[Choose Your Own Adventure] Part 22

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On to the CYOA!

[Part 22]

“I’ll help you,” you say.

Wyre’s eyebrows shoot for his hairline. For a short moment, he says nothing, but once the shock has worn off, he nods once. “Thank you.” Then he motions to the fully grown wendigo. “Come, Helvinder.”

With a slight growl on his breath, Twain says, “I’m going to have to transform into a dog at some point, aren’t I?”

Nobody answers. The four of you turn away from the city—and from the Arcanist Festival—and head for the docks. The cold night air rushes by, carrying cold salty water from the waves of the ocean. Wyre shivers, but he doesn’t seem concerned with himself. He fusses with Helvinder, trying to apply pressure to the wound, and help his eldrin along.

Spots of blood mark your trail.

It doesn’t take long for you to reach the docks.

Everyone is at the Arcanist Festival—except for one lone dock worker. You recognize him (because you recognize everyone who lives and works on this island). It’s Pimma! She’s an older woman, in her late forties, who has a slight drinking problem.

Which means all she drinks is ale and rum.

And sure enough, she’s sitting on a chair at the edge of the dock, a mug in one hand, and an old fishing pole in the other. In a loud “singing” voice, she shouts some old sea shanties. They aren’t good, and she forgets half the words.

“Oh, yo, he, ho, and somethin’ bout ladies,” Pimma sings. “I sold my soul for some… uh… padies.”

You and Wyre stand near the dockmaster’s building.

There are three boats. A little dinghy, a one masted island-hopping vessel, and the guild arcanist’s galley ship—it’s rather impressive, sleek, and attention grabbing.

Pimma farts, interrupting your train of thought.

Twain snorts and has to cover his mouth with a paw.

“I think I should take the island hopper,” Wyre whispers to you, completely ignoring your childish eldrin. “Distract Pimma for me? I’ll owe you everything I have.”

What do you do?

A) “Okay.” Run out and distract Pimma.

B) “No, just take the Dinghy. They won’t think it’s odd if it goes missing.”

C) “No. Take the guild arcanist ship. No one can catch you then.”

D) “Just sneak aboard the guild arcanist boat and hide.”

E) “Just sneak aboard the island hopper and hide.”

F) “What do you think, Twain?”

G) Run out to the dock and push Pimma into the ocean.