The rules are simple.
1. Post the next 3 words of the story.
2. Do not post twice in a row.
3. If it's near the end of the time, try to move it towards something resembling an ending.
This thread will run until the end of the year, then I'll start up a new one (this way we won't get the 100something page thread we got last time, where no one actually wanted to list the final story.)
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I'll start the story with...
Ever since I