• Side Quest: A Dangerous Decision

    Choose Your Path
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  • Do you...*
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  • You decided to hide. You press your body against the damp earth, your breath shallow as the drone hums closer. The red light flickers over the forest floor, scanning for movement.Then—the drone pauses. The red beam lingers just beyond the log.You have only moments to act.*
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  • Your heart slams against your ribs. The second you burst into a sprint, the hum of the drone shifts—it’s seen you. Red light sweeps across the ground, locking onto your movement.You have only seconds before it sends out an alert.You dodge between trees, legs burning, lungs screaming for air.Then you hear a sharp mechanical hiss from behind.*
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  • The dirt is damp beneath your hands as you inch forward, heart hammering in your chest. The drone hums overhead, its red scanning beam flickering against the bark of the fallen log. You press yourself closer to the earth, moving slow, deliberate, controlled.

     

    The drone hovers. It lingers. The sound drills into your ears.

    Then—your foot hits something.

    A brittle, hollow branch snaps beneath your weight.

     

    The drone reacts instantly. The red light swings back, fixing on your hiding spot. A high-pitched whine fills the air—an alert.

    You’ve been detected.

    The Regulators are coming.

     

    💥 Pain explodes in your ribs. It's got you. 

     

    The last thing you hear is the whir of gears, the hum of the drone, the cold grip of steel hands closing around your arms.

    Then— you are off to Dominion. 

  • Your fingers curl around a small, solid rock, cool and damp from the forest floor. You tighten your grip. Hold your breath. Then throw the rock. CRACK. It lands twenty feet away, making a loud sound. Do you...uestion*
  • You just can't run fast enough. You can tell they are catching up.*

  • The Risk Didn’t Pay Off


    You hurl the rock with everything you have. It spins through the air, a perfect shot—

    💥 CRACK!

    The rock slams into the drone’s sensor, sending a shower of sparks raining down. The red beam flickers and dies.

    You did it. You actually did it.

    For a heartbeat, you allow yourself to believe you're free.

    Then—you hear it.

    They—you see it. 

    They have you. 

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  • You dodge left, then right, then left again, weaving through the trees, heart pounding. The drone's red beam sweeps wildly, trying to track your movement.

     

    Just a little farther.

    Then—your foot catches on an exposed root.

    The world flips as you go down hard, crashing into the dirt.

    Before you can scramble up, a heavy boot slams down on your back.

     You tried to outrun them. You almost did. But almost wasn’t enough.

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  • You stumble into the building. The air inside is damp, filled with the scent of dust and metal. The drones whir outside, scanning, searching—but for now, you’re hidden. You see some people emerge from the darkness and you panic. But soon you see it's Sia and Rye. You know them from school. They are Sparks too. Sia steps forward. “You made it this far,” she says. “Now you have to choose.”
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  • You step back, shaking your head. This isn’t your fight.

    Sia watches you carefully. Rye doesn’t try to stop you. Maybe they understand. Maybe they don’t.

    Either way, you turn and slip out the back once the Regulators are gone. The air outside is cold, sharp against your skin.

    🔹 The rebellion is dangerous.
    🔹 Trust is dangerous.
    🔹 But you? You’re still free.

    You disappear into the night, moving carefully, staying in the shadows.

    For now, you live to see another day.

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