Whose Chest?

"The Dragon?" Paula suggested.

"I doubt it," Astra replied. "My understanding is that dragons keep all their hoard together in one place, to make it easier for them to keep an eye on it. Well, I suppose that we'd better open it."

"Mightn't it be protected by some magical booby-trap?" Frederica asked.

"I suppose it might be, but it seems to me to be a risk worth taking. We urgently need weapons, supplies and clothing, in that order of importance, and that chest could contain one or more of those things."

Astra strode over to the chest, and tried to raise the lid, but it would not budge. "It must be locked," she said. "Ah, here's the keyhole. I'll try prying in it with my knife."

1. She succeeded in forcing the lock. Inside the chest they found...
2. She succeeded in forcing the lock. But the chest was protected by a magical trap as well as by the lock, and when she raised the lid she fell victim to it.
3. She succeeded in forcing the lock. But the chest was also protected by a magical trap, and when she raised the lid all four girls were affected by it.
4. She failed to force the lock.

Add New Option

Go Back

View Forward Story Tree
View Back Story Tree