Anime Rival Quest (Very Meta)
- Thread starter Spectral Waltz
- Start date
- Original
- Location
- Canada
[X] [Ability] Sherlock Scan(Opportunist)
[X] [Upgrade] Piercing Rune (Add-on to 'Runic shot')
[X] [Upgrade] Create Opening (Add-on to 'Find Opening')
[X] [Upgrade] Piercing Rune (Add-on to 'Runic shot')
[X] [Upgrade] Create Opening (Add-on to 'Find Opening')
Spectral Waltz
Scatterbrained Writer
- Location
- Walking the Endless Corridors
A Long Overdue Vote Closure~
Pred1059
All you are is an empty muppet
- Location
- Home Sweet 192.168.1.1
At this rate, the quest is going to end not in death, but because Rival-Kun decides to propose.
SlugSLinger
Seeker of Originality
- Location
- Somewhere in the Jungles of S.E.A
...I mean, that's not something I'd consider to be a bad ending.
Hyacinthium
Writing about sad cannibals as we speak.
- Location
- Bedroom
- Pronouns
- He/Him
I'd be so stoked. How many quests end with proposals and weddings?
Terran Imperium
[French]
- Location
- Southern France
They don't, but a lot of long-lived quests get the PC married halfway through the story. I never saw a 'Romance Quest' now I think about it.
Pred1059
All you are is an empty muppet
- Location
- Home Sweet 192.168.1.1
Well, consider this a battle romance quest. At the moment however, battle is the rule of the day. Let's just see how this whole relationship develops before we add the romance tag.
Now watch as the QM Vetoes any chance of a romantic relationship...which would make me sad...
Terran Imperium
[French]
- Location
- Southern France
No shipping, that lead to shipping wars and if one wins, that lead to displeased people and the mods mighty gaze upon this thread. Probably a bad idea.
Hyacinthium
Writing about sad cannibals as we speak.
- Location
- Bedroom
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Fighting evil by moonlight, winning love by daylight.
Nothing wrong with shipping. There is something wrong with being an asshole, or getting so obsessed with the relationship of fictional characters that it negatively affects your life and own interpersonal relationships with people.
Nothing wrong with shipping. There is something wrong with being an asshole, or getting so obsessed with the relationship of fictional characters that it negatively affects your life and own interpersonal relationships with people.
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White Wraith
MUDA MUDA MUDA
SlugSLinger
Seeker of Originality
- Location
- Somewhere in the Jungles of S.E.A
...No.
Muse, no.
I've already got Dog Quest and another quest on QQ, I can't handle three at once! No! Get that thing away from me!
Spectral Waltz
Scatterbrained Writer
- Location
- Walking the Endless Corridors
I meant to write several updates this weekend.
What happened, you may ask?
Monsters. Monsters happened.
In a world.
Where hunters were needed.
For the monsters.
(I spent all weekend playing Monster Hunter world and I'm really sorry... Update coming tomorrow morning when I get home from work.)
What happened, you may ask?
Monsters. Monsters happened.
In a world.
Where hunters were needed.
For the monsters.
(I spent all weekend playing Monster Hunter world and I'm really sorry... Update coming tomorrow morning when I get home from work.)
LuciDreamer
Maliciously Incompetent
- Location
- United States
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Don't worry about it! Most of us are hyper-procrastinatory (holy crap thats actually a word?! I feel so accomplished) gamers, too. We get it.
- Location
- South Africa
I um, drew some fanart. In my ... um ... unique style. I posted it on the Discord channel. Should I post it here too?
EDIT: Was encouraged by Discord. This is based on the attitude of our two most important characters to each other:
EDIT: Was encouraged by Discord. This is based on the attitude of our two most important characters to each other:
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Terran Imperium
[French]
- Location
- Southern France
Cat fight in a nutshell (human-sized)I um, drew some fanart. In my ... um ... unique style. I posted it on the Discord channel. Should I post it here too?
EDIT: Was encouraged by Discord. This is based on the attitude of our two most important characters to each other:
Assignment
Spectral Waltz
Scatterbrained Writer
- Location
- Walking the Endless Corridors
You let yourself sink to the ground, rolling over and inhaling the mingling smells of lightning, mana discharge, and singed grass that permeate the aftermath of your bout. "I was wondering when you were going to do something other than explosions with those bullets of yours. The precision matches well with your keen eyes."
You wave an extended finger in the direction of Astrid's voice and are rewarded by a chuckle from your mentor. "Still couldn't touch you."
"Ah but you got closer than you did last time, and I'm sure you'll get even closer than that next time."
You're not even sure what you would do if you could beat her, but for the moment at least it's well out of your reach, even if this is easily the most encouraging she's been in a long while. "Actual praise? From you? Must be an occasion..."
You smirk, but after a minute of silence following your comment you finally turn your head, looking towards your mentor to find she has a thoughtful expression on her face.
It's when that thoughtful expression is replaced with a smile that you feel a chill roll down your spine. "What?"
"You should find that girl again."
"What? Why?" Of course you know that you're going to need to find her again anything unless you want your role to just fade out of the plot, that's a rival's job after all, and trying to resist will probably just result in the narrative dropping you on her (or her on you) anyways. Still, you weren't expecting your mentor to encourage it like this.
"Because she pushed you to make the same amount of progress in a single fight as you made in the past year of sparring. Maybe it was just a one-off, but maybe fighting opponents at your own level will be better for you than forcing me to handicap myself all the time." She says this with a grin, that only gets wider as you see the spark of a fresh idea light up her eyes. "In fact, you could even train her~."
"Sorry wait... Slow down, progress aside, how am I supposed to train her? I just told you how stubborn she is!"
"You beat her didn't you? I doubt she just left you for dead, you didn't have enough bruises or broken bones for being tossed off a building or something." You try to shove that image out of your mind and she catches the disgusted look on your face. "Hey I've seen and been through weirder than that."
You just shake your head, "mental images aside, what's your point?"
"You beat her, and she's stubborn, which means she'll try to figure out how to beat you. Just shape the way you fight so that she has to learn what you want her to learn in order to win."
You scoff. "Easier said than done", but you turn the idea over in your head as you stare back up at the clear blue of the sky. It's not a bad idea at all, and fits in with what you wanted on a certain level. You're pretty sure the Cameras were on you there too, so the audience knows that your mentor wants you to train her. Still, that's not to say you don't have room to maneuver in the conversation...
[] "No, she's dangerous and one run in was enough, I'd rather try to keep my distance."
-You'll end up running into her eventually one way or another, but right now you need time to recover. Besides, if you get injured in another fight you won't be able to make it to school tomorrow.
[] *sigh* "Fine... Just be ready to patch me up if she stabs me again okay?"
-You'll go out searching for her. You should be recovered enough already to fight at top form so you'll be ready for another encounter, and given protagonist status, she's probably already out of that clinic you dropped her in.
[] "...I'll think about it, but no promises."
-You'll make up your mind on the go rather than trying to decide a long term course of action here and now.
You wave an extended finger in the direction of Astrid's voice and are rewarded by a chuckle from your mentor. "Still couldn't touch you."
"Ah but you got closer than you did last time, and I'm sure you'll get even closer than that next time."
You're not even sure what you would do if you could beat her, but for the moment at least it's well out of your reach, even if this is easily the most encouraging she's been in a long while. "Actual praise? From you? Must be an occasion..."
You smirk, but after a minute of silence following your comment you finally turn your head, looking towards your mentor to find she has a thoughtful expression on her face.
It's when that thoughtful expression is replaced with a smile that you feel a chill roll down your spine. "What?"
"You should find that girl again."
"What? Why?" Of course you know that you're going to need to find her again anything unless you want your role to just fade out of the plot, that's a rival's job after all, and trying to resist will probably just result in the narrative dropping you on her (or her on you) anyways. Still, you weren't expecting your mentor to encourage it like this.
"Because she pushed you to make the same amount of progress in a single fight as you made in the past year of sparring. Maybe it was just a one-off, but maybe fighting opponents at your own level will be better for you than forcing me to handicap myself all the time." She says this with a grin, that only gets wider as you see the spark of a fresh idea light up her eyes. "In fact, you could even train her~."
"Sorry wait... Slow down, progress aside, how am I supposed to train her? I just told you how stubborn she is!"
"You beat her didn't you? I doubt she just left you for dead, you didn't have enough bruises or broken bones for being tossed off a building or something." You try to shove that image out of your mind and she catches the disgusted look on your face. "Hey I've seen and been through weirder than that."
You just shake your head, "mental images aside, what's your point?"
"You beat her, and she's stubborn, which means she'll try to figure out how to beat you. Just shape the way you fight so that she has to learn what you want her to learn in order to win."
You scoff. "Easier said than done", but you turn the idea over in your head as you stare back up at the clear blue of the sky. It's not a bad idea at all, and fits in with what you wanted on a certain level. You're pretty sure the Cameras were on you there too, so the audience knows that your mentor wants you to train her. Still, that's not to say you don't have room to maneuver in the conversation...
[] "No, she's dangerous and one run in was enough, I'd rather try to keep my distance."
-You'll end up running into her eventually one way or another, but right now you need time to recover. Besides, if you get injured in another fight you won't be able to make it to school tomorrow.
[] *sigh* "Fine... Just be ready to patch me up if she stabs me again okay?"
-You'll go out searching for her. You should be recovered enough already to fight at top form so you'll be ready for another encounter, and given protagonist status, she's probably already out of that clinic you dropped her in.
[] "...I'll think about it, but no promises."
-You'll make up your mind on the go rather than trying to decide a long term course of action here and now.
Lone Courier 6
Devilish Fool
- Location
- United States of Quests
[x] *sigh* "Fine... Just be ready to patch me up if she stabs me again okay?"
-You'll go out searching for her. You should be recovered enough already to fight at top form so you'll be ready for another encounter, and given protagonist status, she's probably already out of that clinic you dropped her in.
Stealth training HO!
-You'll go out searching for her. You should be recovered enough already to fight at top form so you'll be ready for another encounter, and given protagonist status, she's probably already out of that clinic you dropped her in.
Stealth training HO!
SoixanteZio
Dead man walking
- Location
- anywhere
[X] "...I'll think about it, but no promises."
-You'll make up your mind on the go rather than trying to decide a long term course of action here and now.
We got a bit a Tsunlite thing going on. We need to build on that.
Rival-kun may be trying his best to be a rival, but im trying my best to make him the main love interest.
-You'll make up your mind on the go rather than trying to decide a long term course of action here and now.
We got a bit a Tsunlite thing going on. We need to build on that.
Rival-kun may be trying his best to be a rival, but im trying my best to make him the main love interest.
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In_lurk_shadow
[ ]
- Location
- here and there
[x] "...I'll think about it, but no promises."
chocolote12
A Penguin Flailing Against The Keyboard Of Life.
[tiny text] Honestly, I'm a little confused about why we're getting camera time, unless this is going to show up in a flashback or something. We spent the last few episodes being a mysterious person who made sure to show up behind the MC in her street running shots, but never when she's looking at us, and then presented ourselves all mysterious-like. We still haven't passed the Rival-as-antagonist stage of our introduction. [/tiny text]
[X] "...I'll think about it, but no promises."
-You'll make up your mind on the go rather than trying to decide a long term course of action here and now.
- Location
- Earth
-You'll go out searching for her. You should be recovered enough already to fight at top form so you'll be ready for another encounter, and given protagonist status, she's probably already out of that clinic you dropped her in.
Let's see how this goes
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