IWBBFTD, BTNWICBGS Quest

You sit there for a minute, dumbfounded at this mess. Wait, it’s not even your body. You don’t remember having arm hair as thick as a jungle some moments ago. Putting two and two together, you realize you’re possessing a body. Why the hell are you still wearing this toga?

Getting up, you try to clean your hands off as you follow the trail of dried blood. Trees and shrubs litter the area away the walls. After a short walk, you come across the end of the drag marks, where there’s a splatter below a crack in the wall. When you glimpse through the hole, you see something that resembles a courtyard. Flipping open your watch, you check the time and date.

WEDNESDAY 12/23, 1:00 PM

As you stand there looking like an absolute moron, someone calls out in a commanding voice,

“Hey! What are you doing? Get over here already!”

Was that… for you? You look up and turn around cautiously, seeing a woman in armor like yours. Hers, however, is a lot more adorned with fabric, does not consist of a toga, and is free of a huge bloody hole on the side.

As you get closer, she scolds, “What the fuck happened to you? Are you okay?”

“Y-yeah, I’m fine,” you manage to get out.

“You sure as hell don’t look fine. Go check in with the Doc, jesus.”

>”I feel great. Just need a change of clothes, that’s all.”
>”Sounds good, where is he?”
>”Actually, I don’t even know who you are. Or who I am.”
>Write-in.

>>269370
>>”Actually, I don’t even know who you are. Or who I am.”

Please don't tell me we're in like ancient Rome or some shit.

>>269370
>>”Sounds good, where is he?”

We need to take care of our wound and figure out what we should do.

>>269369
Yeah you're back, I love you dude.

>>269386
btw I hope your wrist will get better.

>>269370
>”Sounds good, where is he?”

See what the hell is going on.

>>269382
>>269427
You try your best to not look like the most suspicious person she’s ever seen.

“Sounds good, where is he?”

She pauses before adding, “Someone really did a number on you, ehn? First door ahead, down the courtyard going straight, first door on the left.”

“Got it. I better get going.”

Walking away, you could feel her staring at your back. After a short moment, you come across a metal door decorated with a floral pattern. You turn and pull the handle and find that it’s unlocked. Inside, grass and flowers covers the area to your left and right. A round roof hangs over your head like a hallway, supported by ornate pillars.

Time travel isn’t possible right? You continue walking, watching nice scenery and feeling the cool air. The door in front is of frosted glass, which you open to see a long, tall hall with a huge glass chandelier hanging from the ceiling.

You let out a tiny audible, “What the fuck?”

You enter the first room you see on the left, which wasn’t far off. A middle aged woman with nurse scrubs is bent down beneath a desk. She’s shifting through a bunch of files, making a mess around her.

“If you’re looking for Doc, he’s not here right now.”

>”When is he coming back?”
>”I got this huge gash on my side. Can you fix me up?”
>”I… hit my head and don’t remember anything.”

>>269482
>>”I… hit my head and don’t remember anything.”

>>269489
Two birds, one stone.

“I… hit my head and don’t remember anything.”

“Vale?” She looks up and gasps. “What happened to you?”

“Can’t say I know.”

She takes a bottle of clear liquid and a cloth and rushes over to you, tilting the bottle over the cloth and bringing it back. The nurse reaches in to clean your wound, and her hand goes right through your toga. Freaky. You don’t feel anything at all, too.

“Oh goodness.”

“Say, what year is it?” you probe.

“What? 2015. It’s not the start of the New Year just yet.”

As she does her job, a pink folder pops in mid-air and flips open on its own. The left is a photo of a girl with a side-tail and weird clothing, labeled Kaia. The right is a sheet of paper with clear, large words on it.

OBJECTIVE: Protect her.
DEADLINE: 3 Days.

In the middle of wrapping you with gauze, she says something that you can’t quite hear. You change the subject.

“Who’s Kaia?’

“The… princess? The, uh, girl who made you all dress in these silly things. How do you not remember her of all the people?” she says with a look of confusion and disappointment. She adds quietly, “And she chose you of all people to be her personal guard.”

>Ask her for where the princess is.
>Walk around and gather more information.
>Dump the body in a bathroom and go ghost mode.
>Write-in.

>>269603
>Walk around and gather more information.

>>269603
>Walk around and gather more information.

>>269603
>>Walk around and gather more information.
Gotta start with some info.
Take care, OP.

>>269766
>>269849
You give a quick thanks and take your leave before she gets even more suspicious. Wandering around, you try and look as if you knew what you were doing. Although you get a few odd looks here and there, you manage get a good layout of the mansion you’re in.

A rather large kitchen and dining hall is in the first floor, while on the second floor you find a room where you can hear the sound of a piano outside. Two guards stand outside.

Your passing by is interrupted by a large crash in the room across, the sound of glass falling cutting through the air. The men run inside.

You stand there for a second before someone whispers to you from the next room down.

“Come here! I need your help!”

>Go after the guards.
>Go to the whisper.
>Check inside the piano room and stand guard.

>>269869
>Go to the whisper.

>>269869
>>Check inside the piano room and stand guard.
They gotta be guarding something.

>>269876
(If I don’t reach a majority I’ll just pick the first reply, within reason of course.)

>>269876

Curious, you go and check out what they want. With the door already wide open, you enter an incredibly dull bedroom, presumably for guests. The window is open, the curtains flapping in the wind. Nobody is in the room.

You take a few steps forward and feel a sharp pain in your back. It quickly disappears as you feel something exit you. You blink for a moment and turn around.

A cloaked figure sarcastically cheers, “Surprise!”

He stands there, waiting for you to collapse. You stare at him and then at the bloody knife in his hand.

And you just got patched up too. Great.

>Leave the body and play dead.
>Swing at his face.
>Write-in.

>>270136
>>Swing at his face.

>>270136
>>Leave the body and play dead.
then try t take over his body well his gloting over stabing us

(Sorry for the delay)
>>270269
He never saw it coming. You swing at his face and you connect, dropping him like a fly. He’s probably going to be up any time now, so you grab his knife and make your way out. In the hallway, you see two more figures from the room where the crashing sound was.

No point in stopping now. You charge forward, ready to start swinging like a madman. As you lunge to one of them, your target steps to the side and lands a blow to your stomach. And another. And another. You feel less with each successive hit.

It’s alright though, you shrug it off and give him a clean uppercut to the jaw, to his surprise. He falls and the other man is dumbfounded. You sock him in the face too as he reaches for his knife. His head bobbles like a toy as you send another one his way. And down he goes.

“Ah- AHHHH!”

A piercing shriek comes from behind you. The music has stopped and the door to the piano room has opened. An elderly lady is on the floor clutching her chest, while a girl with a sidetail is standing in front of the piano, staring at you intently. Kaia, was it?

You lean your arm against the wall, trying to look cool while repositioning the gauze around you.

“Hey, that was some good piano playing.”

Kaia, with a frown on her face, walks over to you.

“I thought I told you to take that stupid armor off.”

With a confused blink, you answer, “I thought you told me to wear this.”

“And I told you to take it off, idiot.” She pouts and says, “Good job, by the way.”

With a huff, Kaia tells the lady inside to bring you to get you fixed up, and she walks off. The woman on the floor gets to her feet, still shaken.

…

After a short lecture from the nurse, who looked like she was about to pass out, you manage to get back on your feet. With a change of clothes into some more modern protection, you walk out. No more than a second through the door does a booming voice stop you.

“Hey you! Why are you still here?” The loud, armored woman from before walks up to you, and the nurse pokes out the door.

“Oh Alex! Vale’s got hurt again fighting off some dangerous men upstairs.”

“Again? Jesus fuck. You’re all good now? I need you.”

“You can’t possibly expect him to move this soon, the stitches will open up!”

You cut in, “Yeah, I’m fine. What do you need?”

The nurse nervously tries to interrupt but Alex talks on top of her. “Prep for the dinner party is starting. You can have the kitchen or security checkup, which is it?”

>Kitchen
>Check with security
>Stick with Kaia, just in case.
>Write-in.

>>270734
>>Stick with Kaia, just in case.
Gotta get to know the client.

>>270869
“I’ll guard the princess. You got it covered, right?”

She scowls. “We already have a team on that. I don’t need you wasting time.”

“Send some of the team to wherever I was going to go then. I can replace a few of them.”

“Unbelievable.” She shakes her head as she walks away. “She’s in her room upstairs.”

…

It takes you a while, but you manage to find her room which was being guarded by a few men. Alex, was it?

“Alex wants to see you all, better get down there fast.”

They let out a couple of grunts and affirmations as they leave. You’re not about to let them ruin this prime one-on-one time. You watch them shuffle down the stairs, and you open the door to Kaia’s room slowly.

“Anyone there?”

“Aren’t you bold?” a soft, cutting voice answers, “Walking into a girl’s room like that.”

She’s in front of a large mirror, turning side to side to check out her dress. It’s a fancy, frilly one, covered in a light shade of sickening pink. Ribbons are placed here and there, and the ruffles on the edges move around in a translucent white.

“How do I look?”

You pretend to think for a moment. “Great.”

She turns around and stops. Staring at you, she pauses before saying something again.

“You seem different, and it’s not that stupid outfit.”

“I did hit my head and get stabbed earlier.”

“Not that…”

She leans forward, her gaze piercing through your eyes. After a while, Kaia leans backwards, unsatisfied.

“Never mind. Now, are you going to escort me downstairs, Vale?”

You extend your hand; you guess you can play a little house. She lightly holds onto your arm, and you both go downstairs.

You arrive at the dining hall. Kaia is quickly pulled away by some guests, leaving you to your own. Quite a number of guests have already arrived, and yet the chatter in the air is completely uninteresting.

Out of the corner of your eye, you see Alex running across a doorway. Thinking about checking it out, you move toward her until you notice a man next to you clutching his chest.

Displaying a well-fitted navy suit, his body heaves with every breath, his face progressively becoming more flushed. He takes a step back, and then he collapses.

The watch in your pocket buzzes incessantly, unlike any signal before. You quickly take it out and flip it to see the third light flashing, a yellow one. Groans and murmurs surround you, and you quickly look for Kaia.

Scrambling about, you see her leaning on a table with her left hand at her throat. You shove guests out of the way as you run toward her, and just as you get within reach, Kaia collapses onto the floor.

The buzzing stops.

Chapter 1 End

Thank you for playing!

I'll be back on Sunday. Hopefully I can draw by then.

>>271337
It was fun OP, looking forward to next time. Hope some more people show up.

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>>271337
Hell isn’t so bad.

Being knocked around by giant swirling gusts of wind for all of eternity feels pretty terrible, but it sure beats being stressed out.

Oh well, it can’t be helped.

The End

(Thought I'd at least give it a ending instead of just abandoning it. It was a fun qming, but I feel like I messed up irrevocably. Probably would've been better as a one-shot. Thank you again, anyone still reading this.)

>>278500
Ah well, glad you clearly ended it. I'll keep an eye out in case you run another quest.

>>271322
My filter missed the thread so I couldn't participate this time but thanks for running.