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>>36339943
Father has sent you halfway around the globe to Apollo Institute, a secretive school for ‘unusual’ youths, such as yourself.

Located deep in the forests of East Laurentia, it takes an hour long hike from the closest settlement to the school grounds.

Your Father instructed you to present yourself and your registration papers to the administrator as soon as you arrive, but… the school building is very big. Bigger than any building you’ve seen before.

Perhaps… perhaps you should explore the school grounds first.

>Head to the administrator
>Explore the school grounds

This is my first attempt at a Quest, so please bear with me. Constructive crit and questions are welcomed at any time.

>>36340011
>Head to the administrator

>>36340011
>Head to the administrator

>Head to the administrator
Who's a good boy? We're a good goy

>>36340011
Nice artwork OP.

>>36340011
>Head to the administrator

>>36340011
>Head to the Admins
Man, great art.

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>>36340430
>>36340488
>>36340604
>>36340647
>>36340731
The entire reason your Father sent you here was to expand your world beyond the confines of your little laboratory home. What good what that be if you gave up before you even passed the gate?

You walk towards the massive doors. At your approach, they slowly swing open to reveal the main hall.

Despite it’s large size, the space is mostly empty. The walls are lined with dark wooden doors labeled with room numbers. You see a door labeled ‘Administrator’ on the opposite wall, and head to it.

A few teenagers, presumably other students of the school, stick to the walls, chatting amongst themselves. As you pass, you see their pupils track over your facial markings. You can hear them start to talk mockingly about you.

You walk faster.
>1/2

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>>36341037
You knock on the Administrator’s door. A voice from inside tells you to enter, so you do.

A middle aged woman with medium length brown hair is sitting at an office desk. The name plate on the desk reads ‘R. Hildegarde’. R. Hildegarde doesn’t seem surprised at your appearance.

“I’m here to register as a student at Apollo Institute,” you relay.

The corner of her mouth moves up slightly. “I know,” she says, “your ah, ‘Father’, called ahead to let us know about your special circumstance. Have you got your papers?”

You give the documents to her. She flips through them quickly before stamping the first page, and says, “Well, pleased to meet you…”

>name?

>>36341387
Damn. Did you draw these up ahead of time, or is all of this on the fly? Cause you're really fucking awesome if it's on the fly.

>>36341387
Isaac A. Simovich

>>36341424

I like this

>>36341387
Peter.

>>36341424
Ooh, I'm a sucker for wordplay. Changing from >>36341453

>>36341387
>>36341424
I'll go with this.

>>36341424
>>36341387
Nice, this.

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>>36341421
yup, all on the fly, which is why i'm going kind of slow

>>36341424
“Well, pleased to meet you, Issac.” She hands you an envelope. “Here’s your class schedule, the school handbook, as well as some other useful information about life here. Being a computer and all, you don’t really need to go to class per say, but it’ll be a good opportunity to meet your classmates.”

You’re about to tell her that you’re an A.I, not a computer, but she holds a finger to her earpiece and speaks into the microphone. “Annika, your ward is here.”

At your confused look, R. Hildegarde explains, “Annika is one of the other students here. She’s a powerful telepath, especially sensitive to emotions, so she’ll be able to help you understand and integrate into the student body.”

There’s a sharp knock, and a very petite girl with curly auburn hair enters the room, closing the door behind her.

“Annika, this is Issac.”

Annika smiles and waves at you. She looks much friendlier than the students in the main hall. “Hello, Issac.”

>what should you do???

>>36341931
"Hello there, it's nice to meet you."
Offer hand to shake.

>>36341931
SO I'm guess we know little to nothing about being social right?

Mimic her, motions say Hello, Annika with th same tone

>>36341931
Hello Annika *offer to shake hand*

>>36341931
Say hi and wave awkwardly.

>>36341931
Smile and say it's nice to meet her.
Maybe extend his hand for a shake?

>>36341931
>>36342035
This

>>36341931
So what kind of hardware do we have?

>>36342123
Opium 7 core processor.

>>36342140
kek

>>36342035
This

>>36339943
oh shit drawfag quest!?

awww yeaaaah

>>36339943
We should find a nice robot girl named Jenny.

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>>36342035
That was a greeting, you’re sure. You know the proper procedure for this.

You move the corners of your mouth up in the same degrees she did, and wave your hand in exact mimicry of hers. “Hello, Annika.”

Annika and R. Hildegarde look at each other. You keep waving, starting to feel uncertain. After a moment, R. Hildegarde says “That’s good, Issac.”

You knew you had it. Satisfied, you put your hand down.

“Today’s Saturday. Class starts on Monday, so you’ve got tomorrow to explore the grounds, familiarize yourself with the school building. It’s getting a bit late now, so you should get unpacked and rested. Annika, could you show him to his room?”

“Sure,” she says. She walks a few steps out of the office, then turns and waves at you. “Come on!”

You follow her.

The two of you wind your way through the school’s numerous hallways toward your destination. Annika asks you a few questions about where you’re from and how your trip was. You answer the questions accurately, but the conversation quickly dies down.

Annika looks a bit uncomfortable. Maybe it’s your turn to say something?

>stay silent
>say something [fill in]

>>36342735
>say something [fill in]
"How about you, what is your story, Annika? How did you come to be in this school?"

>>36342786
Sounds good.

But it should probably be more awkward.

>>36342735

Ask if there is any places to buy nuts around here

>>36342735
Unit Annika what is your history in this academy?

>>36342824
Nah just make it more mechanical, don't need to add "unit" or "this one" or whatever freaky speech comes out.
We're like a really autistic and mechanic dude, not the Geth.

>>36342786
Nah, we're mimicking behavior in order to learn how to behave. We ask the same questions she asked us, but replace our name with hers.

>>36342735
>So... What kind of classes do they teach here? Besides the normal ones that is.
>Worry we botched the intro.

>>36343137
Can't his AI brain rephrase those questions though so they don't look glaringly copied?

He did notice they found it weird when he mimicked exactly.

So yeah, he'd need to be retarded to eep doing that, it's already obvious, he already picked up that he can't do things just like other people, just alter them slightly as an experiment.

>>36343166
>Worry we botched the intro.
I like this. We can recognize that she's uncomfortable, and are worried that we've fucked up.

>>36343176
Fair enough. But use her questions as a rather obvious base.

>>36342735

Ask if she would feel more comfortable if we spoke like R2D2.

We can also do C3PO

>>36343198
Yeah. We're an AI, not a computer. We learn things and soon our spaghetti will not fall! H-hopefully.

>>36343213
Seems good for me.

Could we do without the drawings? I'd rather just play than wait for them.

>>36343546
I kind of agree. Like, they're nice, and very well done, but not for every post. Maybe just on major plot points.

Unless you're doing this to practic your drawing, in which case, carry on.

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>>36342735
You worry that one of your responses was incorrect. You were sure you had them right, but perhaps there was a subtlety in the phrasing that you parsed incorrectly? Maybe if you listen to how Annika responds….

You consolidate your courage and open your mouth.

“Annika, what is your past? How did you enroll at Apollo Institute?”

Annika looks a little surprised, but eases into a smile. “I’m nothing special, really. I lived with my parents in a farming town until I started hearing voices in my head. I couldn’t sleep for a week. I thought I was going to go crazy, before Ms. Hildegarde showed up. That was about three years ago.”

Annika’s response was much longer than yours, and she included tangential information without additional questioning.

Experimentally, you offer your own tangent. “You’ve been here longer than I’ve been active.”

“Really? How long have you been ah, active?”

The conversation carries on a little longer this time. It’s hard to decide what new piece of information you should add, or what questions you should ask, but you try your best.

After a few more minutes, Annika stops at a door. The white placard reads 1360. She produces a key from her pocket and unlocks the door.

The room is empty of other residents, but there are some minimal furnishings - a bunk bed, a desk and chair. The lower bed has already been dressed with brightly coloured cartoon bedsheets, and a few other objects litter the room, presumably that of your roommate’s.

“Guess you’re taking the top bunk,” Annika says, eyeing the bed. “I’ll let you unpack and settle in. Uh, I don’t know if you eat or not, but dinner’s at 8, in the dining hall. I’ll be at the table right by the entrance, if you decide to come.” She waves at you. You wave back, and she leaves the room.

>unpack
>explore the building
>examine your roomate’s things
>examine the contents of the envelope

>>36343546
>>36343571
noted! i'll reduce the pics or try to predraw more of them next time

>>36343698
>>unpack
Priorities and all that

>>36343726
That seems like the best idea. Places you know we'll go eventually, like the admin office and room would be to predraw if thats what you wanna do.

>>36343698
>Unpack
>examine contents of envelope

>>36343698

>unpack

>>36343726
It would assist in update time, but this quest has a lot of charm in it's art and drawquests are always liked.

>>36343698
>unpack

>>36343698
>examine the contents of the envelope
>unpack

>>36343698

>examine your roomate’s things
>explore the building

I feel like you would be trying to take in as much information as possible in a new location

>>36343698
>examine the contents of the envelope
What envelope would that be?
Also, is our roomie a kid genius?

>>36343698
You didn’t bring much with you, but you were told to unpack, so you do. You didn’t bring bedsheets, because you don’t sleep in a bed. You place your change of clothes in the closet, carefully uncoil your charger and plug it into a wall socket, and place your polish and self grooming tools under the bathroom counter. The photo of you and your Father, you place in the desk drawer.

The end result still looks more like your roommate’s room than yours. You try to think about some personal effects that you would like to purchase, but can’t think of anything. Though you’ve learned much about the world in your 6 months, you’ve never tried thought much about your own preferences. You don’t have any hobbies, or interests, likes, or dislikes.

1/?

>>36344102
I think Roleplaying would be one, once he learns about it.

It's all about emulating human behavior, after all.

>>36344211
Hm, you're right.

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>>36344102
Mathematics, theater, philosophy, music, cats.
>>36344211
And what this dude said.

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>>36344102
There is the sound of a key turning in the lock. A young blonde man in a cap and hoodie comes into the room.

“Oh, hey!,” he says, smiling very widely at you. “You must be our new roommate! Wow, you’re really a robot, huh? Oh man, that’s so cool! We used to love reading about Dr. Simovich when we were younger, had a real robot phase growing up. Guess things have come a loooong way since then. His inventions have always been wicked though - but we guess you would know, right?”

The man laughs for no apparent reason, and claps you on the shoulder. You’re not sure what to say, but he doesn’t seem to be waiting for your response.

“You must have just got here, since we only stepped out a few minutes ago. Since you weren’t here, we kind of just made ourselves at home,” he gestures to his possessions, strewn about the room, “We hope you don’t mind. If you want us to move stuff, or anything else, just let us know!”

>[fill in]

>>36344392
I assure you, my fathers creations are not "wicked", they are, as a matter of fact, quite benevolent. Also, who is this "we you speak of? I see only you.

>>36344422
You are correct his inventions are as you put it "wicked", but I must inform you that I am an android not a robot.

>>36344422

Who is we, and shou;d I be laughing right now?

Best way to learn is to ask

>>36344422
>[fill in]

"Wicked? He has never created a single wea--Oh. Wicked, as in 'good'. Yes. Right."

>>36344422
>Who is "We"?

>>36344422
>>36344487
I'll go with this.

>>36344515
>>36344472
>>36344487
This would be a good combo in this order.

>>36344600
I agree with this.

>>36344600
This nigga's got it right.

>>36344600
Awkward dork AI-bot is in full power. Roomie sounds like a cool guy.

>I like the sheets, they are very colorful.

>>36344422
You feel affronted on your Father’s behalf, and start to his defence. “My father has never created a wicked thing in his life, and I, who is an android, and not a robot, especially, am not - “

“Woah, hey,” the blonde shows his palms in a gesture of placation. “We meant wicked as in um, really really good. It’s slang - do you know slang? Guess not. But that’s what we meant. And android, ‘cause you’re humanlike, of course. Should have known you take things real literally, huh.”

Oh. He was only praising your Father’s work. You feel rather foolish.

“Hey, that’s alright!” he says, “We’ll know better next time. It’s only your first day. If you dropped us in some foreign country and expected us to mingle with the locals we’d be doing a lot worse than you, let us tell you that.”

You feel like this would be true, and feel slightly less foolish.

While you listen to him speak, a question comes to your mind. “Why do you use the pronoun ‘we’? To my knowledge, it’s a plural pronoun.” Is this some other language quirk you’ve never encountered?

“Oh, that’s because we’re - uh, it’s hard to explain. The reason we’re here, or our ‘power’, we guess you could say, is that, there’s one of us, but there’s five of us. Here, it’ll be easier if we show you.”

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>>36344852
These persons will be our bro. Best friend. Yes.

>>36344852
Wait.
Did we just get enrolled into Xavier's school for gifted children?

Are we gonna be an X-men!
X-man? X-guy? Fuck, i dunno.

>>36344878
A safe conclusion based on prior experiences.

Yes. I agree.

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>>36344852
You roommate kneels, one knee on the floor. “You might want to back up a bit.”

You have just enough time to take one step back before the room is engulfed in a light so bright even your enhanced visual sensors are blinded. It takes a few seconds for you to regain your bearings. When you do, the man is gone.

In his place are 5 fully grown white-blonde wolves, taking up nearly the entire room’s floor space.

You stare at them.

They stare back at you, blinking in unison.

You pull the corners of your mouth up into a smile, and wave.

>>36345026
Oh god. And I bet he's a furry, too.

But, really, his super power is that he's literally a pack of wolves? That's fucking awesome.

It's getting pretty late so I think i'm going to end the thread here guys! thank you so much for reading along and sticking through the long waits. QMing is a lot harding than I thought!

I'll stick around so feel free to ask questions or make comments and suggestions about how I could improve

>>36345058
Thanks for running.

>>36345058
Thanks for running. Do you have a QM twitter?

>>36345058
This was a cool thread, looking forward to seeing more from you!

>>36345026
>>36345053
We are going to pet him so much all of the pets

no homo tho

>>36345117
just made one @AndroidQM.

>>36345273
I would say put it in the /qtg/ so you can be added to the QM twitter list, but the mods are purging them.

>>36345284
Nah, bringing this to QTG's attention isn't the best idea.

I just hope they're not about to start purging quests. I didn't even know about these things until a couple of months ago.

>>36345367
If they make /qu/ then I don't mind since a lot of people don't like having quests here, but purging quests when we've all been told time and time again that quests belong on tg is just silly.

Weird but kind of cool.

bump