Catching up is rough, there are so many things I didn't remember.
But is so worth it.

Anonymous 2023/09/02(Sat)18:04 No. 140605 ID: 4dca67
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Run your highness, run!

>>140605
excellent anon

>>140594
Can she even be chipped? Being made of fire, I'd think the shards would only fall through her.

>>140612
'yet' paints a pretty clear picture that she can be, I think.

Question: Do the shards have any proximity broadcasting to them? Like if two people with the shard are next to each other and one of them is currently tuned in can the other person also listen in?

>>140614
the rules always been you have to be touching the orb to tap into the network. everyone gets a shard implanted directly in them for that reason, as i understand

>>140615
Sorry, typo, I meant
>Like if two people with a shard
I meant to imply that the two people both have a shard implanted

Providence 2023/09/03(Sun)19:04 No. 140617 ID: 93d066
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Damn, I was right!

Providence 2023/09/03(Sun)22:20 No. 140618 ID: 93d066
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Is that a symbol?
Have we seen it before?

Anonymous 2023/09/03(Sun)23:26 No. 140619 ID: cc1388
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>>140618
almost looks like the death symbol weaver uses? the X with a line has been used before, like henrys necklace in nanquest. seems fitting for a serial killer

Eh, I feel like it's a bit of a stretch. I can't see a good reason why a simple symbol like a cross on a stick could only be drawn like what is on his chest.

If anything, I'd bet on this being a marking that some spiders have on their abdomens.

I wonder if he's actually possessed or are we dealing with a "Dr Pendle and Mr Leonid" situation.

Kivas Sun was a Symbologist, demonologist, a lifelong scholar of the occult and arcane.

>SHE died in mysterious circumstances

>Leonid Travask was her protégé.

Leonid aka Pendle Khaneh may have been possessed by something horrible and terrible.

>>140628
I'm not sure of this makes our immediate task easier or harder.

To clarify a bit of confusion as to how the orb works, and because I've seen questions like "can nearby people on the network hear?":

No, only one person is "active" on the orb at a time, and they're the one who can receive information from the audience.
If you're not active you don't hear it -- you gotta hold the phone to listen to it, whether or not you're on the "network". Holding/touching/being implanted with a shard allows you to be the 'active' one in the first place, but it doesn't do anything at all [okay, some exceptions] if you're not active.

I've tried to keep this consistent but there's been a few times I've probably made mistakes. However, the only times I've ever intentionally fudged it are when it would just be another whole panel of the character repeating stuff, for example with Babrakus and Wes, we can just assume Babrakus relayed the information he was given.

I recognize that might be a bit disorienting in a story where "who knows what" comes into play but there will always be certain compromises.

>>140639
Just like a cellphone
it can sometimes be on speaker ;D

Also Butt dialing can happen

>>140642
We sort of got that when we dropped in on Babrakus and Tislomer in the middle of 'trying to figure out how this works' in chapter 20.

Well that one hell of a Metal chapter ending. We can only hope for the next to come soon.
:D

Also on the other hand. It's about time we take care of Muschio's hand and also to equip him properly.

A light breastplate, a rapier and a pistol would do nicely. Maybe we can guide Finnie into making a proper revolver. After all, the prince knows what a pistol grip is and by extension a pistol. Give him the proper swashbuckler look.

That or we procure a proper battle mage that could teach Muschio a trick or two, or at least train him properly in fire magic.

lmao all that and i got the chapter number wrong
how does this even happen

>>140665
Happens to the best buddy.
*cough* *Ch24* *cough*

Providence 2023/09/10(Sun)14:13 No. 140677 ID: 93d066
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There are some things that we need to investigate
like the weird interference.

trauma for everyone, hooray! hopefully everyone can recover from this

so, whats our next objective? we need to identify the amulet and deal with the paladins. if pendle comes out of this ok, theyll probably need time to recover before we bother them with the amulet. we should also investigate his past and just how they were possessed.

as for the paladins, i dunno. im not sure if muschio coming in on a dragon will make things better or worse

Providence 2023/09/10(Sun)14:37 No. 140683 ID: 93d066
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We also need to look into a funeral/burial for our little Buddy. Maybe a few nice words before sending (chucking) him into the portal to see if the Ether gives it back to us whole. Maybe we can ask Emmy what are we supposed to do.

Do we still have the healing staff?
Can we get it recharged?

Anonymous 2023/09/15(Fri)15:04 No. 140721 ID: 8a2d6a
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>Me after Weaver's latest behind-the-scenes tweet

>>140721
Shes being made cuter by the day

Providence 2023/09/21(Thu)23:02 No. 140748 ID: 93d066
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We really need to plan strategies around Ash abilities. Specially since we have a mountain and a tower we can use.

>>140748
Ash can only glide, and not super far. She could get some real distance if we could get all the way to the top of the mountain (quite a project in itself) but certainly not all the way to Salamander Tower.

>>140753
Gliding from the top of the mountain would give Ash quite the head start to any location. Like those guys in gliding gear that can go for miles, now imagine if we can get Finnie to tinker some light equipment for her, like wing extension and such. She could really go the distance.

Just give her some firework rockets as boosters.

You know, as eager as I am to ship every possible cast member of this quest, I'm not seeing Ona x Wes as a romantic thing. It's a tender moment right now, but I'm not feeling any static charge in the air.

Big. Chunky. Toothed. Smile.

>>140780
Well, there you go.

>>140788

:D

Providence 2023/09/29(Fri)12:57 No. 140797 ID: 93d066
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>>140788
A rarity indeed

Really thought that Eri's Shard-O-Vision® would be way more distorted than what it turned out.

>>140770
And you were right not to! Wes was pretty much the only one who never showed any attraction towards women before the hiatus too and now we have a full confirmation

You know, something just occurred to me. Remember that chapter featuring the masked guy? Did that mean he has an orb shard if the quest was from his perspective for that bit?

Anonymous 2023/10/06(Fri)20:25 No. 140871 ID: 6dc55b
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those are some cute plushies finess-
wait a darn second, these seem familiar

Providence 2023/10/07(Sat)21:38 No. 140876 ID: 93d066
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Really hope we get a new
KARAOKE NIGHT
to celebrate the end of the spooky month ☻

>>140677
Weaver has made several gag posts such as 747.jpg and 757.jpg being pictures of planes. This was 1337.gif, and the post was written in 13375p34k. I doubt it was intended to have any significance, but it's possible.

>"Now I see what you are.
>Only now, at the end, do I recognize you."

So, what are we?

>>141024

i am who i am popeye the sailor man

>>141024
I suspect the "you" was singular and it was referring to Muschio. But we are a part of Muschio, so maybe we can include ourselves even if that's the case.

Anonymous 2023/11/19(Sun)14:40 No. 141215 ID: bf3749
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cant stop giggling the way weaver animated going to the woodlands. feels like a true cartoony bit

Anonymous 2023/11/22(Wed)05:11 No. 141238 ID: 831c0e
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Behold, the most schizophrenic thing ever put to paper, my headcanon quest timeline

I followed the Dive Quest from the moment it came back and started to participate in the quest but as the quest kept going my way of interacting with it changed. I started to post more and more unhinged stuff, and to be honest not even I know why I started to interact that way with the quest. It is probably the feeling of being the invisible presence in the quest so I embraced it. Practically posted whatever I felt like posting and I did it not to feel like a main character in the quest but more to roleplay as a murder hobo who can't murder anybody. But as a friend told me my enjoyment of the quest became an annoyance to others and I practically acted like a cracked-out hobo who was yelling at the sky like a madman. So I will stop posting in this quest. Good luck Weaver with the quest.

No. You don't need to leave.
You can just make suggestions compliment the others or give interesting twists to the story instead, for example.

>>141292
Chaos is welcome in the posts, as they are on point with the myriad of random thoughts we are supposed to symbolize. You do you my dude.

>>141298
I disagree.

>>141298
No, this whole thing about representing chaotic thoughts happened very early into the quest's lifespan with people roleplaying as "bloodlust" and so on and I said then to avoid it.

The commenters being parts of Muschio's psyche is a framing device. You don't need to roleplay as an intrusive thought, you can just comment, react, post suggestions, and other things you would normally do in a quest. There's no need to act out to fit what you think is expected of you.

Well the best thing that I could say in my defense would be this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YnslaUd4VY&ab_channel=Gallifreyguy12

At this point, I've started to really crave some mint soup. I imagine it would be creamy, aromatic and with a sweet & sour taste to it.

Have there been any changes to the canonicity of Knight Blades?

>>141358
Weaver has mentioned offsite that going forward the crossover parts of KB will be referenced less and less as to separate the two quests.

>>141369
Noooo I wanted ridder’s party to be like a commander coriander salamander thing where he is like friends with them and they keep in touch

>>141380
It probably will be more like this but probably to a lesser degree.

Some things I know that will go nowhere in Dive and should be considered non-canon unless Weav make it so:
- The baby kobold Muschio "saved" turning evil and setting up events for Reaver's Mudy quest
- Ridder courting Ashedel
- Ridder's mom being one of the causes of the Malto family being ousted in the coup de tas

Blushing Finnie is cute, CUTE!

Even without references to past events, I hope we can see Ridder again. We are at a stage where we are seeking allies and it would be a shame not to utilize the ones we have.

Its PONY time!!

>>141394

Hope its Applejack

>>141381
Wait so is Geppa just retconned?

>>141472
No, she's still around.

So, what kind of boons, besides the obvious (procreation, romance, fertility, forming of bonds) could a love deity provide to a Kobold tribe and their forest?

And more importantly, in whos interest is it to kill or wound the deity? Are the Elves/Humans trying to indirectly wipe out the Kobolds and claim the forest? Does someone desire the power of such a deity?

The fact a minor deity can be mortal and killable brings the totem into consideration as well - what if the bone it's made out of came from one such minor deity?

>>140619
>>141475
Alright so baseless speculatio- er- I mean theorizing time. I think that due to all these symbols being present in the kobold den place I think there are likely at least 10 “major” gods, with the death one being the time warping death god from nanquest. The love god would probably be a minor deity falling under creation or life, and if I had to guess Cjopaze/perogra/xom/whateverthefuck would be some thing under chaos, the chaos god itself, or just some eldrich space monster. There is also the sun that the palidins worshio but I don’t know if that counts as a god.

Is the new Chapter up yet?

https://questden.org/kusaba/quest/res/1080226.html
its up

Weaver 2024/01/12(Fri)19:42 No. 141541 ID: 46e818
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Everyone keeps saying "wow the kobolds got big" lately
I think you just forgot how big the kobolds are

Kobolds are big in this universe! Tislomer has always come up to around/above Muschio's chin!

Hello Weaver I just want to wish you a happy New Year

>>141541
have we ever had official heights given for the cast? we can make rough estimations based on the shots we get with muschio and others beside human characters, but i cant remember anything definite. i think muschio is something like 5ft tall?

>>141541
My mistake for the comment I made, then! Can't speak for anyone else who might have commented on it, but I guess kobolds are just small in my heart and my memory betrayed me.

Love how Finnie, even thought is so long-lived, is still so shy and awkward about sexual/carnal exchanges. One would think she would be distant and indifferent to that which do not peek her interest. Like an intellectual, cool, distant type.

Also explain why her date night with Mushio went so wrong.

I wonder if the Gobo village we just saw, it's the same Finnie grew in.

After all, she could have always moved from her home to a new one as she grew.

Harbard Grim 2024/02/08(Thu)18:25 No. 141658 ID: 1ab976
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I’m fairly certain it was the demons right eye. Unless I’m missing detail, this looks like the right eye.

Is Mr. Lollipop side quest, a "Cult of the Lamb" kinda thing?

>>141658
Oh, someone else stated it was the left eye and I had trouble parsing the transparent blue hands. So yeah that would match him hiding his other eye.

Trip 2024/02/17(Sat)03:19 No. 141713 ID: 2f41db
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Every time i think about muschio getting an enchanted hand, my kind keeps drifting to this.

Muschio be getting the Peter Pettigrew treatment.

Random thought...

If mister lollipop was actually mad at muschio for disturbing the status quo,
i cant think of a betrer revenge than sending him off to fight a gang of cut throat slavers armed with an entirely mundane flower.

Hey guys, I was thinking of the tale of Red Fang's death Mr. Lollipop told us and how he capitalizes certain words to emphasize certain divinity "My teachings" instead of "my teachings" and the like.
Namely, the mention that he foresaw one of "Us" would set in motions the wheels of his death. However, the only one who caused his death was Muschio Malto and his decision to take on Red Fang's dungeon. This either implies that a totemic deity somehow influenced Malto into killing red fang or... We are somehow a form of totemic deity.
Which might be why he seems to be communicating with us directly and why only we are able to see past his illusions.

Now this might be a crackpot theory but if totem deities seem live and and die off devotion, doesn't that theoretically mean a totem deity can be born from devotion? Say a lineage of kings who help their people and leave behind their name and the "totem" of a banner. Perhaps one with a Big M emblazoned on the front? A king who frequently helps species that are accustomed to worshiping a totem deity and even has has holidays amongst these people.
Say one or two generations of worship of this king and his descendants, of the Big M and perhaps the devotion might end up crystalizing and becoming something. Perhaps becoming a guiding force for those most directly involved in the Malto's family lineage, or even manifesting within it's heir.

That'd be pretty crazy though, right?

>>141843
That'd make finesse his acolyte for sure.

Im still of the opinion mr lollipop is in the ally category.

Hes difficult to read as, for the most part, he is a creature that is more akin to water than anything else.
Shaped by the faith he is fed, he goes with the flow.
Powerful but paradoxically without power over self.
Perhaps too alien of thought to even be bothered by such things.
Thougn he does have one very understandable goal.

He does have a fundemental drive to be of use. To fit the purpose of the shape of the peoples belief.
That may be more similar to a mortal drive to be well fed than any urge for purpose.
If he is of no use to the people of the forest, then their belief in him wanes.
As we saw, when it fades he becomes less well defined in their minds and his own.
Once there isnt enough of a shape left for him to cling to, he'd just wash away.

As much as i began to pity him for what his situation appears to imply, namely a very limited degree of self determination, i do still wonder if im anthropomorphising a truly alien mindset.
Despite my urge to help him control a degree of who he is that may be irrelevent to him.
All he wants is a containing shape belief offers him, whatever shape, as long as it is strong.
To exist, not drain away back into nothingness.

Anyway, im mostly just going on about it here because, as was pointed out,its a better place for it but also because i just really like Mr lollipop as a character.

He was fun and effectively creepy.
Especially his apparent ability to hear us.
I dont expect we'll see him again for a while but the time we got was a damnably good one.

Tldr
Quest reader loves creepy horseman

Is chapter 31 up yet?

>>141889
https://questden.org/kusaba/quest/res/1087613.html

Anonymous 2024/05/16(Thu)22:24 No. 142195 ID: e3eabd
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I'm so happy to see this quest has been revived. Weavers quests were some of the first I had started following way back when and are what introduced me to interactive quests. They always gave me something to look forward to and read while at work or in bored limbo. I would end up following others, but they too all slowly went silent. After so many of my favs had died off I just stopped reading quests or looking for new ones. Just recently I stumbled upon the wiki for this and saw new entries after ch26 and was ecstatic. Once again I'll have a little world to whisk away to while grinding through life's monotony.

Thank you.

Yo, Weaver is back in our year of 2024? Holy shit, you're a legend man! So good to see you active. I was just thinking about you the other day. You've really made a lot of people happy and made some killer content over the years. I hope life is treating you well. You deserve it.

It's certainly fun to feel like we (the audience/questers) are having an impact again. I get it there was a lot of story that needed to happen, and a lot of absolutely terrible suggestions and pointless discussions going on for a while. But seeing the frenzied poking of the MS and actually following through on our terrible suggestions to put it in the portal (especially with the facial expressions) was fantastic. And I don't mean this as we're not enjoying things I mean it as it seemed like Weaver really enjoyed going whole ham silly for these interactions again.

Oh dang, this is actually running again? Glad I decided to check the site.

Weaver 2024/05/31(Fri)15:24 No. 142265 ID: 46e818
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>>142262
It's hard to express (at least in ways that people will readily believe) how much of the story is shaped by the players, but it really is more central than you might think. Sometimes I anticipate the responses and sometimes I don't.
But plenty of times, discussion that isn't even direct suggestion will influence the path of the story. Someone will say "oh what if it's actually because [x]" and then I'll be like "hey that's a good idea, that's canon now", even though that was just them theorizing and not a suggestion. Other times major conflicts are addressed by solutions directly, like when people said "quick use Tislomer" during the Seer confrontation

but, yes
I do enjoy when the thread surprises me and I get to just do weird, silly stuff
Muschio possessed by a fey mood and just running off to do whatever dumb idea's gripped him is always fun

>>142265
My humble favorite form of questing. Nothing I hate worse is when I make some dumb suggestion, the quest author takes it personally, rocks fall, everybody dies, and it's apparently my fault. Much better to have a coherent plot, and characters with their own motivations, with no personal obligation of the artist to follow one suggestion or another. What we give are ideas, and it is your discretion to use them as you see fit.

It seems the wiki needs some serious updating.

>>142265
That gal is a living swiss army knife.
Any situation, utility.

Also, "throw tislomer at it" will either fix things or create an entirely new problem that we might have a better chance with.

Any news on the new chapter?

>>142510
it went up four days ago

>>142511
Hey danke compa!
the quest catalog was not updating for me for some reason.

I've been having a doubt for a while now, is the main religion of the setting monotheistic now?
Because it was my understanding (specially since ch 13) that the main religion of the kingdom was polytheistic.

Hope this new month comes with a new update.