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>>42308009
To describe her as "just" a witch would be a great injustice. The woman, towering over me with her great presence, her raven hair flowing freely as she turns, not to mention complementing her dark outfit adorned with black feathers perfectly, all of which seem to carry the purpose of leading the attention to her great... well, let's just say I pray for the sake of my spine I will never be even half the woman she is.

As she looks down to me with hungry eyes, she presents a smile more intimidating than any I have ever seen. My very soul seems to cry out in fear as I realize just how dangerous this venture of mine is.

"Now," her now-calm voice somehow seems even more frightening, "why don't you tell me exactly what you can do for me, little one? And especially remember to stress why you would be more valuable to me as an apprentice than as a toad."

Okay. This is okay, I'm okay. I prepared for this, I can do it. For Papa.

"Kind Lady, my name is"
>Amalia
>Nadja
>Johanna
>Write-in, but QM veto most definitely applies on this vote

"and I would make a great apprentice to you because-"
>I am braver than any other girl, as I have proved by coming here!
>I will serve you unquestioningly, no matter what task you ask!
>I am cute and will provide you great company!
>Write-in

>>42308031
>Johanna
>I will serve you unquestioningly, no matter what task you ask!

>>42308031
>>Nadja
>>Write-in: I have great respect for you and a bright head on my shoulders!

Good luck, Friend-sama.
- Alcohol.

>>42308031
>>Amalia
>>I will serve you unquestioningly, no matter what task you ask!

>>42308031
>Nadja
>I will serve you unquestioningly, no matter what task you ask!
Hard-worker a go!

>>42308031
>Janna
if not
>Nadja
would be preferable.

>I am determined to be one

>>42308031
>I will serve you unquestioningly, no matter what task you ask!
>Nadja

>>42308031
>Nadja
>I will serve you unquestioningly, no matter what task you ask!

>>42308031
>Mara
>I will serve you unquestioningly, no matter what task you ask!

>>42308031
>Amalia
>I will serve you unquestioningly, no matter what task you ask!

>>42308160
If Mara doesn't get any support, I'll second Amalia. Nadja sucks.

>>42308031
>Nadja
>I am braver than any other girl, as I have proved by coming here!

>Johanna, 1 vote
>Nadja, 5-6 votes
>Amalia, 2-3 votes
>Mara vetoed, it's the name of one of the two moons and, in the Empire at least, it would be extreme heresy to name your daughter after it. In other words I like it too much

>unquestioning servitude, well, lots more votes than any other option, so that's our main argument!

>>42308031
>Amalia
>I am braver than any other girl, as I have proved by coming here!

>>42308304
>In other words I like it too much
Your words warm my heart

>>42308304
>unquestioning servitude, well, lots more votes than any other option, so that's our main argument!
I find it kinda funny that we voted in the option that logically leaves the least amount of player agency.

>>42308380
Probably because it's the option most likely to convince her.

>>42308380
And remember, where agency is removed from one part of the story, agency is inserted or otherwise brought to the fore otherwise.

Just like a CYOA!

In the mud - at the end of the world - you shall crawl to the lasting of my spite!

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>>42308304
>Vetoing Mara

Yeah, no one wants to be named after a giant green dick on wheels.

>>42308467
Mara can have several meanings. It could be the personification of Mother Earth, Nightmares, Death or Temptation depending on the culture.

>>42308031
>Ebony D'Arcness Ravenway, of the Dementia Ravenways
>>I am braver than any other girl, as I have proved by coming here!

>>42308556
>>42308467
Or it can mean Bitter.

>>42308467
>Yeah, no one wants to be named after a giant green dick on wheels.
Speak for yourself.

>>42308556
You also forgot ocean, illusion, and darkness.

>>42308031
"Kind Lady, my name. " I almost attempt a curtsy before remembering my seated position, instead lowering my head in respect, "is Nadja, and I would make a great apprentice to you because I will serve you unquestioningly, no matter what task you ask!"

In a single elegant motion, the witch's face shifts from a hungry smile to a crooked grin. "So you are a slave, then? I'm afraid that I have no shackles in my home, but I'm sure a set could be procured from the local blacksmith."

"Wha- no no, that's not what I- how would I even work with shackles on!?"

"I never mentioned work."

She winks and laughs to herself, as if telling a joke, though I don't see how that's a joke at all?

"A-a-anyway, the closest blacksmith is my papa! He wouldn't make evil things like that!"

Promptly, her laughter ends. "The blacksmith in the town of Hinde, is that your father?"

Should I not have said that? Maybe witches like orphans better? "Ye-e-es?"

"Andreas Schmidt, that dreamy, handsome hunk of a man, is your father?"

"Uh..."

"That settles it! Apprenticeship accepted, starting tomorrow at dawn!"

That.. that was all it took to convince her in the end? What a strange lady.

"Unfortunately," she begins, "a witch's apprentice cannot be accepted until she has completed the initiation rites, which can only be performed during the Joining, which isn't for another month. Until then, you'll be my servant, you'll call me Misstress, and assist with household duties. For now, you're dismissed!"

The Joining, the yearly event during which the two moons align and rain their blessings and wrath upon the land. It's in two days, I know that.

>"Uhm, actually, the Joining takes place in two days."
>I'll mention it tomorrow, I guess. Time to head home before it gets dark.
>"Can I do anything for you before I leave, Misstress?"
>Write-in

>>42308647
>"Uhm, actually, the Joining takes place in two days."

>>42308647
>"Uhm, actually, the Joining takes place in two days."

"Mistress, the joining is in two days - but if you wish me to wait a month before deciding if I am worthy, I humbly accept your decision."

>>42308647
>"Uhm, actually, the Joining takes place in two days."
>"Can I do anything for you before I leave, Misstress?"

>>42308647
>"Uhm, actually, the Joining takes place in two days."

>>42308647
>"Uhm, actually, the Joining takes place in two days."
Mistress pls

>>42308647
>>In a single elegant motion, the witch's face shifts from a hungry smile to a crooked grin. "So you are a slave, then? I'm afraid that I have no shackles in my home, but I'm sure a set could be procured from the local blacksmith."
>
>"Wha- no no, that's not what I- how would I even work with shackles on!?"
>
>"I never mentioned work.
OP pls.
>>42308647
>>"Can I do anything for you before I leave, Misstress?"

>>42308647
>>"Can I do anything for you before I leave, Misstress?"


THIS WITCH IS LEWD AF HOLY SHIT

>>42308647
>"Uhm, actually, the Joining takes place in two days."

>>42308647
>putting lesbian subtext in in the third post
>making the witch lewd
Why would you doom your own quest like this?

>>42308647
>"Andreas Schmidt, that dreamy, handsome hunk of a man, is your father?"
>
>"Uh..."
>
>"That settles it! Apprenticeship accepted, starting tomorrow at dawn!"

I'll admit i chuckled

>>42308647
>>"Uhm, actually, the Joining takes place in two days."
>How long since you las went out?
First quest acquired!
>Take Raven on a pleasent outing.

>>42308713
Can we not start this?

>>42308683
It's a yearly event thou so waiting a month is waiting till next year

>>42308647
>"Can I do anything for you before I leave, Misstress?"

>>42308727
You just started it. Good job.

>>42308725
I read that as "Tax Raven". Witch Tax Collectress Quest

>>42308757
Okay.

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>>42308757
>>42308713

>All those morons jumping into conclusions about hurr durr lesbian porn
Jesus, you should finally get laid!

>>42308841
>Jesus, you should finally get laid!
Been there, done that. It's alright, but I think shitposters are born, not made

Looks like you want to correct her on her mistake. Let's see how she responds to that!

>>42308853
If this quest gets derailed because of all this idiots, /tg/ reached new level of inmaturity

>>42308878
It's one samefag, just don't reply

>>42308878
I think people will calm down.

Anyways, OP. How do old are we, roughly?

>>42308853
The point is not getting laid once, the point is going steady - with a girl by his side, one has no time to shitpost.

>All dis triggerman posting in quest

Hang in their OP, it will get better

>>42308931
>Hang in their
>their
>not "there"
You're not helping

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>>42308931
>triggerman
>their

>>42308647

>"Andreas Schmidt, that dreamy, handsome hunk of a man, is your father?"
So we gonna end up being daddy's wing girl?

>"Uhm, actually, the Joining takes place in two days."

>>42308841
>any mention of female homosexuality is hurr durr lesbian porn
>women can't have legitimate relationships

>>42309085
feels bad man

>>42309116
It's like laurel hester never existed

>>42309069
"Mom, uh, I mean Mistress, what were you doing Dad earlier? Sparring? Forging?"

"Let's call it that. Now get to scrubbing!"

>>42309069
>So we gonna end up being daddy's wing girl?
Of course. They'll become the greatest.

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>>42308647
"Uhm," for just a second more, I ponder whether or not to be bold enough to correct her, "actually the Joining takes place in two days."

Immediately, she serves me a ice cold glare, shivers racing down my spine as I involuntarily twitch about in the chair, but I can't back out now that I've said it.

"I'm very sure that you're mistaken, uhm, Misstress."

For a few moments more she holds the glare, before easing into a soft, and for the first time tonight, kind smile.

>Misstress' opinion has changed to +5

"You've done your research, good. And I can only assume you timed your arrival here deliberately."

I did, but I wasn't intending to admit that before. Nonetheless, she takes my silence as confirmation and laughs so heartily I can't help but smile a little myself.

"We may just make something out of you. And it HAS been a while since I had an apprentice last more than a week. Do try to keep it up, little one."

"Now, since the Joining is indeed in just two days, we will have to prepare you tomorrow. For now, you should return home before the dark falls. It wouldn't do for my new apprentice to be eaten on her first day."

She's right, it took me a long time to find her home in the woods. Hopefully, I can make better time on the return trip. I rise from my seat, and strike my best curtsy.

"Thank you, Misstress, and good evening."

She nods and simply waves me away. I take the message and hurry out the door, already having made my way down the steps before remembering that the door was supposed to be locked. A trick, or some kind of magic?

Outside, the sky above me is already turning red and the birds falling silent. Mixed with the stench of half-decayed plants and no doubt slimy animals in the bog she decided to build her home by, the whole atmosphere leaves me quite unnerved. All the more reason to hurry home.

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>>42309416
Fortunately, it turns out that now I know the way I can make the distance in good time before the sun can fully set, and before dinnertimer too. That means I have time to take a quick detour before heading home.

Normally, Amalia would be my first choice. She's my age and we've always been good friends. Sadly, she's out of town accompanying her father on a business trip to the Imperial Capital.

Instead, I could go visit Kerstin and Klemens, the son and daughter of the priest in Hinde. Klemens is only a year older than me, but at 16 Kerstin is almost an adult. She's very smart though and always gives me good advice.

I could also could look for big sis and walk home with her. She's big and strong and brave so she's usually at the barracks trying to train the soldiers.

Or I could just head right home. Obviously I can't tell Papa what I'm planning, but I can ask him about his day or maybe help with dinner.

>Go visit Kerstin and Klemens
>Look for big sister
>Head straight home

Apologies about the slowness, by the way. I'm really out of shape, and I wasn't very fast to begin with.

>>42309445
>I'm really out of shape
PUMP IRON AND DO GYMNASTICS BECOME THE BEAST YOU ALREADY ARE IN YOUR HEART

>>42309445
>>Look for big sister

Guard sis sounds reliable.

>>42309445
>Go visit Kerstin and Klemens

>>42309445
>>Look for big sister
Time to get lost.
>spoiler
GIT SWOLE.

>>42309445
>Look for big sister

>>42309416
Mistress is spelled with just one s at the start, FYI.

>>42309469
Witches don't do that shit.

>>42309445
>Go visit Kerstin and Klemens

>>42309445
>>Head straight home
Nadja is a good girl. She'll help papa prepare dinner for her papa.

>>42309445
>>Look for big sister

>>42309445
>Head straight home

>lewdbait, lewdbait everywhere

welp. time to make that filter list grow.

>>42309445
Kerstin and Klemens.

>>42309481
I second this.
HUUUUGE!

I want to learn to cast fist.

>>42309493
They should.

>>42309519
No, it's a stupid meme.

>>42309445
>>Look for big sister

>>42309533
Maria tho.

>>42309445
>Look for big sister

>>42309445
>Go visit Kerstin and Klemens

>>42309552
Exactly. AToW is like 99.9% memes and .1% updates at this point.

>>42309552
That's different. Maria was swole before the quest started.

I just don't want forced GOTTA WORK OUT shit. If Mistress says to, I won't complain.

>>42309552
We aren't an exguard killbot. Musclewizard shit is terrible.
Besides we get to keep our humanity.

>>42309445
>Apologies about the slowness, by the way. I'm really out of shape, and I wasn't very fast to begin with.
OP, I'm just glad the quest is going. The pace is but a tertiary factor of good game

>>42309597
>I just don't want forced GOTTA WORK OUT shit. If Mistress says to, I won't complain.
This. What we need to work on however is our laugh.

>>42309490
Oh.

Heh, heheh, oops? I'll try to keep that in mind.

While I'm commenting, looking at the, well, discussion, I should probably remember to mention to you guys that I will never, ever, write lewd things beyond characters who happen to act provocatively, such as Mistress is doing. Just, you know, so you don't go getting the wrong expectations about the quest.

I do hope that at least one romance will bloom eventually, though.

>>42309445
It's your first thread of what I assume is your first quest. You can actually write, aren't taking shit and write long posts.
It's going pretty good to be honest, and almost all QMs improve, so don't worry about pacing.

>>42309681
>It's your first thread of what I assume is your first quest.
Nope, not first quest. OP was just on hiatus for ages.

>>42309657
>laugh
The correct term is 'cackle', anon.

>>42309664
>I do hope that at least one romance will bloom eventually, though.

Between MC and Liftan?

>>42309657
Every witch needs a cackle, and I'm assuming huge tits. Comes with the job

>>42309681
Oh shit wait you did Loli Talker. Man I loved the first few threads and then I forgot about it. Well, glad to see you are still running

>>42309702
>>42309707

>The correct term is 'cackle', anon.
It's a skilltree.

Laugh ->Maniac laugh ->Malignant chuckle ->Evil cackle.

>>42309702
Cackling is for when we're older. It just sounds dumb at our age.

And we've got decades of non-cackling laughter ahead of us yet.

>>42309704
MC x Cackling OTP

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>big sister 6
>K&K 4
>home 1

Please don't forget to keep votes greentexted so it's easier for me to separate them from discussion.

>>42309740
Are you kidding? Cackling is like 10x creepier from a kid.

>>42309758
If they can pull off the atmosphere, but we seem too cute.

>>42309758
>Creepy witch
Anon, not in this quest.

>>42309771
>>42309758
I'm afraid we'll need to get a dark hood and a pale face. Then we can at least smile creepily.

>>42309789
What's the point of being a witch if you're not gonna be creepy?

>>42309813
We have a reason for coming here that seems to have to do with our dad.

>>42309813
Only blatantly evil witches are creepy. Which should give you some clues

>>42309813
The important thing about being a witch is respect. Doesn't matter how you get it, if you don't got respect, you don't got nothing.

Creepiness is hardly a factor in a good cackle.

It's all about how fucking smug and full of yourself you are.

>>42309840
While those witches are the best witches, I don't think Weatherwax style witches are the sort in this quest, more moe anime style witches. no that there is anything wrong with that

>>42309887
Why not both .jpg

>>42309914
Moewax.
That's a force I don't ever want to encounter.

>>42309887
I'm getting more of a Nanny Ogg vibe.

>>42309789
Which quest has creepy witchlings then.

>>42309928
That is what we shall become, and all will love us and despair

>Here I am, doing witch apprentice quests
>Almost getting my long-going RPG goal fixed, the stuff I always wanted to role-play
>All those people with anime experience
>All those people reading Pratchett
>And here I am, with absolutely zero experience in that stuff
Should I be ashamed?

>>42309981
Just have fun, bro.

>>42309930
That works too.
>>42309978
Best End or Bad End?
>>42309981
Well you could always start by correcting the lack of Pratchett in your life.

>>42309981
I follow 4 fanfic quests having never read or watched any of the original material, no need to feel ashamed having not seen any tangentially related media.

>>42310043
This
>>42310016
Only end anon, only end

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>42310015
If this quest will last long enough, I will maybe FINALLY reach any quest, scenario or PBF with witch-in-training that goes BEYOND initial phase of "enrollment"
And I will be so happy..

>>42310016
But it doesn't appeal to me. To be honest I don't like fantasy literature at all

>>42310043
It's so easy to find media these days that there's no excuse for not watching or reading a little if you seriously follow a fanfic quest. There's a good chance it's better than whatever shitty quest you're following.

>>42310078
>spoiler
Fair enough.
>>42310091
Here's my excuse - I like the quest, not the original media. I have no desire to sit through hours of media when I can appreciate the quest for what it is without it, especially when some of them would require watching literally days of filler. And why do you assume the quest is shitty?

>>42310146
>Hours
It takes minutes to watch part of one episode to see whether you want to invest more time.

>And why do you assume the quest is shitty?
Everything is shit by default.

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>>42309445
I really don't know whose bright idea it was, but Hinde is a very... vertical town. Papa says it's something about being right by the safest passage into the mountain region to the south, so travelers from the Empire, the Western kingdoms, and from down south pass by here and that's good business. Strange people do pass through here, alright, but I'm just not sure it's a price worth paying for all these stupid stairs.

The barracks sits on one of the highest points in the town, just in front of the town hall. Officially, this is so that the guards can keep a watch on the entire town, but big sis says it's really just so they can make the rookies run from the top to the bottom and back again all the time.

At this time of day, only two guards are actually left in the yard to greet me, Klaus and Klarissa. Although I sometimes joke about it, they are not actually brother and sister like Kerstin and Klemens are. Klaus always seems amused by the notion, but Klarissa will usually just go silent and leave. I don't think I want her to do that today, so I'll have to save it for another day.

Klarissa is first to notice my arrival abd greets me a little more loudly than necessary, as she tends to do.

"Nadja! Have you finally decided to become a real woman like your sister and train with us?"

Some things never change.

"I'm only twelve, Klarissa."

She slams her armored chest with a clank just barely as loud as her voice. "Never too late to get started!"

Klaus decides to interrupt his training and lays a hand on her shoulder, smiling gently at me.

"Let the girl choose her own life, Klarissa. What good is a soldier with nobody in need of protection, anyway?"

Klarissa only sighs, before returning to her training, leaving me alone with Klaus.

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>>42309757
Sauce of this image? Or this is just an image and not a fanart or anything like that?

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>>42310435
"So what can I help you with, Nadja?"

"I came looking for my sister. Isn't she here?"

He scratches the back of his neck awkwardly, searching for words.

"Well... How to put this... We got a report of a dragon terrorizing the village of Nihe. Naturally, she rushed off without a word. You know how it is."

"Oh... I see."

Yet another adventure. I suppose it's the way it has to be. Someone has to be the big hero who saves the world, and that someone turned out to be my sister. I'll just have to wait until she comes home again. And tell Papa...

"Thanks you, Klaus, and good night."

"You too, Nadja."

The walk home is mercifully shorter, Papa's shop being near the center of town, so as many travelers as possible will see it, he says. At this time, he has already stopped working for the day and started on dinner.

"Ah, Nadja!" He calls out as I enter, "Dinner is almost ready, be a dear and fetch your sister, will you?"

I wish she'd just take a moment to tell him before rushing off instead of letting me do it.

"I already went to the barracks,-"

His shoulders slump, anticipating the news

>"She left to go fight a dragon"
>"She left to go on an adventure"

AND

>Offer to help with dinner
>Offer to set the table
>Go tidy up his workshop, he always forgets the time on his cooking days

>>42310461
>"She left to go fight a dragon"
>Offer to set the table

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>>42310378
Really? I thought everything was awesome?

>>42310461
>>"She left to go fight a dragon"
>>Go tidy up his workshop, he always forgets the time on his cooking days

>>42310461
>"She left to go fight a dragon"
>Offer to set the table

>>42310461
>"She left to go fight a dragon"
>Offer to set the table

>>42310461
>"She left to go fight a dragon"
>Offer to set the table

>>42310461
>>"She left to go on an adventure"
>>42310461
>>Offer to set the table

>>42310438
Pixiv ID is on the picture, dude. Though that picture doesn't seem to be there, artstyle and name seem to match.

>>42310461
>"She left to go on an adventure"
>Go tidy up his workshop, he always forgets the time on his cooking days

>>42309728
Shush BROP.

>>42310461
>"She left to go fight a dragon"
>Go tidy up his workshop, he always forgets the time on his cooking days

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>>42310560
>Shush BROP.
Nope.

>>42310461
>"She left to go fight a dragon"
>Go tidy up his workshop, he always forgets the time on his cooking days

>>42310555
>Though that picture doesn't seem to be there
The artist made the image private for some reason, that tends to happen every now and then on pixiv, no idea why artists do it.

>>42310461
>"She left to go fight a dragon"
>Go tidy up his workshop, he always forgets the time on his cooking days

>>42310461
>"She left to go fight a dragon"
>Offer to set the table

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>>42310438
>>42310555
There are usually lots of other places to find past works.

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>>42310717
I grabbed it off a boorgu while looking for inspiration. Figure I might as well use all these witches as intermission pictures, because they can't all fit in the quest without everything going crazy.

>"She left to go fight a dragon"
9 votes
>"She left to go on an adventure"
2 votes

>Offer to help with dinner
0 votes
>Offer to set the table
6 votes
>Go tidy up his workshop, he always forgets the time on his cooking days
5 votes

Any good animu with witch apprentices in it? Preferably not smuty and definitely not magical girls fighting evils of the world

>>42310862
Little witch Academia is pretty great

>>42310862
Ojamajo Doremi and Fushigi Mahou Fun Fun Pharmacy are nice.

>>42310862
There's that one people keep raving about, "Witch Academia" or something along those lines. Haven't seen it so I can't attest to its quality.

>>42310862
Tweeny Witches.

Yes the localized title is stupid, much shorter though so fuck the Jap title

>>42310971
It really is a terrible title, although to be fair, Mahou Shoujo Tai Arusu isn't much better either. At least the localized title makes it clear they're not magical girls.

Fantastic anime though, easily one of my favourites and I need to rewatch it one of these days, I'm not entirely sure if it would fit what that anon is looking for though.

>>42310862
XXXholic.

>>42310862
Seconding DoReMi.

>>42311204
Good joke.

>>42310892
>>42310910
>>42310924
>>42310971
>>42311103
>>42311225
Thanks
Need detox after tar-like True Detective miniseries

>>42310461
"She left to go fight a dragon."

Papa spins on the spot, a tense look on his eyes and his arms shaking violently.

"A WHAT? DID YOU JUST SAY A DRAGO-"

"I'll go set the table," I blurt before hurrying out of the kitchen. Behind me, papa slams the door shut behind me, thankfully rendering the subsequent barrage of shouts unintelligble. Poor Papa.

Judging by the scent, the dish he's preparing is fish-based, so I grab two sets of plates, forks, knives, and glasses out of the cupboard and arrange each at one side of the table. Papa doesn't like us sitting at each end, he says it's very asocial.

By the time I'm done he has calmed down a bit, but it's usually better to let him decide when he's cooled down. Not that he would ever hit us or anything, but a thorough shouting isn't very fun either. Instead, I decide to watch the setting sun through the window, casting it's red light over the sky as silhouettes of the last stragglers heading home for dinner pass by.

Only a few moments later Papa emerges from the kitchen, a platter covered with filets of a fish I know I should remember the name of, rice, peas, and cream sauce. It looks much more sophisticated than anything I could make yet.

The first minutes of dinner pass in uncomfortable silence, before I finally decide enough is enough.

"Did you have a nice day, Papa?"

He takes a few moments to answer, considering his answer.

"Yet another slow day, I'm afraid. But don't worry, thing will turn around."

I can't help letting out an annoyed hmph. He always says that. That's exactly why I need the witch's help, what else could I do to help papa? I don't know how he does it but the other smith in town, Appleton, keeps taking all the customers, even though he charges more and his products are much worse than Papa's. All the stupid adventurers and travelers buy them and I don't understand why!

1/2

>>42311534
But maybe magic can help Papa. He tried to teach me, but I just can't understand his craft at all, so I can't help that way. I just have to make sure he doesn't find out, he would be very angry if I did anything... sneaky, and yell about "honor of the craft" and such.

And again, awkward silence falls on the room.

>"Are you going to yell at big sis when she comes home?"
>Offer to take care of the dishes alone so he can go relax.
>Ask to be excused and head to bed early.

>>42311554
>Offer to take care of the dishes alone so he can go relax.

>>42311554
>>Offer to take care of the dishes alone so he can go relax.

We're a good daughter.

>>42311554
>Offer to take care of the dishes alone so he can go relax.

>>42311554
>Offer to take care of the dishes alone so he can go relax.

>>42311554
>>Offer to take care of the dishes alone so he can go relax.

>>42311554
>"Are you going to yell at big sis when she comes home?"

>>42311554
>"Are you going to yell at big sis when she comes home?"

>>42311554
>Offer to take care of the dishes alone so he can go relax.

Honestly, just reading that, I kind of feel for the dude. I wonder why is it that they go out of their way for worse workmanship and higher prices?

>>42311554
>"Are you going to yell at big sis when she comes home?"

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>>42311693
Maybe some magic is involved??

>>42311707
I won't lie, I did consider that. After we get a few lessons under our belt, I want to kind of take a day to go investigate ourselves.

>>42311693
Appleton probably has marketing and adverts and a catchy slogan or gimmick. The Appleton iSword - it just works.

>>42311750
Also the fact the blacksmith gives you a literal ton of apples if you buy anything is great.

>>42311750
If he was named Appleby, he would be a talentless hack instead... I'm telling you, it's all about the names. The true names!

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>"Are you going to yell at big sis when she comes home?"
3 votes
>Offer to take care of the dishes alone so he can go relax.
6 votes
>Ask to be excused and head to bed early.
0 votes

I notice I keep forgetting to add the Write-in option, so please just assume that it is always an option. I will notice you and at least make an effort to find a way to include it when possible. Well, depending on the support, I guess, but I at least promise to notice you!

>This sudden awkward silence

>>42311693
We might be biased. His work is genuinely superior and dad doesn't want to admit it. It's not like we could tell if he was lying since we don't know the craft.

>>42312286
Happens in most quests when waiting for a post, and with no prior threads there isn't much to talk about or plan for

>>42312316
Or there could be players like me who're mostly too busy to do anything other than check the thread every hour or so, missing a vote or two in the process.

>>42311554
I stand up and begin to collect the plates, to Papa's protestations.

"Leave it, Nadja, I'll ta-"

"No," I bite a little more harshly than intended, "please allow me, Papa. I want you to take it easy tonight."

"That's really not necessary," he stands up, "just let me-"

"No!" Surprise washes over his face as we lock eyes, and I make sure to give him my sternest look to show that I'm serious.

Surprise eventually melts into a calm I haven't seen for weeks now, and he sits back down, contented.

"You really have your mother's eyes."

I never knew Mama. Papa mentions her sometimes, but doesn't want to talk about what happened to her. I glance back at him before exiting the room.

"Is that good?"

He doesn't answer.

I make quick work of the dishes, and the evening ends with little more than an exchange of "good night"

-

In the morning, I make sure to rise early, the sun only barely begining to make its mark on the sky. Papa's snoring still rumbles through the house and I quietly prepare a few slices of yesterday's leftover bread, taking one for myself and leaving the rest for Papa, grab an apple for the road and head out into the streets.

The town is probably at its prettiest now, bright enough to not be night, morning mist floating gently over the cobblestones, and wonderfully quiet since everyone is still asleep. Everybody but the birds, me, and...

Huh.

Over by the ledge in front of the house on the far side of this level of the town, some boy I've never seen in town. He's just sitting there, staring at the forest below town. And his clothes and his hair are really strange, even for the travelers that pass through here.

>No time to worry about that, I need to be at Mistress' home at dawn.
>Go ask Kerstin and Klemens if they've ever seen that boy. All travelers stop at the temple.
>Go ask him what he's doing here. It's not like he's a dangerous monster or something.
>Write-in

>>42312406
>Write-in
Tell father that there's adventurer in town

>>42312406
>No time to worry about that, I need to be at Mistress' home at dawn.

>>42312406
>>No time to worry about that, I need to be at Mistress' home at dawn.

>>42312406
>>Go ask him what he's doing here. It's not like he's a dangerous monster or something.
But be quick, we don't want to be late

>>42312406
>No time to worry about that, I need to be at Mistress' home at dawn.

>>42312406
>Write-in: See if Kerstin and Klemens are around. If yes, ask them if they've ever seen that boy, then run to Mistress' home to be on time

>>42312406
>No time to worry about that, I need to be at Mistress' home at dawn.

>>42312406
>No time to worry about that, I need to be at Mistress' home at dawn.

>>42312406
>Go ask him what he's doing here. It's not like he's a dangerous monster or something.

>>42312406
>>Go ask him what he's doing here. It's not like he's a dangerous monster or something.

We ain't afraid of no boy.

>>42312406
>No time to worry about that, I need to be at Mistress' home at dawn.

>>42312406
Calling it now, our mom is the Witch.

>>42312406
>Go ask him what he's doing here. It's not like he's a dangerous monster or something.

>>42312406
>Go ask him what he's doing here. It's not like he's a dangerous monster or something.

>>42312506
But anon, why are you calling something that was obvious right when the quest started?

>>42312406
>Go ask him what he's doing here. It's not like he's a dangerous monster or something.


>>42312506
Maybe, she was digging on him hard.

>>42312406
>No time to worry about that, I need to be at Mistress' home at dawn.

>>42312406
>>No time to worry about that, I need to be at Mistress' home at dawn.

>>42312406
>No time to worry about that, I need to be at Mistress' home at dawn.

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>>42312506
Way too easy, anon, way way too easy.

But don't worry, the truth will find its way to the committed seeker.

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>No time to worry about that, I need to be at Mistress' home at dawn.
9 votes
>Go ask Kerstin and Klemens if they've ever seen that boy. All travelers stop at the temple.
0 votes + 1 write-in
>Go ask him what he's doing here. It's not like he's a dangerous monster or something.
6 votes

I'm half-expecting to get there at dawn and find her sleeping.

>>42312744
>Way too easy, anon, way way too easy.
Our mother WAS a witch, but then became the MOON.

>>42312783
That's rough, buddy.

>>42312783
We should become moon too so she won't be alone!

>>42312783
Not convoluted and fucked up enough.

We use our witch powers to go back in time when we get older, we are our own mother.

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>>42312847

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>>42312779
So you are not expecting her being so deep in sleep it will require to sneak in the house and talk with a cat or accidently breaking a jar with some very rare substance

>>42312783
>>42312847
My sides...

>>42312871
If she wanted someone to keep her company, she should have had a sun instead. :^)

>>42312883
Nah
We are father
And our son will become the mother
Time loop made from two timelines!

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>>42312903
Thanks for making us depressive now...

>>42312918
We'll basically repeat the plot of Predestination.
We're our own mother, father and teacher

>>42312918
>>42312967

I don't get how that would work...

>>42312982
Time travel

>>42312982
That's why we have to learn magic first. It'll all work itself out somehow.

I don't want to be a wet blanket, but we are getting dangerously close and fast to bump limit

>>42313016
We're nealy 100 posts away from bump limit, and after we reahed it we still got a few hours.

>>42312982
It's fucking simple nigga
First we travel back in time to become father of our son
Son travels back in time to become our mother
And then we repeat this stuff

>>42313016
Not even close.

>witches
>magic
>real

>>42313038
But if you want complicated we could add bunch of timelines that criss cross each other with or without end

>>42313073
>>42313038
>>42312996
>>42313002

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFJ24qvqIjI

If time travel was possible witches would all time travel to the nearest Joining date for their apprentices to save time. Where are the witches, huh?

>>42313123
... which means there is no time travel
Occam's razor on its finest

>>42313123
Nearest date is only for poor scrub witches
Pro witches travel to beginning of time that was before magic to start ritual that ends at dusk of stars that held last flame of life

>>42312918
All You Zombies...

Part of me really wants to get to the bottom of this mystery, but I simply don't have the time. I need to be at Mistress' home at dawn, and it's still a long walk there. The thought doesn't leave my mind however, and all the way down the steps through town I have the nagging feeling as if the boy is watching me from above. Finally at the bottom, I spin on the spot to glance back up but he's gone.

I probably imagined it, maybe I even imagined the boy. What real person would wear such ridiculous clothes, after all? I shake the thought and continue on, finishing the rest of my apple while maintaining a brisk pace on the uneventful trip.

I arrive to find the hut already brimming with activity as smoke erupts in steady streams from the chimney as well as an open window.

Despite the apparent activity, nobody yells at me as I step up to the door. In fact, nobody even responds as I knock on the door either. I try to pull on the door, but it's locked. Maybe she's asleep? But if she's asleep, what's with the smoke?

1/2

>>42313369
Deciding something isn't right, I crawl across the narrow ledge above the bog and over to the open window on the side of the far side of the house, slowly as I remind myself the slimy animals probably haven't gotten any less slimy.

Finally arriving at the window, fumes still flowing freely from within, I raise myself up to peek inside. What greets me is not a welcome sight. Sprawled across the floor just beneath the window is Mistress, seemling passed out on the spot. In the right side of the room, I can just barely see the outline of a great cauldron, the apparent source of the fumes. Definitely not good!

I quickly climb inside, of course, but... what do I in a situation like this? I haven't learned anything about witch things yet!

>Just kick the cauldron over, that's the fastest solution!
>Try to put out the fire beneath the cauldron with water!
>Try to drag Mistress out [Choose below]
>> Through the window, hoping she's not too heavy for me.
>> Through the door, hoping I can unlock it from within.

Having to split a post at 2021 characters feels so silly.

>>42313391
>Put her face into bowl of water
Witches can't drown!

>>42313391
>Try to drag Mistress out [Choose below]
>> Through the door, hoping I can unlock it from within.

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>>42311534
>That's exactly why I need the witch's help, what else could I do to help papa?

The witch likes him. Maybe she'd conjure up some gold in exchange for forge-hot big blacksmith dickings.

>>42313391
>Try to drag Mistress out [Choose below]
>> Through the door, hoping I can unlock it from within.

>>42313391
>Try to put out the fire beneath the cauldron with water!

>>42313391
>Try to put out the fire beneath the cauldron with water!

Even if I'm screaming internally "Just kick the cauldron over, that's the fastest solution" while being fully aware how it would have ended

>>42313391
>Try to drag Mistress out [Choose below]
>> Through the door, hoping I can unlock it from within.

>>42313391
>Try to put out the fire beneath the cauldron with water!

>>42313391
>Don't enter the room full of whatever made her faint, idiot.

>>42313391
>> Through the door, hoping I can unlock it from within.

>>42313391
>Lick her face

>>42313391
>Try to drag Mistress out [Choose below]
>> Through the door, hoping I can unlock it from within.

>>42313439
Nah, you'll melt her. Poor form.

>>42313391
>Try to drag Mistress out
> Through the window, hoping she's not too heavy for me.
Would much rather not have either of us stay in the house full of fumes any longer than is necessary. Just get her out of there the fastest way possible and then get her to help figure out what to do about it once she comes to.

>>42313391
>Try to drag Mistress out
>> Through the door, hoping I can unlock it from within.

>>42313391
>>Try to drag Mistress out [Choose below]
>>> Through the window, hoping she's not too heavy for me.

>>42313391
Leave her to die and never ever apprentice ourselves to such a shitty, rubbish, incompetent witch again.

>All those brave little girls struggeling with adult witch that is asleep
It's like you forgot how damn weak you were as kids

>>42313650
This is a test to see whether we react appropriately, obviously.

>>42313671
And my response is the proper witchy answer.

>>42313664
>implying she's not already dead

>>42313391
Ask her what she want us to do

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>>42313445
She wouldn't need any help if all she wanted was lewd things.

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>Just kick the cauldron over, that's the fastest solution!
0 votes
>Try to put out the fire beneath the cauldron with water!
3 votes
>Try to drag Mistress out [Choose below]
7 votes
>>Through the window, hoping she's not too heavy for me.
2 votes
>>Through the door, hoping I can unlock it from within.
6 votes

>>42313749
>2+6=7
Almost as deep as Castellan Theorem, where 5+5=4

>>42313749
Granted, but the "I'm doing this for my daughter" semi-unwillingness makes it kinky.

>>42313749
What the fuck are young witches wearing these days? That shit is hideous.

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>>42313815
I noticed. I think an anon broke my lazy ctrl+f count by only pasting the subselection.

>>42313845
When do we get a hat, every witch worth her salt needs a hat

>>42313867
After consuming our first black cat to attain it's body
Witch hats are made with skin of their first cat body

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>>42313749
You know what, we should roll for degrees of success here!

1d100 please, best of first three. No bonuses or penalties!

Rolled 41 (1d100)

>>42313950

Rolled 18 (1d100)

>>42313867
We're an apprentice. We gotta earn that hat.

>>42313950

Rolled 14 (1d100)

>>42313950
Under or over?
I hope crits are on

>>42313867
So far Nadja is still not a witch

>>42313957
>>42313962
>>42313965
That's almost impressive.

Rolled 15 (1d100)

>>42313950
So far the rolls are atrocious

>>42313983
Could be roll under.

These shit rolls. Mistress better train the shit out of us.

>>42313957
>>42313962
>>42313965
Hey, maybe our clunking her unconscious body into shelves and chairs might wake her up!

>>42313994
>41
>Atrocious
It's barely under average
We would need over 70 to move some fat witch anywhere anyway

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>>42313957
41! Mistress is even heavier than she looks, but don't ever tell her that!

>>42313997
I hope it's not. I want to see us fuck up the very first roll of the quest.

>>42313983
Not really. It's fairly common to have several low rolls after one another because of how the numbers are generated. /tg/ dice favors low rolls.

Rolled 47, 91, 31, 54, 92, 76, 20, 63, 82, 53 = 609 (10d100)

>>42314037
Time to get the roll loop sorted out then.

>>42314033
>>42314037
Please do not worry. You will never roll for anything I'm willing to let you lose.

>>42314075
>You will never roll for anything I'm willing to let you lose.
What?

>>42314017
Actually, with best of three that is quite a bit under average, although I would hardly consider it atrocious.

>>42314037
But there is one generator for all threads, so it's not that easy as you assume. Trust me, I power-game a lot in here

>>42314075
No virginity rolls?

>>42314037
>/tg/ dice favor [insert bullshit you made up here]

/tg/ dice are as random as an RNG can produce. It's not truly random, but there's no patterns that can be seen with anything less than a 10k sample size.

Rolled 44, 52, 40, 45, 46, 6, 5, 29, 86, 30 = 383 (10d100)

>>42314093
Failure through bad decisions over random chance, I'd suppose. Bad rolls are probably more for adding complications and such.

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>>42314103

>>42314093
You will never roll for anything I'm NOT willing to let you lose.

Sneakiest word in the dictionary, I swear.

>>42314093
I assume he means this is a qt quest and therefore death due to rolling won't be an issue.

>>42314138
>I assume he means this is a qt quest
That was obvious purley based on who's running it.

>>42314075
Again?
Why can't people just write failure to accomplish something instead of bullshiting?
I could understand barely any possibility of failure if players regularly rolled 90+ but otherwise it's just silly to play easy mode

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>42314103
On a natural 1 MC will remain a virgin forever

On a natural 20 MC is not a virgin

>>42314181
Maybe this quest isn't some sort of super srs bsns quest and is more sol than anything else

>>42314181
>Witch Apprentice Quest
>HURR WE NEED MORE LETHALITY DURR
Are you even familiar with the genre going in this quest?

>>42314203
The problem is that lack of failure is not a positive thing in nearly any quest
And SoL is not one of genres where it's good

>>42314181
I think the point trying to be made there is that rolls aren't going to be used to determine whether or not the thing we voted for happens, but rather to determine the way in which that thing happens/whether or not there are unexpected hurdles in the way.

>>42314231
>Lethality
>The same as failure

>>42314269
>Light-hearted quest
>Still pushing failure based on random rolls
I really don't feel like arguing with you, this game is too good to argue

>>42314257
There's potential for failure unless the writer isn't willing. And that's fine. No one wants to force a writer to write something they don't want to write, right?

Is this quest animeweebshit?

>>42314326
But anon
Light hearted quests are ones where random failure can have best consequences
Unless you are talking about quests where players somehow become best friends with everyone on first meeting and never anything goes wrong

>>42314411
Failure can be very cute and the QM is well aware of this. Read their earlier quests.

>>42314411
Let's put it this way - OP already stated how things are going.
You don't like that?
Don't play, as simple as that

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>42314189
On an 11, raep is imanent

>>42314474
I don't think we are arguing about the same thing
>>42314441
That's good then
I though he was type to never let players fail at anything

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>42314493
On 13 we get wings

>>42314498
We already failed two decisions, if you carefully read the narrative.

>>42313391
Whatever these fumes are, they're clearly what made her pass out. I remember in Sunday School, Klemens once said that in a fire situation, you should stay low because the smokes rise up into the air, so I drop down next to Mistress to try to wake her. No matter how hard I shake her, she doesn't respond, though she's definitely still alive.

I see no safe alternative, so it looks like I'll just have to drag her out of here, hopefully without passing out from the fumes myself.

Carrying her is definitely out of the question, so instead I grab hold of her arm with both of mine, pull, and... fall flat on my face.

Argh, stupid, Mistress! Nobody needs to be THAT big!

Right, try again, this time putting all of my weight into it. It means standing back up and exposing myself to even more of the fumes, but I can't just leave her here.

Fortunately, with all of my strength available I begin to actually make some progress. I'm sure this treatment of being dragged along the floor is doing nothing good to her outfit, not to mention the bonk her head made when I dragged her down the step from what I assume she would call her lab and into the front room I already encountered once.

The fog is thinner in here, and I feel my breaths coming much easier. Behind me, Mistress is still out cold, though her face bears the distinct marks of the short journey. In retrospect, maybe I should have turned face up first.

Oh well.

I set back to dragging her heavy body across the room, when she begins stirring, grumbling something or other. I ignore it at first, until suddenly she grabs me by the leg and force fully drags me down to the floor.

What came next would catch me completely off guard, as the woman leaps unto me, embracing me forcefully.

"My sweet Camille, you finally came to visit your mama~"

"Wha Mistress, please let go of me, we have to get out of here!"

"Heehee, silly girl, I'm your mama, you don't call me that~"

THREAD ONE END

>>42314555
I didn't. Please tell me what we failed.

>>42314586
>DUM DUM DUM!
Anime witch tropes intensifies!

Thread two when?

>>42314592
We didn't clean the workshop, while there was apparently plenty of time before the dinner.
We didn't interact with the boy, while again, there was plenty of time.

>>42314586
Simply amazing
We somehow turned something that was close enough to respectable witch into insane person with grief or memory issues

>>42314651
Neither were failures

>>42314651
Those aren't mistakes. At all. This isn't some game where we're going for 100% and missed out on events.

>>42314653
>What is Not!Functional Alcoholism

>>42314651
You have unusual viewe on failure
Also I am pretty sure that someone lying unconscious in strange fumes when we arrived is "plenty of time"

>>42314586
Thanks for running OP! Any plans on how long you plan for this quest to run?

>>42314586
When can we expect another thread?

>>42314586
Thanks for running boss

>>42314735
Till Nadja becomes a witch, obviously!

Twitter?

>>42314761
Twitter please, yes.

>>42314761
>>42314770
https://twitter.com/FriendQM
Same guy!

>>42314653
I think the fumes may have had something to do with it.

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So, this turned out better than I expected. I hope you all enjoyed this first thread as much as I did. I am hoping to run the next thread tomorrow, if nothing goes wrong between now and then (and I absolutely do no guarantee that nothing will go wrong). If it is tomorrow, it'll be around the same time.

If it's not tomorrow, I have a twitter @FriendQM that you can follow to please my fragile ego where I always try to keep you updated on when the next thread will be.

>>42314735
Absolutely none. Unlike my previous quest, I don't have any end state in mind, so I'm just gonna try to have fun and hopefully that'll be more fun for you too!

>>42314808
I've missed that pic

>>42314808
Glad to see you running something again. Thanks for the thread!

>>42314808
Witch quests are popular for some reason
Sadly it's pretty much never quest about any of these fun ones

>>42314808
Thanks for running! Did you get inspiration for this quest from any place or is it an original creation?

>>42314808
Thanks for running.

>>42314873
I threw a bunch of things I like on a metaphorical table and tried to glue them together. None of those things are original, but I guess the metaphorical glue is?

Like, I've basically loved the idea of the life a witch apprentice specifically since Maple and Syrup (LoZ: Oracle of Ages/Seasons), but neither Nadja or Mistress are really anything like their counterparts. Does that make it an original thought, or just me trying to justify making a thing I like?

Or another example, the setting is technically homemade, but it just started with "I want magic to work this particular way" and then I needed a setting to justify magic working the way I wanted it. So it's kinda original, but it's also just looking at other things and putting them together in the way I want.

So uh anyway, short answer, I got inspiration for lots of things from lots of things, not any one thing in particular.