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// You Have Nothing to Fear... 
// Story: Rainbow Dash's Awesome Nightmare Night Haunted House Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Adventure 
// by TheDriderPony 
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Stretching your neck so far it feels like your head's about to pop off, you bend over and stick it into your item bucket. With no seconds to spare before the knives come down, you grab the first thing that fits in your teeth and pull it out. With a whip-like strike you send it flying at Black Robe.

"Ow!" he cries, stumbling back as the heavy boot smacks into his muzzle.

You get to struggling, twisting the ropes that bind you while they recover.

Unfortunately, White Cloak has not moved. Your plan was for him to go over and help his fellow cultist. Instead he remains standing at your side, dagger raised.

"Walk it off. Pain builds character."

Black Robe groans as he sits up. "Ugh... easy for you to say Mister Masochist." A small red patch is growing through the holes of his mask. "I think she broke my nose."

"No, you just have a very low pain threshold."

"It's bleeding!"

"It's psychosomatic."

Meanwhile, all your struggling seems to be doing nothing but make the ropes tighter. Maybe if you had more time you could wrench a hoof free, but already Black Robe is retaking his spot and drawing his knife. 

"Now then, where were we?" White Cloak muses.

"Just about at the stabby bit, I think."

"Of course." All the previous joviality flees his voice, leaving it cold and merciless. He raises a knife in mirror of his partner. "My favorite part."





Well, that failed, but you're not beat yet! You still have plenty of options. These ropes aren't too tough, with a bit of struggling maybe you could snap them and FIGHT like Tartarus to survive? Perhaps, maybe you could TRY AND REASON WITH THEM? Even crazy has to have a limit, right?

Or perhaps this is all too much and all you can do is PANIC.