text: > Look around
  The throne room of the Blood Tower is a mockery to your god Hielon. Open to the sky, as if its inhabitant weren't the vilest of vampires, and a throne made of skulls and bones with rays much like those of the sun symbols your church uses.
  
  Floating near the dark throne is your foe, the mockery of your god, the red queen.
  
  As you continue looking around, your disgust with your environment wells up to unexpected heights. It is enough to cause you physical pain and nausea. Nausea strong enough to cause you to vomit. Falling to your knees, you hear the laughter of the red queen as she draws a dagger from Hielon knows where and slits your throat.
  
  *** Your disgust has overwhelmed you. ***
  Maybe things could have gone differently...
  
  The noon sun burns hot even with the wind rushing through your hair. Catching a quick glance of your reflection in your sword, you quickly return your attention to the important matter at hand - your foe. It has been a long battle, but now the advantage is yours. It is time to make the decisive move, and to
  
  Finish your Foe!
  
  Standard Rules version 3/120430 by Graham Nelson
  English Language version 1 by Graham Nelson
  Extended Grammar version 8/140501 by Aaron Reed
  Basic Screen Effects version 7/140425 by Emily Short
  
  > sit on the throne
  Barreling past the red queen, you approach her throne. Your first inclination is to destroy it as you feel a wave of disgust. But you quickly recognize the disgust as the result of an incantation, surely intended to make you attack the throne. So instead, you sit on it.
  
  ...
  
  Instantly, you recognize the truth. The red queen has been right all along. You have been but a slave to Hielon, the other gods, the church, and your family, even. You eagerly accept a place at the red queen side.
  
  ) You can refer to your foe as "foe!". There are four short lines of text dedicated to stripping out the exclamation sign.
  
  > destroy the throne
  It seems clear that the dark throne holds dread power. Perhaps it holds the power that protects the red queen from your blade's attacks. You rush past her, striking and severing one of the rib-crafted sun rays, and another, then jump backwards as the red queen dives at you. Instinctively, you hit her with your sword, and with grim satisfaction, you see a small wound on her cheek, smaller than you would normally expect, but it is there.
  "You do not know what powers you are toying with, mortal worm!" the red queen shouts. "By damaging the throne, you have allowed a creature more powerful and destructive than me access to our world, and it is on its way already." Paying no heed to what you think a transparent attempt to save her life, you continue to damage the throne, and when it is nearly completely destroyed, the red queen dies to your sword, and you return home triumphantly.
  
  *** But then the demon lord arrives... ***
  Maybe things could have gone differently...
  
  The noon sun burns hot even with the wind rushing through your hair. Catching a quick glance of your reflection in your sword, you quickly return your attention to the important matter at hand - your foe. It has been a long battle, but now the advantage is yours. It is time to make the decisive move, and to
  
  Finish your Foe!
  
  Standard Rules version 3/120430 by Graham Nelson
  English Language version 1 by Graham Nelson
  Extended Grammar version 8/140501 by Aaron Reed
  Basic Screen Effects version 7/140425 by Emily Short
  
  > turn throne
  Though you are no priest, you do have a weak ability to harm the undead. Vampires are usually too powerful to be affected, but perhaps if you concentrate on the dark throne, you might be able to destroy it and whatever vile influence it provides. You channel your devotion to Hielon and direct it at the dark throne, but you feel that it is absorbed by the throne rather than harming it. Before you can react, a pulse of vile energy radiates from the throne, and disgust overcomes you. You fall to your knees and vomit, and the red witch approaches with a dagger, cackling evilly, dagger in hand.
  
  *** Your blessings have turned into a curse. ***
  Maybe things could have gone differently...
  
  The noon sun burns hot even with the wind rushing through your hair. Catching a quick glance of your reflection in your sword, you quickly return your attention to the important matter at hand - your foe. It has been a long battle, but now the advantage is yours. It is time to make the decisive move, and to
  
  Finish your Foe!
  
  Standard Rules version 3/120430 by Graham Nelson
  English Language version 1 by Graham Nelson
  Extended Grammar version 8/140501 by Aaron Reed
  Basic Screen Effects version 7/140425 by Emily Short
  
  > turn the queen
  Though you are no priest, you do have a weak ability to harm the undead. Vampires are usually too powerful to be affected, but perhaps you can weaken her magical protections this way. You channel your devotion to Hielon and direct it at the red queen... but you realize it is redirected, absorbed by the dark throne. Before you can react, a pulse of vile energy radiates from the throne, and disgust overcomes you. You fall to your knees and vomit, and the red witch approaches with a dagger, cackling evilly, dagger in hand.
  
  *** Your blessings have turned into a curse. ***
  Maybe things could have gone differently...
  
  The noon sun burns hot even with the wind rushing through your hair. Catching a quick glance of your reflection in your sword, you quickly return your attention to the important matter at hand - your foe. It has been a long battle, but now the advantage is yours. It is time to make the decisive move, and to
  
  Finish your Foe!
  
  Standard Rules version 3/120430 by Graham Nelson
  English Language version 1 by Graham Nelson
  Extended Grammar version 8/140501 by Aaron Reed
  Basic Screen Effects version 7/140425 by Emily Short
  
  > examine the queen
  A tall, deathly pale woman with flowing red hair and sharp, long canines. This creature is a vampire, and not just any vampire. The red queen is an ancient affront to Hielon, god of the sun. Not only is she one of the vampires capable of surviving his gaze, she once was his high priest before her betrayal. She is wearing a red dress that, though you've struck many wounds on the red queen (that have quickly mended), shows no signs of gashes.
  
  As you continue looking around, your disgust with your environment wells up to unexpected heights. It is enough to cause you physical pain and nausea. Nausea strong enough to cause you to vomit. Falling to your knees, you hear the laughter of the red queen as she draws a dagger from Hielon knows where and slits your throat.
  
  *** Your disgust has overwhelmed you. ***
  Maybe things could have gone differently...
  
  The noon sun burns hot even with the wind rushing through your hair. Catching a quick glance of your reflection in your sword, you quickly return your attention to the important matter at hand - your foe. It has been a long battle, but now the advantage is yours. It is time to make the decisive move, and to
  
  Finish your Foe!
  
  Standard Rules version 3/120430 by Graham Nelson
  English Language version 1 by Graham Nelson
  Extended Grammar version 8/140501 by Aaron Reed
  Basic Screen Effects version 7/140425 by Emily Short
  
  > throw the sword at the queen
  You lack the nerve when it comes to the crucial moment.
  
  As you continue looking around, your disgust with your environment wells up to unexpected heights. It is enough to cause you physical pain and nausea. Nausea strong enough to cause you to vomit. Falling to your knees, you hear the laughter of the red queen as she draws a dagger from Hielon knows where and slits your throat.
  
  *** Your disgust has overwhelmed you. ***
  Maybe things could have gone differently...
  
  The noon sun burns hot even with the wind rushing through your hair. Catching a quick glance of your reflection in your sword, you quickly return your attention to the important matter at hand - your foe. It has been a long battle, but now the advantage is yours. It is time to make the decisive move, and to
  
  Finish your Foe!
  
  Standard Rules version 3/120430 by Graham Nelson
  English Language version 1 by Graham Nelson
  Extended Grammar version 8/140501 by Aaron Reed
  Basic Screen Effects version 7/140425 by Emily Short
  
  > take the dress
  That seems to belong to the red queen.
  
  As you continue looking around, your disgust with your environment wells up to unexpected heights. It is enough to cause you physical pain and nausea. Nausea strong enough to cause you to vomit. Falling to your knees, you hear the laughter of the red queen as she draws a dagger from Hielon knows where and slits your throat.
  
  *** Your disgust has overwhelmed you. ***
  Maybe things could have gone differently...
  
  The noon sun burns hot even with the wind rushing through your hair. Catching a quick glance of your reflection in your sword, you quickly return your attention to the important matter at hand - your foe. It has been a long battle, but now the advantage is yours. It is time to make the decisive move, and to
  
  Finish your Foe!
  
  Standard Rules version 3/120430 by Graham Nelson
  English Language version 1 by Graham Nelson
  Extended Grammar version 8/140501 by Aaron Reed
  Basic Screen Effects version 7/140425 by Emily Short
  
  > Dance
  It feels silly, but you start the dance that you were taught. It is a fluid one, seamlessly allowing you to dodge away from the red queen's assaults. It is a long dance, though, and exhaustion begins to set in, and the red queen pins you down right at the end. She rips apart your gorget and is about to tear your throat as the tower shakes and it appears over the walls. The elder treant with a vast vendetta against the red queen. It grabs her, instantly sealing her head in resin. You shudder to think what tortures the beast has in store for an undying vampire, but you feel that you had no other choice.
  
  *** You have consigned your foe to a horrible fate. ***
  Maybe things could have gone differently...
  
  The noon sun burns hot even with the wind rushing through your hair. Catching a quick glance of your reflection in your sword, you quickly return your attention to the important matter at hand - your foe. It has been a long battle, but now the advantage is yours. It is time to make the decisive move, and to
  
  Finish your Foe!
  
  Standard Rules version 3/120430 by Graham Nelson
  English Language version 1 by Graham Nelson
  Extended Grammar version 8/140501 by Aaron Reed
  Basic Screen Effects version 7/140425 by Emily Short
  
  > Kiss queen
  An aura of temptation washes over you, and the red queen asks with a smile "You are a mighty warrior indeed, but is war not such a dreadful business? Would you not rather be a lover?" She really must have a low opinion of the followers of her former church. The wave of temptation was nowhere strong enough to even make a dent in your willpower.
  "You are by far less fair than my husband, by far less passionate than my wife, by far less adorable than our children. There is nothing you can offer to me to replace even one of them, let alone all five of them." As you speak, the red queen's face becomes more and more distorted with anger and hatred, and she dives at you. You instinctively throw a punch, and are surprised to actually see a bruise developing on your foe's face, and before you can react to figure out what caused the bruise, the red queen has muttered a word and fades to another location.
  
  *** This fight may have ended, but it will start anew. ***
  Maybe things could have gone differently...
  
  The noon sun burns hot even with the wind rushing through your hair. Catching a quick glance of your reflection in your sword, you quickly return your attention to the important matter at hand - your foe. It has been a long battle, but now the advantage is yours. It is time to make the decisive move, and to
  
  Finish your Foe!
  
  Standard Rules version 3/120430 by Graham Nelson
  English Language version 1 by Graham Nelson
  Extended Grammar version 8/140501 by Aaron Reed
  Basic Screen Effects version 7/140425 by Emily Short
  
  > Yes
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