Drabble STORY ARC #2: Seek and Avenge

To the Town Tavern

A chapter of a ‘choose your own’ story — drabble edition.

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Very ornate carved wooden doors
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You head downhill, towards the nearest settlement. On the way, you pass an elven archer dressed in black, with a serious face.

“Be careful,” you say. “There was an attack. The village up there is burned.”

“Orcs did it,” she says. “I must warn my people.”

“You saw the attack?”

“No. But far ahead on my road, I saw them taking their prisoners to the forest.”

“Prisoners? Children among them?”

She nods, then hurries off.

You clench your fists. Your family may still be alive — but they need help.

Reaching the tavern, you push its carved wooden door, ready to...

Choices:

  1. …recruit a band of brave adventurers in the tavern (click here).
  2. …get money for armor and supplies, whatever it takes (click here).

This is a…

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JF Danskin
Choose Your Own Adventure — Collaboration

Writing fiction (fantasy especially) and poetry, enthusiast for creativity, collaboration, community. An Editor at the Fiction Writer's Den.