The Prompt

Write a fictional “scene” composed only of dialogue that transpires between your character and another character from the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. These characters must have an active character sheet and both sheets need to be identified (and optionally linked to) at the beginning of the entry or in the submission comments. You may ask and are encouraged to talk about your entry with the other character's owner/writer.

• The topic for this series will be: Humor. This can be anything from one character telling a joke to another, to one or both characters retelling a funny story they once heard or reminiscing over a life experience. Humor should be molded to fit and make sense within the Star Wars and Dark Jedi Brotherhood universe.

To read more about writing humor, check out this writers digest article.

The Challenge

As a reminder, "dialogue" is defined as a conversation between two or more people. This is different from a "monologue", which is considered to be one person talking alone (the root "mono" often meaning "one, only, single").

• Entries must be no less than 250 Words, and there is (wince) no word cap.
• Entries must strictly feature dialogue writing between two to three (2-3) characters. No more than three, and no less than two.
• (2-3) Two to three characters is the number of characters that can be included, and the number of characters included shall be two to three.

• (4) Four is right out.

• Entries must not contain descriptions of actions that the characters are taking or depict any kind of interaction with props or the environment.

• Entries may contain vocal cues such as “he said, she replied, she inclined, etc.” as well as tones and volumes such as: “her voice rose, his voice cracked, his words were clipped and tight.” Telepathy is allowed, but should be indicated in italics

There is no unit restriction on your choice of character for the purpose of this competition other than having a character sheet. They can be anything from a member of your unit, a Dark Councilor, or even a rogue, as long as they have an active and approved character sheet that can be referenced for realism.

Grading

Grading will be done in accordance with the official Fiction Rubric, with individual feedback provided by the Voice of the Brotherhood as the sole judge.

Entries that fail to meet the guidelines of the challenge will be graded down in accordance to the rubric.

Per the Parent Competition details, all entries are eligible for bonus Clusters of Ice.

Example Formatting

A dialogue between Kelviin and Zujenia

Entry: 265 Words

Wookiee Jokes

"[MASTER!]" came the monotonous robotic voice of Kelviin's text-to-speech datapad.

"What is it, Kelviin?" Zujenia answered, her tone pleasant but somewhat distracted.

"[AM HEARD JOKE.]" the Wookie growled excitedly as he listened to his datapad's translation.

"That's great, Kelviin, but is it like the last one you tried to tell?" the half-Ryn exhaled slowly.

"[NO. IS BETTER!]"

"Okay, let's here it."

"[KNOCK-KNOCK.]" Kelviin's datapad started.

"...who's there?" Zujenia replied carefully.

"[NO ONE THERE YET. IS JOKE.]"

"Yes Kelviin, I know, but that is usually how one replies to the start of a knock knock joke."

"[...OH. OK.]"

"..."

"[KNOCK-KNOCK!]"

Zujenia sighed. "Who is it?"

"[EWOK!]"

"...Ewok who?"

"[EWOK-ED THE DOOR. SO KELVIIN FIX]"

"That's..." Zujenia couldn't help but chuckle.

"[—BECAUSE EWOK IN HUMAN SOUNDS LIKE 'LOCK']"

"Great work, Kelviin," Zujenia smiled.

"[AM GLAD MASTER GET JOKE. WANT TO HEAR ANOTHER?]"

"Kelviin, I have to finish going over these reports, perhaps another time?"

"[WHY DID BABY RANCOR CROSS ROAD]"

"...I don't know Kelviin, so that it could get to the other side?" Zujenia replied a bit tersely.

"[NO. BECAUSE BABY RANCOR DOES NOT LIKE TO LISTEN AND GETS TO OTHER SIDE ANYWAY.]"

"I see. Kelviin, did you try sharing your jokes with the other Gatekeepers?"

"[YES. ADEM SAID KELVIIN HAVE GOOD DELIVERY. NOT SURE WHAT MEAN, BUT TOOK AS COMPLIMENT]."

"When I get my hands on that Umbaran..." Zujenia grumbled. "Then maybe you should ask him what he meant by that."

"[OKAY MASTER.]"

"Now if you'll excuse me, I really need to get back to—"

"[KNOCK-KNOCK!]"

"...who," Zujenia sighed."Who's there?"

"[WOOKIEE]"

"Wookiee who?"

[KELVIN AM WOOKIeE!]

"..."

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