Drabble STORY ARC #2: Seek and Avenge
Adventuring to the Peak
A chapter of a ‘choose your own’ story — drabble edition.
This is a ‘choose your own’ fiction story, “drabble edition”. Head back to the previous instalment: ‘Darkening Trails’ by JF Danskin. Or go back to Chapter 1: “The Burned Village.” Find out how to contribute to the ongoing story here.
Evening falls as you approach a vast spur of rock. Tox’ar points. “That’ll bring us to the peak.”
“It looks unsafe,” you muse, “in armor.”
Polki cackles.
“Lady Luck walks with us,” Naya smiles.
“Hmm.”
You climb and climb. When you pause, panting, you look up to see that Polki is now far ahead. And then you see that a pair of orcs have descended the cliffs on either side…
One throws a net, and Polki is caught!!
You watch, horrified, as the orcs drag away your companion.
“Polki!”
Other orcs now descend, firing arrows that bounce off your armor...