ilduce349
(Financial, Philo)
#1=Religious
#2=Intelligent
#3=Violent
#4=Friendly
???
#2=Intelligent
#3=Violent
#4=Friendly
???
40 Civilizations: Choose Your Own Adventure
- Thread starter Yoshiegg737
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Yoshiegg737
Jungo Jungo
Updated post #2. You can go see if your right
ilduce349
(Financial, Philo)
I question how going into a haunted house is intelligent?
Mosher
Mushroom dad
It's a goody hut, Mussolini! They'll discover a new tech, perhaps?
Yoshiegg737
Jungo Jungo
Hurray! You get a sammich for being partially correct!
ilduce349
(Financial, Philo)
Who's Mussolini?
Civ'ed
I ain't gotta explain a thing
He's reffering to the il duce part.
ilduce349
(Financial, Philo)
The what?
Mosher
Mushroom dad
Your name is ilduce, which was Mussonlini's nickname. He was a fascist dictator who ruled over Italy before and during WWII.
ilduce349
(Financial, Philo)
No he wasn't, he was a puppet of Hitler set out to help achieve Hitlers goals of controlling Europe. He was a communist and avid member of the Italian Socialist Party. He is famous for the cultural revolution he created in the 1920's and 30's and taking Italy out of great depression.
Civ'ed
I ain't gotta explain a thing
Actually he's also quite famous for not being able to perform any military operations...
All right that's enough off topic talk.
All right that's enough off topic talk.
ilduce349
(Financial, Philo)
Yet trying to be a military dictator.
Mosher
Mushroom dad
He was communist and then switched to fascism. Yes, he was an unofficial puppet state of Germany, but also failed miserably at any military operation he planned.
ilduce349
(Financial, Philo)
He became fascist because he realized that the fascist had more popular support. He was always a closet communist.
Yoshiegg737
Jungo Jungo
NEWS UPDATE!
We meet more new civ's! Here's some highlights:
This man has many enemies. Can you tell who he looks similar to?
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And here we have somebody who looks strangly like someone you may know
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Aaaaaaaand now we're back to regular news!
We get a free preist in exchange for a new enemy
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So he goes and starts to demand stuff from me
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(And he actually thought I would have gave it to him?)
Then, he wants my help
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(Yeah right)
Incase we suddenly take the religious path, I should try and found a religion
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Our borders finally expanded! But we didn't get those gems...yet
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And the good ol Skygod takes another civilization
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It's not so crowded anymore
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In Diplomacy news:
Here, we have Shaka. Who's acting just like...well...Shaka
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And we have Maria of Portugal, our neighbour, who is just itching for a war. Hopefully, it's not us she's itching to attack
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And now, news that pertains to our story:
We found Egypt! Well...we found their scout...not...Egypt
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I rename the scout to...match the story
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They explored quite a bit, hmm? No Egypt, though
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And here is a picture of my lovely city
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Last, but not least, we have our spoiler pic for the next update:
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Mosher
Mushroom dad
I guess Cleopatra isn't modest...
/nerdgasm..?
/nerdgasm..?
BarbarianArcher
Chieftain
- Joined
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The next big update is a giant Niko? 
Even worse, a giant Iris...
Even worse, a giant Iris...
Yoshiegg737
Jungo Jungo
Now that I look at the picture again...The next big update is a giant Niko?
Even worse, a giant Iris...
Oops
Yoshiegg737
Jungo Jungo
Why am I here? I wish I still had the map. Maybe if I took a rest, I can logically think out our next step
IRIS: Helloooooooo? Is Niko in there?
NIKO: Huh?
IRIS: Are we gonna do something or what?
NIKO: Just...take a nap or something!
IRIS: A nap? Why? Are you injured?
NIKO: No
IRIS: You must feel sick! Or...or you might be...
Blah blah blah. Must I listen to this? Hmm...maybe that old shack might give me some silence
NIKO: I’m going to that old shack over there
IRIS: What? Why?
NIKO: Because!
IRIS: B-but...
NIKO: You can come if you want
Niko began to walk towards the old, and creepy, looking shack. Just like he figured, Iris meekly followed him slowly. They finally made it to the house. Upon closer inspection, the old house was actually very well built. It didn’t have any holes or jutting out planks of wood. It just looked like a normal log house made of rotting wood. Niko then noticed that Iris had slowly inched beside him until she was leaning on him.
IRIS: C-can we...g-go now?
Niko grabbed the door handle and yanked the door open. To his surprise, the door opened very easily.
NIKO: Hey Iris! Look at that!
He pointed to a spot on the wall that could only be seen if you were at least 3 feet inside the cabin. Iris gave him a wide eyed look and took 5 slow steps inside the cabin.
IRIS: I-I don’t...see anything
That was when he did it. Niko quickly shoved Iris hard so that she fell over. He then quickly shut the door. There was a handle beside the door that was thick enough to fit a log inside it. Niko quickly took one of the logs leaning on the house and jammed it through the handle and the door handle. Moments later, he could hear frantic pounding on the door. Of course the door didn’t open, because Niko had just sealed the door from the outside.
IRIS: NIKO! LET ME OUT OF HERE!
Niko didn’t respond
How nice! Now I can just return to the campsite for some nice peace and quiet
That’s when he heard a loud slam inside the cabin. The banging on the door had suddenly stopped
IRIS: Niko! Niko! Heeeeeeeeeeelp!
NIKO: Iris? Iris!
Niko heard another loud pounding sound from inside the cabin. Then he heard a shrill scream from the cabin. That was Iris screaming, for sure
NIKO: IRIS!
Niko quickly grabbed the log and unlocked the door. He threw the log to the side and burst open the door. When he ran inside the cabin, he saw Iris; laughing hysterically and standing beside two rocks that were deeply embedded in the floor. It didn’t take a genius to figure out that the rocks had fallen from the table next to it.
IRIS: Yeah! That’s what you deserve! You big jerk!
Niko, annoyed that Iris had just outsmarted him, walked over to Iris and pushed her hard. Iris fell over and hit the floor hard. Iris was about to start crying when she noticed the same thing that Niko had. Iris fell and broke away the boards that were under her. Now what was under her was a trap door.
NIKO: It’s a trap door...
IRIS: Wow!
Her face suddenly lit up. Iris threw open the trap door lid and jumped in. Niko walked over to the trap door to see a tunnel headed straight down. He also noticed a ladder beside it.
Oh no. I don’t even have to look down the hole to see what I think I’m going to see
IRIS: Owwwww!
Just as he thought, Niko looked down the hole to see Iris 20 feet below him. She was on her side and her face showed that she was obviously in pain
IRIS: My arm hurts...
NIKO: That’s what you get for jumping in like that
Niko bent down to examine Iris’s arm. What he didn’t expect was that she had suddenly pulled away her arm from him
NIKO: Why’d you do that for?
IRIS: What are you doing?
NIKO: I’m trying to look at your arm
IRIS: You didn’t look at it when you pushed me over! Twice!
Niko flinched and took a step back. Iris had never talked back to him and it surprised him. Then again, he never did shove her into a house and lock it. He looked back at Iris, who was holding back tears
NIKO: Iris...I...
IRIS: Save it. You would rather see me dead, wouldn’t you?
NIKO: What? No!
IRIS: Is this how you really thought of me for the past 15 years? I thought we were friends!
NIKO: We are friends!
IRIS: I’m just...an annoyance to you...
NIKO: No! That’s not true!
Iris suddenly got up and ran down the corridor, clutching her broken arm. Niko put his hand on his forehead and took a deep breath.
Alright...I guess I finally pushed her over the edge. Damn! I feel like an idiot!
Niko kicked the stone wall beside him, hard. So hard that a large rock suddenly fell behind him, blocking the entrance. Niko turned around to look at what could have been him underneath the rock. Trying to keep his intelligence level the same as his emotional level, Niko surveyed the area he was currently in. It was a musty, old, corridor made of stones. To the side were numerous torches. Niko looked down the corridor. It went in two different directions, and Iris could have gone in any one of them. Then that’s when he heard something so familiar.
IRIS: NIIIIIKOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
NIKO: Iris?
It came from the right side of the path. Niko immediately ran down the right passageway. At the end, he came across Iris, tied up to a chair, with two rotating blades slowly inching towards her. Instinctively, Niko grabbed Iris to remove her from the chair; but Iris was stuck
IRIS: There’s...something holding me onto the chair!
Niko then quickly tried to move the chair, but it wouldn’t budge. His mind was frantic. The blades were now only half a meter away from Iris’s head.
IRIS: Niko?
NIKO: Yeah?
IRIS: Am...I going to die here?
NIKO: N-no! You’re not going to die!
IRIS: Could you tell me something before I die?
NIKO: Shut up! Shut up! You’re not dying!
IRIS: Did you really...care for me?
Niko had begun to cry. He held Iris tightly to him.
NIKO: I’m sorry...this is all my fault! I...I shouldn’t have pushed you in!
IRIS: Niko?
NIKO: Y-y-yes?
IRIS: Do you...?
NIKO: Yes...I love you...
The blades suddenly stopped. Iris had begun to laugh.
NIKO: What the hell?
Iris reached under the chair. Niko watched her undo a knot under the chair that tied her pant’s to the chair. She also took out a remote control she had behind her back
IRIS: Pretty cool, huh? I found it all here!
NIKO: You mean...I just got...
IRIS: Suckered? Yes!
NIKO: Aaaaaaaaaaaagh! I hate you so much!
IRIS: No, you absolutely love me, don’t you?
Niko, in rage, grabbed the arm that Iris had broken earlier and slammed it into the wall
IRIS: Oww! I actually broke that, you know!
NIKO: I can break something else if you want!
IRIS: You wouldn’t harm a single hair on my head, loverboy!
Instinctively, Niko walked over to Iris and yanked out a small section of her long hair
IRIS: OWWWWWWWW!
NIKO: Come on, we need to find another exit
IRIS: Maybe if you stop hurting me...
NIKO: Little...
Iris just giggled and laughed. He really couldn’t tell if she was serious about her “we’re not friends” speech she gave at the entrance. At the moment, however, Niko would like to do nothing more than to punch that smile off her face. But for now, they had to find a way out of here.
NIKO: Come on, there has to be an exit this way
IRIS: Kay
Niko and Iris ran down the left side of the junction. It continued for about 10 feet before going right and ending immediately with a door. The door had light coming from behind it.
NIKO: More torches?
IRIS: I dunno. Maybe someone’s in there?
NIKO: Like who?
IRIS: The GHOSTS!
NIKO: Get real
IRIS: But what if there are ghosts behind that door! Or zombies!
NIKO: Then let’s look at those zombies!
Iris took a step back as Niko grabbed the door handle. Slowly, he opened the door and stepped in with Iris behind him. The room was filled with many books that lined shelves on all walls. At the center, there was a desk with many pieces of paper scattered across the table. Sitting at the table was a young woman, scribbling on the paper.
IRIS: It’s the ghost!
The young woman looked up at Niko and Iris
WOMAN: Visitors?
NIKO: Uhh...kind of...
WOMAN: Fascinating!
The woman stood up. She was a very beautiful girl with long, black hair. She wore some sort of unique outfit that Niko had never seen before. It was almost mythological
WOMAN: Hmm! Your clothes...the way you speak!
IRIS: Umm...
NIKO: Something wrong with us?
WOMAN: Oh no! Not at all! In fact, I find you to be very intriguing!
IRIS: What does...intriguing mean?
NIKO: It means that this chick has a few screws loose
WOMAN: The metaphor used for an insane person?
NIKO: Uhh...
WOMAN: I’m not insane...
NIKO: Urm...I’m sorry?
WOMAN: It’s ok! Please, come in.
Niko and Iris walked into the strange room filled with books. Niko walked over to the desk and picked up the book that was sitting on it. It read...
Egyptian mathematics?
WOMAN: Yes, yes. A wonderful book, that one
NIKO: Wait...you know where Egypt is???
Upon hearing this, Iris ran over to them
WOMAN: Why...yes! I live there!
NIKO: Could you take us there?
WOMAN: Well...I suppose that would be alright.
IRIS: Awesome!
NIKO: Oh hey, I forgot to introduce myself. I’m Niko of the Celtic Empire
IRIS: Iris of the Celtic Empire!
WOMAN: Celtics?
NIKO: Yep!
WOMAN: Fascinating. I am Cleopatra of the Egyptian empire. You can call me Cleo
IRIS: Nice to meet you!
CLEO: Before we go, might I ask why you want to see my empire?
NIKO: Diplomatic reasons
IRIS: What’s your leader like? The divine goddess of knowledge?
CLEO: She’s a...umm...very nice and skilled leader
NIKO: I’d like to meet her.
Cleo blinked rapidly but said nothing.
NIKO: The...entrance over there is blocked
CLEO: Oh don’t worry, there’s another exit in the back.
Cleo began to walk behind one of the bookcases. Niko and Iris followed her. Just like she said, there was a door at the back. Cleo took a key out from her pocket and unlocked the door. When they stepped out, they were in a dark cave
CLEO: Stay close, now. You can get lost easily in these dark caves
NIKO: What idiot would get lost in this cave?
IRIS: Niko? Niko! Help! I think I’m lost in this cave!
NIKO: I...rest my case
CLEO: Should we go back to get her?
NIKO: She’ll find us
Cleo led Niko down a narrow and winding path. They walked for no longer than 10 seconds before Niko began to see light. He also saw a small army of about 10 soldier’s on horses that were waiting at the exit of the cave. The man in the front spoke loudly
MAN: Ah! The heathen herself finally shows!
CLEO: Huh? What do you mean?
NIKO: Hey! What’s going on here?
MAN: I am General Gaspar of the Spanish Empire! You are under arrest for the possession of Mathematics
CLEO: But Mathematics’ is real!
GASPAR: Silence! Our leader, Isabella, denies its existence!
CLEO: But!
The other men quickly surround Cleo and Niko, pointing their swords at their necks. Where was Iris? Niko was hoping that they would leave before Iris came out of the cave but would still be in sight so Iris would follow them to wherever Niko and Cleo were being taken
But is Iris smart enough to carry that out?
Before he could think about it even more, they were led away
5 Hours Later
Niko and Cleo sat in the dank prison that General Gaspar had thrown them in. To pass the time, Niko had Cleo tell him about the theory of mathematics. He found it very interesting and wondered why the Spanish had denied it. Surely it was real. Soon, General Gaspar entered the room, holding Iris by her hair.
GASPAR: I found this thief trying to steal our possessions. I’m sure you don’t mind sharing a cell with these heathens
IRIS: I’m not a thief! Put me down!
GASPAR: Gladly
General Gaspar threw Iris into the prison cell and locked the door. He stared at the three of them.
GASPAR: Our leader, Queen Isabella, will be meeting with you soon. I’ll see that you get a swift execution after your meeting
With that, General Gaspar left the room, laughing maniacally.
CLEO: Execution? The term for an individual to be put to death?
NIKO: Yeah, and those individuals are us
IRIS: We have to get out of here!
NIKO: How did you get caught?
IRIS: I saw you guys getting dragged in here, so I tried taking the prison keys
NIKO: Aaaaaand?
IRIS: The...guard wasn’t actually sleeping
NIKO: Alright, I’m sure that we can escape this place. Let’s try thinking rationally
CLEO: Yes! Good thinking!
Niko surveyed the room. They were sitting in a room with the front section of the room made of bars. Outside the bar’s, there was a single corridor leading left and right. Niko walked up to the barred door. To his surprise, the door was unlocked.
CLEO: Did Gaspar forget to lock the door?
NIKO: It might be a trap
IRIS: Well...what if it isn’t?
Alright, Niko, think. The path to the left goes to some sort of yard area. The path to the right goes to the cafeteria, but I remember seeing an exit there. There’s also another door in front of us. Gaspar probably forgot to lock that one as well
Niko walked over to the other door and tried it. It opened easily and seemed to be a long corridor with many branching paths
CLEO: If this is a trap, we can always just stay in our cell
IRIS: Helloooooooo? Is Niko in there?
NIKO: Huh?
IRIS: Are we gonna do something or what?
NIKO: Just...take a nap or something!
IRIS: A nap? Why? Are you injured?
NIKO: No
IRIS: You must feel sick! Or...or you might be...
Blah blah blah. Must I listen to this? Hmm...maybe that old shack might give me some silence
NIKO: I’m going to that old shack over there
IRIS: What? Why?
NIKO: Because!
IRIS: B-but...
NIKO: You can come if you want
Niko began to walk towards the old, and creepy, looking shack. Just like he figured, Iris meekly followed him slowly. They finally made it to the house. Upon closer inspection, the old house was actually very well built. It didn’t have any holes or jutting out planks of wood. It just looked like a normal log house made of rotting wood. Niko then noticed that Iris had slowly inched beside him until she was leaning on him.
IRIS: C-can we...g-go now?
Niko grabbed the door handle and yanked the door open. To his surprise, the door opened very easily.
NIKO: Hey Iris! Look at that!
He pointed to a spot on the wall that could only be seen if you were at least 3 feet inside the cabin. Iris gave him a wide eyed look and took 5 slow steps inside the cabin.
IRIS: I-I don’t...see anything
That was when he did it. Niko quickly shoved Iris hard so that she fell over. He then quickly shut the door. There was a handle beside the door that was thick enough to fit a log inside it. Niko quickly took one of the logs leaning on the house and jammed it through the handle and the door handle. Moments later, he could hear frantic pounding on the door. Of course the door didn’t open, because Niko had just sealed the door from the outside.
IRIS: NIKO! LET ME OUT OF HERE!
Niko didn’t respond
How nice! Now I can just return to the campsite for some nice peace and quiet
That’s when he heard a loud slam inside the cabin. The banging on the door had suddenly stopped
IRIS: Niko! Niko! Heeeeeeeeeeelp!
NIKO: Iris? Iris!
Niko heard another loud pounding sound from inside the cabin. Then he heard a shrill scream from the cabin. That was Iris screaming, for sure
NIKO: IRIS!
Niko quickly grabbed the log and unlocked the door. He threw the log to the side and burst open the door. When he ran inside the cabin, he saw Iris; laughing hysterically and standing beside two rocks that were deeply embedded in the floor. It didn’t take a genius to figure out that the rocks had fallen from the table next to it.
IRIS: Yeah! That’s what you deserve! You big jerk!
Niko, annoyed that Iris had just outsmarted him, walked over to Iris and pushed her hard. Iris fell over and hit the floor hard. Iris was about to start crying when she noticed the same thing that Niko had. Iris fell and broke away the boards that were under her. Now what was under her was a trap door.
NIKO: It’s a trap door...
IRIS: Wow!
Her face suddenly lit up. Iris threw open the trap door lid and jumped in. Niko walked over to the trap door to see a tunnel headed straight down. He also noticed a ladder beside it.
Oh no. I don’t even have to look down the hole to see what I think I’m going to see
IRIS: Owwwww!
Just as he thought, Niko looked down the hole to see Iris 20 feet below him. She was on her side and her face showed that she was obviously in pain
IRIS: My arm hurts...
NIKO: That’s what you get for jumping in like that
Niko bent down to examine Iris’s arm. What he didn’t expect was that she had suddenly pulled away her arm from him
NIKO: Why’d you do that for?
IRIS: What are you doing?
NIKO: I’m trying to look at your arm
IRIS: You didn’t look at it when you pushed me over! Twice!
Niko flinched and took a step back. Iris had never talked back to him and it surprised him. Then again, he never did shove her into a house and lock it. He looked back at Iris, who was holding back tears
NIKO: Iris...I...
IRIS: Save it. You would rather see me dead, wouldn’t you?
NIKO: What? No!
IRIS: Is this how you really thought of me for the past 15 years? I thought we were friends!
NIKO: We are friends!
IRIS: I’m just...an annoyance to you...
NIKO: No! That’s not true!
Iris suddenly got up and ran down the corridor, clutching her broken arm. Niko put his hand on his forehead and took a deep breath.
Alright...I guess I finally pushed her over the edge. Damn! I feel like an idiot!
Niko kicked the stone wall beside him, hard. So hard that a large rock suddenly fell behind him, blocking the entrance. Niko turned around to look at what could have been him underneath the rock. Trying to keep his intelligence level the same as his emotional level, Niko surveyed the area he was currently in. It was a musty, old, corridor made of stones. To the side were numerous torches. Niko looked down the corridor. It went in two different directions, and Iris could have gone in any one of them. Then that’s when he heard something so familiar.
IRIS: NIIIIIKOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
NIKO: Iris?
It came from the right side of the path. Niko immediately ran down the right passageway. At the end, he came across Iris, tied up to a chair, with two rotating blades slowly inching towards her. Instinctively, Niko grabbed Iris to remove her from the chair; but Iris was stuck
IRIS: There’s...something holding me onto the chair!
Niko then quickly tried to move the chair, but it wouldn’t budge. His mind was frantic. The blades were now only half a meter away from Iris’s head.
IRIS: Niko?
NIKO: Yeah?
IRIS: Am...I going to die here?
NIKO: N-no! You’re not going to die!
IRIS: Could you tell me something before I die?
NIKO: Shut up! Shut up! You’re not dying!
IRIS: Did you really...care for me?
Niko had begun to cry. He held Iris tightly to him.
NIKO: I’m sorry...this is all my fault! I...I shouldn’t have pushed you in!
IRIS: Niko?
NIKO: Y-y-yes?
IRIS: Do you...?
NIKO: Yes...I love you...
The blades suddenly stopped. Iris had begun to laugh.
NIKO: What the hell?
Iris reached under the chair. Niko watched her undo a knot under the chair that tied her pant’s to the chair. She also took out a remote control she had behind her back
IRIS: Pretty cool, huh? I found it all here!
NIKO: You mean...I just got...
IRIS: Suckered? Yes!
NIKO: Aaaaaaaaaaaagh! I hate you so much!
IRIS: No, you absolutely love me, don’t you?
Niko, in rage, grabbed the arm that Iris had broken earlier and slammed it into the wall
IRIS: Oww! I actually broke that, you know!
NIKO: I can break something else if you want!
IRIS: You wouldn’t harm a single hair on my head, loverboy!
Instinctively, Niko walked over to Iris and yanked out a small section of her long hair
IRIS: OWWWWWWWW!
NIKO: Come on, we need to find another exit
IRIS: Maybe if you stop hurting me...
NIKO: Little...
Iris just giggled and laughed. He really couldn’t tell if she was serious about her “we’re not friends” speech she gave at the entrance. At the moment, however, Niko would like to do nothing more than to punch that smile off her face. But for now, they had to find a way out of here.
NIKO: Come on, there has to be an exit this way
IRIS: Kay
Niko and Iris ran down the left side of the junction. It continued for about 10 feet before going right and ending immediately with a door. The door had light coming from behind it.
NIKO: More torches?
IRIS: I dunno. Maybe someone’s in there?
NIKO: Like who?
IRIS: The GHOSTS!
NIKO: Get real
IRIS: But what if there are ghosts behind that door! Or zombies!
NIKO: Then let’s look at those zombies!
Iris took a step back as Niko grabbed the door handle. Slowly, he opened the door and stepped in with Iris behind him. The room was filled with many books that lined shelves on all walls. At the center, there was a desk with many pieces of paper scattered across the table. Sitting at the table was a young woman, scribbling on the paper.
IRIS: It’s the ghost!
The young woman looked up at Niko and Iris
WOMAN: Visitors?
NIKO: Uhh...kind of...
WOMAN: Fascinating!
The woman stood up. She was a very beautiful girl with long, black hair. She wore some sort of unique outfit that Niko had never seen before. It was almost mythological
WOMAN: Hmm! Your clothes...the way you speak!
IRIS: Umm...
NIKO: Something wrong with us?
WOMAN: Oh no! Not at all! In fact, I find you to be very intriguing!
IRIS: What does...intriguing mean?
NIKO: It means that this chick has a few screws loose
WOMAN: The metaphor used for an insane person?
NIKO: Uhh...
WOMAN: I’m not insane...
NIKO: Urm...I’m sorry?
WOMAN: It’s ok! Please, come in.
Niko and Iris walked into the strange room filled with books. Niko walked over to the desk and picked up the book that was sitting on it. It read...
Egyptian mathematics?
WOMAN: Yes, yes. A wonderful book, that one
NIKO: Wait...you know where Egypt is???
Upon hearing this, Iris ran over to them
WOMAN: Why...yes! I live there!
NIKO: Could you take us there?
WOMAN: Well...I suppose that would be alright.
IRIS: Awesome!
NIKO: Oh hey, I forgot to introduce myself. I’m Niko of the Celtic Empire
IRIS: Iris of the Celtic Empire!
WOMAN: Celtics?
NIKO: Yep!
WOMAN: Fascinating. I am Cleopatra of the Egyptian empire. You can call me Cleo
IRIS: Nice to meet you!
CLEO: Before we go, might I ask why you want to see my empire?
NIKO: Diplomatic reasons
IRIS: What’s your leader like? The divine goddess of knowledge?
CLEO: She’s a...umm...very nice and skilled leader
NIKO: I’d like to meet her.
Cleo blinked rapidly but said nothing.
NIKO: The...entrance over there is blocked
CLEO: Oh don’t worry, there’s another exit in the back.
Cleo began to walk behind one of the bookcases. Niko and Iris followed her. Just like she said, there was a door at the back. Cleo took a key out from her pocket and unlocked the door. When they stepped out, they were in a dark cave
CLEO: Stay close, now. You can get lost easily in these dark caves
NIKO: What idiot would get lost in this cave?
IRIS: Niko? Niko! Help! I think I’m lost in this cave!
NIKO: I...rest my case
CLEO: Should we go back to get her?
NIKO: She’ll find us
Cleo led Niko down a narrow and winding path. They walked for no longer than 10 seconds before Niko began to see light. He also saw a small army of about 10 soldier’s on horses that were waiting at the exit of the cave. The man in the front spoke loudly
MAN: Ah! The heathen herself finally shows!
CLEO: Huh? What do you mean?
NIKO: Hey! What’s going on here?
MAN: I am General Gaspar of the Spanish Empire! You are under arrest for the possession of Mathematics
CLEO: But Mathematics’ is real!
GASPAR: Silence! Our leader, Isabella, denies its existence!
CLEO: But!
The other men quickly surround Cleo and Niko, pointing their swords at their necks. Where was Iris? Niko was hoping that they would leave before Iris came out of the cave but would still be in sight so Iris would follow them to wherever Niko and Cleo were being taken
But is Iris smart enough to carry that out?
Before he could think about it even more, they were led away
5 Hours Later
Niko and Cleo sat in the dank prison that General Gaspar had thrown them in. To pass the time, Niko had Cleo tell him about the theory of mathematics. He found it very interesting and wondered why the Spanish had denied it. Surely it was real. Soon, General Gaspar entered the room, holding Iris by her hair.
GASPAR: I found this thief trying to steal our possessions. I’m sure you don’t mind sharing a cell with these heathens
IRIS: I’m not a thief! Put me down!
GASPAR: Gladly
General Gaspar threw Iris into the prison cell and locked the door. He stared at the three of them.
GASPAR: Our leader, Queen Isabella, will be meeting with you soon. I’ll see that you get a swift execution after your meeting
With that, General Gaspar left the room, laughing maniacally.
CLEO: Execution? The term for an individual to be put to death?
NIKO: Yeah, and those individuals are us
IRIS: We have to get out of here!
NIKO: How did you get caught?
IRIS: I saw you guys getting dragged in here, so I tried taking the prison keys
NIKO: Aaaaaand?
IRIS: The...guard wasn’t actually sleeping
NIKO: Alright, I’m sure that we can escape this place. Let’s try thinking rationally
CLEO: Yes! Good thinking!
Niko surveyed the room. They were sitting in a room with the front section of the room made of bars. Outside the bar’s, there was a single corridor leading left and right. Niko walked up to the barred door. To his surprise, the door was unlocked.
CLEO: Did Gaspar forget to lock the door?
NIKO: It might be a trap
IRIS: Well...what if it isn’t?
Alright, Niko, think. The path to the left goes to some sort of yard area. The path to the right goes to the cafeteria, but I remember seeing an exit there. There’s also another door in front of us. Gaspar probably forgot to lock that one as well
Niko walked over to the other door and tried it. It opened easily and seemed to be a long corridor with many branching paths
CLEO: If this is a trap, we can always just stay in our cell
What should Niko, Iris, and Cleo do?
1. Take the left path that goes to the yard
2. Take the right path that goes to the cafeteria
3. Go through the door to the hallway with the branching paths
4. Stay in their cell because it was probably a trap
VOTING IS NOW OPEN!
ilduce349
(Financial, Philo)
As usual I vote for the one that seems most intellectual.
#4.
#4.
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