Welcome to the Steemit Story Chain
Good evening Steemers, I hope you are all doing well this Monday evening. Welcome to the 6th Steemit Story Chain contest where you write the story. There is a prize of 100 Whaleshares for the Steemer who writes the most engaging and original part of the story. My contest is sponsored by the amazing Whaleshares project, which is doing some very good things in the Steemit community to help boost exposure for minnows and improve their post rewards.
Thank you to everyone who took part in the last Steemit Story Chain, your contributions were fantastic. I would like to thank @sostrin, @krazykrista, @lucyridingmoosey, @thatindianlady and @redsfallin. Again after much deliberation between myself and my co-judge @nikflossus we eventually arrived at a decision.
@sostrin
A very original and ambitious continuation of the story and well written also, thank you very much for your contribution. You have won 100 Whaleshares. Please reply with your Bitshares account information and I will send the Whaleshares to your account immediately. Enjoy! If you don't have an account don't worry it's very simple and completely free to set one up here - https://bitshares.openledger.info/?r=akrid-1.
Here is a reminder of @sostrin's part of the story.
KRACCK! I was startled back into the moment as the night sky filled with the shimmer of lightning. Just then, it was as if the skies opened up, pouring down sheets of water and I laughed. I screamed at the sky " Is this the best you got?". I could make out headlights in the distance as I just stood there by my car get soaking wet. The lights got closer and the car stopped. The driver rolled down the window . The driver was about my age , with dark hair and had a kind face that reminded me of my brother Billy. " Car trouble he shouted over the rain" . I nodded my head. " Can I give you a ride, there is a gas station about 5 miles up the road from here". I said " Sure, give me a minuite let me just close the hood." I made sure to see that he wasnt paying attention and removed the bundel from inside my hood and hid it in my jacket. It was hot and throbbing and I felt it might burn a hole through my chest. I hated having that thing this close to me. I had that quesy , slimy feeling i get whenever i got close to it.I got in the car and let out a sigh, well at least I was dry. " I don't offen see pretty girls like you out here in the middle of nowhere" Great, he was fliritng with me. This must be some kind of cosmic joke. It just keeps getting better and better. Well at least I was moving, going somewhere. "So I'm Jeff, what your name?" "umm a, my name is Sara. Hey listen Jeff, is there a motel nearby ? I need to dry off and its late. I can look into fixing the car tomorrow." He sat quite for a moment. I looked at him closely and I didnt get any bad vibes from him. I am usually a good judge of character. He was actually kinda cute. " The nearest hotel is about an hour from here. I was just on my way home from work. I live about 15 minutes from here. Your are welcome to stay with me until morning" He said with a sly smile. I looked up at the roof of the car and thought to myself, " Ok this is how this is gonna go. Keep testing me" I turned to Jeff and said " Wow , thats so nice of you. that would be awesome. "It was strange because at that moment the package stopped throbbing and became cool. I felt slightly less queasy. I took this as a good sign.I was probably gonna be safe here for the night. They might find the car but they will have no idea where I disappeared to.
Now on to this week's new story - Away From The Night. If you wish to submit an entry please ensure that you firstly upvote and resteem this post. The first part of the story I will write below and then all you need to do is let your creative juices flow and take the stroy in whatever direction you wish to take it in. Be ambitious and original. Change the genre if you wish to. And of course have fun with it. A short paragraph is all we're looking for. Don't forget to number your part of the story.
This contest is sponsored by Whaleshares and I owe a big thank you to @akrid. There is 100 Whaleshares for the winning entry. If you would like to learn more about Whaleshares and how they can significantly increase your post rewards please visit https://steemit.com/whaleshares/@eirik/guide-on-how-to-use-whaleshares-updated-versionwhere @eirik will gladly explain more to you.
The inimitable @nikflossus will be helping me to decide which one of your entries deserves the winning prize. We are looking for:
- A strong sense of imagination
- Creative intelligence
- Originality
- Narrative fluidity (ensuring the story chain links smoothly)
- Use of language, grammar and syntax (we need to understand what you're saying!)
The winner will be announced in a week's time. A new post will be published then announcing the winner along with a new story chain. So without any further delay here is part one of Away From The Night.
It had been a very long and arduous day at work. I was more than pleased to get home and sink into the sofa with a beer. I thought I would just quickly catch some news first so I flicked over to my local station, barely news but it was better than the big networks. The reporter was clearly excited. She was trying to convince me that a group of unidentified individuals were in the area causing chaos, by interfering with the electricity supply. I had no idea what the fuck she was talking about and I was just too tired to care, when suddenly an extremely bright light flickered outside. I got up and looked out the window and I could not see the source of the white beam of light which was clearly coming from the sky. I put my shoes back on and went out to investigate. As I got closer to the beam I thought I must be dreaming. Surely this couldn't be happening. I refused to believe what I was looking at.
The torch was shining brightly up at the power lines across the complex from my apartment. Climbing all over the pole and the wires, short, green... things. They were making a chattering noise that sounded like laughter as they used sharp teeth to bite into the electrical cords.
One of the green things jumped as his teeth broke through the wire insulation and sliced the power cable. He had clearly gotten an electric jolt, but he had also accomplished his mission. All the lights in the complex went dark, including the torch that had been shining up at the swarm.
The chittering laughter continued, even growing more emphatic as true darkness fell. I heard the rev of an engine as someone started up a car across the lot. Fresh light fell on the parking lot illuminating a crowd of a couple dozen of the small creatures. They were getting into everything! And then a light went off in my head, an old eighties movie I had seen, but surely they weren't real! Surely they couldn't be.... Gremlins!
The next thing I knew they were coming at me.
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Thank you so much @mikepm74 for your contribution to the story chain, the winner has been announced and the new story chain launched here - https://steemit.com/story/@freedomexists/where-do-i-find-m-story-chain-7-where-you-write-the-story-and-100-whaleshares-for-the-winner.
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1A
Where the beam landed on the ground, there were creatures popping out of thin air. I froze, could not even breath. They were only about 4 feet tall, bone legged with long thin arms, they started wobbling around as more appeared. The count was up to about 50 in less than a minute, and then the beam disappeared. They were quiet, not even a peep, all the noise came from the police cars flying up the road. I had this uneasy feeling about the police cars coming up the dirt road into the trailer park where I lived, but on the other hand for some strange reason I felt at ease by the arrival of these little guys. When the police pulled up they started demanding that the creatures stand still, I thought to myself, "what a fucking joke", 4 or 5 of the creatures started walking towards the cops. The cops’ voices grew louder until one of them fired at the creatures. When the bullets hit the creature, it was like the creature ingested the energy and mass off the bullet causing a little bit of light where the bullet hit. They all looked at each other and then put their hands up, A florescent light joined over their hands and then dispersed rapidly towards the cops. When it reached the cop cars I saw all the cops drop like bags of rocks. I ran towards them as fast as I could. When I stood over the cop that was closest to my house, I realized that he didn’t have neither a scrape or a bruise, he was sound asleep- with a smile on his face at that. My intuition was correct, these little guys aren’t hostile at all.
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Hey @dcwordofmouth thanks for your entry. Which part of the story chain is this? Part 1 has been written by @mikepm74, or is your part an alternative part 1?
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Yes I had realized that right after I posted it...
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Not a problem, can you please therefore mark yours 1A, thanks.
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Thank you so much @dcwordofmouth for your contribution to the story chain, the winner has been announced and the new story chain launched here - https://steemit.com/story/@freedomexists/where-do-i-find-m-story-chain-7-where-you-write-the-story-and-100-whaleshares-for-the-winner.
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I must have been in shock. I drifted into a daydream. I was thinking that this was so cool and then I heard a loud buzzing sound. I was blasted back to reality. Fear crept up the back of my spine and I felt the hairs stand up on the back of my neck. Think, dammit. What other movies did I load into the player? Gremlins, Breakfast club, Hocus Pocus, Alien and...... and........ what was that last movie? The buzzing sound was so loud now. I felt a massive buildup of pressure inside the house. My head started to throb. There was a large cracking sound. It sounded like the roof was going to rip off the house. I dove for the player and started pushing buttons. Nothing happened it just got louder and louder. The plug!!, yes the plug. I yanked the plug out of the wall and there was a massive concussion. I was thrown across the room and landed on my back staring face up at the ceiling. Twister! The last movie was Twister. The buzzing sound had died down. The house was dark except for the lights from the police cars. I knew that I had to get out of here and find that salesman. I grabbed the player and headed for the back door.
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Thank you so much @sostrin for your contribution to the story chain, the winner has been announced and the new story chain launched here - https://steemit.com/story/@freedomexists/where-do-i-find-m-story-chain-7-where-you-write-the-story-and-100-whaleshares-for-the-winner.
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It figures, I'm the only one who had the balls to run up and check on these cops. I stood still and without looking over at the creatures, I knew I had to be the one to face them and figure this thing out. I heard a neighbor yell with their teeth clinched, "run", I turned towards the creatures, and tried to search for a leader or reference point who to speak too, but I didn't have any luck. They were all exactly the same as one another. Dark eyes wrapped halfway around their heads, what appeared to be a nose, but that was it, no mouth. it was the same 4 that approached the cop car. As I tried to blurt something I Became completely speechless, as I was also realizing that they may not even have ears, they started to wave with both arms. I have no idea why, but I did the same thing back, then they started pointing towards my house and walking to it as if to say lets go inside. I complied.
Inside they were roaming in my house and analyzing stuff. I finally said, so you guys want to tell me who the fuck, or what the fuck you are? One of them looked at me, with no response, and then grabbed the news paper and pointed to a paragraph. Meanwhile I could here 1 or 2 of them in the back of the trailer where my room was. I started reading the paper it was holding and then it dropped it and started walking towards my room, it looked back at me, I followed. In my room the other three were staring at my computer, it was on. When I got closer, I could see that writing was appearing. the writing was " we are Zouls from Zelon, the center of the galaxy, we need your help with finding the most powerful places on this earth. There is another galaxy traveler that is trying to offset, they will be destroying this planet, and through time the galaxy." So another words, you guys are the good guys, but the bad guys are coming? "No, we are not bad or good, we just are here, they are bad." So what do you mean by powerful? "you see how I use this computer?, electricity, we have the ability to protect your source that they are after, if they can obtain your source, then it will be over."
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Hello, Cool post my friend!!
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Thank you @dcwordofmouth. Awaiting your entry!
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Your post up is impressive. Followed @freedomexists
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Thank you so much @freedomexists I had such an amazing time doing this. It has opened open a whole new method for me. My Bitshares is sostrin67
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Hey @sostrin, glad you enjoyed the contest. However, there is no Bitshares account registered with the name you have provided, can you pop in to the chat so we can talk - https://discord.gg/RRDzn6c.
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I turned, ran back into the house and slammed the front door. Could this be real?
I heard a thump as something hit the door. Then another. Then another.
With shaking hands I grabbed a chair and wedged it under the door handle.
What did I know about Gremlins? Only that I'd watched the film last night.
I stared around trying to clear my mind. Was there a connection? Was I even thinking clearly?
A series of loud thumps hit the door in rapid succession and I ran into the lounge. There, on top of the television was the pile of DVD's I'd watched last night on my new DVD player. The Gremlins box was on the top.
I picked up the DVD box and opened it. The box was empty. It was still in the player.
Was I really taking this seriously? I heard the sound of smashing glass in the hall and crouched down to the new player I'd bought yesterday from a grinning salesman with a long white beard.
REALITY PLAYER™
I checked the LCD display. The film was still playing.
There was another loud crash, this time from behind me, followed by a long jabbering laugh. In a panic I jabbed the first button I saw. Something inside the machine whirred and the laughter stopped. On the display a new icon started to flash:
CHANGING DVD – PLEASE WAIT...
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Thank you so much @lucyridingmoosey for your contribution to the story chain, the winner has been anounced and the new story chain launched here - https://steemit.com/story/@freedomexists/where-do-i-find-m-story-chain-7-where-you-write-the-story-and-100-whaleshares-for-the-winner.
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Suddenly, the front room got quiet. The silence was only broken by the sound of pacing on the wooden floor. Someone was still out there. what movie was next in the collection?
"You wanna keep going?" a male voice asked in a tone I nearly recognized.
A strange raspy Gremlin sounding voice "Yeess"
"That's another" The male voice came again. "Two month, I've got you! I own you for the rest of your naturally born life. Instead of going to prison, you'll come here!"
I peaked around the corner to see a middle aged man in a suit with no tie, and the shirt unbottoned three buttons down stalking in front of a bunch of school desks. Behind each desk was a Gremlin. But they were all dressed like 80's school students.
I looked back at the pile of DVD's and under the Gremlins had been the John Hughes flick, "Breakfast Club" I gave a bit of a chuckle as I turned back to the room in time to watch Assistant Principle Vernon head for the front door. "The next time I have to come in here, I'm cracking skulls!" came the iconic line as the front door slammed shut behind him.
When I turned back to where the Gremlin students had been sitting, the school desks were gone, replaced by the library couches, the Gremlins sat around passing a joint between them. We'd skipped ahead in the movie.
One gremlin was trying to apply lipstick with ill formed cleavage, one was ruffling through a purse bigger than it was, while yet another was munching on the smoke as he exhaled.
It was too bad I got Gremlin Breakfast Club, Ally Sheedy and Molly Ringwald had both looked amazing back in those days, and I wouldn't have minded if both turned up in my lounge.
A sound behind me drew my attention back to the Reality Player. The Display Read "Movie End, Switching Disk".
And then all hell broke loose.
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Things had gone too far at this point. Reality Player hell! I knew damn well that I wasn't high, nor had I watched any Cheech and Chong movies earlier, so this machine was just screwing with me now.
The tornado had passed, and clearly visible beneath the rubble was the beginning of the iconic yellow brick road. Maybe the Munchkins would take me to that salesman. I needed to find them and make them my allies quickly before the atmosphere changed into something more sinister again.
Machine in tow and with a sarcastic skip to my step, I make my way down the road, belting out "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and hoping that my poor singing voice will elicit the attention of the little folks.... or maybe Glenda or Dorothy. It soon becomes evident that the stars are not aligned in my favor today. I've attracted attention alright, just not the kind I'd been hoping for right now.
Unbelievable. Flying monkeys......
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Thank you so much @tinajordan for your contribution to the story chain, the winner has been announced and the new story chain launched here - https://steemit.com/story/@freedomexists/where-do-i-find-m-story-chain-7-where-you-write-the-story-and-100-whaleshares-for-the-winner.
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