choose-your-own-path

[choose-your-own-path]

If I can ever recommend one thing to you, it is this:

I have several done years of RPing, and this has taken me to countless different forums and, if you are at all familiar with RP forums, let me tell you, they were the lowest of the low some six or seven years ago.

In one of these forums, a legendary tale happened, a tale that, if I can ever recommend one thing to you, it is this:

The Ballad of Edgardo.

A story that happened to an anonymous RPer years ago.

Anyone will be able to appreciate it (and trust me, you will), but if you are kinsmen or kinswomen to me, if you ever had to experience the shittiest of RP forums and their terrible userbases, particularly that one guy that does whatever he wants and is an asshole that clearly godmods but gets away with it because the actual mods don’t give a damn, you will find the beauty behind the ballad that much brighter.

Just trust me on this one. It’s not a particularly long read, either.

I hope you enjoy The Ballad of Edgardo

[choose-your-own-path]

Assess clothing

You are wearing a simple light gray tunic, made of an rough material that you think is burlap.

Your bottoms however are far more intricate. They're made out of a far finer material, and are ornamented with a very fine pattern of different curved lines that twist in intersect with eachother in a way that perfectly contours the natural motion of your leg. These lines seems to stick with the image of your leg, even when imagining them with your minds eye.

Just as you start to get lost in the intricate patterns you hear footsteps.

A tall and thin figure walks towards you with an unnerving gate. It takes you a second to realise exactly what's so strange about it, the movement of the figure seems to follow a smooth arch, such that if you weren't looking at its legs, you would think it was floating.

At the first sign of this figure, you rodent companion gives you a wink and scuttles away.

The figure delicately places a gray tray containing even grayer food on the floor on the outside of the bars, it's places so that to reach the food you would need to stick your arm out as far as it can go.

You feel it smirk at you as it starts to walk away...

Current hp:

1

Current inventory:

Empty

What would you like to do next?

(actions and dialogue are submitted via asks. If after a period of 5 hours there are no asks, you won't do anything, and let the strange figure walk away)

#WHAT DO YOU DO #I'm experimenting with a time limit on asks for actions that need to be completed within a certain amount of time #so don't wait! #rp #writing #ask blog #dnd #roleplay #write #choose your own adventure #poetry #writers on tumblr #role playing games #also that username is the best I've ever seen

[choose-your-own-path]

I check to see if I'm chained up

There is a chain connecting your right to the back (wet) corner of the room.

The chain is connected to the floor with scews.

Current hp:

1

Current inventory:

Empty

What would you like to do next?

(actions submitted via asks)

#the rat is still just chilling #rp #writing #ask blog #dnd #roleplay #write #choose your own adventure #poetry #writers on tumblr #role playing games

[choose-your-own-path]

Politely introduce yourself to the rat, and inquire as to the provinence of your surroundings.

You politely introduce yourself to the rat, to which the rat gives you a look as if to say "I don't speaketh thy language. I am a rat. Behold i can tryeth to all speaketh thy tongue.

The rat squeaks

"All i can doth is communicate to thee with looks and glances."

Seeing that there is a language barrier between you and the rat. You try to "speak" with the same subtleness of expression.

The rats body betrays the delighted posture of a native who just witnessed their language being butchered, and shifts it's eyes around the room with deep black pupils.

"Nice to meeteth thee fair "sailor". The nook behind this mure is all i can recall. Thee did get hither about 6 meals ago, ere yond i can not telleth thy tail. Since the last prisoner in this cell did doth kicketh the bucket, i did feel the effects of a most wondrous famine, as such if 't be true thee giveth me a portion of thy meals, i shalt in exchange giveth thee me loyalty and valor

Wilt thee accept this contract of faith?"

Current hp:

1

Current inventory:

Empty

What would you like to do next?

(actions and dialogue is submitted via asks)

#this took so long #I still need a name for the rat #feel free to rb any suggestions #writblr #write #writelr #poetry #yes all of this rat speech is poetry #rp #dnd #d&d #role playing games #role playing games (rpg) #role play #choose your own adventure #ask blog

[choose-your-own-path]

I look around myself to check if there's anything in the dungeon and strain my ears in case I hear any talking. I try to remember how I got there.

You look around to assess your situation:

You seem to be in a cell, there are slightly rusted bars covering one wall. In the center of the wall is a small hatch, you guess for food and water.

The air is damp enough to hinder the lighting of matches, and a puddle has formed on the back corner of the cell.

In the other (raised) corner there is a small hole, the perfect size for a rat.

You look around with your ears:

The only things you can hear are the slow dripping of stalactites, the minute sounds of the rat, and your own growling stomach.

You try to remember how you found yourself in this situation, but you mind is only responding with images of spinach.

The rat is staring to look bored.

Current hp:

1

Current inventory:

Empty

What would you like to do next?

(actions submitted via asks)

(reminder this operates on old text game rules, so you can inspect objects more closely ;)

#you got done in by Popeye #I need to think of a name for the rat #any suggestions? #write #writelr #rp #roleplay #dnd #ask blog #writers on Tumblr #poetry

[choose-your-own-path]

I would like to poke myself in he head to see why it’s hurting.

You try to poke yourself in the head to see where it's hurting, your hair has short sides and a long back. You can't feel any wounds on the outside of your head, instead it seems to be a throbbing pain in the top of the spinal chord, deeper than you can touch.

The rat is now looking at you inquisitively.

Current hp:

1

Current inventory:

Empty

What would you like to do next?

(actions submitted via asks)

#shock horror you have a mullet #😮 #thanks for the asks #you guys will be the ones to to make this interesting #rp #roleplay #role playing games #writing #poetry #writblr #writers on tumblr #ask blog

[choose-your-own-path]

Approach the rat

Surprisingly the rat is still there after your attempted nap. As you approach it gives you a look as if to say:

"Valorous morrow to thee, sir, i in earnest did doth bethink thee did hath't starved, wouldn't beest the first time these floors did feel the light corse of a starved soul. How can i beest of assistance?"

Current hp:

1

Current inventory:

Empty

What would you like to do next?

(actions submitted via asks)

#I love this rat so much #keep sending in those asks #write #writing #ask blog #roleplay #rp #dnd #poetry #writblr #pathfinder

[choose-your-own-path]

I chose to fall back asleep.

You set your mind to falling back asleep, after all a prison with a floor this clean must be a figment of your imagination. Yet the combined factors of your mouth tasting like a Japanese bathhouse, and that you had probably been sleeping for the previous 72 hours means that you can't seem to evade consciousness.

Current hp:

1

Current inventory:

Empty

What would you like to do next?

(actions submitted via asks)

#the hard floor probably didn't help #I've never tasted a Japanese bath house #so I'm just making assumptions #thanks for the ask! #ask blog #choose your own adventure #write #writing #writers on tumblr #role playing games #dnd #rp

[choose-your-own-path]

lick the floor

You lick the floor, it tastes like limestone and bleach. The rat in the corner of the cell gives you a quick look as if to say:

"Coequal as a humble rat i feeleth a most wondrous amount of pity for thee, as ye art either so fill'd with pangs of hunger yond thee feeleth the needeth to englut the floor, or ye art foolish enow yond thee would doth this as the birds peck the did grind for worms"

Current hp:

1

Current inventory:

Empty

What do you do next?

(actions submitted via asks)

#It took a hot minute to make the rat sound right #write #writing #ask blog #choose your own adventure #poetry #at least that rat speech felt like it #story #rp #roleplay #role playing games #dnd #call of cthulhu #pathfinder

[choose-your-own-path]

You find yourself awakening in what appears to be a dungeon, the floor your head is resting on is suspiciously clean and your head is hurting.

Current hp:

1

Current inventory :

Empty

What do you do?

(actions submitted via asks)

#here we go! #please send an ask #I want this to be a cool choose your own adventure story #like old video games #writing #writelr #writers on tumblr #write #story #choose your own adventure #tale #choose #please engage #thanks #rp #roleplay #dnd #role-playing #role-playing games