Runt Odel was not sure what was happening.
Things seemed to have no rhyme or reason. Townsfolk she thought she knew well had disappeared from view. Ren du Lot, for instance, did not come to his door when she went to protest his summoning her to court. What could he be up to?
Runt Odel thought it high time to go visit her old friends at The Red Light Gazette so she could brush up on the local gossip. When she arrived, they were all abuzz over the most recent anonymous shitpost they’d received: COUNT B LIES WITH FAIRIES AND BEGETS BUTTERFLIES. Although it was not as Rabelaisian as the others, this shitpost would make the populace happy, since butterflies had been scarce of late.
Runt Odel left the Red Light Gazette in a pensive mood. The big wedding was coming up and she still had no concrete plan for ruining it. As she walked, a lovely scrap of silk fabric floated her way, wrapping itself around her neck. She suddenly felt mighty, and began to sing in a beautiful voice that was not her own.
Even more strangely, Runt Odel seemed to have disappeared; folks could hear her but not see her!
Runt Odel was not sure what was happening.
Torundel the Shitposter. Others who have joined in the fun, and their characters, are Ren du Lot, the Shit LawyerNordlute, the Shit SysadminMort, The Shit ManagerDaphne the definitely not DilettanteThis is my second installment to a growing body of loosely related works originated by @katharsisdrill and his character by @vcelier, by @steevc, by @slobberchops, and by @donnadavisart.
All of these stories are comprised of exactly 211 words, begin with the main character's name, and begin and end with the same sentence.
Part I, The Little Shit's Posts
Definition of Shitpost
- (noun) any content on the internet whose humor derives from its surreal nature and/or its lack of clear context. Differs from a meme: whereas a meme's humor comes from its repeatability, a shitpost is funny simply because it isn't a predictable repetition of an existing form. Shitposts can become memes, but memes cannot become shitposts.
- (verb) to create such a post
Red Light Gazette, which will be back. My thanks to @warpedpoetic for his
I am sure that if Runt Odel continues with her wedding ruining campaign, she will regret it. The Count and the Duke, and their mignons, will not let her succeed. There may be some physical violence.
Runt Odel thrives on such things. Bring it on.
Awwww... I see it. Nice. Maybe I will get in on this. It would be good to write some shit post.
I love EVERYTHING about this post - and Rabelais!! That old debaucher, that social disgrace, imposing on friends, taking advantage of their hospitality, drinking too much, and just too full of himself. You picked a great name!
This is beyond awesome:
Every word, every detail, you nail it!
I am in awe.
And then the word count rule. OMG. That alone scares me off -- anything requiring exact countings -- deep!
Dying to know what's come over Runt Odel and how long the "spell" might last.
These are actually quite difficult. I want to write segments that run parallel to, but don't interfere with, those of the other authors, so that the writers can carry on with their narratives and I can carry on with mine, which is unknown to me. Really challenging! Brevity is the mother of imagination.
Difficult: the word count alone would be daunting for me. And to tell a story in less than 250 words. Factor in all the other things - I'm daunted! You're awesome.
It's only one episode. I didn't tell a story, I set a few of them up. But I am very happy with this episode. Three days of work!!! Writing one of these is a lot like writing a poem for me.
Ah. Like writing a poem. Something I never did get any good at. So... Mathematical, so precise!
You rock at this.
I love how all these text (except my own) refers to each other in a strange dreamlike fashion. Every time one of the stories is going out some new tangent it shakes the other stories into some new reality (or alternative universe). I like the mood. Runt's aggresive activism has changed into spring distraction and a busy newspaper, red light even, sometime in the early twentieth century.
If you want to use the section break ornament you are welcome. Just copy/paste this line:
Thank you!
I'm trying to write Runt alongside the other characters, as if they are townspeople who don't really know each other, but their lives touch now and then without anyone knowing. No interference with the other authors' narratives. Ren du Lot might be the exception.
And I'm really digging this! Thanks for getting it going.
Sounds like a good plan.
I got it going, but quite by incident :)
Wow, I finally understand what is going on! I could not figure out why there were so many posts with the word shit in the title. I was really starting to wonder what has become of the writers on Hive!
These are really good stories! I think it will be over soon - the originator katharsisdrill is nearing the end of his story.
Ah the plot just got soooo much thicker! No wonder she's not sure what's happening. I'd be very confused in such a situation. Anyone would. 😆 Love this one