>score drugs

commit suicide

Primary attributes
Strength: 11
Dexterity: 12
Intelligence: 13
Health: 9

Secondary attributes
HP: 10/10
Perception: 12
Will: 12
Fatigue Points: 8/9

You know you have
>Cellphone
>Used bus ticket
>Small blunt pencil
>Half a box of matches
in your pockets.

I take the bus home

>>8174467
>like a boss

>>8174491
>Bus home, 1 vote

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/8086428/
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/8119515/
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/8124734/
>Previous chapters

>>8174513
OP is a straightedge

How long since we've slept, eaten, and how long until work?

Voting for industrial section unless these prove needing attention.

I change my vote to industrial section.

>>8174554
>No job before tomorrow 2PM.
>Last slept about an hour ago, well rested.
>Last ate about three hours ago, quite full.

>>8174527
>>8174467
>Where'd you go to score drugs?

>>8174647
Industrial section gogo let's get to finding something interesting.

>>8174746
>>8174578
>>8174554
You stand around waiting for 22 minutes, nothing interesting happens. Seems most people are still in school or maybe out.
The bus arrives and you step in. It's the same grumpy old bus driver as yesterday. He takes your money - last cash, but you still have your credit card.
You sit, alone in the bus for a good 15 minutes before a young girl, probably 13-15 years old, dressed in black and blue with obviously fake dark-red hair. She goes to sit in the back of the bus.
You arrive 5 minutes later at the industrial quarters. The girl steps out too. She gives you a killer stare, then steers straight north.

I vote that we stalk the girl from distance. Why would she be out here at this time of day?

>>8174806
>run after her
>fire off a cheesy pick-up line
It worked in LCS.

>>8174836
She continues down the road and down between two fences - inside the fences are factories, but one of them is apparently abandoned. You can see her for about 100 feet into the 'alley' before she disappears behind an industrial chimney.

>>8174861
Mid twenties guy goes after underaged girl, if that's going to work we should take on a diffrent approach instead of running up to her acting creepy.

>XKCD strip as OP image

>>8174883

Follow, but not too closely. Alternatively just go around the chimney and see if anything's going on.

We don't want to stumble on some situation we can't handle.

>>8174883
Is it possible that she noticed me?

>>8174916
>>8174913
She gave you an evil stare before she determinedly walked towards the chimney.

You follow at a distance. Other people are walking around, maybe two or three workers from the nearby factories. They look at you and you sense they're exchanging mockeries about you, though you can't hear what they're saying.
The girl is gone, far down the fenced alley - you can't see her anymore.

>>8174883

Be careful. Is there something nearby we can pick up as impromptu weapon?

>>8174916
Noticed stalking her of course.

>>8174970

Hmmmm. Nevermind then.

Turn around and look at the workers, see if they look away.

>>8174970
Well, if we can't see her from the street...

...neither can anyone else.

>>8174970

Go back to the main road and look around. Does anything look interesting at all?

>>8175018
Why should we not continue following the girl?

>>8175044

To be honest, it's mostly because she's probably underaged. Well, if we want to follow her I'm fine with that too.

>>8174989
They're seemingly on their way to a factory down the road, apparently not up for trouble. Other workers come and go, but don't seem to take much notice of you other than mocking looks of disgust. It seems they have some sort of prejudice against you.

>>8174975
There's an obvious pile of rubble on the other side of the fence of the abandoned factory. Among the rubble are plenty of pipes that can be used as clubs.

>>8174984
No way she saw you afterwards, she had her back turned the whole time.

>>8175018
You know there's an abandoned amusement park somewhere, though you've never been there. It's sometimes used for raves, but it's not likely that there should be one at this hour.
Else, it's just the boring industrial part of town, except of course for the abandoned factory.

>>8175071
Apart from the actual main quest, this girl is interesting and in meta fashion well described = raised relevance. What do?

>>8175044
Because we're not a fucking pedophile or rapist.

>>8175018
Seconded.

>>8175096
Then i suggest that we take a pipe for club, hide it on me and continue stalking her.

>>8175111

Agree with this. We've been seen following a girl, whether or not that's the reason for the workers' disdain is unclear, but I'm not about to push it.

How about we go home, freshen up, and maybe go to the museum, our workplace?

>>8175146
As long as the majority agrees with it I propose we go with your decision.

>>8175146
You're out of cash, but there's still half an hour left of the one you just bought - they're good for any 2-zone bus (any bus in this vicinity) for 1 hour after purchase.

>Go home
>Get pipe
>Follow girl

>What do you do?

>>8175096

Maybe take a pipe, a short one. Then take it home.

One never knows.

>>8175229
Home. Is there an ATM near our place where we can get some more cash? It's always good to have a few bills on-hand.

>>8175252
You've got plenty of cash at home.

>>8175252

Second this, let's just go home first.

Havne't been home for some time, now, have we?

>No job before tomorrow 2PM.
>Last slept about an hour ago, well rested.
>Last ate about three hours ago, quite full.

>>8175282
Yes, thank you for the recap.

>>8175282

Cheers mate.

Head home, let's go.

>>8175263
Not since late last evening.

>>8175326
>>8175263
>>8175252
>>8175146
You go back to the bus stop. It's quite crowded with workers, all mumbling something about 'the damn junkies.'
You get through the crowd, about a dozen workers total, and see the bus arrives at 5PM sharp. It's 4:52.
You stand around for a while and take quite a few mocking glares. The bus arrives soon and you get in last. The driver, a young man apparently of Arab descent, nods smilingly at your bus ticket.
You go sit by the exit, surrounded by workers all mumbling and laughing and having lively conversations.
The bus soon arrives mid town and the workers get off. A young couple, roughly the same age as you get in, but besides them and you, the bus is now empty. It continues towards down town where you live and soon you're home. You find your keys and get in.
Time is now 5:43.

>What do you do?

>>8175399
Zounds! Don't tell me that young woman was going to do drugs! That would be wrong!

Watch TV. Surf 4chan. Brag to all the neckbeards.

>>8175440
>For how long?

>>8175399

What do we have in our house? TV?

Surf news sites.

>>8175492

An hour.

Is there anything we can make for dinner? Or shall we take some money and go out for dinner?

>>8175492
Hmmm, we should probably get up at 10-11 tomorrow to give us a goodly amount of time to wake up and be ready for work.....

Stay up doing enjoyable things until 2ish in the morning?

go to mcdonalds!

>>8175505
>32" CRT TV, 37 channel cable TV
>250GB stationary computer w. 1mb Internet (and proxy protection)
>Bed
>Snacks
>Real food
>Fast food
>Broken blow up doll

>>8174457
xkcd

>>8175559

Well, let's watch TV for a while, then maybe get some real food.

Then go through our cellphone, and see if there's anyone to blind-message. Former schoolmates?

>>8175561
>Implying xkcd isn't good satire
>sage for OOG discussion

>>8175559
Okay... Watch TV for an hour, then make dinner from REAL FOOD.

>>8175578
>>8175598
You watch some cartoons for a while, nothing you haven't seen before. They're rerunning Courage the Cowardly Dog again again again.
IQ check, 15 or less to successfully make a pasta dish.

rolled 4, 6, 6 = 16

>>8175625

>>8175654
Oh come on! How do you screw up spaghetti?

>>8175654

*facepalm*

Musta been too absorbed by Courage the Cowardly Dog...

>>8175654
The pasta has boiled too hard and the vegetables were wokked to coal. Maybe you should try something else.
You still have some microwave pizzas and there's also the diner/burger joint nearby.

>>8175703
Do we have any rice? I know how to make rice. I can give you the step by step instructions if I have to. It is impossible to mess up.

>>8175719
You've got some rice left in the back of the cabinet.
IQ check, 17 or less to make a rice dish
>meaning you have to crit to get it wrong.

rolled 1, 2, 3 = 6

>>8175747

Come on, I can't screw rice up!

rolled 1, 6, 3 = 10

>>8175747

Yes!

Well, now eat rice, go online, look around if there are free concerts in town.

>>8175808
>>8175817
You sit down and eat your dinner after cleaning up the mess the pasta left. It's quite good.
Any specific keywords? Search engine?

>>8175838
Pfft, search engines. Where we're going, we won't need search engines. Check out TV Tropes. That should keep us occupied for the next 4-5 hours.

>>8175838

Search for free concerts?

>>8175886
>>8175817
There are a couple of concerts in town, though none of them are free. There's an avant-garde jazz/punk soloist playing at a bar down town, a slam death metal band playing in the upper eastern part of town and some famous pop singer/actress is giving a concert on the local stadium, all tomorrow at 9, 11 and 8PM respectively.

>>8175958
Hmmm, we get off of work at 9, right? So we won't be able to see the jazz guy. Do we like death metal? I'm against going, but that's just me.

>>8175838
Check out >>8174457

>>8175958

Ugh, I'd like to go for the jazz one personally, but we won't knock off before 9PM for work would we?

I guess that just means we'll have to stay home then. Get some sleep, after our adventures last night.

>>8176001
>Character type is completely up to you guys. He's quite a dapper gent, seemingly, though quite a player. Slam metal isn't exactly dapper, but he might be deviant when it comes to music, for a sake of seeming avant-garde or mysterious?

>>8176043

Would personally prefer jazz, really... oh well.

What else can a person do in the evening, really?

>>8176070
>>8176025
Agreed. Oh well, let's keep an eye on this guy. Maybe we'll be able to catch him next time he plays.

>>8176043
>Fair enough.

>>8176095
>>8176070
>So what do you do?

>>8176134
TV Tropes.

>>8176146
You click around and have a laugh here and there.
Nothing special.
>How long? What next?

>>8176163
Unless someone else has a better idea, until we're tired and go to bed. Tomorrow we have work.

>>8176200

Second this. Set alarm for early tomorrow.

>>8176231
>>8176200
You set the alarm for (State, default is 7)AM and go to bed.
HT check, 13 or less to forcibly go to sleep.

rolled 5, 3, 2 = 10

>>8176267

rolled 2, 1, 4 = 7

>>8176267

7 is fine. We're going out for a jog.

>>8176277
>>8176282
You fall asleep around 11PM and wake up at about 7AM.
A bit hungry, but a good night's sleep has you fueled for a while.
>What do you do?

>>8176350

Have a good and tasty breakfast.

>>8176350
Make breakfast. The first step to a good day is a healthy morning meal. Do we have some bacon and eggs? Maybe some toast too.

>>8176350

We're going out for a jog first, before having breakfast.

>>8176372
You pull out a bowl and a carton of milk, fill the bowl with cornflakes and pour on the milk. Yum!
Time is now 7:14AM.

>>8176399

Second this. Well, after breakfast, maybe just go out for walk.

>>8176400
Jog.

>>8176399
Isn't it a bad idea to exercise on an empty stomach? I know we should avoid overeating and then jogging, but a good breakfast should precede and strenuous activity.

>>8176381
>A frayed knot.

>>8176399
With Health 9, that would not be a good idea.

>>8176425

Fair enough. Now we can go out for jog? I mean, what with cornflakes and milk in the system.

>>8176442
Yes. Excercise is good.

>>8176425
>I don't get it.

>>8176420
>>8176414
>>8176399
After breakfast, you go for a jog in your jogging suit.
>Jog to the park
>Jog down town
>Jog somewhere you don't know

>What do you do?

>>8176479

Jog to the park, keeping a lookout for ladies. Go slow. When was the last time we jogged?

>>8176479
Park.

>>8176504
>>8176495
>You probably only jog a week each year before you give up. Let's say you used to be Health 8, so you have improved over the years.

You jog to the park, a 5 minutes walk so it's not long before you get there. There are other people about, but not many, Most are old people walking their dogs, other joggers, most male though. Nothing of major interest, except two joggers. A blond with a huge rack and an Asian looking woman with nice buttocks.

lol xkcd

>>8176550
Let's practice that jogging some, so we can get that Health score up.

>>8176550

Follow the blonde. Try to keep up, and observe her.

>>8176550
Jog. Attempt to improve Health stat. Think about whether we should try for a single relationship or sleep around.

>>8176580
>>8176571
Health check, 9 or less to not lose your breath too much to keep running (and mayhaps start following the blond)

>>8176597

We can technically do both... they're not that strictly exclusive.

But meanwhile, yes, do train up. Observe the blonde more, possibly.

rolled 4, 3, 1 = 8

>>8176603

Follow!

rolled 6, 4, 5 = 15

>>8176603

>>8176603

How's the blonde girl doing? Is she obviously good at running?

>>8176609
Fair enough. Still, if we DO get into a steady relationship, sleeping around would probably be a bad thing, on the chance that she hears about it or finds out.

>>8176631

Fair enough. So let's not get into one, and get our fill of sleeping before settling with someone.

We should also check out the industrial place one day.

>>8176616
>>8176609
>>8176580
You jog around the park a while, managing to not seem stalkerish about the blond.
She eventually goes to sit down on a park bench and have a drink of water.

>>8176646

Hmmm. Go another few rounds, I guess. We should do this more often to build up HT.

>>8176646
Is there a water fountain nearby? Get a drink then sit down and rest on the bench with her.

>>8176673

Yeah, sit down and try to establish if she routinely jogs here. Say we're quite new to this place, didn't know about this nice park yada yada.

>>8176673
>>8176665
There's a water fountain about 8 feet from the bench.

>Rest
>Rest and flirt
>Jog on

>What do you do?

>>8176702

Drink, then sit beside her and strike up conversation.

>>8176702
Rest. Then after we've got our breath back go for another lap. If she's running at that point, try to keep pace with her.

>No plans on Valentine's Day
>suddenly Don Juan, Richard Savage, and Casanova all in one

>>8176697
>>8176713

These sound all right.

>>8176720
>>8176713
>>8176697
You take a sip from the fountain and sit down casually on the bench. She smiles at you as if to gesture a hello and you reach your hand to introduce yourself. "Lucius is the name." She's a bit blown from running, but she tells you her name is Ramona.

>>8176849

'Do you always run around here, Ramona?'

>>8176880
"H... Sometimes, yeah..." she half-coughs. "I should h-... probably work out more!" she laughs.

>>8176849

Ask if she lives around here.

>>8176913
"You ever hear that sex is a better exercise than jogging?"

>>8176913
Suggest that we run together. It'll be good to have someone to motivate and motivate us.

>>8176913

"Easy to do that when you've got a workout buddy. Too bad mine just ducked out on me."

>>8176942

Good idea, this. 'Shall we run a few rounds together, maybe? Running alone is damned boring.'

>>8176942
"Oh, this is just for looks. And you look fitter too!" she says and laughs.
>>8176932
"That sounds nice." She pulls out a calendar. "How about Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7:30-ish?"

>>8176985
"Sure, let's give it a try."

>>8176985
(Does our work schedule conflict with that? Or are all our shifts during the afternoon/evening?)

>>8177006
>Works fine for your schedule.

>>8177005
You exchange phone numbers and she suggests you start right now.

>>8177038
Mention that you normally don't just run at the park, but around town.

Go in a winding route leading toward home.

>>8177070
Patience is a virtue. Continue to jog around the park.

>>8177070
"Oh, really?" she says. "I've always ran in the park, it's so nice in the morning. Quiet."

>Lead her home to your place?

>>8177098

Nah, let's run around the park instead. Go a few rounds.

We can suggest the homeward one as a 'challenging' route later on!

>>8177098
"It is that. A great place to jog, but I also like seeing the quiet side of town before everyone wakes up. It's interesting."

>>8177111
Dice rolls permitting, good call.

>>8177111
>>8177092
You jog around for a while and you learn that Ramona works as a kinder garden teacher and that she loves children, hoping to have her own someday. She asks about your job and your dreams.

>>8177141

Say our job is at a museum.

What should our dream be, then? To be a researcher in archaeology?

What museum exactly is it that we work in?

>>8177141
Obviously, we want kids too. And we should mention how hard it is to find a decent person like that these days.

>>8177208
>>8177170
No, see, lying; it's bad. Don't do it. Especially if we DO end up in a relationship with her, this kind of thing will go down badly later on. Take if from someone getting their Masters in Psychology. And if not from them, then take it from me.

>>8177252
I mean, unless you were serious and we actually have some drive to improve ourselves and get a better job and start a family. In which case ignore the previous post.

>>8177252

Well, jobs wise we're being perfectly honest. We do work at a museum.

As for aspiration, I honestly don't know! I'm just throwing out possibilities. I mean, what kind of aspirations does museum staff have? No idea man.

>>8177266
Well of course, and in the process get lots of sexing.

>Small break, 10 minutes or so while I eat.

>>8177298
The same sort of aspirations everyone else has; working in a museum doesn't make you inhuman.

Telling her that we're close to our goal of becoming Indiana Jones might do for a laugh.

>>8177324
>>8177298
>>8177310
Alright, point well defended.

>>8177343

Though you are right about the drive, man. Are we a college graduate? I mean, we've been to the college, haven't we?

>>8177369
Yeah, we have. What did we major in? This museum job pays the bills, but it would be nice if we could get a bteer job. Or maybe open a restaurant. I dunno, just tossing around ideas.

>>8177384

Good point, all those. Well. Let's say the archaeology answer first for a laugh.

>>8177488
That would actually be good. Many museums have archeology departments. We could ask if they are looking for some help. Next thing you know it's off to Egypt!

Did the DM just disappear...?

>>8177637
Looks like it. This has been a long ten-minute break. But I'm sure he'll be back sooner or later. We just have to be patient. Though if anyone needs a bathroom break, now if probably a good time.

>Sorry, back now.

>>8177773

Wow, that took some time. Glad you're back though, thought you'd gone off.

You respond to Ramona's question with the Indiana-joke and she laughs.
"I took geology in college, you know. I was quite good, too!"
She sits down at another bench and sips from her bottle of water.

>>8177839
see
>>8177608
>>8177488
>>8177384
>>8177369

>>8177839

'How come the choice to teach at kindergarten, then? It's rare to find people who honestly like kids these days...'

>>8177872
>Engh? Your point?
>>8177821
>It was quite a dramatic sandwich. At one point, I wasn't sure if I was eating the sandwich or if the sandwich was eating me...?

>>8177896
Ensue Ramona's life story. She grew up in an average family and became a straight A student for show, but quickly learned that your learn for life and not for school. She then wanted to become a geologist or biologist, much against the parents' wish of her becoming a doctor or lawyer, blah blah. In the last minute, she decided to become a teacher because "Kids are people too!"
Time is now 8:05.

>>8177954

'Hurrah! Well, without people like you we're not going to have doctors and lawyers. Or biologists and geologists.'

'Do you have work today, though? Kindergarten classes start pretty early don't they?'

>>8177954

Ask her if she's had breakfast.

>>8177954
>Sounds like one hell of an epic sammitch. My point was, we've been to college; what did we major in?

>>8178026

Yeah, good point... or did we not make it at all?

>>8178026
>Most likely geology and history? It seems to suit your character. Probably took a secondary class of psychology too, how does that sound? Give suggestions and I'll see what fits best.

>>8177979
>>8178022
She looks at you as if she doesn't understand your first comment.
"Uh, yeah, well - a lot of the children are off on vacation this week because a lot of companies give their employees time off around Valentine's Day. I just have to be in around 10," she says and smiles before she takes another big sip of her bottle and looks at her watch.
"Speaking of, I better get home and shower!"

>>8178077

'Yeah, freshen up for work eh?'

Confirm the timing for our next jog with her. This is going to be good, eventually.

Then, now that we're done... is the museum in a nice part of town? I feel like just wandering there.

>>8178077
>That sounds good.

>>8178102
This.

>>8178102
You confirm the jogging times, you'll meet by the water fountain in the park Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:30AM.
The museum is in a very nice part of town, though quite close to down town which has a couple of clubs and bars, i.e. drunk, loud and rude people. The clubs and bars aren't open at this hour, though, so that part of town should be quiet now.

Perception check, 11 or less.

>>8178156

So there won't be drunkards there now? Fair enough. Let's go then!

>>8178156
Someone rolled a 12 and then deleted the post. For shame anonymous, I am disappoint.

>>8178168
Too bad.
You say goodbye to Ramona who starts jogging east.
She waves at you from a distance.

rolled 3, 3, 5 = 11

>>8178156

Also, rolling...

>>8178197

Huh, was there? Pity... oh well. Let's go off anyway. Go back, shower, get cash, go on bus?

>>8178217
Yeah, we probably shouldn't go to work in our jogging suit. Home, shower, heck, it's not even nine yet! We have plenty of time to do stuff.

>>8178235
>>8178217
You head home and arrive around 8:30.
You grab a quick shower and gather some cash.
You have $200 dollars lying around in various cash.

>>8178295
Well.... might as well take a look at the paper and see if anyone is hiring. If we can get a better job, it'll be the first step towards GOOD END.

>>8178339
Actually, does the museum have a geology department? We might be able to get a job there.

>>8178339
You don't subscribe to any papers. Only paper you get is the local Sunday morning magazine, at it doesn't have a job section.
Internet?

>>8178355
Of course, the internet will solve our problem! To the internet!

>>8178346
The museum has a research facility with partial focuses on geology and pre-historic anthropology.
>>8178399
Keywords, search engine?

>>8178415
Um, the name of whatever city we live in, plus "geology" and "history" and "job".

>>8178438
Nothing intriguing, but the museum (at which you work) has a job opening. They seek an assistant to the laboratory technician of the pre-historic anthropology department's research facility.

>>8178474
Hmmm, that sounds like something worth investigating. Pre-historic anthropology.....

Wait, how would that work? Anthropology is the study of humans and our history, but humans weren't around in prehistoric times!

What was the perception check for, anyways? Indulge my curiosity, please!

>>8178504
>Hurr, think stone age... I'm not too sharp on my historical eras. Besides, prehistory is defined as before history was documented. I don't think cave paintings count as "documentation."

>>8178553
Fair enough. In that case, we should pursue that route. Maybe we can ask about it when we get to work.

>>8178516
>You failed the check, thus you didn't notice what I had in mind. If I told you, it'd be metagaming and metagaming sucks

>>8178568
So you've found a job opening at the museum. That job probably pays the same, maybe a tad more than your current job, but it's a step up the ladder of becoming an archaeologist.
Time is 8:58.

>What do you do?

>>8178612
Um..... screw around on the interwebs until it's time to go to work? Do we have to make a check to prepare lunch at lunchtime?

>>8178672
>Nah, let's let it slide. How about we call it a night? I think we're about to autosage and I gotta get up tomorrow. Not sure when, but sometime, that's for sure. You'll be ready for work next session.

>>8178751
>Sounds good. Any idea on when the next thread will be?

>>8178771
>Let's say tomorrow, 8PM +1GMT. G'night! Someone archive maybe and post link?

>Shit, sup/tg/'s archiving field is down. Gonna have to wait until it comes back up.

>>8178828
>Whatever, I'll snapshot and save it. If someone manages to archive this thread, just post it in the next thread.

bump in case this needs archiving yet