
Last thing I remember, I was —Hotel California, The Eagles |
Spiritual Sequel to the famed Ruby Quest, drawn/written by the same author, Weaver. Nan Quest is the story of Nan, a goat. Links to the threads can be found here. [dead link]
Nan has the ability to hum showtunes. She is a repairwoman, and today she is doing some jobs. One in an arcade, and one in a hotel.
In the arcade, she fixes a fusebox, gets a check for her services, and some free pizza from the owner.
She then bikes off to the hotel with her pizza, where she is to fix a broken outlet. In the hotel... Well..
Now has a character sheet that Needs More Love.
- Above Good and Evil: Santiago embraces this so much that some readers suspect he is trying to assure himself of this.
- Aerith and Bob: Nan is apparently the only one around with an animal-oriented name, while most everyone else has Spanish or English oriented ones. (depending on what time they entered the hotel)
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- Anyone Can Die
- Apocalyptic Log: The journal of Father Velaico.
- Arc Number: 466
- The Atoner: 's done something terrible. Anna seems to feel she has too, and thinks that maybe so has everyone else, they just don't remember.
- Catch Phrase: Sort of:
- Character Title
- The Corruption: It appears that is very infected with it, .
- Continuity Nod: "God is not present here"
- Creepy Cathedral:
- Darkness Equals Death
- Dark Is Evil: And how.
- : writes and performs a titular one for Anna.
- Door to Before:
- Eldritch Location
- Expy: Nan to Ruby and Santiago to Red, probably.
- Eye Scream: There is something wrong with 's eyes.
- Five-Man Band
- Nan — The Hero
- Henry — The Lancer
- Anna — The Smart Girl
- Anderson — The Big Guy
- Kim — The Chick
- Pablo — The Sixth Ranger
- Flash Back: First, to what looks like Anna in an elevator shaft she worked on in the past and second, to 1828, at the Spanish mission before the hotel existed.
- Freak-Out: 'Nan freaks the fuck out.'
- Future Me Scares Me: Averted. Nan's future self is exactly the same as her, only wearing a cloth around her mouth, and Lorenzo has not met The Pilgrim.
- Epic Fail Gameplay Derailment: The return of "NotWeaver"!
- Groin Attack: By Nan to . Ineffective, though.
- Gross Up Close-Up/ Squick/ :
- Infernal Retaliation:
- Kill It with Fire:
- Known Only By Their Nickname: Most of the "Uninvited Things".
- Let's Split Up, Gang!: The group splits into groups of two.
- Light Is Not Good: According to Santiago;
"If you insist on bringing light to the darkness, realize you won't always like what you find |
- Madness Mantra:
- "for the love of god"
- "into the fire into the fire into the fire into the fire into the fire "
- Mature Animal Story
- Meaningful Background Event: After Nan fixes the fuse box at the arcade, .
- Meaningful Echo:
- "You can't help anyone."
- "Some things are better left in the dark."
- Memento MacGuffin: That cross pendant is important somehow.
- Mirror Monster:
- Mythology Gag: Early on, the adventure narration casually mentions that "It's another fine day here in the Glen." Fans of Ruby Quest freaked out just as Nan walked outside and revealed... that she lives in Cedar Glen Apartments.
- Petting Zoo People: Of the Furry Denial variation.
- Psychological Horror
- Room Full of Crazy/ Mad Artist: There is a room full of stretched canvases covered in what looks like blood .
- Sinister Minister:
- Shout-Out: One of the monsters from early in the game looks an awful lot like Stitches mutated form.
- Slasher Smile: Santiago. Constantly.
- Also, Henry's "mirror face".
- Survival Horror
- Suspiciously Apropos Music:
- Hotel California serves Nan Quest as The Metal Glen served Ruby Quest.
- It bears mention that the author denies it, though claiming some inspiration.
- Also, a player suggesting that the song Santiago was probably "Cohen's Masterpiece"
- Hotel California serves Nan Quest as The Metal Glen served Ruby Quest.
- : Alternatively 2009, 2016, 1912, 1936, 1946 1966, 1986 and 1828. All at once.
- You All Meet in An Inn