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Tempest

The sound of the sea becomes alarmingly intense as you proceed through your chosen tunnel. You can hear the creaking and snapping of huge planks as you emerge, and you find yourself tossed to one side by the ground beneath your feet and have to cling on to a railing of some kind.

It is hard to see with the crashing of the waves, and the salt in your eyes, but as you become aware of your surroundings, you realise you are on a rapidly disintegrating ship in the middle of a storm. Men are shouting and running around in panic all around you, trying to save their ship, but it seems hopeless.

As you survey the situation, through the chaos you notice three things. To your left, there is a woman with three small children clinging to the railings in fear of their lives. The children are sobbing, and the woman is bravely trying to calm their fears.

To your right, there is a pile of luggage and belongings that have been flung out of the cabins, and among it is a large trunk which has been cracked open in the fall and reveals some extraordinary jewellery - enough to make your fortune several times over - which is in danger of being submerged by a wave at any moment.

The third thing you notice is a tiny dingy strapped to the side of the ship, that nobody else seems aware of. You know you need to get to that dingy, and you know it could only take the weight of either the woman & children OR the chest of jewellery. Not both.

Which are you going to take?


Written by Infinity Jones

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