https://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/tell-your-characters-story/
Transcript:
(All dialogue is made with text, as I don’t have anyone to help with voiceovers right now)
(Video intro, with producer listed as “Polyp Studios”)
MC: Ugh… What happened?
(jungle sounds and background fades in)
MC: I’m still in that jungle. But how… and why am I tied up!?
???: Ah, you’ve woken. Good.
MC: Wh- who’s there?
???: Right, I should probably introduce myself. The name’s Cassandra. Sorry for knocking you out, by the way.
MC: Nice to meet you, I guess. Now if you don’t mind, let me go!
Cassandra: Sorry, no can do. Not until you Not until you can tell me how you got into this place. It’s been locked off from the outside world for decades, and if you could get in, surely that means that I can get out.
MC: Decades? How…
(Wait… those ears…)
MC: Cassandra, are you-
Cass.: An elf? Of course, how is that strange?
MC: Well, last time I checked, elves have always been a work of fiction, and-
Cass.: Fiction? How? From what I remember before coming here, our kind and humans have been eager and friendly partners for centuries.
Cass.: I can tell in your eyes that you aren’t lying. Something must be terribly wrong… Listen, human! I’ll cut you free, but in return, you’ll tell me everything you know, then escort me out of this overgrown prison.
MC: Prison…? Never mind. I’ll help you out. I want to find my way back anyway, and besides, I’m not really in a state to bargain right now.
Cass.: Good.
(In the blink of an eye, Cassandra takes out a blade and slashes at the ropes binding MC, freeing them)
MC: (!!!)
Cass.: Well? Are you just gonna keep sitting there, or are you coming?
MC: …Right. Let’s get going.
(The character and text portraits fade out, then the background and music)
(Fin)
And that should be the second part of the story started with last week’s assignment! It’s not quite as good in my opinion, I’m not a big conversationalist and thus don’t know how to script a fictional one. I’ll see about continuing this story next time, and may even do something with the characters on my own time, I think I’m starting to really get why people like this whole storytelling and writing thing.
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