You are standing by a tree
There are 3 paths.
One appears to go to a jungle,
one appears to go to a cave,
one appears to go to a beach,
you could try and climb the tree,
there is a nearby shop you could go in,
or you could do something else.
So what's its going to be?
Written by catprog on 01 April 2003
You sit under the tree
You sit under the tree.
Suddenly...
Written by catprog on 21 May 2003
A Blue Light
A blue light blocks everything else.
Written by catprog on 21 May 2003
Jungle
You notice that you are no longer under the tree. Instead it looks like you are in a jungle.
Also...
Written by catprog on 04 June 2003
You look around...
You get up and look around. You see a man in a half cloak, smoking cigarettes. He sighs and points up. There is a sign there. You see words pointing in each direction...
One says tiger...
One says bear...
One says lion...
One says 'Oh my!'...
One says shark...
One says lizard...
One says dog...
One says ???...
One says 'To Laboratory'...
And one says 'Your home'...
So... Which way?
Written by Another Author on 20 June 2008
Where's the Shark?
You thank the man, who gives no sign that he hears you, and walk down the path labeled "shark." It's... a path. As far as you can tell, it's exactly like all the others. There's no sign of any sharks. The jungle is dimly green and humid, and nothing bites you but mosquitoes.
The path doesn't go far before it ends. Actually, it doesn't end - you can see it continuing in the distance - but since the fifty-foot section in between is underneath a rather large river, it doesn't do you much good. No one has bothered to build a bridge. You walk to the edge of the water and look both ways, but you can't see a bridge upstream or downstream either. Maybe everyone who lives around here just likes to swim.
Written by Chrysalis on 13 June 2009
There's the Shark.
It's hard to tell through the dark water, but it looks like the river is fairly deep in the middle. You won't be able to just wade across. Fortunately, it's not that wide, so you strip down to your underwear and get ready to swim. The water is pleasantly warm as you wade into the shallows.
The current is strong, even by the banks, but the bed of the river is firm enough that you manage to keep your footing. The water is up to your waist when you feel someone pull your underwear down. You whirl around, ready to yell at whoever it is, and almost fall down as the elastic tangles around your ankles. It takes you a moment to regain your balance. <spanFullTF>When you do, you notice two things. First, there's no one else in the river with you; second, something below the water line feels... strange. Very strange.
You look behind you and almost lose your balance again. Instead of your familiar rear end, what you find is a long gray tail protruding from the end of your spine. It's quite thick - almost as wide as your torso - and connects to your back in a seamless curve. The only division is at the water line, where the strange gray skin meets the dry human skin above it. Whatever's going on obviously has something to do with the water. The tail is also quite heavy, and the current pulls hard on the pointed fin at the tip. The shape is easy to recognize; you have a full-sized shark's tail growing from your rear. It's no wonder you're having trouble keeping your balance. You try to move the new limb, flexing muscles you never had before, and the graceful sweep of the tail nearly knocks you over again.
The tail isn't the only change down below. Your legs are covered with the same gray skin, and you can't feel your toes. The skin between your legs is smooth, white, and completely featureless except for a single vertical slit. If there's still any male plumbing down there, it's nowhere you can see. It looks like you might not need your underwear anyway. There's certainly no way you could get it back on.
As if all this wasn't enough, the water seems to be rising. It creeps up to your stomach as you watch, and your navel flattens out into unbroken white skin. It's only when your tail touches the bottom that you realize the water isn't rising; your legs are shrinking. The transformation to shark might be slow, but it looks like it's going to go all the way. <spanFullTF><spanSumTF>You are changing into a shark.</spanSumTF>
Written by Chrysalis on 13 June 2009
