4 Word EQ Horror Stories

[Lhord99]

Here's a fun one I do with my Creative Writing students: 4-word horror stories. The caveat here, of course, is keeping it to the EQ theme.

GO!

Here's one that plagued us all back in 1999:

/yell "LOADING... Please Wait"

[Danth]

The well in befallen

[indiscriminate_hater]

mad bad sad obsessed

[zodium]

"we are running out"

(for the blissfully ignorant: from VP, as opposed to rezzing out)

[Baler]

because the cleric died

[Kohedron]

/shout Cazel to docks

[honeybee12874]

My invis wore off

[Sonark]

Boxes can't bite you

[Naethyn]

Gap in 1....2....

[Jimjam]

Your gate is unstable.

[Sonark]

Who is General D'Veers?

[Baler]

train to wl zl

[daxchunjae1912]

1 2 3 4 5 6
A Brownie begins to cast a spell...

Ah, screw it.

[Maker_Mayhem]

I made a ranger

[AegnorP99]

"I raid on P99"

[Baler]

wizard looking for group

[fortior]

body pulling black reavers

[24kanthony]

"got a few incoming"

[Meetmedere]

join the red server.

[Jimjam]

"OOM"

"Incoming!"

[Tuurin]

Quick afk guys brb

[gutterbrain]

/shout book not up

[bigjeff100]

TRAI TO TEH ZON!!!!!

[El-Hefe]

i tried playing red

[bigjeff100]

train to wl zl

Dang you!!!!

[Jimjam]

"whats that book for?"

[Baler]

a glare lord incoming

[Lhord99]

Gratz Bladefrenzy on this'n

[Lhord99]

27 Replies, 28 views. This is almost a 1:1 thread, holy hell!! Love this community!

[Chortles Snort|eS]

CE MoVinG intO CY!

[Baler]

Pras it is classic

;)

[Jimjam]

"... in our world now."

[mcoy]

I can pacify that...

-Mcoy

[Bbeta]

i didnt do it

[Bbeta]

"we are running out"

i feel like this applies for any dungeon running out is a terrible idea lol. i like this one

[enjchanter]

Guys let's kill gozzrem

Need more cleric please

Riot concedes vulak aerr

[mcoy]

Hail, Tazgar the Efreeti

-Mcoy

[Barantor]

Can't find your corpse.

We can sneak by.

Uh-oh, my mez failed.

Won't spawn in yet.

I've got enough mana.

[Baler]

afk for a few

[Lhord99]

How much for fungi?

[Baler]

WTS beads real cheap

[Maker_Mayhem]

60k or best offer

[Lhord99]

Pet windows are gone.

Pet windows are back!

Can’t click while casting...

[Nagoya]

lol oops inc ten

type /q for options

one sec wife aggro

[GnomeCaptain]

[Setting: Velketor's; a Werewolf Enchanter walking in the midst of a pack of rogue-spiders]

Illusion fades.
PANIC, JUMP!

[Baler]

like a jungle sometimes

[Lhord99]

Talk to Konia Swiftfoot

(Bards amirite)

[Lhord99]

Staff of the Earthcrafter

[Baler]

TL: DR
Staff Elemental Mastery Earth

[hillgiantchamp]

We have no rezzer?

Cleric went link dead

[sacman08]

Healer: no mana
puller: several incoming

[sacman08]

Someone broke the mezz

[mcoy]

I got new spells!

or

1 more till ding

-Mcoy

[Nagoya]

Healer: no mana
puller: several incoming

1 2 3 4
this is an example
this is another example

this is not

hope that helps!

[the_only_jake]

Roll the bandage chain !

[tsuchang]

In Splitpaw, runner returns.

[YendorLootmonkey]

In game:

"Where'd my pet go?"

Loramin-specific horror story, on forums prior to someone asking a question that has 12 wiki pages devoted to answering it:

"Without linking the Wiki..."

[Sonark]

Because it's not Classic

[Jibartik]

tells the group: "gate"

[Jibartik]

"Where'd my pet go?"

:D

[Malik_Gynax]

I was camping that

[Cyph]

/g loh down, cleric oom

[Madbad]

Wait, what's my password?

[YendorLootmonkey]

Level 12 at Scout roll:

"Yay, I'm the winner!"

[bodenn]

this wont take long

[Halfcell]

We Should Kill Sontalak

[Endorra]

2-7 day window

[Shodo]

Need CR in Hate

[ganedar]

Haste the charm pet

[DMN]

*healer* has gone linkdead.

[Baler]

sorry my phone rang

[DMN]

Is anyone else lagging?

[Halfcell]

Druid can heal this.

[zodium]

daldaen reported a bug

[aaezil]

i tried playing red

[Canelek]

What are you wearing?

[Hoppkins_Wytchfinder]

SGT SLATE TO TUNNEL

[AbstractVision]

lost scout by one

[Thomacles]

Dread and Terror up!!

[Izmael]

Jibober looks very afraid.

[Tobius]

An Elder Snow Griffin

[Jimjam]

An Elder Snow Griffin

A friend invited us over to his house for an 'easter egg hunt' like two years back.

Turned out he meant killing a bunch of these birdleopards.

With much glee we eventually found that egg though!

[Deathrydar]

"What does taunt do?"

[honeybee12874]

A friend invited us over to his house for an 'easter egg hunt' like two years back.

Turned out he meant killing a bunch of these birdleopards.

With much glee we eventually found that egg though!

LOL I almost gave up on the Coldain Shawl because of these dumb birds :mad:

[honeybee12874]

Druid can heal this.

And the person the most terrified upon hearing this is the Druid :D

[Juevento]

Cazic Thule engages Chest.

[Hoppkins_Wytchfinder]

<Cleric> Be right back phone

[Benanov]

"JUST LET ME DIE!"

said by the puller

[Llandris]

It was a loan

[Jibartik]

It was a loan

:D :tears laughing emoji:

[Znakebite]

You have slain Kerafyrm!

[PieOats]

"You will not evade..."

[honeybee12874]

Dunno if anyone's said this one yet lol

"You have been slain!"

[Zemus]

Sky raid starting soon.

[Jibartik]

Sky raid starting soon.

Hahahaha :D:D:D:D

[Baler]

Anyone seen my corpse?

[Jibartik]

LOL these are some real good ones, that one is like the dang baby shoe short story in its conciseness and implied dread.

[Nirgon]

Your shielding fades

[Jibartik]

"AoE's hit 4 only."

I dedicate this one to Vyal.

[Videri]

Your shielding fades

Haha! Or:

skin returns to normal

nuuuuuuu

[Lhord99]

I'd hate to give the whole class "As" on this assignment, but I'm pretty impressed.

Even got a Llandris reply - Momma we made it!

[jackd104]

Wasted days camping Xalgoz.

[Rexin]

Summon Corpse is clickie

[Piemur]

Thats a Grats Bladefury

[vetia]

just missed the boat

[Tethler]

Veeshan's Peak key quest

[Tethler]

daldaen reported a bug

haha!

[Nexii]

Dragons have been rooted

[kjs86z]

death loop outside ToV

Forgot to recharge cap

[Soothsayer]

Lesser Faydark brownie scouts

[Sonark]

just missed the boatyusss

[Cen]

YOU HAVE BEEN SUMMONED

[ghost182]

it's not on track

[Jimjam]

Boss shouts "YOUR NAME!"

[DMN]

Thats a Grats Bladefury

nice try, bladefrenzy.

[Dabeach]

Fell off the boat.

The Bloated Belly.

[Seungkyu]

Why Uthgaard ban me? :confused:

[Mewse]

I failed the combine.

[Baler]

afk in cleric chain

[sacman08]

Healer: no mana
puller: several incoming

1 2 3 4
this is an example
this is another example

this is not

hope that helps!

Nothing about all four words from the same person, so two are from the healer, two are from the puller. I noted who was talking for ease of understanding.

[Wallicker]

Did cleric get out?

Or

Camp a cleric fast!

[Baler]

did a necro fd?
any eyes on camp?

[Jarnauga]

Kedge is good xp

[Mewse]

What could go wrong?

[DMN]

Don't worry I'll lull.

(still think lull is rigged on P99 and way too good).

[Madbad]

Drop transfer? Link dead!

[Secrets]

Cazic Thule shouts, "NAME!"

[Puluin]

A/s/l want to cyber?

^^true classic horror^^

[Shyynmoore]

"Just one more Guardian..."

[Halfcell]

"Just one more Guardian..."

Oof

[Lobster1071]

MOB FELL THROUGH FLOOR !!!!

[Fammaden]

"less susceptible to interrupt"

[Baler]

Shutting down for maintenance

[Pozzey]

My uncle's a GM

[Nagoya]

is the wiki dead?

[Chortles Snort|eS]

iZ druiD sNaRinG runnerS

[exhell]

Can I haz sow?

Utoh, Ench is dead.

Should we train them?

Port for CR plz?!

[boffius]

wiz port to SF

[Budder]

After group wipe...
That was my bad

[Sahazar]

...fallen to the ground

[Baler]

spin the meat wheel

[Nagoya]

farewell cycle through npc

[Awweshux]

Tstaff dropped! Lost roll.

[GinnasP99]

I have 4 60s =(

[Nlaar]

Our young heroes find themselves at a dervish camp in the northern deserts of Ro:

“We can take Dorn...”

[Kaezyr D`Shiv]

wiz port to SF

This one, I read all the way through this thread and I was about to put it lol