This is a bit underhanded of me, so I apologize in advance. I have not updated any stories on this page for quite a while, and I have noticed that a few other people I have been watching have not either. silverarm, FinalEva, kaede-chan, Uranasu, Miss Caribbean, PurpleRoses, and TerribleT, I'm watching you. And I am still waiting for a new post from most of you. This is not meant to accuse any of you, what I am saying now is an introductory for my proposition. Ignore any past relations I have had with you. Ignore any emails I've sent, reviews I've made, or agreements I've settled on. This involves each of you, impartially. I challenge each of you to a cooperative game, the rules of which I have listed below.

The purpose of this game is for a person to increase his level of responsibility so that he can do what is required of him in spite of all reasons that he could not or should not. The valuable final product of this game is something produced by the participant that he can be proud of. And now I give you the rules.

Rule 1: The game will take place between any party of two or more people. Once the game has begun, others may join at a later time. If a person joins halfway through a game, he will be expected to submit his work within the same time-frame as the original game, not at the established deadline. Rule 2: There will be set before the game begins an exact time-frame for participants to write in. This time-frame will never be any longer than one and one half weeks in duration. This time-frame is not negotiable once the game has begun, but it may be negotiated before the game begins. Rule 3: Before the game starts, each participant is assigned an exact quantity that he must write. This is negotiable only if the participant feels the workload is overwhelming or disproportionate to the workload of other participants, and may only be negotiated before a game starts. A workload is usually no more than two chapters, unless the person writes shorter chapters. The material written by the participants is irrelevant so long as it meets the minimum requirements. The work submitted by a participant may exceed the requirement if the person chooses to write more. Rule 4: Anyone may initiate a game with any other person at any time, and may do so as often as he wishes. He is, however, expected to meet each separate deadline with different material for each game he is in. It is not dishonorable to decline a game while one is already in another game. It is dishonorable to decline a game because one is lazy. Rule 5 (optional): Once all material is submitted, each participant must review all work submitted by all other participants. If this rule is used, there may be no discrimination against who is or is not reviewed. Special Rules and Handicaps: Extra challenges may be added to a game, such as updating a website, completing a picture, etc., so long as the challenges are productive and help the person get his work done. One may request less writing if outside influences prevent him from writing as much as others, but this is looked down on.

Considering the rules given above, I challenge all of you I listed before to write one chapter of any story in one week. I want a reply from each of you, by email, either accepting or declining this offer. Once I have a reply from each of you, I will let you know the game has official begun. This chapter will only be up for four days, then I will take it down because it is unnecessary and has nothing to do with the plot of this story. Please don't respond by reviewing this chapter, I want an individual email. I wish the best of luck to all of you, and look forward to your updates.