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Warden

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.

I'll try Chris. :]

Hello. :]

Some unsolicited advice. It's always good to start small for your first story game, especially when a contest deadline is attached to it. Things can quickly spiral out of control if you go for a story with a larger scope.

Haha yes! This is actually a take I agree with but for different reasons. To me, watches are like the one mainstream accessory men have access to. It just feels like a waste to wear a plain-looking black strap with a blank screen when you could be wearing something far more snazzy like a classic metallic analog watch.

But then again, I've thought these same thoughts years ago. So I assumed that whoever posted this must have been younger than me if this is fresh in their heads.

Haha, no worries. It's not a race.

I will take "By the Light of Day." I've been wanting to read that one for a while now.

I love how much of a visual and auditory experience this poem is. There are plenty of sounds and sights that you use to describe your mind's inner workings and it's definitely a treat to try and visualize it.

If there's one piece of advice I'd give, it would be to try and read your poem out loud dramatically. Some lines have fewer syllables that make them sort of fall flat when read out. Of course, in this case, you could say it's intentionally haphazard to reflect the thoughts in your mind. It just might not work as well with poems on other subject matters.

I'll guess Unscapeable. :]

Review complete :]

Oh yeah, if the branching is literally about exploring different branching paths then pantsing would be a viable way to write. I should check that story out some time.

In Of Dreams and Daemons, I opted to simply not reveal all the information in any branch. That way, readers can go for new branches knowing that there's unique information to be learned in each branch. Well, that's what I intended but I did end up unconsciously frontloading a lot of the information before providing the first real branch option, resulting in the story being a bit linear.