Invite her friend to join the fun
From Create Your Own Story
"Hey, you there," you call to the second bandit, still prancing about with her sword like a child at play. "Put that down and come over here."
But the bandit barely registers you. She tilts her head with a puzzled frown even as her sword arm continues lazily swiping through the air.
"Forget her," the first bandit mutters. "More for us." She pulls you back into another kiss and you begin to explore her body with your hands.
But gradually, her expression shifts from bliss to confusion, and then to something more sour as she break the kiss and pushing you back. "What..." she begins, before jabbing a finger at you. "Bloody... sorcerer!"
The second bandit, done with balancing her sword on one finger, leaps forward, clouting you with the hilt of her sword while the other grabs for your pack. You fall to the ground while the two bandits make off with your belongings, your gold, not to mention your pride.
Once you're sure that they've gone, you pick yourself back up on your feet and continue your journey, quite miserable. About half an hour later you reach the start of the climb into the Hills proper, and continue upwards until you reach a fork in the road.
The road splits around the base of a gigantic tree, but does not rejoin on the other side. The left path winds down into a valley. There is a river there, and the path follows the left bank. It is a safer route, secluded and protected, but the curve of the landscape would mean you were almost backtracking. The right path rises up a slope towards the first thick forest of the Hills. It's hard to see much further, the forest is so sudden and thick. It may be hard going in that direction, but the Hills will involve a lot of climbing eventually and you may get a decent view of the next leg form the top of the ridge.
You are about to make your choice when you hear a faint cry from somewhere close at hand.
Do you:
