COMPLETE: The Basilisk Dialogue
Feb. 6th, 2021 04:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kjorteoThe Basilisk Dialogue is a short little multiple-choice intfic thing about attempting to bargain for one's life. You are a mouse, captured by a human and dropped into a snake's cage for feeding time taken by the Gods to the lair of the almighty Basilisk. Seemingly unable to flee or fight your way out, all you can do is attempt to reason with the Basilisk. Why is your life worth sparing? Because eating you would be immoral? Because you have loved ones? After a short conversation, the Basilisk makes its verdict. I've found three endings so far (counting the bad "nope, nomf time" one) and I think that's all of them but who knows.
It's short and neat. I dig it. I'm glad it's short and lets you retry because it took me like three or four tries to not get eaten. I am no good at debating with snakes, it would seem.
I especially love the aesthetic here, wherein a situation like feeding a snake is taken from the more mundane human perspective and described in terms of Gods and Monsters from the view of its mouse protagonist. In fact, this is the exact same tone as one of the creator's other projects, the upcoming Small Saga which I already have super wishlisted because, again, I just love this presentation.
It's short and neat. I dig it. I'm glad it's short and lets you retry because it took me like three or four tries to not get eaten. I am no good at debating with snakes, it would seem.
I especially love the aesthetic here, wherein a situation like feeding a snake is taken from the more mundane human perspective and described in terms of Gods and Monsters from the view of its mouse protagonist. In fact, this is the exact same tone as one of the creator's other projects, the upcoming Small Saga which I already have super wishlisted because, again, I just love this presentation.