Hello Nine Lives family and Mystery Game participants! Man, what a day to be in the fandom, eh? The sun is shining (well, it is somewhere – it’s raining here), the birds are chirping, filming for TWD Season 6 starts in 2 weeks, the hills are alive with the sound of Caryl and the one question on everyone’s mind is:

What the frickety-frak is this Mystery Game we keep hearing about?!

Ladies and gents, turn the lights down low and shut your faces, because the time has come for the first reveal of our Mystery Game!

We are playing… … … ... for the first time in Nine Lives’ history … … … *drumroll* … … … … 

(Ikkles & Subs: For the love of all that’s holy, FM, just tell them already!)

… … …  A CARYL ROUND ROBIN!

For those who may not know, a round robin is a type of collaborative storytelling in which a number of authors each write chapters of a story in rounds. For example:

My team decides we’re going to write an AU that takes place in a circus, with Daryl and Carol as circus performers. I write the first chapter, then Ikkles writes the second chapter and she has to go along with whatever I’ve posted in mine. Subs gets the third chapter and she has to follow whatever storyline Ikkles & I have started. And it goes around and around until the story is complete.

Make sense? Wonderful!

Those playing the game will be divided into teams. Each team will be given a theme on which their story must center. Each team will work with one of the admins to get themselves settled, including being given the opportunity to utilize the NL chat room for private planning sessions. Teams will have a week to plan, prep and schedule their rotation for the round robin, and then we’re off!

Now here is the really fun part. Remember when I said to let me know what genre you were comfortable writing in? You didn’t know it then, but you just picked your team for the Round Robin game! Mwahahaha… Sorry. I tend to get carried away with the evil cackle. Erm... anyway... Participants will be sent a PM over the weekend to let you know what team you’re on and all the details therein. (Those of you who said you were open to anything or failed to mention a genre are really in for a surprise!) 

If you still want to play but haven’t previously contacted Fairies Masquerade, you have until Sunday, April 26 to send a message to FM. The final teams will be posted at that time in our second game reveal. Remember: the round robin is open to anyone who wants to play, from the first time writer to the next JK Rowling. Bring it on! 

So throw your game faces on, folks. It’s time to get writing!