>>34893043
>Stay overnight, work in the office

>>34893043
>Stay overnight, work in the office
>Write in
"You owe me a drink"
Or
"If it's really that important shouldn't two people be better?"

>>34893291
Seconding owe me a drink

>>34893043
>>Write-In
We could both stay; fix whatever got messed up in half the time so we can both get the hell out of here.

>>34893314
>>34893291
Yeah, this.

>>34893043
Voting for 'fine, but you owe me a drink. Or three'.

>>34893291
This seems pretty good.

"You owe me a drink."

"Fine, just get on top of it." Ms Rebecca turns around, taking long strides into her office. You open up the office cloud, and get to work...

Looks like Greg did a real number on this one, he fucked up something somewhere and now his entire part is a mess. It's about half an hour in before you even know what you're looking for, and a few years too late to regret your anthropology degree.

"Here." A rocks glass is set down in front of you by slender fingers, there's some clear liquid floating about on chunks of ice.

"I was... thinking a bar or something." You look at Ms Rebecca, she's got a matching glass in her hand. "Is it really okay for us to be drinking in here?"

"Don't worry about it, it's after hours on a weekend." She takes a seat beside you, crossing one leg over the other and taking drawn sips of her drink.

"I thought you hated drinking," you say, before taking a drink.

"I do, but this isn't drinking, drinking is a social event." She holds her glass out, clinking it against yours. "Now get back to work, I'll tell you if you fuck up. Let's both get out of here quickly, I have things to do." At midnight?

"I don't think I've seen this side of you before." You're not sure if you like it, it's like seeing a sexy teacher smoking in the parking lot. Most of the time you've just assumed Miss Rebecca plugged herself into a power outlet every night that she got home...

The job is done quickly enough, working together with Miss Rebecca. You took your time on the drink, she's had about three or four throughout the hour. All things considered, she's not really different from how she was before the first one, other than some stumbling.
You send the files, close up, and help Ms Rebecca up onto your shoulder.

"Thanks for the work," she tells you. Looks like it's time to go.

>Talk about...?

>Drive Ms Rebecca home, then video games!
>Get a taxi for Ms Rebecca, then video games!
>Write-In

>>34893744
>Talk about...?
>Drive Ms Rebecca home, then video games!
"Thanks for the company, when you called I thought I'd be sitting in there alone for most of the night."

>>34893744
>>Drive Ms Rebecca home, then video games!
>inb4 we sleep with her

>>34893744
Dropped your trip there friend.

>>34893744
>>Drive Ms Rebecca home, then video games!

>>34893791
Seconding that, talk about what we're going to be doing after we get home

>>34893744
>Drive Ms Rebecca home, then video games!

>Talk about...?
So she really had a bottle of vodka lying around the office? One of the perks of being the boss, I suppose.

>>34893744
>Drive Ms. Rebecca home, then video games!

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"I'll drive you home," you tell Ms Rebecca. You did have one but, but you've mastered legally questionable driving after long years of friendship with the two gapingest ass-holes in the world.

"Sure, thank you," she answers...

"So you really had a bottle of vodka laying around in your office Ms Rebecca?" You're on the road, watching city lights flash by in what seems like an instant. Your boss stares out the window of your passenger seat as you make idle chat.

"It's a secret, don't tell." She puts a finger over her pale lips, glancing over to you. "And just Rebecca, this 'Ms' thing is annoying."

"Well, thanks for the company and the drink... Rebecca. I was worried I'd be stuck alone in the office all night."

"I don't trust any of you not to poke around the office if I leave it alone."

"So what kind of plans do you have for two in the morning?"

Rebecca takes a pause, thinking before answering. "I'm working my second job," she says, "you?"

"Me too. Got to make some gold." You just hit ten the other night, and now you need to decide on your profession in Erquest.

"Hmm..." Rebecca taps her finger against your window. "My house is just up on the next block, drop me off there."

...you drop off Rebecca, before driving yourself home. The couple next door is asleep, but you can see a bit of blue light escaping the curtains of their kid's room. Yeah, you're not the only one up late tonight.

It doesn't take long for you to log on, leaving the dark night of your neighbourhood into the bright blue skies of Erquest.

You have two stat points, and two skill points to allocate.

>Spend two stat points, your current stat spread is 2 STR, 2 SPD, 0 DEF, 1 MAG, 1 RST, 0 LUK.
>Spend two skill points, you can access your entire skill tree

>>34893836
Thanks. It didn't carry with me after making the thread.

>>34894187
Which skills are we restricted to? 4th row?

>>34894294
>you can access your entire skill tree
I'm assuming we can choose from all of them.

>>34894294
EVEEEERYTHING.

>>34894323
>>34894330
YEEEESSS

>>34894187
>DEF
>LUK

>Held Hands
>Piercing Fingers

>>34894187
>1 RST, 1 SPD
We only have one skill to boost Resistance, and it's still unclear whether we'll ever unlock it. Spd can help fill in for DEF sometimes, and we've got Stone Wall to help fill in the gaps, but it's going to be less likely that we can dodge AoE magic attacks or area hazards.

>Rising Storm
>Lion Fist
Max out on disables. Rising Storm seems very great, since having the ability to guaranteed interrupt an enemy once per combat seems wonderful for raids and the like with bosses that can charge up a really scary attack.

Held Hands seems pretty useful too, though.

>>34894187
Put one point in STR & SPD, and get
>Held Hands
Self Healing is nice.
>Lion Fist
Getting a STR & SPD bonus when using this is pretty good, plus it stuns.

>>34894538
This

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You pick out a few skills and allocate your stats. Most of your fights have had more to do with how you move your body than how big your numbers are, but you do feel a little faster and stronger as your strength and speed go up.

"Hey," Ervin sends to you, "stuck at work?"

"Yeah, my boss is pretty though so it's okay."

"Word of advice, only idiots date in the work place."

"I didn't say anything about that, and have you ever?"

"No, I'm not an idiot." Ervin coughs before continuing. "Well, start grinding harder. I just hit max level and now I'm waiting for you and Lloyd."

"Aww, cute, Ervin's lonely waiting for his friiiiends," you say, "I need help picking my professions."

"There's a different quest for each profession, honestly I didn't bother with them much since they're mostly just for fun, but pick one out and I'll tell you where it is."

Let's see, what were the professions again... oh yeah. They were...

>Gastronomer, cooking ability improves and you can identify food in the wild.
>Mixer, you can make potions of various effect and can purify liquids.
>Tamer, you can raise small animals and can scan monsters in the wild.
>Builder, gain the ability to construct buildings and vehicles.
>Couturier, you can make clothing and designs, altering the appearance of equipment.
>Performer, skills in music and dance improve, gain the ability to influence NPCs.

You'll have to pick one of those. Come to think of it, your other newbie friends could probably use some help too. Let's see, Pixie, Raven and Leah are all online. That's convenient. Yzz is too, she added you after your little encounter for some reason. Guess she can track you down more easily if you're on her friends list.

It's probably not worth it to run a mundane profession quest with a big party, but you could probably invite one or two.

>Invite one of the newbies...?

>>34894810
>Prostitute
And nah, more XP for us

>>34894187
By the way, [Lifted] just means a guaranteed stun, right?

>>34894810
>Tamer, you can raise small animals and can scan monsters in the wild.
Invite Pixie

>>34894845
Gosh anon, there're children playing this game. But I'm counting this as Performer and yeah, basically.

>>34894862
Yes, but they're also in the air. In context of the game it takes them out of melee range, in context of the narrative it's more "cool" than anything. Later skills will interact with the condition.

>>34894810
What sort of buildings/vehicles can we make? What sort of animals can we tame?

>>34894810
>Tamer, you can raise small animals and can scan monsters in the wild.

If I was minmaxing a Solo, I'd pick Gastronomer, and Builder for minmaxing in a party. But this is a fun quest.

>>34894810
>Tamer
MONSTER KING TIME

>>34894924
>>34894810
Seconding performer then.

>>34894810
>Yzz is too, she added you after your little encounter for some reason.
Daaaww, she likes us.

>Tamer
I figure being able to scan monsters would be a very valuable skill to have.

>>34894862
Assuming it means it makes them airborne.

>>34894810
>Tamer, you can raise small animals and can scan monsters in the wild.
Almost everything else (except for Performer) can be replaced by hiring out other players who picked those skills, but we can't really commission a tamed animal.

>>34894810
>Performer

>>34894810
>Performer

>>34894810
>Tamer

>>34894810
Tamer. I thought we already decided on that last time?

>>34894810
Performer please

>>34894810
>Performer

>>34894810
>Performer

>>34894810
>Performer

Okay, you can stop samefagging for performer.

>>34894810
Can you put this to a final destination vote? The samefagging is pretty blatant here.

>>34894994
>>34895000
>>34895027
>>34895068
>>34895084
>>34895090
we do NOT have this many players. This is Librarian.

Unfortunately, I have to go, so if a new vote it held, count 1 for tamer.

>>34894810
Performer seems fun.

>>34894810
Lets go with performer, influencing NPCs is useful

All these people not wanting to become A MONSTER KING

>>34895139
It says animals though, not monsters.
I'd prefer to be NPC king

>>34895161
But being king of npcs is boring.

"So what does the Performer profession even do?" you ask Ervin.

"Mostly cat girls and Lloyd pick it and they go around slutting up the server. If I had a quarter for every rape back-story..."

"I guess I'm going Tamer." The idea of jamming out on a virtual guitar and seducing all those sexy NPCs like Gogregio is tempting, but you have this slime crown and it'd be a shame not to use it. Monster King, you like the sound of that...

You go with Ervin to the mercantile district of Granrose, where all the trainers await. The sound of music fills the air as you step past the arched wall separating the market from the rest of the city. There's a large population here, players and NPCs. You've sent a message with Pixie to meet you, might as well adventure together, it's been working out so nicely so far.

"Hey, Aster, Ervin!" Pixie waves to you as you come up past stands of fruits and vegetables to a little boxed area filled with caged critters. Slimes, Teddy-bears, the dreaded Rabbit-Wolf. "Thanks for helping us!" Pixie grabs one of your hands in both of hers and shakes it up and down. She does the same to Ervin, who pulls back rather uncomfortably.

"I'm up for awhile any ways, I might as well."

"What profession are you going? I'm picking up tamer."

"I'm taking Performer! I can't dance in real life, but I want to see what these feet can do." Pixie gestures down to her toes, she's been leaving them bare since she lost her shoes.

You peek over to Ervin and smirk, Ervin sighs. "Alright, let's get started on Aster first."

>CONT

Two or three anons, I admire your passion but if you're looking to play male zombie smut quest, I apologize in advance to say that I will only be disappointing you.

>>34895231
I think your posts are boring, I think taming small animals is boring, I think using boring as an excuse not to do something is a cop out and a horrendous failure of an argument for any purpose

>>34895243
Thank you Librarian.

>>34895243
I just wanted to be able to sway the far more powerful and influential NPCs rather than small animals

>>34895243
>>34895243
Only "smut" I was thinking of us wooing the girl in the bar with performer prowess and drinks, but instead I suppose we're going to get friendly with the local animals. How wonderful.

>>34895243
NPCs > Small animals
Nuff fucking said

>>34895243
I just didn't want to be playing tamogotchi really, "raise small animals" seems absurdly useless at the moment, and Performer was the only other option so...

>>34895271
We could get strong enough to conquer large animals/monsters, and while doing stuff with NPCs isn't boring, a monster king seems to be more fun.

>>34895379
Plus, it looks like "small animals" just mean weak monsters, not squirrels, birds, and other vermin. Besides, why would they put squirrels in an mmo?

The Tamer Trainer is an Anman fellow, but unlike the more popular lithe cat-folk that most players make their avatar, he's got rounded ears to him and a thick frame, decorated with a heavy brown beard.

"Ah, so you want to be a tamer?" The Trainer stares at you, you notice one of his eyes has been gauged out. "My name is Beier." Like bear, yeah, you get it.

"Uuuh, yeah. Can I do that?"

"Of course, but you must do a job for me... see, not just anyone can be a Tamer, it's a dangerous job. You might think it's all slimes and dogs, but a true tamer is after big game... the dreaded jackalope. If you want to play it for fun, you can back out now."

"Jackalope... like a rabbit?"

"NOT LIKE A FUCKING RABBIT." Beier points at his missing eye. "IT HAS HORNS."

"O-okay. So what do I do for you exactly...?"

"Travel out to The Fairy's Forest, there you will have to defeat a great beast. Should you manage it, it will give you the egg of its child. Bring it back here, and we will hatch it in the incubator."

"That's... this is pretty silly. So, egg, is it a bird or something?"

"NO! ALL BEASTS IN ERQUEST ARE BORN FROM EGGS. DON'T YOU KNOW THIS? BAH, I SHOULD HIT YOU!"

"Ah... okay. So, what am I hunting?"

Beier reaches behind him, and draws out a parchment. He folds it open and reveals to you the fierce image of a...

>White dragon
>Gold tiger
>Black spider
>Red wolf
>Write-In

>>34895271
>>34895283
>>34895344
My apologies, the Tamer side of thing seemed a lot more invested than the Performer side of things, so if there're more people genuinely interested in it than I thought, I'm sorry for that. But if I might step away from neutral for a second, you'll still be able to interact with NPCs just fine normally, so taking Tamer does open up more "options", so to speak. I'll try to give you the opportunity to play with NPCs even in lack of the skill.

>>34895379
It doesn't say anything like that in the description though, so why should we believe we can?

>>34895469
>the dreaded jackalope

We goin hard.

>>34895469
>>Black spider
Spiders are cool

>>34895469
>Red wolf

>>34895469
>Write in
An Aboleth

>>34895469
>Red wolf

>>34895555
This, by the 5s we Cthulu now

>>34895469
>Write in
A golden slime.

And OP, we could interact with NPCs before, the performer seemed to have "bonuses", which made it alluring.
Besides, why can't we learn more than one anyway?

>>34895469
>Red wolf

>>34895469
Every monster listed there. We are going to become the MONSTER KING after all.

>>34895469
>Red wolf

>>34895609
This, and if we can't do this then >>34895555

>>34895622
>>34895526
>>34895558
>Choosing literally the most boring, mundane, and most likely least useful option
You guys are honestly retarded.

>>34895609
Seconding slime

>>34895609
Seconding slime waifu

>>34895657
Okay. You're entitled to your opinion.
Even if it's shit

>>34895609
Slime's are my fetish, so this, get a girl one too

>>34895609
Changing my vote to slime queen

>>34895657
Fuck off. Wolves are cool.

>>34895716
>>34895706
Fucking this, lets grab us a slime queen

Ooh change my answer here:
>>34895616
to this
>>34895609

>>34895771
Maybe not a slime girl though, since a(Weird looks and b(She ain't real dawg

>>34895847
No, slime girl 100%

It's not going to be a slime girl, anons. Stop trying to make things lewd.

>>34895847
>>34895889
What're you, faggots?

Sorry that the anons are trying to turn this into a lewdquest, Librarian. I tried to stop it.

>>34895923
>Tried to stop it
>Advised people to take the option which was perfectly reasonable and people liked
Honestly, I predicted this back >>34895283 here, why else would people want a variable useless pet aside from to dick it?

>>34895609
Supporting a genderless gold slime.

>>34895609
Golden queen slime please

>>34895960
Dicking the pet was far from what I wanted when I voted tamer. I was thinking we could tame animals of all types and open up a pet store.

"A slime?" The image seems to be a fat golden slime in a fat crown.

"I see you are familiar with The Slime Prince? Well this is The Slime Duke! Though lower among their gooey kingdom's hierarchy. The Duke and his kin are rich in goold and owning a gold slime is a sign of great status throughout Erquest. Defeat The Slime Duke, and obtain an egg."

"It's also the starting quest for tamers that everyone gets apparently. I guess I'll do it?" You better get some sexy slime girl out of this, because otherwise you're dropping this profession quest! You take the quest, and head on out. A wolf or something would've been cool, but they're common enough that you can find one later...

The trees in The Fairy's Forest have a green tint in the wood, and a verdant colour to the leaves. Little lights float about, dancing in and out between the shadows and giggling ever so softly. You arrived rather quickly, the zone of it not too far from Granrose, but the high canopy only lets some light in from the sun, putting into the light a curious glow.

"This place is soooo pretty." Pixie peeks around the area in front of you, sticking her head between the trees and latching her tail onto branches to peek from up high.

"You're really getting used to that body aren't you?"

"Yeah, I am!"

"I haven't been here before, so it's new to me too. Let's be careful," says Ervin, keeping his shield out and ready.

"Ooooh, I see something!" Pixie grabs onto a thick branch, swinging on top of it and catching into the wood with the claws of her feet. She points ahead, where you see a group of three slime bouncing around. Big googly eyes on a metallic body, about twice the size of your head each but still far smaller than the rest of you.

"Well, let's flatten them." Ervin draws out his hammer.

>You are [Balanced].

>[LIGHT] Surround them and attack
>[HEAVY] Run and punt
>[GUARD] Have Pixie pull them with an arrow and ambush them
>[2d20] Negociate with the slime
>Write-In

>>34895918
But she ain't real dawg

Rolled 12, 1 = 13 (2d20)

>>34896034
>[2d20] Negociate with the slime
SURELY A DUKE SUCH AS YOURSELF COULD SEE PROFIT IN WHERE IM COMING FROM WINK WINK

>>34896034
>metallic body
Oh shit kill it now before it runs away.
>[HEAVY]

>>34896034
>>[LIGHT] Surround them and attack

>>34896034
>[HEAVY] Run and punt
Thank god it isn't a slime girl. I hope animals and monsters stay non-fuckable.

>>34896136
See:
>You better get some sexy slime girl out of this, because otherwise you're dropping this profession quest!
We're essentially stealing the duke's daughter after killing him

>>34896161
>Implying that wasn't just Librarian making a jab at all 3 of the voters who wanted a slime girl for lewd

>>34896161
Now that sounds cool

>>34896034
Guard please

Abloobloobloo-quest meta-abloobloobloo.

None of the professions are meant to give any combat bonus in practice, but write-ins and creative usage of them does generate bonuses. The main goal of them is to just have fun and pad out the player character a bit. I really didn't expect so much heat in picking one, but I think I can handle a neat compromise between the two of you'll let me. So let's try to play nice, alright?

Let me say early on so you don't get invested and have to drop it later. I'm not really opposed to a little bit of flavour but this isn't a smut quest and I'll probably black out any thing that does happen. So keep that in mind. Jokes aside, I'd like to avoid the possibility of this becoming a monster-girl ranching quest. I'd totally participate in one if someone ran it.

The quest is supposed to be light hearted, in a sort of cosy way. So let's keep the atmosphere friendly if we can.

>Combat is picked from 3d20. Most other actions are best of 2d20.

>>34896193
That's a really dickish move to make, and also unless it's absurdly obvious also inspires people to believe it may actually happen, which is also a dick move.
So I don't see why a QM would ever intentionally try to make his players angry at him for no reason.

>>34896034
Guard.

Rolled 8, 20, 4 = 32 (3d20)

>>34896034
Dice, dice, dice

Rolled 15, 3, 11 = 29 (3d20)

>>34896196
>People want X to be a woman
>ITS TURNING INTO A SMUT QUEST EVERYONE RUN FOR THEIR LIVES
Sheesh, QMs are such paranoid fucks

Rolled 1, 9, 6 = 16 (3d20)

>>34896196
roll

>>34896265
such is the life of a qm

>>34896265
Are you trying to say that all those anons voting for a slime girl DONT want to do lewd things to it? Please.

>>34896325
No; I'm saying that assuming tha everyone wants to is another matter

>>34896341
Okay, assuming it is the wrong thing to do, but here it's entirely justified.

Rolled 7, 2 = 9 (2d20)

>>34896265
>Negociate
"You see this crown? Do you know whose crown this is? I imagine he was a lot stronger than you, so back down motherfucker.
>>34896034
People were suggesting to become a prostitute last thread.

>>34896378
Not really? What have you that impression?

>>34896429
Monstergirls themselves are fetish fuel. The only reason someone would want a slime shaped like a woman instead of a ball is because it pleases their penis. Even though fucking a slime girl probably feels like same a fucking a normal slime.

>>34896509
What if someone wanted a conversational partner which wasn't a guy?
What if someone wanted to look at something pretty?
What if someone wanted to let someone else put their dick in it?
What if someone wanted to romance it?
What if someone wanted to use it as a weapon through means of teaching it grappling and wrestling moves, combined with it's natural acidity?

>>34896572
That last one can be just as easily done with a regular slime as with a slime that looks like a girl. The rest of those can be accomplished with actual people.

>>34896572

All of those you can do with a ball of slime. Except looking at something pretty but we're surrounded by men with pretty avatars anyway.

You dash at one of the Metal Slime, and swing your leg forward. Your boot sinks into its body, lifting it up and sending it flying over the tree tops. Its body vanishes from your sight before its health bar vanishes from existence.

The two remaining slime take a pause, blinking at each other before turning their heads to you. Their mouths open wide, and they bounce at you with metal jaws.

"Duck!" You drop your head to Ervin's voice, and barely avoid decapitation as he swings his shield wide into the slimes, flattening both against a tree. Their bodies burst into shiny bits, releasing gold coins that float their way into your pockets.

"You could have taken my head off!"

"If I did, you could just screw it back on."

"Yeah, but it would've hurt."

"I'll scout ahead." Pixie leaps from one tree to the next, you follow the forest trail behind her...

It seems the three slime were a front guard, it doesn't take long for you to find The Slime Baron's court. The Slime King is twice-thrice the size of a slime, putting him at roughly your own height. His round body sits on a make-shift throne--made from fairy wood thrown together. Two metal slimes sit on each side of him, the little nubs on the top of their heads stretched and holding fans for their lord.

"SoOOon, the slimes will slip into Maidendale and bounce all over those man-peoples! SoOOon!" The Slime Baron talks to his people, a group of four bowing down in front of him and countless more metal slime slinking around a crumby village made from tented wood.

"The dialogue in this game is so bad." Ervin sighs. "I don't feel comfortable handling that many without AoE though. We can..." Ervin starts rambling on about some boring plan, you tune him out while you think. Your party of three watch The Slime Baron from the forest.

>[2d20] Leap into the court and challenge The Slime Baron to a one-on-one.
>[2d20] Announce yourself to the court and try to negotiate for an egg.
>Engage groups one by one.
>Write-In

>>34896572
Most of those things can be done by Pixie, the girl travelling with us

>>34896572
Also she ain't real dawg.

>>34896665
The last one would require a humanoid form, which I'm unsure if we've even seen a slime in such a form before.
And sure, you're right, but since we chose monster tamer instead of Performer, I guess we're not going to be talking to people as much any more, right?

>>34896677
Aside from the talking, and the wrestling, and the putting someone else's dick in it

Rolled 7, 7 = 14 (2d20)

>>34896699
>>[2d20] Announce yourself to the court and try to negotiate for an egg.
That sounds cool and all Ervin, but fuck that.

>>34896699
>Engage groups one by one.
More loot.

>>34896699
>[2d20] Announce yourself to the court and try to negotiate for an egg.
He should want the crown I think

>>34896735
>but since we chose monster tamer instead of Performer, I guess we're not going to be talking to people as much any more, right?
No? Why the fuck would you even think that?

>>34896699
>[2d20] Announce yourself to the court and try to negotiate for an egg.
for the lolz

Rolled 16, 6 = 22 (2d20)

>>34896699
>[2d20] Announce yourself to the court and try to negotiate for an egg.

>>34896735
Yes you can talk to your nonmale slime ball, we get negotiation prompts all the time. I don't want to pimp our slimes out anyway. And the vicous natures of the slime itself is good for grappling and pinning, they don't need arms or legs they can just absorb to bind, or teach them to make slime tentacles.

And our choice of profession has no negative impact on how we talk with NPCs or other players.

Rolled 9, 7 = 16 (2d20)

>>34896699
>Duel the Baron 1-on-1
WE SHALL CRUSH ALL OPOSITION AND BECOME THE SLIME KING.

Rolled 1, 17 = 18 (2d20)

>>34896699
>[2d20] Announce yourself to the court and try to negotiate for an egg.

You leap out from the brush, doing a somersault in the air and landing yourself straight in the middle of the four slime bowing to their duke. Nailed it too! Didn't lose your legs or anything!
"Behold, I am Aster, who wears The Slime Prince's Crown!" you announce.

"The Slime Prince's Crown! YoOOou were the one who sloOOo him!?" The Slime Duke gasps.

"To be fair, The Slime Prince dies like, fifty times a day," says one of the slime at his side.

"Come on man! What the fuck are you doing!? You're going to get mobbed to death!" Ervin is unamused. Ervin is always unamused. Pixie is clapping, at least one of them has an appreciation for flair.

"I have come to take one of your daughters, present to me the egg with the sexiest slime girl!"

"What the fu- goddamnit man. What the hell are you doing? Ju- why would yo-" Ervin is unamusing, Ervin is always unamusing.

"Wait, was that part of the quest?" Pixie is confused, Pixie is always confused.

"I need not all of my children, but you do little to convince me to let goOOo of my own. You bounce into my court, and demand me to concede to your requests? BoOOo to yoOOou!"

"I really hope they kill you Aster."

"I am ready to negotiate. Tell me what you want for an egg. A sexy egg."

"They don't MAKE sexy slimes Aster!" Ervin doesn't know shit, you have an entire collection of sexy slime images on your computer. As for eggs, that's not something you'd like to talk about.

"Hmph... I like your style. You're quite the slippery fellow, real smoOOoth. Why, with that crown on your head you loOOok just like a slime! Fine. I will give you an egg, but you must do a job for me!" Success, you won't have to murder the smile off The Slime Duke today. A quest prompt opens up in front of you, and you read it...

>Trade in your [Slime Prince's Crown], he will gain prestige if he retrieves it.
>Capture a fairy from deeper in the forest, he has always wanted to see one.
>Go to Maidendale and get the guards drunk to help an invasion.
>Write-In

>>34897190
>Go to Maidendale and get the guards drunk to help an invasion.

Oh man I wish we beat him up instead. Well monsters in town events are always fun IMO.

>>34897190
>>Capture a fairy from deeper in the forest, he has always wanted to see one.
Let's go get a fairy

>>34897190
>Trade in your [Slime Prince's Crown], he will gain prestige if he retrieves it.

>>34897190

As if we'd ever give up our level 6 green item. Let's go bag a fairy.

>>34897190
>Capture a fairy
This nigga only gettin our crown over our lifeless body.

>>34897190
>Trade in your [Slime Prince's Crown], he will gain prestige if he retrieves it.
Slime connections nigga

>>34897190
>Trade in your [Slime Prince's Crown], he will gain prestige if he retrieves it.
We can go and grab another crown, Christ

>>34897190
Slime crown

>>34897190
>Go to Maidendale and get the guards drunk to help an invasion.

[Server] THE SLIME DUKE AND HIS ARMY HAVE INVADED MAIDENDALE! CALLING ALL BRAVE ADVENTURERS FOR AIDE.

Sounds like fun.

>>34897326
I can guarantee we wont get another one, even if it is as easy as clearing the dungeon again I doubt we will ever go back there.

>>34897374
Then we don't fucking need it do we?
We'll grab something better within ten minutes.

>>34897190
>Trade in your [Slime Prince's Crown], he will gain prestige if he retrieves it.

>>34897374
Isn't it a rare drop too?

>>34897190
Can we do 2 for 2 eggs? If so...
>Trade in your [Slime Prince's Crown], he will gain prestige if he retrieves it.
>Go to Maidendale and get the guards drunk to help an invasion.

>>34897416
Probably. The jew in me hates this but I wont demean myself to voting multiple times.

>>34897416
This isn't a Korean MMO or Warframe. Hopefully.

>>34897425
This. Fucking this.

>>34897425
Can we do that? It seems cool

>>34897190 #
>>Capture a fairy from deeper in the forest, he has always wanted to see one.

Bet the fairy will be difficult to catch and will offer a counter quest.

>>34897425
Changing my vote to this

>>34897462
I think it is a Korean MMO, we made some remark about the Koreans being unable to make this game a less grindy IIRC. If there's anything I learned from Korean MMOs it's that headgear is serious business.

Ooh, how about we get the slime KING's crown later on. I mean, that has to be better than the prince's crown, right?

>>34897425
This would be pretty awesome if we could do it, two pets > one pet

>>34897501
Well, there's grindy for XP, then there's grindy for items

>>34897505
If possible I would do all 3, then kill the Slime Duke for both crowns and a 4th egg.

>>34897554
>Not leaving him alive for SLIME CONNECTIONS
Nigga you dumb

>>34897554
Nah, let's just stick with
>>34897425
because two slimes are enough.

So we're going to stage a slime revolution right?

>>34897794
Let's do this, starting a new event go!

"I want The Slime Prince's Crown! The Slime BaroOOon will reward me nicely if I take it to him."

"M-my crown...? But I look so dapper in it." You're not even entirely sure what dapper means, but you know this crown makes you fucking cool, no matter what Ervin says. "Fine! I'll give you the crown, but I want two eggs!"

"You fucker! You only need one egg for the quest!" Ervin yells.

"I will give you twoOOo eggs, but you have to help me with my invasion of Maidendale! Head to the village and do my doings!"

"FINE! I'll give you the crown and get the guards inebriated, but I want premium eggs! I want eggs too good to make an omelette out of!"

"GoOOoD!"

"Good!" You step forward and offer your hand to The Slime Duke, a tiny gold tentacle flops out of his body and grabs your hand, shaking it. You give him the crown, he gives you an egg, and he tells you that he'll give you the other one when you meet outside of Maidendale for the invasion...

"And that's how I got this egg," you finish telling Lluthiana at Maidendale's bar, once she's logged on and met up with you, Pixie and Ervin. You hug the golden egg in your arms even though it could just shrink into your pockets, you're still getting over the crown.

Maidendale's a small but fairly fortified town a short but meaningful distance away from Granrose.

"I can't believe... how did all of this happen?" Ervin's face is planted against the table. Poor guy just doesn't understand your style. Lluth laughs hysterically at your story. Pixie, Pixie is confused as usual.

"Is it really okay for us to do this?" she asks.

>Sure it is, you should go get the guards drunk so you can get your egg.
>Of course it's not, you'll warn the militia and prepare an ambush for the invasion.
>One slime is enough, you can just leave with your prize. Let them sort themselves out.
>Write-In

>>34897848
>One slime is enough, you can just leave with your prize. Let them sort themselves out.

>>34897665
Because MMOs don't work that way. After this quest we will never see the slime duke again.

>>34897848
>>One slime is enough, you can just leave with your prize. Let them sort themselves out.
I don't really care that much

>>34897848
>Write in.
"Eh, it just seemed fun to do an event like this, plus nobody's actually going to die, even the NPCs, and we can take back the town later."

I figure turning the crown in in for a quest that's explicitly about establishing a diplomatic link with the Slimes will probably lose us the physical item, but give us an equivalent diplo bonus as a passive or something.

>>34897794
Sitting around amidst a sea of low-level mobs writing up a bunch of "SLIMES ARE FRIENDS, NOT FARM" protest signs since we're the only ones with opposable thumbs.

And one with "GOOGIRLS OR RIOT" for Aster, naturally.

>>34897848
>Sure it is, you should go get the guards drunk so you can get your egg.
What's the point of a weird, complicated Quest system if we're not gonna do the weird quests? Besides, it's not like letting them beat up the NPCs is that big a deal. It'll just open up a bunch of low-level "Reclaim the Slime Metropolis!" quests for people or something.

>>34897848
>Sure it is, you should go get the guards drunk so you can get your egg.

>>34897848
>Of course it's not, you'll warn the militia and prepare an ambush for the invasion.

"It's fine, literally no one dies in this game. We'll probably open up some new quests this way any ways. Now, let's go get some guards drunk."

"Well, okay. I guess so." Pixie seems a little sceptical, but she's on board. It doesn't take any work to convince Lluth, and Ervin just wants to get something-anything out of the experience now. You're good to go...

For the next little while, you go about passing drinks to the town militia. Although you can't properly get drunk in game, it seems the NPCs can. Lluth and Pixie bring them into the bar while you run back and forth between the tavern-keeper and the guardsman, running drinks. You didn't ask for permission, but they don't seem to mind the help--not yet at least. Ervin, Ervin is useless...

Eventually, most of the guards have become drunken lay-abouts leaving just a competent few, too few to put up any real defence against the incoming hordes. You've done your job, now to collect your reward...

"GoOOod! GoOOod! Our eye-slime report that the militia is taken care of and the watch tower unmanned! Now is the rise of the sliiiiime!" The Slime Duke greets you with open mouth when you return to him, you decline his offer to get licked all over. Eew, gross, he's enough goo but hardly enough girl. You notice he's wearing The Slime Prince's Crown above his own crown, your heart hurts seeing this, but you can let go. "Let me reward you for a joOOob well done!" He does a twirl and spits an egg out of his mouth, silver unlike the gold egg--he better not be playing you.

"I still wonder if this is okay," says Pixie.

"I have long given up on wondering that." Ervin sighs, for the fiftieth time today. Siiiigh.

"Wish I saw the rest of this," Lluth tells you. You leave for Granrose with your quest twice-done, the slimes rolling down towards the village from the woods, their battle their own...

>CONT

>>34897972
Actually, change my vote to just keeping one slime.

>>34896265
Is this paranoia when it actually happens? Maybe not you, but believe me, there are quest players who do try to live out their sexual fantasies through questing.

"TWO EGGS!? I can see the talent in you, you're like a beast... a HUNTING BEAST. Or perhaps, a TAMING BEAST!" The Tamer Trainer Beier is quite impressed with your catch. His thick hand patting you on the back, his thick claws leaving unfortunate scratches.

"Okay, okay. So I'm a tamer now right? Also, stop that."

"Not yet..." Beier takes your eggs, and steps past a massive cage containing a large molephant. There's a weird egg-shaped oven, which he puts your eggs inside before closing it by turning about a crank on the side.

"You're not cooking my eggs are you?" You did NOT do all of that to feed this scraggly Beier.

"Of course not. I'm a VEGAN!" After a few seconds, the 'oven' dings and Beier cranks it back open. One by one your eggs roll out, shaking in place. The gold egg cracks first... and then, with a flash of light, the shell vanishes--leaving a small golden slime not much larger than your fist. The silver egg follows, doing the same; save for a silver chromed slime coming out from that.

"Oooh, they're cute!" Pixie looks at your two new pets with a big smile, their eyes are big and they stare at you, instinctively knowing who knows them. They bounce up to your legs, rubbing against them until you pick each one up.

"I think I'll call them Gold and Silver." The tiny slimes nibble at your finger tips. "Yes, feed well. Someday you will grow into wonderful googirls..."

Lluth gives you a thumbs up, Ervin smacks his gauntlet against his own face.

"Now, you're a Tamer." Beier tells you, a flash of light wrapping around your body as your quest completes, giving you your first rank in the profession.

>You have become a Tamer!
>Unlocked skill, [Hatch Egg]. You can now hatch eggs in an incubator!

"Huzzah!" Time to level up until you can farm harpies. "Should we do your quest next then Pixie?" you ask.

"Hm, I was thinking of doing it on my own..." she says, "You three are always helping me, so I think it'd be a good opportunity."

>CONT

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"Well then, I'm going to... not deal with any of your sick fetishes." Ervin turns around, heading off.

"I've got some free time, maybe I'll see what my guild is up to," says Lluth.

"You sure you don't need help?" you ask again, peeling Silver the Slime off of the finger it biting and Gold the Slime off of your face as it climbs over your nose.

"Maaaaybe... I don't know how difficult the quest is, but I can probably handle it, right?" Pixie says.

Let's see, what should you do...

>Insist on helping Pixie
>Go bother Ervin
>Follow Lluth
>See if Leah and Isaac are doing anything
>Hang out with Raven
>Write-In

Let's start cooling down.

>>34898715
>>See if Leah and Isaac are doing anything
Wish Pixie luck

>>34898715
>See if Leah and Isaac are doing anything

>>34898715
>See if Leah and Isaac are doing anything
But let Pixie know that if she needs any help she can just call us.

>>34898715
>Write in
"Good luck then, call me if you have trouble."
then
>Hang out with Raven

"Good luck then Pixie," you tell her, before parting ways with her...

Opening up your friends list, you open up communication. "Hey Raven, what're you up to?" You assumed the Caster was pretty young, but it has to be fairly late right now if he lives anywhere in the same general continent as you. Then again, it is the weekend.

It's a few seconds before he responds. "I have completed my hunt for the day, now I recover from the damage and redo the seals the bind my cursed hand."

"Great. I'm going to the bar, want to come along?"

"B-bar?" Raven takes a pause. "I don't really... drink. My body needs to remain strong or else I'll not be able to keep the evil within me."

"Great, you can have some fruit juice. Meet me there." You give him the location, before heading out to Isaac's Dry Rose Pub...

"Is this really okay!?" Raven's got an anxious look when he arrives in front of the dingy bar. His red eyes dart left and right, he's shaking in his virtual knees.

"Yes Raven, it's okay."

"Are you sure!? They won't arrest me for drinking will they? Not that The Bloody Raven needs to fear the law bu-"

"No Raven, we're online." You push the door aside with one hand, and drag Raven in with the other. One of your slimes, Gold, slips up your arm and stares at the terrified Elman in the face.

Sure enough, Leah's there with a cheek laying against the cool counter. Isaac silently polishes glasses, watching your approach. Otherwise the place is empty as expected.

"I have arrived! Seat me and my companion!" you declare, Isaac gestures to the tall stools in front of the counter, you take a seat and Raven beside you. "Get me whatever! Also get him whatever!"

"What happened to juice..."

"You two are certainly up late, it's already four where we are," says Isaac, staring at his wrist.

"I could say the same to you." Looks like Isaac and Leah are in the same time-zone as you. What shall you talk about...

>Ask about personal life
>Talk about adventure
>Introduce your pets
>Write-In

>>34899164
>>Talk about adventure
Yo keep that IRL shit outta my MMO

>>34899164
>Introduce your pets
>Talk about adventure

>>34899164
>Introduce them to your pets
Calling it now, Raven is the couples kid.

>>34899164
>>Introduce your pets
Obviously. We worked hard to get these two, and it's a natural connection back to Isaac first asking us about our plans for professions.

And Leah's probably going to give us shit for the uninspired names, but whatever.

>Talk about adventure
We used our knowledge of the power of the [Intoxicated] status effect to kick off a hostile takeover, what've you guys been up to?

>Write-In
>Leah's there with a cheek laying against the cool counter.
Uh, you okay there? Just zoning out, or something on your mind?

>>34899164
>>Talk about adventure
>>Introduce your pets
It'll at least teach Raven that pulling stuff like this actually works.

You place your hand on the counter, Gold and Silver hop off of you and begin exploring the bar-top. Leah raises a brow at them as one starts hovering towards her.

"Ugh, gross, slimes."

"I think they're cute," says Isaac.

"I got them today, they're Gold and Silver. Negotiated with The Slime Duke for them, lost my crown and may've doomed a village, but I think it was worth it. So what's on your mind?"

"I'm just zoning out," Leah says, "the counter feels nice. It's cold. I want to sleep here."

"Don't fall asleep playing, your neck will kill you when you log out." Isaac taps on Leah's head, Leah growls.

"Ah, my Lord of Beasts has remembered his destiny. I have become a Couturier."

"Was that it? I thought I had a different backstory last time." Designing clothes might suit Raven, you don't really understand this belts and buckles style, but it's kind of cool? "Have you been leveling at all Leah?"

"I don't want to level, it takes so long..." Leah sighs. "Isaaaac, run me through some dungeons. I'll even let you use my character if you want."

"No. I'm too busy."

"Busy with what!? You don't have any customers!"

"I have three," says Isaac, setting down rocks glasses in front of you and Raven with thick hands, some clear liquid floating about on chunks on ice. "Here."

You idly waste the time, chatting about mundane things. It seems Isaac's got a few stories here and there about his adventures in Erquest, not so much about himself without.

"Well, I'm going to crash," says Leah, standing up. "I've barely gotten any sleep these last few days, going to drink some water and hit the mattress." You're reminded that you logged on after midnight, and the little 'watch' on your wrist tells you that you're approaching the morning sun in and out of game.

"Me too," you say, "night then, you two."

"I really haven't had time to play lately, so I think I'll stay on a bit longer," Isaac says, "but for tonight, The Dry Rose Pub closes." He takes a bow, as you leave.

>LOGGED OUT.

It's oveeer, thanks for playing.

Sorry, I meant for a little bit longer but something just came up so I'd like to end here for today. I'm out of "thoughts" any ways. I uuuh, don't have much to say, but if I kept going I'd only go for something like two hours with few updates so I'd rather leave off where it's easy. My apologies for the rush.

Again, thanks for playing. I'll be finishing up the skill tree for Tamer as well as your first class upgrades. I'm hoping to run again Thursday or Friday, but my schedule is awful right now. I hadn't noticed but I forgot to post this at the start of the thread so...

Twitter: https://twitter.com/LibrarianQuest
Archive: http://archive.moe/tg/search/subject/erquest/

Good night then.

>>34899879
Congratulations on riding out the storm.

>>34899907
Thanks for the thread Lib, see you next time

>>34899907
Thanks for running man, hopefully you'll run again on thursday.