The Apocalypse is upon us. The zombies are attacking. At this very moment one is reaching for you. As you rush out the door of your house headed toward the relative safety of the woods, time suddenly grinds to a halt and an apparition appears in front of you. You have two immediate thoughts:
1. You are still able to move while everything else appears to be frozen in time
2. The apparition in front of you is a slightly translucent man floating in the air who has a vague resemblance to a certain knife maker
This ghost man is carrying a cocktail glass and is wearing a lazy smile that seems to say "everything's going to all right". And then he reinforces that image when he actually says "Hi there! Don't worry, everything's going to be all right," and he takes a sip from the glass.
You are standing there in a shocked state with a zombie behind you frozen in time and the only thing you can manage to utter is "Jerry Busse?"
"Do I look like Gary Busey, you half-wit?" he says, clearly affronted.
"Not Gary. Jerry. Busse.", you reply.
"Never heard of him", says the ghost man and he proceeds to recline back as if in an invisible floating lounge chair. As you look on, speechless and wide eyed, he props his feet up on the head of the frozen zombie who was trying to kill you moments ago and continues, "You probably have a lot of questions. I'm not really going to answer any of them, but I'll tell you who I am and why I'm here. I'm something of a fairy godfather or guardian angel. YOUR guardian angel, for the moment at least. I am known by many names. Some call me the Archangel of Blades, which is a lot of hubbub if you ask me. Generally, I just go by Archie. I am here to provide you the means to save your own ass", and with that he casually waves his cocktail glass in the air - or maybe he shakes the ice cubes, it's hard to tell. But at that movement from Archie, two blades appear in front of you.
Archie drains his glass - which then immediately refills itself - and says, "I call these blades 'Basic 11' and '1111', they are pretty great". He pauses to allow you to respond, but you have not overcome your shock and remain speechless and slack jawed. So he continues, "You can choose one to help you in your upcoming fight for survival. You can only choose one and you have to explain why you chose that one."
He turns as if to leave and then seems to remember something, "Oh yeah," he says, "You can also wish/pray/whatever for a different blade. I probably won't do anything about it, but I MIGHT". He smiles slyly, "I'll give you a hint. You can't wish for something obvious. Clearly, any of the beast chopping blades would be in order here. The secret is to be CREATIVE. Come up with something I might not have considered and tell me WHY you want it so much more than one of these blades. And if it's good enough, maybe I grant your wish".
He drains his glass again and it refills again. He raises his glass to you and says, "Better hurry. Your zombie friend here will be moving in 10 seconds. Choose wisely!" And *poof* he's gone.
So, before time kicks back in, which do you choose and why? After you choose one and escape to the woods, do you wish for something else?
1. You are still able to move while everything else appears to be frozen in time
2. The apparition in front of you is a slightly translucent man floating in the air who has a vague resemblance to a certain knife maker
This ghost man is carrying a cocktail glass and is wearing a lazy smile that seems to say "everything's going to all right". And then he reinforces that image when he actually says "Hi there! Don't worry, everything's going to be all right," and he takes a sip from the glass.
You are standing there in a shocked state with a zombie behind you frozen in time and the only thing you can manage to utter is "Jerry Busse?"
"Do I look like Gary Busey, you half-wit?" he says, clearly affronted.
"Not Gary. Jerry. Busse.", you reply.
"Never heard of him", says the ghost man and he proceeds to recline back as if in an invisible floating lounge chair. As you look on, speechless and wide eyed, he props his feet up on the head of the frozen zombie who was trying to kill you moments ago and continues, "You probably have a lot of questions. I'm not really going to answer any of them, but I'll tell you who I am and why I'm here. I'm something of a fairy godfather or guardian angel. YOUR guardian angel, for the moment at least. I am known by many names. Some call me the Archangel of Blades, which is a lot of hubbub if you ask me. Generally, I just go by Archie. I am here to provide you the means to save your own ass", and with that he casually waves his cocktail glass in the air - or maybe he shakes the ice cubes, it's hard to tell. But at that movement from Archie, two blades appear in front of you.
Archie drains his glass - which then immediately refills itself - and says, "I call these blades 'Basic 11' and '1111', they are pretty great". He pauses to allow you to respond, but you have not overcome your shock and remain speechless and slack jawed. So he continues, "You can choose one to help you in your upcoming fight for survival. You can only choose one and you have to explain why you chose that one."
He turns as if to leave and then seems to remember something, "Oh yeah," he says, "You can also wish/pray/whatever for a different blade. I probably won't do anything about it, but I MIGHT". He smiles slyly, "I'll give you a hint. You can't wish for something obvious. Clearly, any of the beast chopping blades would be in order here. The secret is to be CREATIVE. Come up with something I might not have considered and tell me WHY you want it so much more than one of these blades. And if it's good enough, maybe I grant your wish".
He drains his glass again and it refills again. He raises his glass to you and says, "Better hurry. Your zombie friend here will be moving in 10 seconds. Choose wisely!" And *poof* he's gone.
So, before time kicks back in, which do you choose and why? After you choose one and escape to the woods, do you wish for something else?
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