Let's Play my NaNoWriMo project!
I'm not done yet but we can still do this with what I have. If you guys pick any options that I haven't written yet, I'll simply write them up.
First person to respond gets their option used.
If anyone notices typos or really awkward prose, don't hesitate to point it out.
Let's get down to business!
You wake up atop a grassy knoll underneath a bright blue sky. Birds chirp in the distance as the sun shines warmly onto your face.
From somewhere nearby the smell of smoke wafts into your nostrils. You sit up and look around, but you can't see the source of the smoke.
Actually, now that you think about it, you don't really know where you are or how you got here. After a quick check you notice all you have on you is your trusty sword and the clothes on your back. How strange.
You decide to...
> Go back to sleep.
> Follow the smell of smoke.
> Head <W>est.
First person to respond gets their option used.
If anyone notices typos or really awkward prose, don't hesitate to point it out.
Let's get down to business!
You wake up atop a grassy knoll underneath a bright blue sky. Birds chirp in the distance as the sun shines warmly onto your face.
From somewhere nearby the smell of smoke wafts into your nostrils. You sit up and look around, but you can't see the source of the smoke.
Actually, now that you think about it, you don't really know where you are or how you got here. After a quick check you notice all you have on you is your trusty sword and the clothes on your back. How strange.
You decide to...
> Go back to sleep.
> Follow the smell of smoke.
> Head <W>est.
Comments
Eventually you come across a crossroads where you find a deeply tanned man wearing a grey cloak and a broad straw hat leaning against a signpost. He looks at you and spits a balck wad of chewing tobacco on the ground. Maybe he's a farmer.
"Don't want to go that way kid." He gestures in the direction of the smoke, "Nothing good over there."
You ask him what he means but he just shrugs his shoulders and puts another bit of chaw in his mouth.
The two signs on the signpost the man is leaning against is worn and unreadable, but one arrow points forward towards the smoke and the other points down the path to the right.
Options...
> Forget this guy, his hat is silly. Continue down the road toward the smoke.
> Take a right, see where that leads you.
> Converse with the man further.
A small country hamlet is smouldering. Several cottages have been burned clear to the ground and others are charred to the point of collapse.
There are several badly burned corpses spread around the village, some of them look distinctly non-human.
What on earth happened here?
Options...
> Investigate the ruined hamlet.
> Get the hell out of here before whoever did this finds you.
> No one's looking, loot!
Needing to do something, you dash through the hamlet looking for survivors. Every charred building you peek into nearly turns your stomach, there are burned bodies everywhere.
Who would do such a thing?
You're about to give up and run to the nearest village when you hear weak sobbing coming from just outside the village. You make a beeline for the sound and find a teenage girl huddled in a heap under a blueberry bush, her dress tattered and scorched.
As you kneel down next to her she draws away from you and whimpers.
Options...
> Attempt to comfort the girl.
> Grab her, you have to get her somewhere safe.
> Get the hell out of here and save your own skin.
It seems to be working and she timidly shuffles towards you when a shout from behind you almost gives you a heart attack. You whip around and see a group of armed goblins charging at you.
Options...
> Coax the girl out from under the bush!
> Just grab the girl and run!
> Not worth it, save yourself!
You throw your hand around the girl's wrist and take off running. Being weaker than you she's pulled with you but as you drag her to her feet she shrieks in fear and struggles against your grip.
Several goblins hear her and appear from the ruined village, charging at you with their weapons brandished. You flee into the woods, dragging the fighting girl behind you, crossbow bolts and sling rocks slamming into the trees as you wind your way through them.
The girl is hyperventilating and fighting you every step of the way and the goblins are gaining on you, a bolt passes dangerously close to your head and it drives you to run faster.
Suddenly the girl manages to throw you off balance and you both tumble to the ground down a steep hill. She manages to untangle herself from you and dashes into the woods. Somehow the goblins don't see her slip away and finally catch up to you, still dazed on the ground.
They surround you and pump you full of crossbow bolts. As you expire you hope the girl got away.
You have died!
Your final score is:
003481 Points.
> Start again?
Some of my choice trees are unforgiving! Hehe.
*****
You wake up atop a grassy knoll underneath a bright blue sky. Birds chirp in the distance as the sun shines warmly onto your face.
From somewhere nearby the smell of smoke wafts into your nostrils. You sit up and look around, but you can't see the source of the smoke.
Actually, now that you think about it, you don't really know where you are or how you got here. After a quick check you notice all you have on you is your trusty sword and the clothes on your back. How strange.
You decide to...
> Go back to sleep.
> Follow the smell of smoke.
> Head <W>est.
To the right is an old-fashioned stone well that looks to have seen its share of years. The white stones that make up the base are partly covered in green fuzzy moss, and the hemp rope attached to the well's crank looks grey and worn.
Options...
> Head into the forest
> Dredge up the bucket in the well.
> Screw this noise, go look for something else to do.
A good ten minutes of constant turning and the amount of rope wound around the axle is getting pretty massive.
Damn, how deep is this well?
Options...
> This is getting hard, take a little break.
> Keep at it, you're almost there!
Your arms burn in pain as you struggle to raise the bucket to the top of the well, but after minutes of effort you finally succeed in pulling the bucket all the way up.
Hey! There's a large, bumpy, brown toad sitting in your well water. It looks at you with disinterest.
"Huh, guy, why did you bring me up here?"
A talking toad! Maybe it's magic!
"Just because animals can talk doesn't mean they're magic kid."
Did that toad just read your thoughts?
"No I didn't."
Hey! Stop that!
"Stop what?
Options...
> Show that thought-stealing toad what for!
> Think of the most horrible thing you can muster up, freak the frog out.
> Let the bucket fall back down into the well.
Man, screw this guy, you decide to mess with his head.
Closing your eyes you concentrate as hard as you can. The toad looks at you nonchalantly.
You open your eyes and grin. The toad's eyes fly as wide as dinner plates.
"Dude, that's sick! You're absolutely horrible!"
You start laughing and the toad rears back and leaps at you.
AAAUGGGHHH! It jumped right down your throat! Ew ew ew! Get it out--
Suddenly, your arm involuntarily jerks upward!
The hell!
Your leg shoots backward and kicks you in the butt!
No! The toad is controlling you, from the inside!
You struggle in vain but the toad eventually overcomes your resistance and you are forced into a life of toad-servitude.
Oddly enough, the toad mostly makes you go shopping.
You lost control!
Your final score is:
000172 Points.
> Start again?
* * * * *
You wake up atop a grassy knoll underneath a bright blue sky. Birds chirp in the distance as the sun shines warmly onto your face.
From somewhere nearby the smell of smoke wafts into your nostrils. You sit up and look around, but you can't see the source of the smoke.
Actually, now that you think about it, you don't really know where you are or how you got here. After a quick check you notice all you have on you is your trusty sword and the clothes on your back. How strange.
You decide to...
> Go back to sleep.
> Follow the smell of smoke.
> Head <W>est.
Anyway, sleep we will do:
Man, this is just too strange, you decide to just take a nap, perhaps this whole thing is just a dream and you're really at home in bed.
You drift into a deep sleep. After a long while you...
Options...
> Wake up.
> Toss and turn.
> Snore.
The noise seems to have attracted a large elk. He has gigantic, majestic antlers.
Options...
> Talk to the elk.
> Attack the elk.
> Run from the elk.
You flee from the elk as fast as you can, everyone knows that all large animals are both horrifying and violent.
Obviously this is well supported when the elk gives chase, you flee as fast as you can but the great beast bears down on you like a freight train.
He slams into you with his antlers and throws you into the air, you land on his back and he absolutely freaks out.
The elk dashes madly all over the place as you hold onto him desperately. Suddenly, you find yourself falling and realise the two of you have charged off a cliff.
The mess left on the ground is best described as elkish.
You have died!
Your final score is:
000051 Points.
> Start again?
* * * * *
Hehe.
You wake up atop a grassy knoll underneath a bright blue sky. Birds chirp in the distance as the sun shines warmly onto your face.
From somewhere nearby the smell of smoke wafts into your nostrils. You sit up and look around, but you can't see the source of the smoke.
Actually, now that you think about it, you don't really know where you are or how you got here. After a quick check you notice all you have on you is your trusty sword and the clothes on your back. How strange.
You decide to...
> Go back to sleep.
> Follow the smell of smoke.
> Head <W>est.