The Battle Challenges of Steemit Winter's Collective Play has gotten off to a great start. An overall effort to pass through the Winter Season effortlessly. Because sometimes we just need something else to focus on to get us through the day.

Congratulations To Our Winners of Round One

The Winners of Round One are:

A Two-Way Tie For First Place:

@stephenparato

https://steemit.com/writing/@stephenparato/the-magic-potion

@thecreativerebel

https://steemit.com/steemitwcp/@thecreativerebel/the-billion-dollar-secret-nakamoto-s-ledger

Both receiving a first place Award of 3 SBD

The runner-up Award of 2 SBD:

@reewritesthings

https://steemit.com/steemitwcp/@reewritesthings/my-entry-to-the-steemit-winter-s-collective-play-under-the-category-the-billion-dollar-secret

Congratulations To All Of You On Your Win

Round Two Begins Now.

The Rules For Battle Challenge Round Two

1. Create a fiction short story, no less than 400 words.
2. You are to use between 2-8 words from the word prompt list below
3. You are to choose under the SETTING PROMPT 1 prompt from the list titled Atmosphere and one from the list titled Time of Day.
4. You are to choose one character type which includes a story starter from the CHARACTER PROMPT list.

You have 1 day to complete this Round Two challenge. Your deadline is 6 pm Eastern Standard Time, U.S.A. Tomorrow Sunday 2/11/2018

Word Prompt List

1.Cappuccino
2.Garlic
3.Glasses
4.Misty
5.Queen
6.Thundering
7.Court
8.Gift
9.Castle
10.Shoes
11.Moonlight
12.Hypnotise
13.Diamond
14.Piano
15.Power
16.Explosion
17.Train

Setting: Atmosphere

1. There is a charming feel to the place
2. There is a neglected feel to the place
3. There is a mystical feel to the place
4. The is an ancient feel to the place
5. The is a gloomy feel to the place
6. There is a desolate feel to the place
7. There is a tranquil feel to the place.
8. There is a magical feeling of creation and liveliness to the place.

Setting: Time of Day:

It’s evening
It’s Late afternoon
It’s dawn
It’s twilight
It’s mid-afternoon

Character Prompt:

Character One

The character, is a woman in her late thirties who can be quite naïve. She comes from a comfortable background. Lives in an eco-friendly home and tends to spend too much money. She is just boarding a train. The ride will change her life forever.

Character Two

The character, is a man in his early forties who is very arrogant. He comes from a comfortable background lives in an elegant spacious loft and tends to drive too fast. He has a young daughter that he sees three times a month, at which time they enjoy eating out and going to museums. On this day at the museum the man and his daughter are approached by a stranger who says to the father, congratulations you are the 140th person to enter the museum today and in honor of our 140 year anniversary, you and your daughter are the lucky recipients of two all expense paid tickets to NASA. And the stranger leans forward and whispers in the father’s ear. All you have to do is deliver a small package to the guard on duty when you get there and the man hands him two tickets and __________. The daughter is elated “Oh please dad can we go?” The daughter loves all things space related. But the stranger seemed to know that already as he smiled at her and walked away.

Character Three

The character is a man in his late thirties who is very mysterious, lives a seemingly simple life, his home is a two-story apartment in Manhatten that he inherited from his parents. His work causes him to be out early but he only works until 2 pm. He eats too much and he has a secret and he is in trouble and wanted dead by one of his five friends.

Character Four

This character is a 19-year-old young girl, a student at Julliard Music School. She is an exceptionally brilliant cello and (upright) bass player. She is among the 4% richest class families in America. As of this morning, she has become a target of a terrorist plot. But she has a gift and a powerful secret the terrorist don’t know about. Only she, her parents and a board member at Julliard knows.

Awards For Round Two:

Round Two Winner - 4 SBD , Round Two Runner Ups - 2 SBD

Round Two Is Now Officially Open!!!

LET'S PLAY!!!