Too depressingly real.

[x] Genuflect

>>6390259
(That's sort of the point. Besides, I did mention it picking up. It's up to you if you want to brave the depressingly too-close-to-home.)

>>6390231
I kick in the door... to the hallway.

Masturbate. Make Sandwich for work. Put Penis away. Go to work.

>>6390286
>>6390301
Taking a yawn that drains more energy from you than you'd like, you push away from your desk and stretch your legs, feeling the joints pop and make that funky crackling sound ever-associated with prolonged lack of movement. Making your way to the door, you aren't sure whether it's because you're tired and have spent too much time on /tg/ or just stupid, but your murmur 'I kick down the door' to yourself before raising a foot to boot your bedroom door open.

Unfortunately, you misjudge your aim and end up slamming your foot against the corner of the door frame instead, feeling your balance slip and your ankle give an uncomfortable twist to the side. As you barely manage to contain a loud cursative, instead hissing 'FFFFFFF', you drop to your hands and knees and groan sorely. As the pain momentarily gives way to reasoning thought once more, you realize that you ironically assumed the genuflect posture.

You can hear your mother calling again, asking what that loud banging was and then telling you to keep it down.

(Well, this is rather anti-climactic. I had something planned to happen and make things interesting as I mentioned at the start, but I guess suffering normal life for a few posts is a deterring factor. Thanks anyway.)

>>6390366
Oh wow, a kick befitting to an anon.

Stand up and wander downstairs.

>>6390534
(..I'll see where this goes, I guess.)

You hobble to your feet. You didn't quite twist your ankle, but you came pretty damned close, and the sissy in you makes you want to limp for dramatic effect - hey, maybe it'll garner pity with the family downstairs to see you in pain. Sure, you'd have to leave out the circumstances leading to your sore foot, but there's still the possibility of getting special treatment.

As you semi-limp down the stairs, you hear the tired, light yawn of your little sister behind you, only for her to brattishly push you aside to get down the stairs where breakfast awaits.

The household is a nice one, and your family isn't exactly one that goes hungry or needy, even in the current shitfest that the economy is supposedly in. Around the table sit your parents; your mother doing some financial job you never really bothered to ask about, and your father an electrician. Your littlest brother, aged eight, sits beside them, trying - and failing - to balance playing his DS and eating his cereal. Ironically, and perhaps sadly, he's probably the one member of the family you related to on mere geekish interests. Your little sister is already at the table as well, chowing down on the pancakes your mother set down.

As you enter the kitchen, your mother looks up, wiping her mouth with a napkin neatly so as to keep her makeup from smearing, "Oh, there you are. You'd best hurry up and eat before it runs out. I'm not about to cook more just because you slept in."

On the table there is an assortment of scrambled eggs, two slices of toast, the greasy plate where bacon used to reside, a bottle of milk and a box of cereals.. and one last pancake.

>>6390655
The pancake, we need to get the last pancake.

>>6390674
You reach for the pancake, as your thirteen year old sister's eyes suddenly snap to attention. As if judging your intentions, and being a general little bitch, she quickly tries to steal it away first. Thankfully, as you had already begun reaching, and range was in your favor, you manage to get your hands on the last pancake and begin reeling it in towards your plate..

..when your little sister grabs the corner of it, her whiny voice disrupting the dull quiet of the breakfast table, "Moooom! He's stealing my pancake!"

Magic missile...bitch cant dodge that shit

>>6390704
Try to find a label on the pancake with her name. Highest probability is that it's underneath the pancake.

I freak out because I haven't lived at home since I was 18, and even then our house was never two stories.

>>6390704
OH TIME FOR THAT BITCH TO GET PUNCH THE FUCK OUT

>>6390704
Give her a bored look and then look to your mother with an expression on your face of "really? Can't you see she's being a vapid cunt?"

>>6390717
Once more you curse reality for not granting you some means to get back at the people who give you shit in life. So you do the next best thing and punt the brat in the leg beneath the table, startling her and bringing about a plaintive sound that grants you the distraction needed to snatch YOUR pancake away and put it on your plate.

"He kicked me!" Your sister insists, looking at you with a glare before turning her eyes to your parents with those puppy-dog eyes that have added to your conception of 'Women are bitches'.

"Don't kick your sister." Comes the disinterested response from your father, who is too busy reading the newspaper to give a shit about the dramatics of your sister, or anything else for that matter. Seeing she won't be able to get you in trouble for this much, this early in the morning, your sister pipes the fuck down and eats her breakfast grudgingly.

The pancake is yours. Glory and triumph!

"So what're you going to do today?" Comes the question from your mother, spoiling the victory you had managed to score yourself by using that 'do something with your life' tone you've been getting for so long now.. You dropped out of college earlier this year. Nothing interested you, and you weren't getting anywhere even though you tried. As a result, your mother has been pestering you about going back, or at least looking for a job. You have contemplated neither.

(Also holy shit where did all those responses come from? I figured it was just the one dude in here. Fair enough, next post will take everyone into consideration this time.)

>>6390812
You mentioned a single pancake and a little bitchy sister.

>>6390800
Be brutally honest. Tell her you don't know.

rolled 4 = 4

FUCK YOU /tg/ ALRIGHT I'L SORT MY LIFE OUT TOMMOROW, JUST PLEASE STOP THE TORMENT OF REMINDING ME. ;_;

Agreed. Be honest and tell Mom we haven't given it any thought.

>>6390834
No you'll just get lectured.

Tell her you're going to see if your Local Game Store has any openings.

>>6390885
That would give us a lecture about our gaming. I say be honest and tell her you don't know. After all, you just woke up.

>>6390893
What about leaving out the game part, just tell her you'll go job hunting?

>>6390899
Alright this works too, but if she asks where, just say downtown or something.

>>6390800
SUCK MY OWN DICK

>>6390928
Like a boss?

>>6390834
>>6390867
>>6390885
>>6390893
>>6390899

While eating your pancake, you shrug your shoulders and give the usual, unenthusiastic "I'unno." mutter that you normally give, taking guilty satisfaction in knowing how much she hates it when you act like this - it kind of a petty revenge in the face of her always asking you the same goddamned thing. Sighing as if she doesn't know why she bothers anymore - as usual - your mother gives you a look,

"Just don't sit up there all day again, alright? It's not good for you."

From the corner of your eye, you see your little brother punching the air and giving a spittle-filled 'Yesh!!' over some success in whatever game he's playing. It's probably one of the RPGs you got him hooked on. You're a pretty good brother to have for someone that's eight and likes videogames.

"Are you listening to me? Go out or something. Get some air, before you need to be institutionalized or something." Your mother goes on, adding the whole 'institution' shtick once more. Because not knowing what you want to do and sitting in your room is a mark of mental illness, apparently.

Not wanting to hear any more of her lectures, you take a deep breath and casually remark with the same unenthusiastic glamour as you've perfected over the months, "I was thinkin' of going downtown and looking for a job."

That seems to have appeased her a little, as the mothering frown turns passive and she sighs, "Well, just as long as you get out and about, okay?" She walks around the table and touches your shoulder, "I just don't want you wasting away, is all."

With that, she heads off down the hallway to head off to work. Your little brother is still obsessed with his game and your little sister is now pulling at your father's shirt, "Daaaad, I gotta go to school. Give me a ride!"

>>6390996
Indeed lets go look for a job.. Selling crack
Easy and quick money

you know, i live on my own, but.. oh god, this is scarily close to reality.

>>6390996
>"Are you listening to me? Go out or something. Get some air, before you need to be institutionalized or something." Your mother goes on, adding the whole 'institution' shtick once more. Because not knowing what you want to do and sitting in your room is a mark of mental illness, apparently.
Oh man that hits home, thankfully she can't lecture me daily anymore.

Eat a scrambled egg and take one of the slices of toast.

>>6391038
A neckbeard would never last in prison, you know it to be true.

>>6390996
Wince at the sisters voice, go upstairs, shower, brush teeth, shave, ect, (gotta make it look like you're trying for dear old mum) and go back downstairs.

OP I have some questions.
Do we own a car? Or have access to one?
Is downtown within walking distance?
How much money do we have available to us?
Are we moderately good at anything?

Finish breakfast, then get ready for our big day.

so this is the life of a neckbeard

>>6391085
(I'll let a few more ideas roll in as to what to do, but sure I'll answer this: You are without a car. You used to live on college campus and even then didn't really get around, so you never saw the need for one. You get around even less now that you're at home, so whenever you need to go out it's the bus or the subway or ask either one of your parents if you can borrow their cars when they're not using them.

Downtown is a good thirty to forty minutes away on foot, ten to fifteen by bus and five by subway. Although the subway is a five minute walk in itself.

You do have a good deal of cash saved up from the last job you had prior to leaving for college. It was supposed to be spent on food and other supplies and last the whole year or so, but seeing as you quit, you've just been sitting on it, spending it on whatever catches your fancy at times.

While you have no bragworthy talents, you aren't exactly bad when it comes to problem-solving, or deductive thinking. It comes from all those situations of roleplay and having to use your head to figure shit out. Just as long as nobody asks you to solve any elaborate math problems or comment on other educational jargon and you're fine. Alternatively, being a massive geek, your nerd lore is high, even as far as cultural mythologies go. In other words, what you're good at, is of no use to you unless they suddenly have a college major for DnD or something.)

>>6391085
Start with preparing ourselves, before we do anything else.

>>6391204
And we might as well head downtown. Go for the subway, cool shit is always going down in the subway (I hope)

>>6390996
Finish breakfast, go upstairs and gear up. We need to bring and apple and put on shoes. Unless the latter is kept downstairs.

Are there any interesting (to us) locations between our house and downtown making walking a viable option in regards to our interests?

>>6391038
>>6391068
>>6391085
>>6391196
>>6391264
>>6391295


You decide to pack in a bit more breakfast before excusing yourself from the table and heading back for the stairs. You nab an apple from the fruit bowl on the side, and then make your way to your room to get ready for.. whatever it is you'll do. You contemplate selling crack for a moment. Thanks to a strange derailment on /tg/ on the subject of fictional drugs, you have a fairly good idea of how much crack goes for on the street, at least. You're tired, but thankfully you're running on that nice energy high that you sometimes get when you've stayed up for too long. Taking a shower and shaving your shaggy half-excuse for a beard away, you look at your plain face in the mirror. Your dark hair has grown pretty long, the bangs nearly reaching past your eyes. You think it might be your imagination, but it seems kinda thinned out in places.. probably from not taking too much care of yourself.

Dismissing that for the moment, you head back to your room full of books and clothes scattered around the floor, your laptop in its bag at the foot of your bed. Taking a deep breath, you dry your hair and pull open your wardrobe to pick out some fresh clothing. Jeans, jeans, slacks, t-shirts with amusing images on front and a few short-sleeve button shirts.. the rest is in the washing basket for now. While pondering on what to wear and if you should take anything else with you, you make the minor decision for now that you'll take the subway, if only because it's the fastest way and the cheapest.

>>6391353

Slacks and a button shirt, please.

>>6391353
Cross dressin

sorry I can't read this quest any more.

I'm going to get the gun from my dads closet and kill myself.

goodbye 4chan.

Funny, I was thinking slacks and button shirt as well.

>>6391389
This is more professional if we're trying to get a job, but for some reason I feel like a good pair of jeans and plain t-shirt (or the least nerdy one possible) is the right decision, feel free to ignore my gut feeling however.

Or go undershirt, and a long sleeved shirt with the sleeves rolled up, top button unbuttoned and a nice pair of jeans, casual yet stylish.

Bring the laptop. (Are we any good at writing? I figure DnD would have a lot of good story telling aspects connected to it).

Snippets of this really ring true with me.

I'm moderately successful, a good college and whatnot.

Although I do hate the sunlight, I am unfit but not fat, I'm not ugly but I'm not handsome either, my social skills suck (mostly because I don't like people in general and thus dont socialize that much), I am rather an introvert and am well aware of each and every one of my faults and finally I have a distaste for living and generally spend every free moment in some kind of escapist fantasy or another.

We have money?

Good. We have the option for epiphany.

If we've saved up enough to cover a year's worth of food, then we have something amazing - enough money to get anywhere in the world, at least one-way by plane.

We're going to go back upstairs. We're going to shower, shave, put on that one pair of jeans that fits really well, strap on that one leather belt that kinda looks like the broad ones in the PHB, and put on the shirt that, while it might not be high fashion, fits well enough that it doesn't make us look fat (but also doesn't have a fucking wizard on it [even though we fucking love wizards]).

We go to Wikipedia. We hit "random article".

We buy a one-way plane ticket to the first location listed in text that's outside our home country.

We then spend half our remaining cash on a backpack, some basic survival gear, and a really nice, -sturdy- walking stick. We are going to have ourselves a fucking adventure. After all, isn't this what we want? No job - no restrictions. No tremendous ties to home, no love life to abandon! We have all the potential in the world.

OP, where are we going?

>>6391353
Do we have stomping boots? I'm in a stomping mood.

Anyways, put on some jeans, socks, seeing as the t-shirts have stuff on them wear a button shirt, and wear stomping boots. Also, don't forget your keys and wallet, mobile phone too.

Also bring a notepad for random ideas that might pop up.

>>6391492
Not OP but...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinca_herbacea

is what I got, check where it's grown.

>>6391531
so to europe then...our quest to retrive this flower...can you make anything with them?

also, european castles, lets go exploring

>>6391389
>>6391397
>>6391481
>>6391486
>>6391492
>>6391527

You grab a pair of jeans and a blue-grey t-shirt along with a beige button shirt and proceed to get dressed in a casual-but-nice manner. In the midst of it, your mind wanders to other clothing-related issues, such as crossdressing, which leads to an awkward consideration of putting on your little sister's panties underneath everything.

You shake the idea out of your head, convinced that you must be really fuckin' tired, or that 4chan is starting to get under your skin in ways you never even dreamed. Once your pants are on, however, you have more important shit to think about: Gearing up. You have your old jacket that you usually wear to go outside in, naturally, but given the fact that you hate backtracking, it might be a good idea to take a few 'essentials' with you if you might feel so inclined.. Or you could just take your wallet and do whatever you want.

For a moment, you then consider the impossible.. You have a pretty good sum of money to your named stowed away. Technically, you could go someplace. Run off and ditch everyone. It's a scary thought.. but then, any huge change is scary..

(If you guys wanna go in that direction, it'll have to be a group consensus thing, otherwise we're going downtown via the subway.)

>>6391600
Ok, let's just vanish though. Don't tell anyone anything at all.

Can we sell our /tg/ related shit? Books and figures?

>>6391618
>>6391600
>>6391531
>>6391492

(So that's four votes for leaving everything behind, I'm guessing? Or just 2-3?)

>>6391085
>>6391486
>>6391531
>>6391618
I'm this guy and I feel like namefaggin' for this quest.

No real reason I picked this name, I just wiki'd a random article till a person came up.

I am voting we ditch this shit hole waste of a life and go somewhere.

>>6391607

Let's go to the local Marine Corps recruiting office. I mean, mom wants us to get a job, right? Right?

>>6391607
Alright buddy lets ditch this joint

ive done that shit with my friends before... up and left at 2:30 in the morning on a spur of the moment road trip (with my friends)...shit was epic.

Call our entire gaming group, see whos in a similar state (from the sounds of /tg/'s response thatl be at least a few) and tell them of our quest.

we can exagerate a bit and say its the holy grail or something we're after.

(Okay, I figure I should name myself for the sake of differentiation also. Once you guys have concluded what you want to do - stay or go, I'll write what comes next.)

>>6391661

or the guard or something.

>>6391490
all this is ringing true for me too, except I am fat. Which, let me tell you, doesn't make this feel any better.

Namefagging like >>6391652
Let's go to Europe.

>>6391669
this is me, random name from wikipedia to

>>6391661

This is me, and I've also chosen a random name from wikipedia.

>>6391695
>>6391700
Cheers guys, I'm liking this group so far.

OP, is it possible to sell a bunch of our /tg/ shit fast? We just need some quick cash, maybe keep a couple of books to read (but not DnD books, think novels). Any MP3 player around?

Voting for Europe as well.

>>6391747
Namefag with us

Another vote for selling our crap and flying to Europe.

Lets take this one step farther ,Leave a note and take some of moms jewelry

what supplies do we need? we cant very well bring a knife on the plane with us...but we need to get one on the plane, as the EU is batshit insane about weapons right now.

-coat
-camping stove
-backup food (energy bars and the like)
-good hiking boots
-cantine for water

also a small pup tent would be good, but we can get camping supplies there.

>>6391798
Let's ask for some money before we leave, I don't feel right stealing. She may be annoying sometimes, but she hasn't kicked our ass out on the street.

(Okay, seems the general consensus is for leaving home.)

Taking a moment to think about it, and do so properly, you take a deep breath and mutter "Fuck it," under your breath. Your life isn't great. Your parents care for you, sure, and your mother has your best interests in mind despite her nagging, but this is getting you nowhere.

You sit down in front of your computer and decide to let fate roll the dice for you, bringing up Wikipedia and trying for a random article.. The page you bring up mentions of a herb that can be found in eastern Europe.. one of them being Greece. Greece sounds nice. You're a huge mythology buff, and Greece has plenty of that, and history. Greece sounds really nice.

Starting to feel motivated, you bring up the website for the local airline and start to book yourself a flight to Greece, leaving today. After printing out the flight information, the only thing left is to pack your shit together and get your ass out of this place and on the road to adventure. You make a mental note that downtown there's a store where you bought some of your books and stuff.. you could sell a lot of your old nerd-books and collectibles there. The thought of parting with your collection is daunting, and like the idea of leaving so suddenly, change is frightening to you.. But you swallow the choking sensation and decide to throw the things you like the least into a backpack or two where you can take them to be sold.

lol no passport

>>6391826

Damn, man. Today?! You should've at least gotten the ticket a day in advance for extra time to prepare. I mean, where the hell's the airport from our house?

>>6391492
Temp namefagging it up. I wrote this.

If we're still not sure, we listen to the main theme from TTGL. WE PREPARE TO DO THE IMPOSSIBLE.
Also, "The Odyssey" by Symphony X, but only if we've got 20 minutes to listen to the whole thing.

But yes, we just pack up and fuck off. We'll leave a note on the kitchen table:

"Mom - you're right. Time to get my shit in gear. I'm leaving for while. I'll send mail when I can. I'm not sick, hurt, scared, upset, or in trouble with the law. I love you and everyone else."

Aside from the previous list, we'll need a few more things, all of which can be purchased at the local Harbor Freight or outdoorsy-type store.

-a copy of General Reference, a very tiny book entirely filled with information ranging from the angle at which particulate matter falls down an incline to common injury treatment and phrases in foreign languages. It's awesome, and I own a copy in real life.

>>6391809
We could probably pick up a knife in Europe, or see if we have a leathermen lying around and put check it in with our luggage.

I would suggest bringing a few lighters with us as well. A good pack for backpacking? Sleeping bag? Compass? First Aid Kit?

I'm looking at this btw http://20somethingfinance.com/blog/2009/06/07/the-beginners-guide-to-backpacking-buying-backpacking-
gear-supplies/

Also maybe look at some stuff for a bug out bag?

>>6391868

cross into Canada and get hired/stow away on a ship

Leave a note before we go.

Oh man am I excited to see where this goes.

what did we pack, and what all do we own?

also, getting a gps would be excelent, but only if we have lots of money

The more you think about the things you need, the more worked up you get about the idea of leaving. Doing shit is hard work! Maybe that's why you dropped out and have been in such a rut lately.. In any case, from what you can figure and discern from the various websites you referance for general 'backpacking through Europe' know-how, most of this shit you can pick up downtown.. You thankfully still have your old passport from three years ago when mom dragged you cross-state for your great-uncle's funeral, so that much isn't something to be concerned about.

>>6391893
any chance for a link to the book? Google pulls up general reference libraries when I look for it.

>>6391953

Leave note, head downtown. Via subway.

Do we have any friends we can invite along for the journey? Maybe a groupmember who we play RPGs with perhaps?

"Hey mom, Left for Greece. You were right, needed a change. Will right soon. Love son"

>>6391826
Laptop in laptopbag, clothes in clothesbag, rest of the crap we'll probably buy at the store downtown. Unless we know of the locations of all/some off the relevant junk in the house.

>>6391956
Driving me nuts - I can't remember the name of the book. I have a copy at home, but I'm not there right now.

>You thankfully still have your old passport from three years ago when mom dragged you cross-state for your great-uncle's funeral

that is not how passports work. they are identifications to prove you are a citizen of BLANK country. you need them to enter another country legally.

also, you don't need passports or any kind of ID to cross state lines in America.

>>6392011
When you remember, Let us know. I'm interested too.

>>6391979

No way. Sure going alone is scary, but honestly its better. (Especially with soul searching or whatever) Plus no arguing about what it is you want to do.

>>6391979
I say we go alone, unless there's a girl we would want to bring along, that could add a really interesting aspect to the adventure.

Agreeing with the note.

"Dear Mom, I've decided you were right, I'm wasting away here in my room. I've sold my traditional game stuff and am leaving for Greece. Don't stop me. Tell Dad I love him and tell my sister I love her too (even though she can be an annoying bitch), and please, get my little brother off the gameboy and into some real activities. I don't want him to end up like I did, help him become something amazing. I do not know if I am coming back, I love you and I will write when I can. I know you will, but please, try not to worry about me, anywhere I go I'm going to be better off than where I am now.

I love you so much, and I will miss you."

It is kinda stupid going unprepared like this, So when arriving be sure to get the first decent job possible

If we end up in Greece, there had better be some anarchist riots going on. It is not Greece without anarchist riots.

Ok well then let's go it alone.can we at least go in style? Maybe buy some nicer clothes before we leave?

>>6392055
We'll pick up a girl in Europe. Alone on the plane, less we'll have to worry about our travelmate(s) not having a goldpile.

About ten to fifteen minutes later and you've packed mostall of the essentials that you can find in your house.. Your laptop, a toothbrush and shaver, your iPod and clothes, a few books that you couldn't bear to part with and one or two that would actually come in handy, along with your passport and general identification. In a large backpack you've stuffed whatever you figured you could sell, figuring that you'll refill the backpack with supplies from the various stores you'll make a stop at while downtown. The ticket you booked is for a flight that won't go into the air for at least several hours from now, meaning you have plenty of time to get things sorted and whatever you might need before finally heading off to Europe.

Holy shit, you're actually going to do this shit..

You contemplate calling a friend or two and offering them to come along, but you know that they probably wouldn't. The ones who would can't afford it and those who can afford it are too happy with their lives as they are anyway. Besides, there's no guarantee that having them along for the ride will make shit better.

So far on your to-do list you still have to buy supplies for camping or trekking about Greece if you can't find anywhere to stay, and maybe get some additional spending money out of the bank.

>>6392087
Sounds like we're ready to leave the house since whenever the last time was that we greeted that light spherical thing in the sky.

>>6392087
head to the bank first. That money isn't doing any good just sitting there.

>>6392135
Don't we have plastic money these days?

(Cont)

As you make your way downstairs, you eventually stand in the empty hallway. Your dad already went to work, and took your little sibs to school while he was at it. It's just you in here. Taking that into account, you decide to write your mother a letter in parting, telling her of your decision, and then leaving it on the side where she can find it.

And so, with a deep breath, you carry your two backpacks containing what little of your life you stuffed into them, with your laptop slung over your shoulder and music blaring out of your headphones.. And step out of the door, making a start for the subway. It's a bright and shiny day out. The start of a new beginning.

>>6392087
Go to the bank, withdraw everything, cut your card in half. It's risky traveling with a lot of cash but I don't want to be A) Tracked and B) Lose the card or have it stolen then be left with nothing. See if at one of those downtown stores they have hidden compartment clothing (socks with a zipper pocket on the inside so keep all your cash hidden.

>>6392067
I'm sure we'll find something, yes we are a little unprepared, but I think that is part of what makes it so scary and exciting.
>>6392078
It's all about function now. Heavy boots, durable weather resistance clothes, warm socks and some camping supplies is all we're taking.
>>6392081
You got it boss.

>>6392156
Plastic money isn't accepted everywhere. expecially small survior shops and surplus military shops, like we should be heading to.

>>6392135
>>6392156

Keep it plastic. Theres a much better exchange rate that way. Changing in cash is a bitch

Alright have fun with this quest, good bye.. Off to Greece Guy thinks

>>6392179

Till you get there anyway. Take out greek cash, but keep your american money plastic

>>6392087
I propose we go to the bank, stop somewhere and eat. It has to be getting close to lunchtime, right? Next, I think we should go hit the stores up downtown. Is the shopping downtown in our city more expensive than regular? Cheaper?

>>6392174
Hrm, that's true. Keep the plastic though, it works in Europe. Take enough out of the bank to buy the supplies we need, we don't want to be left with a bunch of dollars in Euro-land.

OP, what time of year is it?

>>6392191
Ok, I can support this idea, but let's go to the bank, I want to know how much we have and we should still withdraw some cash in case some of the stores do not accept plastic.
>>6392206
Agreed, let's go get some lunch, a cheap diner sounds nice, but let's sell our stuff after the bank.

I say we head to an army surplus store. look for a good army jacket. Preferebly an older Canadian one. No camo (we dont want people to think we're a soldier), lots of pockets, and the subtle canadian flag on the shoulder will get us a bit more respect from europeans (sorry, but its true)

Most of the rest of the gear is fairly standard.
also, we need a hat, sunglasses and sunscreen...we arent used to the fear ball (sun) in the sky quite yet.

>>6392286
>the subtle canadian flag on the shoulder will get us a bit more respect from europeans (sorry, but its true)
You know, being from Europe, I would indeed do such. Though that's mostly because they saved the fuck out of where I live during WWII.

When we grab a jacket from the army surplus store we can get a hat from there too, it'll work well enough.

The subway ride downtown is fairly uneventful, but then again it never has been and probably never will be. People pushing and shoving to get out once you reach your stop. The gaming store is the closest, and so you start by offloading everything there and stowing the money in your wallet. You got about as much as you expected for all that stuff, close to $300 or so. Not bad for a bunch of books and collectibles, but then again you always kept them in mint-condition. With that out of the way, the bank is next on the list.. You waver between taking everything out and just using your card to pay for everything instead..

..So you just take out a huge wad of cash in Euros and leave enough on your card to make a difference should you need to. All that's left now is to buy supplies and befitting clothing. As it's already Fall, you figure you might want to get something a bit warmer and better suited for trudging around Europe this late in the year, and so you end up buying a pair of winter shoes, thick socks and a proper sweater, as well as a thicker winter jacket than the one you have right now, stowing that along with the rest of your clothing before heading from store to store picking up the rest of the necessities you had listed off to yourself. It seems you overestimated your carrying ability however.. you couldn't get yourself a camping stove that would fit with everything else squeezed in. Instead, you got yourself a zippo lighter and some fuel for it.. If anything else, you could always light a fire with it and use that..

>>6392286
Like this http://www.fcsurplus.ca/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=4180 but in a different color? I'm thinking if the OP likes us, something navy blue or dark brown. As for a hat...I don't like baseball caps, maybe a beanie of some sort?

>>6392350

That looks wayyyy too dorky, man. That and we don't wanna look all paramilitary-like.

(Cont)
With most everything out of the way now, you feel hunger start to settle in. Plus you're still pretty tired. Taking a load off does sound like a pretty nice idea.. You make a stop at a local cafe and order yourself a simple meal and a cup of coffee to keep awake, while mentally going over whatever you might have missed or forgotten. Next to you, an old man sits reading a newspaper, while a bunch of teenaged girls chatter and giggle in their own little world at the table across.

>>6392286
>>6392318
(The jacket in question can be this if you guys would prefer that.)

<-backpacks alot

Get rope, knife, stove (leatherman is superior to gerber), change of clothes, at least 2 water bottles (those Nalgene ones work best), water purifying system (iodine tablets, pump, whatever), English to greek dictionary . . . a harmonica (never know when you'll need one)

>>6392335
Let's get something in out tummies then head for the airport

>>6392386
Yeah I know...Luis, you got a pic of the jacket you wanted to get?

Too much to ask to get some aviator sunglasses?

(Would you guys prefer something like this?
http://images.askmen.com/fashion/apparel/1239818966_royal-underground-military-jacket_1.jpg)

>>6392402

canadian jacket has my approval

>>6392350
Indeed. I have one of these (canadafag), and its quite comfy.

>>6392386
unfortunatly, we're going for function in our clothes...and the military tend to design stuff with that in mind. We're also not going to be buying all our stuff to look all OPERATOR, I dont think, but if anything, it could help us keep from being mugged...someone might mistake us for being tough.

>>6392335
>As it's already Fall, you figure you might want to get something a bit warmer and better suited for trudging around Europe this late in the year
Eh, Greece is fine in the fall.

>>6392447
That looks pretty sweet, but the Canadian jacket has my vote too.

Loving the thread guys.

let's get this guy out of his anti social shell, and prepare him for all the Greek pussy he can potentially get. Let's go talk to the girls. Ask a question to break the ice though. Have him ask where the subway station is. But then again, we are 20...

>>6392447

How did /fa/ get into my /tg/?

Here, try this out:

http://www.carhartt.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10101&storeId=10051&a
mp;productId=130061&langId=-1&categoryId=10928#

It's also waterproof. Which seems to be one big factor you gents keep on ignoring in a jacket.

>>6392476

Never know, we might have high Con.

>>6392456
Indeed

BUT NOW MORE SERIOUS MATTERS
What do we order?

>>6392488

>>6392488

Jailbait, bro. We can look, but can't touch.

(You guys want take this time to look around the cafe if you want to, order your meal and when you're all set get on the subway?)

>>6392506

Something with meat. We need the protein.

>>6392523
Standard meal with coffee's good enough, so yeah, eat, wake up, continue.

>>6392496
post the picture, the website is messed up for me.

>>6392488
We'll be fine and figure something out when we get there.

>>6392498
Read the Op, we are the very definition of average. If we are going to Greece, we might want to pick up a small English to Greek dictionary.

> Citizens of select countries, including the United States, are allowed a 90-day visa-free stay, with the limitation that the cumulative stay in the Schengen Area in a 180-day period cannot exceed 90 days

Also, is the flight to Athens or Thessaloniki? Athens may be bigger, but Thessaloniki will get you to the rest of Europe PDQ.

>>6392548

Try this: http://carharttimages.carhartt.com//is/image/Carhartt/J212BLK?$BLG$

>>6392496
Broken link, I am in the market for a new everyday jacket, so I'd love to see it

>>6392506
We need something healthy, lots of vitamins/protein etc, who knows when we'll eat properly again.

Also, talk to the girls, if anything as a charisma check for later (make sure the characters doing it mentally as a cha check, dont want him to be to discouraged by it if it fails)

Good news, age of consent in Greece is 15!

Tell me about the girls? What do each of them look like? What atmosphere do they have?

>>6392588

Good news for our social misfit of a PC, indeed!

>>6392548

> English is the most widely studied and understood of foreign languages in Greece, followed by French, Italian, and German. Basic knowledge of English can be expected from almost all personnel in the tourism industry and public transport services, as well as most Greeks under the age of 40. However, learning a few Greek terms, such as "hello" and "thank you" will be warmly received.

Wikitravel is your friend.

More good news!

>To be able to purchase alcohol in Greece you must be 17, but there is no legal drinking age.

You can get teen chicks drunk without breaking the law!

>>6392616
You know, this goes for most of Europe. We highly applaud it if you do try to communicate in the local language, but will just as easily just talk to you in English no prob. Except for the Brits, who're Brits.

>>6392616
>>6392655
Thanks guys, good to know.

As you order your meal, you look over at the girls a second time.. they look to be around fourteen to fifteen years old.. The typical, giggly preppy girls that you are used to seeing in the nerd stores you've frequented, buying Twilight novels and romance manga. They're even wearing makeup and lipgloss that makes them look kind of trashy. Pretty much 'bitches and whores' to an extent that makes you want to chuck up the meal you were eating.

In spite of that, you decide maybe you should brush up on your socializing skills and get up, mentally rolling a 1d20 on your charisma scores.. with penalties.. and then walking over towards their table, ignoring the fact that they're rather obviously underaged.

which means we don't need the dictionary at all. Just need to chat with someone on the plane who happens to be greek.

>>6392699
Roll a 1, ask why they're not at school.
Roll a 20, ask them what day it is in a super cool manner.

says, "Hey girls... do you know what has 148 teeth and holds back the incredible hulk?..."

>>6392699
Ask them what their lives mean to them. Don't be creepy about it, just be factual, serious.

"My zipper!"

rolled 15 = 15

>>6392699

rolled 5 = 5

(Why the heck not, I'll roll lol)

>>6392783

I rolled first damnit :p

>>6392699
Nice. Now have the girls ridicule him, but let there be one girl who is shy stand up for him to her friends. Have this occurance help build our mental toughness for criticism, which I'm sure we have very little of. Have the two take the subway together, because the girls house is on the same route as the airport. Have them converse with one another, and as this goes on, have our self confidence build

>>6392810
>>6392613
We were thinking along the same lines, I was just hoping he would have put that one shy girl in there for us.

Do this, I still feel like we shouldn't care a whole lot about what some of the bitchier girls think. Chances are we'll never see them again and we just made a life changing decision to leave everything comfortable, I would say this has raised our self-confidence and increased our ability to brush off criticisms.

blegh, damned sleep, I must go now, get this shit moving and archived so i can read it tommorow.

>>6392803
(Fine, consider mine the penalty. 15-5 = 10)

As you stop in front of the girls' table, they look at you with a look that exudes a blatant sense of 'Who the fuck are you?'. You struggle with trying to find a good opening line, only for the blonde in the group to start the conversation before you get a chance to..

"Like, did you want somethin'? We're kinda, like, havin' a private conver-say-shun goin' on here, y'know."

Her way of speaking is full of sass that makes you cringe as if you never could imagine girls like this really existed. The girls all giggle and start to whisper amongst themselves, ignoring you for a second. From the corner of your eye you see a fourth girl walking out of the cafe, holding a tall milkshake. She's dressed like them, although downplaying the trashy look a great deal more. Brunette hair tied into a single pigtail on the left side, and wearing thin-rimmed glasses. She sits down with all the other girls, looking at you confused as if wondering why you're just standing there.

>>6392925
Ask the not so trashy one to walk with you to the subway.

Yes I realize how creeper status that sounds.

>>6392973

No, no, no.

Ask her *where* the subway is. Then, ask her to show you.

ask the girls what they thought of the latest twilight movie.

>>6393024
>>6393024

We rolled a 10, not a -5.

I suggest rolling an opposed charisma check (with associated penalties, of course) for yourself and each girl, with you making a single roll. Each of their attitudes rises or falls by the difference, then is multiplied by some number, representing a first impression roll. Make a similar roll each round, except without the multiplier, and reduce any gains if the average opinion of you is negative. If you can get any of the girls over some number (different for each), that one is willing to go with you. If one of them falls to negative some other number, she leaves, and so do all the others.

>>6392925
Did the nerdy girl leave or go? Because you said she left, but at the end, you said she sat down with her girlfriends.
If she left, have our friend have a boost of self confidence, tell the girls to fuck off and have him go out of the cafe. Have the girl that just left and our PC be waiting at the subway station, and strike a conversation If she did indeed sit down with her friends, have our character trip over his words, and leave embarrassd. Have the shy girl come out after the PC and apologize for her friends, and have them walk to the subway station to catch that train together
This is my first rp ever and I fucking love it.

(Okay, guys. It's pretty late, so I'll cover this last one and then continue a little earlier tomorrow evening. I'm guessing you're wanting to talk to the glasses-wearing girl about the subway then?)

>>6393086
Yes, go for it.

>>6393086
>>6393077
I'm loving all of it, and this is my first one too, I hope I don't miss part 2. I should probably got to bed soon as well..

We want to talk to the Girl with Glasses.

also my first, I'm pretty new to 4chan... how can i find the continuation of this post later?

>>6393154
It'll probably get 404'd but we'll archive it and I'll bookmark the link for later, the OP will probably do the same.

Welcome btw.

>>6393154
OP should give a day and rough time for when he'll continue. Then just show up. Checking the archives at a later time also works if you missed something.

For all newfags:

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html

Scroll to bottom.

cool thanks also, how do you roll? >_<

>>6393077
(The 'walking out of the cafe' is meant in the sense that there's outdoor seating. She went inside to get a drink, and came back out to sit with her friends. Anyways..)

You look at the girl with the glasses and manage a sheepish and awkward smile. You suck at talking to strangers, let alone strangers of the opposite gender, but here goes nothing.

"Uh, hey.. I, uh, I'm sorta new to town," you lie, figuring the best way around looking like a total weirdo is to make shit up to help improve the playing field, "I was wondering if you knew where the subway station is."

The girls, all except for the one wearing glasses, snicker and look at you like you're some kind of weirdo to approach them and ask such a thing. The fourth girl, on the other hand, says nothing, taking a sip from the straw in her drink and then waiting for her friends to quiet down, "Um.. It's on fifth, near a clothes' store called CJ's."

You know this, of course, and the directions defeat the whole point of talking to her after all, so you respond with another lie, "I'm not sure where 'fifth' is. I don't suppose you could show me, do you?" You try to smile and look pitiable - not like that's a very difficult thing to do. The girl's friends all look at you suspiciously, as well as with a bit of resentment that you're pretty much ignoring them as far as asking for help goes. The blonde leaning in and muttering something about you looking shady and not going with you, but the girl smiles awkwardly, "Well, I guess there's no harm in showing you how to get there at least.." She gets up, despite her friends protesting, you earning a few more glares from the stuck up bitches.

The glasses-girl grabs her schoolbag and slings it over her shoulder, walking around the table and then looking at you expectantly, "Shall we go then?"

(And I'll carry on from this point tomorrow night. Hope you guys enjoyed it. I might take shit down a very different road as things progress further.)

>>6393213
(Well, if you look at what time I started it. Then compare that time to the current time. I'll be starting around that time again, perhaps an hour earlier than this one.)

>>6393154

You can look for the same name, or you can track the threads for reading later at suptg.
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html

>>6393253
Very nice. See you lot tomorrow then.

I tried archiving it, and I'm just going to say that I suck, can someone do it?

>>6393366
It's already there, under the name "Real Life Quest". Use your browser search to find the thread number, 6390231.

You incredible, jailbait tailchasing assholes.

The goal was to have an adventure halfway around the world, not chase tail THAT IS ALMOST THE SAME AGE AS YOUR SISTER and get fucking arrested in a McDonalds down the street from your house.

Fuck you guys.

>>6393397
Thanks

>>6393443
We will, but with big decisions come big changes. Our guy is feeling more self-confident and has taken the courage to talk to a young lady (ok, yeah Jailbait, but I really hope the other guys weren't thinking of doing anything but talking to her). I saw her role as something to send him off with, nothing more.

I'll be pissed as well if you decide to go back to her house, or bring her along.

>>6393539
Greece jailbait is legal we discovered earlier. Not going to let that slip by if you know what I mean.

>>6393567
Please tell me we're going to we're off to adventure and soul searching, not greek pussy. I understand how important that latter is, but I'm afraid this will spiral into something shitty if we go too far with it. It should be a supplement, not a focus.

Go ahead and have a few occurrences of it, but there should be something learned from it. He's changing into someone else yes, but that person doesn't have to be some fucking asshole super stud all of a sudden because he decided to go off to Greece. This shit takes time. I'm looking for some good solid character development, not "nerd to pussy magnet"

>>6393654
Don't worry, I'm just kidding. I'm highly enjoying the quest for a simple flower somewhere in east Europe. The characters we'll most likely interact with in Greece will probably be 20-30, teenaged kids still suck at English.

>fabled 20 year checkpoint in your uneventful life
You do realize college is 4 years, right? And that it's fucking retarded to waste money on a year-round lease?

>>6393687

Hence, why OP mentioned dropping out earlier that year. Duh.

>>6393539
Eh, I kinda want to bring her along, though only if it turns out that she has item >HORRIBLE HOMELIFE or something similar. I like protecting people, and nice, shy people always seem to need protecting.

>>6393949
She probably doesn't have the money, nor will she be stupid enough to go with a stranger she's only giving directions. We're the ones that need protection more than her if you ask me.