Drabble Story Arc #2: Seek and Avenge

Improvised Potion Making

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

This is a continuation of The Burned Village, a ‘choose your own’ fiction story, “drabble edition,” initially created by JF Danskin. Head back to the previous installment: ‘Choose Your Saviour’ or ‘Fear, Doubt and Illusion’. Or find out how to contribute by clicking here.

Dara crushes the flowers and pours them into a flask. She shakes the contents and places the vessel on the embers of Lorenzo’s dying campfire.

“I learned a little field medicine from some Rangers, many years ago,” she says as the concoction heats up.

You remain silent as the poison makes your head throb with pain. Dara grabs the flask and makes you drink. As the warm liquid trickles down your throat, the pain slowly subsides.

“See?” Dara says, smiling. “Apocynaceae, blue, with six petals… or was it five?”

Numbness spreads throughout your whole body, and your mouth begins to foam.

YOU ARE DEAD.

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