Once Upon A Time

Most Recent Drawing: 10 July 2024 01:46 UTC

Storyteller	Fragment	Scoring Response
4st	✅	-
ChaosGoblin	✅	✅
Clucky	-	✅
Darknight	-	✅
djf1107	-	✅
GloopyGhost	-	✅

(Category Elements are in bold)

Current Elements
meet
chat
A Location

Characters

Name	Description	Expiration
z	the character 'z'	3
June	A plucky young heroine ready to defend her friends and family	3
Natasha	A villainous pirate, feared by all!	3
Miri	An ancient dragon. Trades in riches and magic, at the right price.	2

Locations

Name	Description	Expiration
bottomless pit	Some say it has no end. Some say otherwise.	2
The Orchard	Lush and green. Has surprising variety in fruit trees.	2
sandstone cliffs	The place where the cliffs meet the ocean shore.	3

Rituals

Name	Description	Expiration
-	-	-

Sparks

Storyteller	Spark
4st	-
ChaosGoblin	-
Clucky	-
Darknight	darkness
djf1107	-
GloopyGhost	-

Challenges
The fragment contains no words longer than five letters
The fragment contains at least ten instances of the letter 'z'.
The fragment ends with the words "The End"
The fragment ends with the words "The End"

The Last Fragment	-

The Story

Clearly, the frying pan was the most suitable weapon of choice for this situation. With a mighty swing, June brought her pan down upon the bigger skunk fly with a wet crunch. As she shook the remains of the fly off, June watched its mate retreat, its panicked buzzing echoing in the distance. “Skunk flies,” June muttered to herself “Anyone who claims they aren’t harmful should come out here and try gathering swamp beets from their nest and then tell me they just smell bad.”

Her prize secured, June placed the swamp beets into her bag and began the hike back home. She would have to stop by Eddie's garden on the way back in order to gather the last of the ingredients that she needed. As June neared the garden, a sudden acrid smell stopped her in her tracks. Something wasn't right. She climbed the nearest maple for a better look. Between the treetops, June immediately saw the choking green smoke rising into the sky. Her eyes widened. "Pirates."

With the sickening smell of smoke on the wind, June raced as quickly as she could towards the village. Nearing the family shop, she ducked behind an over turned cart as a pair of pirates stepped out, arms loaded with stolen goods. “Hey, thanks for the supplies buddy.” one of the pirates called out over his shoulder “Here’s the receipt back though.” With a laugh, the other pirate tossed a torch back through the doorway. June watched in horror as the shop quickly went up in flames, and the yells for help grew louder.

Natasha, head cocked, listened as the little village at the top of the cliffs fell. With the ocean to her back and stone cliffs to her front, she seemed to have an advantageous cover, but something about this still felt wrong. Every so often, about 50 paces away, bags of supplies thudded down from the dark cliffs into the sand. Crew members were taking bags of supplies from shore to the ship when she heard, “Captain! We have it!” She turned to investigate and momentarily forgot about her worries as she saw the pale blue glow of the jewel.

As the pirate handed her the gem, Natasha allowed herself a small smile. “Beautiful,” she sighed as she leaned against a nearby cannon. “Captain, what’s so special about this gem?” Glaring, Natasha turned and held out the gem. “Its called the heart of the deep and its said to hold a power anyone with a passion for power would kill for.” Keeping her own fears hidden, she continued. “Legend says this gem allows one to control the master of the deep and rule the seas.” Muttering to one another, the other pirates began to ponder what they had just learned. Turning back to her quarters on the ship, Natasha shivered. “Unless the part about there being a girl who can use the gem to destroy the master is true.”

June spent the next several hours helping the village recover from the pirate attack. Fortunately, when all was said and done only a couple of villages had lost their lives, though several buildings were burnt down in the raid. After a long day of helping survivors, June took a moment to relax with a simple pleasure: fruit from the great apple tree that stood on top of the sandstone cliffs. As she plucked the bright red fruit from the leafy branches she took a bite. The Black Hawk could barely be seen on the horizon, but June knew it was only a matter of time before it returned. Suddenly, dark clouds began to form above the distant ship and loud thunder filled June's ears. This was no ordinary storm. Something was wrong. Something unnatural.