Patchy Quest Again: A Z-Machine Adventure

[theshirn]

>Yuka brings the umbrella down with a slashing motion, and more rays of light radiate from her. The fall to the left and right of you, effectively pinning you into a small area, as more blossoms swirl around her and fly in your direction.

> Stream to the left.  Slowly.

[E-Nazrin]

>Oh, so she's stuck with normals, is she?
>try fanning them aside, if that works
>close the distance if you get the opportunity in order to deliver a coup de grace with the Sandvich

[Hello Purvis]

> Stream to the left.  Slowly.

>You've seen this trick before, and know well how to deal with it. The swirling blossoms are problematic, but nothing you cannot handle.

>Oh, so she's stuck with normals, is she?
>try fanning them aside, if that works
>close the distance if you get the opportunity in order to deliver a coup de grace with the Sandvich

>Fanning them aside does not work, but she does have to duck under a random butterfly that you conjure.
>You get closer, and the cloud of blossoms becomes harder to dodge. You are not sure if you can throw the Half of a Grilled Lamprey Sandwich effectively or not.

>_

[Serela]

>Can you hit her with Silent Selene at this distance? If so, do it. Oh, or even better, use Lava Cromlech if possible.

[Hello Purvis]

>Can you hit her with Silent Selene at this distance? If so, do it.

>You draw out Silent Silene.
>Suddenly the beams vanish and Yuka's danmaku stops as she says cries: "Master Spark!"

>_

[Serela]

>Can you hit her with Silent Selene before she blasts you? If not, or if unsure, GET THE HELL OUT OF THE WAY

[E-Nazrin]

>Dive outta the way!
>violence upon any ambushing flowers

[Hello Purvis]

>Can you hit her with Silent Selene before she blasts you? If not, or if unsure, GET THE HELL OUT OF THE WAY

>You aren't sure.

>Dive outta the way!
>violence upon any ambushing flowers

>You dive aside.  A terrible burning pain in your side tells you that you were too close to have dodged effectively, as Royal Flare is broken. Thankfully, you land on a path.
>You current condition is: Fairly Lousy. Breathing hard.

>_

[Janitor Morgan]

> Do we still have the Commemorative Stein?
> Get back up and declare Silent Selene, while wondering whether calling Shizuha for backup would be wise

[Serela]

>Try to quickly use Silent Selene on Yuka while she is still using/recovering from using Master Spark, or something. Damn, we've gone through about 2/3 of our spell cards haven't we?
>List remaining spellcards

[Hello Purvis]

> Do we still have the Commemorative Stein?
> Get back up and declare Silent Selene, while wondering whether calling Shizuha for backup would be wise

>You still have the Commemorative Stein.
>You get to your feet and declare Moon Sign: Silent Selene! Being close to you, Yuka cannot dodge away from the beams easily and takes one to the shoulder, crying out. Getting a closer look, she's actually not looking so hot, herself.

>Try to quickly use Silent Selene on Yuka while she is still using/recovering from using Master Spark, or something. Damn, we've gone through about 2/3 of our spell cards haven't we?
>List remaining spellcards

>Metal Sign: Metal Fatigue
>Earth Sign: Rage Trilithon
>Earth Sign: Rage Trilithon High Level
>Earth Sign: Trilithon Shake
>Metal Sign: Silver Dragon
>Wood and Water Sign: Water Elf
>"You're better than I thought!" says Yuka, as she recovers herself and ducks between the beams. Then she brings her fingers to her lips and gives a loud whistle.
>You become aware of a fair deal of heat behind you.

>_

[Serela]

>Wave the Butterfly Fan at Yuka as you look behind you. Get ready to dodge, especially if the sun is about to tackle you or something.

[Hello Purvis]

>Wave the Butterfly Fan at Yuka as you look behind you. Get ready to dodge, especially if the sun is about to tackle you or something.

>You wave the fan at Yuka, as she hits the dirt. The butterflies soar over her head.
>Looking behind you, you see that the Sun is indeed flying toward you! In particularly, it does not look happy at the beams from Silent Selene that it is plowing through. You've never had something about the size of Scarlet Devil Mansion flying at you before.

>_

[E-Nazrin]

>dive down alongside Yuuka and punch her in the ribs

[theshirn]

> Move to tackle Yuka.  It's not like she's going to let the sun hit her...right?

[Hello Purvis]

> Move to tackle Yuka.  It's not like she's going to let the sun hit her...right?

>You dive beside Yuka and jam a fist into her ribs. She retaliates by swinging her fist around and slamming it into your head with enough force to dizzy you and break Silent Selene.

> Move to tackle Yuka.  It's not like she's going to let the sun hit her...right?

>You are too dazed to try anything like that right now. You do feel the Sun pass over you with a low roaring noise.

>_

[Fightest]

> Sissyfight with Yuka.
> If unsuccessful, grapple as best as possible and point-blank Rage Trilithon.

[Hello Purvis]

> Sissyfight with Yuka.
> If unsuccessful, grapple as best as possible and point-blank Rage Trilithon.

>You don't think Yuka plays like that, if the knot raising up on your head is telling you anything.
>You cannot grapple and use a spell card.

>_

[Fightest]

>You don't think Yuka plays like that, if the knot raising up on your head is telling you anything.
>You cannot grapple and use a spell card.

>_

> Fine, grapple and point-blank Commemorative Stein in the face.
> If unsuccessful, release and point-blank Commemorative Stein in the face, followed by point-blank Rage Trilithon.

[Hello Purvis]

> Fine, grapple and point-blank Commemorative Stein in the face.
> If unsuccessful, release and point-blank Commemorative Stein in the face, followed by point-blank Rage Trilithon.

>You try to grapple Yuka and are easily thrown off; she is quite a bit stronger than you.
>You ready the stein, as Yuka starts getting back to her feet, and slam it into her face. It connects with a dull thud, and dazes her quite handily. From there, it is a simple thing to invoke Rage Trilithon and drop a rock on her to knock her out.
>Looking up, you see the Sun is wheeling about and preparing to make another pass.

>_

[Thata no Guykoro]

>Check inventory.
>if there is a shell, hammer, or object like that, use it to kill the Sun.
>Ponder if Yuka is the Final Boss
> :<

[theshirn]

> Wait a minute, did we just punch out Yuka Kazami?!
> I call friggin' shenanigans on you, parser!

[Fightest]

> if there is a shell, hammer, or object like that, use it to kill the Sun.

> Don't kill the Sun, we need its light to read by!
> Yell at the Sun.
> "Calm down!"
> Drop prone as it makes its pass.

> Wait a minute, did we just punch out Yuka Kazami?!
> I call friggin' shenanigans on you, parser!

> Of course we did, nothing solves a problem like a beer stein to the face.

[Hello Purvis]

>Check inventory.
>if there is a shell, hammer, or object like that, use it to kill the Sun.
>Ponder if Yuka is the Final Boss
> :<

>Your Inventory contains:
>Suspiciously Sleepwear-Like Witch Gown (worn as clothes)
>Witch Cap (Worn as Hat)
>Metal Sign: Metal Fatigue
>List of Anti-Humidity Spell components.
>Ballpoint Pen
>Pad of Paper
>Earth Sign: Rage Trilithon (Used)
>Fire & Earth Sign: Lava Cromlech (used)
>Blessing of the Great Destructor
>Fire Sign: Agni Shine (Used)
>Fire Sign: Agni Shine High Level (used)
>Wood Sign: Sylphae Horn High Level (used)
>Earth Sign: Rage Trilithon High Level
>Earth Sign: Trilithon Shake
>Metal Sign: Silver Dragon
>Wood and Fire Sign: Forest Blaze (used)
>Wood and Water Sign: Water Elf
>Earth and Metal Sign: Emerald Megalith (used)
>Moon Sign: Silent Selene (used)
>Lucky Coin
>Banson's Aria
>AOL Disk with a Cardboard Sleeve
>Ladle
>Floating Trumpet
>Half of a Grilled Lamprey Sandwich
>Tiger Cub Pin (wore as accessory)
>Ran's Cap
>Explosion Sign: Mega Flare (Used)
>Sparkling Prism
>Electric Train Set
>Wheel
>Shoddy Drawing
>Ruined Hat
>Doughnut
>Box
>Butterfly Fan
>Box of Legos
>Rusty Piece of Rebar.
>Book Entitled: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
>Commemorative Stein
>Sun Sign: Mega Flare (used)
>Sun Sign: Royal Flare (used)
>Essence of Bamboo Flower
>Pair of Black Glasses (Worn as Accessory)
>You do not have a shell or a hammer. You do remember that Rinnosuke had a turtle shell for sale. Ah well.
>Do you think I would tell you something like that?

> Wait a minute, did we just punch out Yuka Kazami?!
> I call friggin' shenanigans on you, parser!

>What have I done to deserve such an insult? You clearly dizzied her with a heavy stein to the face, then defeated her with a spellcard.

> if there is a shell, hammer, or object like that, use it to kill the Sun.

> Don't kill the Sun, we need its light to read by!
> Yell at the Sun.
> "Calm down!"
> Drop prone as it makes its pass.
> Of course we did, nothing solves a problem like a beer stein to the face.

>You have sacrificed more candles than you can reasonably be expected to count to your reading.
>You yell at the Sun, but it seems too furious to care.
>You drop prone again, and thankfully it passes overhead.
>Do not oversimplify your elegant solution.
>Rage Trilithon is still raining down some boulders, though it's not really a danger to you, there are other things you may wish to avoid hitting.

>_

[Fightest]

> Oh yeah, our rocket. Stop Rage Trilithon.
> Keep yelling and keep ducking.
> "We can talk this out, you know!"

[Hello Purvis]

> Oh yeah, our rocket. Stop Rage Trilithon.
> Keep yelling and keep ducking.
> "We can talk this out, you know!"

>You cut the card's effects short; you should be able to get a few moments more effect from it in the future.
>You keep low and shout at the Sun as it passes over and starts to turn around again.
>It doesn't seem to be listening; it still looks rather angry.

>_

[Fightest]

> Wonder which one of us will tire out first.
> Wonder why the Sun's so angry.

[Janitor Morgan]

> While on the ground, start working on the communication spell again

[Prody]

>Panic

[Serela]

>Assuming that as long as you stay on the ground, the Sun won't MIMA-BODYSLAM you, work on the communication spell using Ran's Cap until you manage to make it work. I mean, if we can't talk the Sun back to normal, I really think we need Yukari for this  :V