AoMythology
AoM, Destroyer of Worlds
- Location
- Greece
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His
[X] I have no knowledge of where I am going. - No change.
Choose Your Own Cliché: A Quest With No Curveballs. Trust Me.
Prologue, Part 1 - Frank Zappa, the King of Games
Grandy12
Self-Requested Ban
[X] I have no knowledge of where I am going. - No change.
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You are Frank Zappa. Not *the* Frank Zappa, of course. Everyone knows Frank Zappa died in a bigfoot hunt related accident in the 1970s.
No, you are merely named such because your parents were big, giant, humoungous nerds.
An you inherited that trait, as your current costume shows.
As you strut your way downtown for the local otacon, your appearance catches a few eyes in the busied streets, and your hair pokes a few more.
It is hard to pull the anime bad boy luck, but you are handsome enough that you can do so easily. You have always been rather handsome - some of the girls staring at you right now aren't even doing so because of your costume - add some leather shirt, studded belts, and a copious ammount of hair gel, and presto, you are as lose as Yami Yugi as a real human can get, which is surprisingly close.
As you reach the otacon, you begin to feel a sense of... familiarity.
A cardboard-helmeted Captain Falcon is hamming up near the entrance. Vendors wearing patamon hats sell bootlegged keychains that almost look like the Hidden Leaf logo and the Straw Hat skull. A woman dressed as Yoko Littner is gathering a small crowd of thirsty teenagers wishing to take pictures. Somewhere, you can hear a deep voiced man singing the karaoke version of a song meant to be sung by a girl, and he is absolutely killing it. There is a sign near a room that says you need to use deodorant if you with to participate in the MtG tourney.
You feel free.
These are your people.
This is were you belong.
And this is the year, you decide, that you will win the cosplay competition. Every year in the past four you *should* have won, except for the... accidents.
In 2015, a sudden but inevitable stomachache prevented your amazing Sanji self to go on stage.
In 2016, your Courier outfit was ruined as the LEDS on your homemad pip-boy decided to explode
In 2017, you were a perfect Kenshin Himura. Unfortunately you hadn't heard of the news.
And the least said about the 2018 the better. "Todoroki Cosplayer And The Amazing Hot Dog Incident" trended on youtube for a month.
But now, it is 2019. You will be the cosplay champ.
And after this year, the next as well! Nothing can happen in 2020 that would get in the way of you winning an otacon contest in front of a huge, massive crowd!
Yeah! Your luck is turning! You can feel it!
[Roll for luck]
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You are Frank Zappa. Not *the* Frank Zappa, of course. Everyone knows Frank Zappa died in a bigfoot hunt related accident in the 1970s.
No, you are merely named such because your parents were big, giant, humoungous nerds.
An you inherited that trait, as your current costume shows.
As you strut your way downtown for the local otacon, your appearance catches a few eyes in the busied streets, and your hair pokes a few more.
It is hard to pull the anime bad boy luck, but you are handsome enough that you can do so easily. You have always been rather handsome - some of the girls staring at you right now aren't even doing so because of your costume - add some leather shirt, studded belts, and a copious ammount of hair gel, and presto, you are as lose as Yami Yugi as a real human can get, which is surprisingly close.
As you reach the otacon, you begin to feel a sense of... familiarity.
A cardboard-helmeted Captain Falcon is hamming up near the entrance. Vendors wearing patamon hats sell bootlegged keychains that almost look like the Hidden Leaf logo and the Straw Hat skull. A woman dressed as Yoko Littner is gathering a small crowd of thirsty teenagers wishing to take pictures. Somewhere, you can hear a deep voiced man singing the karaoke version of a song meant to be sung by a girl, and he is absolutely killing it. There is a sign near a room that says you need to use deodorant if you with to participate in the MtG tourney.
You feel free.
These are your people.
This is were you belong.
And this is the year, you decide, that you will win the cosplay competition. Every year in the past four you *should* have won, except for the... accidents.
In 2015, a sudden but inevitable stomachache prevented your amazing Sanji self to go on stage.
In 2016, your Courier outfit was ruined as the LEDS on your homemad pip-boy decided to explode
In 2017, you were a perfect Kenshin Himura. Unfortunately you hadn't heard of the news.
And the least said about the 2018 the better. "Todoroki Cosplayer And The Amazing Hot Dog Incident" trended on youtube for a month.
But now, it is 2019. You will be the cosplay champ.
And after this year, the next as well! Nothing can happen in 2020 that would get in the way of you winning an otacon contest in front of a huge, massive crowd!
Yeah! Your luck is turning! You can feel it!
[Roll for luck]
- Location
- United States
Divided by 5 since it's supposed to be d20, that would be a 14, -5 for our abysmal luck gets us to 9. Which isn't terrible!
- Location
- Somewhere.
I'll roll an actual D20. One moment.
...ah.
...ah.
- Location
- Somewhere.
...good? I'm not going to complain that we get a slightly better result...
Prologue, Part 2 - Wrong Room
Grandy12
Self-Requested Ban
Luck roll: 9
Result: Mixed success
Pro: As you were talking to yourself you bumped into a cute girl
Con: As you were talking to yourself you bumped into a cute girl you recognize
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"Hey, watch it, creep!"
You refocus your attention and recognize Cammy, from Street Fighter, glaring at you. Well, "Cammy", from street fighter.
The reality is much worse.
Alice Lewis.
Your arch-nemesis.
Do you know how hard it is for a man to even get to the finals of a cosplay event when the judges are all teens and your opponent is a curvy blonde wearing a leotard for a top and a few stripes of paint for a bottom? Her costume isn't even accurate! Cammy doesn't wear high-heeled boots! Those would get in the way of combat!
No, no, this is the year. You will not let her ruin it for you.
"Oh, it's you." she sneers "Zappa."
It seems she finally recognized you. Each year it takes a bit longer, as your cosplaying skills become more accurate.
"Lewis.", you
[ ] growl her name out
[ ] smile flitartiously
[ ] kind of just said in a bored monotone
But before you can continue, she cuts you off.
"You are brave to show your face around here after the hot dog incident."
You cannot believe she went there.
"That was not my fault and you know it!"
She huffs, haugtily.
"All I know is that that bus did not swerve into the sidewalk by itself, Zappa."
"You can't blame me for every impromptu rube goldberg reaction that starts with me flipping a coin and ends up with us both covered in ketchup in compromissing positions near a flaming bus wreck, Lewis."
"We agreed never to talk about that!"
"Then don't bring it up!"
Around you, a few people stop to watch the discussion. You overhear whispers.
"Isn't that 'Blonde Hair' Alice, one of the four heavenly cosplay kings?!"
"Who is the Yami arguing with her? He's kind of cute..."
"Don't get involved with him, he is 'Walking Disaster' Zappa! Everywhere he goes, accidents happen!"
"No way, that is the Hot Dog menace himself?! I can't believe he looks like that under all that red sauce and cat hair!"
Alice seems to notice them as well, and wastes not an opportunity.
"See, 'Walking Disaster'? We all know about your rotten luck. You will never be able to defeat the Four Heavenly Cosplay Kings."
The Four Heavenly Cosplay Kings.
"Blonde Hair" Alice Lewis, with her enchanting beauty.
"Foam Props" Perez, the master of crafting.
Suzy "We-Can't-Call-Her-A-Loli-That's-Weird" Smith, able to win hearts and minds with her nine year old innocence
And of course...
"The Masked Mystery"
Nobody knows who they are, or even their gender. They always appear dressed in full costume, covering their whole face, and never says a word.
Master Chief from Halo, Samus from Metroid, Al from Fullmetal, No-Face from Spirited Away...
Each year they appear, with a perfect costume, and act the character with perfect mannerisms, then vanish once the convention is over.
The only mark identifying them as the same person is a small logo hidden in the neck of their costumes. A red eye on top of a blue cross.
From a young age, you admired the Four Heavenly Cosplay Kings. You still do. They are the pinnacle of otacon charisma, and brighten the world around them, weaving a beautiful and fleeting fantasy.
And today, would be the day you joined their ranks.
"Don't be so sure of yourself, Lewis. This year I came prepared."
"Hmph. You have been warned, Zappa. Don't think your cute face will save you from being banned from the convention this year."
You turn around, and walk towards the backdoor to the contest, but not without a final word.
"I will see you at the finals."
You close the door and turn around.
You are in the middle of a void, blue lights flash on the distance, you can no longer hear Renai Circulation.
[Roll a d20 for Intelligence]
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This concludes the Four Heavenly Cosplay Kings arc.
The Masked Mystery was Adam Savage.
Result: Mixed success
Pro: As you were talking to yourself you bumped into a cute girl
Con: As you were talking to yourself you bumped into a cute girl you recognize
------
"Hey, watch it, creep!"
You refocus your attention and recognize Cammy, from Street Fighter, glaring at you. Well, "Cammy", from street fighter.
The reality is much worse.
Alice Lewis.
Your arch-nemesis.
Do you know how hard it is for a man to even get to the finals of a cosplay event when the judges are all teens and your opponent is a curvy blonde wearing a leotard for a top and a few stripes of paint for a bottom? Her costume isn't even accurate! Cammy doesn't wear high-heeled boots! Those would get in the way of combat!
No, no, this is the year. You will not let her ruin it for you.
"Oh, it's you." she sneers "Zappa."
It seems she finally recognized you. Each year it takes a bit longer, as your cosplaying skills become more accurate.
"Lewis.", you
[ ] growl her name out
[ ] smile flitartiously
[ ] kind of just said in a bored monotone
But before you can continue, she cuts you off.
"You are brave to show your face around here after the hot dog incident."
You cannot believe she went there.
"That was not my fault and you know it!"
She huffs, haugtily.
"All I know is that that bus did not swerve into the sidewalk by itself, Zappa."
"You can't blame me for every impromptu rube goldberg reaction that starts with me flipping a coin and ends up with us both covered in ketchup in compromissing positions near a flaming bus wreck, Lewis."
"We agreed never to talk about that!"
"Then don't bring it up!"
Around you, a few people stop to watch the discussion. You overhear whispers.
"Isn't that 'Blonde Hair' Alice, one of the four heavenly cosplay kings?!"
"Who is the Yami arguing with her? He's kind of cute..."
"Don't get involved with him, he is 'Walking Disaster' Zappa! Everywhere he goes, accidents happen!"
"No way, that is the Hot Dog menace himself?! I can't believe he looks like that under all that red sauce and cat hair!"
Alice seems to notice them as well, and wastes not an opportunity.
"See, 'Walking Disaster'? We all know about your rotten luck. You will never be able to defeat the Four Heavenly Cosplay Kings."
The Four Heavenly Cosplay Kings.
"Blonde Hair" Alice Lewis, with her enchanting beauty.
"Foam Props" Perez, the master of crafting.
Suzy "We-Can't-Call-Her-A-Loli-That's-Weird" Smith, able to win hearts and minds with her nine year old innocence
And of course...
"The Masked Mystery"
Nobody knows who they are, or even their gender. They always appear dressed in full costume, covering their whole face, and never says a word.
Master Chief from Halo, Samus from Metroid, Al from Fullmetal, No-Face from Spirited Away...
Each year they appear, with a perfect costume, and act the character with perfect mannerisms, then vanish once the convention is over.
The only mark identifying them as the same person is a small logo hidden in the neck of their costumes. A red eye on top of a blue cross.
From a young age, you admired the Four Heavenly Cosplay Kings. You still do. They are the pinnacle of otacon charisma, and brighten the world around them, weaving a beautiful and fleeting fantasy.
And today, would be the day you joined their ranks.
"Don't be so sure of yourself, Lewis. This year I came prepared."
"Hmph. You have been warned, Zappa. Don't think your cute face will save you from being banned from the convention this year."
You turn around, and walk towards the backdoor to the contest, but not without a final word.
"I will see you at the finals."
You close the door and turn around.
You are in the middle of a void, blue lights flash on the distance, you can no longer hear Renai Circulation.
[Roll a d20 for Intelligence]
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This concludes the Four Heavenly Cosplay Kings arc.
The Masked Mystery was Adam Savage.
- Location
- Philippines
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] kind of just said in a bored monotone
- Location
- United States
[X] growl her name out
Seems to fit the tone of their interaction best.
Seems to fit the tone of their interaction best.
Prologue, Part 3 - Emptyness
Grandy12
Self-Requested Ban
[X] growl her name out
Trait acquired:
Cold-blooded - You know that the best way to react to skimpy-clothed women you have a vendetta towards is to keep your eyes on the prize, and the prize is up here buddy.
You have advantage on rolls when you wish to ignore or disobey orders from bossy women.... but a -1 in CHA when trying to convince them of something.
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Luck roll total: 19
Result: Success
Pro: You skip all the 'wow they really stepped up the special effects' misunderstanding shenanigans and immediatelly realize reality done fucked up big time. In addition, the roll was good enough thatyour brain has notshort-circuited at the revelation.
This is weird. Okay don't panic. This is weird.
There is only an endless expanse, and colors.
Faintly, you hear a young, feminine voice, seemingly distant but also getting closer. It is hard to make out the exact words at the start, it's... is it even english? It doesn't sound like it.
But wait, by the end of the sentence you clearly understand the command.
"...-me to me! Heed my call!"
You feel a pull. Not a physical, but an mental pull, the wish to follow that voice's commands.
You...
[ ] Listen to it - whoever that is, probably they know what is going on
[ ] Turn around and go back through the door, you miss reality (Roll for Intelligence*)
[ ] Stay still and try to make out where you are (Roll for Perception)
[ ] Other (write-in)
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*For the purposes of the Quest, intelligence will also affect willpower.
Trait acquired:
Cold-blooded - You know that the best way to react to skimpy-clothed women you have a vendetta towards is to keep your eyes on the prize, and the prize is up here buddy.
You have advantage on rolls when you wish to ignore or disobey orders from bossy women.... but a -1 in CHA when trying to convince them of something.
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Luck roll total: 19
Result: Success
Pro: You skip all the 'wow they really stepped up the special effects' misunderstanding shenanigans and immediatelly realize reality done fucked up big time. In addition, the roll was good enough thatyour brain has notshort-circuited at the revelation.
This is weird. Okay don't panic. This is weird.
There is only an endless expanse, and colors.
Faintly, you hear a young, feminine voice, seemingly distant but also getting closer. It is hard to make out the exact words at the start, it's... is it even english? It doesn't sound like it.
But wait, by the end of the sentence you clearly understand the command.
"...-me to me! Heed my call!"
You feel a pull. Not a physical, but an mental pull, the wish to follow that voice's commands.
You...
[ ] Listen to it - whoever that is, probably they know what is going on
[ ] Turn around and go back through the door, you miss reality (Roll for Intelligence*)
[ ] Stay still and try to make out where you are (Roll for Perception)
[ ] Other (write-in)
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*For the purposes of the Quest, intelligence will also affect willpower.
AoMythology
AoM, Destroyer of Worlds
- Location
- Greece
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His
[X] Stay still and try to make out where you are (Roll for Perception)
Solarstream
It's all in the cards
- Location
- Zombie World
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] Stay still and try to make out where you are (Roll for Perception)
[X] Turn around and go back through the door, you miss reality (Roll for Intelligence*)
[X] Turn around and go back through the door, you miss reality (Roll for Intelligence*)
- Location
- Philippines
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] Turn around and go back through the door, you miss reality (Roll for Intelligence*)
- Pronouns
- He
[X] Stay still and try to make out where you are (Roll for Perception)
ConfusedPotato
Unverified Verifier
- Location
- Australia
[X] Stay still and try to make out where you are (Roll for Perception)
Grandy12
Self-Requested Ban
[X] Stay still and try to make out where you are (Roll for Perception)
Well, if anyone would do the honors.
(In fact, out of curiosity, would you guys wish me to roll the d20s and just leave the choices up to yall? I wasn't doing so because I thought it would be weird for me to roll for wha was essentially your character, but then again quests aren't conventional RP)
Well, if anyone would do the honors.
(In fact, out of curiosity, would you guys wish me to roll the d20s and just leave the choices up to yall? I wasn't doing so because I thought it would be weird for me to roll for wha was essentially your character, but then again quests aren't conventional RP)
- Location
- Somewhere.
Roll the dice. It's genre convention for a QM to do rolls.
Edit: I appear to be cursed.