You wake up, the artificial sun of Arborea piercing through your eyes. The blinding light temporarily stuns you; your dazed mind races to figure out what is going on. A minute or so later, you open your eyes fully, having been adjusted to the sunny exterior of the... plains that you seem to be on. Looking around, you notice that there is nothing but lush field with the occasional hill about. Judging from the color of the sky and the local wildlife metres away, you deduce that you're probably in the outskirts of Velika, although quite far from the city itself. Taking a deep breath, you quickly stand up. You feel a swift brush against your thighs and gasp.

From the corner of your eyes, you see a light brown appendage waving about as you twist your hips. Your heartbeat races for an instant, until you realize that you yourself are moving it. With enough concentration, you realize that you can move and twirl the unseen appendage about. Turning your head to the left, a puffy, fluffy... squirrel tail. Its luster gives off the impression that it's quite healthy and well maintained. You bring the tail around your waist and gently comb through the soft fibers with your fingertips. immediately your legs weaken, an exhilarating surge of... mixed feelings course through you, tiny sweat droplets begin to form on your head. You land on the grass rear first, deciding that it would be best if your tail was untouched as much as possible.

The thought of having a tail doesn't bother you as much as you imagine. To begin with, you can hardly remember anything before waking up! You ponder about who you were before, as knowledge about the world around you and the races that fill it seem to be common knowledge. After several minutes of unsuccessful attempts at remembering who you are, you shrug. Best not to dwell on the past for too long.

Getting back up for the second time, you pat the dust off and check your inventory, or rather your rather small bag, as you don't seem to be carrying much. In it, you seem to have the basic necessities. A couple of campfire sets, several uses of tinder, bandages, two speed potions, and a handful of silver which you estimate sums up to about ten coins. You're unarmed, and the only thing that is protecting you from worldly harms is a bright yellow sun-dress which extends just below your thighs. Your undergarments are comfortable, although you can't help but complain to yourself that they tend to brush against #### ### ##### ####### ### #### ### #### # ###### ############# in this breezy weather.

Taking a moment to stretch, you look around and wonder what you should do.

[ ] Make the trip to Velika, it's a good idea to get to know some people and stock up on supplies.
[ ] Take the northern road and head up to Arcadia, maybe there will be some answers there.
[ ] Take a few more moments and explore the Velika outskirts, although you doubt you'll find very much.

Oh boy.

[X] Take the northern road and head up to Arcadia, maybe there will be some answers there.

Ahh text adventure games. My first loves! Mmmmm MUD client.

Browsing this forum because I'm bored and omfg do I miss this style of story telling.

Good luck to you, good sir.

[X] Take a few more moments and explore the Velika outskirts, although you doubt you'll find very much.

As you ponder quietly, you decide that making camp with the materials in your bag would be the best option because you don't want to wonder into a bustling town with hardly no money and nothing to barder with for supplies.

Before setting up camp you forage the grounds around you and find an study branch that would would make for an excellent bow. Not remembering who you are is very troublesome, but for some unknown reason you begin crafting this branch into a bow, using a string of hair from your new found tail, you sturdy a working bow and use the leftover material to craft one arrow with a tip made from the necklace you had around your neck. Unknowingly, it was a gift from your father the day you turned thirteen.

With a trusty weapon in hand and an open field to hunt, you begin to stalk a small furry creature in the distance. You draw back your bow, slowly lowering your heart beat. You release! The furry creature falls over instantly! Amazing! You said to yourself. My memories are starting to come back and this bow has something to do with it.

[ ] Do you ignore your thoughts about the bow and have dinner?

[ ] Decide that It was probably best to make your way to town and see if anyone recognizes you?

[ ] Ponder about your experience with the bow and the ability to wield it like a true archer?

[X] you ignore your thoughts about the bow and have dinner

As you pick apart the small rabbit and add the gobs of flesh to a small spit you made, for some reason you feel a twinge of guilt.

This doesn't stop you from fashioning a pair of slippers from its tiny corpse however.

As you work, you look down at your hands, wondering at the size of them compared to your wrists, legs and feet. A movement out of the corner of your eye startles you, but then you realize it's simply your errant tail again, twitching back and forth as you attempt to concentrate on sewing together untanned skins.

You strap on your somewhat squishy but comfortable new shoes and peer at the horizon through the waving grasses on the plain.

There seems to be something shimmering a ways off to your south.

[ ] Do you go looking for a stream to find some water to bathe in?

[ ] Do you travel to the south to see what that shimmering thing is?

[ ] Do you decide to sleep on it, and camp out for the moment?



Amity Guild

My kingdom for a proper /me custom orange text emote system, all this white text is driving me mad!

Quote: Cyroselle on 06/02/2012, 10:39 PM - view

I'll bite.

This looks interesting.

Quote: Shirica on 06/04/2012, 09:32 AM - view


Actually the way the game works is when you select an option you have to run with it and make up the next described action, then leave a multiple choice for the next person.

Chop chop!



Amity Guild

My kingdom for a proper /me custom orange text emote system, all this white text is driving me mad!

((mmmk I believe you've forfeited yer spot Shirica))

[x] Do you go looking for a stream to find some water to bathe in?

You break camp and skip across the field... You pause... You skip... Yep, you are definitely skipping... You shrug and continue skipping across the field. Suddenly you realize that you can hear a lot better than before... "Before what?," you ponder momentarily, one finger pointing into your mouth to be chewed on absentmindedly... You shrug again remembering the newly found hearing... Perking your ears... You pause... You touch the side of your head, no ears there... You run your hand up your head, chasing the feeling as you twitch and perk them. Suddenly your fingers find soft, fuzzy, round ears atop your head. "How cute!," you coo aloud... You pause... Yep, you coo'ed... You sigh...

Shrugging again you perk up your ears and listen, you can faintly hear the sound of water lapping to the south. With a high pitched giggle... a pause... and a sigh... you skip... SIGH... toward the sound of water. Cresting a small hill you find a beautiful lake, you clap your hands excitedly... SIGH... You shrug, skipping toward the edge of the water to bathe. As you arrive you lean your bow against a nearby log. You slip off your newly made bunny slippers and place them carefully on the log as well. You pull off your sun dress and lay it on the log; looking down you see... you are wearing a... jumper suit... REALLY?!?... You tug on it for a while, but It refuses to come off... You throw your hands up in the air in surrender...

You wade into the water, squeaking as the cool water hits your feet... Nope, not even gonna bother... You bathe and make your way back out of the water... Lacking a towel to dry yourself off you stand in the sun for a while, watching the sun glitter on the lake. You suddenly find yourself uncontrollably trying to catch something in your hands. "That's odd," you think to yourself as your eyes wander over the far side of the lake. Suddenly it happens again, "There's nothing there," you chide yourself shrugging it off. You decide you are dry enough and slip your... other sun dress back on. You wrinkle your nose as you pick up the bunny slippers; they are starting to smell a bit. You grimace slipping your feet back into them, "At least they are warm..."

Throwing your bow over your shoulder you look around and decide where to go next. To the north is mountains, across the lake is a pretty waterfall, and there is that shimmering thing behind you.

[ ] Do you explore the mountains to the north?
[ ] Do you investigate the pretty waterfall?
[ ] Do you examine the shimmering thing behind you?

[X] Do you investigate the pretty waterfall?

]LOOK WATERFALL

As you approach the lovely waterfall, you can't help but notice a certain darkness reflecting back at you from the rushing water. Upon closer inspection, you realize there is an opening in the rocks, well hidden by the rushing falls. You take great care to investigate without getting yourself wet again, and you find your small frame is able to navigate easily between the rocks.

]CLIMB ROCK

Once you pass through the small opening, you realize you now have enough headroom to stand up straight. As your eyes focus in front of you, a long tunnel awaits before you. The darkness implies that it never ends, although in the distance you hear a faint...growling, or grumbling of some sort. Each time you try to focus your hearing on the sound, it fades away, as if it knows you're listening.

As you walk further into the tunnel, you notice it starts getting hard to see. You ponder to yourself that a torch would be helpful right about now...wait! You have a campfire...and some bandages!

]TAKE STICK
]USE BANDAGE ON STICK
]USE CAMPFIRE ON STICK

Seeing an old stick laying against the wall, you fashion yourself an impromptu torch using your bandages, and are able to ignite it with your campfire equipment.

]LOOK CAVE

Now that you are able to see, you begin to notice markings on the wall. They appear to be disturbing images of unfamiliar creatures, and are a deep blood red in color.

You also begin to notice the faint smell of smoke, and the growling you noticed earlier has increased in volume. Doubt begins to race through your mind as to whether or not you should continue.

[] Do you press on to explore the waterfall passage?
[] Do you call out into the darkness, and hope that a friendly voice answers?
[] Do you exit the cave in fear, and continue north towards the mountains?