voice & text | week two

[hauhra]

Since we’re all feeling a little under the weather this month, I thought of a way we could still have fun while we’re rotting away in our beds from boredom: a choose-your-own-adventure game.

I understand that this might be a new concept for some of you, so I’ll explain how the game works before we get started. I’ll give you a single prompt to start with. Your job is to reply to my prompt and wait for more information from me. I’ll then give you another prompt based on what actions you took in your response… in other words, it’s a bit like collaborative storytelling. However, only one writer can establish the setting, and that’s me.

Got it?

Now… let’s begin.

Weary traveler! The spooky, demon castle that you had set out for when you started your journey to slay its lord months ago is upon you. It rests atop high cliffs, its darkened towers and turrets looming over the forest surrounding it. It appears to be guarded only by a drawbridge. But be careful! It hovers above treacherous waters. Try not to fall in.

How do you wish to proceed?

>_

Comments

[godcards]

You did NOT uphold your end of the deal! You LOST, which means I had to change my plans to compensate for YOUR screwup! Don't go trying to blame this on me when I handed you the PERFECT opportunity for victory, Bakura! You could have won and gotten my Millennium Rod just as you wanted, all within one round of the semi-finals, if you had just listened to me! I didn't brainwash YOU, I brainwashed your host, so control was never a problem there... It was your insolence that caused all this! My plan was perfect!! Oh, and let us not forget, that not only did you screw up the first time, I so generously picked up the Ring so I could give you a second chance... And you squandered that too! And now we're here!!!

[hauhra]

Yes, Malik, you did brainwash my host and not me... however, right now, you're acting as though it was a package deal, expecting me to obey your words as though they were law, like I'm just another one of your Ghouls, even though you're claiming that the exact opposite is in fact the case simply because my strength of mind was too strong for your Millennium Rod, though you're probably too lame to even admit that much because it would mean confessing that you're not as powerful as you think you are. But you'd better learn right now that your control over my host does not extend into control over me whether you're using your Millennium Rod or not, and you'd better learn it quick if you want to stay on my good side, because right now, you, me, the vessel, and Jonouchi are the only ones from our world that seem to be here, and I'm going to be your best option going forward.

[godcards]

[ There's a long silence before anymore texts roll in. ]

You'd better cooperate if you want this partnership to work, Bakura.

I'll leave it at that.

[hauhra]

Whatever.