I appreciate that the First Precinct is bound by red tape and procedure, and can't just cowboy it's way out of trouble.

...although a demon in the 80's doing Miami Vice antics might be fun too.

>>133237
Hah, yeah. Good sign you're the good guys when TRY NOT TO FUCK UP DUE PROCESS becomes a part of your set of goals.

You're pretty good at this quest thing, have you run one before?

BAN 2020/06/26(Fri)21:20 No. 133248 ID: 7ae189
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Cheers mates, I'm glad you're enjoying it so far. The life of a law-abiding detective is a hard but rewarding one. Enjoy some proto-BANs.

>>133247
Many many moons ago I lurked tgchan and tried a few quests, it was a long time ago and I was pretty bad at it then though. I guess the secret to improvement was just doing nothing quest-related for the better part of a decade

I'm always really impressed when people with a different default language make storytime happen in English here.

Maybe Ban will get to play with his trusty shotgun in due time...

Gotta say, I quite like this quest so far. I thought from the thumbnail it was gonna be a modstaff shitpost quest but this is just interesting well-written cop drama.

Keep up the good work, I'm engaged with this strange mystery.

I get the feeling STEVE isn't as much of an asshole as he lets on, either.

BAN 2020/07/04(Sat)09:32 No. 133357 ID: 7ae189
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Sorry for the slight delay mates, the 4th of July has been turning into a bit of a bender. There should be at least one update this weekend, then we'll be back to business as usual.

yo, any chance we can get some color notes on Ban and the crew?

BAN 2020/07/07(Tue)18:34 No. 133378 ID: 7ae189
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>>133372
Here's most of the prominent folks so far, if you want any others as we go I've got you.

BAN 2020/07/13(Mon)07:35 No. 133402 ID: 7ae189
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A bit of a heads-up, from here until mid-August I'll be in the process of moving out of my current apartment and into a new one a few states away. I think updates will stay pretty consistent throughout, but there might be a bit of a gap in August when things get especially hectic.

>>133378
wow, so Ban himself is just stark white?

BAN 2020/07/15(Wed)16:14 No. 133412 ID: dba489
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>>133408
Indeed, it's one of the more salient features of people like himself.

>>133412
Is having totally white skin a characteristic only demons have? Because I notice STEVE and the guy on the far right both have totally white skin.

BAN 2020/07/15(Wed)22:09 No. 133415 ID: dba489
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>>133414
STEVE is in fact a demon. As the son of Joe Durst and ALICIA, you could say that John takes after his mother... Speaking of STEVE, I found this early draft where I planned on actually making him a human, and even angrier.

>>133415
This is not a criticism, but STEVE seemed to have one of the more human faces so far.

>>133428
yeah without this color ref I never woulda guessed steven to be a demon, lol

>>133445
I suspected. There was a pretty good hint in the naming convention!

Oh, all demons have allcaps names?

BAN 2020/07/20(Mon)16:39 No. 133477 ID: 7ae189
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Another proto-BAN, I believe this is the oldest one in my sketchbooks. If I remember right, the original idea was Ace Attorney but in hell.

>>133455
Indeed, it's the most consistent way to discern them from other critters.

>>133477
oh, haha I assumed STEVE was capitalized because they always just mentally inflect his name at this point

like

"Ugh, STEVE. I can't believe STEVE is doing STEVE things again!"
"I know! Ugh, STEVE."

BAN 2020/07/22(Wed)23:24 No. 133498 ID: 7ae189
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>>133480
There is definitely some extra venom whenever his name is pronounced by our 1P companions, haha.

>>133498
Wait, those are actual pig snouts? I thought they just had really big noses/nostrils.

Loving the quest (always a sucker for police procedurals), and loving the Patlabor/Headgear-esque art style!

BAN 2020/07/28(Tue)18:34 No. 133522 ID: dba489
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>>133506
They are bonafide snouts! There are a few critters in between humans and demons that also inhabit our city. Pigmen are one of the more common ones.

None of the demons have mouths, right?

BTW Love the quest so far! I think you have an absolutely perfect blend of holy shit stuff happening and also time for players to breathe and plan.

BAN 2020/08/16(Sun)18:39 No. 133639 ID: e30795
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The big move's done, should be business as usual for now. I'm now right in the center of what could be considered this city's Wartown, so we'll see how I fare, haha.

>>133612
Glad you're digging it, mate. Indeed, none of them have mouths. They still do mouth things, but nobody really knows or questions how...

>>133639
wild theories with no proof at all time:
-food either phase through where the mouth would be

OR

-mouths are invisible, but external

A skin flap like a kangeroo, which lies flat mostly, but food gets passed inside. Also explains demon speech.

Just found this quest, loving it so far keep up the good work!

>>133248
Is there a name for the art style you use? Made me think 'french' while I was reading through the quest proper, so I guess I was right on that front.

BAN 2020/08/22(Sat)17:56 No. 133697 ID: e30795
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>>133655
>a kangaroo skin flap
I had to google what the inside of a pouch looked like, nature is beautiful but a little spooky...

>>133663
Welcome aboard mate, enjoy

>>133668
I don't think there's a name for it. I do pine after a lot of French cartoonists, so if there's some tangible French-ness in it to you then I'm flattered.

https://questden.org/kusaba/questdis/res/66907.html#133727

did a couple favicons so your quest has a unique lil' tab icon. Enjoy!

BAN 2020/09/06(Sun)06:34 No. 133750 ID: e30795
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Things are getting pretty crazy around here! My job's ramping up and the city's started breaking things. Weekend updates should stay consistent for the forseeable future, though.

>>133729
Bless you, these are fire.

Riotmode 2020/09/07(Mon)12:21 No. 133764 ID: eb1fcc
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https://imgur.com/tdPUewm

BAN no what are you doing in that video game, get out of there or Dane's gonna kill you

WIP obviously but I'm probably not gonna texture this for a bit lol

Also, for some reason it wouldn't let me upload the gif or link an imgur upload of it, so I had to link it and just take a screenshot, boo

>>133771

I reccomend fullviewing this because for some reason the thumbnail cuts blank a quarter of the way into the turn lmao

he's fully poseable though, when I have some time to refine the texture I'll upload the blockbench file for you to play with

>>133771
Pretty cool, but not sure I'm feelin' the green pants.

>>133777
yeah that's one if the things I'm fixing before I upload, was aiming for more of a beige slacks color but I'm colorblind amd rely on maths to fix this stuff.

Riotmode 2020/09/09(Wed)22:36 No. 133780 ID: eb1fcc
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since I doubt I can upload this directly to tgchan, have a dropbox link.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/mkcv4jv69n4psa8/Ban.bbmodel?dl=0

should be fully rigged for animation in blockbench, I highly reccomend doing so after downloading the geckolib plugin as it adds a bunch of neato tweening settings that make smoother animation way easier than wtf ever I was doing making this thing one lol

BAN 2020/09/12(Sat)08:55 No. 133789 ID: e30795
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I've started screwing with watercolors recently so enjoy some alt colors for BAN and Dane, inspired by Riotmode's green-pants BAN.

>>133780
This made my day when I saw it, VERY well-done mate

BAN 2020/09/12(Sat)08:57 No. 133790 ID: e30795
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>>133789
Woops, here's a slightly more tame resolution of it

>>133790
why is a Dane significantly less angry than she usually is?

>>133791
Hug enforcement

>>133789
glad you like it man, whole reason I do anything lol

BAN 2020/09/13(Sun)06:04 No. 133796 ID: e30795
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>>133791
Perhaps the real source of her anger is wearing blue all the time.

>>133796
Dane is clearly the Red Oni to BAN's Blue Oni.

Anonymous 2020/09/17(Thu)20:22 No. 133831 ID: 8e78c1
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>>133796
So she has secretly always wanted to be a meter maid?

BAN 2020/09/27(Sun)08:45 No. 133853 ID: e30795
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>>133831
Even she isn't metal enough for a gig like that, haha.

>>133853
I love their little hats.

BAN 2020/10/09(Fri)09:22 No. 133912 ID: e30795
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In the middle of a pandemic, I manage to go and catch a common cold... There'll probably be a couple extra updates this weekend, since I'm not doing as much extra work IRL.

>>133912
A refined taste in musical instruments

>>133248
Was that cat dude originally going to be his partner instead of the lovely Sgt Dane?

BAN 2020/10/24(Sat)08:55 No. 134160 ID: 88966b
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>>134124
Digging through my sketchbooks, Dane predates him by a bit, but I was kicking the idea around for a second. As time went on, he sort of evolved into KYLE.

>>133697
It's definitely very frenchy. I'm reminded of a lot of those more cartoony Metal Hurlant strips, and other stuff from the 60s-70s.

BAN 2020/11/01(Sun)16:44 No. 134252 ID: 88966b
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Happy belated Halloween gentlemen, I hope yours had a little more candy and a little less beer than mine, haha.

BAN 2020/12/14(Mon)10:42 No. 134513 ID: 88966b
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Sorry about the tardy update mates, I was finishing up the rest of my work before the big holiday break. I've got a lot less on my plate now, so I'll try to increase my output! For the holidays I'll post with (slightly) more frequency, and return to weekend updates in late January/February.

>>134513
awesome to hear! I'm always excited for the next update.

Your updates are always big and filled with new twists, so I'm excited to see them whenever they happen.

You're doing great!

AAHHHHH WHEN DO WE GET DANE BACK AAAHHHHHHHHHHHH

BAN 2020/12/23(Wed)18:37 No. 134563 ID: dba489
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>>134525
I appreciate your zeal for her, haha. Almost there!!

I've recently gotten a pack of brush pens, I'm pretty excited to start lightly experimenting with them on posts. The greyscale ones will probably see the most use, they'll definitely be helpful for shading certain things and extras. Not looking forward to when they inevitably dry up, though...

>>134563
I look forward to seeing your use with greyscale in your art style.

...look I know that was a very dry sentence but it's true I'm looking forward to it.

BAN 2021/01/12(Tue)07:58 No. 134718 ID: 88966b
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After a few days' worth of packing and travel, I'm back in the city! I think I'll have another week or two of increased output before work catches up to me, and then we'll be back into our weekend groove.

BAN 2021/01/19(Tue)16:26 No. 134740 ID: e30795
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My job's started curbstomping me a little faster than I anticipated... In the interest of self-preservation, I'll go ahead and make the switch back to mainly weekend posts. I feel a little blue-balled, hopefully I'll have a chance to post more frequently for longer over the summer.

Speaking of, BAN BAN's not that far from turning a year old, haha. I feel like I should thank everyone who's been sticking with it so far, it's always fun to see familiar "faces" among the post IDs.

Happy BANiversary.
This quest has been a pleasant surprise, and has been way better and more exciting than I thought it was going to be.

I made the first post, but you kept me making more.

Nom d'un chien! Sorry about work getting tougher. Not surprising, though, considering the last couple months.

Thank you so much for a year worth of adventure. You put a lot of effort and it shows!
[/spoiler]Also, it's always nice to see a quest that doesn't devolve into smut.[spoiler]

BAN 2021/02/14(Sun)23:34 No. 134844 ID: 88966b
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Happy Valentine's Day, mates!! If you don't have a significant other, take a page out of BAN's playbook and just use the holiday as an excuse to score some brownie points in the workplace...

Awww. Tsundere + Space Cadet is a winning recipe (for trouble)