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

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I'd be down to play.

Thank you so much for hosting this Mystic.

Also thanks to Peng for the review.

Looking forward to part 2!

We're just more French and cultured.

(I dread the day 'beez' and 'releaze' become ztandard American wordz.)

Yes. Why do you ask?

How could you suggest that high-contact, dangerous games such as tag are better than phones??? Do you not realise how much safer schools are now that students' eyes are so preoccupied during break times? Are you suggesting that teachers should advocate risk-assessment-requiring activities????
And by golly, imagine all the paper cuts that children could get from 'real' materials. Nope, it's clearly better to keep kids on screens 24/7. Saves on paperwork form-filling and work in general. Cost-effective, too :).

My primary school had a 'Screen-Free Week' each year to encourage non-screen dependence, which my parents enforced (for us kids, not themselves). Now that homework is invariably set via online apps and all my schoolwork is in digital format screen-free weeks are pretty much impossible to have now.
Even my old school gave up on it and moved to computers as well, especially during Covid. Note that before this learning at the school was fully paper-based, projectors were used only for assemblies, and the only time computers were used was for Computer Club.
I agree that screen-free days are a great idea for younger kids, they should learn how to use their own imaginations for entertainment like we used to, instead of getting it all fed to them by streaming and social media services. However, the way the world is now going screen-free for a long-term period is largely unfeasible or impractical for most people over 13.

Thank you for hosting this!

If you want an example of assassin choose-your-own-adventure books, the Way of the Tiger series is pretty decent. It involves ninjas and a lot of fantasy, too, so if you feel too much out of your comfort zone with modern-era assassins you could try writing in that setting instead.

Number 18, please.

Sounds fun.