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I looked through this section and noticed that there are no CYOAs at all
I've got one that has been going for the last two years on another site, but that one is becoming boring. Always getting harder and harder to keep it going without contradictions or plot holes. Anyway I was thinking of doing one about a Gretchin for a while and finally got around to trying it.

I guess I should explain how it works, just in case. I'll write the story and at the end of each update you'll get a few choices. Anyone can vote for these, but only one vote per update. Then once it hits three for the same one (that's what I've been doing for the last one, but this might change depending on how many there are so even if it hits three still vote, it will help me figure out numbers and adjust the voting to suit it). These choices are not meant to twist the world around the main character though, they are just the ideas they get at the time. Occassionally I'll throw a "Create your own choice" option into it. If it wins the vote the plan for the update will be a mix of the best ones.

Anyway onto the actual story part, hopefully it will go alright. Also, it's set around the Gretchin that sits on the base of my Warboss. Named Nippy, simply cause he likes to bite and Bitey doesn't sound as good for a Gretchin.


1

Nippy was woken by the sound of clashing steel and crunching bones. His ears twitced around and in a panick he looked towards the sound ready to run from danger. The sound had been caused by a small fight amongst the boyz. One had been thrown clear through the wall of a shack. Although the crunching sound of bones obviously meant that he had several bones broken he stood up and walked back over to the Ork who had thrown him. He was laughing, but soon stopped when it became clear that a fight was breaking out. Nippy knew what would come next and began to slowly move away before it was too late. "FIIIIIGGGGHHT!!" yelled a passing Boy. He readied his chopper and ran straight for them. He was soon followed by at least a dozen more boyz ready to bash some skulls. Nippy crawled through a small hole in a nearby shack to escape the brawl. "Stoopid orkses.. Alwayz tinks dey da boss cuz dey bigga... Gretchin is cunnin Gretchin shud be da boss" he muttered to himself. He looked around the interior of the shack. Nothing really interesting. The ramshackle building simply had some beds in it and a pile of sharp smashy choppers in the courner. Obviously it was where some boyz slept. Nippy began to think of a way to get back at them for always pushing around the Gretchin. The Gretchin were cunning and he was going to prove it. He tried picking up a chopper but failed, it was too heavy for a single Gretchin. Annoyed, he simply walked out of the other side of the shack. He walked down the dirt path of the Ork camp. The fight had escalated into a brawl consisting of all of the boyz. Nippy flinched at what he saw marching towards him on the road and dove off to the side. The Warboss stomped past with a huge chopper hanging over his shoulder, ready to sort out the boyz. Once he was gone Nippy emerged from his hiding place. He made sure the Warboss wasn't looking, then shook his fist at him. "Dats da stoopidst" said Nippy. He turned and continued to walk, he was looking for the other Gretchin. After walking through the Ork camp for a few more minutes he found them hiding behind the Mek's shop. They were trapped by a small Squig hound.

What will you do?
A. Go into the Mek shop and look for something to bash the Squig with to save the other Gretchin.
B. Run and hide until it's gone.
C. Go into the Mek shop and look for something good while they're gone.

A

good i idea i vote C

A

Lets be special and vote B.

C.

C! (That makes three?)

C fo shizzle

A

A

C!

What if you make a poll and edit it every time you update?

c) he founds a killa kan and uses it to kill all the ork boys.

viva la grot!

LunaHound wrote:

Viva la grot!

Sigged.

BTW, C)

C. Nippy needs to be looking for flashy bitz if he wants to overthrow the orkish hegemony. The other grots won't die in vain!

I'm hoping for lasers or something.

A

I could make it a poll, but I'm kind of used to the old way. Plus I wouldn't know what one hit the target number first. Feel free to add to the option you're voting for as well, like Lunahound, the_ferrett and Orkeosaurus have. Also by looking at the amount of votes I'm going to change it to 7 votes instead of 3.

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C. Go into the Mek shop and look for something good while they're gone.

Nippy thought of saving the other Gretchin from the hound, but remembered it's teeth and quickly scurried into the Mek shop. There were no Orks inside, the walls were covered with various parts looted from the other races as well as various other Ork made parts. There was a single Trukk in the center of the workshop, obviously they had been working on it before the fight broke out. Nippy glanced around the shop looking for something to aide him in his revolution. There was a single Killa Kan in one of the courners, it had only one arm and the main body had been smashed in as if someone had become frustrated with it. Nippy then noticed something shiny, being a Gretchin he rushed towards it. The Shiny thing was a Boltgun, stolen from the Imperium and dumped in the courner because it was considered weedy. Perhaps the Mek might fix it up and make it into a Slugga later, but for now it was just a normal Boltgun. Nippy picked it up and looked at it, it was rediculously oversized, but that might have meant it was all the more powerful. He squeezed the trigger and the recoil flung him backwards into the Trukk. The shells had passed cleanly through the wall and after a small banging sound came the sound of cheering and the scuttling of many little feet coming towards him. Nippy put the gun down and looked through the pile again, eventually he found a Boltgun. "Dis un iz lyke da otha.. Smalla fer da Gretchin!" said Nippy surprised at his find. Comparied to him the Bolt Pistol was as big as a Bolter would have been to a Space Marine. The doors flung open and Nippy span around ready to fire. Standing in the doorway were the same Gretchin he had ignored earlier. "'ere iz da 'ero" said one of the Gretchin. "Wha?" asked Nippy. "U da un dat pop'd da squiggy" said another Gretchin. Nippy realised that he accidently had, and then came to another realisation; he now had Gretchin to boss around.

Nippy smiled and walked forward. "Iz onli a squiggy" said Nippy, proudly. The others surrounded him and he smiled. His revolution could begin.

What will you do?
A. Get the Gretchin to gather more Gretchin
B. Get every one to get into the Trukk and get the hell out of there
C. Get all the Gretchin to get weapons and then go aroun forcing Gretchin to join the revolution or die

B) because i feel C is too obvious and too soon.

I want to see a group of them running off and see how they manage to amass a revolutionary army!

I think I'll go for A).

B) seems like it will end in the trukk failing or them being caught.

C) makes me think that they'll be caught too. If you go about popping Gretchin, you'll get caught.

A) (would I guess could also be C), depends how they go about it)

C

B

A.

gotta B B

B it would be like gorkamorka grots all over again!

B. Get a gretchin on the gun turrett?

I'll go with A. We need to amass a revolutionary vanguard, a group of die hard supporters of the cause who will only run away or betray their leaders if things get somewhat scary, instead of barely scary at all.

Setting up a base of operations away from orkish scrutiny should be on the agenda, but not until we have enough worth setting a camp up for. With the truck gone the orks are likely to become increasingly suspicious of gretchin activity and/or angry and liable to kick them in the faces.

Stealing reclaiming weapons will be helpful, but fancy guns will be useless without decent numbers to back them up, and it's too early in the course of the revolution to attempt to gang-press persuade masses of other grots into supporting us. We need to get a hold of bearings, and come up with some kunnin planz.

A, no C, no B. No, D!!!: press 'call space marine' button!

Changing my vote to B).

B