Author Topic: Jojo's Bizarre Grail War Part 3: A Z-Machine Adventure  (Read 224961 times)

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Re: Jojo's Bizarre Grail War Part 3: A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #180 on: March 05, 2018, 11:26:04 PM »
> Finish up our meals and get ready to go.
> "Thanks, Sister. It was good meeting you. We'll talk again."
> "...Hopefully. I am in a seven-way deathmatch."
> Be sure to grab her card and head on out.

>You finish your meal in reasonably comfortable silence. It was good, but you'll definitely want to be either treated or rob someone else before coming again.
>"Eight way, it sounds like," says Sister Gibson. "Though, I guess it's six way now."
>You obtain: Sister Gibson's Contact Card.
>You depart!

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Re: Jojo's Bizarre Grail War Part 3: A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #181 on: March 05, 2018, 11:43:58 PM »
> "Okay, Archer. Let's go find ourselves a campsite."

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« Reply #182 on: March 05, 2018, 11:49:52 PM »
> "Okay, Archer. Let's go find ourselves a campsite."

>Archer nods. "Since we have a map in your phone, I'd suggest pouring over that to find a place that you'd like. No point in just randomly wandering around."

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« Reply #183 on: March 06, 2018, 12:04:16 AM »
> "Maybe I can find an actual campground so we don't have to worry about being caught..."
> Poke through our phone as we get back to our car.
> Redden State Forest looks appealing, and apparently has free camping, but requires a reservation...
> Call up the number and see if a campsite is available!

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« Reply #184 on: March 06, 2018, 12:35:16 AM »
> "Maybe I can find an actual campground so we don't have to worry about being caught..."
> Poke through our phone as we get back to our car.
> Redden State Forest looks appealing, and apparently has free camping, but requires a reservation...
> Call up the number and see if a campsite is available!

>"Actual campground?" Archer says. "Are there fake ones now?"
>You call up and...oh heavens no, they are packed to the gills. It's the main vacation season!

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« Reply #185 on: March 06, 2018, 12:52:42 AM »
> "Crap."
> "Ah, by 'real' I mean 'legal'. But it's vacation season, so those are all full."
> Examine the area with satellite view...
> "It's not that big a forest, and it's completely flat...I don't know how well we can hide there...but all the other national parks are wetlands...this sucks."
> "It's our best bet without going out of state, so let's go scope it out and see if we can find a road passing by it without much traffic."

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« Reply #186 on: March 06, 2018, 01:28:41 AM »
> "Crap."
> "Ah, by 'real' I mean 'legal'. But it's vacation season, so those are all full."
> Examine the area with satellite view...
> "It's not that big a forest, and it's completely flat...I don't know how well we can hide there...but all the other national parks are wetlands...this sucks."
> "It's our best bet without going out of state, so let's go scope it out and see if we can find a road passing by it without much traffic."

>"Show me?" Archer says, leaning over.

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« Reply #187 on: March 06, 2018, 02:13:04 AM »
> "Oh, sure."
> Show her the satellite view of the forest.
> "It shows a lot of bare trees, but these pictures were probably taken in winter."

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« Reply #188 on: March 06, 2018, 03:02:30 AM »
> "Oh, sure."
> Show her the satellite view of the forest.
> "It shows a lot of bare trees, but these pictures were probably taken in winter."

>"Where is this?" she says, frowning.

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« Reply #189 on: March 06, 2018, 04:41:55 AM »
> "This is Redden State Forest. It's less than an hour west of here."

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« Reply #190 on: March 06, 2018, 04:48:44 AM »
> "This is Redden State Forest. It's less than an hour west of here."

>"By foot or by car?" says Archer.

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« Reply #191 on: March 06, 2018, 05:00:45 AM »
> "Car. Why?"

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« Reply #192 on: March 06, 2018, 06:13:23 AM »
> "Car. Why?"

>"Then it's not really an hour away, is it?" says Archer. "Especially once we start getting into more battles. I don't think we're going to be able to fight a magus in that car, anyways. It's too easy to break, and then we're in trouble."

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Re: Jojo's Bizarre Grail War Part 3: A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #193 on: March 06, 2018, 06:14:36 AM »
> "You think we should stay close to the Grail, then?"

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« Reply #194 on: March 06, 2018, 07:10:38 AM »
> "You think we should stay close to the Grail, then?"

>"I think we need to learn to get used to walking around, especially at night." says Archer. "If a servant catches us driving, it could be exploited. Lancer said something about Berserker damaging their truck badly, you might remember."

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« Reply #195 on: March 06, 2018, 04:48:09 PM »
> "Okay, I get what you're saying. It won't be easy to find a place to squat in town, though."
> Scroll our satellite view back over to Rehoboth and look around.
> The nearest area with any decent amount of trees is Cape Henlopen State Park.
> Show Archer. "How about here? Looks like it's about two hours' walk up the beach from here."

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« Reply #196 on: March 07, 2018, 01:26:28 AM »
> "Okay, I get what you're saying. It won't be easy to find a place to squat in town, though."
> Scroll our satellite view back over to Rehoboth and look around.
> The nearest area with any decent amount of trees is Cape Henlopen State Park.
> Show Archer. "How about here? Looks like it's about two hours' walk up the beach from here."

>"That sounds okay," says Archer. "It's not like we can never drive, but it'd be good not to depend on it for this."

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« Reply #197 on: March 07, 2018, 02:50:19 AM »
> "No, I understand. I'd really rather not get a sword through my windshield, or whatever."
> Remember to pick up some ice for our cooler!
> Then take a little drive up north and see if we can find a secluded spot to enter the woods.

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« Reply #198 on: March 07, 2018, 03:31:19 AM »
> "No, I understand. I'd really rather not get a sword through my windshield, or whatever."
> Remember to pick up some ice for our cooler!
> Then take a little drive up north and see if we can find a secluded spot to enter the woods.

>You make your way back to the car. There are ice cabinets all over the place, you do not need to go out of your way or spend more than a dollar to get a bag of ice.
>Heading back up the road, you make your way toward Lewes Beach and the Cape Henlopen State Park area. It doesn't take very long. Toward the north, you can see a fair bit of build-up along the bay, a small suburb and some box stores. To the south is a fairly untouched-looking forest. Driving around a little, it may be hard to find any parking near the park itself, at least not parking that might draw attention from park rangers, but outside of the park is also fairly forested and some parts are quite close to the suburbs, and in particular stores with huge parking lots.

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« Reply #199 on: March 07, 2018, 04:35:40 AM »
> Try to narrow down a forested spot outside the park, then, as it is less horrendously illegal and less likely to be searched.

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« Reply #200 on: March 07, 2018, 06:01:46 AM »
> Try to narrow down a forested spot outside the park, then, as it is less horrendously illegal and less likely to be searched.

>You find a decent-enough looking spot near a boardwalk complex, across some defunct train tracks. Handily enough, said complex has a pretty sizable parking lot with places for semis to idle. You doubt you'll get much notice there. It's not too far from the park, and almost certainly contiguous with it, but there's according to your map it is not within the park's boundaries. This is about as good as you could hope for around here, you think.

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« Reply #201 on: March 07, 2018, 02:42:27 PM »
> Excellent! Park the car and start unloading while nobody's looking.
> Try to make sure it's a spot where nobody will see a campfire, so we can actually cook some stuff.

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« Reply #202 on: March 07, 2018, 09:42:07 PM »
> Excellent! Park the car and start unloading while nobody's looking.
> Try to make sure it's a spot where nobody will see a campfire, so we can actually cook some stuff.

>You are able to stealthily grab your stuff, or at least you think you were stealthy about it, and head across the train tracks.
>The woods here are not exactly dense. You think that you're going to have a hard time hiding a fire on your own. Thankfully, the ground isn't marshy despite its proximity to the ocean, the drainage here is probably pretty good, though you hope the rain that's been threatening all day doesn't come. Archer glances around as the two of you move deeper in, and she doesn't seem unsatisfied.

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« Reply #203 on: March 07, 2018, 10:01:05 PM »
> "Archer, any idea how we could hide a campfire out here?"

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« Reply #204 on: March 07, 2018, 10:24:41 PM »
> "Archer, any idea how we could hide a campfire out here?"

>"If we're far enough back, smoke shouldn't be a problem as long as we find some good wood," says Archer. "And we can just block the light off by putting up a dirt wall."

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« Reply #205 on: March 07, 2018, 11:18:23 PM »
> "I can do walls."
> Find a spot far back enough, as Archer suggests, and set down the gear.
> "Okay, this should do it."
> Take another whack at setting up the tent.

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« Reply #206 on: March 08, 2018, 12:14:44 AM »
> "I can do walls."
> Find a spot far back enough, as Archer suggests, and set down the gear.
> "Okay, this should do it."
> Take another whack at setting up the tent.

>"I'd rather dig one up myself," says Archer, as you find a nice spot where the trees aren't dense, but there's a nice canopy overhead.
>You think you do a little better setting up your tent, but you don't get terribly far before Archer decides to just step in and do it for you.

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« Reply #207 on: March 08, 2018, 01:45:26 AM »
> "I-I'll just...work on some reagents..."
> Pull out the stones we gathered earlier and start making some more Walls.

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« Reply #208 on: March 08, 2018, 02:05:32 AM »
> "I-I'll just...work on some reagents..."
> Pull out the stones we gathered earlier and start making some more Walls.

>"Heh, don't worry about it," says Archer, as she starts to dig into the earth with her hands, and then then a sizable rock she finds under the soil. You set to preparing the stones you found, and a spend a good hour or so on it. As you do, Archer excavates a decently-sized hole near the tent and shapes the dirt into a half-circle wall. You think you can see what she's going for, the pit can be used for the fire to keep it lower, while the dirt should shield it from the road. As a bonus, you could probably kick the dirt back into the hole to quickly extinguish the fire. She certainly seems in a more chipper mood, as well.
>You obtain: Prepared stones x 10

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Re: Jojo's Bizarre Grail War Part 3: A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #209 on: March 08, 2018, 02:45:21 AM »
> "This is pretty cool, Archer. We can roast some hot dogs for dinner!"