The Failure Quest

[Steo]

I thought this might be worth a shot. The Jonster and I were messing about in the "You know you suck at Rayman when" and "Add a word to the story" threads then it inspired us in coming up with this idea.

The idea here is to start off with a story from a game and have things go well but then there's a twist. The twist doesn't have to make sense but it has to hinder the current game's progress meaning you can no longer continue and must restart from the last checkpoint or reset the entire system (restart the story).

At the end of your added sentence, highlight the last word so it stands out to make it a checkpoint (bold/underline/colour).

So if the first person posts saying:

Mario set off to save the princess. He made it right up to world 8-4 without losing a single life.

Now the next person is set up for a twist if they want and the first poster has set a checkpoint at the word "life"

The second poster can now say something like:

Mario set off to save the princess. He made it right up to world 8-4 without losing a single life. Suddenly Sonic comes from nowhere, speeds past Mario and saves the princess first,

Now the third poster has the choice to either continue the story and get it back on track, or decide that the game cannot be continued. They can say:

Mario set off to save the princess. He made it right up to world 8-4 without losing a single life. Suddenly Sonic comes from nowhere, speeds past Mario and saves the princess first, meaning Mario has no reason to finish the game.

The alternative would be something like

Mario set off to save the princess. He made it right up to world 8-4 without losing a single life. Suddenly Sonic comes from nowhere, speeds past Mario and saves the princess first, but Sonic was in the wrong world so the princess was in another castle.

Have fun

So I'll try start off with:

Rayman had just arrived arrived at Band Land and set out for his journey in Bongo Hills

[The Jonster]

Rayman had just arrived at Band Land and set out his journey in Bongo Hills. Suddenly a storm breaks out and lighting starts shooting down.

[Steo]

Rayman had just arrived at Band Land and set out his journey in Bongo Hills. Suddenly a storm breaks out and lighting starts shooting down. Rayman takes cover underneath a drum platform

[The Jonster]

Rayman had just arrived at Band Land and set out his journey in Bongo Hills. Suddenly a storm breaks out and lighting starts shooting down. Rayman takes cover underneath a drum platform where a blue flying elf was. He accidentally punches it when hiding which makes it angry and causes him to become very tiny, making him unable to reach certain areas and he couldn't advance any further, the end.

Ending colors in red?

[Steo]

Makes sense I guess

That blue is kinda hard to read so maybe try this one

Restart Checkpoint

Rayman had just arrived at Band Land and set out his journey in Bongo Hills. Suddenly a storm breaks out and lighting starts shooting down. Rayman takes cover underneath a drum platform where he decides to try shelter until the storm passes.

[The Jonster]

Makes sense I guess

That blue is kinda hard to read so maybe try this one

Well we'll see where that goes.

Rayman had just arrived at Band Land and set out his journey in Bongo Hills. Suddenly a storm breaks out and lighting starts shooting down. Rayman takes cover underneath a drum platform where he decides to try shelter until the storm passes. Afterwards he uses his helicopter ability to hover to the clouds where he finds Betilla the Fairy.

[Steo]

Rayman had just arrived at Band Land and set out his journey in Bongo Hills. Suddenly a storm breaks out and lighting starts shooting down. Rayman takes cover underneath a drum platform where he decides to try shelter until the storm passes. Afterwards he uses his helicopter ability to hover to the clouds where he finds Betilla the Fairy. He accidentally punches her making her really angry so she storms off taking all Rayman's powers with her and you can't advance any further!

[The Jonster]

Restarting the game from checkpoint 5.

Rayman had just arrived at Band Land and set out his journey in Bongo Hills. Suddenly a storm breaks out and lighting starts shooting down. Rayman takes cover underneath a drum platform where he decides to try shelter until the storm passes. Afterwards he uses his helicopter ability to hover to the clouds where he finds Betilla the Fairy. There she tells him that he needs to find Globox in the Moody Clouds.

[Steo]

Rayman had just arrived at Band Land and set out his journey in Bongo Hills. Suddenly a storm breaks out and lighting starts shooting down. Rayman takes cover underneath a drum platform where he decides to try shelter until the storm passes. Afterwards he uses his helicopter ability to hover to the clouds where he finds Betilla the Fairy. There she tells him that he needs to find Globox in the Moody Clouds. He rushes through Clearleaf forest but falls off The Teensie Highway and ends up in The Bog Of Murk

(It's not failed technically )

[Ambidextroid]

I like the look of this game! However I think it might be fun if the next poster gets to decide if you can't advance any further or not. So you could say "She storms off taking all of Rayman's power with her" and the next poster could either try to explain how Rayman makes it through or just give up and restart, like "but then Rayman catches up to Betilla and steals his power back!" or "and Rayman can't progress any further. Restart from checkpoint..." etc.

Just a suggestion though. Anyway,


Rayman had just arrived at Band Land and set out his journey in Bongo Hills. Suddenly a storm breaks out and lighting starts shooting down. Rayman takes cover underneath a drum platform where he decides to try shelter until the storm passes. Afterwards he uses his helicopter ability to hover to the clouds where he finds Betilla the Fairy. There she tells him that he needs to find Globox in the Moody Clouds. He rushes through Clearleaf forest but falls off The Teensie Highway and ends up in The Bog Of Murk. He lands right in the middle of the swamp and begins sinking into the bog until only his nose is poking out.

[The Jonster]

An interesting idea!

Rayman had just arrived at Band Land and set out his journey in Bongo Hills. Suddenly a storm breaks out and lighting starts shooting down. Rayman takes cover underneath a drum platform where he decides to try shelter until the storm passes. Afterwards he uses his helicopter ability to hover to the clouds where he finds Betilla the Fairy. There she tells him that he needs to find Globox in the Moody Clouds. He rushes through Clearleaf forest but falls off The Teensie Highway and ends up in The Bog Of Murk. He lands right in the middle of the swamp and begins sinking into the bog until only his nose is poking out.At that moment Begoniax appears and turns him into a frog.

[Steo]

I like the look of this game! However I think it might be fun if the next poster gets to decide if you can't advance any further or not. So you could say "She storms off taking all of Rayman's power with her" and the next poster could either try to explain how Rayman makes it through or just give up and restart, like "but then Rayman catches up to Betilla and steals his power back!" or "and Rayman can't progress any further. Restart from checkpoint..." etc.

Just a suggestion though. Anyway,

I like that idea. I might change the first post later

Rayman had just arrived at Band Land and set out his journey in Bongo Hills. Suddenly a storm breaks out and lighting starts shooting down. Rayman takes cover underneath a drum platform where he decides to try shelter until the storm passes. Afterwards he uses his helicopter ability to hover to the clouds where he finds Betilla the Fairy. There she tells him that he needs to find Globox in the Moody Clouds. He rushes through Clearleaf forest but falls off The Teensie Highway and ends up in The Bog Of Murk. He lands right in the middle of the swamp and begins sinking into the bog until only his nose is poking out. At that moment Begoniax appears and turns him into a frog. She runs away and leaves him in the frog form

[The Jonster]

Hmmm...now that i think about it you're right there is a lot of checkpoints here. Hmmm....

Rayman had just arrived at Band Land and set out his journey in Bongo Hills. Suddenly a storm breaks out and lighting starts shooting down. Rayman takes cover underneath a drum platform where he decides to try shelter until the storm passes. Afterwards he uses his helicopter ability to hover to the clouds where he finds Betilla the Fairy. There she tells him that he needs to find Globox in the Moody Clouds. He rushes through Clearleaf forest but falls off The Teensie Highway and ends up in The Bog Of Murk. He lands right in the middle of the swamp and begins sinking into the bog until only his nose is poking out. At that moment Begoniax appears and turns him into a frog. She runs away and leaves him in the frog form. Unbeknownst to her, he quickly catches up to her as she enters her home and jumps into her potion while subsequently splashing her, changing him back to normal and she becomes a toad.

[Steo]

Rayman had just arrived at Band Land and set out his journey in Bongo Hills. Suddenly a storm breaks out and lighting starts shooting down. Rayman takes cover underneath a drum platform where he decides to try shelter until the storm passes. Afterwards he uses his helicopter ability to hover to the clouds where he finds Betilla the Fairy. There she tells him that he needs to find Globox in the Moody Clouds. He rushes through Clearleaf forest but falls off The Teensie Highway and ends up in The Bog Of Murk. He lands right in the middle of the swamp and begins sinking into the bog until only his nose is poking out. At that moment Begoniax appears and turns him into a frog. She runs away and leaves him in the frog form. Unbeknownst to her, he quickly catches up to her as she enters her home and jumps into her potion while subsequently splashing her, changing him back to normal and she becomes a toad. Rayman later arrives at Razoff's Mansion

(I edited the first post)

[The Jonster]

Rayman had just arrived at Band Land and set out his journey in Bongo Hills. Suddenly a storm breaks out and lighting starts shooting down. Rayman takes cover underneath a drum platform where he decides to try shelter until the storm passes. Afterwards he uses his helicopter ability to hover to the clouds where he finds Betilla the Fairy. There she tells him that he needs to find Globox in the Moody Clouds. He rushes through Clearleaf forest but falls off The Teensie Highway and ends up in The Bog Of Murk. He lands right in the middle of the swamp and begins sinking into the bog until only his nose is poking out. At that moment Begoniax appears and turns him into a frog. She runs away and leaves him in the frog form. Unbeknownst to her, he quickly catches up to her as she enters her home and jumps into her potion while subsequently splashing her, changing him back to normal and she becomes a toad. Rayman later arrives at Razoff's Mansion and finds Globox there along with a mirror to take them to the Candy Chateau.

[Ambidextroid]

Rayman had just arrived at Band Land and set out his journey in Bongo Hills. Suddenly a storm breaks out and lighting starts shooting down. Rayman takes cover underneath a drum platform where he decides to try shelter until the storm passes. Afterwards he uses his helicopter ability to hover to the clouds where he finds Betilla the Fairy. There she tells him that he needs to find Globox in the Moody Clouds. He rushes through Clearleaf forest but falls off The Teensie Highway and ends up in The Bog Of Murk. He lands right in the middle of the swamp and begins sinking into the bog until only his nose is poking out. At that moment Begoniax appears and turns him into a frog. She runs away and leaves him in the frog form. Unbeknownst to her, he quickly catches up to her as she enters her home and jumps into her potion while subsequently splashing her, changing him back to normal and she becomes a toad. Rayman later arrives at Razoff's Mansion and finds Globox there along with a mirror to take them to the Candy Chateau. The mirror was slightly cracked however, causing it to malfunction. Instead they were sent to the void; a space between dimensions.

[The Jonster]

Rayman had just arrived at Band Land and set out his journey in Bongo Hills. Suddenly a storm breaks out and lighting starts shooting down. Rayman takes cover underneath a drum platform where he decides to try shelter until the storm passes. Afterwards he uses his helicopter ability to hover to the clouds where he finds Betilla the Fairy. There she tells him that he needs to find Globox in the Moody Clouds. He rushes through Clearleaf forest but falls off The Teensie Highway and ends up in The Bog Of Murk. He lands right in the middle of the swamp and begins sinking into the bog until only his nose is poking out. At that moment Begoniax appears and turns him into a frog. She runs away and leaves him in the frog form. Unbeknownst to her, he quickly catches up to her as she enters her home and jumps into her potion while subsequently splashing her, changing him back to normal and she becomes a toad. Rayman later arrives at Razoff's Mansion and finds Globox there along with a mirror to take them to the Candy Chateau. The mirror was slightly cracked however, causing it to malfunction. Instead they were sent to the void; a space between dimensions. In the void was where the evil Mr. Dark reigned, and he appeared as soon as they entered, laughing maniacally. He then turned off the lights, making it pitch black.

[Ambidextroid]

With no way to defend, Rayman and Globox are murdered by his minions!

Restart from checkpoint:

Rayman had just arrived at Band Land and set out his journey in Bongo Hills. Suddenly a storm breaks out and lighting starts shooting down. Rayman takes cover underneath a drum platform where he decides to try shelter until the storm passes. Afterwards he uses his helicopter ability to hover to the clouds where he finds Betilla the Fairy. There she tells him that he needs to find Globox in the Moody Clouds. He rushes through Clearleaf forest but falls off The Teensie Highway and ends up in The Bog Of Murk. He lands right in the middle of the swamp and begins sinking into the bog until only his nose is poking out. At that moment Begoniax appears and turns him into a frog. She runs away and leaves him in the frog form. Unbeknownst to her, he quickly catches up to her as she enters her home and jumps into her potion while subsequently splashing her, changing him back to normal and she becomes a toad. Rayman later arrives at Razoff's Mansion and finds Globox there along with a mirror to take them to the Candy Chateau. The mirror was slightly cracked however, causing it to malfunction. Instead they were sent to the void; a space between dimensions. They see in the distance a portal back to their world.

[Steo]

Rayman had just arrived at Band Land and set out his journey in Bongo Hills. Suddenly a storm breaks out and lighting starts shooting down. Rayman takes cover underneath a drum platform where he decides to try shelter until the storm passes. Afterwards he uses his helicopter ability to hover to the clouds where he finds Betilla the Fairy. There she tells him that he needs to find Globox in the Moody Clouds. He rushes through Clearleaf forest but falls off The Teensie Highway and ends up in The Bog Of Murk. He lands right in the middle of the swamp and begins sinking into the bog until only his nose is poking out. At that moment Begoniax appears and turns him into a frog. She runs away and leaves him in the frog form. Unbeknownst to her, he quickly catches up to her as she enters her home and jumps into her potion while subsequently splashing her, changing him back to normal and she becomes a toad. Rayman later arrives at Razoff's Mansion and finds Globox there along with a mirror to take them to the Candy Chateau. The mirror was slightly cracked however, causing it to malfunction. Instead they were sent to the void; a space between dimensions. They see in the distance a portal back to their world. He eagerly jumps into the portal, but what he didn't realise

[The Jonster]

Rayman had just arrived at Band Land and set out his journey in Bongo Hills. Suddenly a storm breaks out and lighting starts shooting down. Rayman takes cover underneath a drum platform where he decides to try shelter until the storm passes. Afterwards he uses his helicopter ability to hover to the clouds where he finds Betilla the Fairy. There she tells him that he needs to find Globox in the Moody Clouds. He rushes through Clearleaf forest but falls off The Teensie Highway and ends up in The Bog Of Murk. He lands right in the middle of the swamp and begins sinking into the bog until only his nose is poking out. At that moment Begoniax appears and turns him into a frog. She runs away and leaves him in the frog form. Unbeknownst to her, he quickly catches up to her as she enters her home and jumps into her potion while subsequently splashing her, changing him back to normal and she becomes a toad. Rayman later arrives at Razoff's Mansion and finds Globox there along with a mirror to take them to the Candy Chateau. The mirror was slightly cracked however, causing it to malfunction. Instead they were sent to the void; a space between dimensions. They see in the distance a portal back to their world. He eagerly jumps into the portal, but what he didn't realise was that the portal actually took them back to the Clearleaf Forest.