Spreading the Transforming Power of Improvisation

Seth and the broken sword

(*Rules: Please add anywhere from one word to three sentences for this improv story, you may stop in mid-sentence or complete a sentence. Of course, remember to 'walk backwards' and be true to the story by remembering to 'yes, and' past details.)

Once upon a time, there was a bored young man named Seth who lived in the most exciting city in his world -Trethys. His parents were rich, he was an only child, and most importantly he...

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Permalink Reply by Leif Hansen on March 30, 2009 at 1:01pm: Hi Folks,
It's understandable that there's confusion as the instructions needed to be clearer on the way the story was threaded (replies, etc.) We had some wonderful replies, but I think we need to close this one down and start it again with some more clarity. Thanks to all who participated though! :)

If nobody starts another thread within a week or so, I'll do it again ;)

Cheers,
Leif

Permalink Reply by Tandi Buchan on March 30, 2009 at 4:09am: always had a sunny disposition

Permalink Reply by Patricia Ryan Madson on March 28, 2009 at 9:32am: dreamed of finding a way to harness greed to turn into energy. One morning as he was squeezing some orange juice he . . .

Oooops . . . looks like I didn't read below. TA-DA!

Permalink Reply by Nathan Keates on March 7, 2009 at 7:26am: Once upon a time, there was a bored young man named Seth who lived in the most exciting city in his world -Trethys. His parents were rich, he was an only child, and most importantly he...
won all the time and this made him more bored. He even wore a...
clown nose to try to draw rude comments, but nothing worked. One day he realized....
his parents were letting him win. By accident, he had taken his father's sword to play instead of his own, and...
noticed that it had three beautiful and unusually cut gems along the handle. A green, blue and red gem each had indentations, almost like fingerprints, almost like the buttons his mother used on her visioning-orb. As he was touching the red gem the sword began to vibrate, making...
him see the virtual book of 'How to let your son win'. Seth stepped into the book to then...
He was suddenly surrounded by...
and the goblins, glowing blue in the lightexplosion, fell on their knees, faces pressed in the wet earth - "command us, master of the sword!"

Seth frowned, his mind reeling to make sense of the events that had just transpired. He swiveled the sword round, feeling it heavy yet stable in his hand. Yeah, that would definitely make a nice gift for his friend Nathan, whose birthday was up tomorrow, he mused incoherently. Wait, was he in a BOOK now? Titled, "how to let your son win"? He grappled for meaning, understanding - did his parents let him win all the time???? His mind refused him service, instead he felt his stomach tightening, filling with a sense of...
...longing for a couple of aspirin...his migraine must have returned. Usually the lights appeared with migraine, but never the goblins before, and no sword either. The book was a puzzle too. Could this be a new form of....
...self-help. Seth would have to...

{Click below 'Reply to This'}

Permalink Reply by Rick Thomas on March 29, 2009 at 9:17pm: suspend all judgment and discernment and do whatever the sword told him to do. The sword spoke, "Murder your eldest son!...oops sorry, confused you with Abraham!" Seth was confused, he wandered aimlessly for 13 years and then...

Permalink Reply by James on March 8, 2009 at 7:54pm: Could this be a new form of wimsical music he wondered to himself leaving the book behind, he left his house in a stumbled dance

Permalink Reply by John Brooker on March 7, 2009 at 1:13pm: learn to win on his own...armed only with his father's sword, the servile goblins and a...

Permalink Reply by Tess Doucet on March 11, 2009 at 6:47am: packet of aspirin, he stumbled out of the house. As soon as he'd left the gate of the mansion, he heard a faint sound of bagpipes playing wimsical music. He noticed the fresh spring air. Forgetting about his migraine, and without really deciding to, he turned right and ...

{I like the game too, you guys! Well done Nathan on making a fresh start by summarizing, enabling us to go on. I'd really lost track. @James: I tried to tie your line in with mine here and keep the story focussed in one reply-to series; please consider deleting your reply for clarity's sake?}

Permalink Reply by Nathan Keates on March 6, 2009 at 3:04am: {I like the story}

...self-help. Seth would have to...

Permalink Reply by Leif Hansen on March 5, 2009 at 4:03pm: {Looks like we've run into a problem. Because we each replied to previous replies, the indented replies would only let us go so far. My hunch is that that is why the game had a few different confusing final posts as well.

While we could continue the story by starting to reply like I am here, my hunch is it would then get REALLY confusing, especially to new folks. If we start a new one, the important thing would be to ONLY CLICK "Add Reply" to the original post, and not reply to subsequent replies. Get it? Want to start again? I was thinking, people could even get creative and add pictures if they wanted.... :) }

Permalink Reply by John Brooker on March 7, 2009 at 4:26am: Hi, I'm confused by the instructions, if you add reply to the original note does it not get even more complex? Not sure but very happy to try again, it's a fun two minute mind break...Mind you, won't be near a PC for a while so will have to join later. Well done on starting it!

Permalink Reply by John Brooker on March 2, 2009 at 6:20am: ...longing for a couple of aspirin...his migraine must have returned. Usually the lights appeared with migraine, but never the goblins before, and no sword either. The book was a puzzle too. Could this be a new form of....