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Quester Story: Horror Story 1 (Sereg)
This is a story about a girl just like us. Her family had moved from Europe, just like yours, to a town not far from this one. Her father had chosen a large, fancy, old house, gladdened by the salary increase that had come with his transfer, but she couldn't put her finger on why the pictures of the house creeped her out.

When they arrived, her younger brother and her parents settled in quickly, but she couldn't shake the feeling that she was being watched, so she dumped her bags in her room, nervously made her excuses and left for the town to explore.

The house was surrounded by trees, so thick, it was like a forest, but she made it down the long driveway and into the town. As a small town, the people were friendly and greeted her, but whenever she mentioned where she lived, they fell silent and looked at each other nervously. When she asked what was wrong, an old man beckoned her over. "You want to move out of that house right away, young missy," he croaked.

"Why?" she asked.

"Every so often, a family comes to live there. Soon after they arrive, we find their bodies, hanging by hoks, with bites taken out f them and with their hands sawed off."

"That's ridiculous!" she cried. "That could never happen!"

"But it does," he said solemnly.

She turned away angrily and left for the house.

Okay. I've got the draft in my head, but I'm actually still tired. How's the setup?
 
Quester Story: Horror Story 2 (Sereg)
She would not, at least without very good reasoning on your part. I would have probably stepped in to veto this vote had it gained any traction.

@Sereg
Hmm, the story's concept is actually pretty solid, especially near the beginning. I can actually read and feel it like it was a genuine, orally repeated story shared in the illumination of flashlight. However, perhaps it is the fact that it is clearly in the beginning stages, but the ending parts of the story feel jarring. The old man could use more vague wording and gestures, warning about the danger but never really explaining it.


This part of the dialogue makes me cringe a bit. The wording and the ways of expressing the information feel somewhat flat, incomplete, almost cheesy. "But it does" is not something I'd expect a mysterious, old and wise man say...

Still, I'll be threadmarking that :lol.
Hah! Thanks! As I said, I'm not used to writing horror. The critique is appreciated. I'm happy to make changes. Still, I was very tired today. So, I struggled to write for too long. I discovered that some things about horror actually make it easier though as the conventions mean that the audience accepts stuff it wouldn't otherwise.

That night, the wind roared, swaying the trees, and making the branches scratch against the windows. The girl lay in bed, struggling to sleep. Suddenly, she heard scuttling below the floor. Scuttle, scuttle, scuttle. There it was again!

She got up and listened carefully. The walls began to groan and she shrieked as she saw blood drip from the roof. "Help us!" the blood spelled out on the wall. She hustled backwards on her bed and fell off on the other side. She backed up against the window and heard a wolf howl from outside. She turned to look out the window and saw a figure standing in the shadows of the trees. Lightning struck and illuminated the figure. He was a wolf, standing upright. His front paws had been replaced with bloody, shriveled hands and he was holding a hacksaw. The wolf howled as she looked at it an she gasped, backing away from the window.

She ran over to the door of her bedroom and opened it but when she glanced through the window again, the wolf was gone! She ran down the corridor to check the front door. Her hands shook as she tested it, but she breathed a sigh of relief as she saw it was locked. Scuttle, scuttle, scuttle. The sound came back and was getting louder.

"Honey? Are you okay?" she heard her mother's voice. She turned and saw her mother, looking at her, her eyebrows narrowed in concern. She breathed a sigh of relief.

"Something weird's going on!" the girl cried. "There's something out there!" She flung her hand out to indicate the door.

"Oh honey," the mother said. She smiled. "It's okay. It was just a nightmare. Everything's fine. Come into my arms." She held out her arms. Her arms that sprayed blood from the stumps where her hands once were.

*Phew* Writing horror is tiring. I'll get back to the next part soon.
 
Quester Story: Horror Story 3 (Sereg)
The girl screamed as she backed away from her mother's smiling face. She tuned around and her hands shook as she struggled with the keys. The scurrying grew louder. Eventually, she managed to jam the key into the lock, but the key refused to turn.

That's when she felt a hand grasp her shoulder. She looked up and saw that the hand was disembodied. She screamed and yanked the hand off of her shoulder before flinging it away. The hand got up and began to scuttle along the floor towards her. The more hands began to stream out of her parents' room. Scuttle, scuttle, scuttle they went and her mother slowly walked forward, her arms outstretched and still wearing that smile.

The girl screamed and opened the nearest door, running into her brother's room. She slammed the door shut and panted, slowly walking backwards from the door. She had left her cellphone in her room, but grabbed her brother's phone from his desk. She dialed the police's number but when she held the phone to her ear, she didn't hear ringing. Instead she heard, "Come and join us! More meat always comes!" Followed by a squishy, sawing sound and screaming.

She dropped the phone in panic and fell on her brother's bed. That's when she noticed the odd shape under the covers. The covers flung themselves open, held by more disembodied hands. In the center of the bed sat her brother's severed head, sitting on it's neck with an eyeball hanging loose from its eye socket.

The girl froze in horror. Then the head grinned and began to sing. "Come join us down in the woods were the Sun doesn't shine! There's always more meat on which to dine!"

The girl screamed and jumped up from the bed, tripping and stumbling until she hit the door to one of her brother's cupboards
As she stepped back, the door flung open to reveal her father, wearing a brightly coloured wig, a clown's facepaint and nothing else above the waist, making it clear that chunks of his flesh had been bitten off, his hands were missing, and he was impaled on a hook. Her father's eyes flung open and he gave a big grin. "Sweetie!" he said. "Come give Daddy a big hug!" He held out the bloody stumps at the end of his arms.

The girl shrieked again and slammed the door shut. She then covered the head up and ran to another cupboard on the opposite side of the room. She opened the door and his inside as the door to her brother's room opened.

She stood as still as she could, hiding between her brother's shirts and trying to hold her breath. Then she felt something sharp and cold touch her wrist. She turned around and looked between the long, sharp fangs of the wolf and down into the darkness of his gullet. She leaped back, jumping out of the closet, but the wolf swung his saw, nicking her arm.

She collapsed to the floor and began to cry and beg, "Please, please! Let me go!" But as she crawled backwards, the wolf kept slowly advancing towards her. More hands scurried along the floor as she slid her way into her brother's bathroom, desperate to stay away from the wolf.

She managed to get up, but as she walked backwards she tripped and fell into the bath while the hands continued to swarm the floor. Ten the wolf stopped and twisted a tap at the basin. There was a cranking sound and the bath lowered away and began moving down a diagonal track the girl looked out of the bath to see skeletons, hooked on the wall, waving their handless arms at her. As the waved, they'd bash her with their bones.

Soon, the bath stopped and she climbed out to look around. She was in a wooden hut and in front of her was a candlelit table, set with plates of raw meat. She recognised her brother's foot on one of the plates.

She ran away from the table to the door, throwing it open to reveal that the hut was in a wood,in a dark cave. She was in a wood where the Sun never shone. She shivered and walked forward, looking for a way out. She approached a lake, wondering if she should follow the coast, when the water rose and began to glow revealing its blood red color and that hands were swimming in it. The water walked forward in a hulking humanoid shape an she ran screaming back into the hut.

Determined to escape, she climbed the rails, ignoring the pain of the skeletons' bashing. She climbed out the hole and ignored the hands swarming the floor as she ran into her brother's room and smashed the window with his desk lamp.

She climbed out of the window, cutting herself on the broken glass and fell into the bushes. She stumbled along in the mud as the rain poured down, trying to get away from the house but the front door opened and the wolf walked out slowly following her as she slowly squelched her way forward.

She couldn't believe her luck when she got to the road and she ran as fast as she could to the police station. She ran inside and called, "Help! Help!"

The police captain ran over and asked "What's wrong!?"

The girl burst into tears. "Something's chasing me and it's killed my family and there's blood and bodyparts and please help me!"

"It's okay," he said. "I'll protect you. Come with me."

He took her hand and led her through the door.

The girl looked around. "Why are we-?"

The captain opened a cell, threw her in and locked the door. "It's okay, Dear," he said. He pulled off his face to reveal the snout of the wolf. "More meat always comes!"

The end.

*phew*
 
Omake-quest: Memento Amare 1
[x] Blush a luminous blush. Then, hug her tightly.
[x] I... I... Um...
[x] Try your hardest not to faint.

You feel your cheeks heat up as your blush turns luminous. You can't think straight. Your mind is paralyzed as a storm rages in your head, a storm of embarrassment, fear, warmth, indecision and love. Yes, love. You didn't realize, couldn't really, until Kishi admitted her feelings but there's no denying it now. But even as you conscious mind struggles futility to get a grasp on your situation, your unconscious mind takes the lead. After all, there's only one thing to do now.

You hug Kishi, as tightly as you can. You try and make sure she knows that you're going to stay be her side until the end of time with that hug. She's your best friend, your knight in shining armor, your moebot. She's been by your side from the beginning of your adventures as a Magical Girl. You can't imagine your life with out her. You're never going to let her go and you want her to know that.

But when try to tell her all that can't.You look at her face to face and your mouth just can't form the words. "I... I... Um..." All those things you were just thinking, none of the come forth. You can't even force three simple words past your lips. You look at her and she's so close and her body's so soft and squishy and warm and her eyes are sparkling and what in the world did you ever do to deserve her and it's too hot and you can't breath and oh God, you're going to faint.

You bury your face in the crook of Kishi's neck. You breathe deeply, her scent helping to calm you tattered nerves. Eventually you reach a point where you no longer feel like you're going to throw up and your heart isn't trying to jack hammer out of your chest. You steel your nerves to try again to tell Kishi how you feel.

[LOVE] Make a big speech. Try and fit in everything.
-[LOVE] Details? (Write in)
[LOVE] "I love you." Keep it simple and just spit it out.
[LOVE] "So are we girlfriends now?"
-[LOVE] Ask her on a date.

Hey Ziz? I'm gonna run a quest in your quest, hope you don't mind.
 
Omake-quest: Memento Amare 2
You take one last deep breath. You're ready for this. You can do this! You feel great! You let go of the hug and reluctantly put a little distance between you and Kishi. You don't want to but you have to say this to her face and if you're too close you're going to get all embarrassed again and you'll never spit it out. So you put a good amount of inches between you and force yourself to be satisfied with just holding her hands in your. You look Kishi in they eye and start to talk.

"Kishi, I... I think you felt that way... but if that's true... then it can't be wrong!" You slowly grow more confident as you speak, your voice gaining strength and volume as your conviction and love shine through. "You make me so happy! I can't imagine my life with out you. I... lo..." You falter here but just for a moment. This is the most important moment of your life. You can't fail now just because of a little embarrassment.You screw your eyes shut and force the words out. "I... ILOVEYOU!" You shout out the words so fast your tongue is practically tripping over itself.

You open your eyes to see Kishi crying. You start panicking but then you see her smile, the biggest you've ever seen on her, and you realism she's crying tears of joy. Kishi lunges at you, knocking you over onto your bed and hugs you even tighter then before. You hug her back just as tightly. You stay there for a long time, just basking in the warmth of your friend's hug. Wait, no... Something about that sentence isn't right. "Um... Kishi? D-does this make us... g-girlfriends now?"

Kishi doesn't answer verbally. Instead she squeezes you and nods her head against your chest. Well, now you can fix that sentence. You stay there for a long time, just basking in the warmth of your girlfriend's hug.

[LOVE] This is nice and all, but you should probably go over somethings with your new girlfriend.
-[LOVE] Organize a date.
-[LOVE] What are we going to tell everyone?
[LOVE] Kishi is just to comfortable. Stay in her arms and deal with everything else later.
-[LOVE] Fall asleep.
[LOVE] Realize your evil uncle probably heard you shouting your declaration of love.
-[LOVE] Panic.
-[LOVE] PANIC.
 
Omake-quest: Memento Amare 3
[LOVE] Kishi is just too comfortable. Stay in her arms and deal with everything else later.
[LOVE] Realize your evil uncle probably heard you shouting your declaration of love.
-[LOVE] Keep calm and hug Kishi. Perhaps he already knew that this was going to happen...

You close your eyes and relax, enjoying just how comfortable Kishi makes you feel. It's incredible. Just a couple of weeks ago you were all alone in this world, with no hope of changing that. Now you have friends, family and a girl you love in your arms. You're almost afraid this is all just a dream and any moment now you're going to wake up and this will all have been just a dream. Those thoughts are banished when Kishi shifts up into a different position, moving her head from where it was nestled into your chest up to your face and nuzzling your cheek. Kishi is far to solid for this to be a dream.

You almost drift off to sleep like that before your eyes fly open and you stiffen in fear. Your uncle probably heard you admitting your love. No, he must of heard it with how loud you were yelling. Your breath quickens as you realize how embarrassing this was. You're evil uncle was probably listening at the door or something and any minute now he's going to open the door and comment how cute you are with your new girlfriend. Or maybe it'll be even worse and he won't mention it directly but he'll keep making snide comments that let you know that he knows and he knows that you know that he knows but he isn't saying anything because that makes it worse.

"Tamiko? Are you okay?" Kishi asks. You relax at the sound of her voice, forcing yourself to breathe. Holding her close all your worries seem to melt away. You tell her that it's nothing and Kishi relaxes as well after a moment. And really, it is nothing. With Kishi at your side you have the strength to stand up to anything, no matter what evil teasing plans your uncle may have in store!

Plus you admit it's possible that he knew before today. You've had feelings for Kishi for a while now, even if you didn't realize it yourself. Could he have picked up on that? It might explain why he was teasing you so much. Actually, now that you think about it, all that teasing was actually kind of helpful. You've built up an immunity to it thanks to him, sort of. Who knows, if you weren't so used to being embarrassed by now then you probably would have frozen up completely when Kishi told you she loved you and then where would you be? Not lying in bed with your girlfriend in your arms, that's for sure. Maybe you should actually be thanking your uncle?

[LOVE] Go thank your uncle for teasing you.
[LOVE] Talk to Kishi about your new relationship.
[LOVE] Fall asleep.
[LOVE] Do your homework.
 
Omake-quest: Memento Amare 4
You decide that whatever you decide to do about you uncle it can wait until morning. You're too exhausted right now to get up, or even really think. Seriously, thanking your uncle for teasing? You must be more tired then you thought. All the excitement of the day is catching up to you and you're about to crash. Besides, it seems like Kishi has drifted off to sleep as well and you'd rather die then disturb her right now. You quickly follow her example and in moments you're asleep.

The next morning you wake up to the smell of pancakes, making your tummy rumble. You open your eyes to see that last night wasn't a dream and that Kishi is still in your bed. Then you sort of recall your actual dream, a weird one where you uncle revealed he was actually a girl or something. You dismiss that from you mind as you focus on you new girlfriend. Just thinking those words makes you blush. You shifted positions at some point in the night. Rather than Kishi laying on top of you you're now side by side, facing each other with your arms wrapped around Kishi. You left arm is pinned underneath her and it's asleep but you don't care at the moment. Kishi's still asleep, snoring softly. She's so cute you can't help but squee a little. Softly though, so you don't wake her up.

It's about then that you realize that you and Kishi are under a blanket. It takes you a moment to realize why that's important because your still waking up. You are under a blanket. You were not under a blanket when you went to sleep last night. That means someone put a blanket over you at some point. You and Kishi were both asleep. The only person left who could of covered you with the blanket is your uncle.

Your heart plummets. This is the second time your uncle has seen you cuddling a cute girl in your sleep. Admittedly, last time the teasing wasn't too bad but this time it's Kishi in your arms. Kishi, your new girlfriend. Kishi, whom you loudly declared your love for last night. The teasing is never going to end. This is it, the teaspocolypse. You hug Kishi, hoping she'll drive away the despair.

[LOVE] Stay in bed. You uncle can't tease you if you don't wake up.
[LOVE] Try and get your arm out from under Kishi, with out waking her up if possible.
[LOVE] Wake up Kishi and go get some pancakes. Who cares about teasing, you're hungry.
 
Omake-quest: Hicchan quest 1
We need to go deeper

Hicchan Quest:

You are Hirohito "Hicchan" Higekino. You are currently making pancakes for breakfast. They are amazing, because you are an awesome cook. However, it seems like your niece is stirring. You need a good way to tease her about finding her sleeping on the couch, curled up wit her friend who has an obvious crush on her.

[TEASE]Continue making pancakes
[TEASE]Go greet her
[TEASE]Plan of attack?
[TEASE]Write-in

:p

EDIT: No, I'm not seriously planning to make a quest in a quest in a quest.
 
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Omake-quest: Memento Amare 5
[Love] Suddenly, Arianne's ghost form phases through the window, and hugs Tamiko out of jealously.

You're distracted from your spiral of despair induced by the prospect of teasing by a soft, warm breeze brushing up against your body. It feels nice. Very nice. There's a slight pressure on your back and sides, almost like your getting hugged by the wind. But that doesn't really make sense now that you think of it. You're under thick blanket, how is a breeze even getting to you. You look down to where you can feel the warm pressure one your side and you see an ethereal arm in a green sleeve wrapped around you and Kishi. Luckily you recognize the sleeve as the one from Arianne's Magical Girl Outfit which is the only reason you don't start panicking immediately. Still, you're not sure what's going on so you wiggle a bit, trying to look over your shoulder to get a good look at exactly what Arianne's ghost form is doing.

Unfortunately, your movements rouse Kishi from her slumber. Blinking cutely, she yawns before smiling at you. "Mmmm, good morning Tamiko." She says before snuggling you.

"G-good morning." You say back, giggling at her behavior. However, you still have to figure out why Arianne's ghost is here. "Kishi? C-can you look over my shoulder?"

Kishi looks at you and blinks. She must still be half-asleep. After a second she nods and looks past you at Arianne. "Oh hello, Arianne. How are you this morning?" She askes lazily.

"Kishi?" You asks slowly. She nods. "Is Arianne hugging me?" She shakes her head. "Is she hugging both of us?" She nods. "Do you know why?"

"You're very" She breaks off her sentence to yawn before continuing, "huggable." She demonstrates by continuing to hug you.

You blush at Kishi's complement. Even if she's half asleep, it still fells nice. In fact, because she's half-asleep she might even be more honest then if she wasn't. "You're v-very huggable too." You tell her and she smiles.

[LOVE] Stay in bed. There are hugs to be had.
[LOVE] Get out. Go find pancakes.
 
Omake-quest: Memento Amare 6
[LOVE] Stay in bed. There are hugs to be had.

You're not moving. It's not happening. You are not moving from this spot even if the world is ending. Who cares that your stomach is rumbling, you have hugs to sustain you! It's a little odd that Arianne is aparently dreaming about hugging you but you like hugs and she's been alone for a very long time so you don't mind. You stay there, hugging and being hugged for as long as you can.

Unfortunately, it seems like the universe doesn't feel like cooperating today. You're interrupted by a knocking on your door. "Tamiko? It's time to get up." Your uncle calls. You sort of grumble at him in response. "It's a school day, Tamiko. You have to get up." Darn you're uncle and his evilness. He may be right but you refuse to give in. You hold Kishi tighter in protest.

Unfortunately you feel the warm pressure on you back leave. You look around to see Arianne's ghost floating through you window. You guess it's time for her to wake up too. In addition, Kishi begins to squirm in your arms. With how close you are you can hear her tummy rumbling as well.

You guess there's just no fighting it. Sighing, you let go of Kishi and get up. You stretch, enjoying the sensation of you joins popping. Looking back at the bed you see that Kishi has fallen back asleep, which makes you smile at how cute she is. Reluctantly, you reach over and gently shake her to wake her up. You totally don't squee at the sight of her siting up, ruing at her eyes and yawning. Anyone who says other wise is a liar. "Ta-Tamiko?" Kishi asks, blinking at you owlishly.

"G-good morning Kishi. It's t-time for breakfast."

"Oh. OK." She doesn't quite seem to be fully awake. For a moment you expect that if you leave her there she'll just fall asleep again. However she is moving out of bed, if slowly, so you think she'll be fine. You, however, will not be fine unless you get some food into you. You follow your nose out of your bedroom and into the kitchen where your uncle is cooking pancakes.

As you enter the room he turns around and looks at you. He smirks, just a little, and you remember why you were initially so reluctant to get out of bed. Well, who cares? You have a girlfriend now and no amount of teasing is going to embarrassed. Okay, maybe a little embarrassed but you stand firm, prepared for any teases he might throw your way. You're not going to let your uncle get to you! Not today!

"Isn't a it a little early to be hunting witches?"

Wait, what? You look down to see that you're still in your magical girl outfit. You never changed back! You must have fallen asleep like that. Oh, and now your blushing. So much for not letting your uncle get to you.

[LOVE] Detransform.
[LOVE] Sit down and start eating.
[LOVE] Talk to your uncle.
-[LOVE] About?
[LOVE] Check on Kishi and make sure she's gotten out of bed.
[LOVE] Telepathy Arianne.
-[LOVE] And say what?
 
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