Trails on Sand - The Black Branch (Foreword)
I have an honour to introduce You the very special story. The Black Branch is the fourth possible ending of "Trails on Sand'", story authored by me. Ograndebatata read it, liked it (I hope), but still somehow felt unsatisfied with the final result. In original story, there were three possible finales, one for readers cheering Kiara, one for readers cheering Tetesi and one for ones, who were unable to decide where their fondness lays. But that set lacks of quite obvious solution, closing the four eventual results of struggle between Golden Queen and her rival. Ograndebatata made up for that negligence and that way The Black Branch comes to your paws.
Read, and feel free to choose the conclusion You like the most. All four are roughly compatible with chromatically later story "The Previous Round" - and it's depends on You, what could be the matching one. For sure, Ograndebatata's ending keeps the general feeling of story and excellently adapts my original idea of noir tale, placed in the Land of Sand.
And above all else ' it's simple short, yet bloody (literally!) good piece of story.
Enjoy!
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