Gamebooks (Choose Your Own Adventure Style)

[Herman Gigglethorpe]

La Prisión:  Elige Tu Propia Aventura Alternate Endings Part 16


Let's go all the way back to CHOICE #3 and sit with Jhony's gang instead of Félix.


One of the gangsters steals the bread from my tray and takes a bite.  He says "Thanks, brother" with his mouth full of food.  Jhony hits him on the head and this knock the bread out of his mouth.


"A bit of respect, please.  I like new prisoners.  They have so much to learn.  And this one especially seems to not be afraid of anything.  Look at his eyes.  They still shine like those of a Bengal tiger.  Time will tell if he turns into a cat, a vulture, or perhaps a toad".


More dialogue from Jhony:  "Look, everyone.  It's his first day in Hell, and. . .who does he sit with?  With us.  We might have a new brother from another mother.'  Jhony stares at you.  'If you swear loyalty and fealty to our group, you will be part of a family.  We take care of each other here.  We protect ourselves like brothers.  Your problems will be mine, and if someone does something bad to you, it will be like it happened to all of us."


CHOICE #20 is to either join Jhony's gang, or commit suicide by openly declaring I'm against them.  Let's try the latter!


I wonder if the 'latinos' name is meant to refer to their ethnicity after all.  The narration says they don't like to make new friends, and 'much less light-skinned people like you'.  Or this could just be my character losing most of his IQ by opposing the gangsters at their own table.


We get a major understatement in one line:  "You begin to work thinking about the incident with the 'latinos'.  You're the enemy of a gang of crazy murderers.  This could make your escape from prison a little more difficult".


Jefe comes by later and offers me a deal.  If I kill one of the guards who refused to work for him with poison, he'll offer protection. 


CHOICE #21 is to go along with Jefe's murder plot, or tattle on Jhony to the guards. 


When I tell the guards that Jhony threatened me, they say it's normal with him.  But they seem interested when I say he has a knife. 


I go with the guards to deal with Jhony.

"Hands up.  I'm going to search you.  Do you have any illegal object hidden in your clothes?"


"Well, of course not.  What do you think I could hide, sunflowers?  Or maybe toads?"


Jhony's now calling me a toad, as expected from this route's suicidal stupidity.  He pulls out his knife from his sleeve and attacks the guard before he has time to react.  A "jet of blood" falls on my face.  The tower guard activates the alarm.  4 guards attack Jhony, and the gangsters defend him.  It's yet another riot!


CHOICE #22 is to either wear a guard disguise and try to escape, or run towards the door to the guards' quarters that's slowly closing.  



I drag the guard's body behind some bushes and change clothes.  The shirt is covered with blood and the pants are too big, but this is a desperate situation.  I take some glass and cut myself in the chest with it, to explain the blood if necessary.  I tell the guards that it's only a minor cut, and that I have clean clothes in my car.  But it's prison policy to not take your uniform with you, so I'll have to go to the changing room.


A group of 20 journalists enter the prison, and create a "human avalanche".  All of them want the scoop first.  This distracts the guards, allowing me to leave the prison.


"You don't have a vehicle.  You won't get very far, but you have exactly what you need in front of you.  Climbing down the stairs, you see one last journalist who arrived later.  You stop him and stare at him.


'Do you want to know what happened firsthand?  You're going to have the exclusive story of the century.'  The journalist looks excited.  'Yes, of course.  I'll interview you right now.  You're a security guard, right?  Hopefully, the microphone's on.'


'No, I'm not going to say much more.  We're going to need some time.  Did you come here in a car?'


The journalist looks surprised.  'Yes. . .we can go to the studio'.


You get into the car and you move away from the prison.  You lower the window and feel the air on your face.  The feeling of freedom is beyond compare.  END".


Somehow, I manage to salvage a good ending after offending both Jhony and Jefe.  Participating in a riot is the way to go in this book!




Results So Far

9 Good Endings
 
8 Deaths

0 Neutral/Inconclusive Endings

[Herman Gigglethorpe]

La Prisión:  Elige Tu Propia Aventura Alternate Endings Part 17


In CHOICE #22, let's dash for the door.


"You move slowly through the room.  There are no windows, and there's total darkness.  You look for the light switch, and finally you find it.


An old metal lamp turns on.  The room seems like storage.  2 prisoners appear as if by magic.  They were hidden under boxes, perhaps looking for a useful object.  You recognize the prisoners immediately.  They're 2 'latinos'.  Your luck could not be worse.


'Well, look what we have here.', says one of them.  'It's a poor lost lamb.'  You betrayed us.', says the other one, taking a knife out of his shoe.  'You're going to pay for that'.


The 2 prisoners approach you, both holding knives.  No escape.  Suddenly, the door opens, and Jefe appears.  Just in time to avoid being cut into small pieces.


'Help!  They want to kill me!'


'Uh, sorry.  I can't do anything.  I told you that it would be difficult for me to protect you. . .'  Jefe dismisses you with a movement of his head.  'Goodbye.  I won't bother you any more, gentlemen.  Carry on.'


You hear the door closing.  You're against the wall, and alone with the 'latinos'.  They approach you, armed with knives.  In that moment, you understand that you've reached your. . .END".


Botching prison politics leads to a well-deserved shanking in a dead end room.


Alternate Ending Death Count:  9


Results So Far

9 Good Endings
 
9 Deaths

0 Neutral/Inconclusive Endings

[Herman Gigglethorpe]

La Prisión:  Elige Tu Propia Aventura Alternate Endings Part 18


This time, we'll go along with Jefe's poisoning plan in CHOICE #21.


The guard Jefe wants dead is none other than Blas, who doesn't get as much screen time as his partner Valero.  Jefe gives me a poisonous dust, which he puts in a napkin.  The idea is to rub it on the towel Blas uses to dry his hands.  (How much do you wanna bet that the wrong person is poisoned instead?)


To speed up the process, one of Jefe's underlings spills a bucket of water on Blas's pants.  "No more than 15 minutes pass, and the guard begins to scream in pain.  No one except you and Jefe know what's going on.  Some people carry Blas to the infirmary.  You are in shock.  You can't believe what you've done.  The monster that you've become doesn't deserve to leave this place alive.  Your negative thoughts flood your consciousness."


Jefe congratulates me:  "I have to admit that you've done your job excellently.  Even the most professional Colombian assassins (sicarios) could have done better".


Killing Blas will make the other guards search every cell.  Jefe has a "small object" he wants me to bury in the prison yard, at least until the coast is clear.


I hardly eat my dinner due to the guilt.  Armando asks me:  "What's up?  You're pale.  It seems like you've seen your great-grandfather's ghost".  (Oddly specific, but hey, it says "tatarabuelo" in the text!)


Armando asks me if I know anything about the guard's death.  He may be a bit part in this cast, but he's intelligent enough to avoid orange juice poisoning in another timeline. 


CHOICE #23 is to either tell Armando the truth, or lie and say I know nothing.  The instructions for the former say to go to page 101, while the other option leads to page 102.  Those who read CYOA-type books know that death awaits those who pick the choice that leads to one page before the other path!  


Let's tell Armando the truth!  I almost cry and say Jefe made me do it.  Armando becomes furious and says he has to report my crime. 


I pull out the pistol Jefe gave me and point it at Armando.  He has a brave response:  "Are you going to kill me,' Armando smiles while he speaks.  'When I thought that you couldn't be more stupid you surprise me with this.  Instead of 1 body you're going to leave behind 2.  And I thought you were a good person. . ."


And yes, my CYOA intuition was correct.


"Your hand shakes while you hold the pistol.  'I don't want to kill you.  Don't make me do it'.


The cell door opens roughly.


'Search!'


A guard enters with decision.  He feels a chill when he sees the weapon you carry in your hands.  With a quick movement you change your objective and point your gun directly at the guard's head when he orders you to surrender. 


'Don't move.  Hands up!'


The man seems frightened.  He does what you order without a word.  In that exact moment, Armando jumps on you.  He holds the gun with both hands and begins to rip it away from you.  You both fall to the floor and roll on top of each other.  The pistol is between both of your bodies.


Bang!


The gun fires.  A red bloodstain begins to form on the cell floor.  Your chest is full of holes.  The bullet entered your heart.  The last thing you see is Armando's worried expression.  The guard picks up the gun from the floor and says 'He's dead'.  END"


The moral of this path is that if you are going to murder someone and your cellmate is suspicious, deny, deny, deny!



Alternate Ending Death Count:  10


Results So Far

9 Good Endings
 
10 Deaths

0 Neutral/Inconclusive Endings

[Herman Gigglethorpe]

La Prisión:  Elige Tu Propia Aventura Alternate Endings Part 19


In CHOICE #23, let's lie to Armando because he wasn't gullible enough to fall for the poisoned orange juice trick.


"Suddenly, the heavy metal door swings open and hits you on the head".  Looks like the search was more painful  than I expected!


Armando doesn't quite believe my "I would never kill a person" lie.


The guard says "Silence, or is it better that I open a wound in your cheek too?"  When I nod my head obediently, he tells me to run to the infirmary.  Cristina treats me, but I try to lie to her too about the source of my injury:  "I slipped while I was brushing my teeth".


We talk about soccer fútbol, and we get more backstory for Cristina and the protagonist.  Cristina says the last goal for Real Madrid was controversial, and thinks the referee made a mistake.  My character is a diehard Atlético Madrid fan, and says "We're used to referees stealing our games".


I ask about Blas's death.  Cristina says "They poisoned him with some type of toxin that I've never seen before.  There are a thousand ways to kill a person.  Whoever did it picked one of the most painful.  Right now, the police are analyzing the security cameras in the laundry room.  I hope they catch that murderer soon".


I panic and point my gun at Cristina.  (They don't search prisoners' clothes during a moment of high alert?)  My character confesses to killing Blas, and holds Cristina hostage. 


"You hold your gun against the doctor's back.  You leave the infirmary and walk through the hallway leading to the exit.  In about 40 seconds, you reach security control.  The guard is drinking coffee and reading the newspaper.  He rapidly reacts when he sees you both one meter from the metal detector.  He spills his coffee and turns toward the control panel.


'If you push that button, I'll kill her.'


The guard is paralyzed with fear.  You slowly walk together with Cristina, past the detector.  It beeps because of your pistol.  You accelerate.


'Let's go, quickly.', you whisper to the doctor while you're both going to the exit door.  'Now you're going to open your car door and give me the keys, understood?'


Cristina nods her head to show you she'll do it.  You go through the door.  The guard activates the alarm.  You run toward the car dragging the doctor with you.  She opens the door and hands you the key. 


'I wasn't a bad guy before I came here.'


With that phrase, you start the engine.  You leave the parking lot as fast as possible, and you head to the side roads (carreteras secundarias).  You know the police must be looking for Cristina's car.  You're free, however, you feel worse than ever.  The death of Blas will be with you for the rest of your new life as a fugitive.  END"



This is the only bad ending I've seen where the player character survives.  Blas is dead, Cristina is a hostage, and I'm a fugitive who feels guilty for the rest of my life.


Alternate Ending Death Count:  10


Results So Far

9 Good Endings
 
10 Deaths

1 Bad Non-Death Ending

0 Neutral/Inconclusive Endings

[Herman Gigglethorpe]

La Prisión:  Elige Tu Propia Aventura Alternate Endings Part 20



Let's join Jhony's gang in CHOICE #20.


"You can see a large smile on the face of the gang leader.  The rest get up to hug you."  "Welcome to the family, brother'.  The man who stole your bread now talks to you with affection and respect.  'My name is Marcos".


For the rest of the meal, the gang tells jokes, makes "the odd racist comment", and has a long argument about soccer.  We go to the garden together to work like in another route.  When they want to know more about me, I tell them my life story along with "fictitious elements".  They think I'm hilarious.


Jhony tells me he'll kill me personally if I betray him. 


When I go back to my cell, I tell Armando that gardening work is less stressful than my former job in the police force.  He says Jefe might help with my escape plan, but I say I have "other allies".  Armando's not happy with me aligning with Jhony's gang, and says I'll probably pretend to go along with them.


 "You've come to meet the more human side of that group of people who seem to want to hide their feelings under a cloak of mean looks, aggressive behavior, and tattoos".


Jhony's still suspicious of my loyalty to him, and says he knows I'm hiding something.  I tell him I've never been a criminal, and reveal the real reason I'm in prison.  He sympathizes with me because of how the police force betrayed me.


Jhony reveals his gang is spread throughout Spain, instead of being exclusive to this prison.  They've been digging a tunnel for months, and disguised its entrance in the prison yard bushes.  Jhony wants me to drug the prison yard guards, but he'll provide the poison or sleeping pills. 


I offer to let Jefe join the tunnel scheme.  Jhony thinks he could be useful, but is unreliable because he only acts for selfish reasons.  Including more people in the plan would also increase the risk of it being leaked to the guards.


CHOICE #24 is to either say I'll drug the guards myself, or try to enlist Jefe.


We'll go with the former for this ending.


Armando asks me about my day, and the narration says he's "an old fox; it's difficult to hide anything from him".  (Note:  "viejo lobo de mar" is the phrase translated as 'old fox'.  I had to look this idiom up on WordReference.)  He warns me to be careful around Jhony's gang.  "You seem like a good guy.  I wouldn't like to see you leave here in a plastic bag.  Good night".  But I already saw the plastic bag death in an earlier ending, and the guards were the ones who did that!


Jhony gives me some horse sleeping pills just to be sure.  I throw my coffee cup on the floor, and attempt to bribe the guard with 20 euros to get me a replacement.  He accepts and tells me where the coffee machine is.  All the guards drink 2 or 3 cups of coffee every morning, an easy weakness to exploit with poison. 


Valero assigns us to the garden again, and it seems like a normal day.  Then the sleeping pills kick in, and the tower guard is the first to go. 


It's time to escape through the tunnel.  Jhony wants me to watch the entrance to prevent any prisoners who aren't part of the gang from leaving.  I'll be the last to exit.


Some prisoners are watching the guards, while others are failing to jump the fences.  One guard is completely unconscious, and has a fully functional cell phone.  CHOICE #25 is to either go through the tunnel at last, or use the guard's cell phone to call someone outside for help.


Let's take the tunnel with Jhony and his friends! 


The link takes me to the wrong page, which is the ending where I disguise myself and the guard makes a joke about his ex-wife.  Probably the Kindle's fault, not the publisher's.  Turning to the next page leads to the proper ending for this path.  The gangsters tell me to conceal the entrance to avoid being discovered.  I don't succeed, and an "avalanche of prisoners" throw themselves into the hole.  The gangsters move on without me, and there's total darkness around me. 


"Perhaps they've forgotten about you, or perhaps they had planned it from the start. . ."


After fumbling in the dark for a while, I see some lights again.  I touch something that doesn't feel like a rock.  It seems to be explosives.  The gang will destroy the tunnel so no one else can follow them. 


"Wait for me!'  You shout with all your strength while you move forward as fast as possible.  You begin to see the light at the end of the tunnel.  The light of the sun illuminates the final stretch.  'Don't blow up the dynamite!"


Your words are useless.  Well, you hear the electrical signal that activates by cable.  In less than a second, the dynamite explodes and the tunnel is demolished.  You feel the earth surrounding you completely.  Your body is buried and half-crushed.  You feel that you're running out of oxygen.  It looks like your END".



Following Jhony's directions to the letter results in being buried alive.  Thanks for nothing!  Now I can see why the "re-digging the tunnel" ending led to death.  The gang was thorough when they destroyed it.  Unlike some other CYOA type books, this one's consistent between routes.



Alternate Ending Death Count:  11


Results So Far

9 Good Endings
 
11 Deaths

1 Bad Non-Death Ending

0 Neutral/Inconclusive Endings

[Herman Gigglethorpe]

La Prisión:  Elige Tu Propia Aventura Alternate Endings Part 21


This time, I won't trust Jhony when he tells me to enter the tunnel last in CHOICE #25.


"Change of plans.  You don't know very well why, but the idea of the tunnel has stopped being attractive to you.  Perhaps it's the fact that you don't know very well what you'll find on the other side, or maybe it's simply that you don't trust you new companions".


Is my Alternate Ending character a metagamer?  These lines are pretty funny when I've just tried the other route of CHOICE #25.


To activate the guard's cell phone, I take his hand and use the fingerprint (huella dactilar) scanner.


I call the National Police and a female voice answers me.  I then hang up, suspecting that many members of the National Police are supporting ARTUS.  In desperation, I call a taxi company.  When I try to tell my story, the other person says "I'm sorry.  They're calling me on the other line and I have no time for pranks".


I hear the dynamite inside the tunnel exploding.  The narration says "Perhaps it's been a good idea not to follow the latinos' path".  For some reason, I call an Argentine man working for the pizzeria Diego Armando.  Evidently I order a "pizza caprichosa" from them every Tuesday.  I live on Almansa Street (an address in Madrid?).  He recognizes me and is concerned because I haven't called for weeks.  I tell him my bizarre story and tell him not to call this number.  I return the cell phone to the guard who's beginning to wake up.


The guards are shooting prisoners trying to escape from the collapsed tunnel.  My acting convinces the guards that I haven't poisoned them.  Armando heard about both the escape tunnel and the dynamite, and asks if the gang betrayed me.  I tell them "there has been a small change of plans".


My ruse won't fool the guards for long once they look at the security cameras.  I begin to have doubts about the pizza delivery plan.


Various news vehicles including a helicopter head towards the prison.  The Argentine pizza guy told the media about my story!  The ARTUS conspiracy interests most of Spain, and I tell my story on TV.  My face appears on the front page of every newspaper.


"After a few weeks, you go back to your old job.  The former police commissioner is in prison, and the new one is an old friend of yours.  Going back to your old routine is wonderful.  The coffee tastes much better now that you're free.  You read the newspaper like you do every morning, and you see Jhony.  He returned to prison after starting a bar fight, stealing a car, and robbing a liquor store.  'Those people never change', you think.  END".


Loyalty to your local pizza delivery business pays off!  This is another happy ending where the ARTUS conspiracy ends, and you even get to learn what happens to Jhony afterwards.  


Results So Far

10 Good Endings
 
11 Deaths

1 Bad Non-Death Ending

0 Neutral/Inconclusive Endings

[Herman Gigglethorpe]

La Prisión:  Elige Tu Propia Aventura Alternate Endings Part 22


In CHOICE #24, let's see what happens when I enlist Jefe in Jhony's horse sleeping pill plan.


I tell Jhony that Jefe's a "sure bet" because he's the most powerful man in prison.  The rest of the day passes normally.  Lots of discussion about the guards vs. prisoners basketball game a few weeks earlier.  The prisoners won because Jorge was a pro before going to jail.


Jefe doubts the gang will let me leave with them, despite how much time I've spent with them.  He thinks they're "a simple group of crazy people with tattoos on their faces."  He says they're weak, and will throw me to the wolves if it's convenient.  Jefe asks about Jhony's weakness, and I say it's his "love for himself".


Jefe will convince the guards to look the other way (hacer la vista gorda, literally "make the fat view").  Jefe arranges for Jhony and I to escape, but the rest of the gang must remain in jail.  Jhony will eventually come under Jefe's power.  But he offers another option too.  If Jefe thwarts the gang's escape attempt entirely, the warden will owe him one, and he'll let me get away more "discreetly". 


CHOICE #26 is to either betray the gang, or tell Jhony about Jefe's offer to leave the rest of his gang behind and escape.


For this ending, I'll see how suicidal betraying Jhony can be.  His gang already stabbed me in another ending. . .


"That might be.  Tomorrow you'll speak to Jhony.  You'll say that I'm ready to collaborate because I owed you a favor.  At night, you'll try to escape, but they'll impede you.  Try to stay behind the group when you're escaping.  It's possible that there may be a shooting (tiroteo)".


The gangsters ask me about what I'll do when I leave prison.  They care more about their families and friends than I thought. 


"The guard who guides all of you doesn't seem to be doing well.  Suddenly, he stops, and tries to hold himself up by holding the wall.  He's queasy.  After a few seconds, he falls to the floor with his mouth open.  You know he's faking it, but his acting deserves an Oscar".



The gangsters fall for it and head for the tunnel.  I tell Jhony I'll be the rear guard, but he thinks things have been too easy so far, and orders me to go by his side.  He pulls out a knife from his pants and forces me to obey him. 


"You both reach the end of the tunnel.  The first thing you see is the moon.  The next is a group of 20 heavily armed security guards, pointing assault rifles at you.


'Halt'


Jhony thrusts his knife in your neck and uses you as a human shield. 


'Traitor. . .'


'No, I. . .'


You can't finish the phrase.   The leader of the 'latinos' is possessed by wrath.  With a rapid movement, he makes a deep wound in your neck.  Shots and screams can be heard.  Everything stops for you.  END".



Another stabbing death from the gang, but my corpse being used as a human shield is new.


Alternate Ending Death Count:  12


Results So Far

10 Good Endings
 
12 Deaths

1 Bad Non-Death Ending

0 Neutral/Inconclusive Endings

[Herman Gigglethorpe]

La Prisión:  Elige Tu Propia Aventura Alternate Endings Part 23


In CHOICE #26, I'll find out what happens if I refuse to betray Jhony in Jefe's route.  His fellow gangsters won't be so lucky, since the guards will trap them.  If Jhony accepts the deal, my code phrase will involve asking Jefe about the weather (clima) in Asturias.


Armando overheard this conversation, as he knows a secret way of getting out of the cell.


Jhony is hesitant about the deal to betray his underlings, but he accepts.  I ask Jefe "Have you heard about the storm (temporal) that's approaching the Asturian coast?"


The gangsters talk about their plans after escaping.  Marcos wants to see his children, especially his daughter that he hasn't seen since a few days after she was born.  One wants to see his mom, while another wants to go to a bar and watch soccer.


Jhony warns them that they'll be fugitives (prófugos), and that going to their families will make it easy for them to be arrested again. 


The guards are probably pretending to be unconscious again.  I'll go through the tunnel first, Jhony will follow, and everyone else will go later.  Marcos asks if we'll destroy the tunnel with dynamite, but Jhony says "Better not to make noise".  This is one major change from other routes.


"You can see moonlight.  You travel through the final stretch in a hurry.  You leave and feel what you've achieved.  You're in a forest outside the prison.  You begin to run as fast as possible to the south. 


Like both of you planned, you can see some guards hidden in the vegetation.  They point their rifles at the tunnel entrance.  They also see you, but they ignore you.  You continue running without looking back.  Jhony leaves second, and runs in the same direction without the guards stopping him.  When the third prisoner appears, you can hear the guards' voices.



'Stop!'


Practically at the same time, you hear shots.  They aren't rubber bullets, but real ammo.  You continue running.  They're not shooting you.  The gunfire is directed at the rest of the 'latinos' who try to leave the tunnel.  You continue running through the forest savoring your freedom.  It's an incomparable sensation.


You think about your time in prison for a few seconds.  But that is a thing of the past.  You must bring their corrupt conspiracy to light and make the culprits pay for it.  After running for more than 20 minutes, you see a cabin.  A motorcycle awaits you.  Jhony appears after a few seconds.  You look at each other and smile.


'Are you driving?' END".



This is treated as a good ending in the narration.  But the other gangsters you betray are treated sympathetically before this section, and they're probably all going to die or at least be horribly maimed.  You feel guilty for holding Cristina hostage and poisoning Blas, but not for the sticky end of Marcos and friends?


My policy for La Prisión is to put whatever endings receive positive narration in the "Good" column, to make things less confusing.



Results So Far

11 Good Endings
 
12 Deaths

1 Bad Non-Death Ending

0 Neutral/Inconclusive Endings

[Herman Gigglethorpe]

La Prisión:  Elige Tu Propia Aventura Alternate Endings Part 24


The only route I haven't taken is to lie and tell Armando that I'm an ordinary prisoner all the way back in CHOICE #2.  I checked.  I even made a Microsoft Word document recording all the paths I've already tried!


I try to talk tough to intimidate Armando.  My character says he burned the police commissioner's house, and spent months in the maximum security prison Herrera de la Mancha.  (A real place, by the way).  Last Saturday, my character allegedly started a riot and escaped.  But the army supposedly caught me at the French border hidden in a car trunk (maletero).


Armando says my story would make a good Hollywood movie, but doesn't believe me.  But there was a riot at Herrera de la Mancha.  He then says the old Spanish proverb "the devil knows more by being old than by being the devil".  I think about telling Armando the truth, but Valero says it's time for rat meat again.  The same weird line in two different routes?  At least it's consistent!


The divergence here is that Armando suggests that I sit with Jorge the basketball player in the cafeteria, in a position close to Jefe's table.  Jorge says he'll play the guards vs. prisoners game on Friday, and wants to see Valero's face when he's humiliated.  Because Jorge is tall and very hairy, the narration says "he looks just like Chewbacca".


I didn't expect to see a Star Wars reference in this book, since Ernest Cline used them all up when writing Ready Player One.


Roberto the ex-cop approaches and says this:  "Introductions won't be necessary.  He knows perfectly well who I am.  We know each other well, too well.  It's his fault I'm here.'  He doesn't know what I'm in here for, and assumes I'm a secret agent infiltrating the prison or something.


CHOICE #27 is to "defend yourself with words", or hit Roberto with my tray.  Let's try diplomacy with the guy who strangled me with a sheet in the first death scene!


I tell Roberto that it's his own fault for being in jail because of his drug dealing.  I then explain I'm not here to investigate anyone, and that ARTUS threw me in prison for uncovering their plot.  Jefe interrupts our conversation:  "You aren't a cop, a lawyer, a waiter, or an economist.  You're absolutely nothing".  He mentions that all my information was deleted upon entering prison.


Jorge says ARTUS offered to delete his criminal record (historial delictivo) and get him out of prison in exchange for a million euros.  He refused to protect his reputation, and then "fake news" about him began to appear in the media.  (Yes, it says "noticias falsas" in the text, so "fake news" is a literal translation).


Jorge doesn't care what they say about him.  He wants to help me escape to shut down ARTUS once and for all.  Jefe gives me a gun with 6 bullets in case of emergency.


It's time for prison labor.  Either I go to the garden with Jorge, or go with Roberto to the kitchen in CHOICE #28.  I would go with Armando and Jefe to the laundry room, but there are already too many people there, and the risks of the gun being discovered are great.


I tell Valero that I'll probably be a better cook than a gardener, but he doesn't care.


While I'm working, I see Félix.  Roberto says he's a mad scientist who destroyed his neighbor's house while trying to build a basement.  I'm impressed when he bounces an egg against the floor and doesn't break it.


Roberto says he has the plans to the ventilation system, and my gun will be the key to get in the room with that entrance.  The other prisoners will be used as a distraction.  Roberto's sure Jefe will betray us if we try to leave in a large group, so only the two of us will escape.  Félix claims we'll die before leaving the ventilation shafts because of the fans.


CHOICE #29 is to either go along with Roberto's plan, or reject his offer and wait to leave with the whole group.  The former is likely suicide, so I'll try that for this update.


I tell Armando I'm looking for Roberto.  Roberto just told the guards that Jefe, Armando, and Jorge are in the basketball court planning to escape.  Roberto threatens the guards with Jefe's gun.  But that's not all he does.  When the alarm activates, he takes a blanket, presses it against a guard, and shoots.  The blanket acts as a silencer, and my character marvels at how cold-blooded Roberto is.


We crawl through the ventilation shafts, but this isn't Deus Ex.


"You both begin to feel how the air passes rapidly through the shaft.  Roberto's body is beginning to fly through the air.  It feels like a large vacuum cleaner.  You can't take much more.  You try to grab something, but there's nothing.  Your body slides out of control through the ventilation shaft.


You can't see anything.  The sound is getting stronger.  Without a doubt, it's coming from a giant fan.  You think about the words of the mad scientist in the kitchen:  'It's important to calculate the weight.  I don't know how you're going to pass through the ventilation shaft without being taken by the fans and air extractors.  According to my calculations, you'll die before leaving the building'.


The shaft ends and you both fall through a large tube.  At the end, there's a fan big enough to cut a person into pieces.  Roberto is the first to fall.  You can hear his screams.


'Aahhhh!'


You are the next. . .END"


Looks like the prison uses the Fan O' Death from Mythbusters in its ventilation system.



Alternate Ending Death Count:  13




Results So Far

11 Good Endings
 
13 Deaths

1 Bad Non-Death Ending

0 Neutral/Inconclusive Endings

[Herman Gigglethorpe]

La Prisión:  Elige Tu Propia Aventura Alternate Endings Part 25


This time, in CHOICE #29, I'll avoid the Fan O'Death!


I hand over the gun to Roberto and reject his offer.  Surprisingly, he doesn't shoot me on the spot with it.  Roberto "smiles like a prison thug" (matón del instituto). 


At night, I find a cell phone in a box under my pillow.  It doesn't have any numbers registered or Internet access.  All attempts at calls leaving the prison are blocked.  The phone begins to vibrate and I receive a call from an unknown number.  I tell Armando what happened with Roberto. 


I see Roberto intimidating a guard with his new gun.  Valero says a few people got sick and now I have to work in the laundry room.  The work is "boring and monotonous" until the ventilation system stops working.


Jefe knew what was going to happen to Roberto all along, and the fan grinding was all part of his plan.  Roberto was a "cabeza de turco", or a scapegoat.  (This expression came from grisly beheading incidents during the Crusades.)


There's also a blackout.  Jefe stuffs me in a washing machine and gives me a bottle of water.  They alert the guards to the fact that the machine's not working. 


Some suspense is there about whether I'll survive because it's so hot inside.


"We're going to have to take away this washer and bring in another one.  The motor burned.  Repairs will be more expensive than bringing a new model here.'


'Do what you have to do, but fix this as soon as possible.'


'Very well, tomorrow you'll have your new washer.  Right now, we'll remove this one.  I think it's going to go directly to the dumpster (contenedor).'


'Thank you very much.  Do you need help?'


'No, we'll do it ourselves'.


You smile.  The plan works perfectly.  The lkarge machine moves for a few minutes.  You hear doors opening, and finally, a sound of an engine.  Everything indicates that you're inside a truck.  Someone opens the metal cover, and you free yourself.


'Welcome to express delivery.  You're a free man.  END".


Roberto's corpse still stinks up the ventilation in this ending, but nobody likes him anyway.  My prison companions take a hint from "Box" Brown and smuggle me to freedom.  



 
Results So Far

12 Good Endings
 
13 Deaths

1 Bad Non-Death Ending

0 Neutral/Inconclusive Endings