Left path: To make it through this alive, you'll have to run for your life... and pray that none of the arrows hit you.
Taking a deep breath, you put yourself in a crouching position, mentally counting down to when you should start to run. The moment you count down to one, you feel your foot push off the ground, and you squeeze your eyes shut, running with reckless abandon.
All you hear are rapid "WHOOSHes" as the arrows zip by, nearly grazing your arms, legs, and well, any part of your body that would equally be lethal. You don't stop running until you hear the whizzing stop, and soon, all you can hear is the loud thumping of your heart as it tries its best not to explode.
What luck. Training marathon paid off!
However, it seems GrnGriff and I K i n u I weren't so lucky, and as one arrow soon found its mark, many followed immediately after. The only good thing is that the poison killed you immediately, so you didn't have to suffer a slow, painful death... I guess.
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Middle path:
With only moments before the beast awakes, you quickly pull out your trusty banjo (it was a necessity in your survival kit, ok?) and start singing/humming the first song that came to your head.
The beast grunts and shuffles slightly, but remains asleep. Well, that was a close call! You quickly stow your banjo away and hightail it out of there before it decides that it wants an encore.
Unfortunately, this didn't work out for ALL of you.
Ryuukishin, Kara Asumie, BlackFeatherAngel and Froggie Doll. It seemed your lullaby (or lack of) didn't seem to work!
The beast's ears twitch and its eyes fly open. It analyzes you for a second before lunging forward and scooping you up in its mouth. At this rate, you can only hope this beast swallows you whole without chewing.
((The criteria of the lullaby was that it either had to be instrumental only (no words), or it had to contain the words sleep, sweet or dream. Any past/future/plural tense of these words were accepted))
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Right path:
You still think the guy is crazy, but regardless, you've been in this labyrinth long enough to know that pretty much ANYTHING can happen.
You quickly help him search for the gear, and after who knows how long of searching, you're just about to give up, when you see a glint from the guy's back pocket when he's crawling on the ground searching.
Common ethics aside, you thrust your hand into his pocket, and pull out... a gear.
If it weren't for the now-frightening sound that the gear contraption in the wall was producing, or your over-wheming instinct to try and survive, you would throttle the man for putting you through this.
Without a moment's hesitation, you shove the gear into the wall, and the clanking finally stops. You see the wall rumble and slowly start to raise, and it is then you realize, that this was your only way out.
You turn to tell the man that both are you are free to leave, but he's still on the ground searching for something. You have a feeling he's not really looking for the gear.
With a shrug, you dash through the open space that the wall has left and travel further on into the labyrinth.
For Revel1984 and Sylverstar, unfortunately, you hadn't noticed the gear, and were still frantically searching. The harsh grinding noise catches your attention, and you quickly rush back to the gear contraption, wondering desperately if there's any way you can fix it without the gear.
While you were distracted, the man comes up behind you and beats you to death with a wrench. Talk about crazy.
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[Day 4] (There are now only 2 paths left, so pay attention!)
For those who picked the left path:
Danger of poisonous arrows now far behind you, you arrive at a clearing. As you step forward, you hear a "CRUNCH", and you look down to notice you stepped on... a bone.
Your eyes fly wide open as you realize that it's a HUMAN bone, and you try your best not to retch as you realize that you've stepped into a bone graveyard.
Before you, the human bones are arranged into a large circle, and you seem to be standing right where the circle is supposed to close. There seems to be something missing, and as you look down, you feel your blood run cold as you notice something written on the ground, in blood.
"Complete me."
You have no idea what this means, and you look around bewildered. You see rib bone, hip pone, funny bone... pretty much every bone that makes up the human body... except one. The skull.
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For those in the left path, you have been given... a task! Very much similar to the gem and gear task, you will have to find the image of a skull:
There is only 1 skull, and it is hidden in the Pick-up thread. This means that at least 2 of you will be eliminated, should the skull be found with-in the time limit.
Once you find it, you must post it here, quoting the thread title and page number, and removing all the contents of the post EXCEPT for the skull.
So basically, something like this:
Wishful Thinking Pet Pick-Up Thread, Pg. xx
[image of skull here]
After you find, quote and post the skull here, proceed to pick on of the paths (ONLY LEFT OR RIGHT THIS TIME) to proceed)
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For those who took the middle path:
At this rate, you REALLY must be insane for staying on this path. You're pretty sure none of the others had to go through what you've endured, and yet, in some sense, you're glad you've taken this path.
You don't think there's ANYTHING this labyrinth can really toss at you to catch you off guard now. You're prepared... for pretty much anythin-
Your thoughts are interrupted as you arrive at a clearing, with only two openings before you. Left... or right.
Confused, you blink several times, wondering if you're hallucinating. You pinch yourselves several times to make sure you're awake, just in case that lullaby ended up putting YOU to sleep instead. But... you feel the pain. Which means... this really is true. Nothing has happened. You are safe.
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Ahaha, those who stuck with the middle path (or those who just happened to luck out), you finally caught a break! Please pick either the "left path" or the "right path" to proceed.
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For those who picked the right path:
It seems you've been running down this path for quite some time. It keeps twisting, and turning, left and right. Just... WHERE in the world are you going?
All of a sudden, you run into... a dead end. That... CAN'T be right!
You hear a grunt behind you, and slowly turn around... only to come face-to-face with a 2-legged beast.
Upper half of it's body is man, lower half of its body, and its head, resembles that of a bull. It... it can't be. This CAN'T be the "mythical beast" that everyone's talking about. It... it's too UGLY.
As if hearing your thoughts, the beast snorts, and waves the club in its hand menacingly. You gulp and press yourself against the wall, the torch on the wall beside your head flickering ominously as it seems to make the beast appear even more intimidating
What now?
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For those who took the right path, it seems you've encountered... the MINOTAUR. This beast is MUCH too powerful for you to fight, and the only thing you can do is RUN.
To do this, you must roll a 4-sided die, and you must match my number. Yes, that's right, you must MATCH it. Did you really thinking you could just OUTRUN it just like that? You may not be able to kill it, but you could at least STUN it.
If you are able to match my number, it means you were able to successfully stun it, immobilizing long enough for you to hightail it out of there. If this is so, please pick either the "left" or "right" path to proceed.
If your number does NOT match mine, that means you were unable to stun it, and you died a horrible, horrible death.
DO NOT DELETE YOUR POST/ROLL. YOU WILL BE DISQUALIFIED.
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