I, for one, approve of using dice in this fashion. The trick is to roll the dice first and then decide if you want to follow them
Chihiro's comment on the fortune pulls reminds me of a favorite quote of mine from the old Quest for Glory series (emphasis on old...
): "I got plenty of luck, it's just most of it's bad."
Pretty obvious the woman was going to be the wife of the shopkeep, but then again this story is less about the plot and more about the experience. This chapter was all over the place in a good way