STORY ARC #4 HERO OF PENDOWN
Trust is Earned
“Trust me, this wasn’t in the mission briefing!”
This is a continuation of Securing the Control Room, part of a ‘Choose Your Own’ tale. Check out how you can contribute, as well as read other amazing entries here.
You decide to ignore the dead man’s warning and try to gather more information.
You extend your hand to shake his own, introducing yourself and Eshami.
“What is going on here?” you start vaguely, hoping this Olear will prove trustworthy.
“I’m just a man,” he answers shortly. “My government hired me to pilot this Prison Ark into the singularity. My family will be taken care of after I’m gone… I guess I just didn’t put much more thought into it.”
His face slowly darkens. “I certainly didn’t expect to face berserk servitors — or other universes! Trust me, this wasn’t in the mission briefing!”
“So why send these Arks into the singularity at all?” you ask.
Olear looks pensive for a moment. “Nobody wanted to be responsible for containing all these evil people and creatures, you know, in case there was an accident and they escaped…”
“Like now?”
