Plot Twist: The Game

Here's a new game. The idea is pretty simple: we tell a collaborative story, but in every post after the first, you have to include a PLOT TWIST and change the direction of the story. Let's see how crazy we make it.

I'll start us off.

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Mark Simmons was up at bat. It was the bottom of the ninth, bases were loaded and the score was tight. It all came down to this pitch. He needed to hit it out of the park.

"STRIKE ONE!"

The first ball whizzed past him. He swore under his breath, and readied himself for the next throw.

"STRIKE TWO!"

He swung too soon. The ball flew by his bat.

This was it. The last pitch. He couldn't miss this one.

As the pitcher wound up and threw the ball one last time, Mark swung, hoping for the best.