Adam sighed as he prepared for The Gauntlet. He was in the running, the nine that would go on to the Gauntlet, but not in the top three. He began the Ascent, running up the thirty-degree angle at a medium pace. Then he leaped onto the suspended platforms that he barely kept his balance on. As he made it one to the other, he kept thinking, about how much better he should be at this, since he was a climber. Finally, he made it to the small platform, between obstacles.
Adam looked down at The Descent; it looked vaguely familiar. Oh well. He grabbed some cords and slipped through. Yuck, those cords were sticky – they got goo all over his shirt. Yeeech. He better be careful, those thin wires just sliced his shirt sleeve. No telling what they would do to his flesh. Hadn’t he seen this obstacle on some ultimate obstacle course show? Dragon-master or something, he didn’t remember this instance. Too busy. And he was down, done and through with The Descent – Flawless.
Adam, were you a fan of CYOA books as a child? Flipping between pages, holding your place just in case the next choice just turned out to be a bad one?
Unfortunately, you can't turn back the page when it comes to real life. There's no opportunity to dog-ear a section to flip back to when you find yourself starting to really regret your life choices...
As you tumble free from the Descent you find yourself in a bit of a daze. You notice that there is a vague tingling sensation wherever the residue from the cords has stuck to your hands and try as you may, there's just no wiping it off. You decide to move on and just take the leap towards the first of the gears, but you misjudge the platform and find yourself in the water below.
If this were normal water, this might not be a problem, but there really isn't anything normal about the brackish liquid you've just fallen into. It's deep enough that you created a splash when you fell in, and dark enough that you can't see your feet beneath you. You can see something, though. There's something moving in the water...
OOC: Roll 1d20
If you roll a 19 or 20 respond to The Gears as though you've rolled a 2-- You spin enough on the platform to make yourself very dizzy and it's difficult, but you manage to make it to The Pipe.
If you roll a 15-18 you hit the water beneath the first platform and you might be able to scramble back up. If you choose to climb out of the water, roll 1d6 to try your luck at The Gears again. If you do not climb out of the water, please respond and react to hitting the water before quoting Skye again.
If you roll less than 15 please respond and react to hitting the water beneath The Gears before quoting Skye again.
Adam, were you a fan of CYOA books as a child? Flipping between pages, holding your place just in case the next choice just turned out to be a bad one?
Unfortunately, you can't turn back the page when it comes to real life. There's no opportunity to dog-ear a section to flip back to when you find yourself starting to really regret your life choices...
As you tumble free from the Descent you find yourself in a bit of a daze. You notice that there is a vague tingling sensation wherever the residue from the cords has stuck to your hands and try as you may, there's just no wiping it off. You decide to move on and just take the leap towards the first of the gears, but you misjudge the platform and find yourself in the water below.
If this were normal water, this might not be a problem, but there really isn't anything normal about the brackish liquid you've just fallen into. It's deep enough that you created a splash when you fell in, and dark enough that you can't see your feet beneath you. You can see something, though. There's something moving in the water...
OOC: Roll 1d20
If you roll a 19 or 20 respond to The Gears as though you've rolled a 2-- You spin enough on the platform to make yourself very dizzy and it's difficult, but you manage to make it to The Pipe.
If you roll a 15-18 you hit the water beneath the first platform and you might be able to scramble back up. If you choose to climb out of the water, roll 1d6 to try your luck at The Gears again. If you do not climb out of the water, please respond and react to hitting the water before quoting Skye again.
If you roll less than 15 please respond and react to hitting the water beneath The Gears before quoting Skye again.
Sum, or Adam, whatever he was calling himself these days, hit the water with a bone chilling splash- for it was bone-chilling cold- the water or whatever it was. It was red and slimy almost like blood. It smelled foul as well. He was trained not breathe in as he fell and it was a good thing too, the nasty stuff. He raised his head above the water and tensed. There was something in the water, some creature moving in the liquid. And it was moving fast – toward him. What to do, what to do – he quickly launched himself away from the creature and towards the side. He came to a pillar holding up the obstacle course. Briefly, he considered climbing it.
The creature moving towards you is aquatic in nature. It seems more at home in the water than you are and it is definitely faster. Try as you may to pull yourself out of the water before it can get to you, it's just not enough. Your hands are still tingling and nothing seems to be working in your favor. Is this it? Is this where your story ends?
OOC:
This is your last chance to survive the Gauntlet.
Roll 1d100. If you roll 85 or above you just manage to pull yourself out of the water before the creature swimming after you catches you in its jaws. Do you try to complete the rest of the course from here or do you throw in the towel?
If you roll 84 or below.... I'm afraid this is the end of the line. Please finish out your roleplay with your character's final thoughts as they're drawn down into the depths.
As long as you hit 500 words total in this RP it will count for an additional raffle ticket in the general prize pool.
The creature moving towards you is aquatic in nature. It seems more at home in the water than you are and it is definitely faster. Try as you may to pull yourself out of the water before it can get to you, it's just not enough. Your hands are still tingling and nothing seems to be working in your favor. Is this it? Is this where your story ends?
- .He didn’t have the strength. The creature was coming toward him with crazy speed for its massive size. It was covered in fish scales, fins and tentacles. Its huge eyes seemed to be blinded but that seemed not to slow the ginormous creature down one bit from finding him. It seemed to sense him both by smell and by sound. He didn’t have a chance. The massive thing was hurling at him at break-neck speed, and he didn’t have the strength to move and his agility certainly didn’t help here. The creature seemed to move in slow motion as his life began to flash before his eyes. Growing up with his family - his mom and dad, and his twin brother Gyros in Colorado. Rock Climbing as early as seven years old, and playing video games with Gyros. High School and that one episode of parkour. And yes, he admitted it. He and Gyros snuck a Bud the night before Graduation, just to see how it tasted (yuck!)- but nothing had happened, nothing til now. Was he paying for it now, was this how he was to die? He wanted to be a programmer! This wasn’t supposed to life or death- just a game! NO! It was too late. The Creature’s jaws opened wide around him. He had no strength to struggle. Goodbye Mom and Dad, sorry for what I put you through. Sorry for the secret Budlight. Goodbye Gyros! He saw his twin brother in his mind at his death. Avenge me! The Creature’s jaws snapped shut and Adam “Sum” Fairbanks was no more.
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