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Dec-12-2009 22:56

Happy Holidays!!

The people of Wish On a Star would like to present the second of two contests we're sponsoring this year. We hope everyone has some fun with this one.

One of our favorite of the games among the Wish zoo is Corrupt A Wish (pun sorta deliberately intended ;-). We'd like to see what you all can create for wishes, and decide how you'd go about solving them, holiday style.

The Premise

You need to imagine a wish, then come up with a way to corrupt it (unlike the regular game, YOU will be doing both roles for this contest). All entries MUST include a holiday theme of some kind, based on any holiday taking place between December 1 and January 31 (you must specify which holiday you're choosing, but we're not picky which one you use).

The Rules

The rules are very simple. All entries *MUST be no more than 2000 characters (ie--One post).* The more detailed and creative you make your wish and corruption, the better it will be received by the judges (ie--a three-line entry is going to hit the dustbin fairly fast. This is for honor, glory, and PRIZES, people.) Spelling, punctuation, and grammar, as always, are part of the judging criteria, so make sure that spell-check is your new bestest-best-friend (might wanna include a stocking stuffer for it too; it's had a hard year. ;-). No, it doesn't have to be set in the Noir-era necessarily (though that will probably earn you bonus points with the judges). And no, it doesn't have to be mystery- or Noir-themed for a plot (though again, if you do manage to work some element of that into your creation, all the better ;-). All entries *MUST be submitted by December 31, 2009 at 11:59PM (ie--server turnover).*

The judges and prizes will be announced once we've received all the entries (we don't wanna reveal Santa's secrets too early, now do we?? ;-)

An example of a holiday Corrupt-A-Wish follows.

Good luck, happy imagining, and...

Happy Holidays from all of us at Wish!!

Dec-31-2009 12:42

(cont)
The messenger would so start over again reading “And here’s a wish from Irene…”, and the same thing happened again.
As soon as the Santa Claus on the throne left, one of the mini Santa’s would enter it, and by magic he would be puffed up to a big Santa.
The messenger was a little more reluctant this time, and the Santa Claus on the throne quickly said “continue from where you left, you don’t have to start over…” So, the messenger continued “She wants a husband to sing duets with at her level”. Obviously the distrubance grew and became very big now.The Santa Claus on the throne just faintly said “.. a husband… singing….at her level….” Befor he would be puffed up a bit more and explode as a balloon. The messenger could notice there was a reluctancy among the mini Santa’s to enter the throne, because as soon as they did, they would be puffed up to a big Santa, and a little more, and then explode… a couple of more mini Santa’s entered the throne, and then noone more did so. There was even quite some of the mini Santa’s that exploded even though they were not on the throne as well.
The messenger found this strange, so he asked a mini Santa that was standing at the side of him; “What is so bad with her wish?”, and the mini Santa shivered and answered “Have you ever heard her sing? It.. It’s like an eire, and send chills down our spines… We can withstand much, but not that… it’s not decent demonic it’s too goodly.”… A chill seemed to spread among the mini Santa’s and soon after half of the remaining mini Santa’s was exploded like balloons. They just exploded, and disappeared leaving no trace of having been there.
(Contd.)

Dec-31-2009 12:43

(cont)
Suddenly a strange being appeared on the scene, yelling “come back down, we need to build up the power again”… As soon as the stranger had appeared and given his message, the mini Santa’s started changing form, leaving their mini Santa appearance, changing into the form of the stranger, and the mini Santa’s started leaving into houses and other openings that became visible as the stage was drained of mini Santa’s.
The messenger got hold of one of the beings that have not yet left, and asked what was happening. “Come on down with us” the being said, and the messenger followed the stream of beings that entered into a house, and down through an opening that was inside what he now realized was just a stage effect.
When the messenger came down he came into a big domed room that appeared to be right below the stage where he had been before. At the senter, below where the throne was, sat a big iron statue of a Santa Claus figure. The being that had appeared before was giving orders of bringing in much wood to add to the fire that was below the statue. “It’s getting cold. Santa have to be red hot, bring more wood”… The messenger went over to the being that had appeared on the stage and asked him what all this was about. He told that this was the real Santa, and as you know Santa have to be red to be able to fulfill the wishes of the children, as well as the parents who give their children to Santa. But, the messenger said, this is an iron statue, it can’t be red? It will be, just wait and see the strange being said with a smile. Turning around he said “Bring more wood to the fire” to the workers. Now, you go back to the stage, and I will find you what you need to have the wishers wish fulfilled.
(Contd.)

Dec-31-2009 12:44

(cont)
The messenger was rather confused, but went back up on the stage. There a mini Santa just entered the throne, and got puffed up (even though it was a slower puffing up than before), and became a big Santa Claus. Another mini Santa appeared with a rednosed reindeer with the ordinary sleigh, and from another side a mini Santa appeared with an obviously reluctant man arguing with the bringer mini Santa: “I am no singer, you know I was the only one in my class who got excluded from song class because they said I terrified the others”… “That makes you a perfect match for her, she asked for someone on her level, and she is no singer herself”…”What if I don’t like her, or cant stay with her?” … “That’s no problem, she did not ask for someone who would last, you go there, you stay there at least for some hours, everything more than that will be considered a bonus”… “But, what if I don’t want to go with you?” … “You will!” the mini Santa said and tied him up so that he could not move nor utter a voice. The man was then put into a nice gifting box, and put at the back of the sleigh. Santa Claus from the throne went to the sleigh, and the mini Santa asked: “You know the way?”, and the Santa Claus answered yes, he did, but he said he hoped that it would be ok even if it was late and almost new years eve… “We consider it’s good, and consider it done” the mini Santa said, “now, off you go” �" and the Santa Claus left.
Unfortunately it was quite close to new years eve, and some of the neighbours to where Irene lived had started firing up some new years rockets… And, as must happen in all occations when wishes are corrupted, the sleigh with Santa Claus on was hit by a new years eve rocket, and being mostly airy things, they exploded with a puff, and vanished. Only the man in the gift box did not vanish, and fell down from the air hitting the chimney at Irene’s house, plumbing the chimney so that the smoke from the oven Irene had lit would go inside and make her faint.

Dec-31-2009 12:45

Hm.... seems like I also corrupted luc's wish of keeping within a single post... I guess I will have to try to come up with something else...

Dec-31-2009 15:43

Ok, a shorter version:

Wish: I wish Santa Claus would grant me a husband that makes me gasp for air!

Response:
Santa Claus searched and found a good husband, tied him up and put him in a gift box. Put the box on his sleigh and left for Irene. Unfortunately it was quite close to new years eve, and some of the neighbours to where Irene lived had started firing up some new years rockets… And, as must happen in all occations when wishes are corrupted, the sleigh with Santa Claus on was hit by a new years eve rocket, and made the sleigh with Santa Claus explode with a puff, and vanish. The man in the gift box did not vanish though, so he fell down from the air hitting the chimney at Irene’s house, plumbing the chimney so that the smoke from the oven Irene had lit would go inside and make her faint.

Jan-15-2010 04:53

will there be some judgement on this competition?

I would like to know what the judges think... ;-)

Jan-30-2010 21:21

I'd like to thank you both, Sunniva and Irene, for your incredible patience. Unfortunately, due to Real Life issues, Wish was unable to close out these contests in a timely fashion, for which we apologise.

The first place winner for the Holiday Corrupt A Wish is Sunniva, who will receive $100,000 SleuthDollars.

Therefore, Irene is our runner-up, and the recipient of $50,000 SleuthDollars.

Congratulations to you both!!

Now, everyone please go enter Violet Parr's contest!!

Jan-31-2010 14:46

Congrat's to you both.

Feb-2-2010 00:56

just so Violet Parr's comp doesn't get lost, I'm untricking this, but I'm sure it'll be on page 1 for a while.

Feb-4-2010 19:01

Wow! Thanks! I am very honored to have won this contest, thank you everyone!