>>33452270
>>Other
Read or start a diary, wtf were you doing these past few days?

>>33452737
I was in school five days a week for all of June and the last week of May. Lots of time/energy went into that.

Took a week or two (three?) off after that to decompress/watch the dota 2 tournament.

Now I'm back (until my fall semester starts anyways. I should be able to make time to run a thread once a week with the regular 16 week semester)!

Started a little later in the afternoon than I had wanted, so I'll give this an extra 10 minutes otherwise we roll.

>>33452997
writing

You are Michelle St. Claire, and today...is.

You don’t feel well.

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Income: ~2200/wk + bonuses
Expenses: 5500/mo lease
Captive money: 10k security deposit
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(Keep forgetting!)

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>>33452270

You don’t read much. You write even less than that. Most of what you did write were Army forms. Forms going in, forms going out, forms in the middle. A lot of forms had to be filled out. Sometimes the same form twice or even three times.

At least this new job has less paperwork.

But you were thinking about reading. Or writing. What would you even write?

Dear diary. Today I was paid money to kill teenagers. I don’t feel well.

Maybe reading is more your speed. The screen of your phone is maybe a bit small. You hold it to your face and look at the screen intently.

You don’t even know where to start. You stare at it blankly.

>Get Karan to do it for you
>Pick a genre
>Abort
>Other

>>33453880
Almost missed this whole thread.
>Pick a genre
Crime. Crime-novel it up.

>>33453929
glad you made it!

Didn't you used to be in the directory? If not I guess I was lucky to find your threads before. Either way, you already had few readers, being gone for a month then not announcing to directory/QTG is probably not a recipe for lots of voters. Also it's 00:30 here so I won't be here for long.

>>33454015
>>33454015
I announced it in Monday's qtg, forgot to yesterday, posted in today's qtg this morning before it autosaged.

Wasn't one around when I started the thread, but have posted now.

Not sure if I was ever in the directory.

gonna wait like 10 more mins and I'll start writing. People will probably roll in.

Probably.

>>33454429
Hopefully so.

writing.

>>33454429
I'm here, just a few threads behind and I need to catch up.

>>33454813
neat!

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>>33453880

You’ve never read a crime drama before. You were never encouraged to. Heist movies and bank robberies were not reinforced.

You wonder if what you do is illegal. Probably not.

Probably.

Maybe law enforcement is paid to stay out of it.

It’s probably ethically wrong.

Whatever it is, it makes you feel terrible.

But it probably makes a great book.

Hmm. You flick your fingers through the store pages. Lots of crime, but which one?

>Criminal protagonist
>Law enforcement protagonist
>Man who just wants to watch the world burn protagonist
>Abort
>Other

>>33455135
>Law enforcement protagonist
Get a detective-novel.

>>33455135
>Law enforcement protagonist
with a
>Man who just wants to watch the world burn antagonist

I mean a real monster. "Puts ketchup on his pancakes" messed up.

>>33455341
Stop trying to make me puke, anon.

>>33455341
>>33455461

My brother used to do that. Waffles too.

writing in like 5.

>>33455590
How did you bury him?

>>33455701
Under a mountain of loathing and disgust. Writing now.

>>33455809
Annoying delay. Had to reset my shitty router and lost a lot of time.

>>33456136
It happens.

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>>33455135

Law enforcement. You already live the life of the other side. You pick one randomly from the list, the names and reviews meaning nothing to you. At least it seems highly rated.

You begin The Still Beating Heart.

Karan raises some of the lights for you autonomously. You mumble something in response.

Wasn’t Wendy here at the house with you?

>Continue reading
>Abort
>Do something else
>Other

>>33456665
>Continue reading
>Ask where Wendy is.

>>33456665
>>33456703
Sounds good to me

>>33456703
Seems like a good plan to me.

>>33456850
>>33456851
For a quest with so few voters, this goodmind must be some kind of miracle.

>>33456881
No kidding. It's weird and upsetting to have 3 people total and then those three people vote three separate, contradictory ways.

I think I usually average 4-6 players.

writing in 5

>>33456915
Really? I haven't been able to attend that many threads and only started reading around thread 10 anyway, but it feels more like 1 - 3.

>>33457079
Lately it's been lower. Few threads back it's seemed like 4 to 6.

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>>33456665

You put the device in your pocket. You should probably see if Wendy’s still here or what she’s doing before you run and hide from your problems again.

“Wendy?”

“Wendy!”

You head downstairs. The coolness of the flooring feels good through your socks.

“Wendy!”

She’s ignoring you or not here.

Maybe she just can’t hear you.

You’re in the kitchen staring out over the lake when Karan suddenly visualizes directly in your field of view.

“Good afternoon, Michelle. Did you know that you were asleep for one hundred twelve minutes and eighteen seconds? Of those minutes you spent only ten minutes engaged in a rem cycle. That is less than the human average. Did you know that? Multiple studies from the early 00s discovered that humans are required to dream in order to maintain their sanity. In even as little as three or four dreamless days significant decreases in the patients were noted.

They died in eight. Would you like to hear the audio from the final day? It’s publically available. I think it’s interesting.”

You …

You rub your eyes and forehead. What?

“Where’s Wendy, Karan.”

She seems slighted. “She is most likely still on the beach. I cannot see down there. She came up briefly to collect what wine was available and returned.”

“I see.”

>Thank Karan
>Ignore Karan
>See if Wendy is still on the beach
>Ignore Wendy
>Some combination of these choices
>Spaghetti harder
>Other

>>33457570
>Thank Karan
Ask her if the sleeping problem can be fixed. Wait for Wendy in the house. Take out some crackers or something.

>>33457570
>Thank Karan
>Try to prepare some food or snacks or something for when Wendy returns.
>Try veeery hard not to spaghetti
I love us spaghetti-ing, but we can't do it all the time.

writing in 5-10.

>>33457930
Gonna sleep, thanks for running!
Hope we can patch things up a bit with Wendy.

>>33457930
Oh god I am so sorry OPFOR but I got to go too. I hope there is more audience now. Thanks for writing.

>>33458077
>>33458131
D:

Hope so. I'm about to find out anyways, eh

>>33458307
lurker reporting....unless i go fishing again

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>>33457570

“Thank you Karan.”

She seems...slightly less offended.

“Is there a way to fix my sleep thing?”

“Unlikely to impossible. Any uneasiness in your sleeping patterns is most likely psychological stemming from your service rather than physiological.

How do you feel about invasive brain surgery to forcibly destroy the neurons forming your memories?”

You, uh…

Whatever.

There isn’t much food in the house yet, but there’s a loaf of bread. You guess that’ll do. Besides, she’s been drinking.

You’re going to give Wendy some space. She’s probably pretty trashed and she’s already mean sober. Pissed Wendy is probably even worse.

You tuck your knees under your chin on the couch and continue to read.

You read for what feels like a long, long time and Wendy still hasn’t surfaced.

>Take action (?)
>Inaction is the best action
>Spaghetti harder
>Panic internally
>Panic externally
>Other

Rolled 51

>>33458426
Combat-mode. Search the perimeter. Do unnecessary combat rolls. Like this one.

>>33458426
>Panic internally
>Look for Wendy
Not externally, yet.

>>33458426
panic internally and look for Wendy (also be ready to cut a intruder)

>>33458426
>Go to the beach and look for Wendy.
What's she gonna do? Be mean some more?

writing now. as soon as captcha displays.

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>>33458426

You check the chronos mounted in a number of devices. It’s been at least thirty minutes.

You begin panicking internally. You remember the look of fear on Wendy’s face when she got grappled at your first jobsite.

You put your phone away.

Karan helpfully(?) displays a map for you the location of the bodies of the last twenty murder victims, in addition to displaying footage from around the house. Wendy’s car is still parked where it was, and it doesn’t seem disturbed.

You take the elevator down and fidget violently as the small car takes you down to your private beach. You step out.

“Wendy! Wendy!”

There’s...nothing. You quickly check the water.

You don’t see any bodies floating limply at a glance. You walk around the rest of the house and...there she is.

Wendy is in the tub, surrounded by wine bottle...s?

You recognize the first one, which you split. You recognize the second one, which is identical to the first one, an-

Oh my god. You gag and bring a hand up to cover your mouth and nose reflexively.

You think a little bit got on your tongue. You try to manage your gag reflex as your eyes scan the entire scene.

Yep, that’s vomit. Suddenly it’s a little clearer why Wendy keeps a servant around as you step around an enormous puddle of vomit slowly sinking into the sand next to her and the tub.

In addition, there’s also a not-insignificant amount sharing the tub with her, plus a fair amount of sand. Maybe she scraped it in.

Wendy herself seems to be in poor condition. Her face is dirty and she’s lying on her back, her head resting horizontally and her face pointing towards the sky.

You wonder if she might be dead. Hmm.

What’s company policy for when employees die away from the event?

>Panic internally
>Panic externally
>Scream internally
>Scream externally
>Do something
>Don’t do anything
>Spaghetti harderer
>Other

>>33459265
>Panic internally
>Panic externally
>Scream internally
>Check breathing
>Check pulse
>Drag her to the house if okay

>>33459300
Sounds like a plan.

Going AFK for a bit so I can eat dinner. Be back in like 30~ or so.

>>33459465
back and writing now.

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>>33459265

“Wendy.”

“Hey, Wendy.”

You poke your toe into her arm and her head rolls to the side limply, some additional liquid dribbling out of the corners of her mouth.

Oh. Shit.

Okay...okay, just breathe. It’s just like a heroin overdose, right?

Yeah. Just like that. You can deal with tha-

Why isn’t she breathing?

SHIT.

Just stay cool Michelle. You scream, internally.

You check for her pulse by grabbing her arm and feeling her wrist and you don’t feel anything oh god wait a second this is your prosthetic you couldn’t feel a pulse anyways. Whoops.

You swap hands.

You still don’t feel anything, but it could be because the adrenaline spike is making all the sensations of touch even more uncomfortable than they usually are for you.

Breathing. You can handle that.

You put your ear close to her throat and don’t hear anything.

Panic!

Okay, uh…

Airway! Gotta clean the airway!

You lean over and grab Wendy by her armpits and pull her out of the tub, and squeeze her stomach trying to force any air (and vomit) out. You aim it away from your body.

A mouthful of liquid gushes out. You drop Wendy back into the tub and within a few moments you can see her begin gasping for air and clawing at the stone of the tub and the sand that it’s set into.

You squat down and observe now that there are signs of life.

Maybe you should drag her in?

Her nails look sharp. And chipped and broken. You already have enough scrapes and scars.

>Do something?
>Just watch
>Spaghetti harder
>Other

>>33460825
>Carry Wendy in the house.
Make sure she's alright. Even if she is a bitch.

Honest question from non-questfag here:
wouldn't these free-from quests be better on a forum platform than an image board one?

>>33461164
But then I'd be on a forum and I'd be a double faggot.

Instead I'm slightly-anonymous and only a regular 100% faggot.

You should probably ask the quest thread general though. I'm only one, obviously biased opinion.

>>33461164
Nope. A lot of quest use images to enhance the story posts and moving to a forum would lose the /tg/ crowd. I know I'm not the only one who wouldn't create a profile to participate in a quest.

>>33460825
seconding >>33461032

writing in a few.

>>33461353
Also this too. Fuck making an account and using an email and stuff. Ain't nobody got time for that.

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>>33460825

You keep squatting, finding a comfortable position as Wendy coughs and chokes her way back into living.

She spits into the sand and landscaping several times before wiping her mouth with a very disgusted look.

“What the fuck, Michelle?”

Jesus fucking Christ. Of course she blames you. Whatever.
You pull her up, roughly, onto your shoulder (ab)using the fact that carbon fiber is significantly less pliable than skin and hustle her upstairs.

You deposit her into one of the bathtubs on the first floor, not wanting to get...Wendy all over the house and your new furniture.

>Turn the water on, cold
>Turn the water on, hot
>Dump and run
>Spaghetti harder
>Other

Rolled 27

>>33461823
>>Other
"Hot or cold?"

>>33461917
Is the intent to do the opposite or are you actually concerned about her preference?

>>33461823
I'll second >>33461917

>>33461932
>actually concerned about her preference
for me

Rolled 76

>>33461932
Not really concerned, it's a meaningless decision that can be solved with a small question. Doing without asking will just make more problems and piss Wendy off. Wait...is she still drunk/comatose or she actually awake?

>>33462013
Alive, but weakly so.

Imagine waking up from a crazy bender still a little drunk. That's sort of the situation Wendy's in.

She's starting to dry out now that she's vomited most of it out.

>>33461917
Sounds good.
>>33461932
Actually concerned.

writing in like 10. Will end the thread in a hour or two, so like 2-4~ posts or something?

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>>33461823

You stand over Wendy, looking down at her, feeling...concern?

Maybe. Compassion?

She is, after all, your...friend. Mostly. Sort of.

More of a friend than anyone else has been in a while, anyways. Skyler, too, but he wasn’t the one who puked all over himself in your bathtub on the beach.

That seems like a uniquely Wendy thing to do.

You hold your arm out, close to the controls for the water. “Hot or cold?”

Wendy tries to clean a hand on her skirt, but doesn’t get much done and rubs her face with it. “Hot. Steam the shit out of me.”

You do as she asks and say, “I’ll bring you some towels or… Yeah.”

Wendy doesn’t move, but she looks away from you as you turn around and leave the room.

She calls, before you close the door behind you, “Michelle.”

You pause.

“...thanks.”

“Yeah.”

You shut the door and let Wendy take care of herself.

>Scream internally
>Scream externally
>Spaghetti harder
>Return to reading
>Other

Rolled 44

>>33462433
>Return to reading
Have your house AI read to you while playing nice music.

>>33462433
>Other
We need some actual food in this house, can Karan order and have some delivered? Or will she just order 2 tonnes of milk and beans? Oh and we kind of need to go clothes shopping seeing as we lack a wardrobe of sorts.

I say we let Wendy know we're going shopping and to at least try to not kill herself while we're out.

>>33462471 here

I'm gonna have to get ready for work and head out now, so good luck fellow anons.

>>33462487
Godspeed Anon. Thanks for playing!

writing in ~10'

>>33462433

“Karan.”

She floats, less violently than last time, into your view. She looks...preoccupied. As if you disturbed her from a more important task.

“Yes Michelle?”

“Can you please order some food to be delivered?”

“What kind, Michelle? Do you want raw ingredients? Should I find a subscription service and submit a CSA on your behalf? I could do that. I am already filtering through several highly rated services. I obviously cannot recommend any one in particular but some of these business are rated highly.

Did you know that MSG is not banned in Echo City? Intriguing. The food lobby fought very hard in order to keep its usage within city confines.

Or would you prefer a delivery service for meals ready to eat? I see many that require heating first, but even some that are either self-heating or require none.

Did you know that Echo City’s food standards are more relaxed than the outlying countries? By law beef is only required to be ninety percent beef.

I wonder what it is like to eat. Have you ever tasted the flesh of man, Michelle? I know you were in Afghanistan and I am also well aware of the far below freezing temperatures and inavailability of common goods, including food.

Did you know that a common euphemism for cannibalism is “long pork”?

I wonder what long pork tastes like.

Michelle, do you know if humans are red or white meat?”

>What
>What?
>What??
>Can’t deal
>Can deal
>Spaghetti harder
>Power through
>Abort
>Other

(assuming you still want to vote for previously voted for objects. Confirm/deny, link if you'd like)

>>33462786
>What??
>Can deal
>Power through
Something delivered that's good for someone nursing a hangover.

>>33462786
>What??
>Can deal
>Power through

>>33462831
>Something delivered that's good for someone nursing a hangover.
sounds good for now

writing in 15, will circle back so everything voted for is used even if it takes multiple updates.

I just don't want to write some sort of horrible monstrosity that loses focus. And it'd be unfair to rob you all (all 2 of you) of the chance to react if you'd like.

Just in case you're wondering why I do the way I do.

>>33462937
I'd bet there's another one or two people lurking. Such is /tg/.

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>>33462786

“What?

“Just...what?

“No, whatever. Nevermind. I don’t know if people are red or white. Can you just please have delivered two weeks of meals and some fruit? Before you ask, no. Anything will be fine.

Also make sure any of the beef is one hundred beef. And that the pork is all pork and the chicken is all chicken.”

“Of course, Michelle. I would never want to disappoint you. Did you know that in game animals the state of emotions that that animal processed through its life shapes the flavor and the context of the meat?

I wouldn’t want to do anything to upset you unduly.”

What?

What?

You rub your face. Whatever.

“Karan, please put on some music. Something relaxing. I don’t know the names of any so just find something. And copy the book I bought. I want you to read it to me in a few minutes.”

“Right away, Michelle.”

Music that you don’t know the name of or the words to begins playing throughout the house as you push up with your elbows and shoulders and walk to a row of cabinets in the hallway that have now been freshly stocked with towels, linens, and other necessary things.

You knock on the door to the bathroom Wendy is destroying.

“Hey, Wendy.”

“What?”

“I brought towels.”
There’s a pause. Does she really have to think about this?

“Fine. You can come in. You better not look or whatever, you stupid dyke.”

You sigh and push your way in, fighting your way through a thick cloud of steam to deposit the towels on top of the marble counter that forms the cabinets and houses the sink.

Wendy has her back turned towards you, looking away facing the wall.

>[1/2]

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>>33463247

Her back is thickly scarred. They look...familiar.

Identical, even. You saw a lot of those scars on the tribals in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

She’s been whipped. Badly. Repeatedly.

You leave quickly and wonder if Wendy knows what she did. Talking about shopping can wait. Maybe.

You hover near the door. You’re perfectly comfortable talking through it.

>Talk with Wendy
>Panic externally
>Panic internally
>Scream externally
>Scream internally
>Internal crisis
>External crisis
>Spaghetti harder
>Shut down, reboot in the morning
>Carry on with reading
>Other

>[2/2]

>>33463288
>Panic internally
>Scream internally
>Carry on with reading
Wendy's fine now. Michelle saved her life...again. Time to get the panic out of her system and then relax as much as possible.

I'm beginning to suspect that Wendy's being a bitch to disguise the fact that she's got it bad for Michelle.

>>33463394
I can't tell if you're desensitized to Karan, if it doesn't bother you, or you just ignore what I type for those segments.

Some feedback/thoughts would be appreciated.

>>33463421
Doesn't bother me. She's a crazy AI. It happens. As long as she doesn't try to do anything stupid I figure Michelle isn't bothered by her any more than the other crazy people.

>>33463394
I don't want to actually propagate any of the characters being anything other than heterosexual but there's a reason support groups are such powerful tools for people with a problem or a past - they tend to only be able identify and empathize with people who share that or a similar experience. even something like AA is indicative of this, but you go deeper into veteran support groups (or groups of vets self-medicating amongst themselves) and it's even more powerful.

I doubt gender matters much when there's only a handful of people who can truly empathize with you.

>>33463529
I'd assumed it was more of a "saved her life several times and shared important experiences with her" attraction than an actual sexual attraction anyway.

>>33463672
That makes a lot of sense too.

Writing in a bit.

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>>33463394
Support.

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>>33463288

This is just. Just.

It’s just something.

You’re going to go scream into a pillow or in your head or something tonight as you walk away from the door. Clothes can wait.

You’ve got a book for Karan to read to you to make all of this go away.

You curl up on the couch holding a pillow tightly as Karan tells you about Detective McMann, LAPD.

You wonder what LA is.

END SESSION.

comments/concerns/etc go here. thanks for playing.

>>33463856
oh. thread archived now. almost forgot.

>>33463856
Thanks for running!
Pity I had to leave early on, but things went pretty well. I'm enjoying the kinda-sorta-supportive thing Michelle and Wendy have going on, and really enjoying Karan being a creepy shit.

>>33463856
Just got home from work, thanks for the thread, any idea when next will be?