Jim stumbled, then caught himself as he leaned over the edge of the black path. Below him he saw an obscenely distasteful mass of rended flesh and blood, which occasionally twitched. He quickly backed away from the edge.
"What the hell?"
The head of the guy at the crossroads shimmered as it appeared to his left.
"You're on the black path. It leads to your possible futures, all of which end with Death." His hand wavered into existence, pointing over the edge of the path. "You must decide where to leave the path, as you will be unable to come back." With that, his parts vanished.
Jim looked around. In one direction the path widened, with the occasional dark-hued path diverging. In the other direction, the path narrowed as it approached some sort of cliff. Jim looked back and forth repeatedly.
"But I don't know which way is which!"
There was no response, so Jim
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