Tag: Story038

This deadly man cave is no myth.

You continue moving forward. Incredibly, there’s a door in front of you. It looks just like the wooden one at the beginning of the maze. You jiggle the handle, but it’s locked. The MANotaur spots you from the end of the hallway. His bulbous human has grown like a pimple on his big bull body. […]

Something catches your eye to the right. You walk down the hallway, which ends with a beautiful marble sculpture. It’s the head of Medusa hanging on the wall. It has intricately carved facial features and snake hair. “Finally, a little class in this horrible place!” you exclaim to yourself. When the snake hair begins vibrating, […]

Leftward, ho. The MANotaur’s smell gets stronger. His grunts get louder. By the time you realize you’ve made a horrible mistake, the creature jumps in front of you! “You’ve made a horrible mistake,” the MANotaur grumbles from the shadows. “Yeah, I know that now,” you say defensively. The MANotaur emerges. His bloody horns glisten in […]

It’s not long before you come to a crossroad, now with 33% more choices than previous crossroads. Why do mazes have to be so gosh darn maze-like, huh? You can hear slow, powerful breathing. A disturbing odor fills the air. Some kind of wild spice? A dark temptation perhaps? Anarchy for Him? The MANotaur’s smell […]

You go west. The solid floor gives way to rubble, which pokes at your bare feet. Things get way worse when the rubble turns red. The floor is made of hot coals! This must be the MANotaur’s disturbing barbecue pit! (Allegedly. You haven’t yet confirmed if he eats humans.) By the time you run off […]

“There are two things you can always count on,” your mother frequently told you. “Secret passageways lead to trouble, and Classical Greece will last forever.” The path leads to another fork. You think of an expression, “All roads lead to forks.” If you make it out of this alive, you’re going to start using it. […]

You enter the secret passage. It’s pitch black in here, save for a black light poster for the hard lyre band Metallicus. Have you stumbled into MANotaur MANocave? On the ground is a chalice of glowing liquid. You pick it up and take a sip. Why not? Mmm, grapey! Restore 1 Stamina point. There’s a […]

After getting a few more steps in, there’s a clear path ahead that curves right, to the north. However, there’s something funny about the wall to the left. One brick is sticking out awkwardly. You push the brick into the wall. Sure enough, the wall slides away and a passage is revealed! Maybe it’s a […]

You turn to the left. There’s a long, quiet hallway, which you make your way down. The MANotaur’s screams break the silence. You can hear him cussing about something. It’s difficult to hear with all the echoing. “This fantasy Olympics team… goddamn pankration… lost all my drachmas!” Something like that. Go west.