ParaSnared (Worm/Homestuck Semi-Quest)

[AilingStar]

A young woman stands in her bedroom. It just so happens that today, the eleventh of June, was this young woman's birthday. Though it was fourteen years ago that she was given life, it is only now that she will be given a name.
What will the name of this young woman be?

[] Taylor Hebert
[] Write In

 

[AilingStar]

For 4/13 I have decided to make a mistake.

Welcome to Parasnared! This was originally imagined as a fic, but I quickly realized that wasn't working out too well, so I decided to try my hand at making it a quest. Kinda.

Voting is going to be a bit weird. I'm going to be balancing out popularity of vote with what options I personally think would be entertaining, dramatic, or (if things are especially bogged down) would progress the plot. Multiple options can be chosen at once if I feel it works. Votes close at semi-random. Basically, the rules are very soft and I want you all to be very aware of that beforehand.

This quest is frst-and-foremost meant to be a good story. Taylor and her friends will 'win', it's just a matter of how they get there and how many times they trip up along the way. As such voting for the 'optimal' choice may not always be a good idea, especially if it makes for a worse story.

Also, keep in mind that these characters are not 100% the ones you know. Parahumans do exist in this world, but none of these 12 players are themselves parahumans. Because of this and some other factors, these twelve characters have lived very different lives than their Worm counterparts. Just keep that in mind.

 

[AilingStar]

Spoiler: Taylor

Name: Taylor Hebert
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Palbug Handle: gentlewomanAdministrator [GA]

It's Taylor's Birthday! What does the day hold for her? And what fate awaits her?

Spoiler: GC

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Taylor's best friend. Currently on vacation on the West Coast. Has a particularly troublesome stowaway.

Spoiler: CT

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One of Taylor's friends.

Spoiler: AT

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One of Taylor's friends.

Spoiler: TC

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One of Taylor's friends.

Spoiler: TG

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Palbug Handle: tellingGaze [TG]

One of Taylor's friends. Quite busy.

Spoiler: TA

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One of Taylor's friends. Sent her fake arms.

Spoiler: GG

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One of Taylor's friends. Quotes Sun Tzu.

Spoiler: TT

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One of Taylor's friends. Rather oblivious, and doesn't know much about the world.

 

[AilingStar]

I think I'll close voting in about 30 minutes. If anyone wants to write in more clever witticisms, act fast!

 

[AilingStar]

Voting is now closed!

 

[AilingStar]

[X] Hero

Not yet she's not! She's got a long way to go before she becomes a proper hero.

[X] Taylor Hebert

Ah, that's more like it!

Your name is TAYLOR. As was previously mentioned, it is your BIRTHDAY. Cakes are scattered across your room, including your DESK, which is otherwise crowded by BUSYWORK and BULLYING JOURNALS. Which are useless, as despite the efforts of you and your BEST FRIEND, your bullies seem NIGH UNTOUCHABLE.

Despite the BULLYING and generally being a bit of a SOCIAL OUTCAST, you have retained a few INTERESTS. You are a huge fan of CAPES, though you in fact know LITTLE ABOUT THEM. You are a JUNIOR MASTER THIEF, and you are quite skilled at it, if you do say so. You are decently good at PROGRAMMING, and you have recently and for no reason in particular, picked up a habit for ENTOMOLOGY. You are somewhat amused by ABSURDIST COMEDY, and you also, on occasion, play GAMES.

Now… what will you do?

[] Write In

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Spoiler: Author's Note

Don't expect all updates to be this swift. Some of the first act and the start of the second is going to be copy-pasted from my original draft of the story, back before it was a quest. Unless things go really off-track, of course.

 

[AilingStar]

I think I'm going to let this run for tomorrow. More time for you all to come up with things for Taylor to do. Much to her chagrin, I'm sure.

 

[AilingStar]

Voting closes in 30 minutes!

 

[AilingStar]

Voting Closed!

Adhoc vote count started by AilingStar on Apr 14, 2023 at 12:47 PM, finished with 7 posts and 5 votes.

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  2 people have voted

  [X] Clean up the cake

  • Jack727
  • Kingster

  1 people have voted

  [x] RETRIEVE ARMS FROM DESK

  • mcclay

  1 people have voted

  [X] Eat all the cakes until you throw up.
  [X] Talk to your best friend (who is it??)

  • Mixter E

  1 people have voted

  [X] Eat a Bug

  • goable

 

[AilingStar]

You all have already thrown things off course. I knew this was a good idea.

Apologies if the colored text doesn't work. This was originally made for a white background. I will change it to a different color if need be.

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[X] Clean up the cake

First things first, it's about time you get rid of this mess of cakes! You decide to coalesce them on your bed for now. This should make it easier to take them down when the time comes.

[X] Eat all the cakes until you throw up.

Absolutely not! Aside from the fact that throwing up is rather unpleasant, you've been practically inundated with cakes the whole darn day! Really, you love your FATHER dearly, but today he has gone COMPLETELY OVERBOARD.

You are, without a doubt, SICK AND TIRED OF CAKES.

[X] Talk to your best friend (who is it??)

With that dreadful detour out of the way, you head to your computer and open up Palbug. It is, in your humble opinion, the best instant-messaging software there is. You hope that GC's active.

And it seems she is! You quickly strike up a chat.

- - gentlewomanAdministrator [GA] began bugging gorgeousCrimson [GC] at 18:12 - -

GA: Hello!
GC: Taylor, hey! Happy birthday.
GA: Thank you. It's been pleasant so far.
GA: Aside from the cakes.
GC: My condolences.
GA: How about you? Are you and your sister doing well on your summer vacation?
GC: UGGGGH
GC: Don't even get me started.
GC: Not only did we have to miss your birthday but it turns out we ended up with a certain stowaway.
GA: Oh no.
GA: It's her isn't it.
GC: Yyyyyep. Haven't been accosted yet, but I should probably expect it to happen soon.
GC: Anyway enough of that!
GC: Have you gotten my gift yet?
GA: No, not yet. Still waiting for it.
GA: As well as
GA: The Game.
GC: !!! You think it'll arrive today?
GA: I hope so. I've been kept waiting for far too long in my opinion.
GC: That's awesome!
GC: Hey, maybe once you get it, could you play it with me?
GC: I've been bugging some of the others but CT is dealing with his bro, TA has his family issues, TT doesn't even have the game, and TG is doing TG things.
GC: Don't know about the others but I'm not hopeful TBH.
GA: If it gets here before I wither away, then sure.
GC: Great! You're the best Taylor.
GA: I'm really not.
GA: But thank you.

- - gentlewomanAdministrator [GA] ceased bugging gorgeousCrimson [GC] at 18:17 - -

Click to shrink...

With that done, you stretch and get up and walk to your desk to

[x] RETRIEVE ARMS FROM DESK

Your ARMS are in your TRUNK, Hero! The only things on your desk are a POSTER from your father and some ICING where a CAKE once lay.

[] [Taylor] Write in