Lately, I've been reading those kind of stories that have some kind of path you can choose. Example: Jimmy has two doors to choose.
Door Number 1: Flip to page 9
Door number 2: Flip to page 63.
So here's what I do: I write a page in the book, then I present you guys with two or three options. The next person to post will get to decide where Yoshi and the others go. Depending on what you choose, I will guide the characters through another page, and so on. We'll keep going until the end...whenever that is!
Page one: Yoshi's journey to Subcon.
It was a dark and stormy night. Meanwhile, the king rose the tax prices to outrageous levels. Suddenly, a giant explosion presented itself on the horizon. "Gaghh! I just don't know.......how to begin.....where to start?" Yoshi sat as the table waiting for an idea to come to him. He just didn't understand writing that well. However, Yoshi was driven to prove himself to everyone in the Mushroom Kingdom. Earlier that day, a bunch of rude looking Toads had laughed at him for being "stupid." After all, he was "just a worthless dinosaur." These words had stabbed Yoshi in the heart. He bled tears all over the soft grass. All around him, the winds and the mountains teased at Yoshi with their mighty fists. Nature was speaking to him. "Run away........you pathetic creature......." Returning home, Yoshi dragged out his paper and pencil, believeing that if he could create a master piece of literature, he would be granted respect. The problem was....well, lets just say he wasn't William Shakespeare. Still, he pushed on through the long hours of the night. He began to feel the weight of his drooping eyes around three. They became bloodshot; his arms fell to the ground and his legs began to crumble. Finally, his body told him to quit. He removed his shoes and washed his face with warm yet soothing water. Yoshi trudged into his room and fell to his wonderful bed. "Mabey.....mabey, I'll draw a picture......."
"Yoshi.....yoshi, wake up!" Yoshi awoke to find that Mario was standing at his feet. "Mario....boy, am I glad to see you! I had the most terrible night. I was trying to write a story........" Mario raised his hand. "Yoshi, your still asleep.....sort of."
"So, you told me to wake up from a sleep within' a sleep?"
"Errr......I guess. This is Subcon. That short guy over there brought us here."
Yoshi looked around. "Short guy? Where?"
"Down here, you twit!"
Startled, the green dino leaped out of his socks. "Whoa! You really are short!"
The strange little man's mouth emitted steam; the hair on the side of his head rose and his wrinkles twitched. "Groan...I thought YOU hated being insulted....
"You know? How?" Yoshi questioned.
The man replied, "Heck, I know everything! I'm Dei T! The All powerful Toad, lord of Subcon, short but studly, yada-yada-yada. I've transported the two of you here to over come your problems. You Yoshi, need a story idea correct? Don't worry, I'll give you one. And Mario, you need to lose weight, correct?"
"Wha? No I don't!" Mario yelled back.
"Sure," Dei T. laughed. "You may be wondering what awaits you through those doors over there, correct?"
"Not really......." Yoshi sighed, "and how come you say correct all the time, eh?"
"Hey, don't question the master! Those doors will help you solve your problems. I can't just give them to you! That would be cheating! Cheating is kinda frowned upon at Fungi Forums. Sorry."
"Fine, just.......can we have some help? The two of us can't do it alone."
"Sure, I can bring anyone here, as long as they're sleeping."
"Hey Mario, lets bring Luigi and Wario here! They can help, right?"
"Do we have to bring Wario? Whenever we bring him, he eats all the food and farts on all my stuff."
Dei T. spoke up. "You won't need food. This is a dream, duh! It's only ment to help solve your problem. Remember the cheating thing? 1-Ups don't grow on trees, ya know."
"Just get Luigi and Wario here!" Yoshi snapped.
"Fine. But if they are to venture past the doors, they must have a problem. That would be?"
Mario thought. "Hmmmm.....Luigi would like to have more muscle. And I'm sure Wario would like to lose some weight....or earn more money. Does that work?"
"Sure," Dei T. said, "but they have to be asleep. Hmmmm....Luigi is already here. He is still asleep in that corner. As for Wario.....it seems that he is at a rave."
"Gaghhhh!!!! Stupid fatty!" Yoshi was enraged. He needed Wario's help, but instead, the dope was at a stupid party.
"Hold on," Dei T. explained, "he just got smacked in the head with a lamp shade! He's K.O'd, so I guess I can get him here. Ah, good. He's asleep in that corner...on top of Luigi."
Luigi was dreaming of Daisy in a bikini, but it didn't last long. His mouth was filled with the wonderful scent of Wario's brand.
"Ack! Blech! Gross! Wario you pig!" Luigi bellowed. Wario awoke from his knock out. The two had no idea where they were, of course. To make a long story short, Mario explained to them what had happened.
"So we gotta help Yoshi write a story? Gee, that sounds dumb," Wario snickered.
"Shut it, fatty. We all have problems that Dei T. can fix. Right?"
Dei T. shrugged. "I can't do that. Cheating. Walk through one of the three doors. Adventure...awaits."
Dei T. vanished into thin air, leaving the four in front of the doors.
"Well, we gotta pick one," Luigi sighed. "Might as well be door number one."
Wario shoved him aside. "No, door three!"
"How about 2?" Mario and Yoshi spoke at the same time.
Before long, they had played rock, paper, scissors, in addition to straws and eni meni miney mo. Wario had one two out of three games, so it was his choice.
"Crap," Luigi grumbled. "We're all gonna die."
Wario trudged up to the three doors. On one was a skull and cross bone. The other, door number two, was a space ship. And on the last, was a computer.
"Hmmm........which one? I can't choose!"
Which door will Wario take?
Skull and Cross Bones.
Space Ship
Computer.
There you have it. Pick one of those. Happy picking.
