Story thread!

[Haids1987]

So I figured we could all do for a new game in the TSL forum.  Here's one I used to play on the Sims 2 boards all the time:

We all write a story together.  Everyone can only write a small portion, maybe two or three sentences, and nobody can post twice in a row.  You must wait at least one post between your next one.  It's always weird to see other people's take on what your idea was, which makes this an interesting game.  Ready?  I'll start:

Once upon a time a girl and a guy were walking down to the river.  It was ninety-three degrees outside and the girl said, "Egads!  I'm late for work!"  So the guy

[Elessar]

Once upon a time a girl and a guy were walking down to the river.  It was ninety-three degrees outside and the girl said, "Egads!  I'm late for work!"  So the guy

bade her a brief farewell and, being the naturally curious sort, followed her in the least stalker-like manner possible. What he didn't notice was that as he followed her, there was a something following him. Didn't notice, that is, until

[Delling]

Once upon a time a girl and a guy were walking down to the river.  It was ninety-three degrees outside and the girl said, "Egads!  I'm late for work!"  So the guy

bade her a brief farewell and, being the naturally curious sort, followed her in the least stalker-like manner possible. What he didn't notice was that as he followed her, there was a something following him. Didn't notice, that is, until

the girl's cat leapt onto his shin, wrapping around it with its claws and biting him viciously. The guy...

[Haids1987]

got mad at the cat.  "Scat!" he shouted.  That was when the guy fell into the river!

[Delling]

The girl jumped in after him. It was okay because the river's current carried them both downstream to where she worked, where...

[Elessar]

...a 50ft poplar swayed precariously between the bank and the building. As the twain climbed out of the river, the girl began scolding him, "What do you think you...", when she was interrupted by a loud noise.

[B'rrr]

It was a huge explosion co''ing out of the direction of where her office building was located. For a 'o'ent she just stood there, looking at the s'oke and debris, then, suddenly she...