Its warm.
Its quiet.
The grass is cool, the sun gently shines on you.
All seems right.
And yet...
You feel something is missing.
You gently wake up, glancing around, and see only the trees
But your name, its gone, and though you grasp at the information you just can't find it, can't figure out what it is.
And then there's a brief moment of panic as you slowly realize that you can't feel your magic, that its all missing that your destiny...
It's gone.
A momentary panic passes over you as you come to this realization, grasping it at, grasping at anything, until your magic finally finds purchase and grab at a tuft of grass, pulling it out of the ground.
Okay... You don't have any magic in you... but you can still touch the magic of other things. That's a start. Well... this is unfortunate. As you look down you notice your oddly-feminine stallion body still intact, everything but your destiny and magic still in full working order.
But you need something to call yourself before you can reasonably get going. And as you try to think of one, the basics of a personality slowly start to come back to you.
>>25823803
Dubs Checkem.
>>25823803
Happy, outgoing, energetic, trusting to a fault, but not very intelligent.
>>25823848
Yeah that one
>>25823803
Bright Lights?
>>25823848
In that case, our name should beForest.
>>25823803
Credit for art goes to Loo at "lastoneout.tumblr.com"
Looking for more votes for a name, personality works for me.
>>25823848
>>25823904
This.
>>25823904
"It's Forest!"
>>25823904
>>25823939
Forest... Given the current surroundings, it doesn't require a lot to think up the name, which is probably good in your case. Not that you're an idiot, by any means, you just prefer to take a more simple approach to... thinking.
A quick glance around you yields no information or items of value, but you do note that the grass is green and the flowers bright, with a perfect, nature-y smell all around you. It brings a smile to your face. The forest seems to stretch on in any direction, with you standing in a small clearing, the forest thick all around.
A slight breeze is blowing through as you take stock. You're feeling well rested. You're not hungry, but you could eat, and a little bit thirsty. Time feels like it stretches on in this glade.
What will you do?
>>25824015
We're a horse. Just eat some grass and leaves.
>>25824015
Get a quick wank in before you start the day.
>>25824015
>>25824037
Sounds like a nice wank would be good actaully.
>>25824015
Begin the search for hot wings to satisfy your hunger
>>25824015
Perk ears to hear any noise beyond the wind. Wander to find something of interest.
>>25824015
Grab some flowers for a bite and look for a river. We could probably follow it to find other ponies.
>>25824015
Use the sun to judge time of day and the compass points. Try heading east first.
>>25824015
Dig a small hole in the grass, making sure to fill it with grass you've torn out to make it soft. Then fuck it.
>>25824015
>>25824037
>>25824063
>>25824037
>>25824063
Increase wanking
>>25824015
Masturbate furiously then cool down with some grass.
>>25824015
I expect a detailed accounting of just how we handle our cock n' balls. If it's a 'one sentence and done' we're moving into auto-fellatio territory.
We have a feminine dick.
>>25824141
>>25824015
>>25824108
You take a moment to sit back on your flanks and take a look at the shaft hanging in between you legs. Taking a moment to size it up, you realize you have no context for how big you are, which makes you a little bit sad. Regardless, now is not the time complain about dicks, but rather to use your hoof on it. Maybe some sort of improvised hole for better thrusting...? Nah, now that you think about it, that's stupid. The grass feels kind of scratchy and you feel like you would itch all day after doing something like that. So you get to more normal means and give her a go.
Okay, this is a bit harder than you had thought. Masturbation knowledge mostly gone, it takes you a while to realize that your shaft is too sensitive for the harder edges of your hooves, and that the softer frog is where you want to focus your efforts. Once you've got that down, and figure out a good stroking pattern, the sensuous strokes rolling down your shaft, rubbing on the head, carefully cupping and massaging the balls, it isn't long before you hit gold and collapse back onto the ground.
Your libido exhaustedfor now, you focus on something a little less essential, food. You take a look at the grass and flowers around you. The grass is edible, certainly, but its a bit too bland for your taste and you're not hungry enough to eat it. As for the flowers, you dimly recall that some may be poisonous, and you aren't quit sure that you want to try eating any of them until you have a better handle on them.
Straining your ears, you hear the wind through the trees, the chirping of birds... And a quiet burble to the east that you assume to be a river. Based upon the sun, you would guess it to be a little bit before noon, but without a clock, anymore than that is hard to say.
>>25824241
there's a secrit club going on?
>>25824293
Eat your own cum. Gotta be self-sufficient in the wilds.
>>25824293Well done, you gave into shitposting as your first action.
>>25824073
>>25824309
For the past 11.5 hours.
>>25824293
Again.
>>25824293
Good job, you let them derail your story at the first post.
Strike one.
>>25824293
>grass is too bland
>you're not hungry anyway
Go back to sleep or something. We've got food and water nearby and we're not in danger of dying. Maybe when we wake up we'll be in the mood to masturbate again.
>>25824293
Walk you horse! Giddyup!
>>25824320
>>25824344
Although that did feel pretty good, you weren't very horny in the first place, and you feel much better, so you feel like the next, most important step is to maybe get some water. With a smile on your face, you leave the clearing behind and start off into the woods.
The woods are much darker than you would have thought, as leaving the clearing quickly closed up the canopy and left no way for the sun to shine through. Its a bit worrying, but with the sound of the river and the promise of sun there, its not impossible to navigate.
You see a vague, shadowy figure in the distance. You stop to look at it, eyes finding it hard to focus on the figure in the dim twilight of the woods... But you think you can start to make it out...
>>25824458
H-hello?
>>25824458
Sing a romantic poem to the stranger, and woo him.
>>25824458
Steal his magic.
>>25824458
Can we feel its magic?
>>25824458
Kill it for its souls.
>>25824483
>>25824497
If the Highlander taught me anything, it is that we should do this.
>>25824458
>You're thirsty
You know what would have fixed that? Some green grass.
>>25824575
That's exactly what I thought, but apparently our herbivore pony MC is too much of a prude to eat grass.
>"It's too bland"
Then stop complaining about being thirsty, you dumb.
>>25824594
He never said/thought he is a herbivore. Maybe he'd like the taste of another horse.
>>25824614
So we need to kill this thing and eat it?
>>25824458
Salivate.
>>25824703
Put the zombler out of it's misery.
>>25824474
You take a moment to try and look at the figure. "H-hello?" you call out, but the figure is trudging fast towards you, and it feels dark. Like a black stain rolls out of it. You start to back up quickly, looking at it with obvious fear, until you bump up against a tree.
The shambling corpse of a pony makes its way up to your fallen form, a void reflected in its eyes...
>>25824496
>>25824483
>>25824458 (You)
With nothing to aid you, reach out, lashing out with your magic and push through with your mind.
For a moment, nothing, nothing but that all encompassing darkness. Your eye sees the creatures stopping, stunned, in its tracks, but you can't comprehend it, adrenaline forcing you through the miasma to grip at something, anything within.
And finally, you feel it. A small core within, a bright, burning sphere.
It is fire. And you can feel it. Your magic closes around it. It's warm.
>>25824753
Fuck him magically.
>>25824753
Steal it.
>>25824753Image for ants
Consume.
>>25824842
>>25824715
Just as soon as your magic grips around that spark of fire and wrench it out, pulling it out like freeing it from a deep muck, until you finally feel it flow into you, a thrumming sensation as your body glows with the warmth of newly obtained magic. Its almost like having a meal when you didn't know you were starving, and it brings a smile to your face. The rush of magic leaving you a bit more confident.
1/3 Spell Slots Filled
Spell Obtained: Pyromancy.
The creature slowly lurches to a halt, bones creaking as the energy driving the bones slowly comes to a halt. Its head barely moves as much as it can, holding your gaze as you stand up, hooves catching in the ground.
>25824770
You breath in, gathering up your magic, noting that your pool feels smaller than usual, but the simple spell is powerful, and its not hard to fuel it, a sudden bolt of energy flaring out of you and shooting towards the opponent until...
>>25824890
>>25824900
>>25824910
Are we turning into an alicorn?
DO WE GET TO BE A PRINCESS?
>>25824963
All things considered, that felt pretty great! You were concerned, but you weren't going to be so bad off after all.
You take a moment to consider. You figure that your magic powers can be roughly divided into three categories.
SUBTLETY
Which would probably make it easier to grab magic from people, as well as to make it harder to detect your magic upon use.
CAPACITY
Which would give you more raw power to funnel into your spells, and would allow you to hold more spells at once.
And ABSTRACTION
Which would allow you have to more control over altering the purpose and effect of the spell, as well as to give you more knowledge about magic in general.
You're not sure why, but you have a significant boost to one of these areas of magic, which one is it?
You have plenty of time to consider this. After all, what could possibly go wrong?
>>25825134
Go for Capacity, and steal from the dog thing behind us.
>>25825134
High
Capacity
Pone
>>25825134
The area known as "Perception"
>>25825143
>Banned in California
>>25825185
>Assault Pone
>>25825142
>>25825143
Noting that you are a particularly powerful pony, but that physical and mental capabilities are not something that have magically come to you, you are thus surprised when you hear a loud mewling sound as well as a loud thudding.There will be ways to increase these attributes later on.
"AND IF I EVER CATCH YOU AROUND THESE PARTS AGAIN I'LL TURN YOU INTO MY LAPDOG!"
>>25825239
Oh hey, where did you come from?
>>25825239
Hi, my name is Forest!
>>25825239
I can't believe Pupper is fucking dead.
>>25825260
Looks like a fluffy tailed kangaroo to me.
>>25825260You hear a small voice whisper from nowhere: "That's for Short Fuse!" Probably nothing.
>>25825257
>>25825256
"Hey!' She says, smiling at you brightly as you turn around and see the post-melee, the dog running away into the forest as fast as it can, tail tucked between legs. She walks up to you and gives you a winning smile. "Got to keep yer wits about you, squirt," she said, standing your size and a half, rather bulky in size and shape, though not unattractively so. She thrums with life, and a vivacious atmosphere.
She looked you up and down. "That said, you're clearly doing okay in the Whispering Woods," she said...
You smile and introduce yourself as Forest, which only causes her to tilt her head.
"Well, that would explain the whole 'surviving in the forest thing... but whatever, this isn't a good place for a civvie, and a blank flank at that. We'd better get you back to the tavern. What are you doing here?"
>>25825363
Generic amnesia explanation.
>>25825363
No idea. Doesn't matter much, I'm here now.
>>25825363
Waking up
>>25825363Masturbating
>>25825499
>>25825398
>>25825387
>>25825381
"Mastu-" you start to say before you cut yourself off, realizing that would have been a bit of a dumb thing to say. Titania gives you an odd look, but you just keep on trucking..
"I, uh, just sort of woke up here... Don't know where I came from." You shrug, having not really given it much thought. Titania looks at you and grins, pulling you into a hug.
"Well, don't even worry about it, squirt," she said. "I've got ya covered, you can count on ol' Titania to get you back to Equestria with the rest of the pansies."
She stands up and takes a bit of a step back. "The Inn's back that way, or at least one of doors. Its got this weird sort of spell, so it has a fuckload of doors and any of them can lead back into the place as long as you've been to one of the doors before." She shrugs. "It has good burgers."
She starts off in the direction she pointed. "C'mon, I'll show you the way."
>>25825648
Weird, but cool. Let's go!
>>25825648
O-okay
>>25825648
Yes boss lady, whatever you say.
>>25825660
>>25825678
>>25825688
You set off towards the door, eagerly telling her that the tavern sounds like a load of fun.
You then ask her what a tavern is.
That gets a chuckle out of her. "C'mon, squirt. You gotta have more knowledge than that if you want to survive out here. With my highly trained brain and super tight reflexes, there would be no way in hell that I could have kept going as long as I did."
There's a sudden rumbling behind you as a subsonic sound gently rips through your eyes and pushes you ever so slightly forward. The croak leaving you more than a little disoriented.
Titania sighes. "Figgers."
>>25825843Pausing
>>25825843
Ooh, does this thing have magic we could steal?
>>25825843
>With my highly trained brain and super tight reflexes
>>25826165
these dank sekrits
>>25825843
Just found this CYOA. I approve.
Flee to a safe distance, ask our guide if we can take this thing. Extend our senses, see if we can yank a spell from it.
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Alright, you get one bump from page 10
Starting soon.
>>25825874
>>25828273
You yelp as you look back at the monstrous frog who is the third creature in this damned forest to decide that you would make a tasty meal. It stand about Titania's height and have again, and it looks mean, but lacks the poisonous colors it would need to be declaring itself as poisonous. Its mouth opens and you see a long, prehensile tongue worm its way out and wave around as though testing the air, eyes flitting back and forth from you two.
With a bit of distance, you remember the sensation that came over you as you fought the shambler moments before. With that in mind you stretch out your magic and test to see if you can grab some of this thing's magic? However, as you grasp at it, its like a cement compared to the mud of the thing before, a solid barrier that betrays any attempt to slip past or through it.
While you attempt this, Titania wastes no time, charging forward and practically spewing powerful energy as she strikes at the frog with a might blow, hoof closing it to pummel the amphibious foe... And subsequently bouncing off harmlessly. The frog's eyes flit down to her and ribbit as it barely registers the blow, the tongue swinging down down to knock her away.
She up in a flash and gives it a look.
"Hold on, there, squirt," she said. "I'll figure out how to beat this thing..."
Currently, at your disposal, you have your spell-grabbing technique and a Flameblast spell.
>>25834627
Can't shoot flames now lest we risk hitting our ally.
Wait for them to get separated then fire when we have an opening.
>>25834627
>frog
>likes wet
>have fire
HMMMMMMM
>>25834762
>>25834670
Moving a bit away to get a better angle, you draw from your wellspring and prepare the fire spell. Your large mare friend takes a look back and notices the glowing point of your horn with a bit of doubt, but stands clear of your casting line anyway.
It doesn't all come back to you in a flash, but like dancing to your favorite song, you remember it in bits and pieces. A breath in, a breath out, the magic slowly forming the bolt of energy.
>>25835057
>>25835066
The fireball makes direct contact, spraying out across the flank of the frog. With whisps of steam, the liquid on the back of the frog dries up, leaving the frog's hide dry and cracked.
The frog's tongue slips back quickly and licks the frog's hide, burbling in pain as it does so. It turns to you and starts to walk forward, swatting Titania aside as it does so once more, but she's up again in a flash and looking to rumble.
"Squirt!" She says. "I don't know how you pulled that shit, but you've got to get out of there before you're an adorable pancake!"
>>25835110
Right
Running now
>>25835110
Yup. Running time
>>25835110
Maybe the saliva has regenerative powers?
Dunno, we could try and flash-steam it and then punch the weird frog-monster.
>>25835137
>>25835166
Now is the time to panic, you cleverly decide, and with a start, you wheel around and start to dash away at full speed, trees flying past you as you try to run, panting, wheezing...
And then you look down and realize that your hooves are no longer on the ground, eyes growing wide as you start to struggle. Wrapped around you tightly is the long, red tongue, lifting you off the ground as you struggle against the oral organ, but to no avail as you start to get pull back towards the frog itself.
Titania jump up and grabs at the tongue squeezing it and looking like she's about to barf. "You'd better be worth the fucking effort," she shouts, gritting her teeth and kicking the tongue even as it writhes and attempts to buck her off.
>>25835377
Don't just sit there and be useless, shoot more fire at it.
>>25835377
Burn EVERYTHING
>>25835377
Channel your inner Nina
>>25835377
think about how that tongue feels across your junk. You might not get this sensation again in your lifetime.
>>25835377
If it's trying to pull you in that must mean it's mouth is open. Time to fry.
Your eyes light up and you cast again, and again, firing shot of magical fire after shot, the grass lighting ablaze, the trees starting to go up.
The slick skin of the frog starts to dry up quickly, and it begins to look... ill. The tongue slowly starts to unwrap, and you fall to the ground catching yourself with a little bit of pain. Titania rushes over to pick you up and she looks at you with concern.
"Are you okay?" She said, warily glancing back at the frog, who's tongue is slathering all over its body, trying to keep itself dry with limited success, as the fire dries up the liquid faster than it can lay it on.
>>25835853
I'm fine, but I think I may have just started a wildfire. We should probably run.
>>25835853
Why don't you go try to knock it into a fire while it's distracted and off balance?
>>25835875
>>25835877
Titania surges forward as the frog starts to lumber out of the hotspot. She's panting pretty heavily, having had to work pretty hard, but with a surge of strength she goes for her signature move, the shoulder check. The frog was not prepared for this develop, ribbiting morosely as it slowly teeters back, then rolls into the fire.
It smells... very sweet in a disgusting sort of way.
Frog has been defeated! Your CAPACITY has increased, and you now have 5 spell slots, as well as more power.
Titania grabs you and starts to pull you along, panting heavily but still moving quickly to get away from the slowly spreading fire. "Okay, maybe I underestimated you, squirt. That was pretty solid."
"How'd you do that? The only ponies I've seen with that kind of raw flame-power are unicorns with a cutie mark for it."
>>25836191
Skill. While the frog is burning and we're laving try to grab its soul and eat it. Don't bother stopping though.
>>25836191
Practice, I guess.
Taking spells doesn't remove a person's ability to use it, though it does take a bit of their mana and leave them more tired. Just so that you all know, wasn't sure how to fit this in.
>>25836226
As you make your way away from the fire, you cast your line out and try to grasp at the magic contained with the frog. Its rough, but you manage to snag something as you go...
REGENERATE has been obtained. 2/5 Spell Slots have now been filled.
You figure you can probably cast it on your self to regenerate any light injuries, or probably even cast it on an object to bring it back up to snuff. Moments later, you feel the last bits of energy in the frog's body slowly slip away. It makes you a little sad...
Eventually, huffing and puffing, you come to a door standing there in the middle of the forest.
"Take a moment to collect yourself," Titania said. "Can't go into the Unwieldy Shield looking anything less than the top of your game."
>>25836734Forgot the image.
>>25836742
I'm sure they're just wonderful, helpful people just like you.
>>25836742
So what's thos place like?
>>25836858
>>25836774
You turn to the mare beside you and smile, saying that you're sure they'll be as nice as she was.
She gives you a halting smile back. "Uh... Well, just try and keep your wits about you. Don't expect every shopkeeper and toddler to sell you out or anything, but not everyone here is... charitable."
You touch the door to open it and it glows, the whole of the door resonating against your touch before you pushed it open, and it swings inwards to reveal a rather cozy tavern, hustling and bustling.
A few ponies of merit are sitting around. One is what appears to be an elderly mare sitting on the corner, by herself, the other is a strange-looking merchant, haggling with a customer, behind the bar is an energetic unicorn bouncing from customer to customer, and a pegasus nurses some wounds, along with a drink, at the bar.Pausing. Might want to let the thread die, no updates tomorrow.
>>25836959God damn it I forgot the image again.
>>25836959
Pegasus nursing some wounds? Sounds like an opportunity to try our new Regenerate spell.
>>25836968
Ask the pegasi if they'd like some healing.sexual healing
>>25836985
Seems legit. Although, considering Titania was surprised by our fire magic, we might freak some ponies out if we did that. Just something to consider.
>>25837977
Healers probably aren't rare- But we might end up shanghaied into an adventure party unwillingly. That said, anyone stupid enough to "steal" a healer deserves a fireball somewhere loathsome instead of a heal, and would be likely to get one.
>>25839777
>>25841022
The QM said that he's bailing on the quest in the secret club again. Same guy as Banker where he did the same thing.
>>25841182
Wait what, for real?
Gib proofs pls
>>25841306
It was in the livestream and I didn't screenshot it. You're free to not believe it. I just figured I'd save ya'll some pointless bumping.
>>25841182
Scanned Secret Club quick, saw nothing of the sort.
If true, it'd be a shame, I like this one.
>>25841343
It was last night before he went to bed. Apparently he wasn't enjoying QMing and the artist doesn't like ponies.
>>25841329
>>25841353
>doesn't like pones
>starts pone related quest
>mentions it in secret club and doesn't even bother to drop by the thread to tell us that he's killed the quest
Fucking hell if that's true that QM can get fucked.
>>25841566
The artist doesn't like pones. The artist and QM are different people. He did this with his last quest too.
>>25841566
It pays to be a club member.
>>25841576
What a bitch nigga that QM is then. 2 different quests, both dropped after 1 thread.
And nothing of value was lost
>>25841604
u wanna be club member bby, then u gotta pay ;)
>>25844166
this is over anon
