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inutes, you spy a pair of orcs guarding a rocky channel. It’s a side route to the main cave.</p><p id="5724">You step closer, gripping your bow. The pair are chatting quietly.</p><p id="4119">Harmless?</p><p id="e7e7">Then, a squeal. A tied-up goblin lies by their feet. One guard stabs their prisoner’s leg, then guffaws.</p><p id="0fc2">Your arrow punctures the neck of the nearer orc and he falls, his spear clattering down. Then you slam your axe down on the other’s head.</p><p id="a0cf">You approach the captive.</p><h2 id="6dbd">Continue.</h2><blockquote id="144f"><p>This story is a collaborative effort. Please feel free to join in and add a chapter, furthering the story in any way you like.</p></blockquote><blockquote id="e334"><p>New to Medium? <a href="https://jfdanskin.medium.com/membership"><b>You can sign up for membership here, and support me at no extra cost</b></a>.</p></blockquote><div id="9898" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-cave-5d1fb9f2944c"> <div>

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Drabble STORY ARC #2: Seek and Avenge

Guards and Goblins

Part of a ‘choose your own’ story — drabble edition.

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This is a ‘choose your own’ fiction story, “drabble edition”. You can check out Chapter 1 of this story: The Burned Village.. Find out how to contribute to the ongoing story here, or check the previous chapter: ‘The Heart of Darkness’, by JF Danskin.

You go right, Dara goes left. There’s a muffled thud behind as Dara takes out an enemy.

After a few minutes, you spy a pair of orcs guarding a rocky channel. It’s a side route to the main cave.

You step closer, gripping your bow. The pair are chatting quietly.

Harmless?

Then, a squeal. A tied-up goblin lies by their feet. One guard stabs their prisoner’s leg, then guffaws.

Your arrow punctures the neck of the nearer orc and he falls, his spear clattering down. Then you slam your axe down on the other’s head.

You approach the captive.

Continue.

This story is a collaborative effort. Please feel free to join in and add a chapter, furthering the story in any way you like.

New to Medium? You can sign up for membership here, and support me at no extra cost.

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