Text-Based RPG

[narelle]

[Hey guys...So, has anyone here ever played a text-based RPG? They're quite fun, both to play and to write. So I figured I'd start one.
Here's how it will work:
I'll write the scenario in my first post, and the first person to respond dictates what the character does next. I respond to their post with how this action effects the scenario. Even though the first person will pick the character and start it out, each post will have the same rules as the first - whoever responds to the most recent post first dictates what happens next. This isn't just for me and the first person that posts. You all play the character together. There's no set choices for the character's actions - you can do whatever you want. Just try to keep it short, a paragraph of actions would be difficult to work with. ^^;; The ">" symbol indicates a command that needs to be made to continue.
Hopefully that makes sense. Now we begin:]


YOU wake up on a WHITE SANDY BEACH with a headache. You can't remember how you got there. There is FOG in the air and HERMIT CRABS on the shore. The WATER is DARK and CALM, but still seems somehow MENACING. YOU rub your ACHING HEAD.
Who are YOU again?
>Enter Name

[shadowavian]

Grayson

[narelle]

GRAYSON? You think that's your name. You wouldn't really know the difference, but you figure it will work for now.

As you get up, you brush the SAND off of your clothes and feel something in your pocket. You look around, but the FOG is still too THICK to see anything else.
>What do you do next?

[xandria]

Search your pocket

[narelle]

You search your POCKETS. Man, they can hold a lot! You have THREE POKEBALLS, a JAR that seems EMPTY, a BALLPOINT PEN, and a PAIR OF HEADPHONES.
The FOG is still THICK. There is DARK WATER to the WEST, a BEACH full of HERMIT CRABS to the NORTH, SAND DUNES to the EAST, and a BEACH with a few BIRDS to the SOUTH.
>What do you do next?

[chailene]

Walk south to the beach with a few birds

[narelle]

You walk to the SOUTH. At first, the BIRDS scatter as you approach, but the further you walk, the less they seem to care about you. Their NUMBERS also seem to be increasing and they are getting BIGGER. You come to a STOP in front of a TALL ROCK FORMATION that is COVERED in BIRDS. They are HUGE. The FOG is not very THICK here. You can see some LIGHTS to the EAST now.
>What do you do next?

[xandria]

Head toward the Eastern Sand Dunes.

[narelle]

You move EAST, away from the BIRDS and tromp through the SAND DUNES. Walking through SAND on an INCLINE is EXHAUSTING. -5 ENERGY
The further away you get from the BIRDS, the THICKER the FOG gets. It's just as THICK as when you started, now. You come to a stop beside a ROAD. To the WEST is the opposite side of the ROAD, which just looks like more SAND. The ROAD stretches to the NORTH and SOUTH. It's hard to tell in this THICK FOG, but it looks like there are LIGHTS coming slowly towards you from the NORTH.
>What do you do next?

[chailene]

Check my energy points.

[narelle]

You try to CHECK your ENERGY, but realize you don't really have anything with which to do so. You feel a LITTLE WINDED, but other than that, FINE. You think you ought to be OKAY to CONTINUE, but notice that the LIGHTS to the NORTH are coming CLOSER. You're definitely sure that they're there now.
>What do you do next?

[xandria]

Hide and wait for the lights to pass by so maybe you could get a look at who or what might be holding the lights.

[narelle]

You look around for somewhere to HIDE, but all you see is SAND and the ROAD. The SAND is too LEVEL near the ROAD and the DUNES would be too far away to see well through the THICK FOG. The LIGHTS draw NEARER. You realize that there are TWO of them, SPACED OUT and going at the SAME PACE. You think it might be a CAR.
>What do you do next?

[Jack the Magikarp]

Wait for the lights to draw nearer and wave arms wildly about!!