You leave the blissful innocence of childhood behind, heading off with your father to work in the mines. Your first weeks were rough; cuts and bruises pounded into your skin from falling down the steep slope, but you eventually got the hang of it. Day in and day out you ran supplies from the entrance to the shaft to its darkest deeps, nimbly running down the slope with everything from crates filled with explosives to canteens of water. The men who worked the mines watched out for you, and you became a pseudo-mascot, a boy who could run anything down into the mines without a single scratch. Then, one day, there was a cave-in. The cry went out, you fled up the shaft as fast as your legs could carry you, dropping your cargo to get that extra burst of speed. You and a dozen other miners got out safely, but the shaft collapsed with your father inside. It turns out that that the miners who dug out the shaft had not correctly put in the supports twenty years ago, and the supports had rotted until they snapped. The mine was closed, and you ran home to tell your mother as the rescue operation started.
The miners ran out of food three days in, and your dad drew the short straw. Rescuers reached the miners after the eternity of two weeks. Seven were in critical condition due to dehydration, two had died and three were holding out. Two skeletons, stripped of flesh, rested at the bottom of the shaft. Your father was one of the dead. Your mother fell to pieces during the two weeks, wailing that she was now a widow. The miners who worked the shaft with you prepare to skip town and offer to take you with them, an old friend offers you a job, your uncle insists you stay with him, and you just want everything to go back to normal.…
A) A close friend of your father who drove one of the weekly transports offers you a job working in a factory in Thiva. His brother runs the show, and is always in need of people who can move crates quickly. Sure, the working conditions were hard, but the pay was good. You'd earn enough to support Mom, too, but your not sure she's suited to city living. Hell, your not sure you are suited to city living, either.
B) Your uncle insists you and your mother come and live with him on his farm outside of Estilus, where you and her will live for minimal rent and work on the farm. It’d be backbreaking work, but you’d live very cheaply and your mom does need a break, so why not have her brother around to help her get better?
C) Your best friend says he’s getting out of Euron, and would be delighted to have someone else come along. He says he knows a couple of big people in Estilus, and would be more than happy to help get you a job. You could even bring your mom with you, but you'd have to be discreet if you started conducting shady business.
D) The manager of the mine offers you a job at the mine down the road doing the same thing you’ve been doing for years. It sounds nice and familiar, but would it really be the same without dad?
((The next two options can be bundled with any option(except 2 and B), with varying results. For example, B1 would be leaving Mom behind in Euron to go live with your uncle while A2 would be going to work in a factory and sending your mom to live with your uncle.))
1) Leave your mother behind in Euron
2) Send mom to live with your uncle
Character Sheet
Name: Edmund Rodríguez
Age: 14
Occupation: Unemployed
Lifestyle: A Widow's Son
Attributes
Intelligence: Bad(4/10)
Strength: Good(6/10)
Agility: Good(6/10)
Charisma: Good(6/10)
Skills
Persuasion: 1
Explosives: 1
Author
Topic: Revolution(The Revolution Begins!) - A Multiple Choice Text-Based Game (Read 17437 times)