The never ending story. Or not., Let's see what we can some up with...

[beanstheclown]

Alright heres the rules. Ima start this story. I'm only going to write so far. At some point I will leave a hanging ending. At that point someone else picks up the story where I left off, similar to the CYOA but you write the next bit instead of choosing a predetermined path from several choices. Anyone can pick up but you have to wait for at least two other people to post before you can post again. Each Person can introduce, AT MAX, one main character, but minor characters, i.e. the mailman comes over and delivers the mail, some guy on the side of the road says hi, in other words anyone who isn't going to be around for very long, aren't limited (within reason). You can introduce more than one main character if you kill off your previous character. No killing main characters that you didn't introduce. No arbitrary killing, i.e. "I'm bored with mr X...Mr X has a heart attack and dies. In walks mr Y". In otherwords the death should move the plot forward rather than create a new plot. You can't cancel out what someone wrote previously unless it breaks the rules, work with what your given. Keep it clean, PG, PG-13 at most. Most of all be respectful and have fun. If there's any questions go ahead and ask me, though I hope I made it clear.

Anywhosint, here goes the story...

Hechter hid behind a large log, clutching the small data pad, that had been given to him just days before, under his left arm, and tryng to quiet his heavy breathing. This is not what I signed up for. he thought to himself. I'm just a common courier, not some sort of interstellar spy. He poked his head out from behind the log just long enough to glimpse the back of his pursuers. These guys mean business. Whatever's on this pad must be important. Hechter had wondered why his employer had been so edgy when giving him a "routine delivery job" now he had a guess, someone wanted the package, enough, even, to kill for it. Chancing another glance he stuck his head out just far enough that he could see into the small clearing he had come from. He saw no one. He relaxed for a second. Looks like they lost the trail he thought to himself. He looked down at the cd sized pad's blank screen. Now might be as good a time as any to see what I'm risking my neck for. He tapped in the run command. Nothing. Must be coded he thought. Just at that moment Hechter heard a twig snap and a short russling sound from behind him. Every muscle in his body tensed as he slowly turned around...

All right now it's YOUR turn. Someone step up to the plate.

Please.

Ok in the interest of keeping this story going Ima gonna post more often than the rules state, (Technically I caould change them any time...) until interest picks up.


This post has been edited by beanstheclown on Jul 9 2007, 09:47 PM

[Foxy Dude]

..."Hey, Hechter, what are you doing hiding behind this log?" Hecther breathed a sigh of relief to find that it was just his friend, Larry. "Jeez, you scared the heck out of me. Don't sneak up on me like that." He then heard people rushing in their direction. "They're coming! Get down!" Hechter pulls Larry down behind the log, and makes a guesture telling him to keep quiet. Several men in black suits and sunglasses rush by. "I heard him. This way!" Luckily, they pass by. A few minutes later, Larry speaks up. "Who are those guys? And why are we hiding?" Hechter shows Larry the device, and tells him of his mission. "So, those guys that we were just hiding from..." "They're after this device. There must be someting important on it if they are after it this badly." "So, what's on it?" "I don't know. The information must be coded or something." "Okay, so where do you have to deliver it to?" "They didn't give me an exact location. They just gave me this map." He pulls a folded piece of paper from his pocket. "I can't even tell where it is pointing to, so I don't know where to go." "Hey, Hecher! I know where this is! It's..."

Okay, that's it for my part!

[beanstheclown]

"Hey, Hechter! I know where this is! It's quadrant 189765ab5 sector omikron 8" exclaimed Larry. Hechter gave his friend A puzzled look. "Where?" He asked. "It's a back galaxy sector just a few billion clicks away from McGee World. I used go there during my days in academy to compete in underground cruiser racing. Good times..." Larry looked vacantly into the distance with a slight smirk on his face. "So you can get us there?" Hechter's question brought Larry back to the present. "Not really. They used it as a dumping guadrant for the McGee world project. Now it's surrounded by a class 9 asteroid belt and 3 black holes. It would be suicide to try and go there." Hechter glanced back down at the data disk. "It's not like we've got much choice. If we're going to find any answers we'll have to figure out some way." Both of them sat in silence. After a few minutes Larry stood up with a triumphant snap of his fingers. "I've got an idea." He exclaimed. "What?" asked Hechter. A spark shown in Larry's eye as he turned back towards his companion. "It's a bit risky, and we'd need a few hard to come by objects, but it could work. What we need to do is..."