text; un: goaskalice

[royalpassport]

We're all stories. Tell me yours, and I'll tell you mine.

(Preferably over tea.)

Don't forget to start with "Once upon a time..."

Comments

text; un: prometheus

[jolting]

Seriously?

[that's it. That's the whole text]

[royalpassport]

[ WOW, DOC. ]

Seriously.

We could skip right to the tea, if you'd prefer.

[ Because. He wants tea. ]

audio: sn: alexpnws

[11calls]

[Yay stories! In an amused tone:]

So do all stories start with "Once upon a time..." in your world?

audio;

[royalpassport]

No. But it's an easy place to start.

Text @ L.Mills

[thestoriesarereal]

Once Upon a Time, there lived a girl who had skin as fair as snow. There was also a Prince who was charming, and an Evil Queen. They’re more just characters, they’re family.

Would you care to hear more?

[royalpassport]

[ M I L L S. ]

I know that story by heart.

text;

[specifications]

Why?

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[royalpassport]

Because I thought it was better to add some pretense to my thinly veiled attempt at wringing tea from strangers.

[ AT LEAST HE'S BEING HONEST? ]

And I like stories.

text; un: frayed

[outofthinair]

So all you want is tea and a story?

[royalpassport]

And a way home, but something tells me that's in short supply.

So: tea and a story.

text; un: dickipedia

[absolutperfection]

Once upon a time there was this guy
who looked exactly like this other guy.

Hello, handsome.

1/2

[royalpassport]

What

[ BRB TIME TO DO SOME INVESTIGATING...

ie looking up "DICKIPEDIA'S" FRIENDR. ]

2/2

[royalpassport]

Would you believe that's not the strangest thing I've seen?

[text | anonymous]

[alchemyfreak]

Don't have much of a taste for tea anymore, but stories are always an interesting way to learn about people in this place.

[royalpassport]

It's true. Even a story that's falling apart at the seams teaches you about the person telling it.

text; un: b.rocks

[billyrocks]

Is the "once upon a time" really necessary?

[royalpassport]

Why not start a story with "Once upon a time"?

text; @cphantom

[sweetlies]

You don't want my story.

Tell me yours though, please. I'll even treat us both to tea at a cafe near the library.

[royalpassport]

What's wrong with your story?

Hard to say no to that offer.

text; un: e.swan

[thesavior]

Stories are Stories. What if I don't want to?

[royalpassport]

You, of all people, should know better by now.

text, un: minsu

[foxtrots]

ah...i've never liked those kinds of stories.

[royalpassport]

Fairy tales?

[burntbridges]

Once upon a time, there was a lovely young girl who lived i a lovely little town with all of her family, her servants, and their animals. The girl was training to be a warrior, but her grandmother said she couldn't be one, so she became a nuisance instead.

One day her brother died, and she was not allowed to investigate it. When she did, they married her to her cousin as punishment. And quite a punishment it was, for he was a yellow-livered git who never had any fun with anything. She sat around doing nothing all day, until one day she discovered she was pregnant.

And, seeking advice for her pregnancy, she contacted the dead to find someone who would speak to her more politely than her mother. However, she left a candle burning, and her home burned to the ground with her inside of it.

What about you? What sort of tale can you spin me? (And what sort of tea are you offering?)

[royalpassport]

Now that's quite a tale. Was that the dead's way of answering the girl?

[ Like an offer of escape, in a way. Did the flames at least take her dreadful family, too? ]

I have a tale that begins with a beheading. A thief who lost his head, and had it put back on all wrong.

As for tea... All I've found here is a box of something called 'Tension Tamer.' It's got a dragon on it, and a princess.

[ FITTING, for all the talk of stories and fairy tales. ]

Interested?

text; un: d.pavus

[tevinteraltus]

Oh, that sounds lovely. Well, so long as it isn't stripweed tea. That is an abomination.

(To which he is dreadfully allergic, but he's not going to be admitting that part.)

[royalpassport]

Stripweed? The name alone sounds awful. Why would anyone drink it?

text; @whatever

[kievs]

are you serious?

okay. once upon a time there was a girl who got sick of adults and all their stupid fucking questions so she stole a car with her boyfriend and they never looked back. the end

[royalpassport]

On occasion.

Well, that's a terrible place to end a story. They didn't crash into a wall, did they? Drive off a cliff?

text; un: thunderbird

[tanker]

saying 'we're all stories' is making it sound like they're all worthy of sharing. My story isn't the interesting, or the important one to tell.

[royalpassport]

Oh, hardly. There are countless awful stories out there. Some of us have to live them.

[ STILL, he's intrigued. ]

Whose is important? From one bit player to another.

text; un:KingFisherman

[brotrips]

That sounds like it's asking a lot. Most of us are old enough that our stories are pretty long.

Once upon a time makes it sound like a fairy tale.

[royalpassport]

Well, I'd hope nobody would tell me every excruciating detail.

What's wrong with fairy tales?