Outside the gates to the park on Main Street was a small booth that dispensed coffee, hot and steaming, any which way you liked it from 6.30am right through to 7pm.

Nancy ran the coffee booth, she was 23, going on 33 some of her gal pals said, and all day long she served up chatter and a pleasant smile to all who called by her booth. On warm days there were fold up tables and chairs that Nancy would set up by the booth and today as it was so fine, each and every chair was occupied.  there was a samll queue growing now but as usual this didn't stop Nancy from being friendly to the customer she was currrently serving.

Out of the corner of her eye Nancy could see Joel walking along.  He was a strange boy, usually quiet, but always waved to Nancy when he was passing.  if there weren't too many customers at the time Nancy would always wave him over and offer him a free coffee to warm his bones after sitting in his cardboard box.

The coffee which was so well loved by one and all was brewed up with gleaming chrome pride by one Foaminator 2.0 Deluxe Coffee Maker. Foaminator loved making coffee more than life itself, coffee to Foaminator after all was life, its sole purpose.

Today however Foaminator wasn't feeling so well.  It had started about an hour into the day with a sort of low grumbling from the depths of his body, had later developed to a build up of pressure that caused, quite frankly an equally annoying headache and a high pitched whine. And then the clunking started. Foaminator battle bravely for a moment before the clunking grew louder and ended in a shudder, something which sounded like a burp...and then Foaminator exploded, its lid flying off and up, across the street, startling both a nearby young girl, and the gull she currently seemed to be having some sort of argument with.

As Nancy looked around in disbelief she heard loud guffaws of laughter, looking around she saw an elderly gentleman sitting slapping his knees and damn near rolling on the floor with that loud belly laugh.

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Right. The idea is to add one more character per chapter while at the same time featuring or referencing all previous characters!

Might be a bit slow at first but once we reach chapter six or seven, things should start to get interesting - and if it gets added to a lot it could become reeeeeally tricky/fun to add to!

With regard to style and genre, anything goes. Poetry is fine, changing protagonists and tone is fine, so long as all the previous characters are featured in some capacity each time.

It would also be nice to follow on character's personalities and characteristics as much as possible although obviously it's your call if another side is revealed to a previous character in your chapter!

Hopefully that's clear enough and this should be fun!

Now go add!!


Ok, folks - as suggested by Midnight, I shall endeavour to keep an up to date list of characters here in the Guidance for your reference when adding. As touched upon, some characters seem to have dual identities - it is up to your discretion which you choose to reference but only one of the two need be named in any one chapter I think since they refer to the same person/bird/wizard/thingymajig.

In the case of Nancy and Foaminator, I'd say they are both featured characters now rather than either/or but to make it easier for all of us it's probably best to be really clear in new chapters who the new character is (and to try and only add one ; ) )

Hope you're having as much fun as I am!


CHARACTERS SO FAR:

Joel, a happy hobo
Joanne, an eleven year-old heroine
Soar/Prince Ralph Van Devere, a seagull... ?
Beanpole Kentucky, an 84 year-old rascal
Nancy, a caring, chatty coffee-mistress
Foaminator 2.0, a sad coffee machine
Seba/Ruby-eyed Wizard, a posessed pick-pocket

updated Sep 16 by Parkovic