It's raining again...

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Written for Endmaster's Prompt Contest 3

Prompt 42: A story set in an area ravaged by a plague or famine.

S.D.G

Edit 5/4/24: removed square brackets outline accidentally left on one page

Edit 14/4/24: eliminated several typos

The fish are hungry...

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Scores:

-3: You let innocents die and joined a death cult. You are scum.

-2: You let innocents die, but you chose an 'honourable' death.

-1: You joined the cult, like a sheep.

0: Nothing meaningful happened to you (you met an untimely death).

1: You destroyed the cult, but failed to kill the fish

2: You eradicated the fish, but the cult remains, hidden deep in the shadows...

3: You destroyed the cult AND eradicated the fish. Impressive.

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Written for the Gone Fishin' Contest 2023.

S.D.G

Edit 10/7/23: fixed green shoots error, clarified that swamp-fish can live in any water-type, proofread for spelling errors.

Edit 12/7/23: fixed Question Cultists loop error

Edit 19/10/23: fixed Resigned to Waiting paths loop error

Edit January 2024: added title page picture (drawn by mizal, not me - thank you!)

You, a human mage with little to no reputation (who needs that anyway), are friends with an elf from Summer called Cocoa Lire. You (for some mysterious reason) call her Watermelon.

However, you learn that she is having an affair with a human commander called Jael Rock, which is disastrous for a whole host of reasons:

• Too many to list here (but you get the idea)

Your solution? Convince them to end the relationship!

However, a small problem called 'true love' may make this harder than you think...

WARNING: Contains sadistic goats, holy cucumbers, and a whole lot of other things that may cause heinous offence. You have been warned.

There are seven 'endings' to reach. If you like that kind of thing.

Written for EndMaster's Prompt Contest 2.

Prompt 35: 'A story where you must save someone close to you from a disastrous relationship.'

S.D.G

Edit 6/6/24 - fixed some typos

Catticorns and chopsticks fighting a civil war in Chaptopia - will you rationalise the madness?

Written for Endmaster's Prompt Contest 5.

42) A story involving a special task force that hunts down rogue magic users.

Oops. Sorry :(

Another idea: someone who abused their workers, committed fraud, basically did whatever it took (lied, stole, cheated) to get the good life. But who never felt their actions were really wrong - they knew society didn't approve, but thought that if it got them happiness it didn't matter. Died peacefully in their sleep after achieving the life they wanted without ever feeling regret. The protagonist's job would likely be to show the person what they'd done, how their actions affected others and their own soul (warped it somehow), and to make them feel real regret.

An idea for a twist at the end: you have to be judged yourself. Did you make the right decisions? What were you like in your previous life?
Variables would probably be required for this though, and definitively 'right' and 'wrong' choices.

I'll take prompt 42 please.

The Long Walk by Stephen King vs Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

If you want another one (series edition):

Keeper of the Lost Cities series by Shannon Messenger vs Arc of a Scythe series by Neal Shusterman

I don't mind, whatever you want to draw!

I want to join this Christmas appreciation event!

I was aiming to seem as apathetic as possible because it seemed like a fun thing to do.

Voting-wise I didn't vote on whether to raise Cat because I wasn't sure whether that was a good move so early in the game. Or to vote anyone out because no one had really seemed suspicious to me.
The next night Cel asked what my role was, and I told him the truth albeit ambiguously, because for all I knew he was a troll pretending to be a mod. After the three-person death I thought that, seeing as my role didn't require me to do anything (gather knowledge ---> questions being asked), trolls would likely try to copy it. I also didn't really mind whether Avo was resurrected or not. As for voting someone out, I did actually roll a die to vote Ace out (I still had no clue who was who). As a result Cel became really suspicious of me (understandably) and told me to reveal my role and change my vote to Malk. I did change my vote but also told him my reasoning for not revealing myself (I think either the stupidity of the plan or the apathy my role had been giving off stunned him into silence and he let it lie).
After the spam attack I decided one of two things could be true: either Malk/other troll had spammed to save him, or one of the trolls had spammed to make him look guilty (a clever, if risky, double play). Liminal's last words also pointed to both Malk and Will, which again was a pretty good play (I was suspicious of Will and Ace at some points in the game, Will for trying too hard and Ace for not wanting to vote anyone out on Day 2, and both for never nominating someone to vote out [as if I could talk]. Social deduction is not my strong point). Malk crossed both lists, and I'd already committed to voting him out the day before, so I voted him out on Day 3 as well. I'll be honest, my reason for raising Cavus was a bit hazy, but I figured the game was in the final stretch and we may as well use the resurrection on a certified non-troll Coder.

That's my thought process - on the fence was basically my strategy. I was in the dark most of the game, but it worked out. Maybe I should read the room rather than the books next time :).

Thanks once again Mystic for running this - it was a really good experience! Maybe there's a Christmas-themed one in the site's future... (really don't feel you have to, Christmas is a busy time for everyone).

And, finally, long live CYStian justice! Ogre's cool too.

I... was not a troll

How did I lose?

It can get confusing in TTRPG contexts though