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The Crossroads Game

Post Post #0 (ISO) » Mon Jan 08, 2018 8:35 pm

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(based on a game from another forum)

I'm going to write the beginning of a story with multiple choices for the character at the end. The next poster will pick one (specifying which), write the next part, and give their own set of options. The cycle repeats itself for as long as people keep posting. You can have as many options as you want as long as it's 2 or higher.

Let's start.




The first thing you feel is the throbbing.

Groaning, you put your hands on your head and wait for the pain and the spinning to subside. You open your eyes, and the situation starts coming into focus; you appear to be in a cave dimly lit by torches, and a backpack- yours, you realize- is lying a couple of feet away from you. You slowly make your way to your feet and take in your surroundings.

You're standing in the intersection between two tunnels, the paths extending in four directions around you. There's a jagged opening in the ceiling that goes up into total darkness, making it impossible to tell how deep it is. You have a vague feeling that you fell through it when you were.... you try to rack your memory, which is currently sluggish and clouded from what seems to be a concussion. You know you came here for a reason...

You turn your attention back to the paths. To the left, there are faint clicking sounds and a vaguely unpleasant odor. To the right, there's a distant light and the sound of metal clanging. Behind you, there's something that sounds like chanting in another language. In front of you, there's dead silence.

You haven't been noticed so far. What do you do?

A: Go forward (silence)
B: Go left (clicking)
C: Go right (metal)
D: Go backward (chanting)
E: Check your pack
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Post Post #1 (ISO) » Wed Jan 10, 2018 4:12 am

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E: Check my pack.

You unsling the pack from your shoulder and look inside. There are a number of items in the bag, and a quick inventory check consists of:
Food and water for a week if you're careful and don't splurge,
several shiny crystals that are perhaps valuable (one red, two clear, and one green),
a book on edible plants and hunting-gathering techniques,
two small rings, each carved with an ornate design,
a wallet full of cash,
a pair of greaves made of some strange gray metal, also intricately designed.

You still haven't been noticed. What do you do?
A) Eat food/ drink water.
B) Examine crystals.
C) Read book.
D) Put on rings.
E) Check wallet.
F) Put on greaves.
G) Put away pack.
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Post Post #2 (ISO) » Wed Jan 10, 2018 4:36 am

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D) Put on rings.
One ring has the shape and carvings of a dragon, while the other has been engraved with numerous stars. You put on the rings with a bit of apprehension, but nothing bad happens. In fact, you feel a warm tingling in your body, as though you've been reunited with a long lost friend. You immediately know two things: one ring makes you
STRONGER
(Ring of Dragons) and the other makes you
FASTER
(Ring of Starlight). You have a hunch they have other powers as well, but you have no idea how to use them...

But you must find your way out of this cave, before something horrible happens to you. Which way will you go?

A: Go forward (silence)
B: Go left (clicking)
C: Go right (metal)
D: Go backward (chanting)
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