You are standing by a tree
There are 3 paths.
One appears to go to a jungle,
one appears to go to a cave,
one appears to go to a beach,
you could try and climb the tree,
there is a nearby shop you could go in,
or you could do something else.
So what's its going to be?
Written by catprog on 01 April 2003
In the shop
There is a table with a sign saying
<strong>Free Sample:</strong>
Take one
On the table there is a fridge with a range of liquids. Also on the table are various magical trinkets including costumes. What would you like to take, or would you like to buy something?
Written by catprog on 10 April 2003
Other
You decide to get something else. But what?
Written by catprog on 13 December 2005
Necklace
You grab a Necklace.
but what kind.
Written by on 20 January 2008
Neat!
You decide to pick out the shark's tooth necklace.
As soon as you put it on, you feel faint and collapse.
You come to, but you are no longer in the shop.
You are surrounded by rock with a pool nearby. The water in the pool goes in and comes out again and again, like the tide. You realize that you are in an underwater cave.
It is at that moment that you realize that your location is far from the only thing that's changed.
Your skin is now grey. A thick tail ending in a caudal fin extends out of your backside. A dorsal fin sticks out between your shoulder blades. You glance at your hands. Your nails are gone. Your feet have no toes. You feel through the inside of your newly-grown muzzle and feel rows of sharp teeth.
You now sport a wetsuit. You feel for the necklace, but it is gone!
Realizing you have nowhere else to go, you dive into the pool. Breathing underwater for the first time, you swim through the tunnel, you continue until you exit through the maw of the cave. You now find yourself in a vast coral reef teeming with life.
You decide to put your new body through its paces. You make all sorts of quick and agile underwater maneuvers.
You are just getting into the swing of things when you realize something's wrong. Your legs are gone! The wetsuit has even adjusted itself to accommodate your tail alone. You try willing your legs back. They reform themselves. You try making your legs shrink and regrow several times before deciding to carry on legless. You feel a little like a mermaid in this form.
You continue swimming until you see two things;
To the right, you see seafloor slope upwards. Perhaps the shore is close by!
To the right, you see a dark mass that looks vaguely familiar.
Where do you go?
Written by on 12 September 2014
Yo-ho!
You see that the dark mass is in fact a wrecked sailing ship. It must have been down here for centuries!
You go in to explore.
You find a small casket in one of the rooms. Your curiosity gets the better of you, and you carry it back to the underwater cave.
Once you're out of the water, you use a piece of driftwood to pry the casket open. It takes a bit of elbow grease, but you manage to do it.
Inside you find...
Written by on 13 September 2014
Poo! No treasure!
Inside the casket, you find old documents, half-eaten away by damp.
Nuts! You were hoping for buried treasure!
You stay in the cave for a bit. You feel a little bored, so you decide to try reading some of the documents.
"-ave heard rumors that this strange, unnamed isle possesses mystical qualities. I find that notion laughable at best! We must press on if we are to find that French privateer, and it would not hurt to try searching the island for food and fresh water. I have decided to drop anchor here, rumors or not!"
This seems intriguing. You read the next one.
"-s morning, at six o'clock, I sent Macleod and five others ashore to reconnoiter. They came back with some fruits and some native birds that they had shot for meat.
Macleod informed me that Hays claimed to have seen some strange hybrid between man and tiger in the thick jungle. Neither of us gave it any heed. Hays has a history of drink. Tomorrow, I inten-"
Then the next one:
"-m worried for my own sanity now. I had just finished a discussion with my top men and had gone on the deck for a breath of fresh air. I was looking over the water when I saw a fabled mermaid! But not quite a mermaid. This looked like some combination of woman and shark! She must have seen me, for she bolted like a frightened rabbit before I could bring anyone's attention to it.
Admittedly, I might have had a little too much to drink during the earlier discussion. I hope dearly that that shark-woman was some illusion created by a soggy brain! If not, then either I am going mad or this island holds much more secrets than it first appears, if I am to believe that drunkard Hays!
I will say nothing of this to my crew. I do not want them to think that they are under the command of a madman or a drunkard, And if I am going mad, then they will surely notice, for I know my crew, and they know me. In the meantime, I will retire to my quarters. A bit of rest may clear my hea-"
A shark-woman? Now that catches your eye!
"ecently taken to some sort of illness. Doctor Allan has already had a look at me. He speculates that it is some sort of tropical fever. Remembering my shark-woman sighting the other night, I asked him if such a fever would produce hallucinations. He said it was possible. I then confided to him what I had seen last night and he said it was indeed possible that the fever had confounded me.
This is welcome news. To have seen something you shouldn't because your body is unwell is one thing. To have seen such a thing because your mind is unwell is quite another! The good doctor has sworn to keep my sighting a secret for the time being. In the meantime, he has asked me to remain in bed. I have already asked Macleod to take command of the ship until I am well ag-"
The four documents you have just read were the only ones that can be considered legible. You turn over these facts in your head. If there were other half-animals on this island, then why haven't you seen them yet? This deserves further exploration!
What do you do? Head for the shore? See if the wrecked galleon holds anything more? Search the rest of the reef? What do you do?
Written by on 14 September 2014
The end (for now)