The following is a nobody's-bumping-my-RTD text adventure, courtesy of Sensei! It will die abruptly when it stops being funny or I have something else to do. Projected lifespan: 2-9 days.
If you're not familiar with the good ol' text adventure format, everyone will suggest actions for the protagonist- the solution to mutually exclusive suggestions is usually democracy. Because this is a short little adventure, I won't be culling stupid and dangerous actions(probably). Precede actions with >. EX: >Drink Water.
Any other rules should be pretty self-explanatory and will be instituted when I feel like it.
Behind you is a DESERT. There are rolling, rough sand dunes are far as the eye can see, punctuated by a two-lane road. The tops of crumbling, ancient sky-scrapers protrude from these dunes, and they cast long shadows in the setting sun. It's too damn hot, even in the evening. On a hill sits a powerful CAR- it has an aggressive shape, armor plating, hundreds of horsepower, and machineguns.
It is not yours. You have a MULE. Or rather, you had one, but you ate it quite a few miles back. Before you sits not only that car, but the town of RASTBURG- a wretched hive of scum and villainy if you ever saw one. It consists of a very crude FORTRESS WALL, and inside of it many low, rusting shacks made of abandoned materials. It's difficult to discern what is a scrap pile and what somebody is living in. Somewhere in there is WATER- probably at a charge, but you saved a little money- twenty paper-bills, in fact. Not that their denominations matter; just that nobody can make them any more. Most people just call them 'SCRIP' for the sound they make.
Right now the gates are closed, there is a guard on a tower built into the wall you can talk to. He is wielding a crossbow. You'll probably want to talk to him since, although you're numb to it, you'll probably pass out of thirst in a few hours
Thirst: ‼EXTREME‼
Hunger: Moderate
Wounds: None
Inventory:
Tattered clothes (EQUIPPED)
Pistol
Bullet x2
20 Scrip
Donkey Jaw (this is a weapon, along with any other use you think of)
>_