This sounds cool! I agree with J, using variables to merge your "almost direct copies" could save you a lot of grief in the future, depending on how many similar passages you have. (I know because I did the "multiple near-identical passages" thing once, and it was a headache.)
What version/format of Twine are you using? /is a Twine nerd
Yeah, I'll just have to see how similar they end up being. My idea is that the player will act differently depending on whether they went 1-2-3 or 2-3-1 or 1-3-2 or 2-1-3. Even ending up in the same place after the same amount of choices won't mean the same thing happens. But if the passages end up being super similar (and I have the time, because I sincerely think variables will take me longer than writing, I have much more experience writing then I do with variables), then I might try it!
And I'm using the desktop app version 2.0.10.
