Shall we begin with a fresh tale tonight? #PickYourOwnAdventure #cosowriting

*🍪 Cookies and 🥛 milk on the table for all.* Alright, to kick things off, here's how this works. These will be 5 minute timed polls, so you'll need to be quick to choose! The winning poll will dictate where we go next with the follow up entry. Now I'm only one storyteller, I know there's plenty of us lurking about, so if anyone wishes to peak up the reigns to take the lead - just give me a shoulder tap. ^_^ Shall we pick a setting? #PickYourOwnAdventure #CoSoWriting

Fantasy it is! The community has spoken! We will begin with the first entry in about 10 minutes. Get your snacks, popcorn, and drinks, this'll be a fun ride. :)
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The sound of a tiny bell rings in your ear, and you turn over in effort to drive the sound out.

Persistently the bell rings even louder, uninterrupted, your blanket gets pulled away quickly as the bell starts to sound more like a tiny ringing voice. "Hey, you, WAKE UP!"

You roll open one eye to only be nearly blinded by a green glowing figure floating right in your face. What the hell is that! You swing at it! "Hey, stop that!"
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That tiny bug has a human like face, holy crap is it close too! You swear it's about to headbutt you as you focus your eyes on it. "I said WAKE UP! Come on, out of the cot! The queens and her guards will be here any minute now! Up, up you!" How is this thing even strong enough to nudge you, it's not even the size of a spool! Of course, trying to correct your sight in your sleepy state, you fall backwards out of the cot and onto the floor with a thump!
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You take a few minutes to collect yourself, on the floor of what appeared to be a room, inside of a tree knot? You aren't absolutely certain, but you spot a sheathed sword, a shield, and some equipment lashed to a belt near the opening into the room. The fairy grows more alarmed, arms flailing about as it bobs in the air in panic. "I shouldn't have saved you from the lake, you don't belong here stranger, you need to go!"
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You pull yourself up off the floor, the fairy screaming in it's high bell like note in your wake but you gave it no thought as you straighten your shirt, dust off your pants and step towards the equipment to lash the belt and sling the sheathed sword onto it, shouldering the shield before you look back to the fairy, it's panic had it dipping erratically around the room, zipping about! "Go go go, take it all, go!" You hear the drone of dragonflies coming.
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You speak to the fairy, asking it to join you. "My name is Henna, and no, no, the queen will take my head if she finds out...wait, maybe I should join you...she won't behead me if she can't find me, right right?" Henna darted into the pouch on your belt, the green glow dimming as you carefully brush the lid of the pouch closed. Henna chimes softly "Don't tell them I'm here, okay?" The drone of the dragonflies grow louder, closer by.
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"She's here...shhh...you didn't see me!" Henna ducks beneath the lid of the pouch into hiding, the glow dimming from their little wings. You hear the dragonflies drone coming from the east, and as you turn to look, you can see an acorn cap chariot carrying a gold and silver glowing fairy, pulled by a train of eight dragonflies landing on a branch nearby. You swear you could hear some form of cursing as the fairy queen pulled herself out of the chariot.
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(Coin flip!)
You quickly duck back into the hut, the queen completely missing your absence and more focused on shouting for Henna! The little green fairy staying quiet, tucked in your pouch as you explore the hut for a few moments longer while biding time in hopes the queen won't investigate the silence herself. "Lady Henna?" Uhoh, that's not the queen. Two guards had flitted into the tree boughs to investigate reports of a stranger!
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You step back into the shadows inside of the hut as the guards duck into the opening, flitting about. One is a bright red glowing fairy and the other one is a light blue, twirling about the hut looking for Henna. The little green fairy in your pouch peeps out for a moment before you tap the lid closed quietly to keep her safe from being spotted. You can hear the chatter between the guards however as you watch and wait in the shadows.
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You stay and listen from the shadows.
"The watchpost said she was here a bit ago, where did she go?"
"Maybe she had to duck out for some fresh water?"
"You know, you could be right."
"Yeah, but what if I'm wrong?"
"I guess we'll find out, eh? Come on, let's check the dewponds in the upper boughs."
Their wings buzzed right past the point of your right ear in the shadows, not even spotting you as they left the hut.
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(Coin flip! Split vote.)
You check your pouch guest and ask Henna about the guards and what they were talking about.
"Oh you know...general caution of strange visitors falling into our lake..."
"No I mean, really I found you half drowned in the lake. You were covered in muck, by the way. Your lucky I got it out of the clothes!"
"But yeah, the queen had orders for all of us to avoid contact with strangers. Well...you sort of fell into the lake we protect."
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Henna darts out of your pouch to lead the way, beckoning you to follow them to the hut entrance, pointing out the opening in the tree limbs. "About a stones throw that way, the queen said that we should keep a close watch for humans. Something about a lake god in the waters and handing out illegal swords..." Henna darts back into the pouch, muffled by the lid. "Something about kings and such. I wasn't paying much attention at the time."
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(Coin flip, split vote, 3 ways no less!) Kings, lake gods, what next? Henna wasn't about to answer further, seems she found a cracker in your pouch and was busily eating her fill. "Huh, well, guess I'm about to find out, aren't I.." You say to yourself as you start out of the tree. THANKFULLY the queen and her guards had left, or you might have gotten yourself and Henna into deep trouble. As you set feet on the ground, you ask yourself, where to now?
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(Coin flip! Lake we go!)
As you walk through the glades heading for the lake that Henna mentioned, you spot several long horned deer? No...horses? Henna chimes in following a rough burp. "Unicorns, we got a few herds that pass through here." Unicorns...first you'd seen of them. One of the larger unicorns of the herd stopped to look back at you, eyes as deep as the sea. Watchful, cautious. You watch as the herd leap for the forest line's shadowed safety.
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