>>29715071
Step in because sometimes you only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo

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>>29715071
-QM Disclaimer-
I have never run a Quest before, I type at a glacial speed, and a shiny object might distract me at any moment. Hell, I meant to start this three hours ago.

I enjoy random rolls and tables, many of which I won't be sharing beforehand for spoiler reasons.
As a GM/DM, I tend toward sandbox campaigns. As a QM, we'll see how well I can keep that up.
I'll likely use a mix of die rolls, and low/high as well, depending on the situation, but we'll see what works out best for us.

Choices: I'm going to try and keep a theme going of '[]' being for choices, and occasionally dropping '/' into things for sub-selections and personality/emotional choices. As we develop the character the choices should become more tailored to what we've expressed so far.


Good luck, thanks for your patience, and here's hoping we all have fun!

>the battle with captcha has begun

>>29715226
I all seriousness, however, step in because not everyone gets a chance like this. Why not take it while you can?

Accident. Travelling through time and space by mistake!

>>29715071
gaze into the flickering space between worlds]
[Headlong] "Shit yes, let's do this!"

>>29715375
Mine prolly counts as headlong, but somewhat more...thoughfull I guess?

>>29715226
ok everyone seems to have a shit ton of problems with captcha and i have never had a single one...ever

>>29715396
yeah but i really like the personality choice of "Shit yes, let's do this!"

>>29715226
[Power] "Through this, I shall find the tools I require."

>>29715428
I'm more of a 'Well, this looks like it'd be interesting." Kinda the same, I guess

>>29715071
i like the reasoning behind>>29715309
for our personality of [Headlong] "Shit yes, let's do this!"

>>29715168
>>29715375
>>29715396
>>29715168
>[Lose Yourself]
You leapt at the opportunity, this chance for a less stagnant life by plunging into the unknown.

>If you wish to suggest details about you world you've left behind, you may, or I have a table to roll on.

>>29715463
that sounds like it could be really cool where we just do whatever the fuck interests us at the moment

>>29715489
Table! It's been a while since we've rolled for a character.

>>29715489
Table

>>29715489
Real world. Been a somewhat fit, average-looking chump who plays videogames and leads a generic job working as a small store owner. Found no fulfillment, single, and has an aptitude for organization, haggling, and numbers.

>>29715503
>ImOKwiththis.tiff

>>29715489
Table

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>>29715532
>>29715550
>>29715561
2 to 1 for the table..

>-The world you spent most of your life within..
A(n) (Roll 1d3) Dystopian/Utopian/Average (Roll as many d10s as you dare, from 1 to kitchensink) world..
1. [Near-Future] eg: Dystopian Near-Future, ie: Cyberpunk.
2. [Fantasy] Magic, mythic beasts and races.
3. [Horror] Things go bump in the night. Even in "utopia" they lock their doors at night and the children should have real fear of things lurking 'neath their beds.
4. [Modern] A world seemingly like the on we live in, modified by other choices.
5. [Space Opera] Space travel and high technology are the order of the day.
6. [Supers] Tights and Capes do battle large and small.
7. [Apocalypse/Post Apocalypse] "You bastards, you blew it all up."/natural disasters/supernatural /disasters/aliens/war/etc
8. [Anarchonistic] Worlds with technologies and societies that seem mismatched or unusual compared to our world's standards. ie: Most alternate tech-base '-punks', Flintstones, magictech, Rome with tanks, etc.
9. [Write-in] Wildcard.. Though this section wide-open enough the whole thing is pretty much a write-in with example ideas.
10. [Pick One]

Rolled 9

>>29715638

>>29715680
[Write-in] Medieval. The boring life of an in-shape peasent, little motivation to do anything yet fit from all the manual labor?

Rolled 2 + 3

>>29715638
Come get some!

>>29715691
That's so boring for a wildcard. Also, can you explain the rolling better OP?

>>29715638
i think [Horror] Things go bump in the night. Even in "utopia" they lock their doors at night and the children should have real fear of things lurking 'neath their beds would make us one paranoid son uva bitch which would be interesting

>>29715680
>>29715691
Alright, we have a write-in result roll and a quick suggestion. Just need a 1d3 still to determine the tone of that setting.

>>29715680
why
[Write-in] Roll-again.

Rolled 14

>>29715638
Can we have powers, limited only by the rolls? And by "the rolls", I mean, roll dice to determine power and usefulness, and rolls to use them.

Rolled 2

>>29715749
Here ya go

Rolled 1

>>29715749

>>29715730
Horror utopia anybody?

Rolled 1

>>29715784
medieval horror utopia?? combine everything

>>29715744
I imagine Write-In should be voted upon, if we can get a rough majority leaning one way or another, I'll go with it.

As of this typing, we have:
>>29715691
>>29715745
>>29715758

>>29715758
Agreeing with re-roll.

Rolled 9, 10, 1, 6, 2, 6, 6, 9, 1, 4, 4, 8, 9, 10, 3, 1, 9, 8, 8, 9, 6, 2, 2, 6, 6 = 145

>>29715638
As many d10s as you dare, so say?

>>29715772
You are likely to have powers of one sort or another, along with gear.
Some of that will be reflected by the world you leave behind.

>>29715838
I love combining things.

Rolled 2

>>29715888
averages out to 5.8

>>29715838
Down. No/low magic, high evil. Ghosts, and vampires and Bigfoots.

>>29716094
i can get behind this

>>29716094
and maybe the chupicabra (think i spelled that right)

Taking the Combination Option.
>generating one moment

Note to self: skip 'write-in' on random tables.

>>29716159
Yay cryptozoology world!

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>>29716169
The boring peasant life was yours to be had, the world was clean.. always clean and neat.
All the plots of land and cottages always perfectly spaced, perfectly portioned.
The lords of the land treated everyone well, made sure everyone was well fed and healthy.
Violence was unheard of, anyone displacing such.. unruly behavior simply stopped being around.
Particularly healthy and attractive peasants could even be elevated to serve the Lords and Ladies in their strongholds.

There were blemishes, of course, everyone knew to avoid The Woods and The Unkempt Places.
Things lurked there. Some didn't like the Lords and Ladies.. some didn't like anything. Those outside the walls always had fear that one day, the Things would come out from their hiding places and take want they wanted.
Always people must strive to please the Lords and Ladies and be Healthym so that they may one day be invited behind the safe walls.
Sad that you can't see anyone left behind until they make it in.. but why would anyone want to leave anyway?

>>29716258
sounds good (decided to use name since my posts have been getting a lot of responses lately)

>>29716400
Something always nagged at you about this place, this world, but like anyone else, you had to keep your cool despite these feeling, but one day an opportunity arose..

>-How this opportunity come to be..
[Study/Training] Found tome.. "The ebb and flow of the Universes are Known to me now.. I think."/Found a teacher.. "I will never forget you, my mentor.."
[Happenstance] "Look, I found a thing!"/"Ohshitohshitohsit!!"
[Experimentation] "Eureka!"/"Huh, that's strange.." (QM note, I don't see this one applying to this world, but if you can make sense of it, go ahead.)
[Unknown] You aren't sure what forces, internal or external, have brought this about (yet), but you go with your gut and jump.

>>29716561
[Happenstance] gee whiz, wonder what's in them woods?
(Ex Bigfoot hunter archetype)

>>29716561
[Happenstance] "Look, I found a thing!"

>>29716692
>>29716643
[Happenstance] selected.
>processing

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>>29716767
>>29716561
Chance, gambling, poking your nose where you shouldn't.. You do what you can to keep the monotony of your existence from driving you the the glassy-eyed stupor you feel so many others 'live' in.

So you took to poking into The Woods, abet keeping to the brightest days and often scurrying right back out, but even that makes you the most adventurous person you've heard of. You don't really hear people talk of adventure, outside of children before they are old enough to understand that is a 'bad' thing. Most tales are about how foolish someone was, and how terrible the things that happened to them as a result.
But fuck that, you're going to have an adventure if it kills you. You [do]/[don't] see the danger in that statement.

You keep this up for some time..
>Roll d100 Let's see how hardened you got before [Happenstance] kicked in..

Rolled 31

>>29717047
We are an overcooked noodle.

Rolled 67

>>29717047

Rolled 23

>>29717047
do but we don't care

Rolled 55

>>29717047
Danger oblivious

Rolled 42

>>29717195
This.

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>>29717090
Sounds about right.

>>29717047
Sure you may have wet yourself once or twice, but you were pretty sure you say a demon or a particularly nasty deer. Still, you are head and shoulders braver than most folk you know.
You do find that the farther from night you are, the less scares you recieve, thus you find yourself packed up for a longer hike than usual, to take advantage of the longest day of the year. Traditionally, the Lords and Ladies bid everyone to spend this day indoors and contemplating how best to serve them. It is a chance of real trouble to head out , but you've got to take this opportunity to explore further than you have before.

The morning pass uneventfully, but as Noon approaches you find yourself nearing a small structure, an 'Unkempt Place'.. something draws you closer despite your fear. A strange crosspiece etched over the doorway.
The inside is surprisingly modest, dusty and empty save for a life-sized engraving of figures on one wall, figures seeming to offer a chair. The chair itself actually extends enough to actually be sat on.
You have been walking for awhile, it might be a good time to stop for lunch, it is nearly high-sun..

>Action?
[Sit and eat]
[Look outside]
[Other]

>>29717434
Damn right we sit on the unkempt chair that creepy stone carvings are pointing at, that's obviously the best seat.

Rolled 93

>>29717529
yupyup

>>29717434
What this guy said, but we better dust it off first.

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>>29717529
You sit and look around this strange building, and wonder what the Lords and Ladies fear of these places, judging from the dust inside, nothing has walked here for some time, and the untrammeled plants outside seem to indicate that nothing has gone near the entrance to this nice safe dry place for a long time.
Glancing out the door as you pull a piece of bread from you pact you see the shadows disappear outside as high-sun on the longest day hits.
You feel a pang of sadness that you should probably head back after this, you enjoy how alive this trips make you feel, if only you lived in more interesting-

And then everything gets chaotic, the world in front of you splits open and a.. rip.. a tear.. a <Portal> appears.

You blink as knowledge that is not your own tells you that is is a Gateway, a passage, and if taken.. your desire to keep traveling and leave this terrifyingly monotonous world behind..

>>29715071
>>29715168
>Step in because sometimes you only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
>This opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo
And in you go..

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>>29717882
Gentleanons, I need from you three d100 rolls.
The first relates to affects this particular event has on you.
The next two relate to destinations.
I'll take the next three rolls I see.

In the mean time, we come to important choices:

>What sort of peasant were you?
[Shepherd]
[Farmer]
[Cobbler]
[Useless Profession #2]
[Barber]
[Physicker]

>What is your Name?
[Steve Lastnamesmith]
[Write-In!]

For the moment, the QM is presuming a young adult male, given our hero's headstrong foolhardiness and youthful sense of rebellion against the world he was born to. You may suggest otherwise, if you wish.

Rolled 98

>>29718192
Barber.
Nick Trimmers.

>>29718408
Love it. Supporting with 100% of my internet.

Rolled 78

>>29718408
Now with a roll.

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>>29718408
>Rolled 98

Rolled 15

>>29718192

Rolled 9

>>29718470
at least its a destination i'm scared

>>29718504
i'm gonna stop rolling now

>>29718517
Good call.

>>29718408
>>29718462
>>29718470
>processing
>error: processing interrupted by restroom
>processing shall resume shortly

>>29718607
heh

>>29718790
Alright, back on the case.
Few more moments, my apologies.

>>29719379
The Hell? Part of my post vanished..

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Nick Trimmers
Medieval Horror Utopia Peasant Barber
+Health
+A working knowledge of sanitary living
+First-Aid, dentistry, and medicinal ointments. Oh, and hair and beard trimming.
+Going through life surrounded by horrible Things
-worldly knowledge
-resources

Gear:
Good quality walking stick
2 sets of peasant garb (spare in case you needed to change before nearing home to avoid questions)
Soap
Good pair of scissors, towel, and bowl (in case you needed to claim you were 'on the job)
1 sharp knife
Cheese, bread, and some mutton.

>>29718408
>Rolled 98
You feel knowledge swirling into your mind and strange energies filling your body.
You now know that the forces that guide the relic you stumbled across saw particular promise in you, and have placed within you the tools your need to truly master travel across the worlds.. though you will have to grow into some of that power. There is only so much a body and mind can take at once, but it is all there, waiting to be freed.

>>29718462
>>29718470
With this new-found insight, you feel some additional control over this current passage.
You feel two paths you could take, through one you glimpse strange humanoids engages in bloody battle.. through the other you see sand, trees, and more water than you have ever imagined..

>How do you guide this moment?
[Battlefield]
[Beach]

Rolled 2

>>29719453
Dice decide.
1.Battlefield sounds more like adventure.
2.Beach sounds like better exploration.

>>29719535
The dice have spoken

>>29719535
i am okay with this

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>>29719535
>>29719602
The moment of clarity between worlds passes and the world goes white as you pass into it..

>Later..

A dull roar can be heard. Jerking awake, you pull your face from the sound and look around for the monster than is about to eat you, only to see crashing surf splashing around you.

You had heard the occasional rumor of large bodies of water, but the Lords and Ladies forbade travel to such distant dangerous, citing drowning and sea monsters on top of the Wilds in between.

You wonder if all oceans stretch into the sky like this one.

>Actions?
[Explore]
[Think]
[Eat, Lunch was interrupted after all.]
[Other]

>>29719895
Eat, observe, think. Everything seems clearer with a full belly, after all.

>>29719895
[Explore]
ADVENTURE

well i got to go to bed g'night guys. try not to die

>>29720246
Take care.

>>29720019
>>29720032
Before proceeding to ADVENTURE, you take a moment to eat a bit of your food and look around yourself. Experiencing sand and waves for the first time.
Also first time seeing distant ocean across the sky above you as well.
Deciding that you need to think about this, you close your eyes for a moment to gather your thoughts.
>Please roll 1d100, low is good in this case.

Rolled 53

>>29720354
Wait, does the ocean go over us?

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>>29720523
Indeed it does.

>Rolled 53
You spend a few moments focusing and you feel the tug of that new knowledge lurking within you.
You are now aware that you can gain insight into the nature of a reality that you visit.

While trying to wrap your mind around this concept, a few salient facts about this 'world' are made known to you:

The primary factor of this dimension is Water.
Landmasses gather and float on the interior of 'worlds' of air, such as the one you are now on.

Anything beyond that you are uncertain of at this time, you skill with this ability is still new, as is trying to understand the information it gives you.
For instance, you aren't sure where the diffuse light in the sky is coming from.

>>29720691
Time for Nick to Adventure, then.

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>>29720691
Further inland, trees and plants the likes of which you have never seen await.
Out to sea you glimpse other islands, glints of fish, and even swear you saw two little spouts of water dance around each other.

You feel more alive than you ever had before, even if you have a dull ache in your head and your body thrums with abilities you don't understand.

All and all, you reflect, this is the start of a lovely Adventure.

>End, part 1.

I would like to thank everyone that participated today, both for their participation, as well as their for their patience.

I should have the next thread up earlier in the day next week.
I could try running another before then, but I wouldn't be able to run as late. Though it does look like I lost people as it got later, perhaps shorter but more frequent would be better?

Any thoughts on that or questions/comments about the quest so far?

>>29720925
I appreciate you sticking by Anon, but the lateness of the hour is starting to affect my already slow speed.
Still cohesive enough to chat for a bit if you have any thoughts or questions you'd like to bring up.

>>29720974
More often and shorter is better. I liked it. Night op.

>>29721077
I'll see what I can work out.
Having company tomorrow evening. Perhaps a bit during the day or Friday evening.

Maybe I should get one of those QM twitter accounts that are popular these days.

>>29721183
Only do that if you want to. Some sort of regular scheduling works as well.
I'm pleased tha t>>29718408 actually worked.

>>29721275
Man, that 98.
Name/profession getting picked up without much argument was nice too.

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>>29721275
Well, picked up @RandomDimension
Not sure how well I'll use it, not much of a twitterer normally.
Will try to get a regular schedule going though.

And with that, I wish everyone a good night.
Take care.

>>29721547
You planning to archive this, op?

>>29721547
i don't know how to search correctly on twitter can you post a direct link

>>29721594
https://twitter.com/RandomDimension

I can archive if no one else is gonna.

>>29723237
Oh. Just checked the time stamps. I'll get it.

>>29723253
>>29721565
Thanks. Been been reading off of Foolz mainly as of late, totally slipped my mind to do a proper Suptg archive last night.

I'll be nearby if anyone has questions or comments, though I'm supposed to be busy with other tasks for awhile yet, so the quest isn't 'on' at the moment.

>>29720925
Maybe he'll find a dinosaur!
And name it after himself!
And it'll be called the Nickelodeon

>>29727745
As a new quest runner, I recommend that you run each your Quests in same time of day every time.
That way you'll get mostly the same audience every time and thus the character will keep some consistency as the attitude of the character can shift radically with it's audience.

>>29727900
Agreed. Typically it will be evenings on weekdays, and at least weekly.
Suggestion has been that shorter sessions more often might be better than running longer sessions more often. Any thoughts on that?

>>29728054
It's entirely up to you.
It's okay to have one thread per week if you're willing to sink around 5 hours to it minimum and announce them a good while beforehand on twitter.
However, if you're doing shorter threads more often, you have to be consistent with them and you're going to have to sink a lot more hours into them per week than on the longer threads in order to keep an audience.

Like for example, if you run shorter quests, you'd need to do it at least 3-4 days per week if you want to gather an audience.

There are 3 things that gather an audience.
Consistency, Quantity and Quality
Take a look at the DBZ quest by Somnius for example, it's lacking in quality and it's arguably one of the worst quests in /tg/, but it still has followers because he runs it practically every day around the same time.

>>29728233
Heh, I think I might be alright then. I would try to run at least 5 hours even for the shorter runs. The longer would be when I can run until 3am without screwing my work schedule.
Though considering that it takes me 15-20 minutes to post once a choice is made, longer may still be better.
Eah, I'll probably just let things develop as they will and see were we find the best groove.

Quest resumes shortly.

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>Recap time

You are Nick Trimmers, recently a dissatisfied peasant barber from a terrifying medieval utopia of thatched-roof cottages, enforced health programs, and Things Peasentkind is Not Meant to Know.
The Lords and Ladies watched over all, and kindly took many into their loving care within their castles, never to return of course- who would want to?

But you were made of sterner stuff, or at least stuff that is more easily unhappy in a world of enforced monotony.
You struck out durning the day and explored The Woods and looked into the Unkempt Places, abet fleeing in terror a few times, but still you returned.

On the longest day of the year, a traditional day of staying indoors and contemplating how great and benevolent the Lords and Ladies are, you set forth on your longest hike, to see just how far you could get under cover of daylight.

You went farther than you ever could have imagined.

Resting in a strange seat inside a curiously untouched building, a tear between worlds opened at high-sun as you enjoyed a bit of mutton and lamented the need to head back soon. Knowledge filled you, warning you that to stand from that perilous seat and step forward would answer your desire for travel and an interesting life..

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>>29733472
Seeing an opportunity that comes once in a lifetime, he stepped into the breech and was gone from the world he knew.
Between worlds, Powers responded to his Need and he was gifted with great Ability, and even greater Potential, to tap into the flow between realities.. and he's still trying to figure out what that means. All he's certain of right now is that there is a lot locked away within him mind and that his body fairly tingles with potential energies.

For the moment he is gathering his bearings on a beach the likes of which he has never seen before (Aside: He's never seen a beach before). Strange tropical trees and plants form the edge of the jungle along the beach, out to 'sea' and into the 'sky' above he can see shallows bracketed by much darker waters and dotted with the occasional vibrant patch of green marking islands and atolls.

Random flip between first and third person fail.

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>>29733493
With a bit of looking around, you do notice a loose ring of sea shells ringing the area of the beach you landed in. Examining them reveals nothing special about them, save that they are shells, and much much nicer than any snail-shell you saw back home.

>The Unknown awaits..
[Explore In-Land] Jungle adventure, ho!
[Check out the water] Practice swimming?
[Do a happy dance] This is so freaking wow right now.
[Other]

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>>29733521
Nick Trimmers
Background: Medieval Horror Utopia Peasant Barber
+Health
+A working knowledge of sanitary living
+First-Aid, dentistry, and medicinal ointments. Oh, and hair and beard trimming.
+Going through life surrounded by horrible Things
-worldly knowledge
-resources

Gear:
Good quality walking stick
2 sets of peasant garb
Soap
Good pair of scissors, towel, and bowl
1 sharp knife
Cheese, bread, and some mutton.
1 earthen jug, 1/3 water remaining.
A simple single-strap backsack.
Your prized hiking boots (you traded a lifetime of free haircuts to Frank the Cobbler to do that for you and not ask why you were so insistent on good traction. Shame you weren't able to continue your end of the deal after he was accepted in by the Lords and Ladies, but he is in a much better place now, after all.)

Abilities Unlocked/Discovered:
Novice Dimension Sense

>>29733521
>[Check out the water] Practice swimming?
swimming is an important skill

>>29733590
Given certain details of his homeland, swimming isn't a common still. Let's have a 1d100 roll to determine how much experience and talent for swimming he has managed build up already. Higher is better in this case.

Rolled 99

>>29733698

>>29733709
>Rolled 99
You folks sure know how to roll.

>processing

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>>29733698
>>29733709
>Rolled 99

As a lad, you enjoyed floating and kicking in your family tub, and as you grew you were saddened that one large enough as an adult would mark you as 'out of place', but on you trips into The Woods, you found a creek, and despite the tales and warnings against moving water.. you risked it.
Nearly drowned the first time, and fled some slimy creature twice.. but the lure of the water always brought you back.

Unlike the frigid waters of the creek, these waters are warm and inviting, and you power through the water with a freedom you've never felt before. Fear giving way to laughter as the small creatures swimming in the waters flee from you before you flee from them.

>+Natural Swimmer

[Leave the Shallows for the Infinite Depths] That seems a bit foolhardy, but you are an excellent swimmer..
[Check on your possessions] Couldn't take your best boots into the water, after all.
[Play around, enjoy yourself] You've never felt this wrapped in warmth and sensation in your life.
[Other]

>>29733970
>[Check on your possessions] Couldn't take your best boots into the water, after all.

>>29733970
>[Check on your possessions] Couldn't take your best boots into the water, after all
welcome back

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>>29733992
Returning toward the shore you left behind, you catch sight a several tiny figures flittering away from your pack. You aren't certain, but it almost looked like tiny people with gossamer wings..

>You make landfall.
[Charge after the things immediately!] Full speed ahead!
[Pause to take inventory of your possessions] Oh god, are the boots safe?!?
[Dive back into the water and get to safe distance!] Hide!/Lure them back?

>fuck captcha

>>29734264
Thanks.

>>29734279
>[Dive back into the water and get to safe distance!] Hide!/Lure them back?
Hide

>>29734279
can we try and make contact without seeming threatening?

>>29734314
>>29734349
You leap back, and move away from the shore a bit and try to be as non-threatening as possible..

>Roll 1d100, Roll Low, to try attempt non-threatening contact.

Rolled 39

>>29734478

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>>29734497
You float there and try not to be scary, though the idea of Things being afraid of you is a bit new, at least these ones didn't seem to have red eyes or fangs.

There isn't much response as you wave awkwardly at the treeline, until, after a few moments, a couple forms glide out of the trees and into the water.

You lose sight of one in the water, but the other glides/skips along the water toward you, though circling in a somewhat cautious arc..

>First Contact, what do?
[Watch Silently] Let them make the first move.
[Write-In] Words!
[Quick grab the one approaching] Action!

>>29734655
[Watch Silently] Let them make the first move.

Rolled 12

>>29734655
>[Watch Silently] Let them make the first move.

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>>29734724
>>29734738
The pale skinned, iridescently winged, being draws closer, watching you.
He circles once, twice.. then you lose sight of him while on the third pass.

You become aware of light pressure on your hair, as a tiny face leans into view upside down.

"Hi!" says a high pitched voice as it grins at you.

>Action?
[Freak completely out] "It's in my hair! It's in my hair!"
[Hold stock still in terror/confusion] "..."
[Say Hello back] "Hello!"
[Get lost in thought wondering how you understood the strange sounds that it said] Wut?
[Other]

>>29734975
>[Say Hello back] "Hello!"
what i do

>>29734975
[Say Hello back] "Hello!"

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>>29734993
>>29735098
You go with common courtesy, and return his greeting with one of your own.

"Hello!"
He smiles back at you and falls off your head into the water in front of you.
Surfacing again, he says in rapid succession, "I'm Splak! Who are you? What do want? Why are you here? Are you going to try to eat me? I taste bad! Hi!"

>Response?
[Answer questions as best you can.] "Well.."
[Ask Questions of your own!] "Where am I? What is this place? What am I doing here?"
[Wonder where the other is..] 1d100, roll high.
[Other]

>>29735269
>[Other]
Hey Splak, what were you doing to my pack and such?

Rolled 96

>>29735269
>[Answer questions as best you can.] "Well.."
>[Wonder where the other is..] 1d100, roll high.

>>29735492
Nice roll, Anon.

>>29735480
>>29735492
Arching a brow curiously, you return Splak's question with one of your own and glance around cautiously.
"Hey Splak, what were you doing to my pack and such?"
"Was that yours? It was funny and on our beach and some of it was tasty! Then you scared us away! That wasn't nice! ..Are you not nice?"
On that last sentence he actually slows down his words and lets that question hang, as he speaks you catch sight of a similar female to him practically blended in with the water, tensed and watching the both of you cautiously with a sewing-needle-like blade held close. In your expert perception, you think she is standing watch as Splak interacts with you, rather than waiting in ambush, she watches him with worry and eyes you carefully. You don't think she noticed you noticing her.

>Action?
[Proceed with answers] Answer montage?
[Chat about unrelated things] The water here is awesome.
[Other]

>>29735719
>[Proceed with answers] Answer montage?

>>29735719
>>29735788
>>[Proceed with answers] Answer montage?

You begin an extended chat with Splak, answering his questions as best you can, and he answers questions in turn.
Eventually, the other surfaces and approaches cautiously, keeping her needle sword in hand, she places a hand on Splak's shoulder, causing him to start slightly before looking at her.
"Oh, hey Jana! Meet Jana, Nick! She was gonna stab you if you were mean, but you were alright so it is ok! Jana, this is Nick! He fights hair and sits on things!"
You and Jana blink at his introductions, and she smiles and waves with he free hand, and you return in kind.
You noticed more of these 'water sprites' watching from closer to shore as time passed, but with Slak intoroducing you to Jana, they all begin giggling and flying/dancing/swimming around as if a dam of pent-up energy has been released.

This has been an odd day.
And you are starting to prune up.

[Any particular answers you wanted to review?]
[Excuse yourself and head for shore]
[Other?]

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>>29736270
Where am I?
"Splak's Amazing Super Island 2?"

What are you?
"I'm awesome!"
I mean with the wings and being tiny and swimming around and stuff?
"Oh! We're water sprites! We're the best sprites here, and don't you forget it!"

Wait, 2? What happened to Super Amazing Island 1?
"That's Amazing Super Island.. and I don't wanna talk about it." He actually looks a bit down for a moment, but snaps out of it quickly.

Are my boots ok?
"What, those tube-things? They're neat, I was going to make one my new bed-hole!"
.......
"Or..or not. Sorry. Don't look so upset! Geewiz.."

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>>29736416
"So the yummy stuff was 'cheese'? How do I get more??"
"Eww, you people do weird things.. though it WAS tasty.."
"Do toads have milk?"

"The shells? Oh we collect them and decorate places or mark things. They're shiny on one side!"
"What's special about it? Why it's a point where the paths of life cross! Can't you feel it??"

In fact, you can feel it, you realize as he puts words to the strange sensation you've had since arrival.
It is a place of power, a focus point. A nexus of energies that your body thrums with the feel of, that is what that sensation is..

"What are they? You can feel them, but you don't know what they are? It's life and growth and power! It is the stuff hopes and fears are made of, flowing throughout existence.. they're nice, but sometimes mean people camp on them or mean things fall out of them. I'm glad you aren't of of those! Melynn would have to stop them, and she's scary when she does that! Much better when she's napping."
"What? Who's she? Oh, she's to spirit of the island! She's nice when she isn't being scary! But she doesn't do much else, I guess, so we play with everyone else!"

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>>29736270
Once again:
>[Any particular answers you wanted to review?]
>[Excuse yourself and head for shore]
>[Other?]

>>29737149
>>[Excuse yourself and head for shore]
back to the shore

>>29737149
Back to shore. Ask about fresh water.

Computer crashed, reconstructing post.

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>>29737160
>>29737377
>>29737497
You excuse yourself and head for shore while tiny people play around you and thoroughly ruffle your hair.
Once there you get dressed and take stock of your possessions, and once Splak brings your other boot back, you find things relatively well, save that your cheese is gone and that you've gained a fairly sizable mushroom.

The sky has taken the ruddy color of sunset, despite your insistence that it should have a sun to do that.
The water sprites look like they will keep playing for awhile yet and while it seems slightly less warm, it is no where near cold out.

>Plans?
[Play with the sprites, while trying to keep dry]
[Figure out where you want to rest for the night (is there a night?)]
[Explore the jungle in the twilight]
[Sit within the circle and try drawing on the power]
[Meditate]
[Shout, "Bored!" and go look for someone else to talk to.]
[Other]

>>29737783
>[Figure out where you want to rest for the night (is there a night?)]
Make a sand hut

>>29737801
Yea, I'm okay with that.

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>>29737377
The waters here seem to be fresher and clearer than any you've known before, though the water of the shallows does have an earthy-sandy taste.

>>29737801
You begin pondering your options for the night, at first wondering about trying to form a shelter from the sand, but after trying for a bit the damp sand collapses into a misshapen pile. Alas, niether your barber skills nor your strange connection to the flow of reality seem to aid you in this attempt.

>>29738024
Dig a hole into the sand to sleep in. Get a large leaf from the nearby jungle trees to cover yourself up. Sleep.

I actually had to do that before.

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>>29738059
Setting your sights a bit lower, you regard the hole you dug to make the pile you had hoped to make a more elaborate shelter out of. Shaping it a bit more you nod in satisfaction and head for the forest to find something to cover it..

>Roll 1d100, high is good.

[Spoiler]Yeah, those are pretty handy. Googling 'sand hut' gave significantly more hut-like structures though, so I went with that.[/spoiler]

Rolled 39

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>>29738193
You find a nice large healthy palm branch, big enough to be an excellent cover.
Reaching up, you pull and snap it off with a healthy crack, and turn to return to your makeshift shelter.

However, something causes you stop in place.

The sprites have stopped playing, and all stare in your direction with a mix of shock and fear.
The hairs on you neck rise, and you turn back toward the jungle to see an apparition materialize and float out of the dense foliage.
Beautiful and spectral, the form of a nude woman with impossibly fine features and oddly pointed ears approaches you with a deadly expression.

>Oh shit.
[Run away!]
[Beg forgiveness for whatever you did to make her angry.
[Wave the branch at her in defense]
[Swear that you are a master of fire and will burn everything if she touches you!]
[Stare like an idiot.] Wow, boobs.
[Other]

>>29738602
>[Swear that you are a master of fire and will burn everything if she touches you!]
BACK OFF WITCH

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>>29738602
I'll give it a bit before tabulating this one.
Grabbing some grub too. Let's say, 10 more minutes.

At least I've got chicken.

>>29738636
Alright, I'm going to need a 1d100, Roll Low for this one.

Rolled 34

>>29738965

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>>29739037
She pauses at your words and regards you with a cold fury.
"Do so and I swear your suffering will never.. ever.. end."

The jungle itself seems to be focused upon you, and your aren't sure what the sprites are up to anymore, so fixed is Her gaze upon you.

>Oh shit, fuck. Fuck shit, damn.
[Continue the bluff] Seriously, back off.
[Runaway!] Exit stage- ohshitrun!
[Try to pretend it was a joke] Heh, funny right? Right..?
[Talk] Hey now, let's talk about this..
[Panic girders!] Desperately grab at powers you don't understand!
[Other]

Rolled 54

>>29738965
Whatrewedoin?!

Rolled 16

>>29739291
>[Panic girders!] Desperately grab at powers you don't understand!
WHAT COULD GO WRONG

Rolled 56

>>29739291
Wild topic shift: "Wait, if suffering becomes eternal, won't the effect dull over time? Really, what you are offering there is eternal life, right?"

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>>29739346
>>29739302
I'll take 'em.
I'll even take the rolls.
>shitjustgotsurreal.tiff

I'm going to need, let's see.. Five d100 rolls.

Rolled 16, 6, 94, 54, 29 = 199

>>29739500

>>29739500
>>29739346
>>29739302
You try to distract her and change the topic, "Wait, if suffering becomes eternal, won't the effect dull over time? Really, what you are offering there is eternal life, right?"

She responds with, "Life always goes on.. flowing, shifting, changing.. If you burn this place I will see to it that you play host to the life that replaces it, and remain concious of every nibble and seeking root that take their vengance upon you."

Shit. That does not sound good.
You nod to yourself. Yup, time to panic.

FUUUUUUUU-- You reach into the unknown power within you and manhandle it in ways you definitely don't have a grasp on.. but you're sure if you swing it hard enough.. well something will happen, right?

*SCHATHOOOOOON*

The land rattles and sprites flee pass you into the jungle as we feel the power you tugged on tug back.. HARD.
You'd have trouble explaining it, but you can feel the vortex forming in the moments before it roars to life on the site of the nearby nexus. A raging whirlwind of dimensional energies sucking up all that is nearby.
Smaller trees and weak branches crack and rush toward it, passing through the now-sad looking nature spirit as you too are off your feet and hurtling back into the maw of the vortex..

>>29739516
>processing..

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>>29739846
Riotous energies crackle in a maelstrom around you as they rip through your body and soul, wearing at you heavily as you bounce through a flucuating landscape of worlds. Eventually, you land relatively softly on solid ground, and you feel that you've escaped your rough passage between worlds.. but it has deposited you in the middle of a different crackling storm of energies!

>Roll 1d100 to scramble for cover!

>>29739516
Shit, those rolls, no matter how I tilt my tables, you managed to miss the worst options ans get mostly 'good' results.

Rolled 34

>>29740275

Rolled 81

>>29740275

>>29740275
>>29740299
Blue-white bolts of mystic energy strike you as you crawl through the pile of sand, sloshing water, and vegetation you brought with you.
Pain courses through your body as you make your way to the strange stalls you see nearby.
The storm continues, though you sense that it is nearing an end- However, as you make your way you feel the storm build up for another discharge and start to brace yourself, but you catch sight of a water sprite caught in a tangle of debris and somehow Know that they are the target of the next discharge.

>Nick Trimmings, what do you do?
[Try to shield the water sprite with your body] Moderate difficulty.
[Try to pull them free and dive away from the strike] High difficulty
[Take advantage and finish getting to cover yourself.] Easy, peasy.
[Other]

>>29740539
>[Take advantage and finish getting to cover yourself.] Easy, peasy.

>>29740539
Shield it, we're a good guy.

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>>29740561
Seeing your chance, you scramble like mad for cover, clamoring over a rack of unknown products, you take cover in the stall. Sparing a glance outside, you see the sprite girl staring after you as the energy cracks loose from the storm to strike her.

>Please roll 4D6.

Rolled 3, 1, 3, 6 = 13

>>29741051

>>29740989
Hrm, a second vote dropped before my response.
Can we get a tie breaker? Or continue?

>>29741085
could roll a 1d2 if you really want. makes no difference to me.

>>29741085
Without a third vote, I'll have to continue as we are.

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>>29741068
>>29741051
Fear is a powerful force. Knowing when to run kept you alive during your full hardy jaunts into the forbidding Woods around your homeland.

You went with that instinct and scrambled to safety as the storm vented its last.

Blinking back the flash-spots in your eyes, you see Jana lying in the debris, smoking slightly, though you are too far away to tell much more at the moment.

You also become aware that you are not alone behind the counter when a gruff voice shouts, "Achright! Storms over! Git the hell outta my stall you scum sucking bastards and if I see you filch ONE thing, I'll have your arms torn off!"

>>29741446
>full hardy
>foolhardy
Bah.

>>29741446
>>29741446
>[Keep the fear response trucking, run!]
>[Run over to check on the water sprite. You know a thing or two about healing.]
>[Jump over the counter and gawk at surroundings]
[Pass out. You feel drained, battered, and lightly grilled.]
>[Other]

>>29741548
>>[Run over to check on the water sprite. You know a thing or two about healing.]

>>29741548
Probably our last choice for the night, I'll need to catch some rest soon.

>>29741569
Alright. I'll need a d100, Lower is better in this case.

Rolled 43

>>29741610

>>29741614
meh

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>>29741614
Jumping over and stumbling back through the debris, you make it back to Jana and try to examine her. At least she seems human-esque in shape, though feeling for a pulse is out. Leaning in really close with your ear, you think you hear raspy breathing.
You pull out your spare shirt and wrap her in it, hoping she can pull through if you keep her safe, you aren't sure what more you can do at the moment.

And then you stop and actually look around beyond the immediate chaos of strange people stumbling around.
Beyond the rows of metallic shops with strange wares, carts, and very large metallic statues that seem to be moving and helping with the damage recovery. To the silvery domed ceiling and white lights that seem to stretch for miles.

As you stand and gawk, a stout and unusually wide humanoid walks over after chasing people out of his stall.
"Achey you! Looket you, all rags and such. What, were ya dropped off in the storm?"
You gape at him for a moment and he nods, "I suppose so then.. well well well.. Achllow me to be the first ta welcome you to the finest establishment of trade in all the galaxies, specializing in.. certain products.. welcome to Arsenal."

>>29742096
Thanks for the thread, QM.

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>>29742096
And with that..
>End Part 1.539a

Thanks for participating folks.
I can certainly say that I didn't expect any of this, ya'll are definitely keeping me on my toes.

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Any final thoughts/comments before I crash for the night?

>>29742184
tha'ts the fun thing about quests never know what the fuck is gonna happen

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>>29742427
Indeed.
Eah, wouldn't be the first time I've fed prep-work into a shredder.

Thanks again folks, I'm out.
Next thread should be next week, probably Wednesday again. I'll try to keep ya'll up to date with this @RandomDimension twitter thing.
Take care!