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Post by tipster74743 on Apr 22, 2011 21:49:43 GMT
A new CYOA. I posted this opening on Gamefaqs the other day just to get some attention and the mod's attention, but........ anyway, I'll be updating this pretty much when I get 3 votes (and I'm at the computer) or every hour, whichever comes first and as long as there is a vote and I'm not asleep.
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Post by tipster74743 on Apr 22, 2011 21:50:13 GMT
"Walk faster, mutant!" The guard orders as he pushes you forward. You stumble a little bit but manage to keep your balance. You turn to look at his masked face only for him to push you forward again, causing you to look ahead. "Didn't I already tell you not to look at me, boy?" You turn your attention to the dry, sandy ground beneath you that your chained legs are confined to walk upon and continue to walk at a steady pace toward the detention camp that all of the mutants are forced to move to.
It hasn't been too long since people have began vacating their nuclear shelters and rebuilding on the surface, but people like you and your family... the mutants, have been gathered up by the law and sent to concentration camps. You hadn't seen your family in at least a year now. Your father told you to stay hidden, but...
"Got yourself another one, huh?" You look up to see another masked man, this one in all black, even black shoes... He is a bit leaner than the man who caught you slipping in the streets a few days ago, but his voice is far sterner.
"Yeah, this one was really special. I've seen a few creating fire and water, but this one here..."
"Well he'll fit right in with the clowns." He grabs you by the wrist and jerks you forward; it almost feels as if he pulls your arm from its socket. "What's your name boy?"
You go to answer, but he immediately slaps you across the face with enough force to send you to the ground. Your captor laughs at you as he yanks you back towards him. "I told you not to talk until AFTER you got into the camp, didn't I?" You go dizzy for a moment as your eyes blur in and out. You shake your head slightly enough to not make him think you said no and blink a few times.
The one that slapped you speaks up again, "You will be assigned a name. You will be Test Subject Theta from here on out."
"Test subject?" You think... "Are they going to experiment on me?"
A. Try fighting your way out of this with your powers
B. Submit... let them take you in
C. Ask them what they plan to do with you, maybe they'll explain
D. Other
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Post by U Metal on Apr 22, 2011 21:55:00 GMT
Glad to see you've returned, Tips.
A
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Post by giga on Apr 22, 2011 22:16:01 GMT
You should check out some of the other CYOAs if you have the time, Tips.
I'm not sure if we can win a fight; they must be skilled to contain so many mutants. And a single guard escorted us. However, if they test on us, they may implant some... instant-kill devices on us, making escape that much harder.
A.
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Post by tipster74743 on Apr 22, 2011 22:26:32 GMT
Which ones do you recommend?
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Post by tipster74743 on Apr 22, 2011 23:20:36 GMT
"No!" You shout, wiggling free from your captor's grasp and lunge forward just enough to attempt punching the thinner guy in the nose. The thinner guy stumbles backwards and to your surprise it seems to have hurt him more than you expected, especially since you've never hit anyone in your entire life.
The big guy grabs you and clutches you tight. It feels as if your bones are about to break. "You little shit!" He shouts. "Marcus, go get help, tell them we have a hostile one." Marcus, the one you managed to get a hit on, slams his fist in the sand and stands up, eagerly wanting to return a punch to you but instead follows his orders.
You try wiggling free again, but this time you don't manage to get lucky. You think to yourself, "I guess I'll have to use it." You really don't want to... especially in front of a camp, but in order to get after your captor's clutches, this is easily the best choice...
A. Turn into vapor (A la... a vapor)
B. Fire metal spikes from your body (A la Kimimaro's bones)
C1. Shrink into pint size mode
C2. Double your size
D. Turn yourself and your enemy into a block of ice
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Post by U Metal on Apr 22, 2011 23:26:06 GMT
B
It's man time
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Post by iceisnice on Apr 22, 2011 23:29:21 GMT
D
Giga's Morning Sun is one I recommend. It's gonna have other cyoa MCs in it. But other then that it's got it's own skill, attribute and perks system.
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Post by iceisnice on Apr 22, 2011 23:32:13 GMT
Btw, what's the title of this going to be? Cause it's going to be weird if Yushi gives this it's own board and names it "I've decided to devote hours of my life writing..."
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Post by giga on Apr 22, 2011 23:39:18 GMT
C1
I think A and C1 are the most interesting. They require planning and strategy to utilize their skills; being able to decrease our size would let us be able to dodge attacks more easily due to smaller size, become less detectable [and therefore sneak up on people better], and open up interesting new attack options [exploding shadow clones, super miniature size = ghetto C4]
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Post by tipster74743 on Apr 22, 2011 23:41:18 GMT
If anyone read my first one, there will be elements in it... a lot of them.
The title... Don't give it a board yet. We're going to wait a little bit... if it has to have it's own, it would be Fallout Theta or something.
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Post by dragonfantasy on Apr 23, 2011 0:00:59 GMT
D, ice power rules!
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Post by overtninja on Apr 23, 2011 1:24:33 GMT
D
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Post by tipster74743 on Apr 23, 2011 1:54:07 GMT
You close your eyes and force energy from your body slowly forming ice around you and the man holding you. You don't feel the cold, but you know it's there....
***
"Cameron..." you remember your mom singing your name to you. You see yourself chuckling. You're nothing but a young kid at that point... no more than five or six years old. "Your ice cream is starting to melt!". she laughs as some of your ice cream pours over the cone. She laughs at you... it was a cute and gentle laugh... one that you'll never forget.
You look up into the sky to see several jets fly by and your mom's laugh quickly cut short.
"Mommy...?" You ask.
***
The ice around you thaws, leaving you dry strangely enough. You turn around to see the one that captured you completely drenched in water and his skin already starting to peel off his bones. "What am I?" You whisper to yourself.
"A mutant." A voice answers.
You quickly turn around to see an older, balding man wearing white scrubs accompanied by several men dressed similar to the two men you've been dealing with for the past several minutes.
"I can help you though," the man continues, "I've been studying your kind for three years now... umm... what did you say your name was?"
A. Theta
B. Cameron
C. Tell him to fuck off
D. Other
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Post by vegeta on Apr 23, 2011 2:18:55 GMT
C vote - He's a scientist obviously. Why would we trust him with our name if he's going to experiment on us? Not that it means anything to him anyway.
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Post by overtninja on Apr 23, 2011 2:25:07 GMT
C
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Post by iceisnice on Apr 23, 2011 2:51:12 GMT
c
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Post by tipster74743 on Apr 23, 2011 3:32:02 GMT
"You should just fuck off and leave me the hell alone. I was living fine until this peon kidnapped me!" You yell forcefully.
"You're already here now." He continues, "You can trust me."
You laugh at him. The only reason you don't laugh hysterically is because you don't want to risk being captured. "How the hell am I supposed to trust you? You had people kidnap me and even attack me. Trusting you is the last thing that I'll do."
"Then you will never learn to harness your powers." He quickly tacks on. "There are several dozens of people just like you behind these walls. I have two boys like yourself, actually."
You know that at this point he's just trying to find a common ground to work with. The men just told you that you'd be known as a test subject.
"I think I'll have to pass this time." You stand straight up and look through each and every one of them. The scuffle you just had was the only real fight you've ever had....
"These men may not have your genes but they are trained. I have several men trained by old world martial arts."
"Old world, huh?" You ask him.
"Some even members of the old American military."
"Then if what I've heard is true, there is nothing I can do..."
A. Try running away.
B. Try making a deal with him (you'll go in and see but not necessarily stay)
C. Tell him that you'll do what he says to avoid being beaten
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Post by U Metal on Apr 23, 2011 4:03:44 GMT
B
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Post by overtninja on Apr 23, 2011 5:52:50 GMT
B
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Post by vegeta on Apr 23, 2011 11:10:21 GMT
B vote
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Post by dragonfantasy on Apr 23, 2011 13:01:44 GMT
B, although I know that he's just going to make the deal void.
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Post by tipster74743 on Apr 23, 2011 16:17:36 GMT
"I'll take a look, but I can't promise that I'll stay." You tell him.
"I can't make those kinds of deals with you." He follows quickly, "There is a law that states that anyone human that has shown any extraordinary abilities, like those that you have displayed today, must be contained inside of containment areas."
"And what makes yours different than any of the other ones around here?" You ask.
"It's just the closest one." Marcus answers for him. He then sighs and turns his attention over to the doctor, "Dr. Silvia, why are you wasting your time with this kid? Let us capture him."
"No!" Dr. Silvia yells, "This kid is different, I can already tell."
You think "Why do they keep calling me a kid? I'm over twenty years old..."
"Fine."
"Does that answer your question?" He asks, "I'm also the leading scientist on this project, you could becom-"
"What project?" You ask.
"If you come with me, I'll show you."
Still hesitant, you slowly nod your head, approving that you'll follow them inside of the complex. You'd rather not, but at this point you're easily outnumbered and clearly outmatched.
They lead you inside the tall, stone wall that protects the facility to reveal several wooden cabins designed to circle around a smaller glass facility. Several men dressed in lab coats can be seen inside of the building.
"This facility is one of four units that we've devoted our time researching the after effects of the nuclear wars of the old world."
"They have people for that?" You ask. You look closely at the man... he doesn't look very old... maybe 10 to 15 years older than you. "There's no way that you would be able to know how any of the chemicals affected the world."
"I have access to tomes of the old world. The vault that I stayed in was one focused on restoring the world to the way it was before the Great War."
"And what do I or the other... 'mutants' have to do with that?" You ask curiously.
"A lot actually. None of you were harmed by the new carbon isotope introduced to the world after the war ended. Carbon 15 is now 50% of the Earth's remaining carbon. A small percentage of the world's population has been killed by it, another small percentage has been affected by it much like you have..."
A. Tell him to break the entire thing down in layman's terms
B. Ask him more about the Great War... you don't remember it much
C. Ask him more about the carbon-15 and what it does
D. Ask him about the other facilities and if any of them have designated assignments
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Post by someclown911 on Apr 23, 2011 16:28:20 GMT
B
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Post by dragonfantasy on Apr 23, 2011 17:07:50 GMT
C.
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