My Rules Are Not Your Rules – The Epicurean Cure A celebration of thinking – rigorously, critically, and enthusiastically – about and through the media we love. 2017-08-11T21:02:36Z https://www.epicureancure.com/feed/atom/ WordPress Guest <![CDATA[Editors' Pick: The Mini Darth of Firetop Mountain]]> http://www.epicureancure.com/?p=233 2017-08-11T21:02:36Z 2016-08-25T22:13:09Z Introduction:

You stand resplendent in your dragon armor at the door into the side of Firetop Mountain. You have travelled many weeks through bandit-infested forests and foothills to get to this point. You are here to kill the evil but extremely handsome sorcerer, Mini Darth. He resides deep in the mountain. On dark and stormy nights locals talk of being able to hear refrains of the Imperial March blowing on winds from his mountain lair. You push on inside. There is no turning back!

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As your eyes adjust to the gloom, you step forward into a corridor hewn into the rock. Burning torches line the walls. Water drips from the ceiling. After several miles of walking you come to two doors.
From a door in the left wall you can hear some very pleasant singing. The door in front of you looks very ominous and you can hear some humming and buzzing in the room beyond.

To scream a battle cry and charge through the door in front of you - Turn to 400

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Uttering a loud battle cry you barge into the door breaking its hinges and sending it crashing into the room beyond. You find yourself in Mini Darth’s main Chamber of Evil! Huge industrial ovens line the walls. Inside them bake countless Dark Side Cookies. Their sickeningly sweet smell fills the air. You hear heavy breathing behind you and spin round raising your sword and shield. TOO LATE!!! You are force-propelled into the air, bounced from wall to ceiling to floor to wall and back to the floor. Out of your dying eyes you see Mini Darth standing over your broken body. The last thing you hear as he plunges his red lightsaber into your face is, “Nice try, silly billy!”
Your Adventure is Over...


That's it for our editors' picks! The winning entry will be posted tomorrow - so stay tuned!

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