[CYOA MAZE]Riddles are like a Maze, sort of (Pel and Carlos)

[DraconicFeline]

[Pelagion maze start - Pelagion goes Left]

Pelagion was very accustomed to carrying Carlos places. He didn't mind doing it, it was fun, and why not carry around fluffy cat ghosts if they wanted to be picked up? Pel was certainly not going to deny a cat it's due. They were too cute.

"So, you know, I forgot to ask. How are you doing lately? Got enough stuff?" because Pelagion could give him stuff... Pelagion halted. "Oh, hey, a maze." Mazes were interesting, and this one was... definitely interesting. "Lets go in." he said, not consulting his cat friend. It would certainly add a little more direction to the walk.

Coming to a choice in the crossroads, he went left...  

[phantompanther13]

[Being carried around]

Carlos had a Chariot! one of this favorite Chariots. (Ok they were all his favorite.) But he had settled to be comfortably carried. Human form was always slightly less comfortable but it still beat walking. He nested his head underneath Pelagion's chin.

"Carlos is fine. Carlos found a thing. The inter web. You put words on it. and it scares. Very strange."


"Ohhhh how strange." Carlos sniffed the air around the maze and tilted his ears at the sound of a moan.

DraconicFeline

 

[DraconicFeline]

[Pelagion goes forward]

“Oh, you're on the interweb now? Hey, that's neat. Doing anything on that?” Pelagion was not flummoxed by the moan, that wasn't exactly abnormal. “Yeah, this is kinda strange.” he said, scritching Carlos's neck gently, “But lets see what they've put in here...” he continued forward... to see a boil, crying apparently.

“Huh.” Pelagion said, shifting Carlos in his arms. Was he part of the maze, or a lost person?  

[phantompanther13]

"Carlos found a predator computer in the library. It has lots of words and images." Carlos being a cat really had little understanding of how a computer worked. He had tried the mouse but it did not taste good.

"Why are you crying?" Carlos hopped down and tried to look over the boil and even tried to lick him. He only wailed louder.

"Ok.... Never mind." Carlos straightened and pulled his had upright for a moment before it flopped back on his ear. "We go now."

DraconicFeline

 

[DraconicFeline]

[Pelagion goes forward

“You okay, kid?” Pelagion asked, kneeling and offering a lollipop, to no avail... the kid didn't even take it. He set it near the kid, still wrapped. “It'll be okay, whatever's going on. The exit is that way, okay?” he said kindly. But he kind of wanted to go too... deeper in. He picked up carlos and moved on...

Suddenly, there was no moaning. Just water. “Okay, that's definitely strange. I can't even do that.” Pelagion commented – this was some crazy kind of sound illusion or something... so was the boil a visual illusion? It had seemed so... real...

“Huh.” he said, setting Carlos down to inspect the sword. “So, what... this is some kind of adventure puzzle maze, huh.” he said, thoughtfully...  

[phantompanther13]

[Drink the tea. why would Carlos not drink tea?]

"Scareling is strange. Ohhh they brought us tea! Carlos rushed forward droping once again fro Pele's arms."

He took the cup and took a sip swirling it around in his mouth. Huh he felt weird... like he had eaten mushrooms. His ears twitched as he heard something. Go east? Hummm. "This way!" he sang following the voice.

DraconicFeline

 

[DraconicFeline]

[Pelagion goes east]

“Uh, are you sure thats tea?” Pelagion asked suspiciously, “It doesn't look like...” but Carlos had already drank it, and was apparently... leading the way? That was new.

“Uh, okay.” Well, why not follow the cheshire cat? He'd never been led astray... too far... by the cat before. “Coming!” he said, grabbing his cloak and coming after him...

The mad chase of the cheshire cat led them to a small pile of bright, green, glittering, huming stones. Pelagion reached out to try to grab the cat before he could do something. “Wait up.” he said, squinting at the stones, “There's something funny about them, don't just grab them.” because of course that was what Carlos had been about to do, hadn't he?  

[phantompanther13]

[going east]

"Why not?" he stared into the pool and wanted to grab the stones. His tail flicked and his eyes were wide and full of shiny. "I want one." he whined and stared and scooted closer to the stones.

They had a nice humm.

DraconicFeline

 

[DraconicFeline]

[Attempting to Go back... unless carlos picks up a stone]

“I know you want one.” Pelagion said, picking Carlos up, “But I don't trust 'em. Bunch of stones at a dead end? Come on.” he said, trying to pull the cat away, “Lets try another direction. I'd like to see if there's a way out of this maze...” That wasn't unreasonable, was it?  

[phantompanther13]

[going back]

Carlos mewed and flopped on the ground clearly expecting to be picked up. He would not walk/float another step.

"But the shiny!" he lulled his head to the side and layed on his side staring up pathetically.

He allowed himself to be picked up and carried once again body limp and dragging slightly.

DraconicFeline

 

[DraconicFeline]

[Pelagion goes West]

“Hup.” He handily picked up and huggled the Cheshire cat. “Yep, they're shiny. I'll get you a shiny thing later, but right now, lets go find a place with a less obvious trap...” Yes, trap, because good halloween mazes were supposed to have traps. Sort of.

At the crossroads, he went the other way, not feeling like going back to the spring and the sword again. He walked along for a while before slowing. “Huh, whats this.” he said, squinting at the small tower. There were bones and foul smells and... Hmm.

[Pelagion Investigates]

“Well this just gets wierder.” he grumbled, nudging the tower with a foot. Suddenly, out came a gnome in green body paint, laughing and cackling and biting his ankle before declaring that it wouldn't be long now and returning to their tower. “Ow!” he nearly dropped Carlos, and managed to get the wherwithal to put the cat down properly before shaking his now filthy ankle, “Ow, what in the...”  

[phantompanther13]

[going back]

"Shiny....." Carlos mewed pathetically still whining. he was carried along when his nose picked up a sent. "Ewe what stinks?" it smelled like rotting flesh here.

[investigating]

The gnome suddenly bit his friend. Carlos hissed his fur all standing on end as he glared at the gnome. "My friend! Leave alone!" hiss hiss. Carlos got all puffy an his grin looked more angry, more maniacal. But it was still plastered on his face. His ears flattened back showing just how displeased he was.

[Attacking gnome.]

The gnome had paused long enough for Carlos to pounce and nom on it showing his displeasure. It was then that gnomes swarmed out of everywhere and Carlos just froze. So many. His eyes widened as he stared at them all.

DraconicFeline

 

[DraconicFeline]

[Fighting the gnome]

After some annoyed hopping around, Pelagion came around to pretty much the same idea as Carlos – that gnome needed to be taught a lesson in NOT BITING ANKLES because IT HURT AND IT WAS REALLY GROSS. Pelagion summoned his sword, prepared his FEAR and...

And then there were a lot of gnomes. “Oh crap...” Pelagion said, his face twisting in horror as they swarmed them both. He struggled, but it was no use – the gnomes had the advantage, and they were soon trussed up like undead turkeys...

[Ending B]

Pelagion was thrown out of the maze by force and spritzed and poked and doused with glitter. It was horrible. Finally, the restraints were released and he managed to sit up. “Ugh....” he groaned, trying to get the awful stuff out of his hair and clothes – ugh ugh ugh. “Carlos?” he asked, looking for the cheshire cat, “You all right?”  

[phantompanther13]

[Ending B]

Carlos's noes was overwhelmed. He merely accepted his fact as he was tied up and tossed out of the maze.

"Owe...." he mewed. "I smell like pie." he tried to lick himself. "Ewe it tastes terrible." more terrible than that one time he trusted his brother a little too much. Gross.

He sparkled too but he didn't mind that as much. It was just sparkles and looked kind of cool when he when invisible. He even tried it. but for now he focused on the task of chewing off the rope or web or whatever it was they stuck on him.

"They got us good." he whined. And rolled over scooting onto Pel. "I do not like this." He chewed at his ropes until he was finally free and then chewed Pel's ropes after.

He would probably not do the maze again.

DraconicFeline

 

[DraconicFeline]

phantompanther13

“Ugh, yeah.” Pelagion said, wiggling free of the ropes. “This is just... ugh.” He offered his hands to Carlos. “Here, lets go somewhere and try to get the glitter out, at least.” He had a brush that just might work...