>Retrieve arms from eggshell.

I think we should be a hermaphroditic androgynite.

Cousin Beakie!!VlZGpmAmyx 2009/06/11(Thu)13:36 No. 110 ID: 87583b
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>>107
You're INSIDE the egg! You can't get something out from inside it when you're still in it, so you feel around inside. It looks like you have both arms and legs.

Perhaps it would be best to stop touching yourself and HATCH already.

>>110

THAT DOES INDEED SOUND LIKE A PLAN.

>>110
>You don't have the TIME for all this hatching! There is adventure to do! Quickly free legs from shell!

Suggestion 2009/06/11(Thu)17:14 No. 113 ID: ae05f0
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>>110
So is it going to hatch already?

Cousin Beakie!!VlZGpmAmyx 2009/06/11(Thu)18:22 No. 114 ID: 87583b
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>>113
IT IS A MISTERY

MISTERY SOLVED. Cousin Beakie!!VlZGpmAmyx 2009/06/11(Thu)20:10 No. 115 ID: 87583b
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Wow, you are an ugly baby...

Cousin Beakie!!VlZGpmAmyx 2009/06/11(Thu)20:10 No. 116 ID: 87583b
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...But mommy seems to love you all the same.

Cousin Beakie!!VlZGpmAmyx 2009/06/11(Thu)20:19 No. 117 ID: 87583b
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It's time to begin, little one.

Rolled a d10

It says 14

14

7, then work our way up for maximum gameplay!

7.

>>123
You won't work your way up. The quest won't span seven years minimum and will be different for each age group.

The question is, do you want to play LITTLE GIRL QUEST, COMING OF AGE QUEST, YOUNG BUT LEGAL GIRL QUEST, or YOUNG ADULT WOMAN QUEST

Well, it certainly looks like popular opinion wants us to be the little girl.

Little girl might be constraining. Kids can't really go on a adventure or anything.
I'd say 24, preferring my birdsaurians grow up.

Gonna sue for emotional damages if I start to like another of Micks crazy creations because of your quest.

I's say 14.

We would be still young, but old enough to actually do something independent of parental control.

>>130
For children, more mundane things are made more adventurous. While a child wouldn't go about saving the world, a child has to deal with overactive imaginations, lack of knowledge and the fear that they might be grounded, a fate worse than death. A camping trip would probably be sufficient, or getting lost at the town fair.

Adults can be more SRS BUSINESS but have a different sort of adventure that's equally good. More likely to include fun things like politics, corruption, lies, suspicions and much more graphic violence than getting a bump on the head or a scratch on the knee.

Whatever you guys want to do. I've got a plot in mind for every age group.

>>133
Your point about kids is good, but I assume we are adults or at least young adults here. so go for the more mature variation.
I'm still for 24, because I don't like teenage protagonists.

I'm going to give this a little while longer before I start drawing up the good stuff.

I change my vote to 24

You guys want to be a child in a universe potentially involving Sergals? Seriously?

>>138
Oh, they definitely exist in this world. It's Vilous, through and through. But, it's also my little spin on it, and I don't think a hostile sergal would be the worst thing you could find. Even if they're a hungry one and you're made of delicious meats. Which you are, being a Nevrean.

Though I will say, being a child or an adult won't make the world less dangerous, or hamper your ability to combat said danger. It'll just change the sorts of danger you'll find yourself in.

I could do a mix, make the thus far unnamed female character a child at first and then have a time skip later. How does that sound?

I vote 7, followed by a possible 10 year timeskip later.

>>140
Some people voiced complaints about playing a teenage character, so I figure we can skip that and go 10 -> 20.

>>141

Fuck the complainers. :| If they don't like it, they don't have to play.

>>141
This sounds like a good idea.

Everyone's opinions are pretty divided I'd say it's time for Cousin Beakie to make a final ruling, since we aren't goin anywhere fast.

The Little Girl(tm) -> Young Adult Adventurer

>>147
It'll go little girl -> Young Adult when I have time. The next update will be late tonight or sometime tomorrow.

>>156
Uh, make that tomorrow, spent the day working around the house and doing other shit away from the computer... so yeah. Tomorrow.

Cousin Beakie!!VlZGpmAmyx 2009/06/15(Mon)21:24 No. 375 ID: 87583b
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Well now! You've grown up into a fine young lady, four years of age!

MOTHER is a seamstress, and makes some of the clothing used by the people in your SMALL RURAL TOWN.

FATHER is a messenger, so he's usually not around.

Currently you have nothing to do and your INVENTORY is empty. You'd best find something fun to do before MOM or DAD decide to give you more chores! Preferably away from the HOUSE!

>>375
>Ride sheep-cow-asaur in background like a mechanical bull.

>>375
Quickly retrieve NAME from TOWNSFOLK.

Examine surroundings. Any cool stuff to do? Maybe we could steal something from someone and get into trouble.

These are our formative years. If we're going to grow up into a Lv1 Thief we'd better get started!

Well doing stuff on your OWN is boring. Lets go see what the neighbors kids are up to

Dance in field and glen.

So it's going to be slow, but with above average art? Could actually work here.
You should draw a map with the area known to us. This way we won't spent days wandering aimlessly around.

Cousin Beakie!!VlZGpmAmyx 2009/06/16(Tue)12:24 No. 434 ID: 87583b
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This is YOUR TOWN. Well, it's really more of a fort than a town. Your house is the closest one to the gate, which is good because Dad can stop by on the way in and out of town and because that means you can sneak out and see Mr. Jingles whenever you want. Well, almost.

MOM and DAD want you to take CLASSES soon, which would be good for your future but are INCREDIBLY BORING. Plus the big ones that are needed, the foreign languages, are INCREDIBLY HARD. Fortunately (or unfortunately) you're still too young to have to take lessons in combat just in case you ever have to, well, defend the town.

YOUR TOWN exists because there are many ruins nearby in the black forest, and the Nevrean government wants to be able to collect and study the artifacts found there. As such, there's only a few real families in the town, and only one kid near your age, Dekustir, who is a few years older than you and thus he has already been given a name. DAD is one of the many messengers, but he usually goes east instead of west for some reason, while MOM makes clothing for anyone that needs it.

You have an entirely clean slate. You can do anything you want in life, and every day will only help you contribute to whatever it is you'll end up doing.

(Please, no immediate suggestions on what to do. There's already an update in mind after this one that needs to be drawn, and you'll likely want to react to that. Feel free to ask questions about the town and it's surroundings for mini-updates however.)

... research center?

What is a Mr. Jingles?
Is Dekustir our friend or is he to old to hang out with us?
How can we get a name?

>>438
Mr. Jingles is a very nice man that lives in the belly of a tree. He can usually be found around here, when he wants to be found.

When he does, he drops his doll in the forest around there, which has a little bell on it. When it's picked up, the bell jingles, and he comes to meet you. Hence, Mr. Jingles. He often gives treats to good little chicks that talk with him politely.

The adults don't seem to like him, but won't say why.

>>436
The research center is where a bunch of people in fancy clothes try to figure out what people in the old days before recorded history did with all the strange doohickeys found in the ruins.

>>440

Before recorded history?
Ruins?
Strange doohickeys?

Gentlemen, I believe it is time for SCIENCE

>>438
Dekustir is about three years older than you. You can get a name once you've done something notable or decided what you want to do in life, so it's still a bit out of your reach.

He's fun to be around, and you think he's pretty smart, but is a bit of a wuss when it comes to physical deeds. As the elders put it, "He's a cookie. Sweet, but brittle."

In that case Dekustir's new nick name shall be 'Brittles' Likely drives the poor boy mad when she calls him that!

Anyway question period is it?

Why do we need to 'sneak' into the forest? Are we not allowed there?

Why are there 'classes' setup here in the first place? There aren't much kids.. how can one have a 'class' without students?

>>443
YOUR TOWN is usually manned by new recruits, and they have to get some learnin' in. They're all much older than you, almost twenty if not over twenty.

Also, for them, foreign languages are mandatory. YUCK!

Of course you're not allowed into the forest! The forest is fun and parents hate fun! Unless they're involved, and that's rarely that fun! Then again, the forest is also QUITE DANGEROUS, especially if you go any deeper than where Mr. Jingles hangs out. Plus, there's lots of SHARP CORNERS in the ruins and many rocks to trip over and receive OWIES from.

Let's go look at the trader tents. After that we can sneak into the forest.

I bet we haven't gotten a good look at the latest group of travelers. Maybe we'll find something cool. Let's go there right away and try to stay hidden.

Who is the Mean Lady?

>>500
There's this lady, right. And she's mean, okay. And you don't like her and don't want to go that way.

Though I bet she'd still save us from Mr. Jingles, who is setting off the pedo warning bell.

Mr. Jingles is not a pedophile.

>>689
;_;

Honestly sounds like some sort of imaginary friend to me...or maybe some sort of mystical guardian of the ruins?

Would explain why he's nice to kids, and not the filthy power hungry adults.

Well, no worries if he's not a problem person.

He could still be some kind of mythical person-eater who waits for you to get a puzzle wrong before eating you, or something...

My vote is to spy on the Traders.

Cousin Beakie!!VlZGpmAmyx 2009/06/17(Wed)20:49 No. 765 ID: 87583b
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You spy, with your little eye, the traders' tents, clearly visible from where you stand at your house. Most of the traders seem to be inside their tents, though there appears to be a southern sergal selling trinkets at a stand.

Do we have any money?

Do any of the trinkets look appealing? Perhaps a musical instrument or a piece of jewelry we could wear or gift to someone? Maybe we could buy one.

If we don't have any money, let's try sneaking around at an angle where the Southern Sergal can't see us approach and peek inside a tent.

We're not stealing anything. Let's just look...

Browse the traders' tents. See if there's anything that catches your eye. Maybe you can get a present for Dekustir.

Start to small talk with the Sergal trader and learn some gossip and general news from him.

Suggestion 2009/06/19(Fri)22:33 No. 1000 ID: 87583b
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>>796
You speak with the sergal trader, greeting him(?) and then asking him about the news from other parts of the world.

Unfortunately, as cheerful as his reply is, you don't understand a word of sergal.

>>1000
Ask him politely with a smile if he speaks... uh... whatever language we speak.

>>1000
Take a look at the trinkets (s)he has for sale, could be something interesting.

(Also, congrats on 1k get.)

Pretty good "woh" "abou" you girl.

Obviously it's a sergal with a speech impediment. Examine the trinkets?

No lingua shigu on Vilous? That would explain the mandatory language classes. If it's impossible to communicate we should go elsewhere, like hooking up with Brittles.
Maybe you should consider doing some text only update to keep the quest going. For example, talking with someone doesn't need a new picture for every few sentences.

Check out what the Sergal has to sell. He may not speak your language, but surely he understands the universal language of cold, hard cash.

Cousin Beakie!!VlZGpmAmyx 2009/06/20(Sat)20:13 No. 1155 ID: 87583b
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>>1002
The southern sergal nods his head in affirmation and then continues rattling on in his crazy moonspeak.



>>1022
>>1040
>>1143
The trinkets are high up on the counter, you can't see over it! You're pretty sure you saw something neat and green from afar though.

>>1059
I'm not sure why I didn't think of this sooner! This doesn't need a new image! One will still come tonight if I have anything to say about it though!

Regardless, the trader seems to understand you just fine, it's the other way around that is the problem!

>>1155

Find something to stand on so you can see onto the counter.

>>1155
Since he seems to understand you just fine, and apparently speaks your language, ask him to do so as you don't speak his 'crazy moonspeak'.

Suggestion 2009/06/20(Sat)21:25 No. 1176 ID: 7eda8b
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Get a trusty white slate board, demonstrate its use as a writing implement, and then hand it to the Southern Sergal.

Say, "Here. If your mouth cannot easily form the words, speak with chalk!"

Be disgustingly cute about it.

>>1176
Gotta second this, everyone knows Sergals love to communicate via pictures.
Ask it about it's name.

(How much do we actually know about the world? For example, is this the first Sergal we've seen or are they a common sight in our village.)

MINI-UPDATE Cousin Beakie!!VlZGpmAmyx 2009/06/21(Sun)07:17 No. 1243 ID: 87583b
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>>1241
You've seen a few traders of various races and interacted with them a few times, but usually you sit quietly while FATHER speaks with them. Currently, you can safely identify the differences between Nothern and Southern Sergals as well as knowing an Agudner on sight. The rest are a MISTERY to you.

Of course, you know your own race as well, the Nevreans.

Picture related, this is an Agudner.

This is boring!

And trying to figure out languages is SUPER UNFUN as our hero explained earlier.

And I think the Sergal might want to eat us D:

We should go try to ride one of those fuzzy looking beast thingies from earlier, and pretend we're a knight. NOT a princess though, only sissy girls pretend to be princesses.

Cousin Beakie!!VlZGpmAmyx 2009/06/22(Mon)12:16 No. 1303 ID: 87583b
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>>1176
The sergal hands you back the slab with "Yes, hello!" written on it in big letters.

Adults are so useless.

Cousin Beakie Cousin Beakie!!VlZGpmAmyx 2009/06/22(Mon)12:17 No. 1304 ID: 87583b
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But wait? What's this? You feel a HAND on your SHOULDER.

Cousin Beakie!!VlZGpmAmyx 2009/06/22(Mon)12:18 No. 1305 ID: 87583b
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"Hey, Kiddo! Having trouble with the trader?"

>>1305

Cry out "Daddy!" and give him a big hug!

>>1305

Oh no, it's a zombie.

Lookin pretty feminine there dad

>>1310
Nevrean sexual dimorphism is peacock-like in appearance.

Suggestion 2009/06/22(Mon)20:49 No. 1345 ID: 7eda8b
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<- Nevrean male

>>1345
fabulous

Suggestion 2009/06/30(Tue)16:35 No. 1700 ID: 87583b
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>>1306
You jump up and hug Daddy tightly.

>>1307
"I might be an old man now but I'm not a zombie, you silly chick!"

>>1700

Ask him if he'll hold you up so you can see over the counter at what the Sergal trader is selling.

>>1700
Resolve to have a cooler uniform than him when you grow up.

Ask where the writing tablet went so you can talk to this sergal.

Cousin Beakie Suggestion 2009/07/02(Thu)20:06 No. 2125 ID: 87583b
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>>1714
You can see quite clearly over the counter. The green thing catches your eye but the rest appears to be bits of junk from the ruins.

Granted, the rest IS scrap metal, which fetches quite a bit of money most anywhere.

>>1753
Why bother when Dad can translate for you?

>>2125
SHINY GREEN THING

>>2125
Ask what the shiny green thing is.

>>2125
Ask Dad if the sergal is saying anything interesting. Also ask for the green thingy. It's shiny! It has emphasis lines! It has the Plot Glow.

CRAPPY UPDATE Cousin Beakie!!VlZGpmAmyx 2009/07/03(Fri)22:04 No. 2279 ID: 87583b
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>>2128
>>2130
You ask Dad what the shiny green thing is, who in turn asks the Merchant.

The Merchant says he has no idea, but it fits on his nose.

>>2279

Incredible! We must buy this contraption and wear it upon our nose! Ask daddy to buy it for us!

Cousin Beakie!!VlZGpmAmyx 2009/07/03(Fri)22:18 No. 2288 ID: 87583b
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>>2249
>>2283
Father says he will indeed buy it for us! Oh glorious day!

>>2251
"The General, Little One? ...You shouldn't concern yourself with her. She's either at her tower, or leading her army off to kill probably every last one of this poor merchant's relatives. Nowhere near here, Little One. Actually, I wanted to tell you something related to that...

>>2283
Will it work with a beak? It might not.

What then? WHAT THEN? We might have to wear it on our head or something equally RIDICULOUS.

Buy it anyway. It is shiny.

>>2288
That sounds ominous as all get out. Look disgustingly innocent and oblivious.

Cousin Beakie!!VlZGpmAmyx 2009/07/03(Fri)22:22 No. 2291 ID: 87583b
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"I actually just got back from delivering a message to her and lived to tell the tale, so that means Daddy gets some time off! Granted, I never actually saw her but... well, that's besides the point!

Is there anything you'd like to do with your old man? We could go camping, or I could take you anywhere you haven't seen in town, I'm allowed pretty much anywhere and so long as you're with me, you are too!"

(Camping might be an excellent excuse to go visit Mr. Jingles, you think to yourself...)

>>2291
If he turns out to be a shapechanging slaughtermeister doppelganger for the sake of drama, I will never forgive you.

That said, DAY ON THE TOWN TIME.

I'm up for finding out who Mr Jingles is.

We're being astoundingly timid, even for The Little Girl. Let's go get lost in the woods.

>>2288
"Really all of them daddy? But he looks so harmless, why would anyone do something horrible like this?"

>>2291
Yeah camping could be fun.
Maybe we should bring Dekustir along.

Cousin Beakie!!VlZGpmAmyx 2009/07/04(Sat)04:49 No. 2302 ID: 87583b
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>>2301
"Well chick, it's a long story... Now's not the best time for that."

>>2302

Forget about it and ask your dad to take you out camping in the woods.

Let's get this show on the road.

Maybe we can pick up Dekustir if you don't think it'll take awhile. We don't want to leave the plot, er, dad, waiting. Who knows when he'll have a new task?