Drabble Story Arc #2: Seek and Avenge

To the Dark Forest

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

This is a ‘choose your own’ fiction story, “drabble edition”. The whole thing begins with ‘The Burned Village’ by JF Danskin. If you want to head back to the previous chapter, click here. And find out how to contribute to the ongoing story here.

There’s no time to lose. Your family are suffering, and more lives could be lost any minute.

You’ve got your armor and weapons, and now it’s time to go.

You set out from the village, walking hard. The armor is heavy — you can’t run — but you move quickly.

A part of you regrets not buying food. In your eagerness to hunt the orcs, was leaving without rations too much of a risk?

You stop by a river, drinking your fill, and washing. Then, you march on. By the time dusk is falling, you’re near the edge of the great forest…

Now, you decide to…

1. Hunt for food (click here).
2. Press on, looking for signs of the orcs (click here).

This is a collaborative story, with each part (not including choices and blurb) written in a 100-word drabble. Many thanks to those who have written chapters on this story arc so far, including P. L. Goaway, John Fanidis, Mojave Green, & Rayne Sanning.

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