>>23941788
Refuse to die, descend into madness, become a knight.

>>23941788
>[x]Go to town

>>23941788
>[X]Go to town
Even whoring is better than dying like this. Refuse to give up, no matter what atrocities we must commit to survive. Stealing, killing, we'll do it all.

>>23941788
>Go to town

>>23941823
>whoring
Naw we gonna rob some drug dealers.

>>23941835
That's certainly my preference. I don't want to turn this into some kind of fetish quest, I was listing it as something horrible that's still more dignified than starving to death. I want to start/join a thieving organization/group.

>>23941862
We just gotta get ahold of a shotgun and learn to whistle "A Hunting We Will Go" real ominous like.

Oh Shit! Clovis comin'!

>>23941876
I'm under the impression that this is a fantasy setting, not a modern one. I don't expect there to be firearms. If there are, that's fine too. We're speculating too much.

>>23941797
You are not familiar with "knights". There are the town guards, but they're not very good at their jobs.

>>23941862
It won't be a fetish quest.

>>23941811
>>23941823
>>23941828

You head into town. Not many people are out at this time of day. That's okay with you. You're not very good with people. Being around them makes your chest tight and it gets hard to breathe.

You have to walk a bit to get out of the slums and the blank slate of the undeveloped district beside it. The whole town lays ahead of you.

[ ]Horse/camel pens
[ ]Trade yard and port
[ ]Inn
[ ]Church
[ ]Tavern
[ ]Market Square
[ ]Labor round
[ ]High District
[ ]Beyond
[ ]Other

>>23941788
[X]Go To Town.

First is food and water. Then Money, after which are guns or weapons. Then people which comes power. We way power.

>>23941876
Hobo with a shotgun?

>>23941895
[X]Market Square

Time to steal and eat.

>>23941888
Then crossbow. Or if there's magic then we packin' fireball.

>>23941895
>[X]Church
They might have some food. Once we're fed, we can start making plans.

>>23941895
>[X]Tavern
See if we can find some blackout drunk fucker to rob.

>>23941919
It's too early for that.

>>23941895
Let's head to the church. They might be handing out charity.

>>23941900
Omar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMm1Wih0kug

[x]Church

You have lived in Rawling for three months now and have never been to the church. You quietly slip through the town, trying to avoid open spaces as much as possible until you reach the building. It's one of the only stone buildings in town, so it's easy to find. On the door is emblazoned a vermilion flame within a circle.

You open the door a crack and peek inside.

"Hello, child," says a soft voice behind you.

You find yourself frozen in place at the sudden shock. After a few short moments, you untense yourself and glance over your shoulder to see a tall woman woman wearing long robes with the trim the same vermilion as the door. An elaborate golden necklace encircles her throat.

"Are you seeking guidance?"

[ ]Talk (input)
[ ]Nod
[ ]Run away

>>23942039
>No option to steal that necklace
Do you even thief?

>>23942064
Sorry, forgot to put an:

[ ]Other

option

>>23942039
Ask if they have alms for the poor.

>>23942039
"Um, uh, er, food?"
>steal necklace

>>23942039
Let's steal that necklace. Be subtle about it though.

Don't just punch the bitch and snatch it, ask for guidance and lift that piece later on.

>>23941907
[X]Food.

[x]Ask for food

"Foohhd," you rasp out from behind your scarf. It's been so long since you've heard your own voice.

"Certainly. We would be more than happy to accommodate you. You may call me Sister Varya."

She leads you into the church and invites you to sit down on a brightly colored rug. She goes to fetch some food.

Hopefully you'll get more out of this visit than that. Namely, that necklace. Somehow. You haven't quite figured out the details.

Varya returns with a small loaf of bread and a mug of camel milk and sits before you.

"Is there anything else I may help you with?"

[ ]Ask about the church
[ ]Admire building
[ ]Eat in silence
[ ]Steal necklace
[ ]Other

>>23942182
>[ ]Ask about the church

>>23942182
Ask about the church

>>23942182
Let's just thank her and sit eating silently.
We can sit and plot about swipin the chain

>>23942182
Scarf down food and drink. Thank her. Ask about the church.

[x]Ask about the church

"Church?"

Varya brightens at your interest. "Do you know the story of the Wyrmslayer?"

You stare at her blankly.

"I suppose I'll start at the beginning and give you an abbreviated version. The Wyrmslayer, as all of the first people were, came from the earth's greenery after Devorah breathed life into a mighty tree. The Wyrmslayer was a proud woman in Devorah's image and initially pursued the sciences. She developed medicines, windmills, and many more wonders. But Fannar, goddess of disease and all other wicked things, was jealous of the humans that Devorah had created and from the clouds shaped a massive winged Wyrm that terrorized the humans. Devorah bestowed the knowledge of weaponry and war onto the Wyrmslayer and made her her champion. The battle took four days, uninterrupted, but the Wyrmslayer prevailed." Varya can't control her smile. "Though that tale's not particularly representative of our order as a whole, it's still my favorite."

You nod slightly and thank her softly for her charity.

"As servants of Devorah, we continue to study the sciences, though not those of war. My personal area of expertise is architecture. You're a bit young to become a clergywoman, but you are more than welcome to come by and learn whenever you wish. Educated people are more prosperous and pleasing to Devorah."

You still haven't figured out how you're going to steal the necklace.

[ ]Steal necklace
[ ]Eat
[ ]Leave with food
[ ]Other

>>23942432
>[X]Steal necklace
Gogogogogo

>>23942432
[X]Leave with food
A place that gives us free food is an important thing. Let's not lose it this early.

>>23942459
It's like you don't even want to live to see tomorrow.

>>23942459
Biting the hand that feeds you is like one of the worst ideas you can have. Unless of course you have many reliable sources of food or the hand tastes really good.

>>23942469
this, we can steal it later

[x]Leave with food

You gather up the meal and begin making your way towards the door.

"You're welcome to bring back the cup whenever you wish. I hope it will be soon."

You leave and go squat in a nearby alleyway to eat. You can't eat the bread as it is now, so you soak it in the milk and wait for it to turn into a soggy mush. You double-check to be sure no one is around, then pull down your scarf and begin spooning the bread paste into the side of your mouth, maneuvering past your overgrown molars which keep it perpetually propped open. Your incisors, which have grown far past your lip and now curl into your chin, tug irritatingly at your jaw as you try to fit as much in your mouth as you can. Chewing has long been lost to you, so you swallow the chunks whole and repeat until the entirety of the mush is gone.

You feel somewhat better. It's the best meal you've had in ages.

Where would you like to go from here?

[ ]Horse/camel pens
[ ]Trade yard and port
[ ]Inn
[ ]Home
[ ]Tavern
[ ]Market Square
[ ]Labor round
[ ]High District
[ ]Beyond
[ ]Other

>>23942673
Bring back the bowl immediatly.
Go to the market afterwards. It seems the best place to steal stuff.

>>23942673
Trade yard and port

Maybe some neat stuff left unattended

Flipped coin to tiebreak, with heads for market and tails for port.

Port won.

[x]Trade yard and port

You begin to head towards the river and arrive at the port as the sun begins to rise. Some adventurous merchants have a few small stalls set up along the river to snag the business of incoming sailors and you can see a boat approaching port already.

There are a few unattended crates laying about as well as a large building where shipments that must go over land from Rawling are temporarily stored until one of the town's delivery services take them.

The river itself is cold and clean, stemming from the mountains to the far west. Many reeds grow along its banks and you can see a man sitting among them.

[ ]Merchant stalls
[ ]Unattended crates
[ ]Hold
[ ]Man in the reeds
[ ]Other

>>23942983
Peak in dem crates muh nigguh

>>23943026
Be careful not to be seen and always have an escape route.

[x]Unattended crates

You creep towards the stack of crates to see if there's anything valuable in them. Unfortunately, almost of them are nailed tightly shut and you have neither the strength or the tools to open them. One crate, which appears to have already been unpacked, yields only a pocket-sized owl totem carved from some dark, reddish wood, seemingly forgotten by the gents who unloaded it.

[ ]Keep it
[ ]Leave it
[ ]Other

>>23943283
Pocket that shit.

>>23943283
*almost all

>>23943283
Keep it and creep away.

>>23943283
Keep it, scoot off, return the food utensil stuffs to the Church

>>23943283
We a girl, right?

If we need to we can jam that shit all up inside us.

[x]Keep it

You place the owl totem in your pocket. You look around to see if anyone has spotted you. Seems not, though the man in the reeds seems to have disappeared. You turn around to head back for the church.

A large, extremely unhappy man stands before you. His cheek is deeply scarred with what appears to be bite marks.

"We don't approve of thievery."

[ ]Apologize, give him the figure
[ ]Lie
[ ]Fight him
[ ]Run away
[ ]Other

>>23943523
>[x]Fight him
Our teeth could rip through a goddamn steel plate. Fuck em up.

>>23943523
"Sorry!"
>run away

>>23943543
A half starved 14yo girl is no match for a big scary dude no matter their dental prowess.

>>23943523
"Eh. Everyone's a thief in some way. And I don't approve of these teeth, so now we're both unhappy. Doesn't that make you feel better?"

And run away while he's still confused.

>>23943633
"Mikalicka hi micka low micka LOOO"

Then hit him in the head with the owl and bolt.

HUE4DAYS

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[x]Run away

You think about hitting him in the head with the owl, but he's a lot bigger than you and if he survived whatever mauled his face, you doubt you'll do much damage.

"Shorry!" you apologize quickly and dart off, adrenaline surging.

You can hear him thundering behind you and you can feel your energy waning fast. You try to force yourself faster, but your legs only scream at you and you find yourself staggering. The man grabs you by your arms and yanks you backwards. Your heart feels like it's about to explode and you collapse to the ground in a shaking heap.

You don't know what you should do.

[ ]Apologize again, give him the owl
[ ]Fight him
[ ]Try to reason with him
[ ]Other

>>23943543
Our teeth are not as much of a boon as you seem to think they are.

>>23943936
>[x]Apologize again, give him the owl
Ask him what it is anyway. I have a feeling he'll ask us why we took it if we don't even know what it is.

Tell him it's a pwetty birdy.

>>23943936
>Apologize again, let go of the owl (don't extend your arm), begin tearing up and initiate fetal position. If he wants to hurt you this lessens the impact. If he is not extremely aggressive this will elicit sympathy.

>>23944008
This is fine as well.

[x]Apologize again, give him the owl

"Shorry..." you half-sob.

"I've dealt with my fair share of thieves. They're all sorry when they get caught. I'd turn you over to the guards, but they're next to useless."

The man releases one of your arms and lets you remove the owl from your pocket. You drop it into his outstretched hand.

"Wha ish ith?"

"One of my goods. I own a curio shop near the labor round. You're free to come by and purchase it when you have proper money." He releases you. "Go on, get out of here."

You wander away, deprived of the red owl.

The city is beginning to stir. You think there's enough time to visit one more place before the streets get flooded by people and you have to retreat to your home.

[ ]Horse/camel pens
[ ]Inn
[ ]Tavern
[ ]Market Square
[ ]Labor round
[ ]High District
[ ]Beyond
[ ]Home
[ ]Other

>>23944318
>you have to retreat to your home
Why is that?

[X] Marquet Square
If the guards suck, maybe we could snag some stuff out of some peoples' pockets or stalls.

>>23944465
Crippling anxiety around people/large groups of people. You could hypothetically continue on through the busy part of the day, but there's a fair chance you'd start having a panic attack in the middle of the street.

[x]Market Square

You head towards the market. The usuals have already set up and the early bird shoppers are already stocking up on goods.

Directly in the square are:

[ ]Butcher
[ ]Fishmonger
[ ]Cloth salesman
[ ]Kebabs

And slightly further towards the housing district are:

[ ]Tailor
[ ]Apothecary
[ ]Curio shop
[ ]Blacksmith

>>23944603
Lets see the Kebabs

[x]Kebabs

The kebab man is busy skewering bits of meat and veggies. He seems wholly absorbed in this task. His kebabs, you've noticed, are popular in the labor round, so he always prepares dozens before the workers start showing up.

[ ]Steal a kebab
[ ]Try to steal some money
[ ]Talk to kebab man
[ ]Other

>>23944854
If we're hungry, or worried about being hungry later in the day... Steal a keybab.

>>23944854
Steel kebabs, we must.

>>23944854
Remove kebab

[x]Steal a kebab

The laborers begin to show up and though your heart begins to quicken, you try to focus on your task. While the kebab man is servicing customers, you steel your nerves and casually pass by the stall, quickly snatching a cooked kebab and stuffing it in your pocket.

You don't think anyone saw you, but you thought the same about the owl, so you hurry out of the square with your delicious prize.

Maybe you can survive here, if unscrupulously. Maybe you won't starve to death. You smile to yourself a little behind your scarf.

[ ]Try to brave the day
[ ]Go home

>>23945072
Lets go home..wherever home is.

>>23945072
Go home, maybe visit the church again even if only to return the things

>[x] Return cup

you're due for some good after the owl incident, plus a friend in the church will probably be a good thing to have later on.

Return cup, definitely.

[x]Go home

You drop off the cup on the church steps. You think you see Sister Varya through the window, but don't stick around long enough to be sure.

You go back home, a crumbling mudbrick structure that was abandoned before you arrived in Rawling. You curl up in a cool corner and close your eyes, ready to rest.

You have a life to build, even though you know any chance of really having one of those disappeared when you got magic.

Shall we continue tonight or tomorrow?

>>23945337
>Tonight or tomorrow?

Leaving OP?

>>23945337
>Shall we continue tonight or tomorrow?

You mean in quest or the next thread?

>>23945359
Taking a break for Fire Emblem and to draw out a better map and character sheets for personal reference. If we resume tonight, then I'll just be back in a few hours.

>>23945367
Either or.

>>23945510
Tonight would be nice.

>>23945510
Give us an estimation for time back. I can continue tonight.

For in quest starting back up tonight to dick around with magic sounds fun,

>>23945510
I'm fine with it continue tonight. Have a lot of free time at the moment...maybe too much...

Thread will resume at 6:00 PM EST
(Roughly three hours from now.)

>>23945779
I'm going to be asleep when you come back so I will say this now: Your premise appears rather unique and I very much enjoyed that.

You wake up for the second time today. Night has fallen over Rawling and most folk are home in bed. You, however, are only just getting started.

The night is cool and you have a perfect view of the stars through your collapsed roof.

Your stomach grumbles at you and you're quite parched.

[ ]Eat kebab
[ ]Go to town
[ ]Go to river
[ ]Other

>>23948208
Eat kebab, do some magic.

Eat kebab, its meat so it'll spoil if left for too long. What magic can you do? It'd be good to know our options

>>23948208
Eat kebab, go sightseeing.

[x]Eat kebab

You have to tear it all into tiny pieces to eat, but it's still very tasty even cold.

[x]Magic?

You don't like thinking about magic much. Nothing good ever comes from it. Getting magic only leads to death or something worse than that. You figured out that much the first time you ever saw someone get magic in Colcliv. It was a little after you had been brought there, maybe a month or two. A boy around ten burst into flames in the middle of dinner and left behind nothing but a pile of ash. He wasn't the only one to get magic either.

Stephan melted, Mariead just vanished, Jan turned himself inside out and couldn't fix it, Oralee was sold to nobility since she couldn't object, and Felix, after they realized he wouldn't ever be a human again, got sold to a farmer you think.

Had you stayed in Colcliv, you might have been considered lucky. You didn't get the quick death. You got starvation and mouth pain that never quit.

When you got magic, you weren't lucky. No matter how mild it was.

You decide to go out, to get your mind off such things.

Where to?

[ ]Church
[ ]Horse/camel pens
[ ]Trade yard and port
[ ]Inn
[ ]Tavern
[ ]Market Square
[ ]Labor round
[ ]High District
[ ]Beyond
[ ]Other

>>23948563
Let's go to the Trade yard/port and see if we can't find anything interesting (to steal).

[ ]Inn
[ ]Tavern
[ ]Market Square
day is over, they might have left scraps out.

>>23948610
Yup this.

Flipping coin to tiebreak.

Heads for port, tails for scraphunting.

Flipped tails.

[x]Market Square

You scrounge around in the dust around the stalls. You don't find any food, but you do find a copper coin. You don't think you can buy anything with one coin, but it's better than no coins. You also stop to get a quick drink from the well.

[x]Inn

You sift through the rubbish and find a pail of scraps you assume is being saved for their pigs. None of it looks particularly appetizing, but you pick out a few bits of withered lettuce and carrots.

[x]Tavern

You hunt through the sparse grasses around the building and find no food, but three more copper coins. Maybe it's your lucky night or maybe drunk people are just bad at keeping hold of their money.

There's some sort of ruckus going on inside. Lots of shouting.

[ ]Investigate
[ ]Walk away, go to port
[ ]Other

>>23948887
Hate it when that happens, sorry.

>>23948900
Investigate, but carefully. No need to get caught up in anything unpleasant, after all.

>>23948907
dont worry, it happens

>>23948900
Look, but keep in the shadows. We definitely don't want to get into any fights. If it look violent, leave.

[x]Investigate

The door opens as a gentleman escorts a young lady out of whatever's going on inside and you slip in, keeping close to the wall.

"--our relationship!" The speaker was a red-faced woman making violent flourishes towards a man who looked very much like he didn't wish to be here.

"Well, maybe you should keep your husband on a better leash," retorts a woman sitting at a table with a mug of beer. There's a sword on one hip and a hatchet on the other.

The red-faced wife lunges forward with an incoherent cry of rage and slaps the swordswoman. The swordswoman laughs and retaliates with a punch that knocks the wife off her feet. Her skirts fly every which-way and her husband desperately fumbles to lift her unconscious body from the floor. The swordswoman boots him in the arse and laughs again.

"You don't regret it, even if you think you do. Your wife'll never measure up to me."

The owner has had enough and demands that the swordswoman leave. She shrugs, downs the rest of her beer in a single go, and obliges. You duck out behind her as quietly as possible.

[ ]Follow the swordswoman
[ ]Go elsewhere
[ ]Other

>>23949422
She seems fun, follow at a good distance.

>>23949422
Follow indeed

[x]Follow the swordswoman

She appears to be walking back to the inn. You tail her as closely as you can. She's interesting. Scary, but interesting. The walk is disappointingly uneventful and you're back to the inn in no time.

She pauses in front of the door.

"Good little girls shouldn't be out this late, you know."

It seems you have yet to become a master of stealth. She's looking straight at you.

[ ]Introduce yourself
[ ]Run away
[ ]Other

>>23949723
"Can't say I'm one of those."

>>23949757
More like "Can't shay I'm one of thoshe."

>>23949723
"Not good."

Then run away.

>>23949784
Ah, yes,

>>23949784
Fund it.

>>23949791
Because the way to make friends with badasses is to act like a scared little bitch.

"Can't shay I'm one of thoshe," you reply quietly.

"That so? I do suppose good little girls don't go about skulking in the shadows." She chuckles to herself. "Leta, by the way. Formerly a knight of the king, currently between positions. I may be in the area for a while. Come by tomorrow and show me how bad you are, if you're up to the task. Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got to see a man about a horse."

Leta disappears into the inn and you are alone once more. The day has been full of new people and there's something strangely pleasant about it.

[ ]Go to shipyard
[ ]Other

ooo something to do other then live day to day. Lets head to the shipyard next.

[x]Go to shipyard

You scout around the yard for a while but it seems like the man from earlier might've alerted the port staff because there's no loose crates out anymore. You assume that everything is in the hold now. The small merchant stalls have also been cleaned out thoroughly and there aren't any ships docked tonight.

[ ]Inspect the hold
[ ]Look around one more time
[ ]Head somewhere else
[ ]Other

[x]Look around one more time
Its always good to be thorough.

[x]Look around one more time

You sift through the reeds for a while. You find mostly old bits of rope and rotted wood. You move to leave and catch a faint glint from a metal object a few feet away. You pluck a small knife out of the water. It's too dull to use as a weapon, but perhaps you could find another use for it?

[ ]Inspect the hold
[ ]Head somewhere else
[ ]Other

>>23950813
Inspect the hold. and hold on to the knife, with luck we'll find a way to sharpen it.

[x]Inspect the hold

You put the knife in your pocket with your other treasures of the night and head to the cargo hold. You can hear faint voices inside. Probably guarding the shipments. It would be stupid for them to leave them all unattended.

You scout around the building, but there's only one way in and out.

[ ]Go in
[ ]Go home
[ ]Other

>>23951364
Go home

>>23951436
[x]Go home

It might be time to call it a night once more.

You head on home and curl up in your corner. Between Leta, Varya, and everything else that has happened, you find yourself looking forward to tomorrow

I suppose that's it for me tonight.