>>5601543
>It's just you

Lets start alone, I welcome a challenge

>California

I actually saw bigfoot there once

>Gun
>Comfy van

Gun hippy build. Also northern cali is red asf, know plenty of rednecks and hunters from there.

>Behind you

https://youtu.be/l0Md9qwWQBI

>>5601546
Never been to California. I just picture large lovely forests when I think of it. Redwoods pop into my mind the most.

(OP forgot to name myself)

also not the first time I've posted on quests. Last time I wanted to make a tribute quest to the hive queen threads, but I was on my phone and rage quit after the 90th captcha...

>>5601551
Oh the redwoods are beautiful.

>>5601543
X] It's just you.
[x] Choose an additional bonus


Location (Choose one)

[X] Ohio
[x] Cryptid activity is unconfined spilling out into people's neighborhoods and large cities.

Bonus (Choose one)
[X] Comfy Van
[x] A place to rest, ride, or anything else you want. A kind of mobile HQ with every comfort you could want on the move

[X] Old Dusty Book
[x] Ancient knowledge

Old Scar (Choose one)
[X] Something moving in the walls

>>5601543
>[X] It's just you.
>[X] California
>[X] Comfy Van
>[X] Gun
>[X] Behind you

>>5601546
I like your gumption.

2votes
>It's just you
>California
>Gun
>Comfy van
>Behind you

You take a breath of the fresh California air.

It's just now hitting you. That you've ditched your "home"; everyone you knew and loved. All to come here by yourself.

Although you took a little something when you left home. Your family's heirloom rifle sits in the back of your comfy van. A gift from your dead father. Passed down from his own father before him.

They used to tell you as a kid he died in a boating accident. But after his funeral you could feel something watching you. You used to sleep with your blankets clinched tight to your face, barely breathing. In case the thing decided to... well you don't know what it would do.

You remember how you felt with it hovering in the shadows behind you. Watching your every move. Just over your shoulder. When you would come home to find chairs perfectly balanced upside down. TVs, the heavy ones, even the damn radios upside down. You remember that because your foster parents gave you spankings. They accused you of playing a prank. They weren't nice people, not bad people. Just not nice.

Now that you're grown it almost seems like a bad dream. But you know what you felt back then.

It's that fear that drives you on this adventure. To prove to yourself that either it didn't exist or that you could understand it, confront it.

But for now you have to find a way to get food, parking, etc. You're in a small town where locals have been making reports of unexplainable events and sightings. It's not exactly clear what you're looking for. The newspapers and articles are all vague and non descriptive so far.

>Preparation Phase
Health [3/3]
Stamina [3/3]
Hunger/Thirst [3/3]
No buffs or debuffs

Possessions
Gun (Very good condition)
Ammo [60/120]

Van (Good condition)
Gas 0%
Storage Slots [1/10]

Money (20$)

Stats
Perception 1 (How well you can distinguish things from out of the ordinary. At higher levels you'll begin to develop a sixth sense)
Dexterity 1 (How agile you are and how fast you perform actions under the stress phase.)
Ability 1 (How well you handle things like machinery, guns, etc. under heavy stress phase.)
Intelligence 0
Wisdom 0

Actions (Choose Three)
[X]Shop (For specific supplies write-in)
[X]Spend EXP points [0]
[X]Exploration/Documentation, talk to a few of the locals and get some hard details on this cryptid
[X]Write-In what type of rifle you'd like, if not I'll just keep it as a vague "rifle" the whole game
[X[Write-In any other special actions you'd like to take. Maybe you'd like to train stats or power level a team member? Anything reasonable goes.

Sub-Actions (Choose any)
[X] What's your name
[X] What's this town's name
[X] What do you remember the papers describing about this cryptid?
[X] Who did you leave behind
[X] where did you come from

>>5601590
>Exploration/Documentation, talk to a few of the locals and get some hard details on this cryptid

>Rifle. Mosin Nagant, specifically the Finnish M/28-30

Reliable rifles, used in many wars, and by the white death (the M/28-30). Figure an old WW2 rifle might have some supernatural weight to it

>Name. Marley Buzz
Hippy

>Papers. Old folkstories and urban legends

>Who did you leave behind. Wicca friend circle

>Where did you come from. The desert

I've got a good sleep schedule going so the melatonin is kicking in.

I'm going to start the quest up again tomorrow at 7-8pm and truck on writing until I get sleepy. So be sure to get your votes in. It'll be a nice little present for me for when I get on tomorrow. Love seeing votes and engagement. :)

I also want to see If I have enough willpower to start up that hive queen quest tribute I was working on (last year?)

(end note you guys should consider investing in a map)

>>5601590
>Exploration/Documentation
>Rifle: Mosin Nagant, specifically the Finnish M/28-30
>Name: Marley Buzz
>Town: Furnace Creek
>Papers: Mysterious and unseasonable warm winds, and an awful smell...
>Who did you leave behind: Wicca friend circle
>Where did you come from: Utah. Foster family was Mormon. We don't talk much, now.

(Sorry QM. Ignore the first draft at >>5601687; hit the post button too soon, and now it won't let me delete it.)

>>5601590
>Exploration/Documentation, talk to a few of the locals and get some hard details on this cryptid
>Shop for a flashlight, essential for night hunts

>>Name:
>Marley Buzz

>>Town:
>Furnace Creek

>>What do you remember the papers describing about this cryptid?
>Uncomfortable heat lingering around the location, localised fog around there

>>Who did you leave behind.
>Sister. Grew close after dad died but she doesn't like how we don't let it go and accept the "boating accident"

>>5601590
>Exploration/Documentation
>Buy for a flashlight
>Name: Harry Sunderland
>Who did you leave behind: Sister
>Where did you come from: Utah

>>5601590
Marley Buzz
Sister
Rifle: Tokarev SVT-40, same caliber as the Nugget but higher capacity and semi auto for way quicker follow up shots to avoid evisceration by whatever we’re shouting while not assault-y enough to get us in trouble in gun hating Californistan.
Van: 1975 Dodge Tradesman with a 440 big block V8

What's up guys gonna be 20-30 mins late because I'm getting something to eat. If you haven't voted yet now's the time :)

~Vote Count~
[Investigation Phase] Moving into [Stress Phase]

>Exploration/Documentation, talk to a few of the locals and get some hard details on this cryptid
(1/3)
>Papers. Old folk stories and urban legends
(2/3)
>Shop for a flashlight, essential for night hunts
(3/3)
>Town: Furnace creak
>Name. Marley Buzz
>>Where did you come from: Utah. Foster family was Mormon. We don't talk much, now. + The desert

>Rifle. Mosin Nagant, specifically the Finnish M/28-30 (+1 rifle ability from white death ancestry)
This work horse of a rifle vibrates with the blood flowing through your veins. Like a white grim reaper it remembers the master who used it to take so many lives so long ago. It instills a deep thirst for death within your very DNA.
5 Shot
Damage 5
Ability 2
+[Work horse]-{Cannot break. Easy to repair or clear jams.}
+[Hand fed]-{Consumes double the gun actions when attempting reload in heavy stress phase}

1Vs1

>Rifle: Tokarev SVT-40
Although this rifle boasts good stats all around it's prone to failures under heavy stress.
10 Shot
Damage 5
Ability 1
+[Semi-auto]-{increases gun actions by 3 while also making reload actions free.}
+[Fragile]-{During attacks in heavy stress phase rifle is likely to be damaged or drop magazine.}

>Sister. Grew close after dad died but she doesn't like how we don't let it go and accept the "boating accident"

2Vs2

>Who did you leave behind: Wicca friend circle

>>5602447
Opps
+1vote for sister (winning by majority)
Also
van now = 1975 Dodge Tradesman with a 440 big block V8

>Uncomfortable heat lingering around the location, localised fog around there

1Vs1

>Papers: Mysterious and unseasonable warm winds, and an awful smell...

>>5602588
I'm counting >Papers. Old folk stories and urban legends as a vote to look more into the papers surrounding the actual environment of the cryptid

Rolled 2 (1d2)

Rolls for the tie votes (I usually use other dice rollers so this is my first time trying this.)

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>Rifle: Tokarev SVT-40
wins

(THIS FUCKING CAPTCHA AHAHAAH)

Rolled 1 (1d6)

[Investigation Phase] Moving into [Stress Phase]

>Exploration/Documentation, talk to a few of the locals and get some hard details on this cryptid
(1/3) D6
>Papers. Old folk stories and urban legends
(2/3) D6
>Shop for a flashlight, essential for night hunts
(3/3) D15

>Town: Furnace creak
>Name. Marley Buzz
>>Where did you come from: Utah. Foster family was Mormon. We don't talk much, now. + The desert
>Sister. Grew close after dad died but she doesn't like how we don't let it go and accept the "boating accident"
>Papers: Mysterious and unseasonable warm winds, and an awful smell...

Health [3/3]
Stamina [2/3] -1 from walking around
Hunger/Thirst [2/3] -1 from passing of time
No buffs or debuffs

Possessions
Rifle: Tokarev SVT-40 [Semi-auto] [Fragile] (Very good condition)
Reload action Cost [0]
Actions (4)
10 Shot
Damage 5
Ammo [60/120]

1975 Dodge Tradesman with 440 big block V8 [Powerful] [Work Horse] (Good condition)
Gas 0%
Storage Slots [1/10]

Money (20$)

Stats
Perception 1 (How well you can distinguish things from out of the ordinary. At higher levels you'll begin to develop a sixth sense)
Dexterity 1 (How agile you are and how fast you perform actions under the stress phase.)
Ability 1 (How well you handle things like machinery, guns, etc. under heavy stress phase.)
Intelligence 0
Wisdom 0

Thats kindy annoying
dice+1d6
dice+1d15
If that doesn't work I'm just gonna be using external rolls from now on.

"Rolled 1 (1d6)"
1d6=2
1d15=12

Critical failure on locals, failure on old folk stories, Expensive flashlight.

These assholes really don't seem to like you do they?

>>5602613
Alas.

[Investigation Phase] Moving into [Stress Phase]

With your van out of gas you track the rest of the way into the city. Passing by the town's sign "Furnace Creek; Population 2000" as you enter a dinner you get stares. You had hoped to gather more information on your target here. Possibly overhearing some gossip or getting to talk to a local. You sit down at a table, waiting for a waitress. Instead you sit waiting and feeling like a idiot until one of the locals comes by your table. He seems like trouble, but you decide to oblige him a little. You introduce yourself "Hello there sir, names Marley, Marley buzz." he spits on your shoe.

You fight the urge to knock his lights out. You wouldn't be able to win if they all ganged up on you and you left your gun in your van a few miles back. "Now ya butt fucking faggot youra gonnin get out of here ya gotz it? We don't take so kindly to city slickin fags like yourself round here." the man says with a drawl. You almost can't believe what a massive prick this random stranger is being, but you can feel your muscles tensing up and your skin gets warmer by the second. You get to your feet shoving him a few feet in the process and moving for the door. Your jaw locked tight as you clench your teeth and your head light.

The man says something else as you turn to leave but you don't quite catch it.
Intelligence 0
Wisdom 0
Suddenly your patience wanes at what you assume to be a snide comment and you turn around
1d2=2+1 Ability + 1 Dexterity Overflow Critical

Punching him in the jaw. He takes a few stumbled steps back, but starts looking at you with a little more respect. He leans on a dinner table for support as you turn. Without anymore words you turn and leave. As you exit the dinner and hear the ring of the door and mutters of the diners you track down a store. Stopping at it to shop for a flash light.
Money (20$) - 12$ = Money (8$)
+[Irritated]-{More likely to act impulsively or aggressively}
The guy ripped you off, but you needed a light bad enough you choked the acid in your throat down. Better to spend twelve bucks now then get mauled to death or trip and break your nest in the forest investigating. When you reach your van you don't have much success trying to decipher the vague papers you kept when you left utah. Actually some of them are even torn from your sister trying to throw them away. Cryptids aren't exactly Mormon after all.

Sun dipping below the horizon you get ready to search for a cryptid. Securing the flashlight you bought on your rifle with some duct tape you had. Keeping a few loaded magazines anywhere you can fit them.
(30/60 ammo useable for stress phase+heavy stress phase)
2'000 possible damage

>Do you try and bring more ammo?
>What is your strategy to find this cryptid?
>Do you shoot anything that moves or will you try to accurately snipe it?
>Do you want to kill, capture, etc. the cryptid?
>How are you going to treat the townspeople after this

>>5602657
>Do you try and bring more ammo?
No. Let's travel light. If it turns into WWIII with a magical creature or whatever, we're fucked anyway.

>What is your strategy to find this cryptid?.
We got nothing from the local yokels, so I guess we look for warm winds, awful smells, weird fogs... And follow.

>Accurately snipe, IF needed
>Monitor preferred for now, capture or kill TBD once we know what we're dealing with and if it's shootable (or even deserves shooting)

>Try and find local outcasts among townsfolk whoa re interested in the paranormal and/or more welcoming to out-of-town weirdos
Every community has at least one . We're living proof.

Alright same deal tomorrow boiz

>>5602657
>Do you try and bring more ammo?
No. Travelling light does seem best.
>What is your strategy to find this cryptid?
Locals don't seem to like us but it might be worth trying to cross reference the strange phenemona it causes with other cases using a local library.
>Do you shoot anything that moves or will you try to accurately snipe it?
Accurately snipe. We haven't heard it cause injury or death, it's best to avoid shooting and potentially pissing it off when it could be non-hostile
>Do you want to kill, capture, etc. the cryptid?
Monitor until we know more.
>How are you going to treat the townspeople after this
Indifferently. Doubt they'll take well to schmoozing but there's no reason to antagonise them even further

Vote counting live in 15 mins!

Keep Current ammo.
>No. Let's travel light. If it turns into WWIII with a magical creature or whatever, we're fucked anyway.
>No. Travelling light does seem best.

Just follow the signs. Look up more information tomorrow at dawn.
This action will be reserved for the next investigation phase (basically you called dibs on one out of the three investigation actions.)

>Locals don't seem to like us but it might be worth trying to cross reference the strange phenomena it causes with other cases using a local library.
>>We got nothing from the local yokels, so I guess we look for warm winds, awful smells, weird fogs... And follow.

You decide to reserve your fire power only for when it's needed. And to make every shot count. Although it requires more ability, dexterity, and perception. In the meantime you're going to just watch the cryptids activities. Making sure to stay out of sight. (This action would best be performed with tier 2 stats, receive a debuff. But in turn rolls a 1D2 for every stat every stress phase to level them.)

>Accurately snipe, IF needed
>Monitor preferred for now, capture or kill TBD once we know what we're dealing with and if it's shootable (or even deserves shooting)
>Monitor until we know more
>Accurately snipe. We haven't heard it cause injury or death, it's best to avoid shooting and potentially pissing it off when it could be non-hostile

You decide to distance yourself from the locals. No doubt you'll only receive more of the same treatment. But you do want to watch out for any local outcasts who might be more receptive to you. (1D2 roll every investigation turn to find team members or resource contacts.)

>Indifferently. Doubt they'll take well to schmoozing but there's no reason to antagonize them even further
>Try and find local outcasts among townsfolk whoa re interested in the paranormal and/or more welcoming to out-of-town weirdos

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0/100 Stress Phase
+1D25=18
18/100

With your gun in hand you trapeze throughout the forest. Using your flashlight at the lowest level possible. Trying to avoid drawing anything to you. But at the same time needing it to see much of anything.
(1d20 critical for encounter)
1D20=10 No encounter, Hints/Clues found

As you scan the tree lines
1D2=1
You start to feel a little more comfortable handling your firearm. However you don't feel like you've quite developed the skills that are necessary to handle it with expertise.

That being said you remain a little jumpy.

Roll for heavy stress phase
1D2=2

The forest's usual noise suddenly dies. As if all sound was leeched out of the world through a bleeding wound. The only thing you can hear besides your own feet cracking twigs underfoot and pushing grasses out of the way is your heart's thudding. Now thumping in your chest with a frenzied BAMP HAMP BAMHP.

18/100 Heavy Stress Phase
1D10=9 (Near encounter) 18/100+20
38/100

You start to feel sleepy. A warm fetid wind brushing against your face.

Your gun almost slips from your hands as your eyes struggle against a force like gravity. However as you slump to the ground, supernaturally tired you push yourself to not succumb. Having prepared for this moment your entire life. You grab a fistful of dirt steadying yourself and pushing up with all your might. Noodle arms pulling your rifle to bear.

Pointing your rifle and light into the forest you don't see any creatures. But having been watched your entire childhood you know a pair of peepers when they're on you. And you can feel them out in the darkness.

But whatever's out there makes no moves.

You slowly back up, keeping your light on the dark patches of trees. Although you don't feel much safer with just another set of similar such trees behind you anyway. For all you know you could just be freaking out for no reason. But a pit in your stomach tells you to not make any sudden moves and to keep that damn flashlight on the specific treeline the disgusting winds are drafting from.

Eventually you make it back to your van, somehow finding your way through forests at dark.

But you don't feel very safe as you try to fall asleep.
+[Tired]

Before you know it the warm rays of dawn peek through your vans windows.

[Recuperation Phase] Moving into [Investigation Phase]

Relaxation Actions 0/3

Current Town: Furnace creak
Name. Marley Buzz
Health [3/3]
Stamina [1/3] -1 from walking around
Hunger/Thirst [1/3] -1 from passing of time
[Tired] [Irritated]
Possessions
Rifle: Tokarev SVT-40 [Semi-auto] [Fragile] (Very good condition)
Reload action Cost [0]
Actions (4)
10 Shot
Damage 5
Ammo [60/120]

1975 Dodge Tradesman with 440 big block V8 [Powerful] [Work Horse] (Good condition)
Gas 0%
Storage Slots [1/10]

Money (8$)

Stats
Perception 1 (How well you can distinguish things from out of the ordinary. At higher levels you'll begin to develop a sixth sense)
Dexterity 1 (How agile you are and how fast you perform actions under the stress phase.)
Ability 1 (How well you handle things like machinery, guns, etc. under heavy stress phase.)
Intelligence 0
Wisdom 0

Current Cryptid 38/100 [0]

>How u gona eat/drink
>Rest?
>How u gona get rid of them debuffs
+
>plan for investigation phase based on the last's phase's actions if you want

0/3 recuperation actions
1/3 Investigative actions

Yesterday I drank abunch of coffee and was up till 6am in the morning so I'm gonna hit the hay earlier today :P

You can plan many turns ahead so I can bust many more posts out ever session, gets the game moving faster (that's assuming you want it to move faster though.) Just a suggestion. Current way we're playing is not at all bad.

>>5603807
>>How u gona eat/drink
See if there is anywhere cheap to eat though given are low budget we probably will have to just buy an energy bar and call that a meal
>>Rest?
>>How u gona get rid of them debuffs
take a nap in our van with our gun within reach

>take a nap in our van with our gun within reach
Auto-Success, Traits degenerated
>See if there is anywhere cheap to eat though given are low budget we probably will have to just buy an energy bar and call that a meal
Regen 6 H/T+S
1D8=4 +2-1H/T
For finding a teammate
1D2=1 (no luck yet)

[Investigation Phase]

You find a place in the town for a quick bite and surprisingly the locals don't hassle you anymore. Maybe it's because of the punch or maybe it's because they've decided you might be here to stay. Either way you buy a cheap meal at the dinner. It's surprisingly empty for how crowded it was when you got here. You greedily scarf down the eggs, bacon, and waffles you ordered and quickly leave after paying.

Making sure to pay attention to any of the locals that might fit the bill for a friendly outcast. But none really catch your eye.

Once you get to your home on wheels you prop your gun across your chest and sleep on the shaggy carpeting. A pleasant lilac of one of your sisters friends still in the material. Helping you lull yourself to sleep.

Before you know it you awake with drool dripping down your face and a refreshing feeling of rest across your body.

It's now the afternoon and you got a little time to kill.

Current Town: Furnace creak
Name. Marley Buzz
Health [3/3]
Stamina [3/3] -1 from walking around
Hunger/Thirst [2/3] -1 from passing of time

Possessions
Rifle: Tokarev SVT-40 [Semi-auto] [Fragile] (Very good condition)
Reload action Cost [0]
Actions (4)
10 Shot
Damage 5
Ammo [60/120]

1975 Dodge Tradesman with 440 big block V8 [Powerful] [Work Horse] (Good condition)
Gas 0%
Storage Slots [1/10]

Money (8$)

Stats
Perception 1 (How well you can distinguish things from out of the ordinary. At higher levels you'll begin to develop a sixth sense)
Dexterity 1 (How agile you are and how fast you perform actions under the stress phase.)
Ability 1 (How well you handle things like machinery, guns, etc. under heavy stress phase.)
Intelligence 0
Wisdom 0

Current Cryptid 38/100 [0]
1/3 Investigative actions
(Follow up post for the planned action of the libary after this.)
>whats your plans for this cryptid besides the libary?
You know the cryptid lures it's prey to sleep, although it's not a sure thing that it targets humans. As it might have been threatened by your presence and flashlight.
>Traps
If so what are you going to use to trap and it how
>At this point you're strapped for cash and you need more. How will you do that?

Sorry QM. I'll have to read and post later -- Saint Paddy's Day.

1D45= 38+37
Current Cryptid 75/100 [0]

Reading through the local libraries many archives you find the reports confirm most of what you experienced. A warm draft in the forests and a sleepy feeling following that. Oddly though most of the cases happen in the forest. But a few are from people in their own homes.

These people seem dodgy in their reporting and answers. Almost like they want to hide something...

Gain [Home Invasion] Lead/Clue
Can be investigated.

>>5605366
NP I posted a little later than usual as well, also happy saint paddyes:)

>>5605362
>At this point you're strapped for cash and you need more. How will you do that?
Anyone need laborers around town?

>whats your plans for this cryptid besides the libary?
Buy an energy drink.

>Traps
Do we know how to set a snare? Maybe with captured animal to lure it in?
Let's not set those traps YET, though. First...

>Try to meet with and interview one or two of the people who reported encounters in their homes.

Um here, posting soon.

I've noticed on the questing thread alot of posters don't seem to really care about the stats and such so much as they do controlling the actions of characters.

I think I'm going to hide alot more of the data (making it easier to make more posts.) and just present you guys more options.

Please vote on this
>Yes more actions less data
>No keep it the same
>Write-In

>>5606787
>Yes more actions less data
Makes formatting tidier. Maybe put data (when relevant) in an attached image?

>>5606787
>Yes more actions less data

>>5606787
>Yes more actions less data
Make a pastebin or something for our inventory and such.

>>5606787
>Yes more actions less data
I'm normally a bit of a slut for numbers in games but I find they make quests harder to parse and jump into

Alright that's 4 votes yes I'll just keep that sort of thing to myself to keep track everything. If anyone wants me to info post just >InfoPost as a free action.

SYSTEMS TEST {INTERLUDE}

You arrive to consciousness in a violent elusion of sensation, barely able to tell anything apart.
>The dirt clings to your entire body. Effectively encasing you in a earthen tomb
>Rain drops hit your face as you recline your head against the asphalt
>You float peacefully underwater, heavy weights on your feet dragging you down

You try to remember how you ended up here.
>You had a argument with your wife
>You found your coworker defrauding the company you both worked for
>You knew too much
>You said things you shouldn't have
>You can't remember actually

After a little thought you rise.
>Blood still gushing from the wounds in your chest
[++ABT]
>Flesh ripping free from your skeleton
[+WIS +INT]
>Pale skin stretched tight against your frame
[+DEX +ABT]

You react with
>Blind rage lashing out at the closest thing to you
>Calm apathy what happened happened
>Joy finally you're free
>Melancholy such a strange moment in time this is
>Write-In

>>5608077
>The dirt clings to your entire body. Effectively encasing you in a earthen tomb
>You can't remember actually
>Blood still gushing from the wounds in your chest
>Melancholy such a strange moment in time this is

???

>>5608077
>>The dirt clings to your entire body. Effectively encasing you in a earthen tomb
>>You can't remember actually
>>Flesh ripping free from your skeleton
>>Calm apathy what happened happened

>>5608077
>The dirt clings to your entire body. Effectively encasing you in a earthen tomb
>You knew too much
>Blood still gushing from the wounds in your chest
>Calm apathy what happened happened

>>5608077
>You arrive to consciousness in a violent elusion of sensation, barely able to tell anything apart. The dirt clings to your entire body, effectively encasing you in an earthen tomb. You try to remember how you ended up here. You recall saying (doing???) things you shouldn't have, though you can't recall to whom. After a little thought, you rise, pale skin stretched tight against your frame. Though you could be horrified by what you are now, you feel apathy; it's likely not much worse than who you were before.

>The dirt clings to your entire body. Effectively encasing you in a earthen tomb
>You can't remember actually
>Blood still gushing from the wounds in your chest
>Calm apathy what happened happened
(Winning)

You open your eyes.

Dirt immediately stings your vision. You move to rub the dirt out, but your arms are pinned. Your panic quickly rises, fear of suffocation clouding all your rational thought as you struggle to free yourself.
(Auto) Your muscles strain with unnatural power. Fingers gliding through the dirt as if you were swimming.

Your pale hand bursts from the ground with explosive momentum. Spraying dirt all around you now that you've surfaced.

For all intents and purposes you have raised yourself from a unmarked grave. As you stand above the hole you dug with fierce strength you feel blood pooling down your chest. Leaking from many...
>Bullet wounds
>Stabs
>Bites

Somewhat queasily you clutch your hands around your wounds. Pointlessly trying to stop the bleeding. After all it's blindingly obvious you've already died. You try to remember how you ended up here and you get nothing, you're really not even sure you want to know. Besides the tender feeling in your presumably fatal wounds and the initial panic of being buried you really don't feel much at all. Rather you're happily calm.

A rumbling growl surfaces from your stomach, extreme hunger now realizing itself once you've calmed down.

(You're freshly risen from your own unmarked grave, seemingly abandoned for quite some time. Confronted with extreme hunger and constant bleeding you must face the world.)

What shall you do? (PICK TWO)
>Go stumbling into town
>Stalk hikers
>Sit down for a long time
>Find your possessions
>You have a bubbling in your gut, how could you have been killed and left out here?!
>You have a longing in your heart, follow it.

The puppet needs only be piloted for a few short cycles before all is revealed.

NECTAR OF SACRIFICE (CHOOSE ONE)
>MINOR COSMIC ALIGNMENT (E$#@#$#@)
>VIOLATION OF CASUALTY (L@#!@#!@)
>ABOMINATION (C@!#@#!@#!@)
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>>5610495
>Bites

>You have a longing in your heart, follow it.
>Go stumbling into town

>>5610517
>MINOR COSMIC ALIGNMENT (E$#@#$#@)

>>5610495
>Bites
>You have a bubbling in your gut, how could you have been killed and left out here?!
>You have a longing in your heart, follow it.
>>5610517
>VIOLATION OF CASUALTY (L@#!@#!@)

>>5610495
>Bullet wounds
>Find your possessions
>Stalk hikers
>>5610517
>VIOLATION OF CASUALTY (L@#!@#!@)

Thred ded?

>>5614135
no im just a little bizzy

>>5614721
Any idea when we'll be kicking off again, QM?

>>5614887
I'll try to pencil something in sometime today :)

Vote Tally
[1] MINOR COSMIC ALIGNMENT (E$#@#$#@)
[2]VIOLATION OF CASUALTY (L@#!@#!@) (Auto)

[2] Bites (Auto)
[1] Bullet wounds

[2] You have a longing in your heart, follow it. (Auto)
[1] You have a bubbling in your gut, how could you have been killed and left out here?!
[1]Go stumbling into town (Roll win)
[1]Find your possessions
[1]Stalk hikers

>VIOLATION OF CASUALTY (L@#!@#!@)
>Bites
>You have a longing in your heart, follow it.
>Go stumbling into town

Beyond your undead mind is a rolling storm, the beating heart of it's center a evil of unknowable parturitions. It sheds forth millions of spawn randomly flung in whichever direction. Seeking out your presence as you have stained the very fabric of casualty itself.

Rising from your grave against any and all odds. Defying death itself.
What commanded you from the grave?
>Write-In

But such a thing is not apart of your worries as you drag your broken body to your hearts longing and then the town. Furnace creek it's called.

The feeling in your chest draws you to a van just outside of the town itself. Rolled over into a ditch and covered with vines and green growth. You open the doors and can't find your gun.

Your hands dig into the metal, bending it with the depth of your emotion.

You turn your back having secured your van. Now sprinting in the direction of the town.

The sounds of dogs barking and baying in the distance.

(Moved into stress phase, write in three actions. And preparations if you have any.)

>>5616533
>What commanded you from the grave?
Something dwelling deeper under the earth.

>write in three actions
1. Load and clean gun
2. Slow down and move more quietly
3. Go towards the barking and baying

For clarification on what's going; on that critical failure you guys rolled with the townspeople caused them to lynch you.

You auto failed your wisdom and intelligence check so you weren't informed and they got you in your sleep somewhere along the line to here.

Also since I'm under a crunch right now I'm to discontinue the quest if it doesn't receive 4 response by lets say midnight tonight 12pm-1am.

>>5617240
We had a 1-in-6 chance of being lynched out the gate? Uh... Alright. Well, we came looking for the supernatural and, hot damn, we found it.

>>5617243
>minimum 4 votes
>Quest has a messy start, went dead for a few days
Welp, gg.

>>5617249
yep also messy start?
>>5617246
yeh its like the reverse of plot armor

>>5616533
>What commanded you from the grave?
Vengeance. Raw righteous fury. That beautiful Mopar shaggin wagon didn’t deserve such an ignominious end. Also they killed us which is a bummer, not to mention they stole our favorite commie battle rifle. These sons of bitches must pay.
>Actions
1. Try to be quieter/stealthier
2. If anyone does find us kill the fuck out of them we’re undead surely we have some kind of powers
3. Remember how we died so we know who to slowly dismember to get our SVT40 back

>>5617597
+1

I'm officially killing this quest, it was a nice run while it lasted peace!

>>5618281
You’s a bitch ass nigga

>>5618299
Supporting.