Create Your Own Story - User contributions [en]

20

2009-04-29T12:48:44Z

Llywelyn:

Although it is a beautiful and glorious world city today, Rome in 1154 was little more than a miasmic swamp, owing to the ravages of the Third Crusade and the resulting plague. Feeling the plague of Italian clerics hardly less awful, you resolve to remove the papacy to the more healthful climate of your old see.

Owing to custom, the Curia insists that no land be distributed until the current wars are resolved. Peace with the battered Fatimid Caliph is easily arranged, although their outpost in Lisbon falls before the besiegers hear of the treaty. In Britain, you take your marshal's advice and allow events to run their course. Havard is removed from Essex and beaten into submission. This isolates the French vassals in the Midlands and reduces brigandage in the Channel, along with upholding your rights as the Archbishop of St. Denis.

The Pierleoni sons and Frangipane insist on Pope William's son Henry as your replacement, despite his bastardy, youth, and mesalliance with a young girl of the court. They have him created vicar of Rome in the hopes they will be able to dominate his court - you have the sense to create him Archbishop of Sardinia as well, to give him a power base free from the Roman patricians and ecclesiastics in case of rebellion or invasion.

You yield Napoli to the Duke of Salerno and Livorno to the Montefeltros.

* At long last set sail as you turn to [[]].

Penguins/ Sit and pout

2009-04-28T16:44:26Z

Llywelyn:

Cold and tired, you sit and pout.

At night, the ice weasels come.

'''THE END'''

Penguins/ Rock, Paper, Sissors

2009-04-28T16:40:34Z

Llywelyn:

You do rock paper scissors and you win... but when you get on your ice block, he pushes you off again!

*[[Penguins/ Push Off The Stupid, Retard Penguin AGAIN!]]

*[[Penguins/ Beat The Crap Out Of Him!]]

*[[Penguins/ Walk Away Angry]]
[[Category: Penguins (The Frozen Adventure)]]

Penguins/ Get A Penguin Gang Together To Teach That Guy A Lesson

2009-04-28T16:39:54Z

Llywelyn:

You go around and talk to a few penguins and you get 4 of them to help you.

You go over to the mean penguin on your ice, and you all push him off, but then you have to figure out which one of you gets the ice.

How To Choose?

*[[Penguins/ Rock, Paper, Sissors|Penguins/ Rock, Paper, Scissors]]

*[[Penguins/ Fight]]
[[Category: Penguins (The Frozen Adventure)]]

Penguins/ Get a polar bear to teach this guy a lesson

2009-04-28T16:36:51Z

Llywelyn:

You look around for a polar bear to befriend.

A passing science teacher tells you, "You're near the South Pole. Polar bears live at the North Pole. You won't find one anywhere around here."

* [[Penguins/ Buy a ticket to the Buenos Aires Zoo]]
* [[Penguins/ Give up]]
* [[Penguins/ Bite the science teacher]]
* [[Penguins/ Push the science teacher into the penguin and take over the ice]]

Penguins/ Get The Heck Off My Ice!

2009-04-28T16:33:33Z

Llywelyn:

The penguin stares at you blankly.

Then he pushes you off again.

*[[Penguins/ Get a polar bear to teach this guy a lesson]]
*[[Penguins/ Wait for him to go to the bathroom]]
*[[Penguins/ Offer him some fish]]
*[[Penguins/ Use a magnifying glass to melt the ice]]

[[Category: Penguins (The Frozen Adventure)]]

Penguins/ Get The Heck Off My Ice!

2009-04-28T16:32:16Z

Llywelyn:

The penguin stares at you blankly.

Then he pushes you off again.

*[[Penguins/ Get a polar bear to teach this guy a lesson]]
*[[Penguins/ Give up]]

[[Category: Penguins (The Frozen Adventure)]]

141

2009-04-28T10:15:52Z

Llywelyn:

"Most fitting, your Holiness."

You nod and enjoy the rest of the ceremony. You wish your father Ursila der Schweinehirt had lived to see it.

You receive the double tiara and retire, ready to begin work in the morning.

* You dream of eagles and awaken refreshed and full of energy. Turn to page [[100]].

138

2009-04-28T10:15:16Z

Llywelyn:

"''Si'' DOMINE IN LINGUA THEODISCA PAPA ''vader'' EST. QUID ALIUM NOMEN VULTIS?"

You stare at the bishop blankly and repeat the name.

"IN LATINA LOQUOR NON POTESTISNE? SANCTA MARIA QUID EGIMUS? IMBECILLAM PAPAM CARPSIMUS."

You make a mental note to replace the papal court with good Germans as soon as possible and mime your way through the ceremonies. In what passes for wit in this place, the bishop pronounces you Urban II when it comes time to announce your regnal name to the multitude.

After you are finally settled into your chambers, though, there are some choices to make.

* If you want to leave Rome to these jerks, turn to page [[20]].
* If you want to devote your papacy to spiritual matters, turn to page [[39]].
* If you want to summon your councilors for a war briefing tomorrow, turn to page [[71]].

118

2009-04-28T10:14:10Z

Llywelyn:

A cheer goes up through the congregation. One cardinal slaps another on the back and says, "Didn't I tell you he's a fighter?"

"Let's get him briefed."

* You follow the men to the Lateran Palace. Turn to page [[71]].

134

2009-04-28T10:12:15Z

Llywelyn:

You have died of cholera.

* THE END

111

2009-04-28T10:09:54Z

Llywelyn:

Inside the mailbox, you find a mountain of bills and a magazine wrapped in plain brown paper.

They are addressed to "His Holiness the Servant of the Servants of God Benedict IX or Current Occupant, Lateran Palace, Rome."

* If you want to open the magazine, turn to page [[13]].
* If you want to go through the bills, turn to page [[113]].
* If you want to take the misplaced mail to its rightful owner, turn to page [[49]].

49

2009-04-28T10:08:10Z

Llywelyn: /* 49 */

Habemus papam! You have been elected Pope of the Holy Roman Church!

* If you want to call yourself Pope Victor III, turn to page [[118]].
* If you want to call yourself Pope Cletus II, turn to page [[141]].
* If you want to call yourself Pope Vader, turn to page [[138]].

49

2009-04-28T10:07:37Z

Llywelyn:

=49=

Habemus papam! You have been elected Pope of the Holy Roman Church!

* If you want to call yourself Pope Victor III, turn to page [[118]].
* If you want to call yourself Pope Cletus II, turn to page [[141]].
* If you want to call yourself Pope Vader, turn to page [[138]].

Choose Your Own Papal Adventure

2009-04-28T10:06:15Z

Llywelyn:

=Preface=

Hey. I am not adding this to the front page unless it becomes an interesting story, so if you're here it means you're curious and creative enough to be checking the recent edits for the forum. I can't lock the pages, but I ''am'' trying to write a particular set of stories - please don't edit the content of existing pages.

On the other hand, please feel encouraged to share your ideas for different directions the stories could take by adding your own new options and new pages to the ones already here.

Cheers!

=1=

You are standing in an open field next to a large church, with a crowd of people around it.
There is a small mailbox here.

* If you want to go towards the church, turn to page [[49]].
* If you want to look inside the mailbox, turn to page [[111]].
* If you want to go back home to Germany, turn to page [[134]].