Time Mine Option A: Go with Her
Time Mine Option A: Go with Her
The lady seems nice enough and she hasn’t reacted to your hiking clothes, so perhaps your attire isn’t all that strange.
“I’d love to join you for dinner,” you tell her.
She beams and threads her arm through yours. Thankfully, this helps you appear like you know where you’re going.
She leads you down the hall and around the corner where a large set of doors are opened wide.
As you turn to enter, you almost stumble in shock. The dining hall’s the size of a barn, perhaps even bigger. Plus there’s a table spanning the entire length of the hall seated for more seats than you can easily count.
At the far end sits a snowy haired man wearing a golden crown. He sees you and your companion and gestures for you to join him at some open seats down on his right.
You follow the woman’s lead as you traverse the hall and take the seat the woman leaves you at.
The man to your left leans in as you sit and says “Lovely day for a picnic, isn’t it.”
“Sure,” you respond, not entirely sure what he means by picnic.
The young woman to your right snorts with a disparaging look at your attire.
“They’ll let anyone in these days,” she mutters.
You almost retort back but the man grabs your arm and exclaims, “Look at the roasted duck! Isn’t it delightful.”
What’s set before you isn’t roasted duck. In fact, it looks a lot like shrimp.
You don’t focus on it too long though because, as you look up, you realize you’re the only one being served a plate.
Confused, you look around until you meet the King’s eyes. Unsure how to approach him, you lower your eyes in what you hope looks like deference.
“So wonderful of you to arrive the night of my formal dinner,” the King says.
“Of course, your Majesty,” you say.
“As my new taste tester,” he continues, “please try the shrimp.”
New taste tester?
The young lady beside you mutters, “Hopefully you’ll last longer than the last taste tester. He died on his second meal.”
“Turned purple!” says the man to your left.
You could go along with the King’s mistaken view of who you are but you might apparently be risking death. Or you could try to correct him. Although that may also be a risk to your life to correct the King in front of his subjects.
So do you…
Aa. Try the Shrimp?
Or
Ab. Try to Correct the King?
Blessings,
Jennifer
(Please post a comment with your choice. One vote per post please but comment as much as you like=) This makes counting votes easier. Voting will end at 8pm Mountain Time Monday. I’ll post whichever option gets the most votes Tuesday and we’ll see how the adventure continues!)
