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I just got some ideas thanks to that. @TheGolux you might be in trouble lol




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Her name is Joana. With only 1 n. Also WTH.




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Thoughts on Joana...

We know that Florian has a girlfriend, but this presents an issue. That issue is that when you have someone like that in your life, you generally want to hang around them instead of going off on an adventure. So why would Florian want to go on an adventure?

It's certainly not money. He is this big heir to a powerful family, so he doesn't require status either. So, why isn't he just sitting around with his head in her lap as she strokes his hair?

My solution is that she has been taken away by some evil King. It's a pretty classic trope. Florian is going to have to rescue her, which is something to motivate why he's on this adventure in the first place. But why is he there? Why not hire some adventurers instead of getting his own hands dirty? Something must have happened to curtail his resources.

My idea is that Florian is like "Hey Dad, I'm going to go take on a King and win back my girlfriend." And the Dad is like "Um, no, you're going to marry someone else that is suitable and won't anger a very rich and powerful man." And then when he continued down that path, he had his resources get cut, which is why he is doing this in person.

Which brings us to Joana herself. She has to have qualities that are admirable, because Florian likes her for more than her aesthetics (we hope.) And since she is a useful sort of person, sitting idly in the tower like a damsel-in-distress is just not going to cut it.

I decided to give her seer powers because it opens up a lot of potential plot devices. Perhaps part of her powers involves sending messages in dreams to Florian, whereby she can facilitate his rescue of her. If she is able to see potential futures, then she has the option to manipulate just about anyone into doing what she wants.

And that brings up an exciting possibility. It could be that she's in love with Florian and wants to help him. But the Evil King Reginald isn't exactly without money and power. He's also kind of a sad character and some women gobble that stuff up. Sure he kidnapped her from her hometown, but that's basically Belle from Beauty and the Beast.

But maybe Joana isn't content to rule through a puppet. She might be setting up circumstances in the background so that King Reginald and the Party die, creating a power vacuum into which she could step and rule as the Evil Queen.

In summary, putting her in the position she is in gives us a lot of different options. We can use her to spy on the baddies, bail our heroes out of trouble, and also create some interesting tension by creating a love triangle.

But maybe you don't like Joana. In which case, Florian is in love with her sister Emilia and Joana is an evil sister that is trying to keep them apart.

These are just some of the possibilities. If you don't like them, come up with something better and throw it out for discussion.
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I'm fine with all of them but the way you set it up was shocking lol. I'm excited to see where this goes




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Woot woot, great job this week!! :D

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Please apply to Sally Dildally, Boar's Snout tavern unless you are a STUPID DUMB GRYPHON.
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Do you have chocolate- jkjk xD Who doesn't like earning a ridiculous amount of gold and saving the world from terrible enemies? Seems like a great ad >.> <.<

"They really don't like gryphons do they Honkers?" she said to her pet goose. Honkers hissed in reply.

Pet goose !!

"We're running pretty low on funds though, and with the macroeconomic situation of this stereotypical fantasy world being what it is, we can't afford not to follow up on any lucrative opportunity, however dangerous."

BAHAAHAHA helpppp this is the funniest thing I've read all day XD

"Though, come to think of it, I think I might have seen a Night Mare.

:O I wanna see a Night Mare >.>

Still, considering everything, Honkers was acting like he usually did -- that is to say, cheerfully homicidal.

XDD

How hard can it be?"

Ohhhhh no. Oh nooooooo. Lorelei did not just say that. *dives underneath a table and cautiously peeks out* Things are going to get very hard indeed. T-T

“Choo ever meet a owlbear in a blueberry patch afore?”

Nope, but sounds like there's a very interesting story behind that, perhaps >.>

Honkers hissed, flapped his wings, and promptly plucked a hair from Florian's head. "Ow!" "Honk"

Mean Honkers >:[ Clearly you shouldn't pluck the hairs of those who've just complimented your bravery.

He had all the cynicism of her brother, though it appeared that he had turned to drink when her brother had turned to murder.

o.O Oh dear.

Deep in the dark citadel of Gor Nathal, sat King Reginald the Wrathful on his porcelain throne.

Omg. XD

Fabulous writing so far!! Can't wait to see what you all cook up next week! :D
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Yesss! Loving this plot so far. I absolutely love the snippets of humor you use to spice up the writing. You all are doing an awe-inspiringly great job! Keep writing! Don't give up!
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Soooo... How exactly do I join?




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You're all set. Write away.
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Name: Isolde Agema
Age: 19 (technically 346)
Character Traits: a teen who really needs to touch some grass

Backstory:
A bard who was trapped in ice 327 years ago when she upset a sorceress. Her favourite instrument is the fife because her family always hated when she played it, but she is also proficient across a variety of other instruments. Often speaks in verse and likes to insult others (preferably subtly). She was born to a rich family which is still influential today, so is more than a little spoilt. She has three feet of wavy brown hair which she spends an hour maintaining each day, tans easily (but of course isn't tan right after being thawed out), and has tons of freckles everywhere.




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Huzzah, time to read up on more adventuring! :] Awesome job these past few weeks, you all!!

“Adventuring, no,” Lorelei clarified “Getting paid heaps of gold, yes.”

What a mood XD Adventuring seems to have a rather high chance of death involved... Much more fun to read about than to actually do >.>

“I’d rather be a livin fella with some copper to spend than a dead fella with a pocket of gold, I reckon.”

An excellent point! *nods emphatically*

Florian burst into laughter.

Oh my. Well, that's one way to react xD

Sitting around a table was a man wearing a one-man-band instrument, a sour looking male dwarf, a halfling male with a pet Ankylosaur, a half-elf female with a dark cat curled at her feet. An assassin sat next to them, and a young human woman with a longsword. On the table, the man (apparently a bard) was spinning a rod around on the table apparently preparing to press the button at the person it spun to.

So, a classic D&D party :D

"been known to talk in the theater."

Oh no, not talking in the theater!!

One of the cymbals on the one-man-band instrument made a crashing sound in protest.

That went very wrong very quickly. o.o RIP D&D party. May you live to adventure another day. (Also, one might say that was very nearly a total party kill... ;))

It wasn’t as though the person who was coordinating this adventure was an evil villain who coordinated the demise of the other party so that we would inexplicably be hired, even though we aren’t really technically a group at all and we just got thrown together into this crazy adventure with really no reason other than the fact that we briefly met up and talked with each other before we went into the bar.

...Why does this make me think that's exactly what happened =-=

“Better yet, that stupid hat will have a fiery demise! There aren’t any downsides here.”

What a crazy plan. I love it =P

Honkers.

Honkers: the bloodthirstiest of all thirsters for blood. Also a very skilled combatant? :0 No vampire would stand a chance in a competition with him.

"You've answered well and honestly. What message would you like me to bring your family?"

Ah, that's fair of her, at least :')

I don’t like listening to dead people. They complain too much.

XDD

Lee suddenly snorted. “I hope you have a coat.”

Florian glared. “Why? Are you planning to burn that too?”

LOL poor Florian and his mistreated clothing.

As long as Lorelei avoided the cemetery over there, there was no one around that would bother her.

But will she be able to avoid the cemetery? Hmmmmmm.

"The whole thing smells like moldy carrots to me."

Yay creative phrases! :D But also, jackalope, you're the one who smells like moldy carrots to me... >.>

After all, what if there are penguins on them? Maybe Honkers might even find a new friend!

...I shall prepare the penguins' headstones in advance.

"Winged Male Postal Network? Not luxury? There's bound to be a Freedom Postal Service somewhere in town."

All the postal services... wow... did not expect to be enjoying this little bit of worldbuilding this much xD

And when could she go home?

So Joana's working as a double agent, huh? Not an easy life :/

"Awh, go lick a unicorn you lot"

Another imaginative phrase! :D

Florian glanced over to the dead elf and smiled, "And I turned that back around on him", then he held out a hand to Lee. Lee took it.

Ah yes, getting into a fight with some elves together. What a great bonding experience =P

"I'm a labor organizer. I go around organizing workers and negotiate better pay and working conditions. Here's my card," the Jackalope said, handing him a card.

"Boba Bojangles, Head Organizer for the Workers Trade Federation," Florian read out loud, before turning to Mr. Bojangles. "WTF?"

LOLLLLL The acronyms and the unexpected mixtures of current-day concepts and fantasy-- comedic gold. XD Also I take the moldy carrot thing back. The jackalope seems alright, for now.

"The Pig Star System"

:eyes:

“In my land, we had ‘ese places called hospitals with things like EKGs and defibrillators that could rival any of your magical trickeries and save people from heart attacks without any magic at all.”

:0 Would your land happen to be this little place called Earth??

Lorelei just lay in the wagon, staring at the necklace until Vanessa prodded her.

Curious how that necklace will show up later >.>

I really enjoyed catching up with this!! Best of luck with writing in future weeks ^-^
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Sitting around a table was a man wearing a one-man-band instrument, a sour looking male dwarf, a halfling male with a pet Ankylosaur, a half-elf female with a dark cat curled at her feet. An assassin sat next to them, and a young human woman with a longsword. On the table, the man (apparently a bard) was spinning a rod around on the table apparently preparing to press the button at the person it spun to.

So, a classic D&D party :D

Actually Spearmint, at one point many of the writers of this Storybook were playing in a Pathfinder campaign and the party described was the actual party that they had. Any guesses on who was responsible for which character?

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Hint: I was the DM (so played none of those characters, and the player that is a halfling with the Ankylosaur is too young to participate in the storybook.
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Ooooh fun XD Okay, so the Pathfinder party options are: the man with the one-man-band instrument, the sour-looking dwarf, the half-elf with a dark cat, the assassin, the woman with a longsword, and the bard spinning the rod. The roleplayer options are: Snoink, TheGolux, Book, Ichthys. I'm gonna guess Ichthys for the one-man-band, TheGolux for the sour-looking dwarf, Book for the half-elf with the cat, Book for the assassin, Snoink for the longsword woman, and Snoink for the bard. This is based on very limited information, but uh, yep >.>
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...wait, WHO is the woman with a longsword? o_O

The bard is the one who has a one-man band. This is what sort of what he looks like, though he wears violently purple clothes that make him look like Mayor Humdinger! Though, he doesn't have the evil mustache that Mayor Humdinger has...

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OH I completely missed the "the", lol. Also LOL that video clip XDD Does that mean the bard is your charrie? If not, since you don't seem to be the woman with the longsword, perhaps the sour-looking dwarf...?
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Good luck crew! Happy writing and I have confidence you'll make the 2500 words this week!

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