[CYOA] - l i s t e n - t o - t h e - d a r k -

[Wintergreen]

- l i s t e n - t o - t h e - d a r k -

So, this is a CYOA, or Choose Your Own Adventure. Which happens to be related to Homestuck in terms of the way I've decided to tell the story. A while ago I made something similar - C.A.P - back when I knew nothing about Homestuck except that it was a reader-driven adventure-game style webcomic. This time, I actually know Homestuck (and it is an awesome comic, let me tell you), so it'll be a heck of a lot better C:

It's going to be mostly text-based, but every so often I'll provide a panel to accompany the story. It's also going to be mostly reader-driven, like Homestuck started out as, although I do have a few plot points planned so as to have a story.

You don't need to have read Homestuck in order to read this.

- g u i d e l i n e s -

X Only one command per person per update allowed. This is so I don't get flooded by commands.

X Please keep 'silly' commands such as, ">Do a dance with an apple on your head!" to a minimum, and please don't go overboard with them. If I deem a command too 'silly' it will be removed.

X Please don't push me for updates. I'll try and update as often as I can, but I'm kept fairly busy with school so I won't always have time.

X Some commands won't get used immediately. This is why I'm listing them, so that I can use them at a later date.

- c o m m a n d - l i s t -

Unused and rejected commands will be listed here so I can keep track of them.

- t a b l e - o f - c o n t e n t s -

SPOILER: Click to show

[19/01/16] { > Start }
[04/02/16] { > [???] Enter Name }
[07/02/16] { > [Night???] Remember that your full name is Nightjay }

[Wintergreen]

> S T A R T

You are floating through a VOID OF DARKNESS, filled with absolutely nothing as far as the eye can see. If you were an observer, the only thing visible would be your DARK AMBER EYES, because your PITCH BLACK PELT blends in with your surroundings.

You have no recollection of how you ended up here, wherever here is. Your MEMORY is fuzzy and useless; every time you try to remember something you come up empty.

You have been floating in this VOID for an UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF TIME, and you wonder how much longer you'll be here for. But then you notice a SMALL WHITE LIGHT pulsing in the distance, so you float towards it. As you get closer the light gets larger, and when you reach it it engulfs you and everything goes black.

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You wake up, and after a moment you realize that you are LYING DOWN. You open your eyes, but you shut them again immediately because you are assaulted by a BRIGHT LIGHT. You try again after a few moments, this time letting your eyes adjust to the light before opening them fully.

You rise to your paws and take note of your surroundings. You are standing in a clearing surrounded by FOUR LARGE OAK TREES, near a LARGE GREY ROCK that stands at the center. Judging by the light, it is NOON, or SUNHIGH as you call it. You recognize the place as FOUTREES, gathering place of the FOUR CLANS, but something seems slightly off about the place. You don't know exactly what, though.

You don't see any SIGNS OF ACTIVITY, either, and another survey of the area confirms that you are indeed the ONLY ONE PRESENT. It almost seems too quiet.

So... what will you do?

[Wintergreen]

reserved in just in case

And open! :3

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>[]Enter Name

[Wintergreen]

Yesss somebody posted in this at long last >:3

> [???] Enter Name

You stand around for a couple more minutes, trying to decide what to do. Your head feels EMPTY because of your HAZY MEMORIES, and although you remember FOURTREES you can't recall much else, leaving you feeling at a loss for what to do.

So you lie down, tucking your paws neatly beneath you, and start sorting through your memories. But everytime you try and recall something, you draw a blank. You keep trying and failing, and soon you start to LOSE HOPE in ever recovering even a bit of your MEMORY. Yet, something sparks within you, and you get an idea. You take a few deep breaths to calm yourself, and then you attempt to REMEMBER YOUR NAME. Your eyes sre shut tight in focus, and your determination motivates you, and then some of the fog in your mind clears and presents you with your name: Night. But something feels wrong, almost as if your name is incomplete. You now vaguely recall that your name had two parts, because you were a member of a group of cats - no, a warrior of a clan.

You grin triumphantly at having remembered something, and, newly motivated, return to trying to remember the rest of your name.

:: enter second half of name ::

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> [Night???] Remember that your full name is Nightjay

[Wintergreen]

> [Night???] Remember that your full name is Nightjay

After a few moments of attempting to sort through the FOG in your MEMORY obscuring the final part of your NAME, you think that you've finally remembered your full name: Nightjay. You feel COMPLETE now that you've remembered your NAME, but you've still got a ways to go with recovering your LOST MEMORIES. At least you have made some progress.

With a smile on your muzzle you stand up and stretch your legs, then give your pelt a good shake before walking in a RANDOM DIRECTION. You remember that there were clans, but you don't remember their names or the directions one takes to get to them. You push through the undergrowth, weaving your way through the plants and bushes with the grace of a two-legged badger.

You've barely made it three foxlengths into the forest when you bump into somebody. Backing up from them, you see that they are another cat with a sleek brown tabby coat. They look well-groomed and neat, a stark contrast to your SCRUFFY-LOOKING fur.

"S-Sorry!" You stammer, embarrassed. The other cat looks at you and says, "Don't worry about it!" His voice gives him away as male. The tom twitches his whiskers in amusement, grinning down at you in a friendly manner. "What's your name?"

"Nightjay," You reply confidently, but when the name leaves your mouth something seems wrong about it. You ignore the feeling and smile back. "And yours?"

:: enter name ::

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