an experiment

I was walking just now and had this idea. I don't know if anyone would be up for it. But I remembered playing this game when I was a kid, were each of us would take it in turns to add sentences to a spontaneous story.

And I thought it might be a cool thing for us to try. Maybe we could all write a short story together on this thread. Take it in turns to add either a sentence, or a paragraph, or more than one paragraph, depending on how much you could manage in a sitting. You can take the story anywhere you like, its an experiment in people coming together and creating a story. The only rule is because its a story, please please only answer this thread if your going to add something to the story. No thread hijacking - otherwise it will spoil it. If you want to talk about something else open another thread. But keep this one just for the story, no comments or anything, please. If your gonna post anything just continue the story where it was last left off. Thats the only rule.

I just thought it would be interesting to see how it turns out. It can go anywhere you want to take it. So don't feel inhibited by the last persons post, feel free to take it into an entirely different direction if you wish, just as long as it connects in some way.

I dunno just an idea- I'll start it off anyway see what happens. It might be difficult I know - take your time, if you only want to write a sentence, thats cool, and if you want to write many paragraphs thats cool as well. I'am hoping that everybody will add something to it. You can add as much as you like. Its not limited to one post per person. if you want to come back in a few days or a few hours and add something else then you can. Is just a relaxed experiment in creative writing.

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part one

It was a cold day. Bill huddled up by the warm fire, cup of coffee in hand. As he gazed into the dancing flames, he recalled a time when he had been young. Times when he had been a sailor. Once he had been a captain of a ship: 'The Pegasus' He missed those days now. Days of adventure and exploration. Days when he was wild like the wind and the sea. The mysterious sea, where strange creatures lurked and magical things would happen, he dreamed of the sea. He longed to sail it one more time. Him and some of his old crew, his shipmates. Go on one last great adventure together, live fully one more time. Life was bleak here, and his time was running out. He felt the sea calling him. By his side on a coffee table was a letter from a friend. He picked this up and looked at it. His friend too missed the sea and he had mentioned in the letter that he and some of the old crew were building a ship together. The letter was asking if Bill wanted to join them. Bill knew the answer to that the second he had read it; in the corner of the wooden shack there was a rucksack packed ready and waiting for the morning. Tommorrow morning he would get up early and leave that shack; and go and help his friends build that boat.