STORY ARC #4 HERO OF PENDOWN
Up The Shaft
“The Hero is under my protection”
This is a continuation of A Painful Ruse, part of a ‘Choose Your Own’ tale titled The Hero of Pendown. Check out how you can contribute, as well as read other amazing entries here.
You and Eshami take the pathway to the right with weapons at the ready, and Koriya steps along quietly beside you. She seems wary of something, and it’s beginning to damage your calm.
After a moment of walking, your group comes to a metallic device that appears to lift and lower to other levels of the ship.
“This should take us up to the Control Room,” you state with a false confidence that you’ve gotten used to using while on this ship.
Koriya stumbles and falls against the far wall. “Oh!” she cries in what could either be surprise or arousal.
You surmise this is where she will try to spring her trap so you approach, cautious.
“Are you alright?” you ask her with forced concern.
But she truly doesn’t look well, and you lean in to check on her. She’s begun to sweat profusely, and she’s shivering.
“Eshami?” you wave over your healer companion, as she reaches into her bag and withdraws her holy book, old and…
