Sandstorm

INTERACTIVE STORY: Meet Sandstorm, and make decisions.

You have been wandering around all day, scouting your pride's territory. When suddenly the smell of a lioness hits your senses, as you track her down you notice the smell of prey too. You jump out of the long tall grasses into an open plain, to find a very strong and tough looking lioness. Her pale beige fur is covered in scares from head to tail, she also appears to be wearing hyena fur which is warped around her whole body. She is standing over the dead body of a zebra which she must have just killed... by her self?!

"Hey you!" you shout as you rush toward her, "what are you doing hunting on my territory?"
Her head snaps up, before she pushes herself up to full height. She is practically the same height as you, or is she taller? It's hard to tell. You stop in front of the dead zebra and stand your ground, putting on your most fierce expression. She doesn't look intimidated, in fact she looks slightly disgusted by you.

"Sorry to break it to you" the beige lioness starts, "but you're on my territory now, you passed through the scent border back by the tall grass." You put your head on a swivel sniffing hard, you realize she is right, this isn't your territory. You feel very embarrassed about the mistake. What will you do.

YOUR CHOICE
Pick one of the options below, how will you respond to the lioness?
1: (make an excuse) "Oh well I'm pretty sure this used to be my territory, I'm not over here much. I must have forgotten.
2: (deny it) "EXCUSE ME, but the scent marker is past the tall grass, you're still on MY territory. "
3: (apologize) "Oh I'm so sorry, silly me. I can't believe I missed the scent marker."

NOW, find the paragraph that matches your number choice. This will be how the lioness responds to you.

1: The battle worn lioness glares at you for a moment, "well you don't seem like a very good king, if you can't even recognize your OWN scent borders." she says with a growl. You flinch at the insult. "Well you better get out of here, before my king finds you, or worse I decide to chase you off." She finishes before bending her neck to pick up the zebra in her strong jaws. You totally believe her threat, she could probably beat you in a fight. You nod still feeling embarrassed, before leaping back into the tall grass.

2: The battle worn lioness lets out a ferocious roar, "HOW DARE YOU, you imbecile!" she shouts. Then she gracefully leaps over the dead zebra, her strong muscles flexing as she barrels into you at top speed. Before you can even think she has you pinned to the ground her claws hovering above your throat. "This is NOT your territory, and you will leave right now... OR...ELSE." She hisses. You know you've been beaten, so you nod quickly not daring to use your voice. She backs up, letting you stand, her expression full of rage. You back away slowly thinking about apologizing for the whole mess, but your pride has already been hurt enough. So you jump away into the tall grass.

3: The battle worn lioness snorts, "well at least you have some manners. Just don't make the same mistake again, and I'll forgive you." She bends her head to pick up the dead zebra in her strong jaws. You grin at her, trying to cover how embarrassed you truly are.
"Did you really catch that zebra by yourself?" you blurt out before you can stop yourself.
"I SmUre diD" she manages to mumble through her mouth full of zebra.
You both laugh at her attempt. You say good bye and turn to run back into the tall grass.