Follow the road ahead

You are not dressed for a walk through the forest, so you decide to stick to the road – it will leave you a bit more exposed, but it will also allow you to walk at a faster pace. The only question left is which way to go, but since you have no idea which direction is which you decide that going ahead, towards the distance, is as good a choice as any.

For the next few minutes you walk at a brisk pace, hoping to at least see the end of the seemingly-endless forest that surrounds you. Several times you think you hear movement somewhere close by, but no matter how much you look around you see nothing.

Your trip is cut short when you hear a whizzing sound and with a low thud an arrow embeds itself in the road in front of you. Three more arrows follow: one hits the ground on your left, one the ground on your right, and the last one hits the ground behind you. You freeze in place and start looking around, but see no trace of the people that shot them.

“Don't try anything stupid. It would be a shame to hurt a pretty girl like you.” Warns a female voice from somewhere to your left, among the trees. Since you are clearly outnumbered and at a disadvantage due to not seeing your assailants you decide to heed the advice and lower your sword.

Moments later three figures emerge from the trees around – two come from your left and the last one from your right. All three are wearing dark green leather armor that is quite tight and emphasizes their large breasts. All three are also wearing green cloaks with hoods over their faces, keeping you from seeing what the three look like. Each one is holding a longbow with a notched arrow and has a short sword on her belt. They quickly surround you, but stay just out of the range of your sword.

“Looks like we got ourselves another rookie that has no items of value.” Says the one in front of you.

“True, but with her looks who cares about items?” Comments the one on your left.

“Yeah, I'm starting to get wet just looking at her!” Admits the last one, causing you to blush involuntarily. You are not used to people talking about you like that.

“Let's take her back to camp. Than we'll decide what to do with her.” Suggests the first one.

“Now you're talking!” Agrees the third of your assailants. She seems quite excited by the idea. The second one just nods in agreement without saying anything.

“What do you say, girl? Do you want to come with us?” Asks you the one in front of you. You get the impression that she is just being polite and doesn't really care what you will say.

You consider you options. You could attack them, since they did not take you weapon and likely won't expect an attack, but you are outnumbered, and there's likely at least one more of them nearby, judging by the number of arrows that were shot as a warning. You could pretend to go along and then try to flee, but again, you are outnumbered and there's likely at least one more of them. You could go along quietly, but you have no idea where they are going to bring you or what they will make you do once there. Last, but not least, you could try negotiating with them to let you go – though you are not sure what you could offer them when they have you at their mercy...