Make-your-own story -- Teresa

choice: blue door, labeled "water".

You enter your apartment building, exhausted from a long day out. You start towards your door, and realize that there's something wrong. There are [six] doors, each of them a different colour. There's a black one with the word "gold" printed on it. A blue door with "Water" printed on it. A green door with 'randomness" printed on it. A purple door with "mind" printed on it. a yellow door with "shotgun" on it. and a red door marked "revenant"
You enter the blue door marked “water”, and immediately find yourself in an icy, fast-flowing river. You begin to drown, and then remember that you can swim. How irritating. You follow the river downstream for a while, still swimming, when you see and island. An older woman with white hair and a sword at her belt reaches out her hand to you. In the distance you hear the roar of a waterfall. What do you decide to do? The woman looks likely to be hostile; you’ve heard rumors of cannibals in the area. On the other hand, the rumble of the waterfall is loud and if you don’t get out now, you’ll probably be swept over it.

1. Take the woman’s hand

2. Leave it to chance and continue down the river

1. You take the proffered hand and are amazed at the strength with which she pulls you out of the water. You land in a heap on the shore, shivering with cold and exhaustion. The woman lets out an ear-splitting whistle and a group of people come and attach your hands and feet to a wooden stake. They then carry you, hanging upside down like a deer, back to their campsite. They are chanting war-like songs. Or they could be songs of triumph. You realize that you’ve made a mistake. You could try to communicate with these cannibals, try to convince them that you wouldn’t make good eating, or you can hang limply and hope the fire will burn off the ropes that tie you before you are consumed. What do you decide to do?

1a. Communicate with the cannibals

1b. Leave your life in the hands of the fire

1a. You attempt to communicate with the cannibals. “Hey, you! Let me go!” you cry. They stop their march in surprise, and look at you like a curiosity. “Thanks. Now will you please untie these ropes? They’re highly uncomfortable and I don’t particularly want to be eaten.” The cannibals continue to stare at you. You realize that they don’t understand you, and you make the most pitiful face you can muster in the hopes that they will still untie you. To your great relief they pull out a knife and start slashing your bonds. As soon as you are free, you leap to your feet and begin to run away. Unfortunately, the cannibals see this as an act of agression and come running after you in an angry horde. You are recaptured and sacrificed as on their altar in an attempt to appease their gods. Too bad. THE END.

1b. Oh, dear. You miscalculated! The heat of the fire scorches your back and you realize that the ropes around your hands won’t even get blackened. You struggle a little, and then the flames consume you. THE END.

2. You continue down the river because you don’t want to take the chance that the woman may be hostile. The roar gets louder, and you begin to be pulled faster and faster by the current. You try to swim to shore, but there’s no time, and besides, the banks are too steep. As you feel yourself heading over the waterfall, you take a deep breath, close your eyes, and pray. After a few minutes of continuing this way, you realize that the roar of the waterfall is getting awfully quiet. You open your eyes and discover that it is quiet because it is a loooong way below. You quickly shut your eyes again, before realizing that something must be carrying you. You look up and see that it is an eagle. A very large eagle. And you don’t like heights. Suddenly you hear a voice, coming from you know not where. “Don’t make a sound. If you do, I will drop you to your doom.” You try very hard not to scream, but when you are dropped into a nest full of large, screeching eaglets, you can’t help but scream. The eaglets approach closer and closer, and you realize that they are about to eat you. You can stay put, or jump and hope that the several hundred-meter fall won’t kill you. What do you do?

2a. Stay Put

2b. Jump

2a. You Stay Put, and die in excruciating pain as the eaglets devour you alive. THE END.

2b. You Jump, and live your last moments in terror and exhilaration as you fall. Your body is broken and you die the instant you hit the ground. Actually, you’re dead before you hit the ground. Too bad. You should have trusted the old lady. THE END.