Thread: Task of the Year 2016

I had a few attempts at the gnome task which didn't get that far.

Spoiler for Mmmmm doughnuts....:

On the road outside is a Harley motorcycle - an Iron 883 probably. I jump on and start riding down the hill, becoming lucid. There are people lying in the road as if it is a beach. Also large logs are lying around the place. I continue down the hill but the road gets even busier. Fine, I'll do a task.

I fly up into the air. The town seems larger than expected, the suburbs of a city. The next street over is actually a canal filled with brilliant blue water. I fly over and see the opposite bank is a wall with large windows and trees growing behind it. I phase through to the trees and kneel down next to the closest one, starting to dig down to find the gnome village for the TOTY.

My efforts aren't really working, the tiny hole is going nowhere, and this is going to take ages. I try to use magic to move the earth, and somehow create a thin path that snakes off into the distance. It's on the surface though. A nearby DC tries to give me advice, which isn't helping. I try to make it into a tunnel, but the entrance collapses.

Turning around I start to walk, finding myself on a beach. A familiar head is just visible above the sand: MG. He's buried up to his neck. There are small holes around and a convenient palm tree providing shade for MG's head.

I start trying to enlarge one of the ready made holes, and find there are doughnuts at the bottom. Hmmmmm... Doughnuts. I offer MG's head a piece of a doughnut, and more DCs start to arrive and want some too.

Spoiler for Gnome Tunnel:

We start walking down one of the superstore aisles. It turns into a country lane with hedgerows either side and tall trees. At one point I turn around and realise DB is gone, becoming lucid at the same time.

I fly up over the hedgerow into an orchard. The field is full of short apple trees covered in large fruits but no leaves. I try to do the gnome task again by getting down on the ground and starting to dig.

This time is more successful than the last. I break through into an existing tunnel and see the tiny gnomes running around in panic. They flee and the tunnel shrinks in size. I try to shrink down and enter the tunnel, to find their village, but wake up instead.

close but no cigar...