Follow the Bandits

Putting aside the bad feelings, I decided to follow after the bandits. I kept a safe distance as they headed down in front of me. They turned right, headed through a wooden door. I waited at the door for a moment, activated shade, and slipped inside.

The room was a wide open section of the cave system, with several tables filled with bandits eating and drinking. I saw a door at the other end of the mess hall, and decided to head for it. Moving along the edge of the cavern, I inched my way to the other side of the room.

“Hey fuck you!” shouted a bandit. Panicking, I jerked my head towards the source of the shouting. A bandit had abruptly stood, knocking his chair to the floor. He pointed at a finger at the bandit sitting across from him.

“No, fuck you!” yelled the other bandit, standing up and knocking his chair to the floor. Both were clearly drunk at this point. The first picked up his mug, chucking it at the other bandit. The target of the mug ducked out of the way, sending the mug flying towards the back wall of the cavern. The mug impacted the back of another bandit’s head, who retaliated throwing his own mug. This soon spiraled out into a food fight.

Taking the opportunity to move along, I rushed to towards the back room. Unfortunately, this would turn out to be a terrible choice, much like following the lair of bandits in the first place. Just before I reached the door, a bandit got knocked back, directly into me, pinning me to the ground.

“Wot the ‘ell?” exclaimed the bandit on top me. “Oi! We got a sneaker!” The bandit scrambled to his feet before pinning me to the ground properly. Shade deactivated as he slammed my face into the ground, knocking me out.

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When I awoke, the scene before me made me vomit inside my gagged mouth. I was bound, propped up against a table. In the center of the mess hall, my party was similarly bound. Minerva was with them, and Gor’s severed head laid in the far corner. The difference was that I wasn’t being brutally **** by a gang of bandits. I screamed into my gag, the rage inside building to a fever pitch.

“Oh ho. Oi Boss! The runt is finally awake,” said a bandit who was awaiting his turn. The bandit leader stopped pumping his hips into the bound Lucille, chuckling, clearly taking great enjoyment from his actions. Another bandit quickly took his place.

“What’s wrong boy? Do you wish you could kill me? Or do you wish you were in line?” he laughed, drawing a knife from his belt. “Too bad. Maybe if you had begged, we’d have let you join the group. Of course, once you killed our brothers, you lost that choice.”

“H-help...please...” begged Flora, her voice hoarse from screaming. Lucille was plugged from all ends, tears streaming down her face. Alice was ****, but they didn’t care. Sofia’s eyes were blank, having given up hope hours ago. Minerva was beaten brutally, her face covered in bruises for having resisted.

“Go on. Help her,” he laughed sadistically. I struggled desperately against my bonds. “Hmm? What’s wrong? You can’t move? Here, let me help.”

The bandit leader took his knife and ran it across my throat. At first, it was like a sudden cold chill, then a persistent burning feeling as the blood spilled from my throat. My vision wavered.

“Oops...my hand slipped. Sorry kid,” he howled in laughter. The rest of the bandits cackled in glee as I fell to the ground, dying.

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When I regained consciousness, I found myself in a familiar location. A surreal white room, bare save a desk with a blonde woman sitting behind it. The woman sighed, looking up at me with utter contempt.

“Really? What complete ineptitude. How did I get suckered into wasting my time on a complete idiotic failure like you,” she sneered.

“Wha? Wait? Esther!? Hey! Send me back! They need my help!” I pleaded, falling to my knees.

“Eh?” she said, looking down on me.

“Please! You have to!” I demanded, banging on her desk.

“Jean!” The door behind me opened, and a burly angel stepped inside the room. “Get him out of here. And tell Heather I recommend hell for his afterlife assignment.”

“Yes, Miss Esther,” said the burly angel, slinging me over his shoulder effortlessly.

“Stop! You can’t!” I screamed, clinging to the doorway as I was dragged out of the room.

“Some people,” sighed the goddess as Jean succeeded in dragging me out of Esther’s office.

Bad End 1

*Author’s Note*

Introducing the Bad End. While this one is meant as an introduction, Bad Ends show that failure is possible for our heroes. Future Bad Ends will not be as obvious as this one, so if you want a good ending, be sure to pay attention, and make your decisions carefully. Note that deciding to date a certain character will not get you stuck in a Bad End line, but there may be Bad Ends that are exclusive to those dating a certain girl. Not all Bad Ends will be as dark as this, so for those wanting to experience all the story has to offer, feel free to get all the Bad Ends you want, just remember to use the “Previous Chapter” button to undo the decision that leads to a Bad End. Now, go back, head where the bandits came from, and save your party.

-Shandor