narrative quest

Introduction (0-1) New Year’s, 2329. Ishrasis Th'achaalrit adjusts the collar of his tunic, admiring the new fourth pip on the strap resting on his shoulder. The Andorian Captain tightens his belt and fixes his comms badge, taking one last moment to indulge his vanity as he checks his...

You don't know how you got here. One moment You were sleeping, working, gaming, reading, browsing forums, or whatever it is that You do on normal days. But now You're here, a strange forest, full of glimmering, vibrant colors all around and it is… Oh so very beautiful. You don't notice it...

Exemplar. It's one of those capital-letter words that has different meanings based on geography and context. In one kingdom of mortals, it might be a title granted to a great champion; in a text from another, it's a lower-case sort of word, simply denoting great skill. But in Planar scholarship...

A/N: This story is a Quest that I started on another site before moving here, I have now finished catching Sufficient Velocity up but here's a link to the Spacebattles Thread for anyone who wants it. --- Smile Like You Mean It --- ??? --- The world was on fire, and all he knew was...

Port City of Bittern, Voice-of-the-Tides Prefecture, The Western Blessed Isle Ascending Air, Realm Year 770 The monk fights for his life against the brawny woman's chokehold. Calmly, as if preparing to stamp out an insect, one of the woman's companions draws his sword. "Hold him still, Rad,"...

If one looked at a map alone, they might find themselves wondering how the Earth Kingdom might have been brought so low by a power like the Fire Nation; the former is a continental hegemon, boasting a landmass nine times that of the latter and a population almost eleven times in number, while...

A/N: I run a few quest on another site, but want to try testing the waters here with a couple of them. There are about 8 chapters that I'll be posting before this quest goes public voting. (Edit: We're now caught up and votes are live.) --- The Black Briar Library Book (0), The Prologue To A...

The Boot on Zaun's Neck Vi promised us it would be a quick and easy job. Just sneak into some rich Piltie’s place, rob him blind, and sneak back to Zaun before he even realized what’d happened. She’d gotten the tip from Ekko, so we knew it was legit. Get in, get the loot, and get out. Easy...

That sound is so annoying. Shrill, repetitive, completely out of sync with the red light that keeps flashing through your closed eyelids, making you wince and groan. What is that? You open your eyes and immediately regret it; pain makes your vision swim, aggravating the pain in your head and in...

Islands of Adventure- A Magipunk journey of discovery and heroism! Intro Long ago in the ten Elemental Realms there existed the legendary Adventurers Guild who from their Isles of Hope defeated the Empire of Shadows and led the Ten realms into an era of peace and prosperity with every inhabitant...

The year is 2059. The first human born on Luna has a child of their own. One world becomes Two. The year is 2067. Humanity lands on Mars. A flag is proudly hung on that planet that so long dominated the minds of millions, and the words coming from Emmet Muhammed will inspire billions more. For...

I've been wanting to do a Chariots of Steel quest for a while now, and a recent one that just started finally gave me the inspiration to try one of these. The only quest I've been able to stick to is my other Himmelgard one, so I hope I'll be able to with this one too. Time for another trauma...

"5th Lenzmonat, 1622 I write to you today, sir, to bring you the most excellent news. I have succeeded in forging an alliance that will finally put an end to all our troubles and cement your unquestionable rule of these lands. The Hetman has agreed to support your forces in the march on the...

Order’s -> Order of Battle -> Formulating a Plan -> Operational Phase 1 (Skirmish) -> Operational Phase 2 (Main Battle) -> Operational Phase 3 (Rear Action) -> After Action Report -> Retrospective The distanced chatter of muscat fire, interrupted by the dull booming sounds of the canons, is...

The Mechanicum. The Tech-Priests of Red Mars. The one Institution of humanity born in the Age of Strife that not only succeded in uniting under a common goal, but thrived in it. But it did so at a price. Factionalism. And you, you are one of the various factions of the Mechanicum that would...

Welcome to Shuffle Time! You know when you mod a game and you replace the in-game character models with other people from other media, but you don't do that to everyone, and the story progresses as normal all the same? It's that, but Persona 5 Royal and based on the ruleset used by Advent...

DECAYING PREFECTURES A STATE OF DECAY/OREGAIRU QUEST 18th of August 2013, Clear Weather 15.30 PM It was the first dusk of the apocalypse. Half the kids insist on going home even though their parents told them not to. The other half were afraid, but they were not persistent. It was expected...

You are a new wisp in the void, lesser than even the dirtwalkers and tribal beasts. You wander and wander, hoping to see something, but all you find are glass books holding tales from faraway lands and worlds. "TELL ME, WISP! ARE YOU TRULY A BEING OF POWER, OR WILL YOU FALL?!" As the voice...

The early summer went without incident. Nothing changed in your drafty clay shelter or in your routine, just scattered work on the docks when you could get a chance. Everything was stilled by the heat, and even the news the tiny seaside hamlet got from passing traders was monotonous: no armies...

Dreams. When people talk about dreams, they typically mean one of two things: the wispy realm of phantasmagoria people conjure while asleep, or the grand aspirations people try to reach for in the waking world. It would not be too difficult to say that most kids your age have dreams of both...

Welcome to the second iteration of The Way Forward. After musing on lessons from the first version and other quests, I hope you find this more fun. (And less confusing!) =============================================================== A new member of your lineage rises to seek her future out...

…………………………… Emergency Comp/Con united activated Hull breach detected Creating damage assessment, please hold …………………………… …………………………… Damage assessment complete: Cold fusion generator: Breached Emergency shutdown initiated …………………………… Emergency shutdown complete NHP Casket: Cascading Emergency...

The information the abominable machine man provided you is still overwhelming, in the meantime memories of your past life start to get to you. You were a -[X] select your gender From -[X] select your country of origin and you were -[X] select age [18+, but less than 80], for age I will choose a...

Pilot Discovers Uncharted Pacific Island - Newspaper excerpt, dated August 9th, 2027 On July 27th, a seaplane on a routine flight to Palau, Micronesia from Wewak, Papua New Guinea, was sent off-course by an unexpected squall, and arrived at an atoll unmarked on any maps. Landing to assess his...