The unicorn suddenly felt some sort of force trying to push him down one of the paths—like his motor nerves were trying to act without his own commands. But he had a better idea. He fought away the feeling and gave them his answer.
"Let's all hang out. Together."
Pinkie and Vinyl looked at each other, and then smiled.
"Okey dokey lokey!" Pinkie said.
"Sounds good," Vinyl said.
Altogether, the three ponies walked off, ready to see what the day ahead had in store for them.
THE END | ENDING 17 OF 17
GOOD ENDING
Took a while to get here, not sure if I got all the endings though
I made it!
Finally.
FINALLY
Honestly though? One of the funnest two hours of my life I've spent in a while. Kudos. This was a wild ride, and after getting all the endings before finally finding this one may have been fustrating, it was a good kind of fustrating. This story kept me on my toes, kept me interested, etc. One of the best CYOA I've read in a good while.
SPOILERS BELOW, NATURALLY
This might be the most well-constructed CYoA story on Fimfiction. It was lengthy and large, and with plenty of branching paths (as opposed to the one-choice bad endings that a lot of CYoA stories have). Multiple times, author, you convinced me I was on the right track only to then fail. You did a great job balancing hope and disappointment. I feel as if I went through my very own, personal character-arc just trying to complete this story. Felt like a journey full of disappointment, renewed hope, twists and turns, and all. If there's one TV Tropes page to describe this entire story, it has to be "Earn Your Happy Ending" (or "Golden Ending"), which describes the main character (or player) going through a lot of additional hardships to achieve a happy ending.
This is the first CYoA story to make me realize that a person's entire experience can be shaped by their first few choices, by their first few endings. Because the first ending I got gave me something to focus on immediately, and set a tone and goal that I don't think would've been immediately apparent if I got any other ending first. For that reason, I have chosen to share my entire experience below in a Google Doc, full of my thoughts and the evolution of my expectations through the whole experience. Perhaps it will be more useful to you than me simply continuing to gush about how good of a story you created.
Enjoy! Spoilers abound, other readers.
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I never expected someone to write a university essay on one of my stories, but I'm glad it was emotionally investing for you I'm gonna post a blog soon about why I wrote the story, so if you want stay tuned for that.
I can imagine this being a visual novel or a game.
Very well done!
This was a damn good CYOA if I've ever seen one. Between the black mist coming through and annihilating everything, and the behind the scenes sub-story of the author, this was amazing. Thank you for writing this, I greatly enjoyed myself.