CYOA Drabble arc: Evading the Noose
Evading the Noose: Meeting
A CYOA drabble
This is a ‘choose your own’ story of trial and punishment, set in the year 1800. Click here for the story’s beginning. For the previous chapter, click here.
Maria Massini gives you a withering glare. “I couldn’t care less about you, but your brother was a friend.”
“He was?” You start to follow. “If you want information, I know nothing.”
“I guessed.”
Four of her gang that helped you from the street now trail behind. Shortly, you find yourself in an underground meeting room lit with lanterns, stone walls, ancient and victorian, and a healthy supply of whiskey and cigars.
“Sit,” says Maria. “Welcome to God’s Raiders. People think we’re just bunch of thieves, but we have a holy mission. And besides… I have news about your brother.”
And you…
This story featured one of Grim Flandango’s drabble-a-day words, ‘Supply’, from (Ep. V) The Drabble Strikes Back!
It also featured idea 2 from my Character Driven Fiction prompts: “Write a story focusing on the newest member of a team — your choice what kind of team. A novice pirate on a voyage? The new kid at school? A recently elected politician?”
