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=[[You are the Absurd Hero (short story)|You are the Absurd Hero]]= | =[[You are the Absurd Hero (short story)|You are the Absurd Hero]]= | ||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
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[[You (You are the Absurd Hero)|You]] wake up on a road, an incorporeal [[Sisyphus (You Are the Absurd Hero)|man]] standing above you. He says he's trapped in an alternate reality, the [[Boulevard of Alternate Brutalities|Boulevard]], but can be freed if you buy a certain book, ''[[The Book of the War]]'', and perform a certain ritual.'' Offering you the power to rewrite time if you help him, he hands you a note that you will write tomorrow, vanishing. | |||
Write the note? 1A | |||
Refuse? 1B | |||
===1B=== | |||
Not only are you on the same road as before, but a weight is crushing your body, breaking it. A bolder rolls up the length of your body, flattening you bit by bit. You wish it would stop, that you could avoid what led you here. Yet still it moves. | |||
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===1A=== | |||
Okay, okay, you write the note. But what next? The book costs an absurd amount. Just bonkers. Who has that kind of money for a random book? Certainly not you. Oh, but, rewriting time. That's some strong motivation. Some ''really'' strong motivation You could sell everything you own, that might be enough. Or, hell, you could do something bad and then undo the consequences once you get the book. Why don't you steal things? | |||
Steal the book? 1AA | |||
Steal the money for the book? 1AB | |||
Stealing is ''morally wrong'', and you're no fun. 1B | |||
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==1AB== | |||
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Revision as of 06:13, 14 June 2024
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You are the Absurd Hero
Plot
0
You wake up on a road, an incorporeal man standing above you. He says he's trapped in an alternate reality, the Boulevard, but can be freed if you buy a certain book, The Book of the War, and perform a certain ritual. Offering you the power to rewrite time if you help him, he hands you a note that you will write tomorrow, vanishing.
Write the note? 1A
Refuse? 1B
1B
Not only are you on the same road as before, but a weight is crushing your body, breaking it. A bolder rolls up the length of your body, flattening you bit by bit. You wish it would stop, that you could avoid what led you here. Yet still it moves.
Return to 0.
1A
Okay, okay, you write the note. But what next? The book costs an absurd amount. Just bonkers. Who has that kind of money for a random book? Certainly not you. Oh, but, rewriting time. That's some strong motivation. Some really strong motivation You could sell everything you own, that might be enough. Or, hell, you could do something bad and then undo the consequences once you get the book. Why don't you steal things?
Steal the book? 1AA
Steal the money for the book? 1AB
Stealing is morally wrong, and you're no fun. 1B
