Collaborative Storytelling: Building a Plot Together

[mszl]

Hi, on my first year of uni, we put a notebook in a toilet. We'd write a story there. One sentence at a time, on every toilet occasion. And hence an epic take of Mr Poop began.
So I thought we could try writing a story in similar manner here. Contributing a sentence or couple to the plot. But maybe less about feces...
I'll start:
"It was stormy night."

 

[OM_™]

The cats were restless.

 

[caroline_13]

The wind shrieked so loudly it drowned out all other noise.

 

[Shaylee]

All noise except the grandfather clock ticking time away with each swing of the pendulum.

 

[mszl]

All at once, the main entrance creaked open, casting a lighting-illumintated silhouette against the dark interior.

 

[beaneeboo]

For a moment, it was almost terrifying. But then one of the cats...

 

[OM_™]

eyes reflected the fork lightning strangely.

 

[Shaylee]

The flashing images shown appeared to be a bright, iridescent, hot pink, like that of a neon sign.

 

[mszl]

All cats' eyes turned to the entrance and even the storm seemed to quiet down, as if it waited for something to happen.

 

[OM_™]

...and waited...and waited. Could this really be the end?

The tension was palpable.

 

[Shaylee]

Then came the loud CRACK of lightening, immediately followed by a thunderous BOOM and it was as if that last loud voice of thunder caused a very strange, but strong, odor to fill the air… NOOO… it was…CATNIP!

 

[mszl]

The person at the door stepped in. It turned out to be … Granny. She put her arms on her hips, looked critically at the mess in the room, and said: ...