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/Behold, Modern Mississauga's first QUIZ QUEST!
Hope the Choose Your Own Adventure people don't hit us with a lawsuit…
Welcome to Quiz Quest!
Starting at Q1, choose an action and follow the directions in square brackets.
Can you find a way out of the mysterious forest?
Q1. You are walking alone in a deep, dark wood.
a) Continue [Go to Q7]
b) Go back [Go to Q4]
Q2. You come to a cave. The entrance is covered with vines and moss, untouched for years.
a) Enter the cave [Go to Q11]
b) Keep moving [Go to Q12]
Q3. You follow the stranger. The forest is blanketed in mist. Soon you cannot see anything at all. You brush against something that feels like feathers.
a) Touch it [Go to Q10]
b) Flee [Go to Q2]
Q4. You can’t go back. There’s nothing left for you there.
a) Continue [Go to Q7]
b) Sit down [Go to Q9]
Q5. The hands on the clock-face spin, as if laughing. The stranger whispers, “Supping time,” and offers you a mottled grey mushroom.
a) Eat it [Go to Q21]
b) Turn it down [Go to Q16]
Q6. You offer the spider a handful of dead flies from your collection. The spider hisses, “You have passed the test.” [Go to Q8]
Q7. You continue walking. You walk for days and days. The sky above you is a distant memory. You come to a fork in the path.
a) Turn left [Go to Q2]
b) Turn right [Go to Q12]
Q8. A light appears in the distance, where before there was only darkness. Reaching it, you find a quaint village nestled among the trees. The people here welcome you home, but their voices sound like static. [END]
Q9. You sit down. You wait. Maybe you sleep. You can’t be sure anymore. A stranger is coming toward you.
a) Greet the stranger [Go to Q14]
b) Hide [Go to Q17]
Q10. You are flying high above the forest. The ancient ruins of your hometown lie below. How long were you wandering in the mist? Centuries, millennia, eternity. You feel the wind in your feathers. You are free. [END]
Q11. Inside the cave is a skeleton. Somehow, you recognize that the bones are yours. Your skeleton is holding a newspaper. The headline reads BEYOND BE-LEAF! THE CUP COMES HOME! The date is obscured. Whenever you look at the paper, your vision blurs and you feel transported…
a) Continue inwards [Go to Q13]
b) Take the paper [Go to Q2]
Q12. You come to a clearing. There is a cottage. It looks empty, but thick black smoke is rising from the chimney.
a) Enter the cottage [Go to Q15]
b) Peek through the window [Go to Q19]
Q13. You reach the heart of the cave. There is a cold, still pool. You look into the water and see yourself as you truly are: the eighth and final reincarnation of legendary hockey man Mats Sundin. Behind you a thousand eyes glitter in the dark. [END]
Q14. You call out to the stranger. It looks your way. There is a clock where its face should be.
a) Ask for directions [Go to Q18]
b) Ask for the time [Go to Q5]
Q15. Inside the cottage, Erin O’Toole sits by a greasy fire. He rises when you enter. “Off for my morning run,” he smiles. “Have a cold one waiting for me.” He jogs out the door and immediately returns.
a) Offer him a crisp Ontario craft-brewed lager [Go to Q20]
b) Tell him he’ll need more than… whatever this is to beat Trudeau [Go to Q20]
Q16. You turn it down. The clock-faced stranger crumbles the mushroom in its fleshless palm, then bursts into flame. The ashes smell of marigolds. You are alone. [Go to Q8]
Q17. You hide in a nearby bush. The stranger shuffles past. You feel a spider on your neck.
a) Swat at it [Go to Q22]
b) Give it a snack [Go to Q6]
Q18. You ask for directions. The stranger raises a bony finger and points down a winding path that wasn’t there before. It turns back the way it came.
a) Follow the path [Go to Q12]
b) Follow the stranger [Go to Q3]
Q19. The window is too filthy to see through. There is nowhere left to go. [Go to Q15]
Q20. Erin O’Toole grins as if posing for a photograph. He sits down by the fire. Miniature Canadian flags fall from the ceiling. He rises. “Off for my morning run,” he smiles. You awake as from a bad dream, haunted by memories you can't describe. You vow never to shotgun six velvety-smooth Tim Hortons Cold Brews ever again. [END]
Q21. You eat the mushroom. A mist surrounds you. The tick-tock tick-tock of the clock-faced stranger becomes deafening. You feel yourself changing. [Go to Q10]
Q22. You miss. The spider bites you and you die. [END]
