You haven't seen your owner in a few days, and your food and water are running pretty low.
>Activate our stand to punch our way out of the cage
Kind of a weak start, nothing on what we can do.
So I say: Pray to the elder god portrait on the wall.
Eat and drink as much as you can then tip cage
>>2327
Gnaw at the corner of the cage until there's a hole big enough to get out.
>>2354
You've never felt particularly spiritual, but you feel like now would be a good time as any to start.
You say a quiet prayer to what you can only assume is this world's primary deity.
>>2393
Chew the bars apart, adventure awaits!
>>2393
Our prayers are answered.
Down from the heavens an angel descends.
>>2393
Chew for freedom!
>>2393
Use the remaining water to lubricate ourselves and slip through the bars
>>2393
The water appears to be leaking there; can you dig away the floor until you get to that gap?
>>2434
>>2398
>>2386
Being a rat, you have a tendency to chew on everything. You already know that the thin metal lattice that makes up the door of your cage is fairly impenetrable, and the wood that makes up the cage floor is thick and hard -- it would take more time and energy than you feel you have.
>>2464
Just open the cage with your hands
duh
>>2464
Climb up to the top and push at the lid.
>>2464
Our prayers are answered, down descends a mouse knight of the holy order.
>>2464
Mothafucka, I had a pet rat and he chewed through that shit. Fucking took a dumb by my bookcase and came over to my bed to snuggle.
I miss that rat goddamn cancer :(
>>2464
tip cage
>>2459
Upon investigating, you notice that the floor of the cage underneath the water bottle is pretty saturated. You nibble at it and it is indeed soft -- you begin chewing away.
>>2512
make sure to eat extra food before running away
After about ten minutes, you've managed to remove most of the softened wood, and you're left with a decent-sized hole.
>>2525
What are you waiting for? Move your ass out of there!
>>2522
*nibble nibbe*
You eat what remains of your food before leaving.
>>2542
what do we see?
>>2525
Freedom awaits, a whole world at our fingertips.
>>2542
Explore!
>>2546
>>2531
>>2554
Ah shoot -- okay, so your owner put the cage *precariously* on the edge of the table -- in fact, it's even leaning over the edge a bit!
You've never fallen from much of any height before, so you're a little anxious about jumping...
>>2576
knock down cage then hop on cage instead of straight drop
>>2576
Shimmy along the edge, moving your paws between cage lattices until you can drop onto the table.
>>2576
Maybe you can grab onto the side of the cage?
>>2610
>>2594
Twisting yourself around and trying not to look down, you manage to latch onto the bottom lip of the cage door.
Moving hand-over-hand, you make your way to the nearest table edge.
>>2646
Go to the Digital clock and then climb down its power cable.
So close yet so far! You've made it to the edge of the cage, but now there's nothing to hold on to, and you can't quite reach the table!
>>2670
Your prayer, albeit delayed, has been answered! A valiant mouse knight appears and offers a hand, clad in brilliant tinfoil towards you.
>>2670
Just drop! Even if it's a few times your height, that only really matters if you're more than a few inches tall. If you are only dropping 3-4 feet, you will at worst get a sprained ankle.
>>2670
FUCK THIS SHIT
I'LL JUMP. I don't have any other option. If I don't I'll die from hunger.
>>2670
Rats can run fast down a wall fast enough that they won't get hurt as long as they stay somewhat in motion. Are we that athletic?
>>2680
Your grip weakens, but wait... is that a mouse in shining armor you see, come to rescue you??
Rolled 2427 (1d3000)
>>2728
Reach out your hand, our salvation is here.
>>2728
Wait, nevermind -- it's just one of those cast metal bear-shaped piggy banks.
Your grip weakens further!
>>2741
look down and scan for soft objects
>>2741
wall run downwards
>>2741
Fall to your doom, fate has decided it.
Rolled 2 (1d6)
>>2751
>>2703
>>2691
You suddenly feel a surge of passion! Your fighting spirit kicks in, you feel a fire in your belly, and you know it -- *you can feel it*, your ancestral instincts scream, "THE WALL RUN".
>>2791
Nothing can stand in your way!
... except perhaps your owner's cheap taste in bedroom furniture.
>>2814
( shit I forgot to change the time on the clock -- it should be 6:53 )
/qst/ has been justified.
Fall gently, little mouse.
>>2814
Try to land on your feet!
WHUMP.
You land gracelessly, and in a bit of a shock, but you otherwise feel pretty alright.
>>2845
you know that's a lie, fuck you, you almost killed me
>>2845
The floor is yours!
Look around. What else is on the floor?
>>2845
Scuttle leftwards! Do not remain exposed for long!
>>2845
get out of the light and make sure it's safe on the floor
>>2878
>>2879
In your daze, your prey instincts kick in, and you dash under your owner's bookcase! You feel a bit safer now, at least.
>>2913
Definitely do not chew on the power cords no matter how delicious they look.
>>2913
Sniff around to see if any predators are nearby. Also see if you can smell your owner/father.
>>2913
Find your owner's pet frogs that usually sit next to you, but have recently gone missing!
>>2922
You resist the urge to bite those sumptuous, black cables. You've tried doing that before and your owner got really mad -- you don't want him to be mad at you when he gets back!
>>2950
if room is clear move to next one
>>2950
Keep an eye out for clues of predators. Hairs on the floor, long or thick scratches on furniture, that sort of thing.
>>2935
You try sniffing around a bit, but everything here just smells of your owner.
>>2966
Let's scoot under the door!
>>2956
After you calm down a bit, you venture forth from the bookcase. Your owner's nest lies in the corner of the room. On the far wall is the door to the room, but it's closed.
>>2988
When you were a smaller rat you could once, but now you're too big to fit.
>>2997
...Wait, the thing on top of our cage was a bag of rat food, wasn't it.
Can we climb up the DELICIOUS BLACK CABLE to get back up there?
Or we can go for the shitty waifu figurine on top of the bookcase. It's not food, but it's arguably the more valuable prize.
>>2997
Climb to the thing that emits light that your owner sits in front of for hours on end.
>>3007
this
>>2997
Go look out the window.
>>3007
>>3010
>>3025
You scale the DELICIOUS BLACK CORD that's connected to your owner's favorite lightbox and you climb out onto the surface of his shitty two-by-four and plywood desk.
>>3050
Curl up into the shape of a computer mouse and plug tail into monitor
>>3050
Move the little black thing around and look at the screen.
Do you notice a pattern?
>>3050
eat crumbs in keyboard
>>3050
shitpost on the internet. it's what your owner would want you to do in their stead.
>>3063
You move the black thing around and the lightbox lights up! You see...
>>3080
Plug tail in monitor
>>3080
eat food in keyboard
>>3080
>press start
>>3080
Move it around and notice the white thing move.
>>3091
Fascinating! Moving the black thing around makes the white thing on the screen move around in the same direction!
>>3080
Hey! No recursion!
>>3105
Feel that the black thing can be pushed in a bit.
Push it in a bit.
>>3116
nnnoooooooo
>>3105
Hey! Bad! Don't mess around with the metanarrative, that's how you get trojans and accidental alteration of reality!
>>3116
>>3133
What happens next?
go to newgrounds
>>3172
>We know how to work the computer
We're still studying it.
Now we need to know what happens on the screen.
>>3133
Is... is this the end?
>>3140
>>3148
>>3172
>>3175
>>3184
EPILOGUE:
I'm sorry, my dudes -- I guess I can't delete the thread, which I thought would be a sorta neat way to end it. Never done a quest before, so I just wanted to do a short, stupid one to get a feel for it. I really need to sleep now, though.
I'll try to have an actual plan for the next one.
>>3088
This is fuckin' awesome! ( and now I feel like a huge douche for ending it so abruptly afterwards )
>>3195
Continue tomorrow, please?
>>3195
haha don't worry about it mang! Just keep some steam waylaid for the Squeakquel and I'll be pleased
>>3195
On one hand the quest deleting itself would have been delightfully meta. On the other hand this was a pretty cool quest and deserves to be in the archive.
>>3195
yeah try some more tomorrow after you think of something else to do
>>3195
Guess mouse-bro gets to live another day then. Seriously, a quest where you play just a mouse mucking about in a human world (possibly where crazy things are happening) could be interesting
>>3206
it's hamtaro
>>3206
>>3205
>>3203
>>3201
>>3197
Man, you guys are too cool. I'll definitely try again soon!
>>3234
The mouse is real!
>>3348
it's a RAT, you PHILISTINE
>>3234
chip is best rat
>>3234
In case you're wondering, the Mods locked thread deletion "until further notice."
Which will be whenever this board settles down.
This was surprisingly nice. And I hate quests.
>>6252
>I hate quests.
1. Why?
2. Then leave the quest board.
>>6252
>learn rats are not kittens and don't like being held this way
Guess I know shit-all about rats and should fuck off then.
>>6350
Because (quite ironically right now) I see them as a form of attention whoring and simply don't like the way they turn out too much.
I am only here to see if it's a real board and then I saw that one of the drawfags I like posted a thing.
>>6758
>Because (quite ironically right now) I see them as a form of attention whoring and simply don't like the way they turn out too much.
But it's not. It's a way to entertain. Don't hate the medium because you don't like the dumb waifu quests.
>>6772
I guess I have particular ideas about /tg/, name- and drawfagging and chan culture in general.
I shall leave this board now.
Keep up the good work OP.
>>2327
fucking adorable! :3
>>6890
this happens if you try to delete your own quest, mister rat.
Cutest quest
>>2327
Lowes, is that you?
Nice quest mang. Liking how it turned out. Hope to see more from you.
>>6758
>Attention whoring
>One of the drawfags I like
Go to hell you hypocrite.
>>3234
I have a hopper rat too. His name is Snickers. His brother died not too long ago in front of his eyes.
I saw this on the frontpage and feared the rat owner was dead.
I am glad I was wrong.
this is the most god damn adorable thing I've ever seen