Looking for a little interaction here on steemit! I present you a painting of mine, along with a little story, with the contest being that you can fill in the ____ blanks and create a weird, wonderful, little story of your own in the comments. I will divide the SBD of the post's payout at my own judgement among the contestants after payout.
This is episode 4, previous episodes:
Episode 1: Mystery Man
Episode 2: And then there were Two of Us
Episode 3: Niflheim
Episode 3 received 4 valid stories, interpreting the painting each in their own way, thank you @occupywallets, @fraenk, @shortcut and @charisma11! You can read their full stories in the comments of Episode 3.
All entries were awesome in their own way, so I once again took the liberty to mash up the four entries, making everybody an equal winner, with @shortcut being a more equal winner because I used 2 of his suggestions (that's "Animal Farm" right there for ya..). Here's the story, alongside last weeks painting:
Whether it took a few seconds or several aeons, he couldn't say - but Mystery Man 2 saw light in the blackness. He felt dizzy,
but as the landscape slowly lit up, he recognized Niflheim Nefeline: the land of talking cats
Had he died? No, because he still had things to accomplish. His briefcase, where was his briefcase? He must have lost it before the visions had overcome him. Maybe that was the point,maybe he really didn't need all these things.
It was time to look for Mystery Man 1
He quickly searched for his mortar and pestle, trying to recall his grandmother's herbal recipe to calm the vapors...If he was dead, his grandmother would surely be here to whisper the recipe in his ear...
Alas! Only a three-legged crow was nearby, cackling like it knew some punchline...
I don't know if that makes sense, haha.
So, after three episodes, we (probably) have the intra-/extra-dimensional clone called Mystery Man 2, looking for his original (Mystery man 1) in the land of Nefeline, the talking Cats. And he's got gas.
The story continues with this painting:
Make a comment with the ____ blanks filled in. Chances are you'll win!
Suffering from an accumulation of gas in the alimentary canal -or one could just say flatulent- Mystery Man 2 searched the vast realm of Nefeline for his doppleganger (for/until/...) ____ (how long?)
Finally, hungry and exhausted, he ____ (what did he do?)
It was then and there he was approached by a green figure, who was remarkably ____ (what?)
Mystery Man trembled, finally asking: "Are you ____?" (who does Mystery Man 2 think the Green Creature is?)
It smiled and said: "____" (Bonus points for a cliffhanger here, so I can make episode 5!)
Upvoting and resteeming increases the prize-pool, so why hold back? Thanks for reading and participating, let's have some fun! By the way, I will post my version of Episode 3 in the comments, and will share my version of Episode 4 until this post has reached payout. Looking forward to weird writings!