This was the pinch hit I picked up, even after I told myself I could never sign up for a game again because there wasn't enough structure for me, too much open canon in which to work, after writing the Pioneer Trail/Oregon Trail story, and then I turned around and grabbed this one without even flinching. What the hell was that about, dude?

But I ended up loving writing this story, even though it was a pain in the ass to upload to AO3 and even though it has been even more of a pain in the ass to upload it here. I still wish I'd had longer to write this (some life stuff came up unexpectedly), because I wanted to make it a far more complicated Choose Your Own Adventure story with many more options. However, it worked out, because then I realized I was playing with whether we are our choices or our fate, which filled me with delight.

This story fulfills the Missus Clause Challenge, and was a new fandom for me. With the three game fandoms that were new to me in Yuletide 2011, I've written in more than 50 fandoms!

Title: Fortune, Fate, Freedom
Author: escritoireazul
Written for: Beth Winter for Yuletide 2011
Author's note: This is a transformative work of fiction based on the game Echo Bazaar. It is a Choose Your Own Adventure story, of a sort.
Rating: 13+
Word count: 2300

Summary: Are we the sum of our choices, or are we our fate?

( Chapter 1: Into the Shadows )