You have nominated a decider, who has chosen the perilous option 1.
Fortune favors the bold, and you have proven yourself bold indeed. Many have attempted this narrow path up the mountain cliffs, but few have survived. On the second eve up this pass, gravel starts to give way, and the elves cling to the mountain side, sending debris back toward you and making your footing unsteady.
You grasp at anything to hold on, but gravity wins the day, and you find yourself tumbling down the mountain, head over foot over head over foot. Bloodied and bruised you come to a landing 2/3 of the way down the mountain, your gear nowhere in sight, your left leg surely broken, agony and despair setting in.
For two long days trapped in a prison of pain and despair the sun beats down in the day with no water to slake your thirst, and for two desperate nights the moon looks down over a relentless cool with no cover for your chilled body. You find but a few beetles and roots to satisfy your hunger, but cling feebly to life.
In your darkest hour, a talking cat comes around a boulder and begins to speak to you. She says: “I am Osgilioph, Queen of the cats. I will save your life if you make one decision that shows cleverness, which we value over all else. If not, I cannot guarantee your safety. We cats are a proud and ancient kind, older than your people, and wiser still.
In days of old, we were revered for our ways, our skill in hunting, our cunning in danger, and our friendship to man. Now we have fallen out of favor with your people, relegated to the place of servitude, enslaved in your cities, defanged and declawed, and at your whim. I am the last of a long line of regal cats, and I must know what fate you see for our race.
Option 1: set my race free, let no man ever take a cat into his care and charge again, and agree that cats are the superior kind to your feeble humanity. In exchange I will heal your broken bones and give you a map which leads through the mountain and back up to the treasure you seek, but never again shall you be able to tame another beast of the wild.
Option 2: I will leave you supplies enough to survive for another fortnight, for ours is a merciful and noble race, but otherwise leave you on your own, for your wounds to heal or not, for the elements to take their toll, and to await whatever fate may come.
To make this next choice, whoever makes the post 47 posts from now shall be the next DECIDER.