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Warden of Avon

Don't get distracted!

The target has been decided. The deadline has been set. All that is left is for you, Adam Finch, assassin extraordinaire, to execute your mission. Success is inevitable. Because you are weapon made flesh, and nothing will stop you from completing your mis- Oh! Look! A story-game!!

There are 5 endings: 'Double kill', 'War in the shadows', 'Retiree rescue', 'Kiss of death' and 'Who let him cook?!'.

Submitted for End Master's Prompt Contest 4 for the prompt of: 'A story involving being an assassin'

Ignis and Aero

Aero, a 14-year-old inhabitant of the village of Albritton, wants nothing more than to read his enthralling storybooks in peace. When he hears of a Golem wandering in the forests near his village, he is more than happy to let the professionals deal with it, while staying within the comfort of his home.

Unfortunately for him, his adventurous brother, Ignis, has other plans.

Author's note: If you want to collect all endings, then there are six of them: The Wise, The Mourner, The Cleaner, The Knight, The Skeptic and The Magician. Certain choices don't have immediate effects but may influence the endings. Also, certain endings can be reached through multiple different paths.

Submitted for Sherbet's Summer's End Synergy Contest.

Special thanks to mrcrimsonclean for proof reading :]

Of dreams and daemons

Most would be willing to trade a great deal to catch a glimpse of what the future holds. Hannah de Reade, however, has spent her time in Lumintrone ignoring the omens that she sees in her prophetic dreams. All she wanted was some semblance of normalcy.

But when her dreams warn her of a daemonic plot, she is compelled to act against it, leading her to be invited as an honored guest to the Imperial Castle.

However, in a court filled with dark secrets, are her eyes that can pierce through fallacies truly a gift or a curse? You will have to take Hannah's side and guide her through this ordeal that will forever change her fate.

And perhaps you will change the fate of Lumina itself in the process.

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Author's note: There are nine endings. I highly recommend reaching multiple endings since you may not be able to experience the entirety of the plot with one read. While they are not central to the story, I should also warn that themes of domestic abuse and graphic violence are present in it.

"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize that half the people are stupider than that."
- George Carlin

Honestly, Koi Koi was a masterpiece. It was my pleasure to play it. I revisited the game after leaving a review just to play arcade mode because the actual game was fun as hell. Highly recommend that everyone try it. :D

Actually, while we are on this topic, I also wanted to point out that the "Top Storygames of 2025" is a weird page to look at lmao.

Count me in! :]

Pretty sure Avo beat Blister. I honestly don't know who this Harper kid is.

Well, the troll side of me really wants to just vote for Avo's story for the lols, but I guess I should respect the sanctity of the thunderdome a bit more. Here are my thoughts on the stories we have on offer.

STORY A:

Story A begins with a typo (waves -> weaves). Not exactly promising but it doesn't make any egregious SPAG errors going forward so that's nice. The protagonist is a bit passive for my tastes but I guess an underaged kid in a riot doesn't really have a lot of agency in how things go. I feel like this could've been a far more interesting story if we saw it from the POV of the leader of the rebellion. One point I really liked was the way that the author hinted that the gunman shooting into the crowd might have been allied with the leader of the rebellion. It was an association that was subtle and yet obvious enough that it was hard to miss. In conclusion, decent enough writing but I feel like this story would've benefitted by either changing the POV or delving into the reasons why the protagonist was at the riot to begin with. Give us a reason to care, y'know?

STORY B:

Story B was weird. It starts with someone who is seemingly an inmate with a superiority complex but it quickly becomes apparent that they do have some reason for their attitude. The foreshadowing of their working for a greater boss is perfect because it misleads you into thinking that this person might have some mob connection or something and then hits you with the reveal that they're actually a supernatural entity that works for literal Death. I did like all the world building about Death and Science but the author (no I'm not capitalizing this) threw all of that setup away by self-inserting themselves into the story and just saying "Oh yeah, this story is over". This sort of ending is just so unsatisfying to read, and really makes readers wonder why they bothered wasting time reading the story in the first place.

I'd highly recommend the author of Story B to learn story structure. The reason you're having trouble writing endings is because you aren't setting up any conflicts in them. The tl;dr of story structure is basically setup conflict and then resolve conflict in the ending. If there's no conflict, there's no satisfying ending.

Eg: Kid wants to become a knight but he sucks at swordsmanship (the conflict is him sucking and no established knight wanting to train him) -> He eventually finds a weird hermit who teaches him a bizarre yet effective swordsmanship style (kid faces the conflict and takes action to overcome it) -> He enters a tournament and after some narrow victories wins the prize and more importantly the respect of the knights (ending where the initial conflict of him sucking is resolved).

STORY C:

Story C was quite the trip. It immediately set itself apart in terms of individuality by focusing on a riot of rats instead of humans. I also enjoyed the language used in this story (even learned a few new words :] ). Titou's character is a little confusing though. I just thought that he might have been an insane rat but that doesn't exactly explain how he was able to conjure shadow cats to attack his "friends". It really left me with questions of what part of all that was real and what were just the products of Titou's insanity. If that was the author's intention, then it's done really well. The unreliability of the narrator coupled with the excellent writing made this a treat to read.

In conclusion, I shall vote for Story C.

I'm interested. :]

Correct me if I'm wrong but Sindri could get the prize for himself no?

Woah! That's very generous! Thank you, Avery. :D

It seems to be around 2887 points in the pool currently? A lot of people have said that they were donating points to specific members; I have no idea if those are being added to the pool or what. I didn't count those in my total.

Standing desks are a thing... can't confirm whether people who use them are in their right minds or not though.