The Blogisferia Chronicles: Chapter the Second

Previous Chapters:
Chapter The First

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Princess Soda was walking through the Candysoda town square when she saw, coming towards her, a statuesque raven-haired beauty dressed from head to toe in tartan.

"Holla!" she called out delightedly. "What news, Lady Anna?"

"Holla yersel'!" Lady Anna Russell of Glesga smiled down at the diminutive princess. "Blessings of the great Chuck D be upon you! Have you heard about our - hold on a minute."

Lady Anna was a dear, friendly person and a talented poet, but she had an odd personality quirk; a deep, abiding hatred of dwarves, one of whom she had just spotted walking down the street. Her elegant face took on a stormy, enraged expression, and as the dwarf approached them, she sent him flying with a mighty kick.

"Take that, ye wee bastard!" she shouted. "Awa' an' bile yer heid!"

"Now then lassie, as I was saying..." she turned back to Princess Soda, beaming genially. "Have you heard about our friend Lord Londonstreet?"

Lord Londonstreet was a foreign lord with impeccable speech and manners. Princess Soda was very fond of reading his proclamations (especially those concerning the food rituals of his people) but they had been few and far between lately.

"No, please tell me, Lady Anna! What has happened?"

"He - Oh look, there he is! He can tell you himself!"

A fine gentleman wearing a top hat and a monocle approached them.

"Lord Londonstreet, do tell me what has happened to you!" pleaded Princess Soda.

"Your Highness, I've been cursed! Jolly inconvenient, what? An evil wizard has put the Curse of Arr Ess Eye on me. Can't write my bloody proclamations, dash it all! Still, mustn't grumble..."

"Oh no! Londonstreet, I shall ask all my wizards and good witches to look into this matter. A cure must be found!"

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I hope it gets better soon, Mr. Londonstreet.

News from Candysoda Castle...

Having been accused of completely hallucinating the first chapter of The Blogisferia Chronicles, I've made an adjustment: from now on, references to posts by the featured bloggers have been linked where possible. I hope this helps you to understand how much of a genius I am.

In addition, I have also designed the freaking awesome Candysoda coat of arms, which ought to be proudly displayed by those featured in The Blogisferia Chronicles.

Wordsx3 and Me, Amplified, please take yours now!



Everyone else who is in my sidebar can expect to be featured one day, (unless you explicitly state to me in the comments of this post that you do not wish to be involved, party-pooper).

The Blogisferia Chronicles: Chapter the First

All right people, you've been wondering what the super special secret reward was and here it is. The two bloggers who won the most recent Mad Blogs have won the honor of being the first characters to be featured in my new series, The Blogisferia Chronicles. I hope you enjoy it, and if you don't, you can suck it, because I really enjoy writing it!

Here is the first chapter - it's a little long but it requires some set-up; I don't anticipate future chapters being quite this long!!!


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Once upon a time, there was a fairy princess named Soda, who lived in the magical land of Blogisferia.

Princess Soda ruled over Candysoda, a small kingdom within Blogisferia. It was a delightful place with cobbled streets and a fountain in the town square that bubbled all day long with every flavor of soda (or soft drink) you could wish for.

The people of Blogisferia liked nothing more than to share their innermost thoughts, feelings, likes, dislikes, and the minutiae of their daily lives with each other (and anyone else who happened to be within listening distance). They were also addicted to entering competitions and winning awards, which they displayed prominently around their dwellings.

Princess Soda was no exception, often inviting people from all over Blogisferia to visit her and devising competitions to entertain them all.

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One day, Princess Soda was walking in the woods just outside Candysoda Castle when she came upon a knight sitting on a rock. He was rubbing dirt into his suit of armor and banging it with rocks.

"Sir Words... words... words...? It is you!" cried the Princess. "Whatever are you doing?!"

"Everyone thinks being a knight is so glamorous." grumbled the knight. "It's not. It's all interminable round-table meetings and lots of boring hard work. But my damn armor never gets a scratch on it. It comes out looking as shiny as the day I bought it, and that just doesn't help my case."

"Well, never mind about that, Words. What I want to know is, why in Blog's name did you get your horse in such a horrible color?" asked the Princess, to whom such matters were of vital importance.

"Sivvick is a great steed!" said Sir Words defensively. "He runs beautifully, and is very reliable."

Princess Soda regarded the mustard-colored horse dubiously.
"Still, are you sure you wouldn't like me to enchant him into a lovely rose pink, or a mint-green perhaps?"

Sir Words was saved from having to reply by a rustling of nearby branches.

There in the clearing they saw a Gnu. It was gently biting a small cube of rainbow colored jelly and giggling to itself.

"Hello Gnu," said the Princess, "what is your name?"

The Gnu spoke:
"i'm biting on the dessert
i'm a gnu with no name
it feels good to get out of the rain
... was i talking in verse again? sorry about that, mate!"

"'Mate?' Oh snap!" cried the Princess delightedly. "You're from Straya? I grew up in Straya!"

"that's ace! here, have a lamington." replied the Gnu.

"Ta very much." Princess Soda accepted the small cake graciously.

As she took it from the Gnu's hoof, an amazing transformation began to occur, and soon, standing in front of them, right where the Gnu had been, was a beautiful fairy with rainbow-colored hair.

"it's me, amplified!" cried the fairy happily.


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Mad Blogs IV: Mad Weapon.

Once again you guys all did amazing.

In fact, this time I had to pick TWO winners!

Words...words...words..., a blogger whose cromulence embiggens us all

And...

Currently Untitled, for being super-Aussie and using ace Aussie words!

You are Sweet Bloggers!!!*

Here's your COMBINED winning entry (and the blank version is below it, for those of you who want to see how awesome the other word choices were).

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The plot of the latest Hollywood blockbuster, brought to you by Mad Blogs:

Set on the mean streets of Intercourse, PA, a buddy movie like you've never embiggened.

A cromulent redneck detective, played by Gary Busey is partnered with a bogan detective, played by Nicole Kidman. Detective Rurtaugh has just turned 42 and only has a light year before retirement. Rurtaugh's new partner, Miggs, just lost his wife in a tragic hansom cab accident and is cross.

Together they uncover a huge Wii smuggling operation and end up becoming tragic friends.

Best quote from the movie: "I'm too futile for this double-wide!



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The plot of the latest Hollywood blockbuster, brought to you by Mad Blogs:

Set on the mean streets of city, a buddy movie like you've never past tense verb.

A adjective ethnicity detective, played by famous actor - male or female is partnered with a adjective detective, played by a different famous actor - male or female. Detective Rurtaugh has just turned number and only has length of time before retirement. Rurtaugh's new partner, Miggs, just lost his wife in a tragic mode of transport accident and is emotional state.

Together they uncover a huge noun smuggling operation and end up becoming adjective friends.

Best quote from the movie: "I'm too adjective for this noun!
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*And I haven't forgotten about the super special extra secret part of your reward either; all will be revealed in my next post.

Hurry up, you guys!

*hopping impatiently from one foot to the other*

If you haven't entered Mad Blogs yet (it's the post before this one), hurry up!

Go do it now! It might be the last chance you get - I haven't got another one in mind.

As if that PLUS the Sweet Blogger award wasn't enough inducement to GO enter Mad Blogs, I have a super special secret surprise reward planned for the winner.

It's not a physical prize and it's not an award as such, but I am super-excited about it.

If you are as big a nerd as I am, and/or you love attention as much as I do (and really, why else would you be a blogger?), you will enjoy this reward.

So go already!

You have less than Jack Bauer time (ie 24 hours)!

Over To You: Mad Blogs IV

This one rules, I can feel it.

If you don't already know, Mad Blogs™ is the blog version of Mad Libs:

1. I give you a list of blanks to fill
2. You respond with your filler words in the comments
3. I pick my favorite answers after an arbitrarily assigned a predetermined length of time. I guess like four days from time of posting oughta do it. I think I might also just pick the best filler word for each blank, but please post a complete list
   
4. I post the completed Mad Blog™ and a Sweet Blogger award for the winner/s - method of determining winner is at this stage to be determined. It might be whoever posts the most kick-ass set or individual word, or whoever gets the most words used.
   

Here is the list of blanks:
city
past tense verb
adjective
ethnicity
famous actor - male or female
adjective
a different famous actor - male or female
number
length of time
mode of transport
emotional state
noun
adjective
adjective
noun

Over To You: Opinions Please!

You guys, has Mad Blogs jumped the shark?

Is there any way I can improve on the game? Any way that I can make it more fun for everyone playing?

I only have one more ready to go. I feel like participation dropped off pretty sharply after the first one, but I really like doing them so I want to make sure that they're as fun as possible for you guys to make you want to keep doing them!

Suggestions/"you're crazy, Mad Blogs is the funnest game ever!" in the comments please!