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...sn't cut out for an adventuring life.

If my father was here, he thought as he endlessly chewed on a crust of stale bread he'd discovered in his pocket, he'd have found wood without any trouble and be currently feasting on roast Swamp Rat cooked over a blazing fire. And he'd be enjoying himself. Or at least suffering interesting hardships that he bears with noble countenance.

But since it was Kal, all he had was wet feet, leeches and no food. And he wasn't bearing these with noble countenance. In fact, he wanted very much to go home. The only thing he seemed to be doing right was running into enemies every few steps and butchering them, if only because they wouldn't let him run away. This did not cheer him up. All the blood was beginning to stink worse than the swamp.

He hadn't picked up any of the Goblins' unfeasibly large weapons. He suspected this infringed some sort of Adventuring Code, if there was one.

Well, there probably was now.

Kal falls asleep.

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snowstormfir "the only thing i have to say that's bad about this story is that for most of the way there's only one path to pick, so that's why i have put in an extra one on the start and another one later on, because currently it's not pick-a-path, its decide to go this way or no way, or write a way, so that's why I'm encouraging all of you to write on different options, not just the same story the whole way through, make it so you can PICK out of a choice of paths, so please, write on different ones than everybody else, that's my rant over"
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REDFOX "yeh i know, but i left for a while then came and re-read, hour had gone by then =[

RF
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Rac7hel "you can edit the story after it's published, for the first hour I think."
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REDFOX "yeah i noticed i had named him pickles when i re-read it the second time, after it had been published god damn it.

Yeah i dunno why i turned him into a lemon, interesting to see where it goes though, thanks for feedback,

RF
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Burndtree "Ohhh, but if only I waren't the trembling sort -- an adventurer, too, I might be. But I'm safe and it suits me to sip my ale and hear of all You Great...uh, Questers questing!"
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Crymzon "I go away for a day and everything expands ... Awesome!!

Welcome to RF excellent branch!
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Jillian "Haha, 'The Seeds of Rufus's furry loins'; equally disgusting as delightful.

Nice : )
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Rac7hel "Great story! and a very interesting world. :)"
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Crymzon "I think my head is swelling!

Obviously those comments go for the team which has just gotten one person bigger. Excellent!! =)

I'll probably post down both branches that have been offered to keep everyone involved and erm ... stuff.

Thanks again for the lovely comments!
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Jillian "I absolutely lovelovelove this story.

Actually, if anyone should walk up to me today and ask, "Do you know what the most wonderful and hilarious adventure tale in the entire world is?" I would smile and easily reply: "Yes, in fact, I do. It's called Questworld."
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Bolsheviki "Not all that long, I should think. =D
My god but I love Kal. I want to hug him. x3
Although he might decapitate me if I do that. Still. If I tie his hands behind his back first...
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Crymzon "Kal is probably the most bitter and twisted character I've ever created. Let's see how long it takes him to do something really unpleasant to his companions."
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Crymzon "Thanks for the comment Jillian, and not at all any advice is good advice in my book.

I'll put my hands up and say my biggest downfall is my grammar and I know my sentences have a tendency to run on. I'll do my best to remember where the commas should go and see if it works.

Anyway, thanks again =)
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Crymzon "I love the idea of swapping words into latin you can make something really silly sound really serious. I reckon we should stick with that idea, it's a good one.

Again, very well done.
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Bolsheviki "Why thank you. I like your bits as well, they make me laugh. =3 This could definately be an entertaining story."
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Bolsheviki "No worries. =3
Hope you like my contribution. n_n The idea of finding large weapons in small packs comes from all the adventure roleplaying games my brother plays...
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Crymzon "Yes and erm ... yes ... sort of a spoof on the whole sword-and-sorcery genre really. Well it will be if enough people branch, I'll be adding too obviously but I think I'll wait for someone else to do their thing first. Thanks for being my first commenter =)"
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Bolsheviki "I love this idea. xD Based on your sword-and-sorcery fantasy books and roleplaying games, yes?
I'll have to branch this when I can...
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