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  1. Zedman7054

    Placeholder Quest; I want to write a Quest, pick which one you want!
    Threadmarks: CH 0 Pick a Quest

    I want to write something, and I have for a long time, but I always get distracted by another new idea or a lack of motivation. Here I want to lay out the basic premise for a number of quests I've come up with over the years, but never started. It's my hope that getting something started in an...
  2. Architect's Workshop (Girls' Frontline design quest)

    Architect's Workshop (Girls' Frontline design quest)
    Threadmarks: Chapter 1

    You used to like weekly war room meetings of Sangvis Ferri: they were somewhat chaotic and unruly, but always cheerful and boisterous. Reports of new territorial gains, battlefield victories and capture of important facilities came together in what seemed like an endless stream of success and...
  3. Shrike

    Solar Flames

    Solar Flames This is based off an RPG GMed by @BiopunkOtrera many moons ago in which I was a player. Let's have fun! It is the year 0052 of the Transtellar Era, more than three decades since the greatest war humankind ever saw tore through the origin system; the Solar War. And in its wake...
  4. N

    Homeless Guy Survival: A Mostly Comedic Quest
    Threadmarks: Day 1: Turn 1

    Original 
    10: 30 A.M. (Monday) Your name is Homer Less You were recently kicked out of your apartment and now your all alone in an alleyway.... 'Man, being homeless sucks' you thought to your self 'luckily i called up the homeless shelter from the next town over...but i have to wait a week before they...
  5. ScholasticKnyght

    Hope in a Bottle (Lobotomy Corp/Disco Elysium)
    Threadmarks: PROLOGUE

    Mature Sci-Fi 
    Your body floats, surrounded by nothing but murky green. The ancient connection between the whole, far, far below any Well could reach. Currents push you back and forth as strange shapes coalesce around you, utterly ignorant of you as you sink further past them. They're not here to judge you, no...
  6. Crow

    A Multitude of Hopes (Sengoku Jidai/Nioh)
    Threadmarks: Awakening: Prologue 1

    Fantasy Alt. History 
    A Multitude of Hopes “Once Upon a time... A giant man with horns appeared in a distant village. The villagers welcomed him with joy, believing he brought blessings from the spirit world. However, as time went by, they began to fear him. Tormented by the villagers, he began to attack...
  7. tomwritestuff

    Hefusts Explores the Inner Sphere
    Threadmarks: Prologue (1/3)

    Sci-Fi 
    Hefusts Explores the Inner Sphere Commodore Clifford Hale clasped his hands behind his back as he stood at attention, twiddling his three thumbs nervously as he looked up at President Jack English. The man was tall even for a Hefustian, and Commodore Hale was barely a hundred eighty...
  8. Academia Nut

    Incident Response
    Threadmarks: Incident 1 - Setting the Stage

    Original Sci-Fi Horror 
    Blame @OneirosTheWriter for this one, because the Captain's Logs in To Boldly Go... were scratching an itch that has returned. There's also been a lot of ideas bouncing around in my head for 4X games where you don't just fill up a meter on a research bar with "Science" but that you go out and do...
  9. BlackHadou

    A Light in the End of Time (Warhammer Fantasy/Fate)
    Threadmarks: Turn 0: The Herald of the End Times

    Within the great halls of the temple cities of Lustria, it was written many times what the herald of the Armageddon would be. It was Lustria that was granted the knowledge of the herald of the end, and Lustria that was charged first with the Great Plan to resist. In the many, many years since...
  10. Laplace

    HOW TO TURN A PROFIT OUT OF CRISIS: A SF FRONTIER ADMIRAL QUEST
    Threadmarks: UPDATE ONE: WHERE'S MY FUCKING MONEY?

    Original 
    There’s some things you never want to be in the position of, and among those things is the position of informing Empire Border Defense, Relative North Fleet, that pay is hereby suspended for an unknown period of time, owing to certain circumstances in Empire Administrative Centre, the Holiest of...
  11. BlackHadou

    What an Immortal Dreams of in Spring
    Threadmarks: 1. Quiet Town Yi Li

    Original 
    To attain true mastery over oneself and the world, it becomes necessary to train the body and the soul. When they reach perfect harmony, only then does the world bend to one's will. - Unknown Master It was Spring. The birds should have been chirping, and men should have been merry with wine...
  12. Academia Nut

    Invaders Must Die! (XCOM Inspired)
    Threadmarks: Arc 0.1 - Wake Up Call

    Original 
    Something was wrong. Something was so wrong that it forced Ash awake, her breath steaming the frigid night air in front of her. Wait. Why was she asleep outside? Why was she asleep outside in the cold and dark? Adrenaline spiked through her, and she jerked awake, tossing off the layer of snow...
  13. Mistborn

    Fate/Hollow Liner Identity
    Threadmarks: Prologue/Informational Materials

    Fantasy Modern 
    Currently I estimate that I have 137 days until biological systems failure. As is usual I believe that my Repair magecraft can change that as yesterday my estimate was 136 days, but it's always important to remember that what I'm doing isn't "true" healing. I am as always still dying, the only...
  14. I.F. Ister

    Newborn Monster Quest
    Threadmarks: The Spawning Pool

    You are nameless, formless, suspended in a pool of Sludge. You float in an infinite abyss of infinite possibilities. With no way of propelling yourself, you drift aimlessly by the will of the currents. Until something touches you. Something graces you with its presence, granting you a spark of...
  15. The Pan-Papolris Expedition

    The Pan-Papolris Expedition
    Threadmarks: Character creation (1/3)

    Sci-Fi 
    The Pan-Papolris Expedition "Councilor Everston announced this morning that he would be broadcasting a speech from his annual Christmas Ball, in a departure from the senior politician's usual practice. For those of you just tuning in for the first time today and expecting our parade coverage...
  16. BlackHadou

    Fate/Paradiso Ultima (Fate/Grand Order Alternate World)
    Threadmarks: Prologue. So Speaks the Beast

    The wind is blowing. I can hear it's gentle breath. It tickles my ears and it ruffles my hair. It reminds me that I still live, in this little garden of sin. The wind is blowing. It whistles and it howls. It speaks of carnage and chaos. It is a gentle calm before a storm. A catastrophe that...
  17. BlackHadou

    My Wish, For You to Live (Final Fantasy XIV Reprise AU)
    Threadmarks: 0. Mankind's Greatest Hero, Mankind's Final Hope

    "My friend! We were not too late!" The Warrior of Light was covered in blood. A mess that I sincerely hoped precious little was theirs. The battle was near won, as far as I could tell. Thordan and his knights twelve were retreating. My eyes scanned the great bridge to the Archbishop's chambers...
  18. BlackHadou

    Our Place in the World (DC/Marvel Mix, Batman Focus)
    Threadmarks: 1. The Whispered Night

    Superhero 
    The thing about heroes, was that they were flawed. There was no such thing as a perfect hero. Not even Superman. That ship had sailed before I was born. This fact was difficult to grasp and even more difficult to accept. I don't think I can yet accept it. The subway of Gotham was, relatively...
  19. BlackHadou

    The Last Wish of the Living (Elden Ring/Soulsborne in general)
    Threadmarks: Prologue: Character Creation

    Once upon a time, the falling leaves of gold whispered a story. A great tale of the Elden Ring, shattered forevermore. Rent and twain lay our home, the Lands Between hidden within the Fog. Alas, our great Queen Marika the Eternal is nowhere to be found. Lo, Godwyn the Golden, fallen...
  20. Mackie was a Maus: A BattleTech design quest

    Mackie was a Maus: A BattleTech design quest
    Threadmarks: Character creation (1/3)

    Sci-Fi 
    A Misplaced Periphery Colony BattleMech Design Quest Your coffee mug is made of gold, courtesy of your favorite (and only) niece. The letters crudely hammered into the soft metal pronounce you "Best Profesur!" You look furtively out of the hallway before adding the dollop of whiskey, hiding...
  21. tomwritestuff

    The continued adventures of Extendy Enna, esq.
    Threadmarks: 1. The adventure resumes in the Emperor's courtroom

    Original 
    Extendy Enna, Esq. Two years ago, the world was turned upside-down by the revelation that demigods walked among the rest of us. In the wake of that revelation (as well as the unfortunate holiday party incident), you moved from California to Seattle, one of the growing epicenters of superpowered...
  22. BlackHadou

    A Breath of Gold (Golden Sun/Breath of Fire)
    Threadmarks: Preamble

    So, this is a somewhat unusual situation. Originally, this story was posted on QQ (Which for those of you who are interested in reading it in its full original context, can be found here) for a variety of reasons. However, several things, such as the story panning in a direction that is in many...
  23. BlackHadou

    Fate/Crimson Star (Fate/Grand Order)
    Threadmarks: Prologue

    Tomorrow. A curious word. The days by which the Association of Magi referred to tomorrow as assured have waxed and waned. In preparation for the inevitable day, the organization known as Fenis Chaldea, the Security Organization for Securing the Future of Man, was founded. However, since tomorrow...
  24. VagueZ

    Rock the Cradle: A cultivation story
    Threadmarks: A visitor from the heavens

    Fantasy Action 
    Etaja flees, as quickly and subtly as he can, the endless blue patterns of the Way shifting around him as he goes. He doesn't know what's on his tail, precisely: he knows it's an Abidan, because the pursuer attacked him immediately. He knows it's not one of the Abidan Judges, because he didn't...
  25. your eyes close with my dreams

    your eyes close with my dreams (Honkai Impact 3rd)
    Threadmarks: your eyes close with my dreams

    Mature Short Story 
    This is how it begins: Kiana is first. She's a free spirit, a drifter in the wind, the one who loves and the one who has learned how to be lonely. When she tells Tesla that she needs a walk, needs some fresh air, just wants to get out and clear her head and "did you know the shop on 8th Avenue...
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