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@jasmine

I think it would be fun to have Ferran join Liorah and Gwen, but he’s your character so I’m ok with whatever. Your last posts was really cool!

Thank you! Awesome, that would be cool! I can’t wait to see what the three of them will do! I’ll make the wall go down as soon as Liorah and Gwen are done fighting. Do you have any ideas for challenges?

Liorah

Gwen scrambled back, desperately, but I could tell I’d caught her by surprise this time. She twisted and my sword nicked her between her neck and her shoulder. She gave a little gasp of pain and jumped back. Guilt and hatred for the castle washed over me. I didn’t want to hurt Gwen. She had been nothing but kind and brave.

“Now we’re even,” Gwen said, forcing a tight grin. She clenched her jaw and raised her sword again.

“One point for each. One more strike and we’ll see who lives.” The castle intoned.

I froze. Who lives? What did it mean, who lives? I felt panic, then anger, surging in me. I wasn’t going to let Gwen die because of me!

“How dare you? Two can play at this game,” I snarled at the castle.

I leaped forward, toward Gwen. She raised her sword, ready to parry, but instead of swinging at her again, I grabbed her sword. She instinctively tried to wrench it free, tried to block the cut she thought was coming.

Her blade bit deep into my palm and I bit back a cry of pain. It hurt even more than I’d expected. Adrenaline rushed through me, making my ears buzz and my head pound.

I spun away from Gwen, toward the corner where the voice had been coming from. I held up my bloody hand. The stripes where Gwen’s sword had slashed wept scarlet. A drop of blood tickled down my arm, into my sleeve.

“Look! Gwen won. She wounded me twice. She gets to live.” In a final show of disdain, I flicked my wrist, splattering drops of blood over the floor.

And I waited. Waited to see if the castle would accept my loophole and kill me, or force us to continue.

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Leaving it up to you to choose what happens next! Can’t wait to see what you come up with!