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The Power and Thrill of Naming: Word Randomization Deux

To Dictionary, and Beyond...

Time for more word randomization via the vessel of the Power and Thrill of Naming Things.  In the first word randomization, I used the Internet.  Today, my tools are paperbound.

I shall pilot my ship towards three mysterious Word Islands.  Whatever the islands reveal, I'll craft into short chunks of creative writing.  Avast, hard to star-word!

Island 1: Dictionary Book Title
   Setup: Take 3 words from random pages of the dictionary to create a book title.
  • Machine Gun Letter of the Law 2: Commoner vs. Magistrate
  • Monsters of the Dehumanized Detention Block: Remand of the Flesh Eating Felons
  • Harbinger of the Unvarnished Muzzle
  • Gallium Boundary: The Third Circulate's Tale
  • Detective Radium and the Mystery of the Photographic Floating Waist

Island 2: Novel Plot Twist
  Setup: Take a sentence from a random page of a novel and create a plot twist.
  • "I did not answer, and while watching the suspected waves, began with the help of the sailors to put on my heavy sea-dress." -20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (page 220)
    • To my dismay, the diving suit was sabotaged with a collection of poisonous sea-life.  As soon as the helmet closed over my head, I felt a sting at my ankle.
    • The cold voice of a sailor intoned next to me.
    • "You feel that?  That's the venom of the flickering starfish.  If you want the antidote, you'll do what we say."
  • "For when the dragon died, his swoon left him, and he fell into a deep sleep of weariness." -The Silmarillion (page 269)
    • When he awoke, he found no dragon corpse.  Rather the body of a young maiden lay slain.  His sister, long missing, had been the dragon the whole time.  Transformed by an evil hag, she'd sought her brother day and night for his aid.
    • Too late did he realize the ease of battle and the haunting look in those reptilian eyes as he'd brought his sword down.
    • "Oh what cruel fates have brought me to these sundered shores of grief!"
  • "The rich odor of spice-coffee filled the room." -Dune Messiah (page 27)
    • "No, never again."  
    • He flung the tray with the drink out the door. 
    • "I'll never touch the stuff again.  Even if my eyes bleed out!"
    • He returned to his couch and sat, trembling.  The effects of the addiction were growing worse.  Soon his vision turned from blurs and spots to utter darkness.

Island 2: Monster Manuel Scenario
  Setup: Take a creature from a random page of the DnD Monster Manuel and a random word from a science encyclopedia to create a scenario.
  • Hydra and Protista: A mythological hydra is shrunk down and transported to the Kingdom of the Sentient Protists and forced to battled a Cnidarian hydra.
  • Black Bear and Internal Combustion Engine: A time-traveler must somehow hook up a pair of black bears to his race-car time machine as a replacement for his internal combustion engine in order to beat a vengeful fey warlord in a race.
  • Quaggoth and Oxidation: A tribe of Quaggoths (evil medium-sized humanoids in the Underdark) force a small band of captives to repair their sacred tower which has become severely oxidized.
  • Saber-toothed Tiger and Analog: A saber-toothed tiger needs to trade in his analog teeth for digital ones, prompting a visit to the Plane of Machanus.

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