(Shiki)Eiki Quest the 3rd - Text Adventure of the Demonic Eye

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Shiki: "Komachi, Suika. Did you find anything?"
>Komachi: "No. You?"
>Shiki: "Only this view."
>Komachi: Look around.
>"It is impressive."
>Shiki: "And you can see the outside world from here, too. I thought that the choice of this location might have something to do with that, might be symbolic in some way. The voice, however, claims that this location was chosen because it's a spacious location that's fairly secluded."
>Komachi: "Ah."
>Pause.
>"Now what?"
>Shiki: "Yukari, did anyone else come here?"

[Blitzer]

>Shiki: "Komachi, Suika. Did you find anything?"
>Komachi: "No. You?"
>Shiki: "Only this view."
>Komachi: Look around.

>You see a vast area. It's filled with forests and mountains, and you can see the horizon from here.

>"It is impressive."
>Shiki: "And you can see the outside world from here, too. I thought that the choice of this location might have something to do with that, might be symbolic in some way. The voice, however, claims that this location was chosen because it's a spacious location that's fairly secluded."
>Komachi: "Ah."
>Pause.
>"Now what?"
>Shiki: "Yukari, did anyone else come here?"

>"Reimu did."

[Blitzer]

>Bump.

Maybe I ought to just move on to the next one...
"Yeah, maybe."

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Reimu: Fly up to the top of the mountain. When we see Shiki, approach her.
>Shiki: "Ah, Reimu. Hello."
>Reimu: "Find anything?"
>Shiki: "Only the view."
>Reimu: Sigh.
>"Great. Are we just waiting here the whole time, then? 'Cause I'd rather not."
>Shiki: "If we knew where the platform was coming from, Komachi could shorten the distance it has to travel."

[Blitzer]

>Reimu: Fly up to the top of the mountain. When we see Shiki, approach her.
>Shiki: "Ah, Reimu. Hello."
>Reimu: "Find anything?"
>Shiki: "Only the view."
>Reimu: Sigh.
>"Great. Are we just waiting here the whole time, then? 'Cause I'd rather not."
>Shiki: "If we knew where the platform was coming from, Komachi could shorten the distance it has to travel."

>Reimu says "Maybe you could fly up a bit to see that?"

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Shiki: "Perhaps. Komachi."
>Komachi: Fly up and look around, using the distance trick so we can see farther. Can we see anything?

[Blitzer]

>Shiki: "Perhaps. Komachi."
>Komachi: Fly up and look around, using the distance trick so we can see farther. Can we see anything?

>You see an abnormally bright light, so you go up and look at that. It looks like something falling slowly and...on fire?

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Komachi: "That's... distinctive."
>Shorten distance to get it here quickly, but be ready to expand distance if it gets too close to the mountain and doesn't stop falling.

[Blitzer]

>Komachi: "That's... distinctive."
>Shorten distance to get it here quickly, but be ready to expand distance if it gets too close to the mountain and doesn't stop falling.

>You shorten the distance between you and it to get it here quickly. It turns out to be pretty far away, and there's a limit to how short you can manipulate distances (that I didn't tell you about because I'm a jerk parser (no, kidding)) so even at the speed it's going and the distance shortening, it's going to take a while. Maybe 20 minutes or so. You really dunno.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Komachi: Do what we can.
>"Yukari, if you're listening, tell the boss that it'll still take about twenty minutes for the thing to arrive. I do have my limits, you know."

[Blitzer]

>Komachi: Do what we can.
>"Yukari, if you're listening, tell the boss that it'll still take about twenty minutes for the thing to arrive. I do have my limits, you know."

>"Indeed."
>As Eiki, you hear Yukari say "Komachi has shortened the distance between the platform and here, but she says it's still going to take 20 minutes to get here."

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Shiki: "I see."
>Hmm...
>"The voice said that part of the problem is moving the platform through the atmosphere. If this is true, then it follows that if the air in its path were thinner, it could move faster. Suika, do you think you could thin the air along its course temporarily?"
>Suika: "Yeah, sure."
>Fly up to join Komachi.
>"Point me towards it, Komachi. I think I can speed it up."
>Komachi Direct her appropriately, and manipulate distance in front of her eyes so she can see it clearly.
>Suika: "Hey, thanks!"
>Decrease the density of the air ahead of the platform.

[Blitzer]

>Shiki: "I see."
>Hmm...
>"The voice said that part of the problem is moving the platform through the atmosphere. If this is true, then it follows that if the air in its path were thinner, it could move faster. Suika, do you think you could thin the air along its course temporarily?"

>"Wha? The air in the-"

>Suika: "Yeah, sure."
>Fly up to join Komachi.
>"Point me towards it, Komachi. I think I can speed it up."

>Komachi Direct her appropriately, and manipulate distance in front of her eyes so she can see it clearly.

>You use your abilities to allow her to see the platform.

>Suika: "Hey, thanks!"
>Decrease the density of the air ahead of the platform.

>You attempt this action. It's easy enough, but it isn't very dense in the first place.
>"-atmosphere is already very thin and its not as if air resistance is the problem here."
>Reimu grumbles. "Ugh, it's as if it's coming down slowly on purpose."

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Shiki: "The voice is now claiming that air resistance isn't the problem."
>Reimu: "Yeah, like it's really going to tell you why it's actually going slower."
>Shiki: "I'm aware."
>Fly up to Komachi.
>"Help me see it, please, Komachi."
>Komachi: Do so.
>Shiki: How much further up could we go and still be able to breathe? And based on the platform's current speed of travel, about how much time would that save us?

[Blitzer]

>Shiki: "The voice is now claiming that air resistance isn't the problem."
>Reimu: "Yeah, like it's really going to tell you why it's actually going slower."
>Shiki: "I'm aware."
>Fly up to Komachi.
>"Help me see it, please, Komachi."
>Komachi: Do so.
>Shiki: How much further up could we go and still be able to breathe? And based on the platform's current speed of travel, about how much time would that save us?

>You could go quite far while still being able to breathe, but you don't think the platform is in breathable territory yet. It would save you plenty of time, though.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Shiki: "Yukari, bring everyone here. We're going to fly up to meet the platform as it approaches. We won't be able to reach its current position and still be able to breathe, but we can get high enough that it should not take long for the platform to reach us."
>Other party members: When Yukari tells us this and her gaps form, enter them.

[Blitzer]

>Shiki: "Yukari, bring everyone here. We're going to fly up to meet the platform as it approaches. We won't be able to reach its current position and still be able to breathe, but we can get high enough that it should not take long for the platform to reach us."
>Other party members: When Yukari tells us this and her gaps form, enter them.

>Yukari says "It's amusing that I have nothing to snark about about this whole process. Hm, now who's not on the mountain..."
>As Yuyuko, you see a gap open up and hear Yukari says "You should come to the mountain now."
>Rikako says "Do I have to come?"
>"...Probably not."
>"I suppose I should leave, then?"
>"If you wish."
>At that, Rikako starts for the exit to the library.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Yuyuko: Enter the gap!
>Fly up to Shiki and the others.
>"Hi!"
>Shiki: "Yuyuko. That just leaves Utsuho, I believe. Yukari, provide her with a gap, please.
>Utsuho: Enter the gap when it appears and join the others.
>Shiki: "Yukari, you're coming as well, correct? Do you wish to join us now, or would you prefer to wait?"
>Party: Either way, proceed towards the platform, stopping when it becomes harder to breathe.

[Blitzer]

>Yuyuko: Enter the gap!
>Fly up to Shiki and the others.
>"Hi!"
>Shiki: "Yuyuko. That just leaves Utsuho, I believe. Yukari, provide her with a gap, please.

>"Ah, right."
>As Utsuho, you see a gap open before you.

>Utsuho: Enter the gap when it appears and join the others.
>Shiki: "Yukari, you're coming as well, correct? Do you wish to join us now, or would you prefer to wait?"

>"Surprise, I'm already with you right now."
>You then see Yukari next to you.

>Party: Either way, proceed towards the platform, stopping when it becomes harder to breathe.

>All of you proceed towards the platform.
>As Reimu, you start gasping for breath at more regular intervals. Same goes with pretty much everyone that isn't Eiki, Yukari, or Yuyuko.
>The parser gains the willpower to finish the story, and makes small repairs on the Phyrexian parsing machine.
>"Though I doubt you fixed the glitches."
>Not now, breaking the fourth wall can wait until after the story.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Party: Come to a stop.
>From our current position, how long will thhe platform take to reach us?
>Reimu: Is this as high as we can go without encountering difficulties?

[Blitzer]

>Party: Come to a stop.
>From our current position, how long will thhe platform take to reach us?

>Not long at all...maybe a few minutes. Which, in the air, is kind of boring.

>Reimu: Is this as high as we can go without encountering difficulties?

>Probably.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Reimu: "I don't think I can go any higher."
>Shiki: "Then we'll wait here."
>Reimu: "That's boring."
>Shiki: "True, but it will only be for a few minutes."
>Reimu: "...Fine."
>Party: Wait for the platform to arrive.

[Blitzer]

>Reimu: "I don't think I can go any higher."
>Shiki: "Then we'll wait here."
>Reimu: "That's boring."
>Shiki: "True, but it will only be for a few minutes."
>Reimu: "...Fine."
>Party: Wait for the platform to arrive.

>You all twiddle your thumbs while Reimu grumbles that it isn't even that far away.
>After the platform finally arrives in front of you, you all hear "Urgh, come in."

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Shiki: "Okay, everyone. Remember, if you sense anything happening to your abilities, let everyone know immediately. Komachi, Yukari, that applies double to you, since you're our escape if we need to make a quick exit. If either of you begins losing your abilities, we leave immediately."
>"All right, then. Let's go."
>Party: Go on in.

[Blitzer]

>Shiki: "Okay, everyone. Remember, if you sense anything happening to your abilities, let everyone know immediately. Komachi, Yukari, that applies double to you, since you're our escape if we need to make a quick exit. If either of you begins losing your abilities, we leave immediately."
>"All right, then. Let's go."
>Party: Go on in.

>You all step onto the platform. As you do this, you sense no power loss.
>You see nothing else immediately on the platform.
>"Do you really want to see my true form? It's huge, non-humanoid, and pretty nasty for your eyes."

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Shiki: "Yes, we do."

[Blitzer]

>Shiki: "Yes, we do."

>Ah damn, this is gonna suck to describe.
>Nobody hears the voice say "At least I don't have alien geometries, okay parser?"
>A gigantic pitch-black hole appears. Then thin red and green arms stretch from the edges of the hole. Then a white half-circle appears in the center.
>The bottom of the white half-circle moves up and down...to use crappy and ordinary terms. "Uh...hi." You presume that the "hole" is actually its body and its mouth is that white half-circle.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Komachi: "Woah."
>Reimu: "Okay, just what the hell are you?"

[Blitzer]

>Komachi: "Woah."
>Reimu: "Okay, just what the hell are you?"

>"A being from another planet, why?"

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Reimu: "Okay, so you're from another world. Does it have a name? Does your race have a name? Do you have a name?"