Stories of Tie Up Games

Part Ten - The Missing

From the perspective of the gathering crowd, the dipping sun seemed to masquerade as a bright halo around the huge, carved marble face of Seer Escrutan that ornamented the upper trim of the central palace, as if he had truly ascended into the godhood history claimed he did ...

Hello. I know most of the original readers of this story have probably died of old age, but I finally got off my ass to write Part Ten, with choices at the end and everything - will be posted within a few minutes. Hope anyone who picks up this meandering fable again (or for the first time) enjoys ...

Part Nine – A Relic’s Retribution

The bright bolts and their dazzling performance were suddenly sucked back into the whirling singularity of cyan light surrounding Shana. Pasfina planted her palms into the ground and prepared to push herself to her feet when a massive wave of energy pulsed ...

Thanks [mention]Caesar73[/mention] and [mention]GreyLord[/mention] for your votes. I'm just uploading Part Nine now.

I have not included voting options at the end of this part, as in a rare moment of decisiveness I have a fairly definitive idea of where I want the next part to go in terms of ...

Part Eight – Hakal Hunt

Things were tense.

“I said , how many times did you use it?”

“Oh, for……I can’t remember! At least five, no more than ten, I’m pretty sure.”

“ Ten!? Are you out of your godsdamned mind , girl?”

“Stop calling me….”

“Do you even know what ...

[mention]Caesar73[/mention], thank you for the sobering advice. I completely agree with your point regarding comments - I think part of the reason why I made this a voting story was in some way to manufacture/provoke responses, but I also think it would be more than a little hypocritical of me to ...

Thank you [mention]GreyLord[/mention], I really appreciate the kind comment. Knowing that even one person is enjoying the story is the only thing keeping me on this so thanks again.

I've taken a little break following the wall of melodrama that was Part Seven, but I have now written a couple of ...

Part Seven – Sable and Bruv

WhooooOOOO OOMPPHH .

Keiri yelled and dropped the hook. Its temperature had skyrocketed to the steel of a boiling kettle, and had nearly seared its shape into the flesh of her thumb. The tiny relic tumbled into the dark undergrowth below, out of sight. Oblivious ...

Hello. In the next hour or so, Part Seven of Relics will be up, after I've completed the increasingly mammoth task of formatting all the text and doing my usual last-minute panicked re-writes. There are few preambles however I'd like to put here though for my own peace of mind.

PLEASE NOTE : If ...

Thanks [mention]Tapebot[/mention], [mention]GreyLord[/mention] and [mention]Detectivesydney[/mention] for the votes.

Good news - I'm reasonably confident I can find a way to incorporate all three of your voted-for options into the next part in some democratic fashion.

Bad news - I, er, haven't ...

Part Six – Of A Bald Man On A Black Throne

Derek drew back his muscular arm and threw yet another stone with everything he had. The forest darkness eagerly swallowed the stone before it even approached the height of its parabola, but not even the darkness could stop him hearing a definitive ...

Well that was a long few days. Lots of rewrites on this next part, by far the longest I've done so far (not necessarily a good thing I know). Hope you enjoy.

Thanks [mention]Tenuous[/mention] , [mention]Tapebot[/mention] , [mention]RiggerTom[/mention] and [mention]GreyLord[/mention] for your votes. I've got most of the next part drafted - this one has been a bit tougher to nail down the tone, but I think I'm getting close to something I'm happy with ...

Part Five – The Kidnapping of Therese Wrenshaw

My “Lord” Duke Leonar Jukun III,
Your latest correspondence heralds yet another new low for my estimation of you as a vassal of our liege, as a noble, indeed as a man. Not only do you labour under the comic misapprehension that you hold the ...

Thank you to [mention]Tapebot[/mention] , [mention]RiggerTom[/mention] , [mention]SinfulSloth[/mention] , [mention]Tenuous[/mention] and [mention]Caesar73[/mention] for your votes. You'll be pleased to hear you don't need to wait another year for the next instalment - should get something up within ...

Uh yeah, so......not the most dedicated poster, I know. Apologies to [mention]redlukas[/mention] and [mention]RiggerTom[/mention] who had to wait this silly amount of time for their votes to bear fruit.

Part Four – Gharharla

The pit itself was around thirty feet wide, nine feet deep, a sheer ...

Part Three – The Horseshoe

Pasfina let herself just sit in the ropes for a couple of minutes. Eyes closed, fingers flexing, heart slowing. She coaxed her mind into processing the three hours “rest” she had had, realising (or imagining) the physical benefit. She let her survivor’s soul ...

Thank you, I will lock in C. I'm about 2/3rds done, and I'm posting this mainly to force myself to commit to completion soon. Also I wasn't particularly happy about the choices I offered last part - think I did them in a bit of a rush once I had finished the main text. My plan is to either improve ...

Part Two - Together in the Gloom

Pasfina made her move swiftly, but not suddenly. It was an important distinction. Pasfina had once read of an old crusader general: “Your enemy will oft allow you to shank his ear clean off, so long as you do it obediently.”

She dropped her dagger. Onto her ...

Part 2 is incoming. Not sure if this is necessary, but just as a trigger warning, Part 2 contains descriptions of physical violence, both male on female and vice versa. I believe that the context justifies it, but am happy for changes if needed.

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. It looks like B and C are tied, so to speak. I didn't have a contingency for ties, so after a bit of panicking, I've decided moving forward that in the event of a tie I will go for the option that I feel I can do a better job with, and that has less likelihood ...

Hi everyone. Long time lurker, first time poster here. Have decided to attempt a fantasy-based story that's probably way out of my league, but I'll let you guys be the judge of that. Fair warning, I have an addiction to verbosity and struggle to get to the point. If you prefer stories that don't ...