A diary of a hired gun once employed to protect a wagon trail is stained with blood. You never know who is reading this diary, but each page is detailed with his travels until an encounter that changed this hired gun's life. You begin to read as you put yourself into the shoes of the hired gun.
[[ Continue ->Introduction2]]Your caravan stops in a forest filled with juniper trees. You begin to help setup for the night, before you lasso your horse you want to grab one item, what do you bring?
[[Grab Tonic ->grabTonic]]
[[Grab Rope ->grabRope]]You’re a hired gun, employed to protect a wagon train. You carry your trusty “six shooter” but you never had to use it. The trail you’re employed on isn’t on the Oregon trail, but a trail in South Central U.S.A. Rumors of the trail being very resource demanding, but so far the safest. The trail does go through indian territory, but crossing through at night seems like the best option for your caravan. Your story begins on the trail near the Arizona border.
[[Continue ->observation]]You take the tonic.
(set: $hasTonic to true)
[[Continue ->continueTrail]]
You grab the rope.
(set: $hasRope to true)
[[Continue->continueTrail]]The caravan settles for the night.
But you hear ruslting in the bushes.
Out of the corner of your eye you see a tall shadow, then the sounds of screams
A creature as tall as a juniper tree terriozes your caravan, what do you do?
[[Stand your ground ->standGround]]
Or
[[Hide->hide]]As you caravan near the reservation, you see a broken down wagon.
You obsere the wagon with extensive lash marks. With nobody in sight, you brush off the broken down wagon.
[[continue->Saddle]]You take your chances against this deadly beast, with no where to run you stand your ground.
The monster's bloodlust is directed towards you, it slowly crawls towards you.
You reach for your weapon as your hand trembles, do you take your chances? It seems there might be no other option....
[[Take your chances ->shootMonster]]
You decide your chances against this monster is slim, so you quickly decide to find a hiding spot. Quickly you must find a spot as the monster is distracted on other victims.
Where do you hide?
[[Hide under a cart ->hideUnderCart]]
or
[[Hide in the wagon ->hideWagon]]
You hide under the cart as the monster still raveges on the outside.
As you hide, you see the monster doesn't have any sense of smell. It seemed to be only attracted to light, but that's all we know so far. After what seemed like forever, the monster walks away.
What is your move?
[[Continue to hide ->continueHide]]
or
[[Run as fast as you can->runAway]]
You grab your gun. In the distance you see a
(set: $chance to (random: 1, 10))
(set: $istrue to ($chance >= 4))
(if: $istrue is true)[You hit the monster!, what do you do next?
[[run to the bushes ->runBush]]]
(else:)[You missed, the monster closes in, with the small time you have, what is your last desperate move?
[[Take another shot (slim chances) ->takeLastShot]]
or
[[Dodge the swing->dodgeSwing]]]You run into the bushes, with every nearby branch scraping your body. You run until you see what looks to be a dead end.
With whatever vision you have, you stand over a steep ravine, if you have a rope you can rope down. You hear the monster closing in, what do you do?
(if: $hasRope is true)[You have your rope, you want to use it?
[[Use it ->useRope]]
[[Jump down ->jumpDown]]]
(else:)[You dont have a rope, so you [[jump->jumpDown]]]
You cocked you gun and took your final shot.
(set: $chance to (random: 1, 10))
(set: $istrue to ($chance >= 8))
(if: $istrue is true)[You hit the monster!, while the monster is stunned you [[run ->runBush]]]
(else:)[You missed... You trip and the monster stands over and quickly lashes.. before everything goes dark.
[[continue->endBook]]]
You hide within a abandoned wagon. You try and hear for the monster but all is quiet. You look at the front of the wagon, the monster stares directly at you.
You freeze, you want to do something but with no where to escape, you accept your fate..
The end.You close the diary, as you stand over the hired gun. The End.You tie a rope on a small tree, and throw the rest at the bottom of the ravine.
With the monster not on your trail, what is your option?
[[Find Civilization ->travel]]
or
[[Camp->camp]]
You jump down, but misstep and tumble to the bottom.
With the monster not on your trail, what is your option?
[[Find Civilization ->travel]]
or
[[Camp->camp]]
You begin to set into whatever direction is away from the carnage. With each turn as frighting as the last. You reach over a hill and see a trail.
You follow the trail, but as the begins to rise, you see a nearby town in the [[distant.->end]]As you begin to settle for the night, you hear a loud thunder.
Lightning soon flashes in the distant.
As you begin to fall asleep, a warm breath hits the side of you neck.
Just before you know it, the sharp teeth latches on.
The End.
You close the diary, with the chaos that happened, you will never take the trail again.You continue to hide underneath until you think the monster has left.
You wait until the sun rises.
As the temperature lowers, so do your hopes, but as you begin to get out from under, you see a wagon in the distant from where you came from.
It's a couple who seem to be distraught from the carnage. You begin to wave for assistance, as the couple quickly notices you, the offer salvation from your traumatic experience.
You take the ride and head into a nearby town.
You close the book and hope to never take that trail again...You make a quick dash, and as you run, the fast heavy footsteps near closer, the monster jumps onto you and quickly takes your life.
The end.