Single Line Story Challenge Tag

Twi: We must be really bad at playing tag because we keep getting tagged. 

Louise: I’m sorry I mentioned it. *shakes out papers filled with rules and tags and responses*

Twi: *glares at paper like it’s her mortal enemy*

Louise: *pauses* wait, did you say because we keep getting tagged? This is only the second time.

Twi: *counts* oh yeah. 

Louise: *confuzzled look* Then why do I feel like we’re total professionals now?

Twi: Professionals at ANARCHY! *grabs paper from Louise* I’M COMING FOR YOU, RULES! 

Louise: Wait! We need those to know what we’re doing! *tries to grab the paper back* 

Twi: *runs toward the fireplace* RULES ARE MEANT TO BE BROKEN!!!!!!

Louise: This is what happens when you like dystopias. *trips on a toy left out by a sibling* *crashes into Twi* 

Sports Announcer Who Came From Nowhere: AnD tHeY HiT tHe GrOuND HHHAAARRDDD. 

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RULE UNO: 

Twi: Why are we using Spanish numbers? 

Louise: Because when we tripped the papers with all the rules caught on fire and nearly burned the house down. 

Twi: But what does that have to do with Spani-

Louise: RULE UNO: Thank the person who nominated you. 

Twi: *frowns* We were only nominated? Not commanded or anything? Okay. I decline my nomination, bye! 

Louise: *watches her leave* Just give her a second. *waits with half-singed papers in her lap*

Twi: *breezes back in* on second thought, I’d hate to leave my loyal followers hanging, a girls gotta help another girl out. *sits* Or another guy, depending on who ends up reading this. *winks at person reading*

Louise: Okay, on to the rest of the-

Twi: Wait, I have something I want to tell you. 

Louise: Okay…

Twi: *pauses for effect* You’d make an excellent quarterback. 

Louise: *rolls eyes* *looks at the toy that tripped her* THAT LEGO would make an excellent quarterback, on to dos. 

Twi: *has flashbacks to carefully tip toeing across her brother’s room to give him a goodnight kiss even though he hated goodnight kisses*

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RULE DOS:

Twi: *interrupts* We actually forgot to thank Joelle. 

Louise: *squints at papers* ohhhhhhh

Twi: THANK YOU JOELLE FOR TELLING LOUISE SHE HAS TO GO TO BED EARLY

Louise: *bops her head with the papers* Thank her for TAGGING us. 

Twi: But compared to your sleep schedule that’s not as important. 

Louise: My sleep schedule is irrelevant.

Twi: Hah! I bet you go to bed at like… three in the morning. 

Louise: *deadpans* I work till eleven, not the crack of dawn. Cleaning things doesn’t take THAT long.

Twi: It dawns at three? 

Louise: I was making a point. 

Twi: That’s irrelevant. 

Louise: wha-

Twi: THANK YOU ANYWAY, JOELLE, we will not disappoint. MWAHAHA

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RULE TRES DOS: 

Twi: Write five single-line stories that fall under any of these genres (you get to pick your poison).

Louise: 

–Fantasy—-Romance—-Thriller—-Mystery—-Western—-Contemporary—-Historical—-Drama—-Dystopian—-Adventure—-Sci-Fi—-Paranormal—-Young Adult–

Twi: Louise, I dare you to try romance!

Louise: Hey! But… Ugggggggg…*mutters in foreign language* Fiiiiinnne. But if I’m going to do romance you need to do Western!

Twi: Okie dokie!

Louise: *narrows eyes* oh look at this next rule…

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RULE TRES: 

Louise: You can choose the genres easiest for you. 

Twi: OR try a new challenge. *coughs* LOUISE. 

Louise: *groans* What have I gotten myself into? 

Twi: Romance. I’ll make a romantic out of you yet!

Louise: HAH! You’re funny. 

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RULE QUATRO: 

Twi: oh no. 

Louise: yup. 

Twi: no no no no. 

Louise: Sadly, yes. 

Twi: AGH. 

Louise: Nominate five bloggers who you would love to see complete the challenge.

Twi: NO. We don’t know five bloggers! How are we supposed to do this?!

Louise: What if we, like, nominated the bloggers to do it, but then nominated the READERS to do it in the comments?

Twi:…Possibly. *gasp* That means… LET THERE BE ANARCHY. 

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RULE CINCO: 

Louise: You can do this challenge more than once. 

Twi: Nobody will want us to do it again after this post. 

Louise: I feel like you have a point. 

Twi: ON TO THE STORIES!

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Louise Prompt #1

ROMANCE

Louise: Let’s get this done quickly. 

Twi: *evil cackling* 

She was the most beautiful creature I’d ever laid eyes on… well, she would have been, if she were breathing. 

Louise: *pauses* I don’t even know what to make of that. 

Twi: It’s a start.

Louise: Funny, I see it as the finish line.

Twi: You have much to learn.

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Twi Prompt #1

ROMANCE

I didn’t mean to fall for him. I didn’t see it coming. When I first met him something inside me told me that I could like this guy. I didn’t know that I’d come to love him. I didn’t know that anytime he texted me I’d start to smile stupidly at my phone. I didn’t foresee that he would keep on amazing me. I didn’t think that he would be able to make me laugh so easily. Sure, he had flaws, but I came to love him despite them. I finally admitted the truth to myself. I hoped that our paths would continually cross and one day intertwine. But love isn’t always that light sparkly feeling in your chest. Love comes with pain. Love comes with wishing that you didn’t have a heart to be broken. But I would rather feel pain than never have known love. I don’t know what our future holds, but I think that we could make a marvelous story. Starting with chapter one and ending in a different place than when it began. 

Louise: I have to admit that’s kinda sweet. 

Twi: Awwwwwww!

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Louise Prompt #2

ADVENTURE

Y’all a’int gonna believe this, but the amazon’s got somethin’ in it, it turns its dolphins a shade of whoppin’ pink! 

Twi: You are way better at actually making your story a one liner.

Louise: *looks around* so I’ve noticed. 

Twi: Is this supposed to be the discovery channel?

Louise: No, I was thinking of calling it: Southerner’s On The Loose. 

Twi: You know any actual southerners? 

Louise: You mean besides you?

Twi: True…

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Twi Prompt #2 

CONTEMPORARY 

I’m starring at the letter in my hands in disbelief, my mouth hangs open as my brain tries to process the information. Jung Minho, my bias from the K-pop group Shooting Stars, had not only replied to my fan letter, but he wants me to fly out to Seoul and be his date for the Glory Gala! Could I be dreaming? No, not even in my wildest dreams did something like this happen. But why me? I’m just Selene Meyers from Arkansas, the girl with the K-pop obsession who writes fanfics for her favorite books and devours cheddar popcorn by the bag. Why would a K-pop Idol choose me instead of anther one of his millions of fangirls? There has to be something more! Guess I’ll have to ask him.

Twi: *smiles because she yet again found a way to insert K-pop into a blog*

Louise: Why Sarah?

Twi: You must admit that it’s a good concept.

Louise: I guess, waaaiiiittt… You snuck the name Minho in there? XD

Twi: Yah. Name of an amazing character and a K-pop idol.

Louise: Imagine Minho as a K-Pop dude. 

Twi: Oh my gosh yes! For the person reading this we refer to Minho from the Maze Runner.

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Louise Prompt #3

THRILLER

Run, they said… but they never told me which direction… And I was never a smart cookie to begin with.

Twi: You should write a horror comedy. You seem like you have the makings of a horror comedy writer. 

Louise: I would really enjoy that, actually. 

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Twi Prompt #3 

WESTERN

I pull the brim of my hat low and make sure my bandana is in place before I step out from amongst the crowd. I raise my hand to show that I also want to try for the marksmanships prize of fifty dollars. The man presiding over the competition nods at me and announces that there is one more contestant. I see Billy Johnson and his group of lowlife’s snicker and whisper amongst themselves. I take a deep breath and raise my gun. My heart races as I keep the appearance of tranquility. I’ve trained my whole life, been able to wield a gun since I was a child, and now I can’t hide my talents, I have to use my skill to save my family. Without those fifty dollars we won’t be able to pay off our debts and we’ll be forced to leave the only home I’ve ever known. Keeping this in mind I hit every target dead center. I’m announced as the winner and the people cheer for my victory. The man from before comes up to me and hands me the fifty dollars before raising one of my arms as the winner. “This man is the official winner of the marksmanship contest! What’s your name son?” I smile as I peel of my bandana and throw my hat off my head, revealing long golden hair. The crowd gasps as I say. “Sari Jones!”

Louise: After shooting a gun, I must take a moment to appreciate how he hit every target dead center. I couldn’t even hit the cardboard box my brother set up. 

Twi: HAH! That’s hilarious. 

Louise: Yes, very funny. If anyone ever breaks into our house, I’ll hand my brother the gun and be like: “here, you aim, I’ll watch your back.” And then strike down the invader with a curtain rod or something. 

Twi: A curtain rod? 

Louise: Too much? 

Twi: Not enough! A baseball bat would be better or perhaps a lego to trip him up.

Louise: A LEGO, perfect! 

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Louise Prompt #4

MYSTERY

I shook the sand off my boots and tromped onto the board-walk, “Mr. President! You’re under arrest.”

Louise: I think that technically might count as thriller. 

Twi: Maybe. I like it!

Louise: Awesome! I’ll keep it! I even know which character would say that…

Twi: That would be an epic way to start a book!

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Twi Prompt #4

SCI-FI

“Hey everybody, wazzup?!!!! This is Brian Orien hopping on my vlog SpaceTime to show you around the spaceship and share some space travel tips with you! Tip number one do not go to the bathroom when the captain does a light speed jump. Learned that the hard way. Tip number two if you see a piece of space debris or another space craft you do not need to break into the captain’s deck and tell him. These days spaceships are equipped with highly effective radar gear and lazier blasters! Unfortunately, I won’t be able to show you guys the captain’s deck because I am now banned from it till, we arrive at Mars…. But anyway!”

Louise: This would be you. No, it’d be your brother, and you’d be the one to walk in on him like: WHAT ARE YOU DOIN’? 

Twi: More like our brothers doing a collab.

Louise: Oh the horror. 

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Louise Prompt #5

CONTEMPORARY

The first thing my brother did was say: “ow”, and the second thing he did was faint… Yes, I will admit, that was my fault.

Twi: Huh. Fascinating.

Louise: I couldn’t come up with anything else that didn’t involve a frog. 

Twi: *nods* *pauses* Wait what? 

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Twi Prompt #5

ADVENTURE

Isaac couldn’t believe how much of a wimp his best friend Josh was. They were just going to use the vines to swing across a waterfall that was only a little over a hundred feet deep. How else did he expect to cross the river so they could get back on the path that would lead them to the treasure? Surely Josh didn’t expect him, the great Isaac Brandon William Livingston the 1st, to go upriver and settle for crossing at a shallower part? Insane! From the way Josh was wining you’d think he’d thought that his best friend had a death wish. It wasn’t a death wish; he was just an idiot who craved adventure and liked feeling alive. Does that scream death wish? 

Louise: RIP Isaac Brandon William Livingston the 1st, the man who swung from tree vines and couldn’t land on his feet. 

Twi: This isn’t far from real life, sadly.

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Twi: Welp everyone I hope you’ve enjoyed our one liners that, uh, turned into something not so one-liner.

Louise: Mmmhmm. Anyway! On to the other… tricky part.

Twi: Tagging people. *deep sigh* I never was a fast runner. 

Louise: *deadpans*

Twi: What?! I can’t make a joke? 

Louise: *straightens her stack of papers* A N Y W A Y…

Twi: Let’s see… you can be tagged twice. Is there a freeze tag version of this? Where you can’t blog till someone says they’ll do the tag? *looks around the quiet room* I’ll shut up now.

Louise: *rolls eyes* *clicks pen* ThePotentialInvader is first. 

Twi: Who? 

Louise: Joelle Stone, from the Pen Inspired. 

Twi: Ohhhh, PotentialInvader? *eyes grow wide* Waiiiit. She’s gonna be the recipient of the lego? RUN, JOELLE.

Louise: Who else? Hmmmm… 

Twi: *waits*

Louise: *counts on her fingers*

Twi: Good grief, this can’t be that hard. *looks at paper over Louise’s shoulder* Look, we can tag… Sisters Three, Vanessa Hall, and Issabelle Perry from Teen Writers’ Nook. 

Louise: *pulls out calculator* We’re still one short. 

Twi: *puts professional glasses on* Try running the numbers again. 

Louise: *types numbers into calculator furiously* 

*tense music plays from nowhere*

Twi: *holds breath*

Louise: *pushes =* 

Twi: *winces*

Louise: Nope, still short one.

Twi: *groan*

Louise: Alright, alright… Evelyn, Sofia, and Gabriela, all our readers… if you read this, y’all must give us five single-story lines in the comments below. 

Twi: MUST. YOU MUST. IF YOU DO NOT… DISHONOR ON YOU, DISHONOR ON YOUR FAMILY, DISHONOR ON YOUR COW. 

Louise: I think they get the point. 

Twi: Okay, good. *takes nonexistent glasses off* I EXPECT RESULTS. 

Louise: *whispers* She’s in boss-lady mode. Which is pretty rare, usually that’s my job. 

Twi: RESULTS, POEPLE, RESULTS… LOUISE, 

Louise: *looks up*

Twi: SPREADSHEET IT, YOU’RE IN CHARGE OF THE SPREADSHEETS!

Louise: Well, duh. *holds up calculator* 

Twi: Good! Yours most specially and truly!

Louise: And with that, I wish you the best! 

~Twi & Louise: Tagbreakers~ 

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Louise: *whispers* Sorry this post is late.

Twi: *whispers* Seriously, you guys, don’t give her passwords.