- AceOfFlames
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BTW, while searching for interesting online courses, I stumbled upon the fact that you can learn from the master himself for the low low price of 100 bucks:
https://www.masterclass.com/classes/rl-stine-teaches-writing-for-young-audiences
I wonder if "get a shitload of ghostwriters" is one of the lessons. Especially considering that platform also offers writing classes by literary luminaries Dan Brown, James Patterson and Malcolm Gladwell.
AceOfFlames fucked around with this message at 08:25 on May 17, 2019
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You turn left and race down the road. You keep running and running. Your legs burn, and your lungs feel as if they’re about to burst.
Where is the old man’s house? Was it some kind of mirage?
Suddenly a black shape looms out of the darkness.
There it is! The old man’s house!
No lights are on. You approach the front door slowly.
Raising your fist, you knock. The door swings open. You peer into the dimly lit hall to see who answered it.
There’s no one there!
You gulp. Should you go into this creepy place?
But then you hear the faint TROMP! TROMP! of many feet.
The campers! They’re on your trail!
Looks as if you’ve run out of choices.
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You slip inside and shut the door. Slowly, silently, you creep through the dark hall.
EEEee-EEEee-EEEee! A weird, high, pulsing sound drifts through an open door.
You peek around the edge of the doorway. Steps. Going down – to the cellar, probably.
Your heart thuds as you pad down the steps. There’s another door at the bottom. The pulsing sound is coming from behind it.
You slowly open the door.
What you see makes your eyes bug out!
The room inside looks like NASA mission control! People in headphones stride back and forth from radar screens to electronic maps. “We’ve got an interstellar-Camp Running Leaf linkup,” someone is yelling.
“Wow!” you gasp aloud.
Big mistake.
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A huge hand grabs you.
“Who are you?” barks the huge guy attached to the huge hand.
“Uh, I-I’m from Camp Running Leaf,” you reply meekly.
A woman comes up. “I’m Agent Alice Draper. We’re with the government. We’ve been monitoring transmissions from a planet eight light-years from Earth. The transmissions have been traced to Camp Running Leaf.” She raises an eyebrow at you.
“What can you tell us about the camp, kid?”
You repeat what you heard Coach Rex say about Xentron.
Draper’s eyes light up. “This is amazing. The camp must hold incredibly advanced technology. Good job, camper.”
The next few days are a blur. The government sweeps in by helicopter and raids the camp. Coach Rex and the rest of the staff are arrested for kidnapping, conducting business with an alien government without a license, and – worst of all – not paying their taxes.
The arrests so anger the Xentronians, they invade Earth.
Way to go. You’re responsible for the total destruction of the human race!
Oops!
THE END
Well, that's about the quickest switch from good end to bad end I've ever seen. It's like Stine was originally planning to make this a good ending path, then randomly went "Nah, gently caress it" three lines from the end.
Character Sheet posted:
Inventory
Empty
Goal Endings: 0/2
Bad Endings
Beamed into the sun by a malfunctioning transporter.
Bludgeoned to death with baseball bats by an angry mob of brainwashed campers.
Betrayed by Uncle Ed and recaptured by the Xentronians.
 Accidentally provoked an interplanetary war between Earth and Xentron.
Achievements
None yet.
Our options posted:
- Sign up for the hike.
- Hide the blue eggs in your napkin.
- Volunteer to play forward instead.
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- Android Blues
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Let's sign up for the hike.
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- chitoryu12
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Hide the eggs
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May 13, 2019 16:34
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- Blueberry Pancakes
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Jack in!! MegaMan, Execute!
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Well that was a bait and switch if I ever saw one.
Hide the eggs.
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May 13, 2019 17:42
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- Leraika
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Luckily, I *did* save your old avatar. Fucked around and found out indeed.
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Amazing.
Hide the eggs
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May 13, 2019 17:50
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- Rebonack7
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In case anyone was wondering, I'll go ahead and confirm it: the entire food fight branch is one irritatingly long dead end. It's not the first dead end branch in the series - Trapped in Bat Wing Hall had one we didn't see during our readthrough, for example - but it's one of the biggest.
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You check to make sure no one is looking. Then you casually put your napkin on top of your eggs, fold them inside, and slip it under the table.
A second later, you hear a voice behind you. “I saw that!”
You freeze. It’s Coach Rex.
Rex points at another camper and barks, “You spit out your eggs. Don’t let it happen again.”
The camper, a tough-looking kid with a black buzz-cut, nods.
You let out a sigh of relief as Rex walks away. He didn’t see you hide the eggs.
“Who’s the guy who didn’t eat the eggs?” you ask Pat.
“His name’s Brad,” Pat answers.
Doo-doo doot-a-doot, doo-doo doot-a-doot! A bugle blows reveille outside. The campers rise as one and march to the door in neat files. No one talks. No horseplay.
“You know what I call Camp Running Leaf?” Pat whispers to you. “Camp Run-for-Your-Life.”
You grin at his joke.
Pat doesn’t smile back.
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Outside, Coach Rex announces, “Fun time is over.”
He stares at the campers. “You’ve eaten your eggs. You should be ready. The Selection is about to begin. And remember: The winner gets a very special prize!”
Rex checks his watch. “All athletes who think they are worthy of it, report to the stadium right now!”
“You’re not going to do it, are you?” Pat whispers.
“Of course I am,” you reply. You practically drool, thinking of the new mountain bike gleaming in the cafeteria.
Coach Rex claps his hands. “Let’s go!”
You join the eerily silent stream of campers heading for the stadium. The other campers may be stronger. But you want that bike more than they do!
The coaches are waiting for you at one end of the field.
“Listen up, people,” Coach Rex bellows. “The Selection runs like this: The athlete with the most points at the end gets the special prize. For the first event, you can choose between hurdles and swimming.”
What are you good at? Do you want to jump hurdles? Or would you rather go swimming?
If you choose hurdles, turn to PAGE 95.
If you choose swimming, turn to PAGE 63.
Character Sheet posted:
Inventory
Empty
Goal Endings: 0/2
Bad Endings
Beamed into the sun by a malfunctioning transporter.
Bludgeoned to death with baseball bats by an angry mob of brainwashed campers.
Betrayed by Uncle Ed and recaptured by the Xentronians.
Accidentally provoked an interplanetary war between Earth and Xentron.
Achievements
None yet.
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May 15, 2019 22:11
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- chitoryu12
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Swimming
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May 15, 2019 22:52
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- rudecyrus
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fuck you trolls
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Swimming
I'm betting the book will pull a bait-and-switch and the "prize" is a one-way ticket to Xentron.
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May 16, 2019 18:05
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- AweStriker
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Swimming sounds good.
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May 16, 2019 18:06
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- Rebonack7
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“Let’s swim,” you suggest to Pat.
“I hate swimming,” Pat complains. “I’m going to do hurdles.”
“Okay.” You shrug. “Good luck.”
Privately, you’re a little relieved to see Pat go. He seems so gloomy. You’re ready for some fun – and some sports!
The swimming coach, Karla, orders the swimmers to follow her. As you head to the water, a voice behind you calls out, “Hey, loser, get out of my way.”
You turn around. It’s that Brad kid. The other one who didn’t eat the eggs. He struts past you.
“The gold is mine,” he sneers. “The rest of you are just fighting for the silver.”
Brad is one obnoxious dude. You don’t much like him. But he’s got spirit – unlike the other campers.
You think: Neither of us ate any blue eggs.
Is there a connection?
Brad’s nose wrinkles as you get closer to the water. “What’s that smell?” he demands.
Yuck! It smells like a giant dump of rotten eggs! What could be causing it?
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The smell comes from the lake you’re about to swim in!
Coach Karla announces, “Swimmers line up! The 400-meter swamp swim will begin in thirty seconds. The longer you wait, the hungrier the alligators get!”
Alligators? Your heart thumps. Brad looks worried too.
But none of the other campers seem troubled. They just do what they’re told. They must know Coach Karla is a kidder, you think.
You gaze down at the murky brown water. Bubbles come up from under the surface. Big bubbles.
“Swimmers, on your mark...”
For a moment you think about skipping this event.
Then you remember the gleaming new mountain bike.
You bend your knees and thrust your arms back.
“Get set...”
BANG!
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You hit the water hard. Then you take a few strokes underwater.
You come up gasping for air. The water is thick with mud and vegetation. It feels as though you landed in a bowl of pudding.
You swim hard, trying to block out the putrid smell.
Sputtering and gasping for air, you lift your head. Brad is ahead. You plow on, trying to catch him.
Then you hear a cry. You see a pair of arms grasping for help above the water.
And then – they disappear under the water!
Oh, no! One of the other kids is in trouble!
What are you going to do? Dive into the muck to save the kid who went under?
Or should you get help from Coach Karla?
If you dive down, turn to PAGE 37.
If you swim back to Coach Karla for help, turn to PAGE 11.
Character Sheet posted:
Inventory
Empty
Goal Endings: 0/2
Bad Endings
Beamed into the sun by a malfunctioning transporter.
Bludgeoned to death with baseball bats by an angry mob of brainwashed campers.
Betrayed by Uncle Ed and recaptured by the Xentronians.
Accidentally provoked an interplanetary war between Earth and Xentron.
Achievements
None yet.
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May 17, 2019 01:04
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- chitoryu12
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Adults are useless
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May 17, 2019 01:20
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- Blueberry Pancakes
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Jack in!! MegaMan, Execute!
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May 17, 2019 08:13
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- AceOfFlames
- Oct 9, 2012
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Only trust your fists, adults will never help you.
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May 17, 2019 08:26
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- Rebonack7
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Glad to see we've learned our lesson!
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Take a deep breath, because you’re about to dive into the stinky muck!
You double up and head for the bottom. At first, you can’t see anything. The muddy water hurts your eyes. But when you get a few feet below the surface, the water clears.
There’s no sign of the kid who went down. You look all around. Nothing.
But, wait! There’s something lying at the bottom of the lake. Something white. You swim in for a closer look.
Teeth grin up at you.
Whoa.
It’s a skull!
A human skull!
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You swim closer. You’re terrified. But you have to get a closer look at the skull.
A crowbar lies next to it. And there’s something square and white a couple of feet away. It looks like an ID card or something.
You’ve got to go up for air. Grabbing the white square, you bring it to the surface. It’s a plastic ID card. You can just make out the words US GOVERNMENT through the muck.
This is serious. The ID badge of a government agent at the bottom of the lake – next to a human skull!
How did the skull and the badge get there?
And why is there a crowbar next to them?
You have to go back for another look.
You suck in a big breath and dive to the bottom.
As you approach the skull, you notice something odd. Two small yellow lights. Moving toward you.
You swim to the skull. The lights are still coming.
Two black dots appear in the centers of the yellow lights.
Your blood suddenly goes cold.
Those aren’t lights. They’re EYES!
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The yellow eyes are coming toward you – FAST!
They’re just a few feet away. That’s when you see a long green snout.
A snout that opens to reveal dozens of long, jagged teeth.
An alligator!
Think fast! What are you going to do?
Do you have time to do a frog kick and get away?
Or should you grab the crowbar and try to defend yourself?
Whatever you do, you’d better do it now!
If you do the frog kick, turn to PAGE 107.
If you grab the crowbar, turn to PAGE 108.
Character Sheet posted:
Inventory
ID Card
Goal Endings: 0/2
Bad Endings
Beamed into the sun by a malfunctioning transporter.
Bludgeoned to death with baseball bats by an angry mob of brainwashed campers.
Betrayed by Uncle Ed and recaptured by the Xentronians.
Accidentally provoked an interplanetary war between Earth and Xentron.
Achievements
None yet.
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May 18, 2019 13:23
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- chitoryu12
- Apr 24, 2014
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Bust out the Freeman Special!
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- AweStriker
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We got Gordon Freechman's missing crowbarb!
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May 19, 2019 06:57
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- Rebonack7
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You grab the crowbar.
The alligator’s mouth gapes wide to chomp on you. You thrust the crowbar inside its choppers.
The crowbar wedges the huge alligator’s jaws open.
That gives you the chance to swim away!
You pop to the surface and swim as hard as you can.
You’re the last one to the finish line. As you lie gasping on the shore, Brad gloats: “Did you swim here – or take a rowboat? By the way, I came in first!”
“There was an alligator –“ you gasp. You can hardly talk. Your teeth are chattering from fright.
Your comment catches Coach Karla’s ear. “Alligator? Did you say you fought off an alligator?”
“Yes! And it’s right over there!” you scream.
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The alligator is sitting on a rock in the middle of the lake, trying to get the crowbar out of its mouth.
“So what?” Brad smirks. “You still lost the race.”
Coach Karla peers at the alligator. You expect her to call in an alligator catcher immediately. Or at least look shocked.
But instead, she does some calculations on her clipboard.
Then she raises your arm in the air. “You get bonus points for the alligator. That means you tied with Brad for first!”
Your mouth falls open. Is she kidding?
Coach Rex claps you on the shoulder. “Good work fighting that alligator.”
You finally find your voice. “Good work?” you sputter. “How can you let kids swim in a gator-infested swamp?”
Coach Rex’s smile fades. He gives you a chilling glare. “Just get ready for the next event!”
You and Brad walk into the stadium. Dozens of campers watch silently from the stands.
Coach Rex strides right behind you. You hear him tell one of the other coaches, “Watch those two. I have a feeling they didn’t eat the eggs.”
You shiver. Now you want to win the bike more than ever – so you can escape from this horrible camp!
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Even Brad seems shaken by Coach Rex’s words. He mutters to you, “Did you eat the eggs?”
“No,” you answer.
“I hate eggs,” Brad says. “So I gave mine to my friends. Then they all started acting weird – like they couldn’t think for themselves.”
It’s the same thing you noticed. You can’t believe what you’re thinking, but...
“Could the eggs be controlling their minds?” you whisper.
“Oh, get real,” Brad scoffs. But his voice shakes a little.
You shrug. “All I know is, I want to get out of here – and fast. This camp is scary.”
“Listen up!” Coach Rex barks. You and Brad jump.
“The next event is the high bar,” the coach goes on. “After that, the javelin. Then the two athletes with the highest point totals will go on to the final event.”
The gymnastics coach points at you. “Get ready for your routine,” he orders.
You bend down and dust your hands with rosin. But when you straighten up and glance at the bar, you can’t believe your eyes.
Flames are shooting up from the ground under the high bar!
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Already you can feel the heat from the flames.
Beside you, Brad makes a gulping noise. He stares at the flames with round eyes.
That’s it. This camp is some kind of weird death trap! Pat was right. It should be called Camp Run-for-Your-Life!
“Brad!” you mutter. “We’ve got to do something.”
“Maybe we can just run out of the stadium,” he whispers.
“No way! Coach Rex is watching us like a hawk,” you point out.
Brad snaps his fingers. “I’ve got it. We can both fake an injury during our routines.”
“I’m not sure.” You gnaw your lower lip. “We might be able to escape later.”
“First gymnast!” the gymnastics coach yells.
“Your choice,” Brad whispers.
“Now, camper!” Coach Rex bellows.
Time’s up! Make your decision.
If you fake an injury during your routine, turn to PAGE 74.
If you go for the gusto and wait for a better chance to escape, turn to PAGE 122.
Character Sheet posted:
Inventory
ID Card
Goal Endings: 0/2
Bad Endings
Beamed into the sun by a malfunctioning transporter.
Bludgeoned to death with baseball bats by an angry mob of brainwashed campers.
Betrayed by Uncle Ed and recaptured by the Xentronians.
Accidentally provoked an interplanetary war between Earth and Xentron.
Achievements
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May 19, 2019 15:10
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Thank gooness we all get along so well!
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Faking an injury should get us sent to the infirmary, and nothing bad could possibly come from that. Absolutely not.
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May 19, 2019 15:24
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- Blueberry Pancakes
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Jack in!! MegaMan, Execute!
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Wait for a better opportunity!
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May 19, 2019 16:22
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- chitoryu12
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Go for the gusto!
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May 19, 2019 16:56
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Anything worth doing is worth doing well, and that includes incredibly dangerous acrobatics!
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May 19, 2019 17:27
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Maybe we'll meet Antoine the in the infirmary?
Fake an injury like a professional football (US: Soccer) player!
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May 20, 2019 20:02
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- AceOfFlames
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Fake it until you make it.
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May 21, 2019 17:32
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- Junpei
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Can't post for 11 years!
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OWWWWW! The PAIN is so REAL!
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May 22, 2019 01:52
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- Blueberry Pancakes
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Jack in!! MegaMan, Execute!
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Wait for a better opportunity!
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- AceOfFlames
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https://youtu.be/It7107ELQvY
Now we wait.
AceOfFlames fucked around with this message at 12:22 on May 22, 2019
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May 22, 2019 12:20
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- Rebonack7
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“Wait for a better chance,” you quickly tell Brad.
You square your shoulders. Then you run toward the bar.
Flames lick at your feet as you swing up. But you ignore them and concentrate on your routine.
Good thing you took gymnastics last summer at your other camp. You’re good at this stuff!
Every flip and spin could land you in the fire. But you’ve never worked the bar so well – even though your shorts are starting to smell scorched.
Uh-oh. The hot bar is starting to blister your palms. Better finish up your routine now. Otherwise you won’t just get a low mark. You’ll get third-degree burns!
You swing into your dismount. A glance at the mat tells you you have to make a perfect landing. One step in the wrong direction and you’ll be in the fire.
Can you do it? Can you stick your landing?
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Whew! You stuck your landing.
The judges all hold up your scores: 9.9 – 9.9 – 9.9.
Yes! You start to feel as if maybe Camp Running Leaf isn’t so bad. Maybe the events are just... creative. Maybe you didn’t really see a skull at the bottom of the lake. Maybe you should forget about escaping.
Maybe you should really go for that special prize...
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Unfortunately, Brad is also a star gymnast. A hotshot.
Without even breaking a sweat, he pulls a 9.9 too.
You’re still tied for first place.
You expect the audience of campers to send up a big cheer. But they’re all moving silently to the exits. The stadium loudspeaker blares a message: “All campers not in the Selection, report to the infirmary immediately.”
“Why are they going to the infirmary?” you ask one of the coaches.
“Just a routine check for, uh, poison ivy,” she answers.
All at once? You’re confused. “How can such a small building hold so many people?” you demand.
“No time for chitchat,” Coach Rex barks, striding up to you. “Next up is the javelin.”
You follow him to the javelin pit. But what you see makes you feel like forfeiting.
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A dozen coaches stand in a circle. They’re holding javelins. And they’re pointing them at the contestants!
“What are these guys doing at the javelin throw?” you ask.
“Javelin throw?” Coach Rex lets out a harsh laugh. “This is the javelin catch!”
Uh-oh!
The sharp javelins come raining down. Dozens of gleaming metal points whiz toward you.
One of them is zooming straight for your head!
With a quick move, you barely sidestep the javelin. Its sharp point thunks into the ground. Inches from your foot.
“If you don’t catch one,” Coach Rex bellows, “you lose!”
More of the deadly spears shoot down. You dance back and forth, ducking them.
You can do this, you tell yourself. You’ve seen superheroes do it in the movies. Piece of cake, right?
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A javelin hurtles at your chest. You fling yourself to one side, then snap your hand out.
Yes! You snagged the wooden shaft!
So does Brad. Five other contestants also catch javelins. But not with their hands.
You’ve heard of the agony of defeat – but this is ridiculous!
I want out! you think. You don’t care about winning anymore.
The losers are carried off to the infirmary. Just like all the other campers. You glance up at the stands.
There are less than a dozen people left. And they’re all waiting in the long line for the infirmary!
“Ready for the final event?” Coach Rex calls cheerily.
As you turn back to him, your gaze is caught by a long pole leaning against the stadium wall. The kind they use in pole vaulting.
It looks long enough to clear the wall.
This could be your last chance to escape. But you’ve never pole vaulted before. Can you make it over the wall?
Or should you hang in there, try to win the final event, and ride your mountain bike prize to safety?
If you try the pole vault, turn to PAGE 30.
If you go on to the final event, turn to PAGE 119.
I'm starting to feel like Stine came up with the idea for a deadly multi-event sports competition, started writing, then realized he had no idea how to make the events work in a gamebook format, so he just made it mostly linear and noninteractive with a few obvious choices thrown in at random intervals.
Character Sheet posted:
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ID Card
Goal Endings: 0/2
Bad Endings
Beamed into the sun by a malfunctioning transporter.
Bludgeoned to death with baseball bats by an angry mob of brainwashed campers.
Betrayed by Uncle Ed and recaptured by the Xentronians.
Accidentally provoked an interplanetary war between Earth and Xentron.
Landed in the flamethrower pit while trying to fake an injury on the high bar.
Achievements
None yet.
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- chitoryu12
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Pole vault!
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