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Mr. Slate awakened disoriented and uncertain. What was happening? Where was he? With eyes still blurry from sleep he inspected his surroundings, and learned little from them. The room in which he lay was curiously devoid of furnishing – in fact, Mr. Slate would go so far as to say that the place looked somehow unfinished. The only noteworthy feature of the room was a simple row of hooks by the door, on which hung a pair of hats. Ah, yes – the door. He was to go outside. But obviously, before going outside, he should put on his hat.
He rose to his feet and took a few unsteady steps towards the door. Leaning against the wall for support, he considered the hats.
The first hat was a dusty brown fedora. In was covered with tiny pits and scratches and speckled with a few tiny burns. There was a small piece of the brim missing in a shape that suggested something had taken a bite from it. It radiated a sense of adventure and excitement.
The second hat was a bowler hat of a type that a gentlemen might wear. In sharp contrast to the fedora it was immaculately clean and clearly well cared-for. A faintly floral scent lingered about it, but it was no flower Mr. Slate could identify. This hat exuded a sense of refinement edged with a faintly alien quality he could not quite name.
Mr. Slate stood leaning against the wall for some time before finally selecting a hat, placing it on his head, and stepping through the door.
Which hat did Mr. Slate choose?
The Fedora
The Bowler Hat
[Yes, really - click on one of them]
He rose to his feet and took a few unsteady steps towards the door. Leaning against the wall for support, he considered the hats.
The first hat was a dusty brown fedora. In was covered with tiny pits and scratches and speckled with a few tiny burns. There was a small piece of the brim missing in a shape that suggested something had taken a bite from it. It radiated a sense of adventure and excitement.
The second hat was a bowler hat of a type that a gentlemen might wear. In sharp contrast to the fedora it was immaculately clean and clearly well cared-for. A faintly floral scent lingered about it, but it was no flower Mr. Slate could identify. This hat exuded a sense of refinement edged with a faintly alien quality he could not quite name.
Mr. Slate stood leaning against the wall for some time before finally selecting a hat, placing it on his head, and stepping through the door.
Which hat did Mr. Slate choose?
The Fedora
The Bowler Hat
[Yes, really - click on one of them]
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*two thumbs up*
*hands over the Oscar*
*winner, winner, chicken dinner*
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Awesome.
Of course, 1) I clicked through each one, and 2) the last one I saw ended with "it was a good hat."
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Glad you were entertained!
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I loved all them all.
Great job and good luck!
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and I think katden said it best, so I ditto her *applause*
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I've always wanted to create one of these, but the amount of time they must take has always been intimidating. You put a lot of care into this, down to little touches like the icon corresponding to which route the reader takes. Well done!
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As for the amount of time involved...it was an even bigger project than I thought it might be. Originally there were going to be three hats and a whole seperate branch in which Derby/Lord Slate didn't follow the bird any further into the maze. But it was just too much, and I'm not sure I would have even made the deadline, to say nothing of how much of a zombie I would have been. Even in its abridged form this turned out to be over 4,000 words if you read every piece, which probably makes it the longest thing I've written for the activity.
I'm glad you liked the individual icons! I made a whole seperate journal to post the pieces so I wouldn't be spamming my regular journal, and thought that as long as I suddenly had space for new icons I might as well use it. = )
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I just remembered something I noticed when I was reading and that's that this story isn't written in the second person. I don't think I've ever read an interactive/choose-your-own-adventure book that wasn't all "which door do you pick", etc. Very interesting!
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