Drink the brandy.
He holds the brandy out to you with a deceptive smile upon his lips. You reach out and take it, before resettling yourself comfortably in the chair. As you swirl the liquor inside the glass, your enemy eyes you boldly from his armchair, as if daring you to take a sip. You won't give him the satisfaction of giving yourself away by refusing to drink, if that is indeed what he's trying to do. So, you smile lightly at him, raise your glass to him in thanks and take a moderate swig.
You swish the brandy around in your mouth for a moment or two, making a final decision as to whether it really is a bad idea to swallow or not. Finally, you gulp it down, trying to asses the after-taste for a hint of something foreign.
"Wonderful brandy," You offer slyly. "What year is it?"
"Mmm," He offers in agreement. "A '67 Cles des Ducs Armagnac; quite brilliant."
"Ah." You nod in appreciation, although you know nothing about brandy whatsoever.
You shift in your chair, but try not to look nervous. You need to start getting information but you're not sure how to approach the situation.
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Very thorough. I like the description of Dias: "Depends on who you ask."
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Sorry I haven't added to this in a while. I've been meaning to but lately I'm finding it incredibly difficult to find time to sit down and write something worth posting. I'll try to add soon!
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I actually was going to have the last branch option say 'Cal [last name], but I was afraid that the choices would be too restrictive. Think I should go back and change it?"
Hmm I love the way every branch in this story ends with something like this. It's like a soap opera... they always have to stop right at the part you're dying to see. :P"
So, as you can see, we've got a Joe. My thoughts: perhaps it really is just a regular 'Joe', as it were, and not Dias at all. Or maybe it really *is* Dias, just under a pseudonym. I mean, if he really were as great as Cal said, would he just offer up his real name to every passing person who asked for it? Who knows, maybe he would...
So, read the situation however you please : D"
I did a lotttt of thinking about Edward's situation here, so don't take that reading lightly!
*is excited* :D"
I guess it's finally here!
Eeek :D"
lol, by the way, if that was all a lie, then it was pretty convenient when Gabrielle walked in and announced that she's pregnant, thereby forcing Edward to try to help Cal, not to mention giving Cal a chance to act horrified and convince Edward that his story is true.
So... not saying this is the way I want to take it, but Edward should still have plenty of doubt about the werewolf, or wereanimal story. Not that there's anything he can do about it... poor Edward :-/"
I was thinking the same thing with the modernization at first too. But, like you said, either way, Edward is in one hell of a pickle. He needs all the help he can get."
Jillian, I'm glad you finally dated it somewhat... I've been wondering what time period we're writing in. I keep wanting to give Edward a cell phone, but I wasn't sure if we wanted him to have internet or not... I was thinking the search for a cure might be more interesting without it. But now that you wrote that, I'm changing my mind... I think it's better to be modern, and have a huge overload of information on possible cures. Between Cal demanding that he cure him and not hurt him, and Nicolas demanding that he kill him and not cure him, Edward is going to have a hard time figuring out what to do."
For example, most cultures have the legend of a man turning into a beast with a full moon, but the specific animal often depends on the culture and which animal is feared in that region. In India, the legend is usually a man transforming into a tiger; in Africa, the legends tell of men transforming into ferocious hyenas.
It's a pretty interesting subject!"
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They did put in parenthesis, however, that the werewolf would actually have to be *wearing* a belt, which I guess, isn't always a given."
I had momentarily forgotten about it until you mentioned it in a comment a few days ago."
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FWIW, it'll get bleeped out if people aren't logged in or if they have the profanity filter turned on. If they're logged in and have it disabled, they'll see it. (It's not the greatest filter, but it gets the obvious stuff.)"
You know what I think would be fun? Making an addventure story where every branch had to be consistent with all the other branches, even the ones way down another path. So any characters, settings, events, etc. would have to be accounted for somehow.
Nice job branching. I can't figure out if I should pick it up in the 1st person or back to 2nd though..."
I've already thought of where I'm going to take this but I won't be able to post it until a little later."
Oooo the suspense!"