👻Task One: Pushing Up Daisies👻
"I can't believe we're actually doing this."
Life stood on the edge of a cliff and watched as the souls began their descent. They all came to the same place, called by the message they'd sent out a week prior, and each soul looked more pitiful than the last. She could hardly bear to watch them. Excitement shivered through the cloud, yet so many would never receive the gift they so desperately desired. So many would be forced from their resting places into a life of damnation and suffering.
It was like she was watching the elections on Earth all over again. Each one was more painful than the last, though nothing could quite beat when politics were actually about killing people and not ruining or saving lives.
"I can't believe you're not as excited as I am," Death said, standing far too close for comfort. The enthusiastic glint in his eye was deplorable. "Isn't this supposed to be like, your thing?"
"My 'thing' is not hanging life over the heads of thousands of lost souls and baiting them with, 'Oh you're gonna get it! Definitely! Come a little closer and show us your pain!'"
"It's not?" His laughter was intoxicating. Death turned to her and placed his hand upon her shoulder, brief but long enough for her to slap him off. "Damn, I've really got to re-evaluate our relationship then."
"We do not- and never will- have a relationship."
"Right, right." As always, there was no belief in his eyes. Death got whatever he wanted. He was a child, spoiled rotten and annoying, but there was almost something endearing about the way he kept the afterlife roaring. His hands splayed out before him and he waved at the souls. "Why don't you go ahead and pick out a couple that you like."
Welcome, everyone, to the first task of Author Games: The Forgotten! We're so excited to have you all here, so let's get this show on the road, shall we?
This task is an easy one, just a way to get to know your characters and play with your knowledge of whatever history in time you chose to be from (some of you got off easy there and some of you are really going to have to strut your stuff). The only real requirement is that by the end of the task, your character must be 100%, without a doubt, deceased. That's right, you have to kill them! This will be easy fun for the majority of you, but for those of you who are looking to make their deaths a little more secret you're going to have to get those gears turning to give us what we want without spoiling the surprise. We hope to see a lot of characterization and story development here as well as to set us judges up for whatever brutal ways you plan to ruin our lives.
👻WORD LIMIT👻
2,500 Words
👻BALLOTS👻
Five ballots will be given to all of you!
For those who brought in two people, remember you have the ability to both give a challenge and set a new word limit for anyone before the Semi-Finals! So be thinking of who you'd like to make your enemy.
👻DEADLINE👻
Wednesday, December 19th at 8 PM CST
Don't forget our thirty minute cushion time!
IN ADDITION
Instead of doing normal sponsorships for these games, we have decided to sponsor two different people for every task up until the Quarter Finals. So everyone has a chance to impress us!
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