Could this be done as a "choose-your-own-adventure" sort of thing? Like, there's the start, then it branches to the two endings? I can't write for crap, but this would work as a flash-game-type-thing or a clickable little webpage thing, both of which I can code.

Length would be an issue, but I'd be willing to eat a wordcount/image-overage penalty if we could do something really cool if you guys would be down with it.