[video] WRITING CONTEST RESULTS - "A Winner Must Be Chosen"

[lieutenantantichrist]

Well boys and girls, we got us some results. Lemme see here.

[Blake clears his throat with suitable drama as his Snubbull solemnly hands him an envelope.]

Thanks Steve. Third place and one thousand of the weird-ass local money goes to-

[Rip. Unfold]

Number 13, Ryner Lute, with some kind of fairy tale thing about why you should never let a mime run the government.

Second place, with a prize of five thousand rubles or whatever the fuck, is-

[Rip rip]

Number 2, the one about a little girl getting turned into a mime and somehow nobody gets arrested! It's a good day for mimes, and you bet your ass that's never been said by anybody before. That one was by- [Blake squints at the name] The Joker? Does Batman know you're running around here?

All right, drumroll!

[His Solrock rolls around in a circle to approximate it. pattapattapattapatta-- -tear!]

First prize, 7500 pesos and a date with a weirdo, now belongs to Number 7, the long thing about every single damn prompt cause there's always that kid! Nuhnaymi Chee-ack-eye, step right up!

Now, the special categories. Each of these gets their own chance to go bowling with a lunatic and talk about your pet ghosts.

Most Likely to be True goes to Number 12, some household cleaning tips by Kenneth Elm...Alm...Amelie-- Archibald? Hey, Ken, why didn't you ever tell me your name was Archie?

Now, last but not least yadda yadda yadda, we got Funniest. That is Number 8 and its artistic interpretations, by a landslide. Heather Mason, come on down. Hope you don't want the original of that one part back. I, uh, lost it. [In a fire.]

That's it for whatever the hell this was. [Blake leans back with a satisfied air.] Everybody who got cash, it'll get wired straight to your account. Heather, Archie, and Nuhnaymi, give the paper a ring and they'll set up your dates. Congratulations, and all that crap. I'm gonna go get a beer and do something that isn't reading.

[Steve blows on a noisemaker. It goes toot.]

[[OOC: The writing contest is over! The way voting worked is each vote for first got a story 3 points, a vote for second counted as 2, and a vote for third counted as 1. Big thank you to everyone who voted, everyone who participated, and to the mods for a) letting me do this, b) helping me set it up, and c) going above and beyond the call of duty in providing prizes.

lullabytes, enjoymyatelier, and foolishwren, please come down to this thread to pick your NPCs!]]

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OOC FEEDBACK

[lieutenantantichrist]

[Comments, opinions, all that stuff. I've never tried doing a mini-player-plot like this before, so let me know what you think!]

OOC: NPC OUTING PICKS

[lieutenantantichrist]

[Pick your NPCs to thread with! Order of choosing is
1. lullabytes
2. enjoymyatelier, and
3. foolishwren.

NPCs to choose from are at the bottom of the post here.]

IC RESPONSE

[lieutenantantichrist]

[The floor is open.]

[lullabytes]

Nanami wants Blaine to go to dinner with her and also give her a Pokemon quiz. He's gentlemanly and awesome. Which blocks out EXCELSIOR
TEAM.

[lullabytes]

...I thought I was "Nancy".

[ NANCY IS BETTER THAN WHAT SHE GOT THIS TIME, OKAY... ]

Ah...and I didn't answer last time, but a "sidequest" is an optional task...but you get rewards and things that help you later in the game. It's off of the main story...sometimes actual main story things can seem like sidequests, though.

[enjoymyatelier]

I think Kayneth's going to go on a hot date with Nurse Joy to find out if she really is part of some artificial construct army, which would block out Team Discovery Channel.

[enjoymyatelier]

...My name isn't Archie.

Or Kenneth or Ken, for that matter.

And Amilie is right out.

[lieutenantantichrist]

That's as close to a real name as that shit comes. What is that in the middle, a dash? That's not a name.

What you got against Amelie?

[pipers_son]

[For once, Joker looks like he could pass for an actual normal person since he's forgotten all his circus makeup in his rush to get on the road back to Cherrygrove. Maybe that will make Blake feel better. Or at least make a better impression.]

No 'the', just Joker. People keep mentionin' this Batman fella, maybe I should take a look inta that. [That sure is a lowerclass British accent.] Didn't think I'd win second, so I'd say it's a good day! Thank ya kindly ta everyone who voted~.

An' can we make ya do somethin' like this again? I like yer way a doin' things.

[By which he means it made him laugh with every post. God bless you Lietuenant Carter Blake]

[lieutenantantichrist]

I read what was on the paper.

[Then get an easier name!]

Is that more Dungeons and Dragons shit?

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

What? I lost? I losssssst?!

[So much outrage right now.]

I insissst, no I demand a sssecond vote to fix thissss...thisssss insult against my person! That or the absolute abolishment of democracy itself!

[He may be overreacting a bit.]

[pipers_son]

Think about demandin' a drink instead? Might make ya feel better and hopefully less, uh, abolishment a democracy.

Which one did ya write?

[those_guys]

Just let me know when and where you want her! Team Discovery Channel (...and the Nurse Joy of his current city) is ready to rumble whenever you are.

Also, that's a rude thing to say about her family. :(

Re: IC RESPONSE

[tearsofademon]

[Ryner's initial reaction is to kind of choke, because he had a feeling he'd known who wrote that, but to have that kind of confirmation...]

...of course she'd enter it under my name...

[enjoymyatelier]

El-Melloi isn't a name, it's a title. Of course there is absolutely nothing wrong with someone having hyphens in their names. I find them quite aesthetically pleasing, thank you very much.

Nothing, when it's applied to other people.

[enjoymyatelier]

A museum date in Ecruteak seems like a thing that would go nicely! I would be up for a log whenever although the weekend would probably be best.

[those_guys]

I am around this entire weekend, as it happens! I can throw the log up on Friday evening or sometime Saturday, then, unless you would prefer to scene-set his romantic lead-up.

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

What would make me feel better is to have thissss wrong righted! Immediately! And it's obviousssss which one is mine! Completely obvioussss!

[And yet he tried to use a pen name.]

[pipers_son]

I really think ya might wanna try a pint.

[But oh, okay, you want him to take a guess?]

...The one about Butterfrees.

[nostabbing]

...Oh.

[Evidently writing is not one of the things she is good at.]

Hey, don't pronounce Chiaki's name wrong, you jerk.

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

And I really think that I didn't ask for your opinion! And no it is not the one about Butterfrees! Why on earth would I, Cobra Commander, write about Butterfrees?

[pipers_son]

Because yer secretly a carin' soul~.

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

That couldn't be further from the truth.

[pipers_son]

Ain't like I know ya. Know how ta charm snakes?

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Unlessss utilizing various frequencies to make the entire animal kingdom, including ssssnakes, do my bidding counts, then no. No, I do not.