Persistence may pay off, cheers!
Haha, just playing while my writer brain fires up...
I REALLY like this week's image, I look forward to craigsplaining it!!!
My name is craig, LOL...
w00t, thanks!
This is going to be the graphic for the new MadLib series! I made it tonight for the occasion!
This was how I pictured the story to Episode 4:
Suffering from an accumulation of gas in the alimentary canal -or one could just say flatulent- Mystery Man 2 searched the vast realm of Nefeline for his doppleganger uninterrupted for a forthnight.
Finally, hungry and exhausted, he sat down on the only rock he had found during that forthnight.
It was then and there he was approached by a green figure, who was remarkably jumpy, yet joyful.
Mystery Man trembled, finally asking: "Are you the Grand Caliphate of Nefeline?"
It smiled and said: “No, but yesterday, I ate him for breakfast. I haven’t eaten anything since."
YuM YuM!
SBD sent: 2.532, divided among @ravenruis (3 blanks selected + cliffhanger bonus); @deemarshall (2 blanks selected); @occupywallets (unexpected epilogue to the story), thank you all for participating!
Thank you so much! It was a lovely surprise to receive a prize. First contest I've entered on Steemit, too. Great fun. :)
Very welcome! Hope to see you entering more contests, and a well deserved entry :) Have fun!
Beautiful and wonderful painting my friend@marty-art (56)☺
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Hi freind@freank(95) of course here have my dollors dear please upvote me even though I do not upvote you! Please read my comment even though I'm not reading yours
Sigh.. It's both hilarious and cringe-worthy at the same time... Only on Steemit! :)
Thank you my friend@saidelbouchri (41) :) which one of the two presented do you like best? Are you inspired to read and write your own interpretation about it? Because it is a contest in which I am actually giving away SBD. Feel free to comment!