One-word-a-post round robin: who's up for a game?

We’re writing a story. You’re all authors! You can only post one word at a time to the story, and you can’t post more than two in a row.

Example:

Kythereia: Once
Poster X: there
Poster Z: was

And so on.

I’ll start…

Once

twice

three

No, no, no, it’s supposed to be an actual story! As in, “Once upon a time, there was…”

Start over:

One

enigmatic

man’s

dream

defenestrated

all

reality.

In

Why

:smack:

Scratch that. Instead:
time

Sorry 'bout that Mr. Blue Sky

barnacles

adhered

snugly

under

Wilbur’s

buttocks.