** Welcome to my third CHYOA based story! In a similar vein to my other stories this adventure is all about endurance. Can you make it to the end? Can you even find it? Or will an antagonist tempt you too much? I hope you enjoy it :) **
** This will be a very large story for me and will take a lot of time to complete. I had been working towards finishing it before publishing it but instead i will be publishing each chapter as i write it. Also i may add in conditional branches into this story in the future based upon an arousal modifier.**
You grasp the door handle and turn it then immediately step out. And then immediately cover your eyes from the glaring morning sun.
"God damn sun what the hell... why so bright..even for a Friday?" You mumble to yourself as you shuffle across the lawn to your mailbox. You pull out the mail and start flipping through it while hardly paying any attention to it.
"Bill... Bill.. Who the hell is Bill? .... Hmm.."
You pause at your door and stare at an.. unusual letter. It's a bit thicker than the bills and otherwise unremarkable. You shuffle back inside and quickly open the abnormal letter.
"Congratulations Fred SmithYou have been selected as the winner of a weekend getaway at the new Eternal Paradise tower..." The letter seems to be genuine, even giving you your own birth date and other very personal details.
"Eternal Paradise tower... hrmph. Never heard of that before."
You continue to read that the chosen weekend getaway starts This Friday night with checkout being described simply as 'Late'. You quickly think of what you have on this weekend.. a date with a girl your friend knows, a few games of Warships.. "Ahh who am i kidding, a weekend getaway sounds decent enough!"
Quickly you scrap any plans you had as well as a painfully obvious desperado date by your long time mate. Being 39 and horribly overweight any reason to get away, even for a weekend is welcome. Even if it is provided for something you aren't 100% sure about. Another look at the letter indicates its only an hours drive away.
"Sweet!"
The day passes quickly, working from home only adds to your hermit like existence. You quickly pack your things in the afternoon and can't wait to get there.
By 4pm you have finished work, turned everything off in your home and loaded your car. Jumping in with a smile you gun the engine and roar off to your weekend getaway.
Time seems to pass slowly with all the weekend traffic but eventually you find the new tower. It's quite a sight, very black and shiny from the outside and seems quite a tall tower. You drive into the driveway and are immediately gestured to stop by concierge who then opens your door.
"Welcome Fred i am so glad you decided to accept your winning ticket to a weekend getaway with us!"
"Uhh, yeah thanks." You mumble as you struggle to shift your heavy frame out the car. Still not fully trusting your eyes, the concierge quickly opens your boot and takes your bags out, hanging them immediately to another staffer hovering nearby.
Unable to trust yourself to speak anything coherent you mumble a thanks and wander into the lobby.. only to be greeted by a large (and unnerving) smile from one of the girls behind the counter whos beauty is more than your mind can seem to process.
"Welcome Mr Smith to Eternal Paradise, we have been expecting you!"
"Oh.. really?" Is all you can manage.
"Absolutely! We are very happy you decided to spend your time here with us, our only regret is informing you at such a late notice."
Before you can even say a word, your room key is pressed into your hand rather eagerly. As you were barely making eye contact with the girl as well as being painfully obvious in your awkwardness, your downcast eyes notice her long slender fingers and how cool their touch was, shocking you a little at the small amount of skin-on-skin contact as you take your key.
"All tower pleasantries and distractions are available for you to read in your room at your leisure, i hope you have a wonderful stay!"
All you can do is smile and say "Thank you", completely forgetting to ask for her name. You turn away and head across the marble floor towards an open lift.. which closes itself immediately after you enter and starts climbing to your already selected floor; floor 60.
"The top floor.." you say to yourself in the empty lift.
"Pleasantries... distractions? Spending my time here? This is just a weekend getaway isn't it..?" You think with a frown. Well may as well see what its like. They seem to know you well enough to allow the prospect of a great balcony view and amazing hotel room assuage any .. weirdness you feel.
Soon enough you are on level 60 and are stepping into your hotel room.
"Wow!" You are immediately taken aback at how luxurious your room is! You make your way to the (very large) bedroom and try sitting then laying down on the (very large) bed. "Big enough for 5 people?" you wonder. You quickly unpack your things and put them away.
You spend the next hour looking around your room, admiring the astoundingly good view of the city and sit down to read through the list of "distractions"...
"Hrmm... Balloon therapy... what the fuck is that?" You immediately regret swearing so flippantly and remind yourself your language should be better than that. "Swimming pool.. Sauna.. Gym.. tailoring.. Really? Hmm.. Personal gardening... Silk weaving.. What on earth.."
You continue reading the list.
"Massage therapy.. Deep tissue massage.. Very deep tissue massage? Skill shares.. Frontier Etymology studies... Fauna and Flora exhibits..." The list so far has filled your head with only questions, but you continue to read to the bottom.
"Dance club.. Speed dating.. Speech classes... Aqua variants... and Motivation class."
You are too confused to even comprehend asking anything. Having helped yourself to some of the house wine you quickly feel the day (and week) having catch up to you in a rush, causing a wave of tiredness to wash over you.
You hop into bed and quickly fall asleep before anything you read really has a chance to stick in your mind.