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//This is the story of Nakata Kame and how he ended up becoming the Moon Warrior.//
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Author: Constantine "Kelfecil" Christakis
Editing and Coding: <a href="https://linktr.ee/kelfecil"; target="_blank">Constantine "Kelfecil" Christakis</a>
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This ''Tale of Choice'' is directly connected to the adventure <a href="https://www.kelfecilstales.com/"; target="_blank">"Moon Warrior"</a> which is also published by Kelfecil's Tales.
''Tales of Choice'' are browser-based gamebooks which anyone can play through, exploring their own branching story of one of the many unique NPCs that appear in the adventure modules made by Kelfecil's Tales.
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Mart, Karolina O., KeksAdr, KataiAkuma, Calithiliel, Emma Kate, Fey Ma, Claire Buzzelli, Ian Achzenick, Matthew Lougheed, Naomai Alexander, AStarryFox, JC Ramin, Sigurds Eglitis, Silvio Rene Lopar, Bri, Howie Taylor, Yogi, Jos, Mr.Krane, Hannah Brown, Марк ШевченкоAll visuals (except for the Kelfecil's Tales logo) and audio are commercially licensed material or are used under agreement for this work specifically.
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**END OF LICENSE**The rain keeps getting heavier the more he follows the path deeper into the forest.
"An omen" he thinks to himself.
"Not a good one, for sure" he continues.
He is not sure what he is looking for, but he is sure he is at the right place. Just because it feels that way. He has been walking for almost a month and still no real danger or challenge has presented itself before him.
He continued on the path, the flora growing thicker around him. The bushes around him making it harder for him to continue forward.
[[He takes out his sword and starts cutting through the bushes.->Through the bushes]]After another five minutes or so, Kame finds himself in front of what seems to be a cave entrance.
He looks around and realizes that nobody else must have been through here in a long time.
[[He decides to head into the cave.->Cave]]The inside of the cave has a distinct dump smell that pierces Kame's nostrils and makes him want to cough in order to not allow the smell to become a taste too.
He lit a torch and started heading deeper into the cavern.
He soon enough found that he had to make a choice between two paths.
[[He headed left, into what seemed to be a path filled with stalactites.->Frozen]]
[[He headed right, down a path that had warm air flowing from it.->Warm]]He started being a lot more careful as to where he stepped and what was above him at all times too. The stalactites looked as if they were ready to drop on his head and the warmth of his torch for sure did not make things any better.
[[He kept moving deeper into the cave.->Freezing bats]]He tries to carefully go through the path which seems to now be filled with small pools of lava on the side.
Curious as to how a cave like this one could exist in the middle of the forest, he continues forward, trying not to burn himself in any of the lava pools around him.
He suddenly hears a bubbling sound coming from one of the lava pools and before he has any time to react, lava starts sprouting all around him.
[[He makes a run for it, going forward while trying to avoid all the lava that is flying through the air.->Lava flying]]
[[He tries to shield himself from the lava by hiding behind some rocks.->Lava hitting]]Suddenly, he heard the fluttering of wings as a small flock of bats flew towards him. The closer they got to him the more clear their color was to him.
Pale white bats with intensely red glowing eyes that pierced through the dark that the torch's light could not reach.
[[He used his torch to push them off his direction.->Success]]
[[He pulled out his sword in an effort to try and cut some of them down.->Failure]]He manages to successfully push the bats out of his way with the torch and the bats all fly past him.
He continues moving forward where he finds himself facing a dead-end. A large wall with writings all over it.
[[He moves his torch forward, in an effort to illuminate it better and try to read it.->Read]]Swinging his sword in the air had little to no effect as the bats flew into his face and actually bit him all over.
He pushes them off his body and with bite marks all over his face, he continues forward, trying to see what is at the end of the path.
He continues moving forward where he finds himself facing a dead-end. A large wall with writings all over it.
[[He moves his torch forward, in an effort to illuminate it better and try to read it.->Read]]The text is written in an old dwarvish language, which Kame fortunately is able to read, at least for the most part.
It reads:
//Those who follow in the steps of the Moon Goddess, shall see through the darkness.//
Just a second later, he feels rumbling under his feet, as stalactites start falling all around him and the cave starts collapsing.
[[He turns around and starts to quickly make his way out of the cave!->Run Out]]Avoiding all the dangers that he finds in front of him while running out of the cave, he eventually finds himself standing outside the cave.
He finally finds a moment to rest and catch his breath, before noticing a bright white glow in front of him.
[[He lifts his head to look up.->Umi]]He sees in front of him a beautiful dragon, staring down at him in a rather kind manner.
She leans her head down and looks into Kame's eyes as she says the following:
//You are a brave and honorable warrior Nakata Kame. You have respected both family and everyone else around you the same and that is a rare value to find in a warrior of these times. I admire your humility and your skill with the blade and I have therefore decided to make you my champion.//
As soon as she finished talking, her eyes started glowing and Kame's body started radiating with light.
Kame suddenly felt much more powerful and as he moved his hands around, he realized how much faster he was able to move and how much faster his reflexes suddenly had just become as he noticed everything happening around him in a much more clear way than he did before.
//Use this blessing well Moon Warrior. I shall watch over you in your travels and remember... a starlight blessing is as easily taken as it is given.//He manages to run through the lava that is flying all over the place, successfully avoiding it.
He finds himself in front of a wall with some text carved on to it all over.
[[He moves his torch forward, in an effort to illuminate it better and try to read it.->Read]]As he tries to rush behind a rock to hide from the lava, some of the burning liquid hits his arm and burns him quite severely.
He waits a few moments till the spewing lava stops settles down and then continues forward.
He finds himself in front of a wall with some text carved on to it all over.
[[He moves his torch forward, in an effort to illuminate it better and try to read it.->Read]]