tippler 2022/01/04(Tue)13:07 No. 1019481 ID: eedbeb
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After a long year of trials and auditions, you (MasterQuest Judge Steve), have selected eight promising candidates to compete at the highest level of quest making for the meaningless title of Most Marvelous Boy:

tipler
Rowawaway
Edpineapple
Sarcophagus
Hymitsu
LurkingLurker
Bagel
Corvid

tippler 2022/01/04(Tue)13:08 No. 1019482 ID: eedbeb
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The format of the competition is as follows: each episode will have two quest making tasks, the first to choose a frontrunner and the next for elimination. You get to design the tasks to trip up different candidates. (Examples: Choose plot elements they have to use, other authors they have to imitate, genre, SFW/NSFW, etc.)

For the first task each episode, you pick three candidates you think have the most promising content to examine more closely and choose a frontrunner who will have an advantage going forward. For the second task you pick three candidates with the least promising ‘dishes’ to single out one for elimination.

Drama between the competitors is encouraged and you can cut away any time for a behind the scenes interview segment.

Choose the first challenge (and the three candidates you’ll judge to pick the frontrunner)!

A quest needs an engaging protagonist: design the main character. They must be cooking themed!

Design the MOST INTERESTING HUMAN protagonist
Bonus points for cooking theme

Rowawaway
Sarcophagus
LurkingLurker

(is this how choosing it works?)

One of the hardest parts about running a quest is setting everything up. For this first challenge, let's see which of these authors can establish their setting's the fastest. We should consider how Understandable the rules of the setting are, How many posts it takes before the reader understands it, and of course which setting Tastes the best.

Let's focus on Rowawaway, Edpineapple, and LurkingLurker for this one.

Create an engaging combat system!

Let's judge these three to pick the frontrunner:

Rowawaywywywywyeywhw
Edpineapple
Hymitsu

The first-ever frontrunner challenge should be pretty free-form. 'Design an appealing protagonist!' sounds about right.

"Make sure to include a full-body portrait, descriptions of their personality, backstory, and current circumstances, as well as the genre they occupy. Additional outfits and poses are optional but welcome!"

The three candidates who'll prolly excel at this are... tipler, Rowawaway, and Sarcophagus.

>>1019482
More than anything the hallmark of a quest is staying power and the ability to produce things quickly, efficiently and to standard. To that end, the first challenge will be drawing Telegram sticker sheets of their Quest characters and then shilling them to online communities, with the winner selling the most copies!

First Task: Choose the best fruit/vegetable. Because every quest needs one.
Candidates: Corvid, Edpineapple, LurkingLurker

>>1019495
Yeah this definitely the trio I'd put in charge.

Our first task is a classic: make a facility amnesia quest. Let’s see if we can find a diamond among the Rubys.
Go, Edpineapple, Sarcophagus, and Lurker!

tippler 2022/01/04(Tue)14:40 No. 1019503 ID: eedbeb
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>Design an interesting protagonist
>Rowawaway, Edpineapple, Lurking Lurker

You start with a short interview from each candidate to get an idea of what they’re planning.
Rowawaway appears to be some kind of bird creature wearing a postal hat. He talks quickly and nervously to the camera.

“A good protagonist? Well that’s always tricky, I find what works for me is to get a diminutive sweet little man or a large, powerful woman. Original alien species of course, furry adjacent. I’m excited to show my stuff as one of the younger competitors!”

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Edpineapple is a bosomly cat woman, who gives the camera a disheartening view of her bare privates as she sprawls in the chair.

“What I do when I make a protagonist is just make them absolutely ****ing overpowered, yet unable to accomplish anything due to scope of the story they’re in.” she explains. “Gets them every time.”

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Lurking Lurker is some kind of goblin-like mollusk hiding in a brown shell.

“See, the single protagonist model is inherently flawed. To have a dynamic and rich story you need either a rotating cast or a large crew of unique characters. There is no hero is real life, the quest protagonists should be as dynamic as the suggestors themselves.”

Who do you choose as the winner of this task? They will show off their completed protagonist.

Rowawaway wins!

Lurker. We have no idea what character he’ll bring out! (It will probably be a furry.)

Lurker had my interest, he now has my attention. Bring on the ensemble cast of furries!

They're all good but I'd give this one to Edpineapple.

LurkingLurker has my pick. I gotta respect an author who has opinions.

I was going to say pineapple because I want to see someone absolutely op, but we gotta root for the infant underdog rowawayawayawaysailaway

Lurkinglurker has my vote. I think his protagonist would taste like fancy cheeses

>>1019503
rowaway protagonist in the edpineapple setting.

completely diminutive pipsqueak nobody fighting god, how do they win? let's find the fuck out

>>1019503
Definitely Rowawaaywaya

tippler 2022/01/04(Tue)15:54 No. 1019519 ID: eedbeb
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“Congratulations Lurking Lurker! Your protagonist concept is intriguing, please, step up here and show off your drawing!”

The creature shuffles forward. “It’s not done.”

You laugh and slap him on the back. “That can’t be true, I gave you two hours.”

“I have to get it right.” he says stubbornly. “Good art takes me a long time.”

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MasterQuest has a strong nondiscrimination policy against their authors, so using the wonders of TV magic, the episode cuts to when LL has finished his piece.

“Ah, very good.” you examine the lineup of honest anthropomorphized animals. “I see a snake there, by chance will we get some snussy action?”

LL snatches back the drawing. “No.”

“Well, Lurking Lurker, since you won, you’re immune to elimination for two episodes. Take a seat up at the balcony so you can heckle the other contestants.”

For elimination rounds the three at risk will be randomly chosen. Previous suggestions will be taken into account for a possible task, but feel free to support or suggest more options.

Our most difficult challenge yet: Making a parody quest.

I expect the announcer to be like "Well it's a good thing you're immune because our next challenge is to design a hot snussy quest"

Challenge: make the most interesting plot starring a snake girl, bonus points for hottest snussy, even more bonus points if the snussy has a passion with the heat of a thousand suns

Can we also get a behind the scenes interview from the honorable mention of round 1 Bagel talking about how they feel about the competition?

When making a quest, sometimes you need to roll a dice on a few key elements. Task: Roll a 1d100 dice and not roll the lowest.

Twist: LurkingLurker gets to chose to save on of the people before the elimination challenge

Alright, for the full quest challenge, it's time to make a classic Abandoned Facility Quest! This lends itself well to blank-slate protagonists, so no pressure there, and true to classic form, you can probably get away with cutting off your submitted thread at some arbitrary point when the MC can get a breather. (It'd be obscene to ask contestants to do a full series quest for a single challenge, after all!)

>>1019531
We need someone to create a spread of loveable lads and ladies to accompany our protagonists. Whoever can create the best HAREM I mean PARTY wins!

tippler 2022/01/04(Tue)19:26 No. 1019557 ID: eedbeb
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>RNG
You have a most evil and wicked idea. What if you based the first elimination purely on a dice roll to show the treacherous nature of the random chance influenced quest.

Ohohohohohoho, how villainous! And very easy for the lazy author to implement!

You select Edpineapple, Sarcophagus, and Corvid for the elimination round.

tippler 2022/01/04(Tue)19:27 No. 1019558 ID: eedbeb
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>A brief segue to Bagel
Production carries the bread product to the interview chair.

“I’m so excited to be here.” it gushes. “I have a lot of ups and downs with my feelings about my quests and being invited here means that I really have what it takes. I’m still improving and even if I’m eliminated I’ll be so glad to have had this opportunity.”

Wow, what an inspirational piece of cooked dough. Back to the depression.

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You call up the chosen three and have them roll a virtual dice. Edpineapple gets an 8, the lowest by far. The cat pales but hands over her drawing tablet.

>Closing interview
“I’m very disappointed to be going home so early on a task that was literal bullshit.” the cat sniffles. “I guess it’s poetic, in a way, because I’ve never been lucky when rolling dice. This isn’t going to stop me from making the best mechanic heavy quests on the site though, and being a mega chad, and posting exotic furry porn from twitter in the discord.”

The first episode is done! What do the contestants do while they relax for the night?

They go on questden and update quests and posts in quests

They neurotically check their quests for new suggestions and rewrite the next update in their minds eighty million times.

They raid the Tgchan liquor cabinet where they keep all the one night only drunk quests.

They all post one-shot quests and try to forget they ever existed

Frantically delve into whatever niche corner of the internet they hail from and scour the interwebs for anything in search of the illusive purple dragon known as Inspiration. Evidently he keeps giving people that slip and owes the contestants a lot by now.

Can we get a drama sequence, we always gotta introduce the show "villain" even if their villanousness is ultra tame near the end of episode one. Like a prankster messing with the tgchan liquor cabinet

tippler 2022/01/05(Wed)07:41 No. 1019622 ID: eedbeb
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The contestants take the official MasterQuest Bus to the nearest Holiday Inn, where they immediately start obsessively checking their quest suggestions and discussing what they’ll write for their next updates. The loss of Edpineapple is hitting her friend and simp Hymitsu particularly hard.

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“She’s just a beautiful, talented woman, you know?” the mask wearing dog sighs. “Whenever I see an Edpineapple update my whole day is better. I’ve read everything, you know. Every last word.”

The interview cuts to Edpineapple’s husband, tipler.

tippler 2022/01/05(Wed)07:42 No. 1019624 ID: eedbeb
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“Have I read all of Ed’s quests? No. Have I been faithful to Ed? Also no. Am I a good husband? I would like to think so.”

The competitors drink heavily and collab on a one shot that they have no memory of creating the next day.

Oh no! there is a couple people on the discussion thread or "This Cord" that is critiquing the one shot collab and isn't too happy about what just happened with that latest update. You all gotta argue the importance of RNG with them.

Things get heated between the authors posting eighty-million updates on the one shot and the ones posting two. Rivalries form that'll make the next contest more DRAMATIC!

>>1019631
This tho

There’s a bit of controversy in the morning as Bagel discovers that his poisoned coffee is decaf, not espresso.

tippler 2022/01/05(Wed)13:28 No. 1019661 ID: eedbeb
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Tensions have risen between Hymitsu and tipler over Edpineapple and the role of RNG in quests. Rowawaway is jealous of LL for winning the first contest and considers the clam-goblin his biggest competition.

None of this concerns Bagel, who is enjoying the complementary MasterQuest coffee. You’re greeting the competitors when you hear a shriek of terror.

“My coffee! This is decaf!” the bagel screams.

tippler 2022/01/05(Wed)13:28 No. 1019662 ID: eedbeb
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You rush over to investigate and detect a strong dose of POISON in the drink.

“Decaf or not, this is a terrible discovery.” you say grimly. “Someone among us is trying to sabotage the competition.”

The top two from yesterday, Rowawaway and Lurking Lurker, have been poisoned and cannot compete in the first challenge, which is to design a facility amnesia quest. Which three contestants are the new front runners?

Bagel
Hymitsu
Tipler

Corvid, Hymitsu, and Sarcophagus because they havent appeared yet

>>1019662
Sarcophagus, Bagel, Hymitsu

Sarcophagus
Hymitsu
Corvid

tipler, Hymitsu, and Corvid

Sarcophagus, Hymitsu, and Bagel will lead this next challenge.

Sarcophagus, Tipler, and Edpineapple wearing Hyumitsu’s ID badge and face mask.

Corvid, Sarcophagus, Hymitsu

tippler 2022/01/05(Wed)16:51 No. 1019681 ID: eedbeb
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>Bagel, Sarcophagus, Corvid

Bagel goes first because it has an urgent date with the Supreme Court to deliver the opening arguments of some case and needs to be flown from LA to Washington DC immediately.

“The most important point is making the main character a cute waifu.” it explains. “Puzzles are good as well, but the cute waifu is crucial.”

A secret service agent snatches it off the interview chair and dashes away.

tippler 2022/01/05(Wed)16:51 No. 1019682 ID: eedbeb
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>Sarcophagus
The vaguely equine contestant has been keeping a low profile so far and speaks with some hesitation about his ideas.

“Since Ruby Quest is already the most popular and famous example of this genre, I would try to differentiate myself with a twist. Perhaps the readers play as the person trying to keep the amnesiac trapped? People like a formula though, so I’m not sure it would get enough interaction…”

tippler 2022/01/05(Wed)16:51 No. 1019683 ID: eedbeb
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>Corvid
The cute wolf girl takes a seat and starts to explain her concept. “I think there’s a great opportunity to do a quest like this that has more detailed world building and art. The main character doesn’t have to be a total amnesiac, and rather than horror or sci-fi a fantasy style would be a refreshing take.”

“What do I think of my competitors? Oh, they’re all very intimidating, I’d like to talk to them more but I’m shy, haha.”

Who’s the winner? You’ll actually ask them to play a bit of their quest.

Corvid seems to take it, let's see a bit of their take on the genre.

I think Corvid won some brownie points with the fans for being adorable, Corvid

Corvid doesn't have a well defined vision. There have been several facility quests with very detailed world building and art. Trying to surpass your peers isn't just a mundane goal, it is a dangerous one.
Bagel doesn't really have a vision at all. Just a main character? Bah.

Sarcophagus has a clear idea, and one that hasn't even been tried before! Definitely the winner.

Corvid!

Bagel wins by default. That's how winning by default works, right?

uhh corvid

The audience and judged have caught CORVID-19 and have judged her the winner!

Huh, I thought Sarcophagus was a rastafari lizard.

I'm tempted to say Bagel, but I know Corvid is the one who spoke most sense.

tippler 2022/01/05(Wed)18:26 No. 1019697 ID: eedbeb
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>Corvid
Due to the constraints of episodic programming and a lazy author, Corvid’s beautiful descriptions and polished art are being replaced with an effort level and accelerated speed consistent with the rest of this quest.

You (Steve the peasant), wake up in a mysterious dungeon full of skulls and dirt. Your left wrist is stuck to the wall with a rusted cuff and you don’t quite remember how you got here.

>>1019697
Use your saliva to oil up your skeleton arm and slip it free.

Improve graphics.
Take a week, if you must. A month. A year. But confound you, you are not moving an inch until you are illustrated as the gorgeous 1070fps HD RTX On protagonist you deserve to be!

>>1019704
This but it's only the skeleton hand that's detailed, it's all the budget could afford.

Remove fake arm.

tippler 2022/01/05(Wed)20:56 No. 1019720 ID: eedbeb
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>Improve graphics
You have a very sexy and dry and somewhat detailed skeleton hand. Skeleton hand?! That’s different from before! You had arm flesh the last time you checked.

You give a stout tug and pull your elbow completely free.

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You get up and look around the dungeon.

You see:
-A sturdy locked door
-Some kind of spell circle surrounded by clothed skellies
-Two locked cells

Use your skeleton hand to bond over with the skeleton. They are your best friends now.

Remove a skellie's head and attach it to your elbow stump.

Is the spell circle inside the cell? Maybe we can put hell in a cell.

tippler 2022/01/06(Thu)07:02 No. 1019756 ID: eedbeb
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You go over to the jumbled skeletons and poke at them with your right hand, which is similarly boney. They’re wearing fancy robes that are much more expensive than your peasant clothes.

You find a ring of four keys at the hip of one of the skeletons.

tippler 2022/01/06(Thu)07:03 No. 1019757 ID: eedbeb
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You have the brilliant idea of attaching a fancy boy skull to your arm stub. To your surprise, it sticks and its empty sockets start to glow.

“Ah! What happened to the ritual? Unhand me you rogue!”

The ritual made you all skeletons drop to the ground. I woke you up, we are now joined by the hip.
Well, elbow.

>>1019757
Who dis.

tippler 2022/01/06(Thu)09:28 No. 1019761 ID: eedbeb
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“It seems like the ritual made all you posh skeletons fall on the ground.” you say wisely.

“Skeletons?” You turn so your pal can get a good look at his fallen comrades. “I’m no pathetic skeleton, I’m Peter the Court Wizard!”

“Maybe your spell went wrong.”

“Impossible! This is some fiendish trick.”

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You shrug and set about trying the keys on the cell doors. You discover a carved bone key hidden beneath one of the beds which you use to unlock the dungeon.

“Excellent work.” you tell Corvid, becoming Steve the Judge once more. Corvid is now immune to elimination for two episodes.

Please suggest extreme drama and interview segments before the elimination round between the randomly chosen Rowawaway, Sarcophagus, and Hymitsu.

Rowawaway is getting bombarded with a lot of fans wanting his autograph and the paparazzi. It makes Sarcophagus, and Hymitsu jealous so the two decide to team up in the elimination round against roawaway.

>>1019767
This and someone spreads rumors that they actually don’t like lago which they immediately deny, causing tension

One of the interviews could be about the temporary team up to take Rowawaway down in the elimination round, but one of them is like "I'm not here to make friends, I'm here to win!"

tippler 2022/01/06(Thu)12:11 No. 1019772 ID: eedbeb
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Sarcophagus and Hymitsu huddle together to conspire against the still recovering Rowawaway.

“I’m not losing yet.” Sarcophagus vows. “Rowawaway’s been weakened by the poisoned coffee, he’s a strong candidate so now’s our chance to eliminate him.”

“If I’m eliminated I’m going to bang tipler’s wife.” Hymistu says.

“What?”

“You heard me. With permission from Edpineapple of course.”

tippler 2022/01/06(Thu)12:11 No. 1019773 ID: eedbeb
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The two contestants come up with a brilliant plan. They open the studio doors to the hordes of Rowawaway fans that have amassed outside, who swarm the ill chimera and demand autographs.

When the candidates are asked how to make a hardboiled egg, poor Rowawaway is so exhausted he can’t formulate an answer and you have no choice but to send him home.

Time for a closing interview from Rowawaway. He'll vow revenge in season 2

Suddenly, a news station inturrupts MasterQuest with some interesting developments with the case Bagel is working on.

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You crouch over Rowawaway’s lifeless corpse and feed him spoonfuls of plain Vegemite until he’s resuscitated.

“How do you feel, sport?” you ask kindly.

“I’m very sad my fans turned against me to monopolize the little free time and energy I have.” he squeaks.

“The internet is truly unforgiving.” you agree sadly.

tippler 2022/01/06(Thu)14:49 No. 1019781 ID: eedbeb
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With that final note, the second episode has concluded and the contestants are free to start going absolute ham on each other a la squid games.

Bagel rejoins the lads at the hotel with good news about his case.

“I’ve won equal rights for gamers.” he announces to thunderous applause.

What do the remaining quest authors do for the night?
-Have an Ace Attorney style trial to find out who poisoned the coffee
-Devolve into violence and anarchy (someone will be mysteriously injured)
-Draw fanart of each other’s characters

Donut, using his newfound knowledge on the equal rights for gamers decides to hold court as judge, but secretly this new trial becomes the grounds for Episode 3, where the evidence they present must be used in the next challenge.

Fanart, fanart, fanart!

Since you're already monopolizing their free time by keeping them locked in your basement for the duration of the competition, make your art goblins all do fanart!

Fanart for sure.

Fanart. Pornographic fanart. Lots and lots of mastur- I mean drawing pornographic fanart.

Fanart, but for the quest authors who were not invited to MasterQuest (like Null, or Crossthesquare)

Make a fanart of The Encyclopedia of Gastropods so good, it moves Toxicglossary of writting a sequel.

Why am I the first to vote for Violent Hate-Orgy?

tippler 2022/01/07(Fri)07:23 No. 1019832 ID: eedbeb
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>Fanart
With high tensions and the grim reminder of Rowawaway’s death hanging over them, the contestants huddle over their computers and tablets, shooting each other suspicious looks.

Hymitsu finally breaks the silence. “Hey Bagel, can I draw one of your characters?”

“F-for me? Of course!”

tippler 2022/01/07(Fri)07:23 No. 1019833 ID: eedbeb
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Not to be outdone by his wife’s boyfriend, tipler goes on the offense, drawing a selection of horny Radular’s from classic quest The Encyclopedia of Gastropods.

Slowly, the tensions thaw as the contestants exchange art and compliment each other’s quests. From your white van camped out across the street from the hotel you nod with approval.

tippler 2022/01/07(Fri)07:24 No. 1019834 ID: eedbeb
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There are no injuries or further poisonings that night and the contestants return to the warehouse studio the next day with more cheer and optimism.

The first challenge today will be a team battle, with Corvid and Lurking Lurker as the captains. Build teams of three who will design supporting cast harems for a quest. Members of the losing team go up for elimination.

Lurking Lurker teams up with Bagel and Hymitsu.

Corvid teams up with and Tipler and Sarcophagus

Corvid: tipler, Sarc
LL: Hymitsu, Bagel

>>1019837
These teams are good

Ll wants bagel on team because he loves Bagel's character Dotto the tanuki

Corvid, tipler, Hyu.
Lurker, Sarc, Bagel.

tippler 2022/01/07(Fri)12:31 No. 1019850 ID: eedbeb
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>Corvid, tipler, Sarcophagus
The dog, the fish, and the creature huddle together at one of the drawing stations.

“Alright, first things first, is the protag a boy or a girl?” tipler asks, stealing control from team leader Corvid immediately.

“Um, girl?” says Corvid.

“Boy.” insists Sarcophagus. “Easier to have a guy with lots of girls than a girl with lots of guys.”

“Well, okay, but they don’t have to have sex. There can just be tension. Also, gays.” Corvid protests.

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tipler ineffectually pounds the table with his hand fin. “The people want PIV sex and we have to give the people what they want.” Tears stream down his face. “It doesn’t matter what we think is right. I will compromise ever moral I’ve ever had for maximal clout.”

Corvid sighs and helps the lads design a classic assembly of emotionally vulnerable and kinky furry waifus.

tippler 2022/01/07(Fri)12:31 No. 1019852 ID: eedbeb
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>LL, Hymitsu, Bagel

Lurking Lurker has maintained control of his team, and lays down the ground rules early.
“Nudity? Sure. Sex? No. We will titillate but not fall for the trap of graphic sexual content.”

“Fine with me.” says Hymitsu

“We can even have a female MC and mostly female ensemble.” adds Bagel eagerly. “Rotating POVs, butts, maybe one smooch a year if they’re lucky.”

The group designs a mix of humanoid and furry ladies with relatively low horny levels.

Which team wins?

Lurker's team. It's what the people truly crave. The other team doesn't realize that questden chickens out before the actual sex, like, 90% of the time.

Lurker's team wins because they get along and have a unified vision!

Corvid's team explodes

Lurker wins handily. After all, everyone knows the Questden motto: "No Way Fag"

>>1019852
Lurkers party, sorry sarc :(

The collected niche audiences vote team Cortiphagus into victory before turning on each other in a civil war.

Lurker's team, but only because tipler sabotages team Corvid by making every potential lewd scene's art into a meme.

LL's team plays hard to get and has lasting appeal, tiplers ensemble is good for a wank but then their quest will die

>>1019858
THIIIIS

tippler 2022/01/07(Fri)16:57 No. 1019866 ID: eedbeb
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>LL’s team wins!

You inspect both offerings and balk at the overt sexual content of Corvid’s team. LL’s samples are sweet and simple, and you can see the lasting appeal, not to mention the better team dynamics.

Since Corvid is still immune to elimination that means you have an exciting head to head on your hands. Sarcophagus vs. tipler! Choose how they battle, preferably in a way that doesn’t involve quests at all.

>>1019866
Flintlocks at 20 paces

Rock paper tactical nuclear warhead

>>1019869
The mindgames in this one are intense, as both contestants rack their brains trying to guess whether tactical nuclear warhead just replaces scissors or beats the other two.

A classic Q-tip battle over boiling acid.

Flintlocks that shoot qtips at 20 paces over a pit of citric acid.

If Tippler loses then we get some nice tasting fish!

Combat? Boooooring. Both of them have to recite the entire plot of Ruby Quest off the top of their heads, whichever one can't remember a plot point first is the loser.

>>1019873
Genius.

tippler 2022/01/07(Fri)19:07 No. 1019884 ID: eedbeb
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Production scrambles to put together a green screen and prop flintlock pistols for the epic duel you have devised.

Sarcophagus squints at the spray painted plastic toy. “I feel like you might as well have us play rock paper scissors.”

“But this is better content for the viewers.” you insist. “Imagine the youtube ad revenue.”

tippler 2022/01/07(Fri)19:07 No. 1019885 ID: eedbeb
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Sarcophagus and tipler ineffectually shoot each other with Q-tips and caper around the green screen. The fish is as theatrical as a bad Shakespearean actor while Sarcophagus doesn’t seem very enthusiastic.

“Ah! You have killed me.” the fish clutches his poncho and collapses to the ground after taking a shot directly to the chest.

“Are we done? Did I win yet?” Sarcophagus asks you impatiently.

“Uh…” you fumble in your pocket for a coin to flip, which the goat creature slaps out of your hand. “Yes, you won, congratulations!”

tippler 2022/01/07(Fri)19:07 No. 1019886 ID: eedbeb
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tipler doesn’t seem very disappointed in the post-fight interview.

“Yeah, I’m glad to be going home honestly, I’ll finally be able to fish again.” the strange little salmon explains. “Also this way I can keep an eye on my wife in case some OBJECTIONABLE INDIVIDUALS try to seduce her.”

The camera follows him as he takes bread from the offstage snack table and starts attracting pigeons in the parking lot, before grabbing a bird and escaping into the night.

Bagel hymitsu and lurker go to a fancy dinner to celebrate their team win. however, bagel needs a disguise so the resturant staff dont confuse him for a side dish.

Thats right ladies and gents, it's paper doll time to dress up Bagel!

>>1019889
this idea is too wholesome, but my paperdoll would be me dressing up bagel as a donut

>>1019890
So would mine, time to do it anyway. I'm thinking sprinkles

Paper doll sounds fun. I wonder what would happen if someone draws a steve bagel? What would our judge think?

Super beefy mechanical body for Bagel. A freaking sace marine of a body.

>>1019921
If?
When.
Thus is the way.

tippler 2022/01/08(Sat)10:45 No. 1019933 ID: eedbeb
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After episode 3 ends, the winning team goes to a fancy restaurant in downtown LA (In-N-Out) to celebrate their success. Since Bagel is so famous after its legal victory, the others dress it up with a little paper frosting and sprinkles to imitate a donut.

Hymitsu and Bagel’s friendship has blossomed after the fanart drawing of the previous evening, and they chatter excitedly while waiting in the 30 car line at the drive through.

tippler 2022/01/08(Sat)10:45 No. 1019934 ID: eedbeb
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Lurking Lurker stays mostly silent, occasionally checking the rearview mirror.

“Do you guys see that white van?” he finally says.

“Huh?”

“There’s a white van that’s been following us since we left the studio.” LL points across the street to where you are watching the proceedings.

It's LA, there are lots of white vans. You're just projecting, Lurker.

Shit, that's the official unbranded Quest Van. Their characters must already be here, and authors should never meet their characters. They're all going to fight about everything they put their chars through.

Fox girl Dot will pester Bagel about letting her finally find Peta, a squad of children will roll up and just start kicking Hymitsu's shins and LurkingLurker will be crushed under the weight of all their different characters.

Like a 3/10 dinner overall.

Remember A Conspiracy of Wasps? White unmarked vans are bad news. Tell the car's biggest RPG nerd to empty their d4 bag on the road behind you to blow out the van's tyres.

>>1019833
It's just Steve

>>1019934
Let's drive off and get the van spraypainted a new color so they don't suspect us.

tippler 2022/01/08(Sat)12:57 No. 1019945 ID: eedbeb
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Uh oh, the contestants are starting to notice you. They don’t understand you have to be there if they want to be seen, because you’re the POV.

You drive around the corner before they decide to attack since you can sense the aggressive energy brewing in LL’s gigantic brain. Maybe you should paint the van a different color? White tends to stand out after a while.

tippler 2022/01/08(Sat)12:58 No. 1019946 ID: eedbeb
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You chew on the steering wheel while you collect yourself. You’d really like to capture the team bonding moment over burgers, so you park and make your way closer on foot.

After a solid hour of waiting, the group finally orders and collects the goods.

Do you:
-Follow them back to the hotel
-Call it a night

Follow them.

Sneaky sneaky

Follow them!

Follow them. But focus on Corvid and Sarcophagus since the rest of the contestants are more alert.

>>1019946
Follow them. If confronted, just explain you're the cameraman.

tippler 2022/01/08(Sat)15:49 No. 1019957 ID: eedbeb
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>Follow
“The van’s back.” Hymitsu notes through a mouthful fries.

Lurking Lurker curses and flies into a paranoid rage in part due to being stuck in LA traffic. “We have a stalker! They’re probably after us because we’re extremely important celebrity quest authors.”

“Hold on.” Bagel rifles around in their pockets and produces a bag of assorted caltrops, which it flings out the window.

tippler 2022/01/08(Sat)15:49 No. 1019958 ID: eedbeb
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You slam your brakes but are too slow to avoid the massive pileup. You’re rear-ended and the street breaks into a chorus of honking and upset drivers.

You have been foiled! The contestants are becoming increasingly self-aware and you need to get your brilliant quest ideas out of them before they catch on.

Choose the contest and three frontrunners for the first task of episode 4.

After the van gets DAMAGED, the word DAMAGE repeats in your head...

You suddenly get an idea:

CLOTHING DAMAGE THEMED CONTEST!

>>1019959
Perfect.

>>1019959
Oh yeah, front runners are LurkingLurker, and Sarcophagus since they made clothing damage themed quests before. Bagel's the third since he's doing the anti clothing damage quest, clothing repair quest.

>>1019961
Can't improve on what's already perfect

tippler 2022/01/08(Sat)19:02 No. 1019980 ID: eedbeb
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>Clothing Damage
Surveying your totaled van gives you a bright idea for the task tomorrow. You shakily walk away from the wreckage to sleep at the studio for the night.

>Sarcophagus
“So for clothing damage you need several things. Combat, where clothes can be damaged, a healthy suspension of disbelief for why no one’s getting injured, and finally some level of horny.” the creature explains. “The problem with all of those things is that they weaken over time. The solution? Falling into existential despair.”

tippler 2022/01/08(Sat)19:02 No. 1019981 ID: eedbeb
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>Lurking Lurker
“Do you want your character to get bodied in a quest?” the mollusk asks rhetorically. “Well then you’ll like my clothing damage quests, where you can pay to get your oc featured in a story I slowly stop updating.”

The being within the shell shrugs. “I’ve served my time in the quest trenches, I can do what I want at this point. And I say fuck you, I’ll get to it when I feel like it.”

tippler 2022/01/08(Sat)19:02 No. 1019982 ID: eedbeb
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>Bagel
“It’s very simple.” the pastry explains. “Cute naked girl good. Cute naked boy also good. Keep it simple, light-hearted slice of life and you never have to worry about the long term consequences of basing a quest around something with very little plot realism.”

Who’s idea do you prefer?

I throw my vote to Sarcophagus.

>"Cute naked boy also good."
Bagel. Y'know, like, as a joke.

Bagel is having the most fun, which is how you win at pretty much anything!

Bagel.

LurkingLurker, because their quest has my OC in it!

Bagel's too wholesome, BAGEL WIN

Lurker wins, because you perk up at the idea of readers paying you to not update a quest.

Sarc

Sadly, Sarcophagus didn't really deliver on that suspension of disbelief part in the quest about the great heist on the tripod space station. (I liked all the great heist plot and different aliens, though!)

Bagel has my vote.

tippler 2022/01/09(Sun)07:27 No. 1020023 ID: eedbeb
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>Bagel
“Congratulations!” you tell the caltrop wielding bread product, though it doesn’t know you know. “You’re safe today, which is good because this next task is a double elimination challenge!”

A crew member takes Bagel up to the balcony while you assemble the four remaining participants.

Separate Corvid, Sarcophagus, Lurking Lurker, and Hymitsu into teams of two and choose their quest related collab task. The losing team will be eliminated.

Corvid and Lurker
Sarc and Hymitsu

LurkingLurker and Sarcophagus vs Hymitsu and Corvid

Collab task: make the more popular TEXT ONLY quest

LurkingLurker and Sarc, Hymitsu and Corvid

Task: Run the best quest that doesn't get popular, create a true hidden gem. Which team's quest will pull ahead when the only replies they're getting are from kome?

sarc and hym
corv and lurcer

People are starting see through the "non-consensual" euphemism.
Come up with a new, better euphemism!

LurkingLurker and Sarcophagus, Hymitsu and Corvid. The task is designing a quest where the love interest betrays their lover.

Corv/hum sarc/lol

Make the best KOME quest to be judged by our guest star Kome the galactic, transdimensional being of chaos.

Also what if a certain eliminated feline was watching from the rafters longingly before being shooed off

Sarc and Lurker, Corvid and Hyumitsu. Their next task... intermissions. Pick a minor character from their existing quests and make a spinoff all about them.

Support intermissions

tippler 2022/01/09(Sun)11:20 No. 1020037 ID: eedbeb
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>Come’s (pronounced kome) bizarre adventure

You need a quest that’s going to appeal to the chaos agents of the world. You’ve noticed a reader named Come who usually makes exotic and somewhat untenable suggestions, and you task the contestants to make a serious quest that appeals to him.

tippler 2022/01/09(Sun)11:20 No. 1020038 ID: eedbeb
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>Team Dog
You put Corvid and Hymitsu together, ensuring an update word count bigger than your dick (your dick is very large, just to be clear). They seem uncertain at first, but work together quite well, brainstorming and doodling characters that could work for their quest.

You haven’t seen as much weird stuff from either of them, but you know Hymitsu has an excellent sense of humor and Corvid can draw tiddy.

tippler 2022/01/09(Sun)11:20 No. 1020039 ID: eedbeb
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>Team Old
The two veterans shrug and get to work designing a hybrid fantasy/sci-fi setting where the protagonist can be a dumbass without dying immediately. Since both have an abundance of characters, they populate the world with existing designs, which makes their lives much easier.

Which team wins? You’ll steal their idea for your own purposes.

Team Old wins because they're used to dealing wi- um, appeasing the chaos gods.

Team Old. Their shorter word count allows for the plot to turn on a dime.

Team old wins because Hymitsu got distracted by Edpineapple's latest BROKEN GLASS and REACTANT quests, making long thought up suggestions for each

I think team old's got the upper hand here. A protagonist's "power" seems like a prime way to cause some crazy chaos or try some interesting suggestions. My vote goes to these boomers.

>>1020039
Team Old wins. They dust off Xom to use in their quest.

...they also give a rather generous anonymous donation to Steve.

>>1020043
Team old probably for this reason, sorry team young :(

Hymitsu: wonder why your not on team old when you actually had a quest called "High Tier" under your previous alter ego BokkunThesketchguy that predates Sarcophagus' oldest quest "team Port Echo echo echo echo."

Neither of these can truly satisfy Come.

tippler 2022/01/09(Sun)15:51 No. 1020074 ID: eedbeb
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You shoo away the losers and get the lawyers in to seize control of the winner’s intellectual property.

“What are you doing?” Sarcophagus asks, bewildered.

“How do you think we make money once the show is over? Well, okay, we don’t make any money from quests but how do you think I entertain myself during off season? By using the ideas I’ve gained in this competition to make the ultimate story telling experience!”

tippler 2022/01/09(Sun)15:51 No. 1020075 ID: eedbeb
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Bagel and Sarcophagus gasp with horror while LL scratches his crotch and shrugs.

“Well, we’re down to the final three. I expect you to keep your brains nice and fresh for tomorrow.” you tell them firmly.

What do you do after filming?
-Go to the hotel to keep an eye on the authors
-Whatever else you usually do after work (suggest)

What you usually do after work, your other work. It's a hard life running a game show while working two jobs and living out of a van, but that's showbiz, as they say in LA.

Live in a van down by the river.

>>1020075
Before the finale peek in on all the eliminated contestants to see what they're up to right now

>>1020081
Let's do that. And you know what, give them a secret competition to let one of them come back into the game if they win to be part of the final four along with Sarcophagus, LurkingLurker, and Bagel.

>>1020083
I like the idea of a rising revengeance losers bracket return

Your other job is secretely piting MSPaint adventures and 4chan's quest board against one another to ensure tgchan's rise to supremacy.

tippler 2022/01/09(Sun)18:54 No. 1020109 ID: eedbeb
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>Van life
You are the envy of millennials everywhere, living in your very own recently wrecked van that you pay for with your meager part time fast food job. You walk from the studio to where you’ve parked and crawl into the back. After connecting to the nearby café’s wifi, you open discord to see how all the eliminated contestants are doing.

tippler 2022/01/09(Sun)18:54 No. 1020110 ID: eedbeb
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They all seem to be fine, posting quest updates and dropping cryptic non-statements about their day to day lives.

You consider inviting one of them back, but then remember the show can’t afford production for an extra two episodes, not to mention the laziness of the author.

You curl up in your dirty clothes and blankets and go to sleep.

tippler 2022/01/09(Sun)18:55 No. 1020111 ID: eedbeb
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You shave in the building bathroom and freshen up with a generous paper towel pat down. Once you’re presentable you welcome Bagel, Sarcophagus, and Lurking Lurker back to the set.

“For the finals, we’ll play out a very brief quest (1 day updates worth) from each of you and then choose the winner.” you tell them.

Based on the contestants previous responses, describes the premises of each of their entries.

The quests are just a very complex Alternate Reality Game in order for the three contestants to perform the greatest of Questden taboos:

The winner will be decided through....

Doxxing Kombaaaaaaat!

Hey, now you're just tricking the audience into writing your quests. Nice try, Steve!

tippler 2022/01/09(Sun)19:49 No. 1020126 ID: eedbeb
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>>1020116
>>1020118
>>1020119
It seems like your scheme has run its course and the lads are no longer having a good time. You faint from malnutrition and production has no choice but to crown three champions.

Thanks for reading.

Hey, no!
Ok, ok, ok!

Um....
What about...
Some guy who is now a ghost and has to explore the afterlife.
A deep sea prove that finds a new inteligent species.
And a celibate priest that is isekaid to a lewd fanfic-like world.

Guess it’s like they say, reality TV is feast or famine.