The continuing long-running campaign that would not die (nine players, two of which act as alternating co-GMs.) continued yesterday with the start of the new 'film', Feng Shui: Present Crisis. It was an utter, utter success. The e-mailed trailer to the players read as follows: (if you want more information on this, post and I'll put up more) --------------------------------------------------------------- Black Screen. Flash cut to... [white on black screen] Woodcut of a Cowled Monkey Holding an Apple (Gleam in Monkey's Eye) Fade Out. Fade into... [On-screen] Adam and the Dancing Monkey Productions Presents <Aged Male Voice, British and musing>: "A ghost. A gambler. A cop. A spy. A killer. A fireman. A brute. And an old drunken man..." Fade Out. Fade In - the Dragons are sitting on a small plane, surrounding a hearty old man with a cane, sipping a scotch. Old Man <smiling into his glass>: "You must be a lot of fun at parties." <scene change to the Genocide Lounge backroom. Colt is playing poker with Orangotank and Furious George> Announcer: "The Dragons' uneasy truce..." <scene change to the streets of San Francisco, 1936. It's raining, and Seamus jumps onto a trolley, helping up Madeleine> Announcer: "...with the Jammers, the Lotus, and the Pulp Ascended..." <scene change to a bouncing red ball. Slow pan up to reveal a little child bouncing the ball from behind. In the background, Dragon/Ascended Atlanta, 2057. Beatific cityscape panorama with flying cars in the background> Announcer: "...to hold together a future of their own creation is about to suffer a terrible blow..." <The child picks up the ball. As she does so, the background turns into a fiery grey nightmare of concrete skyscrapers. The child turns her face towards us, and it is laced with glowing red veins. She smiles.> Announcer: "...from the present." Fade Out. <beat> Ting Ting <panicked, staticky audio feed>: "Suzy...send help fast! The Radio Tower is under attack! We have been betrayed! The Radio Tow...SEVEN GODS, NO!" Music swells... Announcer: "Now, as the Alliance of the Future begins to fall apart..." <cut to scene in deep jungle - the Battlechimp Potemkin towers over Gabrielle Summers> Battlechimp: "My lieutenants that allied with you in this venture had none of my authority. We do not attune to feng shui sites, woman. We destroy them!" fade out. fade in to Madeleine sitting in the Clock Room of the Junkyard, sitting next to Seamus. Announcer: "And the Ascended War threatens to collapse..." Madeleine: "I have been informed by my employer that the Ascended will join together in purpose once again." Madelene looks uneasily at the Dragons. "This must not happen." Announcer: "The Dragons must retrack the steps of the past..." Cut to Lars Croft giving a hand to Snorri as they climb a mountain pass. Announcer: "To retake the future." <music cuts out> Cut to Chon La in a white interrogation room, from over the shoulder of a man in a black suit and sunglasses. Chon La: "Is this where I hit you? Because really, I've been waiting for this all day." <Fade out with sound cue in the background of something zipping through the air very fast. Glass breaks. Beat, then music resumes> Announcer: "This winter..." <Cut to Dragons running into a room. Camera follows them through glass door into room. A muffled boom sounds under the announcer, and the room disappears, leaving them a stone's throw away from the radio tower, which is under attack by _something_.> Announcer: "The moment when it all goes down..." <cut to rotunda, camera high looking out from behind Dragons. Camera catches many dozen armored and armed guards gaining beads on Dragons from all sides. Camera dips to waist level from behind as weapons are unsheathed (Lily, Darkness Blade, the Cleave, and Snorri's Axe) and chi accumulated (ball lightning and hands full of fire). Camera speeds to front of group. Jiang Xia grins, mockingly.> Fade Out. Announcer: "is right now." Female synthesized voice: "This is the weather the cuckoo likes..." Announcer: "Feng Shui: Present Crisis. This campaign has not yet been rated." Edited 12/15/2003 11:05:27 AM ET by Bob the Dancing Monkey (BOBMONKEY)
Edited 12/15/2003 11:07:27 AM ET by Bob the Dancing Monkey (BOBMONKEY)
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