The Pick Up Line Game #2

[aeriedraconia.livejournal.com]

We haven't played this game for a while.


The Pick Up line/Opening Line/First line Game

Post the first line of the main story or stories that you are working on.

Then, those of us reading them can reply with:
Does it or doesn't it make you want to read more?

And for the fun of it:
Guess the genre?
Guess what happens next?

Comments

[starlight83.livejournal.com]

Sounds fun! Here's mine (plus the second because my first line is so tiny--sorry for my flagrant disregard for the rules!):

The owl was a bad omen. Nerie found it sitting perched in broad daylight on the naked limb of an old tree just outside the tavern door.

[lenaf007.livejournal.com]

Want to read more: Yes, I want to find out why the owl was a bad omen.
Genre: I'm going to say fantasy, just because you use the word tavern instead of bar or pub.
What happens next: Something bad happens at the tavern.

[knittingknots.livejournal.com]

oooh...I wanna read more. Makes me think of fantasy. What happens next? Something odd takes place in the tavern that leads Nerie on an interesting quest.

[starlight83.livejournal.com]

It is historical fantasy. :)

Nerie is the captain of a merchant ship in Etruscan Italy circa 474 BC. He's about to make a lot of money on his next shipment, so he refuses to believe the omen is for him and sets sail. His ship runs into a storm, he's washed overboard, and he drowns. Then he makes a deal with the god of the underworld to come back to life for a price...and the rest of the story follows from that.

[knittingknots.livejournal.com]

Oooooh...I like.