What is it and why would you pick it? (Need some NaNoWriMo plot choices help)



So, I flew through to 50k without any trouble, mostly because I was writing very fast with out stopping to think about where my plot was heading. I just wrote the first thing that popped into my head. As a result I now have a ton of random not really connected scenes, involving 3 kids (about 10 or 12 years old, I think.) who believe their new neighbor is a vampire. Though the scenes are all on the same theme, they do not connect well, into a coherent story. So, I still have a ways to go before this story is finished and thus I am continuing to write through to November 30th.
Then I had an idea. If I change my book into a Choose Your Own Adventure type novel, I would have a way to connect all these random scenes into a logical story. With that in mind I and now writing up random choices to place at the end of my scenes.
Here’s where you guys come in and where I need your help. I just wrote this:
EelKat wrote:
Zeb wanted to pick the blue one. Azreal thought we should pick the emerald green one. Xavier liked the look of the red one best, but thought it would be best if we left them all alone and just went back the way we came. Since there were three choices and four of you, Zeb, Azreal, and Xavier now looked at you to decide.
If you decide to pick the crimson red one, turn to page 46.
If you decide to pick the sapphire blue one, turn to page 78.
If you decide to pick the emerald green one, turn to page 100.
If you think it’s a trap and want to try to go back the way you came, turn page 56.
It’s another scene not connected to any others, I really like the idea of them having to choose one of three colored objects, but I have no idea what the objects are. And now I have to connect this scene to my other scenes, but in order to do that I need to figure out a few things first.
1) Where are they? Why are they there?
2) What are these three colored objects that they have found?
3) Which option would you pick and why?
4) Any thoughts on what might happen as a result of each choice?
Any ideas would be really helpful. Thanks!
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