>>33186113
>>It's fine! Really, it's fine. I should be apologizing.
"Yeah, it was a really stupid joke on my part. Sorry, man."

>>33186113
apologize for startling him
we really should have waited until he was awake, but he just looked so cute while he was sleeping

>>33186113
>I should have known better. I'm sorry.

>>33186113
>>It's fine! Really, it's fine. I should be apologizing.
>>I should have known better. I'm sorry.

>>33186113
"ah, so much for a little joke..."

[spoilers]Apologies, my 4chan x died on me inexplicably.[/spoilers]

>>33186215
>>33186182
>>33186150
>>33186173

"I'm sorry." you start with, "I should be the one apologizing. I should have known better, and I couldn't help myself. You're... You're very cute when you're asleep." you manage, finding the words harder to say than expected. "So I'll ask again - are you okay?"

"...I'll be fine. Father is speaking with the headmaster." he says quietly. "I am not to be punished."

"It makes sense." Antemus cuts in. "A true breakage of the rules really should only occur when one knowingly breaks them. I witnessed the event, and it was clearly reflexive." Antemus states.

"S-so..." Gi'al says quietly, "Why did you come for me?"

>I needed to ask you about something with Runes.
>I needed to speak with you about the other night.
>I wanted to talk to you about Tal.
>Writein

>>33186700
>>I needed to ask you about something with Runes.

>>33186700
>I needed to speak with you about the other night.

>>33186700
>I needed to speak with you about the other night.

>>33186700
>>I needed to ask you about something with Runes.

>>33186700
Also, Professor, will we get to see Mike and Ann's kid in this quest?

Rolled 2

>>33187018
You already have. :3c

>>33186994
>>33186745

>>33186786
>>33186929

diebreaker, yo

>>33187055
>You already have. :3c
they better have more, because this ones a little bitch from what we've seen, I'd hate for him to be their sole shining legacy and offspring

Rolled 2

>>33187055
Antemus excuses himself, citing a need to be in classes. Once he's gone...

"Gi'al, can we talk about the other night? What happened? Do you remember anything?"

He shakes his head.
"The last thing I remember was you ranting about circles." he says with a sigh. "After that, we found some wild apples, and..." he shrugs. "I have no idea. Sorry..."

"It's fine." you say, waving it off with exasperation. Alvins aren't known for their tolerance of poisons, so to speak. Small and slim as they are, even their own race is known for very light wines.

Tal enters, tail snapping at the air, holding trays of food.
"Everyone is well! Alive, at the least!" he says, sparkling scales shining. "Am happy. Let us feast, friends!" he says, laying down the trays. Gi'al smiles a little, picking at his food before eating gingerly. You wolf it down, starving.

"Gi'al, you lie. Little lie, but lie." he says, smiling - his voice good-natured.

>About what?
>It wasn't a gaurentee, Tal.
>(Say nothing, none of your business)
>Writein

>>33187156
>About what?

>>33187156
>>About what?

>>33187156
>>About what?

>>33187055
So its the New Law faggot. What a disappointment.

>>33187156
>>It wasn't a gaurentee, Tal.

>>33187355
>>33187352
>>33187282
"...About what?"

Gi'al flushes deeply.
"I t-tried to explain how, how dating works, and, I read some books, and I thought it was okay advice." he said.

"Boy said not ready yet. Too sudden." Tal smiles, flicking at Gi'al's forehead, who winces a little.

You feel yourself flush. Was... What?

"W-well, not everyone is alike. He might need more time."

Tal looks away, a little disconsolate-looking.

>Writein

>>33187545
>>Writein
Defend Gial. He was trying to be nice.

>>33187545

>>33187583
agreed

>>33187545
Look at Gi'al and say "Or they already want someone else"

>>33187583
>>33187656
These two

>>33187583
>>33187594
>>33187700

"Hey, now. It's never a gaurentee, Tal." you pipe up, "He was just giving you some advice and trying to help."

His tail whips the air.
"...Is okay." he says, leaning back. "Have ideas, anyway." his eyes glitter, and he slips out of his chair, humming to himself as he heads off.

Gi'al sighs once he's gone, picking at his blanket.
"I... Magnus, do you..." he frowns, uncertain, big eyes nervously wide. He pauses, "Did you ever get anywhere with those circles?" he asks.

>Writein

>>33187777
"Been too busy thinking about you, Birdy"

>>33187777
"i remember even less than you about that night, the only clue i have about this is this paper i can't even read"

>>33187850
this

>>33187807
This

>>33187807
This one

>>33187777
>>33187850
second

Rolled 1

>>33187850
>>33187855
>>33187911

>>33187887
>>33187885
>>33187807
diebreaker

>>33187964
> not incorporating both in
Dammit EGO, stop fucking up.

"I remember even less than you. I had a lot of stuff on my mind all day, it's just..." you sigh. "I was a bit distracted by other things." you look at him with a chuckle, and take a small victory in his flushed face. "So, any thoughts on this?" you ask, handing him the paper.

"Well..." he rubs his chin. "I'm not... sure." he says. "It looks like a magical rune theory. But it doesn't mention an item of any sort..."

>Wouldn't the item be... the circle?
>Can't you rune the ground?
>Maybe other magic types are involved?

>>33188185
>>Wouldn't the item be... the circle?

>>33188185
>Wouldn't the item be... the circle?

>>33188185
>>Wouldn't the item be... the circle?
>>Can't you rune the ground?

>>33188213
>>33188430
>>33188448

"What if the 'item' was a circle?" you ask. "A symbolic item. Doesn't even need to be solid."

He thinks harder.
"I... I'm not certain." he asks, honestly. "I mean, there is lore about holy lands, and binding circles for demons run on similar ideas - applying magic to a circle - but... I don't know how it would work. It... It could do anything, Magnus." he admits, fidgeting, but excited.

>Why not try now?
>You're right. We should ask an instructor.
>We should ask your father.
>We should prepare an experiment.
>Writein

>>33188580

>>33188580
>>Why not try now?

>>33188580
>Writein
"We need to discuss 'Us' first"
We need to get all emotions out in the open before any potentially deadly experimentation.

>>33188580
>We should prepare an experiment.
SCIENCE!

>>33188580
"Are you able to do runes other than Force? Because I don't think either of mine would be suited for an experiment like this."

>>33188680
No we don't. Pace yourself.

>>33188680
This man makes sense.
Seconding

>>33188680
Fo reelz.

Gettin tired of all this bonebreaking romance faggotry.

>>33188680
Go with this

>>33188580
>>33188604
Please stop voting in your own quest and trust your players, EGO

>>33188767
Was an anon post from another thread that did that. No 4chanx, remember?

>>33188723
>>33188680
Another troll vote? Yeah I'll pass on that.

>>33188809
Its not trolling to want to get all this shit over and done with so we can return to Runes.

>>33188580
Prepare an experiment. Try to do things safely.

>>33188580
>We should prepare an experiment.
Don't ruin the dating sim!

>>33188799
An unlikely excuse that I just don't buy.

>>33188680
Seconding

>>33188831
Except we're trying to do runes right now, and you're trying to block that with drama.

Also it's just more examples of doing the opposite of what the QM seems to want, just to be a dick.

>>33188855
If you cannot trust me, you are free to leave at any time.

>>33188887
I could say the same to you

>>33188580
>We should prepare.an experiment.

>>33188912
No you can't. If he leaves everyone leaves. If you leave nobody cares.

>>33188881
I'm trying to remove the drama once and for all like ripping off a band aid so we don't have to deal with shitty games of grabass for the entire quest

>>33188912
No you can't because that.doesn't make any sense. The fuck is wrong with you?

>>33188680
Fuck it, fine. You win. Lets do this. Just get it over with so we can fucking move on.

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>>33186700
>I witnessed the event,
Wait what.

>>33188887
This may seem like a silly question, but how long has it been since the events of the earlier threads?

>>33187964
Oh thank god the dice were in favor of the non-awkward option.

>>33188613

>>33188684
>>33188688
>>33188843
>>33188851
>>33188923

(Votes Against >>33188680)

>>33188709
>>33188809

(Votes for >>33188680)

>>33188680
>>33188716
>>33188723
>>33188747
>>33188869 (Struck due to vote against)
>>33188958 (Struck due to vote agaisnt)

Writing.

>>33188995
Oh, so we can vote AGAINST options now. This should prove interesting.

>>33188995
Oh thank god.

I just got here and i vote against emotional spaghetti quest-sabotaging and go straight for SCIENCE.

The way to seduce the shota is through his brain anyway.

>>33189018
There were basically two mutually exclusive options people were going for. it's the same as adding a vote to the SCIENCE vote.

>>33188960
he was in the hallway we got blasted into anon, he took us to the infirmary

>>33189079
Except for now you essentially get to vote twice. Once for, and once against everyone else.

>>33189104
>implying there's more than two players rampantly samefagging

>>33188995
"So what are your runes and magicks, anywhere?"

He taps his chin.
"I know Smiting." he says, "And my magic is Forces."

"Whereas I have Sickness and Decay."

You both look at one another, deep in thought.
"We need someone else." you both say, at the same time.
"let me get dressed," Gi'al says, getting out of bed in his gown. One of his arms is swollen somewhat, his shoulder wrapped up and splinted. "Then I'll meet you in your room. Get Tal. Or... Or Antemus." he says, fidgeting, then grinning. "You said we'd take this school over. I'm starting to believe you."

You move quickly, leaving the room. You know exactly where Antemus will be, essentially. Tal's a bit trickier.

>Let's go find Tal.
>Let's go find Antemus.
>Let's use the runes we have - it should be fine, right?
>Writein

>>33189135
see >>33188887

>>33189154
>>Writein
Lets get an adult.

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>>33188767
>voting in your own quest
>the post had no text of its own, just a link
>no indicated vote whatsoever

>>33189180
Seconding

>>33189154
>Let's go find Tal.
Dragon dick.

>>33189181
The implication was that he went anon to vote in his own quest. Try not to hurt yourself thinking too hard about it, anon.

>>33189180
No.

>>33189154
Try Tal. The hall monitor is for later.

>>33189154
>Let's go find Antemus.
This is perfectly innocent, we can use to to rope him in for future corruption!

>>33189194
I'm entirely against this

>>33189180
This.

>>33189221
Dragon runes, then. whatever.

We don't want the hall monitor in on our student cabal just yet anyway, at least until we figure out how dangerous are rune arrays.

I vote for literally anything but Tal

>>33189154

Veto >>33189180.

COUNTING VOTES NOW.

>>33189180
this

vetoing >>33189194 >>33189209 >>33189215

>>33189209
Vetoing.

>>33189326
Too late anon.

Besides, Antemus is as responsible as an adult and is an actual character.

>>33189207
how the fuck can you imply a vote when you only link with nothing else in the post

goddamn you are fucking retarded

>>33189356
Yeah. Let's play this whole thing with the three characters we already know. They are actual characters you know?

>>33189207
There are more than enough trolling samefags as well as legit players here that even trying to imply that makes you look like the fool you are.

>>33189372
Anon, stop thinking, it is not good for you obviously.

>>33189372
No, I got what they meant now.

They meant that he must have dropped trip earlier in the thread to vote in the previous vote.

Which is still a stupid sense of paranoia.

VOTES FOR TAL:
>>33189194 (STRUCK)
>>33189209 (STRUCK)

VOTES AGAINST TAL:
>>33189270
>>33189221

VOTES FOR ANTEMUS:
>>33189215

VOTES AGAINST ANTEMUS:
(No singular vetos for Antemus)

OTHER VETOS/VOTES:
>>33189180
>>33189188
>>33189225
>>33189326 (STRUCK)

>>33189298


TOTAL COUNT:

TAL: 0
ANTEMUS: 1
WRITEIN SPECIAL: 3 (I NEED AN ADULT!)

Writing

>>33189154
>>Let's go find Tal.
>>Let's go find Antemus.
can we get both of them?

>>33189427
>dem voting system
shit is hilarious.

>>33189372
Because he forgot to put his trip back on during his story post, anon

>>33189486
if thats the case, then he is active as all fuck samefagging his own quest and arguing with himself...

its a fucking laughably retarded idea

>>33189427
You think for a moment, then remember: Gi'al's father is still around. You'll even know where he is. You remember him, occasional glances at him while you worked the castle detail. The royal couple with their twins, Ja'al and his wife, and that damn penny-pinching old man who actually paid you.

The medic was nice and cute, though.

You pull from your reverie, making your way up to the headmaster's offices. As you expected, he's there, dressed in black and red as usual.

"...Yes?" he asks, snapping a book he was reading shut.

>Writein

>Voting period is ten minutes.

>>33189642
It's like you never had an arguement with yourself in a quest.

>>33189705
"Gi'al and i need your help with an idea we have."

>>33189705
>>33189727
This

>>33189707
I haven't anon.

>>33189705
"Your son and I think we might have made some kind of groundbreaking discovery relating to Runes and what they effect, but we can't really make proper sense of it, care to help?"

>>33189727
Simple and to the point. We should add that none of the runes we're skilled in seem suited for testing it out.

>>33189897
>>33189820
>>33189727
Writing

>>33189705
At least a simple vote like this was untrollable.

>>33190123
"Your son and I, we need your help with an idea of yours. It's related to runes and what they affect - it might be important, and none of our runes are suited to it."

Ja'al regards you in thought, then banishes his book. It literally vanishes in a purple flash of energies.
"If my son thinks it's worthwhile..." he says. "Will Details, Secrets, and Scrying work with your intentions?"
"They should. Come with me?"

You lead him back to the dorm room, where Gi'al has pushed around the furniture with Forces to set up the room for more space.

"Then... How do we get started?" Ja'al asks, grinning. There's something about his smile, of remembrance and nostalgia.

>Writein

>>33190275
Pinch Gigi's butt

>>33190275
Draw a circle, and apply the rune to the outside of the circle?

>>33190291
Very funny har har har no.

>>33190291
This

>>33190391
Vetoing

>>33190291
Cut that out anon. biggest veto

>>33190291
Nope.

>>33190275

>>33048273
>A circle, sloppily drawn on the paper. A sickness rune points at the circle, with various sloppy notes around it.


>>33058505
>Runes are like channels. Power flows along their lines and curves and arcs. As it does so, it deforms the rune, and as soon as the channels fall out of alignment, they break, causing the rune to degrade.

>With that in mind, you fully understand your drawing. It's... Well, you don't exactly havce a name for it yet. But you think that if you were to draw it right, you could extend the rune's power and its area o influence quite a bit - making an area affected by a rune.

So... show us your runes, old man. And then we can try and make them into a runic array?

>>33190391
Is that how it works? I forget what we were testing

>>33190391
Not this.

>>33190519
Then what, then?

>>33190291
Good nickname, bad idea.

>>33190494
Try and draw many of his runes in the shape of the same rune, in a connect-the-dots manner.

>>33190609
Vetoing

>>33190700
Okay this is a pretty masterful new technique.

Rather than go for the derailing writein, which can fail by being vetoed, you now negate all writeins trying to advance the plot, leaving no options left at all.

Devious.

> Runes of scrying in the shape of Secrets.

>>33190781
Veto.

vetoanon pls go and stay go

>>33190923
Vetoing

>>33190852

Vetoing this veto.

new rule: you have to say why you're vetoing/what options you'd prefer if the suggestion you're anti-ing isn't obviously brainbendingly retarded

Clearly you can't be trusted with toys.

Vetoing is no longer an option. Nor is writeins. I'm sorry, but since you all see fit to abuse these options, I am somewhat forced to apply these restrictions.

You are free to leave if you wish, but understand that romantic and magic and other options will be provided.

>Tallying votes.

>>33190993
Veto because this way is better.

>>33191003
Oh thank god.

>>33191003
> I decided to put in a retarded veto rule.
> Since my stupid rule is retarded I need to ban write-ins.
I don't know what to say to you any more.

>>33191105

>>33190291
>>33188680
>>33187807

Just fucking desserts. Grow some patience.


Sorry, last voting period was a fucking mess. Let's try that once more - with options:

>Flirt with Gi'al
>Ask his father about runes
>Try your own rune
>Ask Gi'al to use his
>Place an object in the circle

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>>33191162
>>Ask his father about runes

>>33191162
>>Ask his father about runes

>>33191162
>>Ask his father about runes

>>33191003
Vetoing

>>33191162
I prefer to think of it not as justice, but as necessary preventative measures based on past performance.

Since some of us are genuinely trying to play here and don't care about what happened to BPQ.

>>33191162
>Ask his father about runes

You know that the right answer is to ignore.the one or two shitposters who are trying to ruin the quest for fun. Just use some common sense, maybe make everyone.explain why they're voting for something.

Now it's solely a case of whoever samefags most wins.

>>33191250
We can earn back writeins by them being very good and making QM make an exception someday, and then ignore writeins that are out of character by QM fiat.

But that day is not today.

>>33191162
>>Flirt with Gi'al

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>>33191395
You're too late, anon.

Let it go.

>>33191162
>Flirt with Gi'al

>>33191162
>>Flirt with Gi'al

>>33191162
>>Ask his father about runes

>>33191162
>Flirt with Gi'al

>>33191162
>Flirt with Gi'al.

>>33191418
Its never too late for birdshotas, anon.

>>33191162
>>Ask his father about runes

>>33191162
>Ask his father about runes

>>33191162
>>Flirt with Gi'al

>>33191162
>Flirt with Gi'al

>>33191162
wasn't the voting period 10 minutes?

>>33191162
>>Flirt with Gi'al.

What about

> Flirt with Gi'al's father

>>33191162
>>Flirt with Gi'al.

>>33191516
This idea is actually insanely hot, only bested by flirting with both of them.

Seconding.

>>33191162
>Ask his father about runes

>>33191537

> Birdshota in the mouth
> Orcdad in the ass

>>33191516
I was going to say that but NO WRITE-INS.

>>33191162
obviously you need to implement the 5 minute voting procedure

>>33191516
Fucking yes. Too bad he doesn't take write ins, so >>33191162
>>Flirt with Gi'al

>>33191560
>> Orcdad in the ass
His dad is another birdshota. Its his mom who is Ogremom. Half of one, at least.

Maybe she can use her ogre strength to fist Shotadad while Shotason uses his runes to Force-fuck our mouth.

>>33191568
>>33191537
>>33191516

Ego pls

>>33191162
>>Ask his father about runes
I hope you've got a strong drink this fourth of july OP.

>>33191162
>>Flirt with Gi'al

>>33191604

> Dad is also a birdshota

I feel so disappointed.

t-tallying votes?

where is the cutoff OP?

>>33191162
>Flirt with Gi'al

>>33191635
Welcome to EGO quests, which is why I vote to >>33191162
>>Flirt with Gi'al
One birdshota is enough for me, thanks.

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"I can see where the cute looks come from." you admit, pacing around the room. Gi'al flushes, and his father's wings flinch. "At any rate, we should get started. Ja'al... What sort of things do you think we should use?"

Shrugs all around, but suggestions rise.

From Ja'al, placing an object into the circle and applying Decay. Attempting this with a circle one foot wide, two feet wide, and so on.

Gi'al agrees on sizes, but thinks that Secrets should be used instead.

Your instincts want to try Details.

>Listen to Ja'al.
>Listen to Gi'al.
>Try your own thing.

>>33191705
>>Listen to Ja'al.

>>33191705
>>Listen to Gi'al.
Truth or dare, magic style!

>>33191705
No, why did you have to go with flirting?
>>Try your own thing.

>>33191705

>Ja'al

Ego, will we be getting a cute bara orc to flirt with?

>>33191699
>>Listen to Gi'al.

>>33191743
Was for >>33191705

>>33191705
>>Listen to Gi'al.

>>33191705
>>Listen to Gi'al.
So when it is a success we can celebrate with a hug and a kiss.

>Tallying.

>>33191944
When did you cutoff and start tallying the previous vote?

You could have stopped this. Stopped the spaghetti.

>>33192086
>You could have stopped this
He really couldn't

>>33191944
You lean down, drawing a circle about a foot wide. Then you have Ja'al draw his rune, and step back.

The shelving, the doors, lids, and one of the washcloths on the counter all vanish when you look through the air directly above the circle. You blink, pushing your hand through, and it, too, vanishes. But looking through that space and seeing what you're seeing...

Now that is interesting.

But more importantly -
"It works!" Gi'al lets out a high squeal of delight, leaping across the space to hug you. For a moment, a fleeting, fleeting moment, you see pale skin, a smooth chest and taut belly, but before you see any more his arms are around your shoulders and his face in your chest.

Ja'al raises his eyebrows and eyes you.

It's the look of a father. One who has seen you before and knows who you were before. Fear, sudden and sharp, overcomes you as you realize that you've met him before, mucking out waste.

>Get away from Gi'al.
>Challenge him with a look of your own.
>Fuck it! Hug the birdy back.
>...Kiss the crown of his head while staring down his father, imperiously. Mine.

>>33192390
>>Get away from Gi'al.

>>33192390
>>Get away from Gi'al.

>>33192390
>>Challenge him with a look of your own.
>>Fuck it! Hug the birdy back.
Both of these.

>>33192390
>Fuck it! Hug the birdy back.
Challenging him is not a good idea but he is our birdshota regardless of his father.

>>33192390
>>Fuck it! Hug the birdy back.

>>33192086
How could he have when a segment of his players aren't posting in good faith, but have instead become actively antagonistic for some reason. Like somehow them beings dicks is proof that EGO is a bad QM?

>>33192390
>Challenge him with a look of your own.
>Fuck it! Hug the birdy back.

>>33192390

>...Kiss the crown of his head while staring down his father, imperiously. Mine.

Minus the staring.

>>33192390
>>...Kiss the crown of his head while staring down his father, imperiously. Mine

>>33192533
The sabotage votes didn't start flooding in until like 10 minutes after the vote though, so in that one instance, by chance, timely cutoff would have stopped it.

>>33192390
>>...Kiss the crown of his head while staring down his father, imperiously. Mine.

>>33192390
>...Kiss the crown of his head while staring down his father, imperiously. Mine.

>>33192390
>>>Challenge him with a look of your own.
>>Fuck it! Hug the birdy back.

>>33192390
>...Kiss the crown of his head while staring down his father, imperiously. Mine.

>>33192390
>>Fuck it! Hug the birdy back.

Can't fault a hug mate

>>33192390
>>Fuck it! Hug the birdy back.

>>33192390
>>...Kiss the crown of his head while staring down his father, imperiously. Mine

>>33192390
>>Fuck it! Hug the birdy back.
Makes everyone happy.

>>33192390
>...Kiss the crown of his head while staring down his father, imperiously. Mine

>>33192390
>>Fuck it! Hug the birdy back.

>>33192390
>...Kiss the crown of his head while staring down his father, imperiously. Mine

Cutoff.

>>33192390
>>...Kiss the crown of his head while staring down his father, imperiously. Mine

>>33192390
>>Fuck it! Hug the birdy back.

>>33192390
Hug the birdy back.

Also, EGO why are you providing shit options for them to flock behind?

>>33192683
>>33192663
>>33192659
>>33192632
>>33192626
>>33192607
>>33192574
>>33192571


>>33192679
>>33192662
>>33192638
>>33192633
>>33192631
>>33192555
>>33192532
>>33192527
>>33192477


Holy shit that was close.

Writing.

>>33192726
You really shouldnt count multivotes.

>>33192736
When it's the only decider as a tiebreaker he should.

>>33192754
Except the other option would've won without them.

>>33192766
Oh, there was more than one, duh.

They're still harmless.

>>33192736
What he shouldn't do is give options to be a jerk, because the jackasses are gonna rev up their proxies and try and push it through because they're assholes.

>>33192830
Hardly. They have entirely different meanings when you limp em together

>>33192833
Unfortunately we do at least need jerk options.

This option wasn't so much just being a jerk, but being a shortsighted, prideful jerk.

Not just trying to corrupt the headmaster's son, but flaunting it in front of him instead of behind his back.

>>33192736
Why not?

>>33192833
Don't be That Guy, anon.

>>33192874
The irony of this post is coming off it in waves, I can smell it through my screen.

>>33192885
Bitching about things not going your way and calling all opinions other than your own trolls is very That Guy.

>>33192726

You look at him back briefly, then hug him back with care. A simper of pain, but a giggle also rises. You chuckle as you do so, both of you feeling pain and also joy at this relevation. It's amazing. The possibilities yawn out before you like so many different trees, and you grin madly. You feel something surging within you.

You grunt.

Gi'al backs away from you as you feel power rising from within, whimpering. It's painful. It reminds you of something.

-a dark alley
-filled with bodies
-edicts hurriedly sent out
-torches
-so many torches
-like a sea of stars
-a face in the pile of bodies
-a thrown brand
-burning
-the sick

You remember more. More and more.

-sitting in the muck
-feeling the slime
-against unprotected skin
-once meals
-once pets
-once friends
-once worth
-now rotten
-decayed

But those were old. Now the new, pushing in, elbowing hard, into the forefront.

-new
-new things
-new friends
-from the old
-from the earned
-fed and watered
-by determination
-by the penny and farthing
-scraped and piled
-by the knowledge
-accumulated with time
-you
-your ambition
-HAS GROWN

The Rune blazes in your mind, Growth, creation from small things, accelleration, size, a hundred and one and a thousand applications.

You slump over, but you don't pass out.

UNLOCKED NEW RUNE: GROWTH

You're panting, now, Gi'al to one side, Ja'al to the other.

>I'm fine.
>Better than fine.
>I think you broke my ribs a-no, Gi'al, I'm sorry, I was only joking!
>I... I think I Learned a rune.

>>33192977
>>I... I think I Learned a rune.

>>33192977
>I'm fine.
>I... I think I Learned a rune.

>>33192977
>>I... I think I Learned a rune.

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>>33192937
Well, first of all, anon didn't 'bitch about things not going his way', but also
>he thinks there aren't trolls in this quest
Did you see the writeins with all those "This"es?

>>33192977
>>I think you broke my ribs a-no, Gi'al, I'm sorry, I was only joking!

>>33192977
>>I think you broke my ribs a-no, Gi'al, I'm sorry, I was only joking!

>>33192977
>The Rune blazes in your mind, Growth, creation from small things, accelleration, size, a hundred and one and a thousand applications.
All of which we're going to use to ferment moonshine!

>>33192977
>I think you broke my ribs a-no, Gi'al, I'm sorry, I was only joking!

>>33192977
>I think you broke my ribs a-no, Gi'al, I'm sorry, I was only joking!

>>33193092
>>33193086
>>33193074
>>33193067
Writing.

>>33193101

"I think you broke my ribs a- no, Gi'al! I'm sorry, I was only joking!" you say, when you see his face fall. "Really, I'm fine. I forgot how sensitive my chest was." you sigh.

A whole new rune. You'll have to try it later. For now...

>It's time to really experiment with the Circles.
>It's time to eat.
>It's time to talk to Tal.
>It's time to talk to Gi'al, alone.
>Thank Ja'al for his help.

>>33193144
>>It's time to talk to Gi'al, alone.

>>33193144
>>It's time to talk to Gi'al, alone.

>>33193144
>It's time to talk to Gi'al, alone.

>>33193144
>>It's time to really experiment with the Circles.

>>33193144
>>It's time to really experiment with the Circles.

>>33193144
>It's time to talk to Gi'al, alone.

>>33193144
>>It's time to really experiment with the Circles.

>>33193144
>>It's time to really experiment with the Circles.

>>33193144
>>It's time to really experiment with the Circles.
We need no food, our food is SCIENCE.

science, and shotas.

>>33193144
>>It's time to talk to Gi'al, alone

>>33193144
>>It's time to talk to Gi'al, alone

>>33193144
>It's time to really experiment with the Circles.

>>33193144
>>It's time to really experiment with the Circles.

>>33193144
>It's time to talk to Gi'al, alone

>>33193144
>It's time to talk to Gi'al, alone

>>33193144
>>It's time to really experiment with the Circles.

Tallyin'.

>>33193144
>It's time to really experiment with the Circles.

>>33193144
>>It's time to really experiment with the Circles.


MORE SCIENCE

>>33193144
>>It's time to talk to Gi'al, alone.

>>33193144
>>It's time to talk to Gi'al, alone
I want it

>>33193144
>>It's time to talk to Gi'al, alone.
Birdshota time!

Rolled 1

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>>33193242
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>>33193245
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>>33193174


DIEBREAKER

>>33193249
>8 to 8 tie
Sc-science tiebreaker?

>>33193294
Bird shota won. Get rekt, science wanks

>>33193294

C-can't we science AFTER talking to birdshota?

>>33193327
Maybe we're talking about science.

I just hope we leave the room and depart in a way that is sufficiently slubtle to ditch his dad.

>>33193327
No. More birdshota-ing after birdshota. Recursive birdshotas! Birdshota arrays!

Maybe we can learn the rune for birdshotas.

>>33193294
Sorry, scibros. Your time will come.

You smile at Gi'al's father.
"We'll talk later. For now, thanks for your help."

"Not a problem." he says, smiling, touching the door lightly on his way out. You turn to Gi'al, who smiles at you brightly.

"Right." you say. "We've done a lot today." you say, "So... I was wondering. About... things."

You looks up at you. God, those eyes, bright and green. "Basically, I was wondering if you'd like to go out somewhere." you say, looking out the windows. "...But I don't know of anywhere." you grumble. "Nowhere interesting, anyway."

Gi'al looks off, distantly, past you.
"You should pr-probably understand something." he says, "And that's that... I... Well..." he groans. "Oh for the sake of Coyo, daddy." he grumbles, pointing past you.

Indelibly marked with purple smoking from it, a rune of Scrying, with a small signature below.

{Touch my son and suffer the consequences, muckraker. I'm watching you.}

"My father is very protective of me. I got bullied a few times in the city and... And now he thinks I'm made of porcelain. And really, Muckraker? Is he serious?"

>Well, actually, (Truth.)
>Well, really, (Lie.)
>Well, I can understand his concern...
>What a mess. I'll have to talk to him later.
>Fine! We'll talk elsewhere.

>>33193396
>>Well, really, (Lie.)

>>33193396
>>Well, really, (Lie.)

>>33193396
>>Fine! We'll talk elsewhere.
Then
>Well, actually, (Truth.)

>>33193396
>>Well, actually, (Truth.)

>>33193396
>Well, really, (Lie.)

>>33193396
>Well, really, (Lie.)

>>33193396
>>Well, really, (Lie.).

>>33193396
>>Well, I can understand his concern...
Deflect the situation.

>>33193368
>>Well, really, (Lie.).

...why is everyone lying? Did I miss something?

>>33193396
Truth.

>>33193396
>>Well, really, (Lie).

>>33193396
>Well, really, (Lie)

Tallying.

Welp.

>>33193396
Lie

>>33193479
>>33193396
Because they're trolls who are always picking the worst option to kill the quest. Have you not been paying attention?

Now shut up and vote truth.

>>33193479
Trolls want to make relationships crash and burn as soon as possible.

Good news is, being embarrassed about his low-class origins is a sympathetic reason to lie, at least.

Goddammit all the good-faith players left to go watch America blow up the sky, didn't they?

And I have to make dinner I'm starving here fuck.

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>>33193541
>vote truth
>>33193505

>>33193505
I'm beginning to get.suspicious EGO.

Why do you continue to be so willfully oblivious to the situation you're in. Do you honestly think the multitude of prompt only votes for whatever the worst option is are the actions of multiple people interested in playing your quest?

Your willful ignorance is almost making me think this a ploy on your part.

The good news is, by disallowing write-in, the QM can at least ensure that if the trolls want a trainwreck, it'll be a FUN trainwreck for him too.

And for the few of us who enjoy inevitable tragedies just as much as you-win-everything-forever simulators, I guess.

>>33193505
8 really is the magic number, isn't it?

>>33193612
What am I gonna do, honestly? Ignore votes out-fucking-right because I want to?

>>33193699
you could always do the timed vote. 5min.

>>33193699
>Ignore votes out-fucking-right because I want to?
Include a note at the start of each thread saying OOC/obviously retarded votes will be ignored and do this.

Also stop including retarded options.

>>33193699
Have everyone write a short.sentence justifying why they voted the way they did?

Don't fucking include trap options until they lose interest and go away?

I don't know, I'm at work so I'm not in position to fight a proxy battle to ensure that anything but the worst thing happens every.fucking vote.

>>33193699
If you weren't such a drama whore you could stop feeding trolls with bait options

>>33193752
>>33193791
The problem is, it's boring to have only options that lead to naught but victory. And these sorts of actions are in-character: Magnus is supposed to be greedy, it's how he grew up and stayed alive.

At any rate, a few failures are fine.

We needed an antagonist anyway. Writing.

>>33193829
He knows he would lose 90% of his audience that way

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>>33193850
Out of trash for votes, you at least make something entertaining.

>>33193850
>The problem is, it's boring to have only options that lead to naught but victory. And these sorts of actions are in-character: Magnus is supposed to be greedy, it's how he grew up and stayed alive.
I don't mind options that lead to failure, but don't include ones that are extremely obvious about it. The results are either that players ignore them (because they actually care about the game at all and don't want to actively fuck themselves over) or that trolls all jump on them (because they want to ruin things).

This once, sure, whatever, but pls.

>>33193850
This is no way to make an antagonist. If anything, Gi'al would know we're lying, and not press it because he can tell it's a sore subject.

And while I do understand your argument, nothing but the bad option is even less entertaining, especially because of the motives behind the votes.

This is worse than stupidity, this is malice.

>>33194076
I think the headmaster is the antag.

>>33194204
So a birdshota is still the antag.

"Well... Muckrakers are low-class, but... they're hard workers. A lot of people look down at them, so it's become an insult."

Yeah! Dodge that unfortunate truth!

Gi'al nods in understanding.
"I just wish father wasn't like this. Come with me, I know where to go." he says with a little smile, leading you into the library. Once inside, he leads you along one wall, then down a set of stairs, into a small room. It's circular in construction, with only a few books. you select one.

"They're blank." he says. "Unwritten tomes, a whole room of them. A symbol of the school's future." he smirks, looking among the books. "And of all possibilities."

>Our possibilities?
>A room full of empty books...
>So I grew a new Rune.
>So... What I was meaning to say...

>>33194467
>>A room full of empty books...

>>33194467
>>So... What I was meaning to say...

>>33194467


> So I grew a new rune
> Write the new rune in one of the empty books.

>>33194467
>>So... What I was meaning to say...

>>33194467
>>So I grew a new Rune.

>headmaster antagonism because of the write-in "i need an adult"
Masterful.

>>33194538
You want to..."grow" a book?

>>33194467
>So... What I was meaning to say...

>>33194467
>So... What I was meaning to say...

>>33194467
>>So I grew a new Rune.

>>33194467
>>So I grew a new Rune.

>>33194467
>So... What I was meaning to say...
Cuddles time

>>33194467
>>So... What I was meaning to say..

>>33194467
>So... What I was meaning to say

>>33194467
>>So I grew a new Rune.

>>33194467
>So I grew a new Rune.

>>33194467
>So... What I was meaning to say..

>>33194467
>>So... What I was meaning to say.

>>33194717
>>33194706
>>33194665
>>33194649
>>33194632
>>33194565
>>33194558
>>33194526
>>33194540
Writing

>>33194733
"So, what I was meaning to say..."

"Is that you want me." Gi'al says. "Right?" his eyes become flinty. "I don't want to be... cliche, Magnus, but... do you want me, or do you want to get to know me? Really?"

>I started just wanting you, but...
>I want you, definitely, but...
>No, I want to get to know you.
>Can we just see where things go?

>>33194885
>>I want you, definitely, but...