Dungeon Life Quest (DLQ) 85 - Life Or Death Decisions Edition

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This one has a period.

I ain't about to pitch a fit over a period.

It makes a difference for FD votes. They have to be the same otherwise 1 person can vote
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The reason for the strict format is Veeky Forums prevents you posting the /exact/ same thing within 5 min. the period makes it a different post.

Called, tallying, writing.

...Fuck, y'know, I didn't realize? Thanks.

Goddamnit why did we need to do a final destination at 3 in the morning? Everyone is asleep

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Half of this quest is about learning to live with death. It's not right that we should destroy Bri's values because anons don't like their waifu dying. I liked Silence a lot. I would have been all over that if Bri wasn't in a committed relationship with best Bird and Nate. She died, and it hurts, but I'll be the first to admit that Bri wouldn't completely disregard the last request of the dying.

Oh well. My statement stands at least.

Because people are upset their waifu died.

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these are technically over the line, but they cancel each other out anyway

Goddammit Vox. Really?

You didn't know the reason why FD exists?

STOP

BEING

A

NEWFAG

I dunno, someone cried 'final destination, final destination' enough times so Vox decided to take a poll at 3 am so only 1/10 of the posters could have an input into an important decision

>being buthurt about the vote
lose with dignity.

The two quests I follow have never needed them!

You don't need them here!

There's literally no reason this needed to be a final destination vote.

(Also is anyone else having problems with captcha?

how long have you been around 4chins anyway?

THEN GO READ MORE THAN JUST TWO QUESTS YOU FUCKING NEWFAG!

FINAL DESTINATION VOTES ARE A BIG PART OF BEING A QM. ITS LIKE SAYING I DRIVE A TRAIN ON A RAILROAD AND DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BRAKES DO!

PIC RELATED!

We only need final destination votes if there's rampant samfe fagging or people literally can't make a decision. There wasn't any same fagging!

We could just tell him this stuff.

FD is a tool, same as any other. The bigger quests often need them, yes, but many of the smaller ones don't.

mine switched back to the numbers

WELL THEN VOX IS ALSO A NEWFAG FOR NOT KNOWING THE REASON WHY FD EXISTS AN WHAT IT IS USED TO COMBAT/PREVENT!

LOUD YELLING!

Bring her back

Leave her to death.

Collected votes from the old thread before vox declared final destination.

As someone who supported the final destination vote, I thought that this vote was likely to be samefagged. I will say that it probably would have been better to hold the vote at a different time, so that more people could participate.

that wasn't before he declared final destination, that was when he was 'mulling it over'

there were still votes after that.

There was samefagging out the ass for those votes. Why do you think the final destination was so decisive?

IF SILENCE IS DEAD THAT MEANS THERE CAN NEVER BE SILENCE SO MAKE AS MUCH LOUD NOISE AS POSSIBLE!

looks like it matches the fd results at least.

ideally yes, but he would have had to stall writing until the vote. Could have been the better part of a day. And someone will always miss it anyway.

because it's like... 3 AM and the original vote was called for like two or three hours ago?

Posters probably voted and went to sleep

So normies got their votes disregarded?

I see no issues with that.

I didn't lose.

I would have lost with dignity if I had lost.

Yeah, I figured it was you samefagging.

ugh I feel like going over the votes and counting myself to see if one side or the other was actually in the lead but it's so early

My gut says that it was "Bring her back" but I can't be certain.

>all this buthurt over 1 winning
Fuck it, if you guys are gonna be sore losers, imma be a sore winner.

>Implying I samefagged at all.

I did vote for 1 however.

Silence is dead.

Get over it. :^)

You take in a deep breath, let it out slowly, and finally use your cane to help yourself stand up. The pounding headache from the Roost aside - big battles are terrible things - you're feeling stronger, better, than you have been. The rest did you a world of good.

Grimly, you note that your bottle ought to be full by the time you're done assessing the damage.

It's been a helluva day already.

"I'm going to respect her final request," you say at last. "I don't think I win for daring here. I don't think Silence, and the people who care for her, do either. The talking sword thing is still creepy."

Flitter shrugs. "For you. Personally, if I end up dead and you scoop me up, I'd like to get planted somewhere. Just, like, pack some tree seeds in with me, bury me in fertile ground, call it a life."

Jack folds his arms. Flitter bites her lip and looks up, guiltily.

"How'd Diving Shadow and Larry do?" you ask softly.

"Pretty well. Shadow took a few shots to the wings but she's expected to recover with minimal loss of strength. She was protecting hatchlings. Their parents..."

"It's the way of harpies," Jack's ghost intones. "Their children have numbers instead of names for a reason."

"Yeah, that," Flitter agrees glumly. "Only now she won't give the kids back and Larry's slapped down one mother that tried to get 'em already."

"...I'd better get over there."

"Probably," the pixie agrees. "I need to go ferry medicine anyway. I'll see you around, alright?"

You nod, and move towards the wounded. Natalia's there with Nathan; both have taken off their jackets, rolled up their sleeves, and are working to assist Jewel and Meadows. The losses could have been a lot worse than what you're seeing. With a faint pang, you catch Tatters among the dead. Her young, bedraggled murder perches above the corpses, looking lost and confused.

>I didn't lose.
Mhm. 'Course you didn't.

Does the silence issue even need to be resolved RIGHT NOW

She's dead. She's not going to get any deader as time goes on apparently. A lot of voters wanted to check the atheneum and other necromancers before making a firm decision one way or another. There's no real pressing need that this issue needs to be settled RIGHT NOW
I'm just a little sore because I feel like if the rest of the regular posters had the chance to actually exercise a vote this would have had a different out come

Instead, nope, we gotta do this now three AM, when the only people who are still active are the ones who have been protesting the decision most vehemently and kept asking for Final Destination

Diving Shadow is surrounded by nearly a dozen hatchlings of various ages, from tiny little things still fluffy in the way of newborn chicks to adolescents that might have been old enough to earn a name, if their lives had gone a bit differently. Most of them are on the younger side of the scale. Lawrence sits with his wife; Amy is down amongst the children, cuddling a little boy to her chest and scritching his head. He's clearly been crying.

> Help Meadows & Jewel
> Talk to Nathan and Natalia
> Go see Amy and her parents
> Attend to Tatters' murder

....I voted 1 as well, moron.

Here's what I got; This is post Vox "muse about fd"
death
reforge
ask

> Help Meadows & Jewel

. . . I didn't samefag, dingbat.

What part of "I want Silence to remain dead" means I lost?

I just now realize I posted 1 instead of 2. Fuck.

I guess it wouldn't have done anything.

Vox, in the future, please don't kill characters off screen without giving us a perspective swap. At least give is the illusion of choice if we have none.

>> Help Meadows & Jewel
Help those in dire need first

>At least give is the illusion of choice if we have none.

KEK

KEK

KEK

>Attend to Tatters' murder
Then
>Help Meadows & Jewel

>help meadow and jewel
Let's focus on the living before dealing with the dead

I dunno, a year, year and a half? I showed up late last summer, I wanna say, in a professional capacity; I'd written a vampire supplement for Pathfinder and someone on the /pfg/ of the time had questions about it that my co-author found with a Google search. Been learning slowly since.

And look, folks, I called my shot at this point. I rather enjoyed the discussion that fell out from the initial vote, but the FD's gonna stand. This whole thing's been a helluva learning experience and I'll be chewing it over for awhile and seeing how I can handle things like this better in the future. Obviously there's a strong feeling that this being a possibility wasn't communicated; there's definitely a feeling that it should have been shown on-screen. I'd had some reservations before I went through with it but ultimately decided that I'd learn nothing if I didn't follow through.

I appreciate the feedback and discussion you folks have offered on this event.

THREE. CAPTCHAS. WHY? WHY THIS?

> Attend to Tatters' murder
Give them direction and help them survive. Their emotions must be going crazy.

I'm still going to vote that we use her body to make a new life rather then some weapons when the time comes to vote for what to do with our share of our 'inheritance'

It's the closest thing to making this right

Railroad user, do you have any quest recommenations? I need something to read that I obviously have no choice in.

>I need something to read that I obviously have no choice in.

I mean you're already reading Dungeon Life Quest.

Nothing can make this right.

That's why you never have off screen deaths.

> Attend to Tatters' murder

Thanks for running. This has certainly been an interesting discussion. Even after all this time, I am /still/ amazed at how civil things stay here during disagreements.

Yeah, but I'm already caught up, and have to wait for updates. Got something completed for me?

> tiny little things still fluffy in the way of newborn chicks

WANT.

Hmm. I'd vote for attending to Tatters' if the issue of the hatchlings wasn't present. Gotta put the kids first.
>Go see Amy and her parents.

Maybe the kids can move up to Lakehallow? It's a hell of a lot safer up there, and there's Roosters on the surface who can help look after them.

Also, just got back from work to seeing all of this 'discussion' over Silence. Thing is, I've never liked resurrections, simply because they are often so poorly done and a lot of people treat it like a magic reset button when its not.

SUMMER FAG?! FUCKIN' HELL THAT EXPLAINS A LOT.

While I might be upset that Silence is gone, I'm certainly not going to abandon the quest because /oh my god there are CONSEQUENCES TO OUR ACTIONS!/

I support the idea from the previous thread to make a bell, though I also think we could make a hammer and anvil. Kinda continue with something symbolic, that death and life, destruction and creation, are two sides of the same coin.

ITS SO FLUFFY!!

Okay, bedtime now.

I'd vote for that, for all the good it'd do.

Well a good quest that's already finished?

So you'll have no control over the story at all?

Hmmmmm, I'm trying to think of a good one.

Read one of MercCommand's quests. Valkyria Merc Chronicles.

That should be up your alley!

You'll have to fight Diving Feathers for them. Enjoy!

Thanks for the recommendation, m88.

There's also lots of older quests, like RUBY quest, Drew the Lich, and some other ones like the one about an ice giantess

I'm imagining Fetch trying to sit on them.
It is a wonderful image.

> Help Meadows & Jewel

> Attend to Tatters' murder

Called, tallying, writing. This'll be our last update for the night, I need to sleep.

Yeah.

you really do.

If you mean Diving Shadow, I'd love to have her as well.

She's happily married.

>Brianna gets invited to tell stories to the hatchlings. Brings along Fetch.
>Tells the about the heroic Sir Fetch the Nightfeather, Slayer of Hellspawn and Valorous Knight of Lady La Croix.
>All of the chicks go nuts for `em, and bicker like all little kids do over who gets to hold the rooster.
>Fetch's dead little heart actually /beats/ when one of them says 'When I grow up, I wanna be a Hero like you!"

You take your hat off and put balance it on Fetch's back. "You give that to Amy and wait with the children," you tell the undead knight. He squawks his affirmation and obeys, taking his brother - as well as Vim & Vigor - with him. You give Amy a little smile, then a look of faint panic as one of the smaller children goes to swat at Vim. Amy stops him with a little chuckle and puts your hat on her head.

That done, you pin up your sleeves and approach Doc Meadows. "How can I help?" you ask the elf, frankly.

"Check for infections," the elf says curtly; he's operating on a wing, trying to save it, and he doesn't look up from his work. "Treat them as best you can. Get Jewel if you have to, but don't let the girl push herself too hard. She's still injured, and she /will/ worsen her condition if she overdoes it."

"Yessir," you affirm. You get out the stone with a hole in it, and you prepare yourself for a long day.

It doesn't let you down.

Meadows and Jewel work clean and insist that their assistants do as well, but infections are still a serious concern. You call Jewel over whenever you find a patient at risk, or Meadows when he's not busy attempting to salvage a harpy's wings or, more rarely, a human or dwarf's arm or leg. You also discover and note plenty of other long-term problems and write them down to be handled later.

The Roost is in sore need of dedicated healers. Something else to talk to the surface about, or maybe another floor of the Dungeon. Shit, have Brooks' teacher train some harpies, /something/.

You take a seat, intending on getting five minutes, just five minutes, of rest. Jewel sits down next to you, her dark hair escaping its ponytail in little wisps. She's looking the worse for wear, and from the look Meadows is giving her, she's going to be sitting down for the night. Day. Camp. She needs to rest, is the point.

"I should have been here," you sigh, tiredly.

"I wasn't your fault mom," Jewel answers.

Nothing a little murder can't fix.

There is absolute silence for a long moment.

"Cherry?" you ask.

"...Would you like me to be Cherry?" she asks in a small voice.

Merciful gods.

> Not now, Jewel. We'll come back to this when we've both rested.
> Do you /want/ me to be mom? I haven't exactly been...here. As River pointed out to me recently.
> Jewel, that's fucked up. Cherry's getting to you.
> Write-in?

what would a small gathering of harpies do to make Diving Shadow sexually available?

>> Do you /want/ me to be mom? I haven't exactly been...here. As River pointed out to me recently.

> Do you /want/ me to be mom? I haven't exactly been...here. As River pointed out to me recently.

> Jewel, that's fucked up. Cherry's getting to you.

Now I'm worried that the two of them blending together might be a side effect of their back and forth possession and reverse-possession.

If they're a murder of sexy harpy women, tempt Larry to infidelity maybe?

>Do you /want/ me to be mom? I haven't exactly been...here. As River pointed out to me recently.
>And don't be Cherry, be you. I'll have to talk to Cherry about that.

Die.

Literally, she'd kill them all.

I hope we get to still talk to tatters murder

> Do you /want/ me to be mom? I haven't exactly been...here. As River pointed out to me recently.
Also, their mixing is getting to them. Jewel is Jewel. Cherry is Cherry. They shouldn't possess each other for now. it's clear that at least one of them is being affected in a bad way.

I think that would just result in Diving Shadow killing a lot of people. Somehow I don't think she'd tolerate some new chick (dohoho) trying to put the moves on her man.

Seconding this.

Is soul-merging or a bleeding effect even possible? I'm still aware that these two are treading new ground, but we don't want the daughteru's to be scarred or badly changed by it.

We might have to hold another meeting of the Parliament to talk with all of the surviving leaders of the Roost about..well, if it's even safe to stay there. It's too open, there's not a whole lot of unity, they only /just/ got food and resources back in, and they just dealt with an invasion.

Maybe we can ask the folks of the Basement and the Lichyard if they'd be willing to shelter the Roosters for a while, at least till things are cleaned up and the Roost made safe and secure.

I got it.

You have to seduce them both simultaneously.

Hey, just want to go out to grab a bite to eat with my girlfriend's parents.

Hey, y'know you two make a very CUTE couple. Like, really cute.

Wow. So, Diving Shadow. Do you have any tips how you and Larry spice up the bedroom with the whole Harpy/Human thing?

Oh, wow, why are you two blushing? You're two very beautiful people. Has anyone told the both of you you both look very attractive. I see Amy gets it from both sides -- Wow!

Etc, etc