Reisen Quest Still: A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

>Welp. East is back, so Northeast it is!

>You head northeast, following in the wake of the panicking bats. The corridor proceeds in a mostly straight manner for a hundred yards or so, then inclines upwards sharply.
>After a hundred more yards, it begins to widen until it is a few yards across. When you notice another corridor branching from it, it confirms your suspicions that you've returned to the long chamber. Obvious exits are Southwest, Northwest, and Northeast.
>You think you faintly hear something from the northwest. Could it be those bats flying?

> Yell something and see if anything reacts.
> Inventory

>You yell "Something!"
>Your voice echoes up and down the corridor. You are definitely hearing something from the northwest Passage now, and it is most certainly not bat noises.
>Your Inventory contains:
>Dress Suit w/ Stockings (Wore as clothes)
>Cresent Pin (Worn as accessory)
>Wave Sign: Mind Shaker
>Visionary Wave: Mind Blowing
>Lunatic Sign: Visionary Tuning
>Lunatic Gaze: Illusion Seeker
>Loafing Sign: Idling Wave
>Indolence: Mind Stopper
>Spread Sign: Invisible Full Moon
>Lunar Eyes: Tele-Mesmerism
>Pair of Tinted Glasses
>Beautiful Seashell
>Dark Blue Backpack
>Faerie Ribbon
>Bottle of Wind
>625☼
>1/60 Scale Valsione Model
>Red Gem
>Silver Medal (Worn as accessory)
>Candid Friend
>Potion of Object Detection
>Opal Brooch
>Blue Gem
>Map of Western Underground.

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[Chronojet ⚙ Dragon]

> Go northwest carefully.
> Have Spell Cards ready.

[Hello Purvis]

> Go northwest carefully.
> Have Spell Cards ready.

>You start to head down the northwest corridor, as you make certain your spellcards are in an easily accessible pocket.
>You can hear something that sounds very large up ahead, you are fairly certain it is coming down the corridor.

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[Thaws]

>Hide behind something and observe.

>Prepare to ambush.

[Hello Purvis]

>Hide behind something and observe.

>Prepare to ambush.

>There is nothing suitable to hide behind in this corridor, or in the long chamber. At best, you could try to leave the corridor the way you came, and hide around the corner. You don't know if that would be safe.


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[Kasu]

> Examine spell cards.
> Remember to try using the gems to power up our spell cards.
> Press on cautiously.

[UncertainJakutten]

>Check Inventory

[Hello Purvis]

> Examine spell cards.
> Remember to try using the gems to power up our spell cards.
> Press on cautiously.

>Check Inventory

>Having just checked your inventory recently, it is all still in your memory and you need not check it physically. As well, you are intimately aware of what your spellcards do.
>Your Inventory contains:
>Dress Suit w/ Stockings (Wore as clothes)
>Cresent Pin (Worn as accessory)
>Wave Sign: Mind Shaker
>Visionary Wave: Mind Blowing
>Lunatic Sign: Visionary Tuning
>Lunatic Gaze: Illusion Seeker
>Loafing Sign: Idling Wave
>Indolence: Mind Stopper
>Spread Sign: Invisible Full Moon
>Lunar Eyes: Tele-Mesmerism
>Pair of Tinted Glasses
>Beautiful Seashell
>Dark Blue Backpack
>Faerie Ribbon
>Bottle of Wind
>625☼
>1/60 Scale Valsione Model
>Red Gem
>Silver Medal (Worn as accessory)
>Candid Friend
>Potion of Object Detection
>Opal Brooch
>Blue Gem
>Map of Western Underground.
>Your Spellcards are:
>Wave Sign: Mind Shaker
>A spellcard where you use your abilities to make twin pattern of bullets seem to go in directions they are not.
>Visionary Wave: Mind Blowing
>A more dense pattern following the same principle as Wave Sign: Mind Shaker. Reality will be terribly distorted to the victim.
>Lunatic Sign: Visionary Tuning
>You disalign the wavelengths of a complex maze of bullets to try and trick your opponent into moving recklessly.
>Lunatic Gaze: Illusion Seeker
>Much like Lunatic Sign: Visionary Tuning, with a more aggressive pattern. It takes all of your concentration to use this well.
>Loafing Sign: Idling Wave
>This attack surrounds your target with bullets, and distorts them, forcing them to make fast decisions to avoid being caught in the middle.
>Indolence: Mind Stopper
>It takes a lot of concentration to correctly apply this card and keep up the stream of bullets.
>Spread Sign: Invisible Full Moon
>Overlapping dense circular patterns of bullets, and alternating their wavelengths to force the victim to see one or other. It is simple, yet highly effective against the unwary.
>Lunar Eyes: Tele-Mesmerism
>This is your ultimate attack, hitting an opponent with two huge waves of bullets, then shifting them as much as you can. It will leave you with a nasty headache and blurred vision.
>You are certain you can employ the gems on your spellcards as you use them; either one or both at the same time.
>You press onward, and hear the noises coming closer. It is a kind of scrabbling sound, you can't quite put your finger on what it is, but it sounds like it is coming from something fairly large.

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[UncertainJakutten]

Lovely, other voices. We have no melee weapons. It's a shame we didn't know about the gems BEFORE we traded the sword. Course, we wouldn't have the blue one now.

[Kasu]

> Ready Loafing Sign: Idling Wave.
> Keep going.
> Keep being cautious.

[Hello Purvis]

> Ready Loafing Sign: Idling Wave.
> Keep going.
> Keep being cautious.

>You ready Loafing Sign: Idling Waving and press onwards.
>You can see motion up ahead, at the very edge of your light. It is...something clinging to the ceiling, something very large with many legs. There seem to be...things hanging from its back? It's coming toward you quickly!

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[Chronojet ⚙ Dragon]

> Quickly cast Loafing Sign.

[Hello Purvis]

> Quickly cast Loafing Sign.

>You declare your spellcard. You can feel the gems resonating with you as you do. You could draw upon either of them, or both.

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[UncertainJakutten]

The first hit is the most important

>Draw on both, kick it's ass!

[UncertainJakutten]

>Further, attempt to call the third if it's around here to aid your power

[Hello Purvis]

The first hit is the most important

>Draw on both, kick it's ass!

>You draw upon both of the gems, and feel power flow from them into. Familiars fly from your hands, more than you've even been able to call upon for this card before, and soar to the edges of the corridor.
>The thing dashes toward you as bullets start to fill the air. It looks like a huge centipede, dark reddish brown in color and larger than your can comfortably estimate. Huge mandibles extend from a head that lacks eyes, while numerous chitinous cilia waggle frantically on its back.
>Bullets start to rain upon its carapace, but it does not seem particularly bothered by them. Light distorts and you see afterimages of the bullets shifting around, but the creature does not seem to notice, having no eyes to perceive the light with. Then beams of light fire from the familiars, leaving tracks of flames littering the air. The beams sear the monster's carapace, causing it to squeal and stop it charge for a moment. If it gets much closer to you, you may be in trouble. Unfortunately, maintaining the spellcard is diverting most of your focus right now.

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[Serela]

>If we can, stop using the Blue Gem in this spellcard, and concentrate on adding fire to it with the Red Gem.

[Hello Purvis]

>If we can, stop using the Blue Gem in this spellcard, and concentrate on adding fire to it with the Red Gem.

>You draw off the Blue Gem's power. The red gem does not add any more power to it, but it shifts its actions to compensate, firing gouts of flame from the familiars. They are not very long-ranged, unfortunately, and cannot reach where the monster, the Oni Eater, is. But it does seem to be aware of them, and holds back its charge. Instead, it clings tightly to the ceiling, laying down and letting many of the bullets pass over it. Others smack into its carapace, and seem to have no effect. A couple do hit the gaps in its armor, and you see it twitch in response.
>You can get a better look at the thing now that it's stopped moving. It is at least thirty feet long, with a segmented body that has two thick legs emerging from each segment. Its mandibles are like immense swords; you swear that they are secreting some kind of liquid. The hundreds of cilia along its back are waving frantically and some of the longer ones; easily the size of your arm; beginning to glow.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Where's the Fairy Slingshot when we need it?
> Fire more bullets, aimed for the gaps in the armor as well as we can aim them.

[Hello Purvis]

> Where's the Fairy Slingshot when we need it?
> Fire more bullets, aimed for the gaps in the armor as well as we can aim them.

>Aiming when you are throwing around this much flak is difficult, just maintaining it is not easy. It's rather the downfall of this spellcard.
>You start to feel something shift around in your pocket, and something else press against your chest uncomfortably.

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[Serela]

>Try to figure out what is in your pocket/chest without stopping the spellcard

[Kilgamayan]

> The pressure against our chest is almost sure to be the silver medal. If we have a hand not occupied by the spellcard, grab for it.

[Hello Purvis]

>Try to figure out what is in your pocket/chest without stopping the spellcard

> The pressure against our chest is almost sure to be the silver medal. If we have a hand not occupied by the spellcard, grab for it.

>You glance down, and see that your Crescent Pin seems to be pushing against you with considerable force. You think that the thing shifting in your pocket is the pouch of coins that Eirin gave you. Your pin, in particular, is pushing against you hard enough that it's becoming hard not to step back from the pressure.
>The Oni Eater's cilia are waving more rapidly now. The sight makes you a little happy you've turned down those lunch offers.
>You grab your Cresent Pin with your free hand.

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[Serela]

>Could the Oni Eater be using some kind of magic to manipulate the material the pin/coins are made of?

[UncertainJakutten]

>Oh God is this ripple energy?

[Hello Purvis]

>Could the Oni Eater be using some kind of magic to manipulate the material the pin/coins are made of?

>You don't know and have no real way to be sure right now besides educated guessing, but it certainly seems that way.

>Oh God is this ripple energy?

>You have no idea.
>You stagger back from the force of your pin pushing against you.
>Your bag of coins fall from your pocket. You can hear them scooting along the floor.

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[Serela]

>Screw it, just throw the Pin away. It's not worth dying over.

[Hello Purvis]

>Screw it, just throw the Pin away. It's not worth dying over.

>You try to unhook your pin, which is tricky due to the pressure. Then you turn aside, and it goes flying down the corridor like a shot!
>You concentration flags as you do this, and with it the amount of flak you're pumping into the air. The Oni Eater makes a tight turn and skitters down the northwest corridor.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Screw the Fairy Slingshot, where's the Silk Shot when we need it?

[Kilgamayan]

> Also chase after the creature and "aim" for the cilia instead with everything we're firing