writetomyheart | This is how we do it~♫ (Aka, my squirtle became a wartortle☆)

A revamp of the rules of gameplay, since Shiritori has grown quite a bit since we created it and it continues to evolve! Please read carefully.

Nothing but the 48 hour rule is taking effect until the end of the current round.

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(Well first of all, if you're unfamiliar with shiritori, you can read about it here.)

Here we're playing fic shiritori, in which we go in turns posting short fics that begin with the end of the previous fic.

Example:

Kara would finish with: Ryouta leans against Yara now, instead of the rock, and together they watch as the rocket ship disappears into the stratosphere.

And then I would start mine like this: The stratosphere was Fujigaya’s favorite place to think.

You may use up to the last sentence of the previous fic (so that means you can use the last word, or the last three words, etc). Small allowances will be made for final words that are difficult to begin a sentence with, eg. if the last word is "walls" you can begin your fic with "The walls".

• If you end your drabble with a proper noun (eg, "Kitayama", "Tokyo", "damned Microsoft", etc) then the game is over and the next person gets to start their drabble with whatever word they want.

• You can write whoever you want, whatever you want. (Johnnys, at least, would be great though, just so there's mutual interest.)

• There is no limit to how long your fic is (but try to make it at least 100 words please).

• You have a max of 48 hours to write your fic. If for whatever reason you can't/don't want to make the deadline, just make a post saying "pass"! If 48 hours pass and there is no post, we will skip over you and continue on with gameplay. You will not be removed from the game.

• Since Shiritori has grown so big, we will now play in teams! Teams will be assigned in sign up posts. As of this moment, there will be three teams with three team leaders (

crazy_otaku911,

omoikkiri, and

miquilis) who will help keep things running smoothly. Teams will run simultaneously, we're simply creating these teams so that cycles can run faster and therefore people can write more. Shiritori is, after all, a speed game.

• You're free to use whichever tags you wish, but please use your team tag when you post fics, just so people can keep track of a team's progress. When you post your fic, please include your team number in the title.

• There's no particular posting format/header you need to use (besides your team number), but use warnings if they apply.

• Anyone is free to join for just one or two rounds and leave as well, if that's what you prefer!

Everything is totally casual and between friends, so have fun (and comment spam away) \:3/