Hey everyone. I am starting a text-based horror project called The Monarch. It tracks an investigation through a series of documented logs, and I want the community's choices to directly determine how the narrative unfolds in real-time.
Here is the setup for the first entry:
October 4th–6th, 2012
A teenager named Spyro discovers a missing person's flyer for a family friend named Amber Danaus. Amber is a 29-year-old lepidopterist who vanished inside Inverbrachie National Park while tracking a rare, uncatalogued butterfly species. Strangely, the contact number on the flyer has been completely ripped off.
Spyro goes to the park perimeter to investigate but finds it entirely sealed off with police tape. When questioning a guard on duty, Officer MacGregor, the officer acts highly evasive and reveals that the police have completely refused to search the massive, maze-like cave systems deep inside the forest.
Convinced that the authorities are conducting a cover-up, Spyro recruits her boyfriend, Cat, to launch a private search mission. They pack a map, flashlights, and emergency supplies, planning to navigate the 3-mile trek to the cave mouth under the cover of night.
However, the main perimeters are heavily monitored by local police security guards.
Community Choice Prompt:
To guide the next blog update, what are some realistic or creative methods Spyro and Cat could use to slip past the police security fence without getting spotted?
Drop your suggestions in the comments below! Whichever method is the most practical or popular will be written directly into the next official blog update.