Writer's Convention:
Opening Chapter
By Mace Ecam

Mace straightened his tie out for the tenth time that evening and stepped into the elevator. He was nervous. He had good reason to be nervous. He was holding his first contest ever here, and didn't want to mess it up.

He turned in the lift and looked into the mirror comprising the lift's back wall and checked himself. He had taken a page out of Ran's book and was wearing a full piece Pac-man suit, this one with real moving Pac and ghosts. As the dotes were eaten, they reappeared a few seconds later. At the moment, Pac was somewhere on his left leg.

Hmm. Maybe he should have work the Split suit after all.

He straightened his tie again. The elevator stopped, and he stepped out. Taking a left at the corner, he headed to the main showroom.

Mace entered the room and surveyed his audience. There were some familiar faces that Mace knew well, such as Ran, Samurai, and Panda, along with Neo, a writer new to the scene who quickly gained some notoriety for her "Spudken" pairing. In addition there were a few writers Mace knew only by reputation, such as kt and her father ja, who were over at the buffet talking to cpneb. Specking of buffet's...

"Note to self" Mace thought. "Never again let Captain IT near the buffet table."

Spotting Zaratan near the back talking to King in Yellow, Mace waved at him. "Smile and wave Mace, smile and wave. Plan now, revenge later."

To think it was Zaratan's fic that gave birth to the Plot Bunny that later became this fic.

Mace shook his head to clear his thoughts. He took hold of the microphone and cleared his throat. Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked up at him. Even IT.

Mace began.

"Ladies, Gentlemen, and Ran"

A few polite laughs were heard. Ran scowled at the offending laughers, and it died down quickly.

Mace began again. "You may all wonder why you are here tonight. You all remember Zaratan's Villain's contest, correct?"

A few nods of yes. Most people were busy staring at his suit trying to keep track of Pac, who was currently hovering over his groin.

Oh yeah. He should have worn the Split suit.

The Emperor's new clothes would have garnered less attention then the yellow dot that was circling around his privates.

"As you all know, there are three worlds. The Real World, in which we all exist, the Fictional World, were most stories take place, and here. The Fannieverse, where writer's live. A place between fact and fiction"

Everyone had his or her attention on him now. Good.

"All writer's have the power to travel into one of the fictional realms and interact with the people their. These self insertion fics are usually looked down upon, but admit it, sometime it's fun. I bet at sometime everyone has allowed themselves to get "caught up" in a story, so to speak."

"Here here!" yelled Thomas Linguist from the seating. Slyrr, who was sitting next to him, scooted a seat away.

"Ok, enough beating around the bush. I want to hear your stories. People can come up here and tell their stories of their favorite trip to the other side. Then there will be voting. Winner gets one million dollars."

Everyone looked more interested.

Suddenly one of Mace's accountants rushed from off screen and whispered in Mace's ear.

"WHAT?" Mace yelled. The accountant whispered some more, then ran off. Mace turned to the crowd.

"It would seem that MaceCo can't afford to pay that much money, what with all the lawsuit's for copyright infringement we are currently facing. Very well then, winner get's to appear in K/R vs. Kigo and argue for a pairing of their choosing. Now then. Any volunteer's?"

At first there weren't any, then slowly a hand raised from the crowd...

TO BE CONTINUED...

CONTEST RULES:

1. People shall select characters to interact with in the "Mace's Contest of Self Insertion" thread.
2. Each character can only be used once. Characters that have already been used may still be in a fic, the focus just can not be on them (however, there are some loopholes. You can choose "Team Possible" and write about both Kim and Ron even if Kim by herself has already been chosen. The same applies to Drakken and Shego also, and to Sr. and Jr.).
3. Like the name of the contest says, all entries must be self-insertion. This can be interacting with the characters, fighting them, anything really. Just try not to be "Kim and Ron's best friend since pre-k that was never mentioned before for any reason."
4. Here's the fun part. Writer's can do this in teams if they want, but both people must be in the story.
5. All entries must be submitted to me by 11:59 pm August 17. Voting will then be done by August 30. Send all entries to me, and they will be posted to my story entitled "Writer's Convention" (yes, it is a parody of Zaratan's "Villain's Convention). Voting will be done through a poll on my profile.
6. No length limit, but try to keep it a single chapter. Also there are no limit's on what is allowed other than T+ rating at most.
7. Have fun.