text: [Themes: love & dating, romance, biblical]
  
  You walk out of your ruined house, not looking back, and begin heading towards the woods. It takes an hour of searching, but you find her. She sits by the same rock as yesterday, staring into the water.
  
  "Rose!" you say.
  
  Rose looks at you. She looks... strange. She's the palest you've ever seen. She's missing her wooden ring, as well. Her eyes are different, however. They're dark, the blue of her eyes now almost being black. Tears stream down her face as she stares at you.
  
  "Jacob!" she says, crying. "I'm so so sorry, Jacob. I tried to stop her. I tried my best. But my father's greedy, and he'd only..."
  
  Rose bursts into tears as you quickly cross the river. You wrap your arms around her, hugging her tightly.
  
  "It's OK. It'll be alright. We're fine, OK? We're fine. We need to get out of here."
  
  "It's my fault," Rose cries. "I know what my mother's like. I should've never talked to you."
  
  "It's OK. It's OK," you say. "We just need to go, OK?"
  
  "No, Jacob, I can't. I can't," she says.
  
  "It's OK. Just take a deep breath, and tell me what's going on," you say.
  
  "My... my mother... she saw us kiss. It took a lot for me to convince her to let us be friends, and I promised her we'd never kiss or marry or anything. I knew she was going to try kill you, so I had to make a deal."
  
  "That... the monster is your mother?" you ask, stepping back.
  
  Fay nods slowly.
  
  "She wasn't always like that. When she met my father, he made her like that. She wanted to be like that, to have power. She gave him so much... she gave him everything... eventually, her gave her something in return. A child."
  
  "Who... who is your father, Rose?" you ask.
  
  "It's..." Rose says, before bursting into tears. "I'm so sorry, I wanted to tell you, but I thought you wouldn't want to be my friend if I told you."
  
  "Rose..."
  
  "It's... my father is Lucifer, Jacob. I knew mother was going to try kill you, so I had to do something. I couldn't stop her, but my father could. I tried to convince him, but he wanted something in return. I had to..."
  
  "Rose..." you repeat again.
  
  "I had to sell him my soul, Jacob."
  
  You stare at her in shock as she nods slowly.
  
  "I'm sorry," she says softly.
  
  "We... we can fix this," you say.
  
  "Jacob, you need to go. You can't stay here with me. Please, just go."
  
  "No, no! We can fix this! I can fix this! If you turn to Jesus Christ, he can save your soul! No matter what kind of deal you've made, if you've accepted Jesus Christ into your heart, you'll be saved!"
  
  "I'm too corrupt for that," she says softly.
  
  "Then we can purify you! We can purify you! Or I can go talk to your mother! If I can convince her to let us be, she can... talk to your father, or something. I mean, that's got to work!"
  
  Rose stares at you blankly, her eyes still dark and lifeless.
  
  "She'd kill you on sight if my father's protection has warn off. If it hasn't, she won't care."
  
  "Then I can go talk to your father! I'm sure I can convince him, or trade something with him, to give you your soul back."
  
  Rose slaps you hard across the face.
  
  "You don't go up there, do you understand?! You stay away from him! I'll tell you what the plan is. You leave. You get out of here. Go to town. Find a pretty girl, get married, settle down. Be happy, understand?"
  
  "I can't do that to you," you say, exasperated.
  
  You could try to purify her. Then, with Jesus Christ, you could get her soul saved. You could also try to talk to one one of her parents. Or... you could just leave. You could abandon everything, and try to find a happy life.
  
  > Head to talk with her father
  "I need to go," you say.
  
  "Yeah," Rose nods. "Thanks."
  
  "I'll be back," you reply.
  
  "No, Jacob! Go to the town! Please!"
  
  You walk away from Rose, heading towards the cave. She doesn't seem to have the strength to follow, or doesn't realize where you're going. None the less, you walk away.
  
  After a few minutes of walking, you reach the mountain. You climb up the rocks and reach the mouth of the cave, turning only briefly to stare at the forest around you. You feel a certain cold chill run through you as you stare at into the darkness inside, but you know you need to enter. You walk further into the cave, as the shadows and darkness consume you. After a minute of stumbling forward, you reach the end of the cave, pausing. In the middle of the cave, dozens of scratches cover the inside of the wall, alongside dried in blood. You pause, staring at it. In the middle, a deer skull sits in place You half expect to start hearing horrible screaming or demons to clamber out from the walls, but nothing happens. The crucifix is heavy in your pocket, and you realize that's what's preventing him from coming. You take it out and walk back to the mouth of the cave, and stare out at the woods, knowing you don't really have a choice here.
  
  > throw it
  Your throw the crucifix, watching it disappear off out of view into the trees. Then you turn, walking back further into the cave. You walk back to the skull, and kneel in front of it, closing your eyes. You wait in silence for several minutes, before you finally hear a voice.
  
  "Ah... you must be the boy. Hello, Jacob."
  
  "H-h-hello," you stutter, trying to keep calm.
  
  "Keep your eyes closed, would you, boy?" the voice asks.
  
  "OK," you reply.
  
  "I assume you know who I am?" the voice asks.
  
  "You're Lucifer."
  
  "So you know how high the stakes are here. What did you come here to do?"
  
  "I want you to give Rose her soul back."
  
  "I didn't ask what you wanted. I asked what you came here to do?"
  
  "To... to get her soul back," you say.
  
  "Oh, my dear boy, how is it you expect to do that?"
  
  "I'm... I'm willing to trade."
  
  "A soul is of infinite value. You have only one thing that even comes close to it in value. But you know that, don't you?"
  
  You nod slowly, as you feel hands on your shoulders.
  
  "So tell me... are you willing to give your soul for hers? The trade's simple. Your soul for hers. Do we have an agreement?"
  
  > accept the deal
  "Fine," you say.
  
  "Say it," Lucifer asks.
  
  "I accept the deal," you say, before shuddering in pain as you feel his soul tear into your very being.
  
  "Then it's a deal!"
  
  You scream as you feel your body begin to burn up in terrible pain. You feel your soul being torn out, before you collapse, your life taken from you.
  
  > Continue
  Although you never learn of it, Rose sat by the river for several hours. Slowly, she begins to feel better. It's only after a few hours she realizes what's happening. She headed up to the cave, and found your body lying there. No matter what she offered, her father refused to revive the departed boy. Eventually, he fell silent, and she left. She left the cave and she left the cave. She walked for miles out of the woods, not knowing what direction the nearest town was. Eventually, a carriage found the girl in the dress, bringing her to the nearest town. Sitting in that carriage, free of her father, free of her mother, free of the woods, that girl in the dress knew that she was free, and it was all thanks to you.