It Happened One Evening ch. 2

TRIGGER WARNING: Images of creepy crawlies!!!

CHAPTER TWO: WALLED INN

You are safe from the cats. The gaps here and there between the boards of the wall let in enough light to see your way around. It is a dim light that leaves many shadows and few details. As you peer about, other people are already here, gathered away from the reach of any cat that might stick in a paw. Some are wounded, others are tired, and all are unsettled by this strange predicament.

"Clever mice," a man with with a sling said. "This hole seems to go quite a ways around in the walls." "Maybe we can get to the kitchens through here," a woman using her unstrung bow to help with her limp said. "Might be more roundabout but certainly won't be any cats!" "Sounds like an idea," another man said, "but I could really use a rest first." He waves at a pile of straw and string. It was a large pile and nearly filled up the mouse hole going to the right.

by Dazzlinkat

Rest In The Pile

A nap in the pile does sounds like just the thing. You make a nest for your self and curl up for a nap. GO TO 22

Join Group Going Left

GO TO 34

Go Right

GO TO 29

Serving Girl Arrived With You

GO TO 18

15) Under

by Franz26
It was dark except for the torchlight and it smelled of damp and dirt. You had to walk hunched over to walk along the burrow. It was quiet save for the sounds of your footsteps. Then, from up ahead, the torchlight reflected off of something for a moment. Did that something move? Slowing down, you creep forward, mkaing sure to hold your blade ready. There was a scurrying sound. Then another. Suddenly, a handfull of cockroaches as long as your arm scuttle towards you! Roll The Dice
You Rolled 1-5

There are too many! Over and over you stab and you slash as the man with the sling strikes them with stones. Even with the woman standing on one leg and smashing them with her bow, you cannot kill them fast enough. In a few savage moments, the cockroaches bite you all to death and begin to feast. HERE ENDS YOUR ADVENTURE. GO BACK AND TRY AGAIN!

You Rolled A 6-20

There are so many cockroaches! Over and over you stab and you slash them dead. The man with the slams them with stones. Even the woman stands on her good leg and smashes them with her bow. Eventually, though, you manage to kill them all. Exhausted and smelling for dead roaches, you continue to the end of the burrow. You climb out and find youself in the kitchen. CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE REACHED CHAPTER 3!

16) Eight Eyes

The strands begin to move on their own. Looking up, you see something dark climbing down. It is followed by another and then a third. Then, the first one moves through a patch of light. It's a spider! Roll The Dice You Rolled 1-6

"Spiders!" The limping woman shrieks and, in pure panic, she pushes you aside and hobbles farther down the passage as fast as she can. "Willa, my love!" The man with the sling calls after her. "Wait! Don't go alone!" He, too, pushes past you to catch up to her. Struggle as you will, there is no escaping the strands or the spiders. One poisonous bite and you twitch until you are dead. HERE ENDS YOUR ADVENTURE. GO BACK AND TRY AGAIN!

You Rolled 7-20

The limping woman pulls out a dagger and quickly cuts the strands away from you sheathed sword. The man with the sling draws the sword and begins swinging it like a madman, slashing the strands holding you as fast as she can. In moments the last strand holding you up is sliced and you fall to the floor. Together, they pull off enough strands for you to get up and run. GO TO 32

by RachelBostwick

17) Maul

by Shutterbug75
The mouse attacks you! Roll The Dice You Rolled 1-15

You try to draw your sword as you kick at the mouse but it makes a final lunge and tears open your throat. In moments, you are dead. HERE ENDS YOUR ADVENTURE. GO BACK AND TRY AGAIN!

You Rolled 16-20

You draw your sword as you kick at the mouse and roll to your feet. You slap aside a slashing paw with the blade and pull the serving girl to her feet. "Run!" You yell at her. She turns and runs down the left passage of the mouse hole, the only way unblocked by the mouse. You take a step back, sword ready to parry another blow, but the mouse turns to another man who had been sleeping in the pile. He was slow in getting up and the mouse pounced on him. There is a terrible crunching sound as the weight of the mouse caves in the poor man's chest. With a snap of its jaws the mouse tears open the mans throat. Sad at the loss of yet another life, you back away a few steps until it is clear the mouse is no longer interested in you. With a swipe of a paw, the mouse uncovers a pink baby mouse in the pile and nuzzles it. The mouse digs into the pile again and reveals another baby mouse. With the mouse no longer a threat, you hurry after the serving girl. GO TO 29

18) Paired

"A rest does sounds like just the thing after all that running," the serving girl says as she walks over to the pile. "This looks like a comfy spot. Do you want to rest here for awhile?" Rest With The Serving Girl

You move to the pile and the two of you settle into the straw and string. The weary man and a couple of others also get comfortable in the pile. The rest move deeper down the mouse hole following the man with the sling and limping woman. Finally, you can relax. As you close your eyes and begin to nod off, something wriggles against you. Opening your eyes, you realize it is not the serving girl or another person. Something else is in the pile. Ignore whatever it may be and go back to napping with the serving girl. GO TO 26. Dig into the pile to see what's there. GO TO 30

Join The Man With The Sling

"No," you tell her. "I think it's best to keep going and see if this mouse hole goes to the kitchen." She pouts and gives you a sad look before settling into the straw. You join the man with the sling and the limping woman. GO TO 34.

19) Warm

It has been a long and terrible day. You are exhausted and the warmth of the hearth is just too good to leave. Curling up against the stone, you slowly fall asleep. Roll The Dice You Rolled 1-10

Something bristly brushes against you face. You open your eyes in time to see a spider sink its poisonous fangs into you. In less than a hearbeat you are paralyzed. As you slowly die to the poison, the spider starts to wrap you in a cocoon of silk. HERE ENDS YOUR ADVENTURE. GO BACK AND TRY AGAIN!

You Rolled 11-20

Something bristly brushes against you face. You open your eyes in time to see a spider about to sink its poisonous fangs into you. With a yell, you roll aside, drawing your sword. The spider turns to face you, fangs at the ready. You lunge with your sword, driving the blade through its head. As it shrieks its last, you catch movement out of the corner of your eye. The dim light reflects off two more spiders creeping closer. With no time to make a torch, you jump down into the burrow. GO TO 23

20) It's A Hole

The way ends at the solid frame of the door to outside and another mousehole opening into the taproom. Carefully peering out, you see that you are right across from the bar. To your right is ten feet of open floor to the closed kitchen door. Looking hard for the cats, you can only see the fat cat that had eaten your stew sleeping on top of the bar. Looking aain at the kitchen door, you can see that it would be so easy to dive in under the door. All you have to do was get there unseen by the cats. You tip-toe out of the mousehole and head towards the kitchen door. Your sword is out and you are sweaty with nerves as you keep stealing glimpses up at the sleeping cat. From somewhere back under the tables you hear a scream. The cat wakes up and yawns.
by TatiHalabi
If The Serving Girl Is With You

GO TO 24

If You Are Alone

GO TO 28

21) Rude

by Shutterbug75
The mouse attacks the serving girl! Roll The Dice You Rolled 1-8

You try to draw your sword as you kick at the mouse but it makes a final lunge and tears open the serving girl's throat. Enraged, the mouse whirls about and attacks you even as you scramble to your feet! You stab at it with your sword but it ignores the new wounds and tears into you. In moments you are dead. HERE ENDS YOUR ADVENTURE. GO BACK AND TRY AGAIN!

You Rolled 9-16

You draw your sword as you kick at the mouse and roll to your feet. You slap aside a slashing paw with the blade and pull the serving girl to her feet. "Run!" You yell at her. She turns and runs down the left passage of the mouse hole, the only way unblocked by the mouse. You take a step back, sword ready to parry another blow, but the mouse turns to another man who had been sleeping in the pile. He was slow in getting up and the mouse pounced on him. There is a terrible crunching sound as the weight of the mouse caves in the poor man's chest. With a snap of its jaws the mouse tears open the mans throat. Sad at the loss of yet another life, you back away a few steps until it is clear the mouse is no longer interested in you. With a swipe of a paw, the mouse uncovers a pink baby mouse in the pile and nuzzles it. The mouse digs into the pile again and reveals another baby mouse. With the mouse no longer a threat, you hurry after the serving girl. GO TO 29

You Rolled 17-20

A man sleeping on the left side of the straw pile screams as the mouse pounces on him, crushing his chest. Drawing your sword you quickly get up. You pull the serving girl to her feet. You take a step back, sword ready to parry the mouse. With a snap of its jaws the mouse tears open the mans throat. Sad at the loss of yet another life, you back away a few steps until it is clear the mouse is no longer interested in you. With a swipe of a paw, the mouse uncovers a pink baby mouse in the pile and nuzzles it. The mouse digs into the pile again and reveals another baby mouse. You and the serving girl hurry away to the right. GO TO 34

22) Solo

The weary man also gets comfortable in the pile. The rest move deeper down the mouse hole following the man with the sling and limping woman. Finally, you can relax. As you close your eyes and begin to nod off, something wriggles against you. Opening your eyes, you realize it is not another person. Something else is in the pile. Ignore It And Sleep.

GO TO 26

Dig To See What's There

GO TO 27

23) Darkness

It is utter darkness in the burrow and you are forced to move along with on hand against the dirt wall. You walk hunched over as the burrow is short while you probe ahead with your sword. For what feels like forever, you press on through the dark. Then, up ahead, you see the faint flicker of orange light. Have you caught up to the man with the sling and the limping woman? Overwhelmed with relief to finally have seen light, you hurry towards it. As you near the light you see it is a torch burned nearly to the end laying on the dirt between the man and woman. The two are laying in uncomfortable positions. Then, something moves over them. It not one thing, its several somethings. Cockroachs as long as your arm and they are scurrying right at you! Roll The Dice

by Parker_West
You Rolled 1-10

There are too many! Over and over you stab and you slash but you cannot kill them fast enough. In a few savage moments, the cockroaches bite you all to death and begin to feast. HERE ENDS YOUR ADVENTURE. GO BACK AND TRY AGAIN!

You Rolled 11-20

There are so many cockroaches! Over and over you stab and you slash them dead. Eventually, you manage to kill them all. You light fresh torch on the one about to sputter out and you journey on. Exhausted and smelling for dead roaches, you continue to the end of the burrow. You climb out and find youself in the kitchen. CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE REACHED CHAPTER 3!

24) Pounce

by TatiHalabi
You are closer to the kitchen door than the mouse hole. The cat stretches and yawns again. Roll The Dice You Rolled 1 - 8

The serving girl panics and runs for the kitchen door without any thoughts on staying quiet. You run with her. Suddenly a great weight slams into your back crushing you to the floor. As you die, you see a paw crushing the serving girl as well. HERE ENDS YOUR ADVENTURE. GO BACK AND TRY AGAIN!

You Rolled 9-20

The serving girl tries to run but you stop her. "Shhh," you whisper. "We sneak." She looks at you with wide, terrified eyes but nods. Together, you continue tip-toeing to the door. There is a thump on the floor behind you. Whirling around, you see the fat cat is now on the floor. It is facing away from you as it looks out under the tables. With a renewed sense of hope, the two of you reach the door and wriggle in under it. CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE REACHED CHAPTER 3!

25) Fodder

A man sleeping on the left side of the straw pile screams as the mouse pounces on him, crushing his chest. Drawing your sword you quickly get up. You take a step back, sword ready to parry the mouse. With a snap of its jaws the mouse tears open the mans throat. Sad at the loss of yet another life, you back away a few steps until it is clear the mouse is no longer interested in you. With a swipe of a paw, the mouse uncovers a pink baby mouse in the pile and nuzzles it. The mouse digs into the pile again and reveals another baby mouse. If Serving Girl Is With You

Help the serving girl to her feet. GO TO 29

If You Are Alone

GO TO 29

by Shutterbug75

26) Snooze

You fall asleep in the comfort of the pile and the added warmth of cuddling baby mice. Suddenly, there is a loud angry squeak that thunders near you, jolting you awake. A very angry mouse the size of a bear attacks! Roll The Dice You Rolled 1-10

GO TO 31

You Rolled 11-20

GO TO 25

IF THE SERVING GIRL IS WITH YOU, USE THESE BUTTONS: You Rolled 1-7

GO TO 17

You Rolled 8-14

GO TO 21

You Rolled 15-20

GO TO 25

27) Bedfellows

by Kapa65
You dig into the pile and see a pink baby mouse as long as your arm. It wriggles to try and cuddle to your warmth. Something else wriggles deeper in the pile and you see another pink baby mouse. Stay And Sleep Anyway

GO TO 26

Leave To The Right

You hurry to join the others heading to the kitchen. GO TO 34.

Leave To The Left

Disgusted at the thought of sleeping with vermin, you decide to explore on your own. GO TO 29

28) Creeping

You are closer to the kitchen door than the mouse hole. The cat stretches and yawns again. Roll The Dice You Rolled 1 - 8

You panic and run for the kitchen door without any thoughts on staying quiet. Suddenly a great weight slams into your back crushing you to the floor. HERE ENDS YOUR ADVENTURE. GO BACK AND TRY AGAIN!

You Rolled 9-20

You continue tip-toeing to the door. There is a thump on the floor behind you. Whirling around, you see the fat cat is now on the floor. It is facing away from you as it looks out under the tables. With a renewed sense of hope, you reach the door and wriggle in under it. CONGRADULATIONS! YOU HAVE REACHED CHAPTER 3!

29) Stranded

It is a lonely walk along the mousehole, especially with the rain still pounding down outside. Its steady beat against the outer wall occassionally splashes in water through a crack here and there, adding a cool damp to the dimness. After several minutes, the way seems to end at a damp and dusty wall. Whenever a bit of wind seeps in through a crack, the wall moves just a bit and collects another drop of water. Looking closer at it, you realize its not a curtain but many lose strands of ... something hanging down. The strands make for a very thin wall you could easily get through in just one step. Push Your Way Through

As you push your way through the strands, they stick to you. No matter how hard you try, you cannot break free. In fact, the more you struggle the more of them wrap you up until you hang just above the floor. GO TO 33

Cut Your Way Through

Wary of the strands, you draw your sword and hack your way through them. Once you have made a hole, you step through. The strands begin to move on their own. Looking up, you see something dark climbing down. It is followed by another and then a third. Then, the first one moves through a patch of light. It's a spider! You run away faster than they can climb down. GO TO 20

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30) Whoa, Baby!

You dig into the pile and see a pink baby mouse as long as your arm. It wriggles to try and cuddle to your warmth. Something else wriggles deeper in the pile and you see another pink baby mouse. Stay And Sleep Anyway

GO TO 26

Leave To The Right

You wake up the serving girl and show her the baby mouse. "Eeeek!" the serving girl squeals. "We cant rest here! Let's go join the others trying to find the kitchen." The two of you hurry to join the man with the sling and the limping woman. It is a hard run, but you finally find the man with the sling and the limping woman taking a rest. They get up, ready to press on. GO TO 34.

Leave To The Left

You wake the serving girl and show her the baby mouse. "Eeeek!" the serving girl squeals. "We can't rest here!" She points to the left. This way is closer to the kitchens if this hole goes that far." "Worth a try," you say. The two of you head off to the left. GO TO 29

31) Roughed Up

by Shutterbug75
The mouse attacks you! Roll The Dice You Rolled 1-15

You try to draw your sword as you kick at the mouse but it makes a final lunge and tears open your throat. In moments, you are dead. HERE ENDS YOUR ADVENTURE. GO BACK AND TRY AGAIN!

You Rolled 16-20

You draw your sword as you kick at the mouse and roll to your feet. You slap aside a slashing paw with the blade. You take a step back, sword ready to parry another blow, but the mouse turns to another man who had been sleeping in the pile. He was slow in getting up and the mouse pounces on him. There is a terrible crunching sound as the weight of the mouse caves in the poor man's chest. With a snap of its jaws the mouse tears open the mans throat. Sad at the loss of yet another life, you back away a few steps until it is clear the mouse is no longer interested in you. With a swipe of a paw, the mouse uncovers a pink baby mouse in the pile and nuzzles it. The mouse digs into the pile again and reveals another baby mouse. With the mouse no longer a threat, you hurry away to the right. GO TO 29

32) Stoned

The passage goes on a little more until it reaches a very warm stone wall and a hole in the floor you could climb into. Go In The Hole

"Hmmph," the man with the sling grumps. "Think thats the hearth." The woman, still leaning on her bow, peers about the hole. "Mouse tracks," she announces. "Bet this is how it gets to the kitchen." "It's gonna be dark down there, Willa," the man with the sling pointed out. The woman rolled her eyes and waved at the walls. "Got plenty of wood and things to make torches, Grumm. I really dont want to wait around for those spiders!" Very well, my dear," Grumm agrees. You all quickly make a batch of torches and climb down into the hole. GO TO 15

Rest By The Hearth

GO TO 19

33) Hung

by RachelBostwick
The strands begin to move on their own. Looking up, you see something dark climbing down. It is followed by another and then a third. Then, the first one moves through a patch of light. It's a spider! Serving Girl Is With You

The serving girl pulls a dagger out from her skirts and quickly cuts the strands away from you sheathed sword. She draws the sword and begins swinging it like a madwoman, slashing the strands holding you as fast as she can. In moments the last strand holding you up is sliced and you fall to the floor. Together, you pull off enough strands for you to get up and run. GO TO 20

You Are Alone

Struggle as you will, there is no escaping the strands or the spiders. One poisonous bite and you twitch until you are dead. HERE ENDS YOUR ADVENTURE. GO BACK AND TRY AGAIN!

34) The Trek

The man with the sling nods for you to join him in the lead. It is a long walk along the mousehole, especially with the rain still pounding down outside. Its steady beat against the outer wall occassionally splashes in water through a crack here and there, adding a cool damp to the dimness. At a dry patch, people stop. Feeling very safe now that they are a good ways from the mousehole, they decide to rest here, taking turns on watch. With your mind now commited to getting to the kitchen, you go on with the man with the sling and the woman with a limp. After several minutes, the way seems to end at a damp and dusty wall. Whenever a bit of wind seeps in through a crack, the wall moves just a bit and collects another drop of water. Looking closer at it, you realize its not a curtain but many lose strands of ... something hanging down. The strands make for a very thin wall you could easily get through in just one step. Push Your Way Through

As you push your way through the strands, they stick to you. No matter how hard you try, you cannot break free. In fact, the more you struggle the more of them wrap you up until you hang just above the floor. GO TO 16

Cut Your Way Through

Wary of the strands, you draw your sword and hack your way through them. Once you have made a hole, you step through. The strands begin to move on their own. Looking up, you see something dark climbing down. It is followed by another and then a third. Then, the first one moves through a patch of light. It's a spider! Everyone runs away faster than the spiders can climb down. GO TO 20

by bstad