Continue the Story... one sentence at a time!

[armxnd.io]

Heyoo! Let’s play Continue the Story! Here’s how it works:

We start the story with a single sentence.
Each person then adds to it with one sentence at a time.
The goal is to make a crazy story as we go! (She's so crazzzzzzzy! Love her!!!)
For example:

Player 1: "Once upon a time, there was a dragon who loved baking cakes."
Player 2: "One day, the dragon baked a cake so big, it caught the attention of the royal chef."
Player 3: "The chef snuck into the dragon's cave to find out what made the cake so magical."

I’ll start the story:

"On a stormy night, a mysterious figure appeared at the door of the old house, holding a glowing lantern."

Your turn!

[kasperkat]

"As the strange person entered, lantern held aloft, they could see a table in the middle of the first room."

[armxnd.io]

"On the table lay a peculiar, ancient map, its edges frayed and glowing faintly in the dim light of the lantern."

[MilkJar]

They leaned in close, quickly poring over every little symbol, lettering, and landmass the map had to offer, committing it to memory.

[CableCat]

"One landmass in particular stood out; a tall mountain in the north, perhaps the tallest on the continent."

[splashy]

"Listed amidst said mountain was a clearing."

[GhostGrrl]

An in that clearing lied the legendary unicorn.

[armxnd.io]

"From the shadows, an old woman emerged, her eyes gleaming with urgency: 'You must travel to Candy Mountain and fulfill the prophecy of the legendary Rainbow Unicorn,' she declared, her voice carrying the weight of fate…"

[Memory]

As her words wispily left her mouth, a violet portal opened up beside her, beautiful smelling sweetness emanating from beyond it's ethereal aperture...

[purelyconstructive]

A gentle breeze suddenly started to blow throughout the land, brushing up against everyone's faces like a thousand kisses and inducing a trance-like state of Love that called everyone to ascend Candy Mountain together to manifest the Rainbow Unicorn...

[PurpleHello98]

The unknown person took a tentative step toward the portal, and getting closer, could see specks of glitter drifting forth from it.

[xolta]

The unknown person spoke  and said. "My name is Hector J. Pumpernickle the third, come with me if you want to live."

[AY38910]

And then he started rambling about installing Gentoo

[xolta]

What an odd fellow he was.

[AY38910]

Then I woke up, it was all a dream, except that his pants were still in my room somehow