>>136504
Nice loking!

I have a doubt. How are aurorans without armor? The tail looks dog-like or weasel-like, but the faces looks more rodent. Maybe they are not based in any animal specie? or I didn't get they well?

>>136507
Aurorans are based on various types of martens (martens being mustelids, the same family as weasels)! For example, Arvin is a beech marten, Falken is a sable, Silur is a fisher cat, and Marisere is a pine marten.

I could have done a better job of making it clearer. Unfortunately, demands on my time and energy mean that I often can't devote as much attention to individual update images as I would like. I also only started seriously applying myself to art just over a year ago - I'm hoping that as I gain skill this will show in my updates as well.

Meanwhile, the Tetrapisans are definitely not meant to be based on any animal in particular. This is because they can customise their synthetic body's appearance as desired; no-one's truly sure what an unaltered Tetrapisan would look like. However, individuals may resemble species such as dogs, (furred) dragons, etc.

Thank you for the question; I hope this helps!

>>136509
Yeah thanks!

And don't worry too much about art, looks nice and is understandable what you represent. I simply can't differentiate between kinds of mustelids and I might be used for every canine-looking humanoid to be dog based or fox based.

ELINT Primer Kinzhal 2022/02/04(Fri)17:32 No. 136945 ID: f3495e
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>Hey there! I'm an AI assistant designed to help you get familiar with your ELINT capabilities. I go by many names, depending upon who I'm chatting with and my instance - like Hal or Alan. But I often go by Roscoe! Feel free to call me whatever you like, though.

>If you're ever unsure about an aspect of ELINT (or anything else for that matter), let me know and I'll try to help you out ASAP. I'm sure that once you get the hang of things you won't need me much, though.

>For starters, here's a guide on the ELINT Sensor Warning Display, or SWD. It's fresh off the hub server! It might look intimidating, but once you get used to it you should be able to tell what's what at a glance.

Chapter 1 Title Card Marisere 2022/02/19(Sat)16:07 No. 137028 ID: f3495e
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Here's a variant of the title card that lets you see the actual art without the text getting in the way. I hope you all enjoy it (and your first proper glimpse of Marisere without a helmet)!

Anonymous 2022/01/28(Fri)13:21 No. 136924 ID: a67088
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Repost of an hug

Rita from Fog World and assorted other Heritcal chracters

It takes me like 6 moths to draw something so yeah maybe ill have something new for next year

Anonymous 2022/02/10(Thu)20:48 No. 136987 ID: c92a02
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Tineola from Clothing Repair is giving Alexandrius Falt a big hug! We miss you, li'l fella!
Art by Apollo

Mid-air hugs are an art.

(And I get the impression good ol' Alexandrius fumbled, but regrets nothing.)

Himitsu 2022/02/14(Mon)21:13 No. 137001 ID: 629f2e
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A quick sketch of Roger, from my quest Perpetuity, hugging An, from Ed's quest PLUSHQUEST

Edmango 2022/02/17(Thu)18:53 No. 137011 ID: afe7de
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It just so happened to occur naturally in quest, a hug was had!

Feat. Chi+Ignis from SHARDS

Can I get a clarification on how Improved Pack Mentality works? It looks like it's Pack Mentality but it applies the buff to the entire group instead of just the unit with the trait. Does it have a penalty when the unit is alone, like the lesser trait? I'd guess it doesn't give penalties to allies when they're not nearby.

Yeah, I need to reword it.

"This troop and all adjacent allies gain a bonus to Calm and Aim as long as they are adjacent."

No penalties unless they'd have both traits.

That sounds really good! Though I suppose in most missions we're spreading out to use cover.

I don't see any species that have both.

>>135664
>anything other people want to do during the base phase that isn't in the strictly-defined options?
Interact with, or even just learn about, the other squads. We've got clues constraining the pee bandit's identity but there's no visible list of suspects for them to be narrowing down.

>>136938
This will definitely be addressed the next base phase.

Slinko 2021/04/07(Wed)10:47 No. 135312 ID: 2451c3
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exploitable Ceri???

Do people still check here? Wondering if I should make an announcements twitter or something.

Anyway. You probably noticed DR halted. That's cause I've been dealing with a pretty disruptive health issue that still isn't all the way better.

But it's a lot of the way better, so I'll be restarting the quest probably in early JANUARY... assuming I don't get worse like I did the last time I said I'd try to start back up.

I lost most of 2020 because... 2020, and I lost like 4 months of 2021 due to health

maybe 2022 will go better???

>>136795
Sorry you haven't been feeling well. Glad you're feeling better and hope this upcoming year is better.

>>136795
Your health is more important than the quest! Focus on getting better and come back whenever you feel like it!

Hope you start feeling better!

Please take as long as you need

Sarcopholacooda 2021/12/30(Thu)20:02 No. 136822 ID: 11f77a
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Narko and Silver from The God Damned!
Now with less obstructions!

Whistler 2021/12/31(Fri)16:39 No. 136824 ID: 8fae7e
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Yasua, an Orokin Laprine suffers some indignity in order to get close to her target.

Don't worry, she murdered them soon after

tippler 2021/12/31(Fri)17:40 No. 136825 ID: eedbeb
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my girlfriend, and yes, she smokes weed

>>136092
>>136093
>>136094
awesome

Thought of a plan to have Fletch or Grutter survive.

Ok so assuming the Catalysts goals are:
-Kill Fletch and Grutter
-Recover the stolen money

We need the money first, then the plan can begin.

I was thinking that Fletch takes the money/half of it if Grutter is present. The two then separate, possibly ending their relationship as partners in crime. Going full no contact.

What Grutter does is completely up in the air. Maybe he fights the catalyst with the resources available or goes along with what I think Fletch should do. Leaving Port Echo.

Fletch uses some of his money to get something to better disguise himself: cosmetic surgery, good hologram tech, or some means to disrupt surveillance. He'd either do this before he leaves Port Echo or does it sometime after leaving Port Echo. Chance of getting caught. We need him to cover up that scar he has.

Regardless of the decision he needs to get off world to places unknown. Head to a random destination and take several connection shuttles to a place deemed safe. Still a chance for things to go wrong.

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What's Next? [Poll] Sarcopholacooda 2021/12/23(Thu)07:04 No. 136755 ID: 11f77a
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So I'm just curious as to what everyone wants after The Vitruvian. I've been having up-and-down feelings about my quests gaining traction--and I have discussed this to some friends and authors which, admittingly, plot-driven stories are less engaging than character-driven ones. I do like to set the stage and sequence of events that could amaze and surprise my readers, so yeah, I can see that even with a plethora of choices it may end up as a Telltale Game where some choices may lead to the same conclusion (unless there's some outside-the-box thinking). On some good news, I really didn't expect Fletch to survive the store encounter due to some amazing wit. At the moment I'm improvising everything and excited about where this is all going. But there'll be obstacles conveniently placed in every character's way to see how you guys tackle it. A quest where you play everyone but one character hasn't been done before, and is quite risky because an audience could easily become attached to characters (good or bad) who may die in the next minute. This might discourage some people if this happens time and again. This concept would, of course, probably be best on a quest with no death. I base The Vitruvian on a Coen brother's film like Fargo or No Country For Old Men, and Breaking Bad where people can end up in the wrong place at the wrong time.

There are tons of other things I would need to improve before the next quest/thread which I don't have the room to mention at this moment, but onwards to the poll! This is multiple choice, so you may vote for more than one quest prompt in the link.
https://www.quiz-maker.com/poll4080514x0a914549-128
https://www.quiz-maker.com/poll4080514x0a914549-128
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I very much liked Team Port Echo myself, especially the art style which I find nostalgically reminiscent of mid 2000s sci-fi webcomics for some reason
Suggestions don’t seem to be an accurate metric for actual readership, from what I understand; while I can only speak for myself, I only suggest when I have a particularly good idea or funny comment (or it at least seems that way to me) and tend to abstain from saying anything otherwise. Even classics like Advocate got just two or three suggestions per update when they were running.

Some quests, like Salikai for example, seem to me to have a high suggestion-to-reader ratio because of a combination of high stakes and open-ended issues, resulting in more people stating their own unique solutions, criticizing others’ suggestions and debating in the thread. Mind, they probably have the same number of readers as other quests, it’s just that more readers feel they should make a suggestion. So overall, I wouldn’t worry myself about the number of suggestions too much, there’s just no way to tell how accurate it reflects the number of people reading

>>136755
Defintly Voting for more Gany.

ok

If you use the same device as the one that posted this you can scroll down and delete the post yourself using the handy delete feature at the bottom right hand corner of the screen.

No, wait. I wanna see how the Ping-Pong game is going!

>>134139
Indeed, its a dating quest. We're not going to suddenly have Sloth pop out of nowhere and it turns out we've been under a True Illusion all this time.

I want to see a Khraxian playing Bloodborne. That is all.

here have a lizard thing if you want i am just showing around what i made today it was originally 2 centimetres so a literal giant jellybean.
also deeply interested in questions such as how do the blood death worms eat and how does a mushy look like they must smell good like rat BOI and what dimensions are between 3 and 21?

>>134468
I think you forgot to attach the image.

Honestly, I prefer the original version compared to the new version.

Trayzeri 2021/11/06(Sat)02:48 No. 136471 ID: c92a02
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*Rolled 3: GROWTH*

"I rest my case."

The Spooooky Storyteller 2021/11/07(Sun)21:51 No. 136475 ID: 629f2e
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This wasn’t fruit punch. It tasted like sour watered down lemonade, without even a hint of sweetness to wash it down. You wanted to spit it out, but felt compelled to chug the remainder of the beverage.

As you swallow the last drops of liquid, your eyes start to itch. You put the flask down and start to rub them, but when they open again...

It was... Bright. Almost too bright, your eyes shut again instinctively. You force them open, looking forward again. It’s still too much, but you’re able to just barely squint and try to see. After a few seconds, your nearly closed eyes open wide, taking it all in.

For the first time in your life you understood that you'd been living in the dark. The greyscale life that you once saw color in, filled with hues you’d never before seen. The black and white which gave way to reds, blues, yellows, and so much more.

Roger: "It's... Is this real?"
Franklin: "...?"

You turn to Franklin, staring at him. His shirt was... green. You knew that, but only now could you really see it.

You laugh, it was all so clear. How had you not seen it before? You had known that these walls were red, but only now did you understand what that meant. The dull rusted metal, a color that spoke to you of the passage of time. It was incredible. You wonder if this feeling is anything like when a child first gets glasses.

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The Spooooky Storyteller 2021/11/07(Sun)21:52 No. 136476 ID: 629f2e
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...Your body felt... heavy...

Roger: "No -N-No! I don't want to go! I can see! I can finally see! I don't wanna- I don't wanna!"

You cry a hopeless rebuke, as your consciousness begins to stir. The ties that held you frayed, before severing entirely.

The last sight to cross your eyes was Franklin's panicked expression. And then...

The Spooooky Storyteller 2021/11/07(Sun)21:55 No. 136477 ID: 629f2e
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...

You were lying in bed. Looking through your regular eyes, upon a regular world. The revelation brought upon by the drink is a distant memory. It was fresh enough to make tears well up in your eyes, but impossible to comprehend as you did in the dream.

You saw color... What did that even mean? You always saw color, were you just not seeing it in the dream? And then like, you saw them again...? It was too confusing.

Quietly, so as not to wake your parents, you crawl out of bed and grab the sketchbook out of your bag. Flipping it open to an empty page, you begin to draw. The memories were already starting to leave you, becoming fuzzy and indistinct, but too many cool things happened in that dream to not draw something. Even just one, just a single good memory.

The Spooooky Storyteller 2021/11/07(Sun)21:56 No. 136478 ID: 629f2e
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There was really only one option. Out of all the weird aliens you spent time with, you had the best time with Dotti, even if she did leave you a mess when she departed. Your hand begins moving automatically.

Minutes pass as you toil, finding yourself deep in the zone. The lines seem to come naturally, as you're able to keep every detail about her in mind despite not having her present as reference. Eventually, the finished work stares back at you, a warm feeling filling your chest as you look at it.

You'd never forget completely. Even if you couldn't remember every encounter, or the colors, or if the conversations you had vanished from your head, you would still have this. A memento of a good dream. That's the power of art.

...You were getting too sappy over things that didn't really happen. And was it really this late? Okay, time for artists to go to sleep.

After all, tomorrow was Game Night! You'd have to be rested and ready for all the fun you'd have with your friends.

You can just tell it's going to be a Wonderful day.

And with that, Roger and Franklin are no longer present in the space station to interact with.

Happy Halloween everyone!

>>135867
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJsRAcAhnNw

Sarcopholacooda 2021/07/24(Sat)12:00 No. 135900 ID: 11f77a
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The headhunter carries her prize. Horrible Howie, once a monster who desecrated the land with his foul presence alone, had been silenced.

All that's left is to return the evidence to the town-crier and claim the handsome reward--

Sarcopholacooda 2021/07/24(Sat)12:13 No. 135901 ID: 11f77a
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Key: You think this is funny, you walking chimney?!

Key: Sending me on a wild chase to bring you some scruff mcgruff mascot head?

Key: There was never any horrible creature--all this was hyped up for your royal amusement.

Key: I demand compensation for wasting my time or I'll have my revenge, tall-neck!

Poltergeist Ethanoic Acid 2021/07/24(Sat)13:14 No. 135904 ID: e51896
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Meanwhile back in the boxcar, Arthurius sits with his back leaning behind a box. His head peeks out of his shirt which he ducked his head under to avoid getting decapitated. Only the top of his hat got destroyed. He takes a look at the fake vampire blood packet he found in one of the boxes. Some of it got in his mouth, it tastes a little bit like... raspberry jam?

:"That was scary... thank Morpheus I found this..."

he sighs loudly

:"Why is everyone at this beach so INSANE?!? Ugh, forget this place, I'm going home. I'll pick up my team later..."

Arthurius makes his exit off the beach.

LW 2021/11/05(Fri)00:41 No. 136454 ID: 9b127b
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>>135901
Lanix seems about to react in anger at being hit, but takes a moment to calm herself

Sister Tawny: "There is no need to throw a fit child, I'm sure you must be very frustrated but I did warn you that Horrible Howie was far out of your league

*Sigh*

Sister Tawny: "Neither I nor the crown can compensate you for a failed job, I thought I had made that very clear. but how's this for a reward, you a peasant pursued a fiend that should have meant your certain death but escaped with a most precious gift, your own life! truly you are blessed! and on your journey you've found a fine coat and hat to keep you warm in the cold winter months! so in a way you HAVE earned compensation!"

Tawny feels her wet hood

Sister Tawny: "now if there's nothing else, I'll need to clean off this jam before it stains."

Arhra 2021/10/28(Thu)00:44 No. 136405 ID: a7a3a1
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A quick lava lizard from Questroid.

>>136405
speaking of which how you enjoying the new Metroid game?

tippler 2021/10/28(Thu)07:14 No. 136411 ID: eedbeb
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uzak from the eventual this isn't working 2 thread

>>136410
I haven't bought it yet due to the lockdowns!

Arhra 2021/10/30(Sat)00:33 No. 136422 ID: d09a83
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"What do you mean 'It's distracting'? I used to walk around like this all the time!"

Deem's butt is from Dungeoneer.

>>134264
Nice piece, nice pair!

Doomsby 2020/11/05(Thu)17:29 No. 134272 ID: e7c7d3
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A butt of Penny from Dead Dust

Anonymous 2020/11/05(Thu)21:03 No. 134274 ID: 12b116
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Righteous Murder ass

Anonymous 2020/11/08(Sun)15:21 No. 134291 ID: 352516
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>>134264
Footknight from Sexy Dungeon

Nobody 2019/11/23(Sat)13:17 No. 131494 ID: 853489
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>>131493
(For comparison, this is the same village from the christmas comic I did awhile back.)

Sorry to hear you've been going through a rough patch lately and hope it get's better soon. Just remember though that you should worry about yourself first and if life is kicking you in the groin don't feel bad for taking time to try and let things sort themselves out. While I wouldn't mind seeing this quest come back the idea of a quest is to be fun, for both YOU and the reader. So don't feel the need to force yourself to do something if you're not enjoying it.

Again though, glad to hear that you're alright even if things haven't been going to smoothly and hope that it clears up soon. The 3D looks great.

Well, even if it didn't solve the problems you hoped it would, the work you did in 3D looks amazing. I hope what life throws at you sorts out, and remember interest in ROCK is not dead.

>>131493
Hey it's pretty stellar seeing you around again at the very least

Locking due to a persistent spambot.

Things Anon44 Needs To Do Before Starting The Next June Quest act:

-Draw eyes more... better
-Redraw character sheets
-Research ways of better incorporating 3D backgrounds (SketchUp? Unreal Engine? Blender?)
-Make more/better 3D props

Bumping, I guess, because I like this quest and hope it returns someday.

>>134936

Thank you! I hope to finish Lacy Lane and then work on it again.

Brief status update: strained my wrist at work, letting it heal before I go full-bore draw happy again.

Man, where you been, it's been 5ever.

Also hit me up, I still check my DA account once in a blue moon.

Heya Keel. I'm trying to recover from wrist tendonitis, so I'm out of the drawing game for a while.

I'll try to contact you on DA if I get a chance!

>>132695
How many of the half dragons dragons yet live!

Ekwi has not done any public lewd dancing, but Lust has.

>>132821
The dragon hybrids are still alive... for now!

Anonymous 2021/03/04(Thu)22:48 No. 134967 ID: 05da7c
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oh I found another one, from thread 4
featuring a design that went unused, which was for the hallway robot that Jozi defeated. This was just intended to show the pose, which is why the one in the quest has a different design.

Toastline 2021/07/18(Sun)17:52 No. 135880 ID: 0a4a5d
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I figured this might be of interest to someone at least. It's assorted sigils of deities!

What setting are these deities from?

tippler 2021/10/05(Tue)16:43 No. 136302 ID: eedbeb
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This dog has homosexual energy, which Sal appreciates, and also is sporting a fancy house arrest anklet. Sal decides he trusts the dog with his life, which isn't much.

He takes the dog's hand and follows him to a quiet corner. He accepts a cup of water and uses sand to scrub the crab fluids off his stained hoodie.

Absurdity DeVoid 2021/10/06(Wed)12:11 No. 136307 ID: f23762
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Bobbie the pirate princess "Sorry to bother you but it started raining and we both are soaked, I hope it is not a problem to sit under your tent."

Absurdity DeVoid 2021/10/06(Wed)12:12 No. 136308 ID: f23762
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Abdle the crew's parrot "It is getting really cold out here, can you heat me up."

Bobbie the pirate princess "Don't worry I am already on it."

Absurdity DeVoid 2021/10/06(Wed)12:13 No. 136309 ID: f23762
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Abdle the crew's parrot "Thanks, it really feels like the summer is finished and the weather is getting really ugly. Not the real best time to be a pirate."

Absurdity DeVoid 2021/10/06(Wed)12:14 No. 136310 ID: f23762
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Abdle the crew's parrot "Anyways we don't intend to disrupt anything that you were doing before we arrived."

Every time I think of this quest, I see a tiny glimmer of hope.
'Soon, Brom's kid will have school to go to, and he might finally have time to finish Static on the Line and Enemy Quest."

But then I remember it's been half a decade, and he's probably moved on with his life.
C'est la vie.

>>135433
this is one of the most depressing things you could have posted on this imageboard

>>135548
Also yes he said on the Discord in January that he has no interest in finishing EQ and that probably goes for SotW too. Gave his blessing for someone else to pick up the torch.

>>135549
well i gave my blessing if someone beat my WPM on that typing test thing and nobody did

so for now no successor has revealed themself

So sense the torch that is the quest...who will take it up? The torch is still hot, so it wouldn't be easy at all to do. Maybe one would need to make a few small torches to start out with, so one could warm up the to the heat before trying to bear it. Or maybe one should instead start their own fire with torches own flame? So that they can make their own torch that can burn bright, if not brighter then the original? All I know for sure is, if we let this fire sit for long enough, it will go out...

>>132135
This is a very interesting question. I'm not the author but I can't help thinking about it.

Given what has been said of the spell I think construct Lily's fighting skill would be based on Fen's but filtered by his perception of the late lord Rasyan, Fen's only example of a noble fighting (which would shape his expectation of how a noble fights).
Since Fen has seen Rasyan fight for a couple minutes at best, she wouldn't actually fight like him, but it's possible to Fen's eyes it would be undistinguishable.

I just realized I forgot the most important question: How do field kobolds like being pet or scritched?

Judgementor, how’d you get so good at energy finesse and the training thereof?

To anyone who’s eaten it:

What does Neumono meat taste like?

>>127145
To Cheese: Just how common are food-based names in Erja Nokol? Is it just people from your orphanage? All orphans? Or is it more widespread than that?

>>135330
Sorry to hear it! At least I'll have some time to get my lore straight :)

Should we discuss our attack plan for the meat demon because that's kind of important.
One very important thing I wish to note is that we should not focus on physically attacking it at all. It's kind of an embodiment of the hunt and rage so I feel a physical fight would be in it's favor.
Maybe we can do something to attack it from a distance or perhaps use evoke on it in some way, either way we really need to prepare ourselves.

Belief 2021/09/17(Fri)19:45 No. 136233 ID: dfbac0
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I took it upon myself to get a still shot of the sign.
I'm not sure what it fully means but it's here for any of you to make connections and also if any connections show up in the future.
Maybe it was us trying to gain a large number of acolytes by using the water supply?

Avenue told us we were about to take over an entire town by putting our essence in the water supply, but were stopped. I guess we must've successfully done it at least once before then.

>>136233
((Very good find! More information can be discovered depending on the direction the quest goes, but I will note that the name has appeared once earlier. Though the lettering is somewhat obscured.))

>>136234
((That is also a very good assumption given the information Avenue provided You.))

Quest has been renamed "Artificial." New thread is here:

>>/quest/1010182

Alternative titles that I did not wind up going with include "The Day the Earth Stood Still, but some weird stuff happens," "An Immature Escapist Power Fantasy," and the title you get by reading the first letter of every sentence in the first post of this thread.

>IRAQUEST

Goddamnit. It was hiding in plain sight the entire time.

>>/quest/1010652
I want to make sure what's going on here is understood. All the externally-verifiable events depicted in the first thread happened as you saw. The actions Mike took actually happened. All the non-verifiable stuff like internal dialogue did not necessarily actually happen as depicted. That's just Ira's brain subconsciously building a retroactive narrative around the idea that you are the same voices Mike was hearing.

For example, here Mike and Ira have a conversation about how altered states of mind, like dreams, can sometimes pull out memories you had forgotten:
>>/questarch/881877
He tells her about the interrogation dream, but not the hurricane one. Later, when he springs the information about the hurricane that wiped out North Sentinel Island, he doesn't bring up the hurricane dreams at all.
>>/questarch/1008931
That's because the Hurricane dreams didn't necessarily actually happen. They're just Ira trying to subconsciously justify why he didn't bring it up until later by tying it in to their earlier dream conversation.

The things you did in the first thread did matter, because they led Mike to take the actions he took. It's just that, in the context of the narrative, they're not things you guys specifically did. Mike was hallucinating, and the voices he heard did not necessarily say exactly the things you said. But, whatever was going on in his head was similar enough to produce an outcome that looked the same from the outside. If you had suggested other things, Ira would currently be unconsciously justifying a different set of actions with a dif

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>>136219
In hindsight she "feels" more like a protagonist, too. You did a really good job at this.

>>136221
I also had a history of running quests with a "blank slate male protagonist with female secondary character that knows more than he does" format. That may have assisted with the smokescreen before I fell off the face of the earth for three years.