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claiborneart reblogged
compared to the water, it feels almost warm to the touch.
When you lick it you taste salt¹, and a faint, familiar aftertaste that you can't quite place.
Your tongue sticks to it slightly, as you pull away.
now then,
What do you do?
1 - the water tasted completely fresh, in case you were now wondering.
>>lick it again!
You lick it again-- it tastes the same as before. No matter how long you stick your tongue there, it does not get actually stuck to the pillar.
>>check our pockets--anything useful in there?
You attempt to check your pockets-- you realize that not only do you not have anything in there, you do not, in fact, actually have any pockets.
>>try to break off a piece of the pillar!
You smack your oar into the pillar until a shard breaks off. It feels like a good shape and weight in your hand. You set it in the boat with you.
now then,
claiborneart reblogged
compared to the water, it feels almost warm to the touch.
When you lick it you taste salt¹, and a faint, familiar aftertaste that you can't quite place.
Your tongue sticks to it slightly, as you pull away.
now then,
What do you do?
1 - the water tasted completely fresh, in case you were now wondering.
>>lick it again!
You lick it again-- it tastes the same as before. No matter how long you stick your tongue there, it does not get actually stuck to the pillar.
>>check our pockets--anything useful in there?
You attempt to check your pockets-- you realize that not only do you not have anything in there, you do not, in fact, actually have any pockets.
>>try to break off a piece of the pillar!
You smack your oar into the pillar until a shard breaks off. It feels like a good shape and weight in your hand. You set it in the boat with you.
now then,
claiborneart reblogged
compared to the water, it feels almost warm to the touch.
When you lick it you taste salt¹, and a faint, familiar aftertaste that you can't quite place.
Your tongue sticks to it slightly, as you pull away.
now then,
What do you do?
1 - the water tasted completely fresh, in case you were now wondering.
>>lick it again!
You lick it again-- it tastes the same as before. No matter how long you stick your tongue there, it does not get actually stuck to the pillar.
>>check our pockets--anything useful in there?
You attempt to check your pockets-- you realize that not only do you not have anything in there, you do not, in fact, actually have any pockets.
compared to the water, it feels almost warm to the touch.
When you lick it you taste salt¹, and a faint, familiar aftertaste that you can't quite place.
Your tongue sticks to it slightly, as you pull away.
now then,
What do you do?
1 - the water tasted completely fresh, in case you were now wondering.
#In case you missed the last one: please suggest what you'd like to next in the tags/rbs/comments-- and I'll make a poll from your replies!#cyoa#poll suggestions#tumblr cyoa#choose your own adventure#where to next?#lick the pillar#glad this option won--love that we're going on a taste-test of the strange new land-- truly peak CYOA content#well-- 'land' in a very liquid sense#anyways
alien sketches/studies
#under the hood they are incredibly messy; but on the surface I've decided I want them to look like Big Chicken#....with 6-10+ limbs#for that one sci-fi WIP that's in the 'worldbuilding pit hell' phase for the last.....years?#I'll get around to making it eventually#.....hopefully#Cren#Around the Inner Ring#worldbuilding sketches#alien design
claiborneart reblogged
The boat rocks slightly as you step in, sending out gentle ripples across the waters.
You sit, and take the oar in your hand.
You can see the horizon stretch out away from you, in every direction.
You feel the future open up, from the freedom and agency you've gained just now.
So, Kind Friends, let me ask you:
What do you do?
The boat rocks slightly as you step in, sending out gentle ripples across the waters.
You sit, and take the oar in your hand.
You can see the horizon stretch out away from you, in every direction.
You feel the future open up, from the freedom and agency you've gained just now.
So, Kind Friends, let me ask you:
What do you do?
#so my plan here is: please suggest what you'd like to do next in the tags/reblogs/comments!#then I'll make a poll from the suggestions!#If you have any questions/quick actions (aka mini-investigations/etc.) I might also answer them early#not really sure how this is gonna go but I've been having a lot of fun making these so far-- so fingers crossed I guess#anyways#cyoa#poll suggestions#poll#tumblr cyoa
You take a drink.
If the water is cold to the touch, it is a strike of liquid ice as it flows down your throat.
As it settles in your stomach, you feel your head clear, a fog you hadn't noticed creeping in now gone. (how long has it been, since you last felt this aware and present? years? longer?)
You feel wide awake and refreshed.
The water drips from your lips as you straighten up again.
Then,
The Door is not there to go back through. (are you surprised? Or did you expect it to be so, even before you turned?)
The cold still waters stretch around you in every direction.
Below, at the water's edge, you spot a boat.
claiborneart reblogged
The ground looks like ice but feels sturdy and easy to walk on.
When you look over the side, you can see the water appears deep and still.
When you look closer, you think you see lights in the water, far below you.
You cautiously dip a hand into the water.
Brrr! Wow, that's cold!
At least it feels like normal water.
claiborneart reblogged
The ground looks like ice but feels sturdy and easy to walk on.
When you look over the side, you can see the water appears deep and still.
When you look closer, you think you see lights in the water, far below you.
You cautiously dip a hand into the water.
Brrr! Wow, that's cold!
At least it feels like normal water.
The ground looks like ice but feels sturdy and easy to walk on.
When you look over the side, you can see the water appears deep and still.
When you look closer, you think you see lights in the water, far below you.
#Mary this one's for you#short poll this time! call it a quicktime event - impulse control :}#side note: Tumblr please give me more poll length options please#2-5 days would be great#cyoa#tumblr cyoa#choose your own adventure#poll#tumblr polls#choose#edit: guess who got excited and FOorgOT TO UPLOoad ThE PHOOTTOOOOO
claiborneart reblogged
It feels just like stepping through any other door.
Then you inhale the cold air of Somewhere Else in your lungs.
Enormous pillars dot the landscape, rising above icy, eerily calm waters. Above you, a cold, dark star burns at the edges.
In front of you, there is a some kind of path across the water.
claiborneart reblogged
...huh.
Well that's strange.
It seems like there's no Door from this side.
Congratulations and thank you for voting!
You can find the next choice here to vote on the next step, but know that wherever we go from here, there was always the option to ignore it all and keep on walking. 1
1. I'm glad we didn't though-- it will be much more exciting this way :}
#achievement unlocked!#cyoa#tumblr cyoa#choose your own adventure#image description in alt#props to everyone who said 'yeah irl I woulda kept going but I'm interested to see where this goes'#and everyone who said 'irl or online IDC I'M NOT MESSING WITH THAT'#side note: I'm having A LOT of fun reading all the tags and comments so far and so thank you ty ty#side side note: tumblr please give me a sliding scale of poll lengths I wanna run 3-5 days polls please please
It feels just like stepping through any other door.
Then you inhale the cold air of Somewhere Else in your lungs.
Enormous pillars dot the landscape, rising above icy, eerily calm waters. Above you, a cold, dark star burns at the edges.
In front of you, there is a some kind of path across the water.