Dares Thread (Part 3)

Include a 300 word sentence.
BP if it's punctuated correctly

Include a scene in which your characters see a giant NaNo word count bar flying in the sky (or maybe they see one of those planes that carry banners behind them with the bar on the banner).

+ BP if the bar has your current word count underneath it.
++ DBP if it reappears at word count milestones in your book.
+++ TBP if one of your characters remarks on the word count (e.g. "Man, they're way behind/ahead")

Have one of your characters carry a dead animal in their pocket.

BP if it is a mouse

DBP if its name is Squeakums

TBP if they frequently take it out of their pockets and talk to it!!

I did a couple of the dares that were on the second one X3 I did the one where my charrie glued a coin to the sidewalk, and laffed at people who tried to pick them up X3

I'm actually going to break the no editing rule to put this one in since I had an earlier scene with an obscure book and it having an old piece of ham in it would be so funny!

Leaving:

Have a character realize that the next character they see is actually quite attractive
BP: if the next character they see isn't their normal choice for an attraction (a straight man finding a man attractive for instance)
DBP: If the character is an animal

I left that in the Truth or Dare prompts, but someone else is welcome to make use of it.

Have something important to a character be stepped on by a llama
BP: If the item is broken beyond any chance of repair
DBP: If the item is integral to the plot
TBP and a cookie: If the protagonists win because of this and the llama ends up a hero.

All the llama dares in the first thread inspired this. Made me remember a real call I got at my old job where phone service was disconnected because a llama stepped on the phone. And no, I'm not joking.

Leaving: (most likely for fantasy novel)

Have one of the heroes say something along the lines of 'You're a bad person' to the main villian, and the villian actually stops to think about it.
Double Points: if the villian seems surprised
Triple Points: If its during the climax
Quadruple Points: If the villian spents a lot of time thinking about it, during which the main characters have a random yet serious discussion.
Points and pie: If the discussion ties in with how they defeat the villian
Points and a five pound hershy bar: If the villian finally replies with "Your point?"

I love this dare, hilarious. I'm going to have a very important communication device in the possession of my main character get stepped on by a llama! Yeah!

Raederle Phoenix

Came up with another one:

Have a character who thinks a stuffed animal talks to him/her (fantasy or supernatural writers can feel free to have the doll actually have some power that allows it to talk and only this character can hear it)
BP: If s/he talks back to it
DBP: If s/he acts as a translator for the other characters to understand what the stuffed animal says
TBP: If the stuffed animal is somewhat creepy, like a plush Cthulhu
QBP: If a plot is centered around the loss of the stuffed animal because nothing can be done without the words of wisdom from it
5BP: If the character who hears the stuffed animal isn't a little kid and doesn't even act like one

Princessleopard: Done! Awesome idea for a creepy character quirk.

Have one of your characters write whatever emotion he is feeling on his forehead in texta.

BP if his face physically can't show emotion so it becomes almost sad that he must do so... but still weird.
DBP if his face is actually permanently stuck in an absurdly happy position.
TBP if he is evil and this leads to his downfall. Eg. MC says something to him about his past, and some hidden weakness he has. His face remains happy, but he has to write "Stricken" or something on his head which lets the MC know s/he is going in the right direction.

Wow, I'm messed up.

Thought of another one!

When ever a certain character refuses to do something or says they can't do something, their reason is 'the overlord won't allow it.'
+the 'overlord' is really the character's mother
++it is the Main Character
+++the character is an adult who no longer lives with their mother
++++the character is an adult who STILL lives with their mother

Leaving:

Don't put ANY contractions in a chapter in your book. (EX: "don't" "can't" "won't")
+If it still makes sense
++If your narrator comments on it
+++If a character comments on it
++++If there are no contractions in more than one chapter
+++++If there are no contractions in the whole book

Just came up with another.

Have a random person on the street come up to your MC and break up with them.
+If no one questions this
++If your MC says it's "because the world is in love" with them
+++If it happens more than once
++++If it's crucial to the plot
+++++If it contributes to the villian's downfall
++++++If licking is somehow involved

So hilarious! I would love to do this... I just might, too, at some point in future.

Perfect for my novel! Snagging.

New dare from Raivyn. I've been meaning to but this one up for a while...

Dare: Have a character who responds to danger by closing their eyes or covering their face and continuing what they were doing, whether it be walking, talking, driving, etc.
Bonus Points: The character is a drummer
Cookie: The character's name is Jaimie

Dare: Include the line "She gave him one of those 'it's three in the morning, we're about to face evil incarnate with limited resources and I haven't had my coffee yet' sort of looks."

Involve a squirrel carcass in some way
BP- the squirrel was suicidal
DBP- the MC saw the death and turns to the dark side because of it
TBP- the MC starts a gang in the squirrel's honor
QBP- the MC's gang fights another gang called the hawks

This is totally awesome! It just gave me an idea for a whole section. My story town is full of wackos, mainly harmless eccentricities. This will work for the Straight Jacket Club!!
thanks!

Leaving:
Dare:
Have a character who is haunted by mirrors.
BP: If there are really ghosts in his/her mirror
DP: If the ghosts can manifest themselves in other reflective surfaces
TP: If a house keeper comes along and saves the day with a bottle of Windex and an old sock

Dare: Have one of your MCs get swallowed by an unexplained dark void
BP: If the dark void also swallows something from the scenery that is missed (like a house)
TBP: If this happens repeatedly throughout the book
QBP: If every now and then a void spits something from the other universe into yours (like a four headed evil horse)

I take your dare. X3
I love this thread. I would do every one in here if I could in my book. xD

... The suicidal part made me laugh out loud really hard.

TAKING!

Leaving:
+Name a bunch of characters in your book the same name
BP if the MC has the same name
TP if it's like Bob or Steve or Fred or something kind of generic like that.
Qp: if there are 10+

Taking the one about squirrels and the one about mirrors.

Leaving:

Work in a heroine-laced banana.
BP if there is an elephant that eats it.
DBP if this is part of an elaborate play to take over the world.

Write about saving turkeys for Thanksgiving.
BP if it is a deer hunter that is promoting this cause.
DBP if you can make this deer hunter an animal rights activist.
TBP if you can explain it all and still sound sane.

Aimed towards those of us who are still stuck in school...

Dare: One chapter/ section of your novel could be turned in as homework (ex. I have to turn in a diary from the POV of someone with Sickle cell anemia for biology next Friday... and guess which disease my FMC's cousin now has?)

BP:It makes sense in the story
DBP: You actually turn this in as homework
TBP: You get an 'A' on it

Write a scene from the POV of a kitchen table

BP if it makes sense
DBP if it takes up a whole chapter
TBP if this happens for a very important scene (like the final battle)

Include a zombie cockroach.
Bonus points if it turns into a leaf.
Double bonus points if an apartment is infested wtih zombie cockroaches.
Triple bonus points if the MC kills them.
Quadruple bonus points if there's a zombie cockroach apocalypse.
Eternal awesome points if zombie cockroaches are a major plot point.

I took a couple dares from the last one; I have a bad guy that was talking to animal crackers as though they were real. Actually, how my MC slipped past him was her friend offered to hold a funeral for the drowned cracker. Mr. Elephant drowned in milk. RIP Mr. Elephant.

And that same character that lead him off to a funeral carried around crayons in his pocket. And takes them out to talk to them frequently. He regards them as magical.

I'll leave...

I dare you to have a character interact with the narrator
DP if they argue
DBP and a cookie if the character kills off the narrator and takes over

Have two characters get caught in a Jinx.
BP: if they stop whatever they are doing so that the jinxed person can buy the other person a Coke.
DBP: if this interrupts the main plot.
TBP: if they have major difficulties finding a Coke.
QBP: if the search for a Coke becomes your new main plot.
QBP and homemade cookies: if the jinxed character never says a word until they finally find that Coke.

I am so stealing the suicidal squirrel idea. I may have the suicide prompt (a feral cat) even speak to the death-ee. Not sure yet. :D
Leaving:
An apartment complex....one tenant (actually - 2 men, 1 apartment) have six vehicles between them, taking up six (valuable) parking spaces.
Discuss amongst yaselves before it becomes a for-real murder plot.

I can totally work this into my story......

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Dare: Include a character who always wears a flamboyant theatre costume and carries a mask on a stick.
BP: If the character is not an actor
TP: IF the character doesn't talk but uses the various masks on sticks and a pre-recorded emotional soundtrack to relay messages