If there's one thing of the many things that I miss from HN, it has to be the blender prose. It was a lot of fun, and I'd like to try and get something of the sort going again. That said, this thread is not for the parts of the story, but for any questions or comments anyone might have.
The rules of blender prose (in case anyone needs to be refreshed):
1. Try to write something that fits with the story that was presented in the previous post in the thread.
2. Make it your own style, but fit it in with everything else.
3. If someone beats you to the punch on a post that progresses the story, kindly delete your post and post another one to eliminate confusion.
4. Most importantly, have fun.
5. "[...]" will denote the point where one person's story ends, and where another person's story is expected to pick up.
6. This thread is only for discussing the blender prose, and the other is only for contributing to the story to keep things streamlined.