[ WP ] Write a paragraph of a choose your own adventure story , ending with a choice . The next commenter will decide which plot to follow , and continue the story .

You've finally made it. All of the sacrifices, decades of education in the Other Path, & self restraint have led to this moment. You wait for hours, sitting in the woods, alone. The clouds open, dropping rain upon you & your finest suit. Charcoal with gray pinstripe. You're about to leave, believing that you've been abandoned or deemed unworthy of joining the highest echelon of your associates. You look at your watch & begin to stand to leave. This ca n't have been for nothing. You sit back down. Illuminated by only the moonlight, a man in gray robes lined with silver approaches you, his face hidden by the night & shadows of the treetops. He extends a bleeding hand & beckons you to follow him. As you approach, you see his face is badly burned & scarred. He can hardly be said to have a face. After 40 minutes of traversing the nearest mountainside, you see the entrance to a cave. A deep moan emanates from inside. You hesitate, but follow the burned man in silver through its opening & deep within. Following an impossible series of twists & turns, including 5 consecutive lefts without elevation change, you begin to question the destination. The moaning of the cave becomes deafening. Before another doubt can enter your mind, two rows of similarly gray/silver clad men in animal masks appear alongside you, facing you, lighting torches. They are not the source of the moaning. Your stomach drops. Your mind races. The moaning of the cave somehow increases. The burned man steps behind a waist-high boulder at the end of the tunnel & looks upon it. A cloth, the same fabrics as the robes, drapes the top of it. Between the cloth & boulder is a small writhing mass. The burned & faceless man speaks without opening his mouth. *'' You have faced great adversities. We have ensured that much. You have never chosen the simple path. You have sought & chosen the Other Path. Our knowledge & influence may be yours. Another choice remains. `` * The moaning ceases. The cloth is removed. Beneath it lays an infant male child, its mouth sewn shut with silver cord, & an emerald dagger. 
 
 Do you ** [ 1 ] ** plunge the emerald dagger through the infant, ** [ 2 ] ** plunge the emerald dagger through the burned man, ** [ 3 ] ** take the child & run, or ** [ 4 ] ** turn and walk away?
