CYOA Page 156
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lumy12"Take me to him, then," you say coolly.
"This one likes me," the horsey guy says of Joel's horse, and you can see he's about to mount.
"But you're not riding these horses!" you say, a bit less coolly. "We can walk."
"What, you think we're gonna just take off? Without you?" Rifle guy scoffs. "That would just be rude."
"Yeah, what do you take us for?" Horsey guy adds.
...Uh, a couple of slimy asshole hunters looking to take whatever they want? And you don't think you're wrong about that.
Rifle guy approaches you slowly. "Look. Let's just leave the horses here for the time being, and put our guns away, and move forward as friends. What do you say?"
You glower at him. Friends? Give me a break! Although you do get the feeling he's mocking you. That everything these two say is just a big inside joke between them. "You first," you spit at him.
The dude holsters his rifle and even puts his hands in the air in a gesture of supplication.
Fine... you put your gun away as well and loosely hitch the horses to a couple of trees. You don't like leaving them unattended, but you hate the thought of these two goons riding them... going through your shit... and you can't kill them, you remind yourself. They know where Joel is! The three of you start walking. You're in the middle, with the rifle guy slightly ahead.
"What's your name, baby?" asks Horsey guy, who's walking close enough to you that you can smell him.
"Pfff. If Joel was asking about me, you should already know it."
"He didn't mention you by name. Just talked about a pretty little redhead girl."
You highly doubt that. Joel wouldn't just... alert these guys to your existence. And he wouldn't describe you as pretty, either. Do these guys even HAVE Joel? you fret. You move farther away from the guy.
"I'm Nick," he offers (as if you care). He gestures to the rifle guy. "And that's Jasper."
...Jasper? That kind of sounds like a girl name to you. You think you saw a cartoon movie in Jackson that had a princess named Jasper. Either way, it's too nice a name for a dickwad hunter.
"Aren't you gonna tell us your name now?" Nick prompts.
You just give him a sidelong deathglare.
"I think she likes us calling her baby," Jasper suggests, laughing as if he said something funny.
You're content to remain sullenly silent, even if these jerks feel the need to fill the air with wasted words... and who knows how long you would've gone on that way -- but the silence is interrupted by a gunshot in the distance! The not-very-far distance... followed by a couple more shots!
Joel!
It has to be. The two hunters exchange a look of alarm and start running in that direction. You could totally shoot them in the back right now... but you just take off running after them. You can always shoot them when you get there, right? Oh God please let Joel be on the right end of that gun!
You nearly run into them when they stop abruptly -- right where the trees give way to a clearing... with some kind of big building in the middle of it. Like a warehouse or something. "Your boyfriend better not've hurt anyone," Jasper grumbles to you.
My boyfriend?! Yeah... these guys have probably never even laid eyes on Joel; people always assume he's your father. Well, maybe since I was calling for him by name and not "Dad"? WHATEVER-- it doesn't matter because clearly, Joel is here. Inside, by the looks of things, because you don't see any people -- or carnage -- behind the building here.
It occurs to you that you don't need your hunter guides anymore. Maybe it's time to dispose of them?
If you decide to shoot them now, turn to page 234.
If you decide to hold off until they're actively threatening you, turn to page 236.
Carlos
Date: 2020-12-26 12:26 pm (UTC)RE: Carlos
Date: 2020-12-26 07:27 pm (UTC)Choose wisely... BWAHAHAHAHAHA