Daria's Life's Lottery

by Charles RocketBoy

Inspired by Kim Newman's Life's Lottery - Your name is Daria Morgendorffer. Throughout your life, you need to make choices; throughout your life, you are hit by random chance; throughout your life, a single change in luck, the right or wrong decision at a specific time, will change the course of your life. Choose Your Own Adventure...

14. Chapter 14

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You idiot. This was your big chance and you blew it – you think you'll talk to anyone after that? I can tell you there's a 10% chance of it, a 10% chance you talk to Jane herself later, but you know what that means? Four out of every five rolls of the dice are you sitting at home watching the TV every night of your young life.

This is it for you, you'll never truly get out of apathy and boredom even if you do eventually talk to people. You'll never do well in your job because you don't have the skills. You've made yourself boring.

Damn well GO TO 12 and talk to Jane. If not, GO TO 0 for all I care. There's nothing for you. Hell, a quarter of all outcomes at this point end up at 0 early.

Oh, you want to gamble? You want a wild chance? Okay. Okay, take that pack of cards and drew the seven of clubs. You can GO TO 28 then. Better hope you drew it. It's your last chance.