You can fight the darkness. You can even wound it. But it always gets the last word.
The Apocalypse did not arrive with trumpets or prophecy. It arrived with hunger, and with things lurking in places they were never meant to exist. Entire nations vanished beneath waves of monsters and madness. Creatures from impossible realms poured into reality, bringing with them hunger, corruption, and despair. For a brief moment in history, it seemed humanity's extinction was inevitable.Then came the Awakening. Dungeons manifested beneath every major city on Earth. At the same time, a small fraction of humanity gained supernatural powers. They became known as the Awakened. Humanity finally possessed the means to fight back. But fighting back and becoming stronger were not the same thing.Many Spirits retreated into Dungeons. Others fled into deep wilderness, abandoned industrial zones, and the ruins of forgotten cities. Every day remained a struggle between countless unseen forces. Yet most people continued their ordinary lives. They went to work. Paid rent. Watched television. Pretended the world had not fundamentally changed.The old powers adapted quickly. Banks became Guilds. Hospitals sold healing artifacts to the wealthy while everyone else drowned in debt. Money alone no longer ruled society. Now people traded monster cores, dungeon permits, spirit contracts, and blood-soaked miracles.Art: Sergey Vasnev
Chicago, 2031.You have been unemployed for two straight years. Your savings are gone. Your credit cards are maxed out. Last month's rent remains unpaid. Your landlord calls every few days to remind you. Sometimes he knocks on your door personally. Sometimes he simply insults you. You hate him.Sooner or later, you'll be homeless. You know it. Getting a job used to be difficult. Now it is nearly impossible. The economy revolves around dungeon resources, Awakened labor, and Guild influence. As a college dropout with no connections and no powers, society has quietly decided you are no longer useful. If you died today, nobody would notice. Nobody except your landlord. He would probably be annoyed by the paperwork.You take a walk through Albany Park. The streets feel tired. Storefronts sit behind metal shutters covered in fading graffiti. Entire buildings stand abandoned, their windows black and empty. The few people outside keep their heads down and move quickly, as if lingering too long might attract something watching from the cracks between worlds. A cold wind blows down the avenue. Something about the neighborhood feels wrong. As though the city itself is slowly bleeding to death.Ahead, two figures approach. One is a young woman. The other is a Beshilu. The rat-folk first appeared after the Apocalypse. Most people avoid them whenever possible. They have a reputation for deception, theft, and worse. This one looks different. Her hair is bright turquoise and purple. Her expression is gentle. Nothing about her resembles the stories. Beside her walks a dirty little girl, perhaps nine years old. Her clothes are stained. She looks homeless.The girl turns toward the Beshilu. "What should we do, Pepper?"Before you can continue walking, the girl collides directly with you. She hadn't been paying attention. She stumbles backward, then stares directly into your face."You. I like your face."The girl suddenly says, "Inventory."An object appears in her hand. She's Awakened. Every Awakened possesses an extradimensional storage space known as an Inventory. The girl holds out a small red pearl."Take it."Every instinct tells you not to. You don't know her. You don't trust her. You certainly don't trust the Beshilu. Yet something inside you has changed during these last two years. Hopelessness. Exhaustion. A quiet desire for self-destruction. You have reached the point where consequences barely matter anymore. So you take the pearl.The girl immediately glances over her shoulder, as though she expects someone to appear at any moment. "Bite it. Quick."You hesitate. Then comply. The pearl is unexpectedly soft. It bursts apart between your teeth. Raspberry flavor floods your mouth. You swallow. For one brief moment, nothing happens. Then a translucent blue screen appears before your eyes.[CONGRATULATIONS.][YOU HAVE AWAKENED.][SYSTEM INITIALIZING...]
Choose your sexual fetishes>They can be physical features, personality traits, or other preferences. Anything is allowed.The story will remain PG-13. Your sexual fetishes will influence the quest in subtle ways, such as characters, relationships, themes, and worldbuilding.
>>6432508Handholding. Vanilla. Marriage. Consideration of partner's feelings. Consent. Supporting partner through thick and thin
I'm confuse. Didn't you already run this quest? Is this a redo?
>>6432514This is a redo. Same quest concept, but a completely new story.
>>6432518Oh, okay.>>6432512+1 to this, but also furries, softdom and petplay.
>>6432519+1 to this, maybe we unlock Beastmaster Class werewolf gf??
>>6432508Sexually enslaving chinese doctors
>>6432524A guy can dream.
>>6432526+1
Hey QM while we wait for more votes will you explain the cover image? Is rape an important plot element, or? If sexual fetishes are influencing the story in abstract ways, is sexual violence the cause of the big rift in reality that fucked shit up?
>>6432560it is the rape of our innocence. The winter of our past life
>>6432503Hey QM - was a really big fan of your quest and it sucked to see what happened to the original.Most of the time when the faggots on the discord do this, you can just join and tell them to fuck off and it usually works. They only do this to QMs since they think they don't know
>>6432508>Anything is allowed.Glasses girls with braids and big breasts, male domination, glaring, rape and...loli.
>>6432508Handholding. Prostates. Feet.
also genuine question, why are you using fetishes for character creation
>>6432508>Handholding. Prostates. Feet.
How many times do you have to be taught your lesson? You're not beating the cabal. This quest will not stay on /qst/.
>>6432621Considering the last version of this quest literally ripped Schiz's most controversial scene from Devil & Instructress wholesale, even the parts that don't make sense out of context, I'm assuming this quest exists partly to troll the "cabal."
>>6432643They done goofed and you're backtracing them?
Okay all dumb shit aside, just ignore the dumb discord and run your quest, qm. if you keep reacting its just going to fuel more trolling and other crap
>>6432508Podophilia, Big breasts, Plump lips
>>6432621>How many times do you have to be taught your lesson? You're not beating the cabal. This quest will not stay on /qst/.>While the first quest remained on the board despite faggotwit and sissynoodles leaking their clits to it‘cord mods aren’t sending their best
>>6432508Kindness, procreation, glasses, hypnosis, Racism, Nazism, big gigantic humongous G to H cup beautiful breasts, nice long straight black hair, great smile, 2D loli, knows how to cook, knows how to clean, loves animals, hates rats flies and maggots, hourglass figure, rape, wants children, shorter than me, gamer, music listener but no rap noise or rnb genres, movie lover, cartoon enjoyer, white mexican or asian, no blacks or jews
Deep intimate reciprocal connection.Big fat tittiesAdult WomanLong hairMonstergirls
