Stories and Nightmares

May Monthly Poll

Cult of the Bay is not included on the poll because we've decided to try and get that fully finished. It's quite close to the ending now, just one arc left.

So there'll be only 1 winner this month. Poll ends on the 26th.

Shape of Magic: Amy Dallon and Taylor Hebert get a second chance at Hogwarts! ... At least the castle is sturdy.

Lamia Ex Machina: Teleporting Vampire Girl and an AI learning to be human go to UA

MHA: The Reaper and the Shark [Rewrite]...

Tentacle Covered Chaos Chapter 18: Consequences of Fear

Tentacle Covered Chaos

Chapter 18: Consequences of Fear

<<<Poppy>>>

As much as she hated working on anything suggested by or even remotely connected to Palps, it didn’t change the fact that there is a good amount of credits to earn. And it was a pleasant change, as much as Poppy hated to admit it, at least with Palps funding the project there wouldn’t be any corners cut by greedy politicians looking to line their pockets.

Well,...

A Dragon's Hord 4: Socializations and Secrets

<<<Taylor Hebert>>>

Peter’s home, Taylor decided, made her feel somewhat homesick. It reminded her of happier days when both her parents were alive and well. The house was filled with love and laughter, and on occasion her mom ranting about troublemakers in her classes, or dad grumbling about workers with more balls than brains.

His home felt exactly the same, and it didn’t help that Aunt May was virtually a paragon of matronly kindness and generosity. Honestly, she couldn’t remember the...

A Dragon's Hoard: Chapter 5 End of the Beginning

<<<Taylor Hebert>>>

“Dragon! Why didn’t you tell me Peter was Spiderman!” Taylor wasn’t whining, and anyone that said she was was a horrible liar!

Dragon seemed amused, if her smile was anything to go by, “Not even a hello?” She asked, “But I didn’t tell him you were a parahuman or a cyborg. You did both on your own. I didn’t even suggest you do the first…” She smirked, “Unless you want me to give away your secrets to people? I could do that, like the time you ea...

Tentacle Covered Chaos 17: Seduction Under a Black Sun

Tentacle Covered Chaos

Chapter 17: Seduction Under a Black Sun

<<<Vos>>>

“What have I stumbled into now?” Foolish of him to assume that observing the Council’s latest subject of interest would be straight forward or even remotely simple.

If anything Poppy painted a very grim picture regarding the possible future of the Republic and the galaxy at large. Which certainly wasn’t helped by the fact that the Republic, wel...

A Dragon's Hoard 3

<<<Taylor Hebert>>>

“So, what’s Midtown high school like?” Taylor asked awkwardly.

Dragon just hummed, “Well it’s just a normal public school…” Was that a hint of dissatisfaction? Not that Taylor didn’t understand, of course.

The public education system wasn’t all that great, and honestly what Taylor experienced in VR (for the lack of a better term) spoiled her. Also well… more often than not there were all sorts of drama, cliques, and just… honestly, Taylor wondere...

Tentacle Covered Chaos Chapter 16 Grand Efforts

Tentacle Covered Chaos

Chapter 16: Grand Efforts

<<<Shaak Ti>>>

Listening to Poppy's tale, she wondered if anyone really believed her when she said nothing happened after her attempted kidnapping. Not that she blamed the poor woman for being cagey with the Council; the woman had been living with a degree of wariness, paranoia, and existential dread that she’d only seen a handful of times since she was a Padawan herself.

Truly. a p...

A Dragon's Hoard Chapter 2 Surprises

<<<Taylor Hebert>>>

Taylor didn’t consider herself a ‘foodie’ or any sort of connoisseur of what is good and what isn’t. Granted between her parents she was well fed, but she never actually had proper ‘fancy’ food outside of very rare occasions. While she loves… loved her mom’s lasagna she was always more of a burger girl herself.

That said, she would never turn down food when offered, she loved discovering new tastes.

So, being forced to subsist on an entirely liquid diet ...

Tentacle Covered Chaos Chapter 15: Planning

Tentacle Covered Chaos

Chapter 15: Planning

<<<Poppy>>>

The secret to a successful plan was to not involve too many moving parts, have it be flexible, and welcome any additional information and input from your collaborators.

In essence? KISS, Keep It Simple Stupid. Overly elaborate and convoluted plans, while not doomed to failure, were more likely to fail due to the fact that things needed to go perfectly throughout every aspect of it. And in realit...

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<<<Dragon>>>

“Has it really been a year?” Truly it felt longer from her perspective, but that’s simply due to her nature as an AI.

When you could calculate and formulate hundreds of times faster than regular humans, an hour could seem like a day, and a day could seem like a week. It went without saying that Dragon had a lot of time to think, theorize,...

Poll Update

https://www.patreon.com/posts/april-monthly-127527708

With 50% of the votes, Tentacle Covered Chaos is currently winning. 22 hours left to vote!

Of Jesters and Orcs 13: Burning

Of Jesters and Orcs

Chapter 13: Burning

<<<Mopsa>>>

The debonair and elegant Mopsa and her formerly elderly but now young and handsome orc bodyguard just stared at the burning house for a few moments longer. Neither one of them had expected it, certainly not nearly that fast! If anything Mospa was willing to put coin down on the possibility that the building wouldn’t be turned into a pyre until they had entered it!

“Yeah, I think Batman a...

A Lesson For Louise 14: Consequences

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<<<Louise>>>[/font][/center]

Louise tried to be fair with the teaching staff, they couldn’t have help her because they lacked the information and knowledge to provide the help she desperately needed. It wasn’t her fault that anything related to the Void was tied up in religious doctrine. That said, Louise couldn’t help but feel a ember of resentment towards the teaching staff..

To distract herself from her ling...

April Monthly poll is up

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Open to all 5 dollar and up patrons.

April Monthly Poll

This month will only have 1 winner, but there will be a second story going up as we've gotten a potentially fun idea from a 10 dollar patron.

Cult of the Bay: A girl finds the wrong book at a vulnerable time and calls forth something probably best left forgotten. Oh well, it's not like Earth Bet can get any worse.

Shape of Magic: Amy Dallon and Taylor Hebert get a second chance at Hogwarts! ... At least the castle is sturdy.

Tentacle Covered Chaos: a tentacle biosuit...

Of Jesters and Orcs 12

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Chapter 12: Buildup

<<<Mopsa>>>[/CENTER]

As an elegant elf of refinement and splendor, she wasn’t prone to letting her emotions run wild. This was especially true given her patron specifically, as the results tended to be… messy. Amusing, but messy. But seeing Karaka, that old surly yet oddly charming greenskin, being impaled through the heart if she wasn’t mistaken?

She may have… lost her calm for a little ...

A Lesson For Louise 13: Penance

Yeah, the AI censor would NOT like this chap so, unfortunately, I must share the google drive link instead.

My vast apologies.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12XlqTP420PqLhd7S7fXK18E0tTmxpcEjH7MOSDDhXA8/edit?usp=sharing

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Chapter 11: Assassins and Destinies

<<<Karaka>>>[/CENTER]

While Mopsa was getting the details from the skittish witches, Karaka hadn’t just been looming like a giant green thug. He’d been on lookout, stretching his sense of awareness as far as he could on the off chance the killer, or killers, decided to strike again. Personally he doubted it, but he never was one to rest on his laurels.

And so stand guard he w...

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[center][font=Impact]Chapter 12:  Meetings

<<<Rei>>>[/font][/center]

Rei couldn’t feel anything other than pride for how Louise had grown and blossomed in the other world. She could scarcely recognize her as that beaten down waif from months ago, but she couldn’t deny that her realizing that she didn’t really owe the society that largely scorned her (in her perspective, anyway) did more harm than good. And while she couldn’t deny seeing her being so confident made h...

Of Jesters and Orcs 10

The QQ thread is here: https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/of-jesters-and-orcs-dcau-pf1e-dnd3-5.29004/

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Chapter 10: A Mystery Begins

<<<Mopsa Yeats>>>[/CENTER]

“Well, this sounds bad…” Well, not really… Mopsa had encountered and lived through worse crises before in her very long life.

But generally s...

A Lesson For Louise 11: Homecoming

The previous QQ chapters are here: https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/a-lesson-for-louise-znt-original-setting-reverse-summon.24775/

Enjoy!

[center][font=Impact]Chapter 11:  Homecoming

<<<Kirche>>>[/font][/center]

The gossip was still going strong, after all; why wouldn’t it? The Familiar summo...

March Monthly Poll Result

By a wide margin and by virtue of being the only story with more than 1 vote for it, A Lesson For Louise is in first place.

After some discussion, Of Jesters and Orcs will be the second story, as it was in a 3 way tie.

March Monthly Poll Update

The poll ends in two days, link here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/march-monthly-125130604

The current state of the vote is 1 vote each for Cult of the Bay, Primarchs in a Galaxy Far Far Away, and Of Jesters and Orcs. Then 2 votes for A Lesson For Louise.

Tentacle Covered Chaos 14

Tentacle Covered Chaos

Chapter 14: Plots, Plans, and Histories

<<<Poppy>>>

The Witches weren’t the nicest of people, what with how men were enslaved and reconditioned into seeing women as their superior. That said, if you were a woman and actually kin to them, they were pretty hospitable and pleasant. But if you were a woman and an outsider… Well, that’s when things got a little iffy. They might treat you perfectly fine, but keep...

Shape of Magic Chapter 28: Plots and Plans

<<<Taylor Rose>>>

Taylor now understood why Chuck had mixed opinions towards Dumbledore, honestly she felt giving someone the boot after that shitshow of a first class is a fairly reasonable reaction. The fact that McGongall and Snape were equally upset also had Taylor feeling rather vindicated. So really it should be an open and shut case, and he could just contact Moody and have him retake the role of professor again.

The end.

But that didn’t happen, Lockhart got a severe reprimand an...

March's Monthly Poll is up!

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Open to all 5+ dollar patrons.

March Monthly Poll

Cult of the Bay: A girl finds the wrong book at a vulnerable time and calls forth something probably best left forgotten. Oh well, it's not like Earth Bet can get any worse.

Lamia Ex Machina: Teleporting Vampire Girl and an AI learning to be human go to UA

MHA: The Reaper and the Shark [Rewrite]: Calli and Gura teaching at UA

Primarchs in a Galaxy Far, Far Away: The two Lost Primarchs end up in Star Wars right in time for the Galactic Civil War... as childr...

Tentacle Covered Chaos 13

Tentacle Covered Chaos

Chapter 13: Mechanisms of Manipulation

<<<Ventress>>>

After venting the last of the bodies, Ventress found herself in the cockpit altering their course and brooding. Poppy’d brought up a lot of thoughts, decidedly unpleasant ones at that, but the more she considered them the more sense they made. 

Sith were liars, this was a known fact. Even the plebeians that were interested in Jedi history knew that Sith were liars, th...

Shape of Magic 27: An Interesting Start

<<<Amy Carlson>>>

She’d been considering it as the others brought it up on the train, and ultimately she decided to send the book to Aif. Dumbledore had to manage a castle full of rowdy teenagers with magical powers, she really didn’t think she should add on to his workload. Besides, there was a good chance Aif would have fun with it.

She’d just keep it buried in her trunk, she’d just ask Hera to borrow Hedwig after the Sorting feast.

Pulling her trunk down to put the book away qui...

Tentacle Chaos Chapter 12: An Unexpected Journey

Tentacle Covered Chaos

Chapter 12: An Unexpected Journey

<<<Poppy>>>

After the necessary data was in her hands, and she could actually sit down to get to work, she immediately started drafting plans. Keeping in mind budgetary restrictions, the preferred living area (underground), and the fact that the Twi’lek people didn’t have to worry just about slavers and pirates but the very hostile flora and fauna of their own planet?

It w...