Out in the mountains lived a woman and her daughter. Conditions were harsh and there was very little food to be had. "You have to start carrying your weight around here!" her mother said, "I can't provide for a good-for-nothing. Go out and find us something to eat."
hide. the creature wants the foot. you don't have the foot, you are safe... enough.
>>681581 If the entity doesn't have their foot THEN HOW CAN THEY RUN AT FULL SPEED?! The fact that they care about their foot means that they probably can't grow it back or replace it with a prosthetic.
Run and hide!!
Taking the chance to dash out of the cabin and into the night. Now she can run down into the forest or up into the mountains, anywhere to escape that horrible thing.
Up toward the mountains, where an agile young girl might outpace a heavy stump-legged horror. When possible, tread only on bear rock, to avoid leaving prints. If it does not seem to pursue, then slow to a walk and conserve your strength, but do not stop to rest for more than seven heartbeats until you are over some great ridge and headed down into the valley of an unfamiliar river.
She flees up the mountainside, in the hopes that the monster is crippled enough that it won't be able to follow. "COME BACK! YOU CAN'T LEAVE!"
>>681952 Already did!
>>681952 "SCREW YOU, I'M OUTTA HERE!!!"
Don't listen just run.
"WHY NOT?!" as you continue running.
yeah, probably shouldn't stop.
"Can and did! I led you to your vengeance so we really should be square, have fun with your new house, good luck finding whoever set that trap, hope we never meet again." Then resume running.
>>681952 Wait, is the monster yelling that the wind, or your mother?
>>682143 Doesn't even matter.
She stops for a moment to rest. Climbing a mountain is actually fairly strenuous. She could hide and rest or keep running.
Keep moving. Walk at a slower pace and observe each path you can take carefully; think about where you have the advantage in evasion. Let the adventure begin.
Keep moving, but also try and remember if there are any mountain streams to heads towards. Thirst is probably going to be an issue sooner rather than later.
he found you twice already, once when he was tracking down your house and again when you hid under your bed. Keep moving but don't run unless you have to. You want to save some energy just encase you need it.
The girl heaves herself up the mountainside, away from the voice. Tired, hungry and cold, she starts to struggle up the incline, "COME BACK! I WON'T LET YOU GO!"
Keep going and don't stop until you feel the spray of the ocean!
You're going to want to hide soon. Before you get too tired to find a hiding place.
clingy bastard aint he? so what's on the other side of the mountains? Also keep an eye out for somewhere to hide. You may be faster but this guy seems determined not to give up.
Hiding seems like a good idea, so the girl climbs behind of rocks and bushes and waits, hoping to avoid the creature.
"I FOUND YOU."
Shot in the dark: Hug the creature.
Tell it to go away, you don't have its foot. And it's its own fault for not noticing when it lost it, anyways.
ask it nicely not to hurt you.
faint
Say "Yay! You found me! Now I'll count to one hundred and then try and find you!" Unless you're too overcome with terror, then plead for your life I guess
Just be cool about it. Be like, "Yo, what up?" He hasn't actually threatened you yet, he has no incentive to harm you, and he probably would've killed you already if he was going to.
"YOU FORGOT YOUR CLOAK. YOU'LL CATCH YOUR DEATH OF COLD OUT HERE."
>>683343 Um. Thank you?
Fainting does sound good right now.
>>683343 Tell him you're more interested in taking the rest of your clothes off than putting more on if he knows what you mean. Then wink really suggestively.
"Yes." Ask the entity which way to the nearest city. Then run away.
>>683343 Ask... what it is.
wear cloak. apologize for running, you are kinda nervous about strangers.
"...so I did. Thanks. I just kinda panicked after you killed my mom. Thanks for that too, I guess."
Petulantly point out he's not wearing a cloak.
After a few minutes of trying not to be scared, being terrified and trying to flirt with the figure, she invites it back to her cabin for horrified sex. The mix of fear and excitement makes it the most intense experience of her life.
So, out in the mountains lived a woman and her husband. Conditions were harsh, but they wanted for nothing and had several monstrous children, who by the standards set by the inbred hillfolk of the region were still relatively attractive. The End.
That was a, uh, shocking swerve.
Innsmouth sexy for the win? I did not expect this ending.
Huh. I did not realize she was old enough for that ending. Still, probably the best possible outcome. ...I wonder if he leaves his feet by the side of the bed, like slippers.
Wasn't this a story in a scary stories to tell in the dark book? With a slightly different ending albeit.
And the moral of the story is... uh. ...I guess don't be a horrible parent or you'll get eaten and your daughter will have a more successful life than you?
I really liked this story. Felt like a fairytale.
I feel like this deserves a medal for that ending along. 11/10. Someone get drawing fanart of The Girl with monster husband and kiddos, stat. >>683568 The moral's about the true nature of monsterism, obviously. The terrifying thing in the forest was good to her, while her own mother acted like a monster.
>>683568 When you're scared, facing the truth works better than hiding from it? Find unambiguously good people and make them family instead of trying to find goodness in the abusive family you've already got? Seems pretty solid to me.
>>683688 I think the moral of the story is don't eat people's feet