Keep going straight, through the thick woods

From Create Your Own Story

You plunge into the dark woods, dodging trees as you move as fast as you can. There always seems to be a tree in front of you, and you dodge at random to the left or to the right.

"You could move twice as fast if you ran on a path instead of always having to dodge trees."

An arm wraps around your body.

"Consider this a punishment for being stupid. It's the first time you've made a mistake all night."

Instead of a machete or a blade, the hand at your abdomen holds what looks like an X-Acto knife. With surgical precision, your skin is cut open just enough to allow your intestines to fall out a bit. Then the knife vanishes and a salve of some sort is applied, causing the bleeding to stop. Your jaw is pried open and a fluid poured into your mouth, which you swallow. The pain from being cut open goes away.

"Remember, you can run much faster on a path."

The arm holding you lets go.

And suddenly, out of the darkness, a path seems to appear. You can bear to the left, or you can bear to the right.

• Bear to the left, and race down the path
• Bear to the right, and race down the path