Everybody Dies: Resurrected [Text]

[Prime Intellect]

IDE/THEROY: FRAN = FINAL BOSS

[Client#9]

I'm pretty sure that I mentioned this, but this adventure is still awesome.

[Ceyla]

Oh no, scary scary Fran.
Is that really Fran in there, or an ebil ebil monster-ghost?

[The Random One]

*applause*

[Dentrala]

I still think he should have shot Carrie and ditched Fran and eloped with George. I guess this was okay though, even if I didn't get what I wanted.

[Gustave]

Yes! This is how I wanted to find out about Fran. In a dramatic gunfight in a burning mall. Hey whatever happened with Chet's dad's bioroid?

[Telamon]

Mirror progress: 3/5 days completed.

To address some of your comments, I know some of you are happier than others, but since we were choosing between two basically diametrically opposed options, I suppose it was inevitable someone would end up disappointed! I hope you'll stick with this adventure to see where it goes anyway!

Hey whatever happened with Chet's dad's bioroid?

If I ever do an artventure, it'll probably be a spin-off of the Chet's dad is a mad scientist story, all very non-canon and extremely poorly drawn. It won't happen til I get a new computer, though.

[GrayGriffin]

Did you plan out what would happen if the majority decided not to shoot him?

[The Random One]

IDE/THEORY: Fran is just a stinking, rotting corpse. Chet has developed psychic powers when whatever happened happened, but his mind has been too unhinged, so Fran emerged as a way to control them. His powers include controlling the thoughts and actions of others, which is how he can force people to 'see' his delusions.

Hey whatever happened with Chet's dad's bioroid?

If I ever do an artventure, it'll probably be a spin-off of the Chet's dad is a mad scientist story, all very non-canon and extremely poorly drawn. It won't happen til I get a new computer, though.

Telamon +

[Client#9]

everyone important> somehow end up in a shocklate powerthirst factory

[Telamon]

Adventure Mirror is a go! Whooooo.

Fun fact: excluding the non-canon stuff, part one was 40,771 words long.

Gotta write a part one summary now, then we should be able to get part two started.

Did you plan out what would happen if the majority decided not to shoot him?

Indeed I did. Actually, for quite a while it was my only plan, as I hadn't come up with the idea to have two choices yet. Eventually I came up with a different possible outcome, and, not wanting to choose, I decided to take advantage of the whole "user involvement" thing and let you guys decide.

I won't say exactly what would have happened, but it was a much tidier ending, and the adventure would have either ended or gone on extended hiatus, and I would be starting a new, unrelated adventure.

[Dentrala]

...

That's 10,000 words short of being categorized as a novel.


Well done.

[The Random One]

Actually.

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Nebula Awards for science fiction define the novella as having a word count between 17,500 and 40,000.

Great novel you have there, Telamon.

[Dentrala]

*cough*

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Nebula Awards for science fiction define the novella as having a word count between 17,500 and 40,000.

[Shadow of the Lotus]

*cough*

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Nebula Awards for science fiction define the novella as having a word count between 17,500 and 40,000.

40,771 > 40,000? It's like Telamon got an 89.5 for his semester grade on writing a novel; an A is an A.

[Telamon]

Part One Summary:

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Chet McAuliffe Forsythe Jr. was just a wealthy 24-year old on his way to Florida for some spring break action, when a mysterious disaster killed everyone around him. As he realized the magnitude of what had happened, he fixated on the corpse of Fran, a beautiful waitress he had been talking to when the calamity struck. He took her with him, not sure why, but soon found himself convinced she was coming back to life, and even beginning to speak to him. However, a meddlesome survivor named George, intent on starting a new society, tried to convince Chet to abandon her, and Chet nearly killed him in a rage.

Fran then told Chet that she, after dying, had been "changed," and that there were probably others like her out there. Their search was interrupted by a visit from George's new-found followers, other survivors he had gathered, including a young lady named Carrie, who took a liking to Chet. They agreed to meet alone, and she did her best to convince him that Fran was simply a corpse. Fran, who claimed to be unable to speak when others were around, could not prove her wrong, and Chet was beginning to doubt himself, when one of George's goons, having followed Carrie, appeared. In the ensuing chaos he was shot and killed, and Chet fled, having agreed to meet Carrie out of town.

While they waited for Carrie to arrive, Fran warned Chet of a coming struggle, but promised she would answer all his doubts if they survived. They were then ambushed, as Carrie had been captured by George and made to lead him to their rendezvous. Chet, mainly though luck, eventually disarmed George, and was faced with a choice. Fran urged him to shoot him, saying that it was the only way they would be safe from him. Carrie urged him to let him go, and abandon his delusions about Fran. Chet, enraged by the suggestion that Fran wasn't real, executed George, and Fran revealed herself, speaking to Carrie briefly, before riding off with Chet.

[Dentrala]

Why didn't you include them buying a new dress for Fran? ESSENTIAL PLOT DETAILS.

[Gustave]

Why didn't you include them buying a new dress for Fran? ESSENTIAL PLOT DETAILS.

Also I believe there were a few sloppy makeouts and Topgun.

[Coyote]

Why didn't you include them buying a new dress for Fran? ESSENTIAL PLOT DETAILS.

Also I believe there were a few sloppy makeouts and Topgun.

The shocklate powerthirst going into the cereal was so essential.

So essential.

[The Random One]

That first paragraph of the summary lends itself pretty well to being read with a movie trailer voice. Try it!

[Client#9]

Carrie should become the leader of the new society and make every man woman and child have a mustache. NO EXCEPTIONS.

[Telamon]

Important note on Part Two:

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Part Two is an unfinished plotline. I do not intend to complete it in the foreseeable future, and instead I am moving on to a new narrative, which you can find here.

I'm not declaring Part Two "non-canon" quite yet, but I'm going to write the new stuff based on the assumption that people haven't read it, so feel free to skip this fragment. If you decide to read part two anyway, enjoy, but I hope you don't mind loose threads!

PART TWO

You are now James D. Turner. You are currently driving on the Ohio Turnpike to stay with your brother in Pittsburgh. Until last week, you had been living in Madison, Wisconsin, with your wife and working as an accountant. Then you lost you job and your wife kicked you out, so now you are hoping to start over. Of course, you hope your marriage isn't over, but you don't have very high hopes. You got married right out of college, at the tender age of 22, but six years later, things have gotten stale. Ever since you decided to put off having kids there had just been less and less to talk about. Some time apart certainly seemed wise in any event, but you had a huge fight after you were laid-off about wanting to go back to school, and you left last night with one suitcase and stayed at a motel.

You've just had lunch, and you're hoping to be at your brother's for dinner. You're making good time in your 2001 Chevy Malibu, and your day has, as usual, been totally corpse free.

What will you do now?

[Gustave]

>Die suddenly.

[Dentrala]

Look for some affairs to start.

[Coyote]

Go buy shocklate powerthirst for all your family members.