/furry/ - Your new home

>>508296

…God Damnit

Bump. Let's hear some suggestions!

OP, rule 1 about questing: Don't give a shit about participant count.

Rule 2: Nobody cares if you don't draw shit

Also, what the absolute fuck kinda story is this? Give us more to work with.

Don't know about gender, but I think a badger would be cool.

>>508339

Someone can draw shit if they want to. I'm okay with it being text-only.

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>>508447

Holy shit, you really went all out on this!

>>508449

That's the power of autism, lad.

Glad that you're enthusiastic about this, I need something creative in my life.

>>508447

I should also probably specify physical attributes: short (probably short as the bartender), weak, delicate, fluffy. The intro already implied this, but I just wanted to make it explicit.

Ask if they have any fruit juice.

>>508447

You quickly relate your sad misadventure, leaving out the part where you were cowering in fear as the mugger snatched your purse (satchel!) and bonked you over the head. That purse had what little gold you came here with, and the bit of silk you were planning on showing off to the local tailors. You could always make more, but the principal of loosing your birth-silk makes you sick to your stomach; in conjunction with your splitting headache and sore antennae, you could really use a pick-me-up.

>>508498

The sudden onslaught of questions gives you a miniature anxiety attack. Inventory? You pretty much have only the clothes you came here with, a nice woven suit and dress pants made by your parents, now slightly crumpled and stained after your illegal encounter. You considered purchasing a dagger at the weaponsmith, but gold was tight and you feared you wouldn't have the courage to use it should the need arise.

Aren't bars the place to get shady jobs and quick gold? Y-you didn't ACTUALLY know for a fact that was the case, but plenty of stories and literature back home point to that being the case. It's too late now, might as well ask him.

After you finish your story, the bartender's one good eye scans you up and down, perhaps deciding what to do next. You consider ordering a drink to break the tension, but you're flat broke and fruit juice doesn't seem to be on the menu. You finally ask about any sort of jobs or tasks that might end in you making a quick mint. The bartender scratches his chin, pretending to be deep in though.

"No."

He quickly goes back to wiping off a glass with a sullen rag, his eye still trained on your meek form.

"You gonna order something or just sit there? I gotta a business to run, kid."

There goes your one and only idea. There's gotta be something he needs done! You consider pushing the topic, but you're not too sure. The last thing you'd need is another twisted antennae.

>>508624

>You could always make more

I was thinking of placing a bit more limitation on the player, and have it be like real life where silk comes only from larvae producing their cocoon, and as an adult we would be incapable of making it. To get more, we would have to trudge all the way back to our village. Then again, having spider-like abilities could offset our physical weakness.

Tell the bartender that you're not interested in drinking right now, but that you want to know where he buys his ale. (The following is a lie) At many points in your journeys, you heard fellow travelers consistently mention The Piss'n Drink as having the best ale of all the cities they visited, strong and delicious. You're curious as to how one pub can be so far above the rest in quality, and want to meet the Brewster or Alewife that makes such a perfect nectar.

I'd also be alright with nudging this even more towards lewd, but my vote is for waiting until we can power-bottom.

>>508676

We shall see. Also note to everyone, try not to make TOO specific of a command, as it kinda limits what I'm able to do with it. I try to include multiple poster's commands, either using them or just acknowledging them. Just an FYI.

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>>508692

I will try to keep that in mind.

>>508624

>You finally ask about any sort of jobs or tasks that might end in you making a quick mint. The bartender scratches his chin, pretending to be deep in though.

>"No."

Looks like those old stories lied to us. Time to look elsewhere. When you can, listen around and see if anyone in the bar is looking for employees in a field you have experience. Are there any jobs we're good at? Seems like becoming a merchants apprentice would push us towards our goal of selling silks, and if the people who stole your silk from you are selling it, having someone on the inside (and being on the inside yourself) would make finding it easier.

Then again, we may need to look in the black market (if this town has one).

>>508676

Why are we talking to the bartender if it's obvious he just wants us to buy something? He doesn't really seem in a chatty mood. Not to mention it would be a bit bizarre to ask where he gets his ale and say we've heard so many good things about it, all the while declining to to drink it. He may be more eager to give information if we buy some stuff first and ask more casually. He doesn't seem like the kind of guy who would be swayed by flattery. And come on, we're in a suit, we look like a businessman (businessmoth?) albeit a bit messy. If I was running a bar and a guy in a suit walked in, didn't drink anything, but tried to flatter me into telling him where I got my ale from I wouldn't tell him jack shit because it sounds and looks like he's trying to start a bar and undercut my business.

Also, why again are we tracking down where the ale comes from? I'm sorry, but I don't see how this pushes us towards any of our goals.

We don't know if there is an opening to work there, so we don't know if we have a job there to make any money.

If we do want to start selling ale we have no money for startup costs.

If the place the ale comes from is a ways away this could put us further from the people who stole our silk or anyone who would want to buy our silk.

Before we ask for any information, ask if water is free, and if it is get some of that. If we are going to start asking the bartender questions I think it would be more productive to ask if he knows of any merchants looking for an apprentice or if he knows where silks are sold. If we are going to ask about the black market try to do so in a way that doesn't use the words "black market" as that might attract undesired attention. Mine as well get turned down asking for useful information

>>508816

Eh, the idea was to just find out if there was any inefficient step in the supply chain for ale. A large percentage of ale brewsters were widows (assuming this is a medieval fantasy setting), so it's not a huge leap to assume that she's an old woman and might need help gathering herbs for gruit, or just transporting the stuff. Maybe peasants from the surrounding villages would need help transporting grain. But I agree, that's a bit of a long-shot.

We don't need to specifically work in the silk industry or even with textiles, we just need to awaken and satisfy the burning greed that lies dormant within us. The silk plan relied on us having samples to show interested buyers, that will have to be put off to a later date.

Finding a merchant would be a good way to learn about the black market in a covert manner, it wouldn't actually be necessary to ask the bartender. We ask a merchant about commerce laws, and we find out what is illegal and therefore desirable. We could just play this like Mount & Blade and ask where the Guild Master is, or if he doesn't answer, just wander around until we find someone with nice clothes.

>>508875

Ah, that makes sense. If the bartender is willing to talk I say this is a good coarse of action.

>>508624

You could try to press the bartender for info. Or just ask around. There has to be someone with a job that needs doing.

>>508816

The bar does seem pretty lively, you decide to ask around. Most of the patrons seem annoyed or disinterested in your inquires, and the others just simply don't have any tasks that need doing. Well, some do have something they're willing to pay for, but you're not gonna do THAT.

This whole adventure is crumbling before your very eyes. You're flat broke, lost in the near endless streets of Silvervale, and have no clue where to go or what to do next. Even if you wanted to return home, you haven't got nearly enough gold to board a boat back; and you don't think you could handle the shame of returning home defeated and humiliated.

You try (and fail) to keep your composure as all these thought flood your mind at once. You can feel your antennae twitching and your wings fluttering out of anxiety. You think that a quick step outside to clear your thought might do you some good, so you make your way to the door.

"Hang on, kid."

You turn, your hand still on the door to see the bartender's eye fall upon you. His glare seems a bit less sharp, maybe even a hint of pity seeping into his expression. He motions for you to come back to the bar table, which you do quickly.

"If you're aching for something to do, I may have a job for ya." You can barely contain your excitement, you finally have something to do! Your wings flutter with anticipation as you wait for your first quest. "It's nothing big, kid. I just want you to pick up the tab from Montley and his buddies. They've been drinking here for a week now, and they still haven't payed off their debt. They know it's due, so they should have it ready when you get there. And if they start getting feisty, just remind them that I personally sent ya, and I'd be VERY upset if anything happened.

You've been listening intently, you'd be writing this down in your journal if you still had it. The bartender tells you the location and sends you on your way, not before telling you that Montley is a pudgy badger with light gray fur and a line of jet black fur running right between his eyes.

You make your way out of the bar and head off towards your objective, a slight bounce in your step now that you have a new purpose in life!

>>509235

Oh wow, I'm fully expecting us to get shoved in a bag and gang-raped. Just try to be diplomatic and cute, I guess. Maybe the threat of how we're just the messenger for the badass bartender will mean that we get shoved in a clean bag instead of a smallpox sack.

>boat

We're on the coast, that's great. Try to take in the city layout as we joyfully skip to our destination. Note the buildings we pass, any tall buildings in the distance, etc.

Just a tip to OP since this is your first time doing a quest: it would have been better if you allowed us to accept or reject the job. I mean, it was the obvious option so it still would have happened, but your role is to set up an environment/situation to give us choices, and our role is to choose. On that note, try to make our possible options more clear. Like with >>508624, just end it with an explicit question, "Will you push the topic, ask other patrons, or leave?" All of your posts should end like that. And also be open to people doing something not on the list.

>>509306

Will do. I just took into consideration what the character would do. I'll try to leave things more open at the end. I wish there was some way to identify myself as the storyteller, so people don't get confused.

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>>509349

I'll check that out!

>>509235

This ought to be interesting…