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Title: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 26, 2017, 07:46:27 PM
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>You are Sakuya Izayoi, Accidental Chrononaut!
>After having a normal morning, an explosion at the mansion lead to you having some kind of accident while trying to freeze time and blacking out. You awoke in a strange forest, and after exploring and bickering with some faeries, eventually found a river, and then some fisherwomen. From there, you sent to their town, a little farming hamlet called True Glorian, and after a faux paus on your part, met with their leader, one Sir Kay of the Round Table. Sir Kay handled some of your questions, helping you figure out that you were in someplace still called Gensokyo. Following his advice, you went northward, over a sizable forest, and found an equally sizable town, larger than any you had seen before. From there, you went eastward after inquiring with a local youkai and found the Hakurei Shrine, and Reimu.
>You learned that you have awoken centuries into the future. Reimu has become a goddess, Scarlet Devil Mansion is gone, and the world has changed greatly, According to Reimu, there is a surviving member of the Mansion at the Myouren Temple, which seems to have been renamed the Hijiri Temple. After inquiring about things such as who is still around, and what had happened in the world, you decided to try to learn what you could, then find a way home. You have obtained a blessing from your old friend-turned-goddess, and her invitation to return whenever you need to.
>After some false starts, you made your way to the Hijiri Temple, and found Flandre had taken up residence there, as well as the youkai form of her old pet dog. She told you the story of the slow decline of Scarlet Devil Mansion, as as much about the fates of its residents as she could. You then convinced her to join you for a time. With Flandre in tow, you followed Reimu's advice and went to Bhava-Agra. There you encountered Miko, who had ascended to Celestialhood herself, and followed her to the Dragon Palace. You briefly met Tenshi, who seemed to have become the leader in the mean time, and then was taken to meet Ran Yakumo, who had ascended herself as a consequence of being a kitsune. >Ran seemed to have taken over Yukari's role, and after a somewhat rocky start, offered to help try to return you to your proper place in time, giving you a few items to seek out for her to do so: Rainbow Sand, an object that has endured between your era and this one, and echoes of the incident that brought you here.  She gave you a pendant to collect the last one with. Armed with this, you then went on to explore a new place that had sprung up since your departure from history: Apex.
>Apex was a riot of colors, technologies and cultures, almost too much to take in; loud, crowded, and alien. With Flandre's help, you found a tea house that Nue runs, and fulfilled an obligation that you made to Sir Kay. Along the way, you were also robbed by a youkai named Coyote, who helped you find your way to Nue's place. Nue welcomed you, and told you what she knew, suggesting that you seek out someone called the Rainbow Serpent to get the rainbow sand you need, then suggested visiting the central building, the Diet, to learn more.
>Taking this advice, you met Kanako and Sir Ector, father of Sir Kay, in the lobby. Discussing with them, you got a general idea of where the Rainbow Serpent might be found, and something of an idea of what to expect, as well as a little background on Apex itself. You then followed their directions into the Avalonian Quarter. Asking around led you toward a marketplace, where you met the somewhat familiar face of the Hell Raven, who was all too happy to help you find your way while talking about various things.
>With her help, you found the Rainbow Serpent in a public forest, and followed her on a strange journey that lead you through barren landscapes and speaking with a talking nautilus before suddenly awakening on the ground with the Rainbow Sand you needed in hand, and no sign of your benefactor, just a talking nautilus in the nearby creek. The hell raven then took you Hatate's place of business, where you managed to secure a meeting with the tengu, talk for a little bit, and obtain a picture of Flandre. Splitting off from her, you visited Shou at the Myouren branch temple and found Tojiko there as well. Afterward, you finally put Apex behind you and escorted Flandre back home.
>You set out to find Futo, and did so successfully. After a chat with her, however, you encountered a shinigami with orders to take you back to Higan. You complied, and found that Komachi had become the Yama in the intervening time, and convinced her to give you time to sort things out before being tried for apparently exceeding your lifespan. as an aid, she ordered the shinigami to take you to two places with her abilities. While on the way, however, things became complicated as Yuuka managed to reach into whatever distortion the shinigami causes while travelling and yank you out of it. Things were tense for a little bit, but the two of you eventually came to an understanding. You then met with a kappa in Kanako's service, who agreed to provide rapid transit to the other cities on the goddess' orders.
>You then returned to the site of Scarlet Devil Mansion, where you encountered a hostile agent of The Warlord, a local troublemaker, trying to excavate any lost items of power that may have been left behind. You defeated her after a brief but nasty fight, and took it upon yourself to explore. You found a wooden guardian monstrosity, and past it a hidden underground lair, where Alice has been hiding for heaven knows how long, attempting to perfect vessels for Patchouli and Marisa, both of whom had passed on. She has agreed to aid you in exchange for bringing her research back to her past self.
>After visiting the dojo that Meiling had established and was buried at, you visited the Hakurei Shrine once more for some ideas, then returned to the old human village to visit a museum in hopes of finding the last component you need to return home. Meeting with the staff gave you some hope, they have some old coins they are willing to part with for a high price or a equivalent trade. Using the vehicle that Kanako loaned you, you went to the netherworld in an effort kind of patch things up with Yuyuko. It is unclear if you really succeeded or not, but you didn't come away feeling sated at all. Afterward you picked up Nue, and had a rather awkward sort of date with the kappa driving the vehicle and crushed her heart. From there, you took Nue to meet with Sir Kay, who are apparently old acquaintances.
>From there you went to gather some digging supplies, and prepared to go hunting for the last piece you needed the old fashioned way! Along the way you met one Shuuei Spectre, who offered to take the tools off your hands when you were done. Returning to the ruins of Scarlet Devil Mansion, you worked you way up to the old stone bridge that used to be reasonably close to it, and found that faeries still liked to gather there. In particular, you found one of your previous maids, and quickly got drawn into dealing with a monster that has been terrorizing them. This monster, the Wumpus, turned out to be a savage and primative brute of a youkai who attacked you directly, and barely let up until you finally took her down in a drawn out battle.
>Afterward the maid, Dreamy Sky, showed you on old cache of toys and junk that a faerie kept in the mansion ruins, not long after you vanished from history. Securing it, and taking care not to damage the aged and delicate thing, you reunited with Mitsu and had a brief flight back to her home in Old Hometown. Dreamy did not take well to the flight, and is slow to leave, sitting on your lap as you sit in the vehicle's passenger seat. You've traded some of the objects in the trove for for an old coin at the museum, which completes your necessities for returning home. Since then, you have been coming and going to the Hijiri Temple, preparing for the evening. You visited Aya, and learned a bit around the world, but nothing about what happened to Remilia. You've arranged to let Dreamy Sky stay with Flandre and help with temple duties, and you had lunch and parted ways with Alice.
>The next morning came all too soon, despite your sleeping in. Still, you met with Flandre, who was determined to accompany you until you returned home, and Alice once more. You gathered a little information about the buddhists you have yet to meet, then went to visit Mitsu once more to use her flying chariot to find them. You visit visted Enkyo, a city with a large number of religious institutions, and eventually found Nazrin, as well as Meira, after bouncing around between a few such institutions. The former signed your statement, while the latter obligated to try to help out Youmu in a nonspecific manner in your era.
>Next you went to the Haihan region to begun searching for Kyouko. This lead toward the supposedly cursed Funsai Mountain. You have a quick tangle with the residents of the lower reaches of the mountain, you found Kyouko and a couple of tengu reporters. You gathered some information on the area's leadership, as well as Kyouko's signature. Afterward you returned to the chariot to find a small military deployment waiting for you. After being unable to ease their suspicions, things broke down into violence, which Flandre helpfully dealt with.
>Afterward, you flew back to Apex and informed Kanako of the event. Then you went to find Seiga. After some asking around at the branch temple there, then hiring a local kobold to be passable guide, you located her at a bakery and managed to convince her to sign the statement. Afterward, you left Apex, and made a donation at the Moriya Shrine, which resulted in a brief and somewhat tense conversation with Suwako. Afterward, you visited the Netherworld once more, and were disappointed to learn that Youmu's problems may have been romantic in nature. Regardless, you had a reasonably civil conversation with Yuyuko before leaving, and being upbraided by Flandre for being cold.
>With your travels done, you returned to Old Hometown, and found that Alice had managed to somewhat narrow down that the Hakutaku of that era had hidden herself in the Forest of Magic. From there, you deduced that the merchant there would have some idea where she lived, and found she knew exactly where the Hakutaku lived.  After some wrangling, you managed to gain access the Hakutaku's home, a series of chambers burrowed under the forest, and gained an audience. She, unfortunately, didn't seem to know much you had not already learned, or perhaps simply refused to tell you.
>With that done, you made your way back to Ran's home, with a brief stopover at Miko's home for a signature, and had her return you to your era. Returning, you found that a day had passed and the maids were trying to clean up the damage. After briefly speaking with Koakuma, you then made your way to Remilia's side, then sought out Patchouli and  Flandre to explain things as well as you could.
>You then went to the human village, meeting various people and relaying messages from the future. Generally you were met with various degrees of skepticism and incredulity. In one case, attempted physical assault. But you have persevered and delivered such to the Myouren Temple, the Taoists, Tenshi, Yuuka, and Shuuei while doing your best to hunt down Meiling, who was out trying to find you. You managed to find her in the Tengu village, after delivering a message to a tengu patrolwoman named Kazuha that you met in the future. After a somewhat charged reunion, you told your story to Aya and Hatate in between bouts of the two of them trying to murder each other.
>You then went to finish your messenger work, giving Youmu a notice to sort out her danged problems already in a somewhat tense of reasonably amusing encounter. You were not able to get back home, however, before you were torn from your era once more and thrown into the future, a future that had experienced some notable changes thanks to your work; in particular that the Scarlet Devil Mansion had continued to exist and was turned into a shrine. You found your watch was missing again and then went to visit Ran, who shared your theory that it must have something to do with your being unstuck in time. She gave you some tools to find it, then sent you on your way. You spoke with Alice next, to see if she had any luck in trying to find the watch, then met with Marisa, who was still alive thanks to Alice's efforts (and your own), but a shadow of her former self, and learned that Patchouli was out there somewhere as well.
>With Alice in tow and her information that your Watch was north-westward, you sought out a way to get there, eventually having to convince Reimu to get you there. Now in the city of Haihan, you found you are tracing just behind the problem solvers of this era as they raid the Warlord's castle. Currently, you watch Sachiko Kochiya at work.

> Look around the immediate area to make sure no one's coming after us directly.
> If no one is, get back to watching Sachiko, and let her take care of things.

>Right now, no one is coming for you.
>While the castle guard are putting up a spirited defense on the wall, Sachiko definitely has the upper hand. However, you see more danmaku come from the next courtyard.

>_


Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 27, 2017, 12:15:50 AM
> Is it aimed at Sachiko, or is it errant fire that is part of another battle?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 27, 2017, 12:23:37 AM
> Is it aimed at Sachiko, or is it errant fire that is part of another battle?

>It seems to be aimed at Sachiko.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 27, 2017, 01:37:41 AM
> How far away are we?
> Are they coming at her from her left, her right, or behind?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 27, 2017, 01:50:40 AM
> How far away are we?
> Are they coming at her from her left, her right, or behind?

>She's some yards away, you could hear you if you shouted.
>Mostly from the front, but some from the left and right. She's going to be busy in a moment dealing with it.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 27, 2017, 02:23:12 AM
> Does she at least seem aware of it?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 27, 2017, 02:28:54 AM
> Does she at least seem aware of it?

>You can't tell for sure, given you're a distance behind her, but you think so. She at least seems to be moving to meet the closest wave in a good manner.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 27, 2017, 03:17:10 AM
> Eh, she probably has this well in-hand on her own, then. Especially if she's a Kochiya.
> Whereabouts is the most important-looking structure on these grounds?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 27, 2017, 03:34:32 AM
> Eh, she probably has this well in-hand on her own, then. Especially if she's a Kochiya.
> Whereabouts is the most important-looking structure on these grounds?

>Directly in the middle of the grounds, the main castle itself. However, the main doors look pretty heavy and are definitely closed. You suspect Sachiko may be looking for another way in.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 27, 2017, 05:32:01 AM
> Are the main doors guarded?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 27, 2017, 05:50:35 AM
> Are the main doors guarded?

>They don't seem to be.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 28, 2017, 01:39:48 AM
> Point to Sachiko while glancing over at Alice.
> "We're going to test those main doors. Keep an eye on her while we do, please."
> Dash toward the important-looking doors.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 28, 2017, 01:55:20 AM
> Point to Sachiko while glancing over at Alice.
> "We're going to test those main doors. Keep an eye on her while we do, please."
> Dash toward the important-looking doors.

>Alice nods.
>You dash toward the doors! Up close, they are large wooden things, easy more than twice your height and large enough to admit several people standing side by side.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 28, 2017, 03:19:02 AM
> Try opening the doors.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 28, 2017, 05:38:08 AM
> Try opening the doors.

>You tug on the doors and conclude they are both heavy and locked.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 28, 2017, 09:38:22 PM
> "Shoot."
> Where is Sachiko at present? To our left or our right?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 28, 2017, 09:40:46 PM
> "Shoot."
> Where is Sachiko at present? To our left or our right?

>"I could get us through there," says Alice. "But it would involve attracting a whole lot of attention. Probably we should probably find a better way in.
>To the right.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 28, 2017, 09:59:08 PM
> Look to the left. How does guard activity look that way?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 28, 2017, 10:06:49 PM
> Look to the left. How does guard activity look that way?

>There's not too much at the moment.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 29, 2017, 01:25:56 AM
> "Indeed. Let's not, at least not yet."
> Left
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 29, 2017, 02:16:40 AM
> "Indeed. Let's not, at least not yet."
> Left

>You head leftward. The courtyard's wall looks ahead. In the distance, though mostly obscured by the castle itself, you can see bursts of danmaku from the original fracas that brought you here.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 29, 2017, 10:56:29 AM
> Is there another obvious entrance into the castle?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 29, 2017, 08:36:21 PM
> Is there another obvious entrance into the castle?

>Not on the ground from this angle. But at the same time, the courtyard walls don't let you see too far.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 30, 2017, 03:38:39 AM
> How far away are the courtyard walls?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 30, 2017, 04:00:52 AM
> How far away are the courtyard walls?

>A few yards, not that far.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 30, 2017, 10:56:55 AM
> Check out the air above us to make sure it's reasonably clear of bullets and the like.
> If it is, head straight upward until we can see over the courtyard walls.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 30, 2017, 08:26:37 PM
> Check out the air above us to make sure it's reasonably clear of bullets and the like.
> If it is, head straight upward until we can see over the courtyard walls.

>The air above is clear. You make your way upward and look around.
>It seems this wall connect up to the castle's corner. While you cannot see around it very well from here, you can tell that adjacent courtyard is empty from what you can see from this angle. At a glance, that courtyard seems to be full of practice dummies and the like, presumably for training.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 30, 2017, 08:32:25 PM
> Did Alice follow us, or is she still on the ground?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 30, 2017, 08:43:22 PM
> Did Alice follow us, or is she still on the ground?

>She's still on the ground, currently keeping an eye behind you.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 30, 2017, 08:49:23 PM
> How empty does the practice field look?
> Beckon to Alice.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 30, 2017, 08:55:02 PM
> How empty does the practice field look?
> Beckon to Alice.

>From what you can see here; reasonably so. However, you can only see about half of it.
>Alice rises up to join you. "Lead the way," she says. "I'll watch your back."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 30, 2017, 09:29:07 PM
> Nod.
> Fly into the practice field. Keep an eye out for hostiles on the ground, as well as possible alternate entrances to important-looking places.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 30, 2017, 09:51:50 PM
> Nod.
> Fly into the practice field. Keep an eye out for hostiles on the ground, as well as possible alternate entrances to important-looking places.

>You make your way into the next courtyard. Close to and above the far wall. you can see where the original firefight has been going on. The current Hakurei Maiden, Kaori, is some stories above the ground, trying to fight off soldiers firing upon her from balconies and and the far wall. Watching for a moment, you can see that she seems to be making her way toward a balcony on an upper floor. It's slow going, but it seems like she's making it.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 30, 2017, 10:03:44 PM
> How far are we from that balcony?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 30, 2017, 10:05:49 PM
> How far are we from that balcony?

>Quite a ways. You are currently not in danger of getting caught in the danmaku.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 30, 2017, 10:59:49 PM
> Mentally estimate the distance between where the danmaku starts to become a problem and the balcony itself. Could we cover that in a single time-step?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 30, 2017, 11:00:58 PM
> Mentally estimate the distance between where the danmaku starts to become a problem and the balcony itself. Could we cover that in a single time-step?

>You could.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 30, 2017, 11:16:14 PM
> Would it leave us gassed? Or would be still be reasonably well-off?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 30, 2017, 11:25:33 PM
> Would it leave us gassed? Or would be still be reasonably well-off?

>It would take a chunk of your reserves, but you'd have some to draw on.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 31, 2017, 02:45:05 AM
> "All right, we're aiming for that top balcony over there. If we both make it, all well and good. If I blink over there to get around dealing with hostiles, though, I want you to help out Kaori and Sachiko, okay?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 31, 2017, 02:51:20 AM
> "All right, we're aiming for that top balcony over there. If we both make it, all well and good. If I blink over there to get around dealing with hostiles, though, I want you to help out Kaori and Sachiko, okay?"

>Alice nods. "I'll do that, though I can't be in two places at once."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 31, 2017, 02:51:59 AM
> "Of course. Assist them one at a time as you are able."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 31, 2017, 02:53:08 AM
> "Of course. Assist them one at a time as you are able."

>She nods.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 31, 2017, 02:54:26 AM
> Head directly toward that balcony, monitoring Kaori's battle as we fly.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 31, 2017, 03:59:06 AM
> Head directly toward that balcony, monitoring Kaori's battle as we fly.

>You make your way toward it, flying across the courtyard. There is a cry from one of the soldiers defending it, and danmaku starts coming your way.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 31, 2017, 10:56:04 AM
> Given we are aiming for the balcony, is it coming at us head-on, or from our sides?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 31, 2017, 11:11:11 AM
> Given we are aiming for the balcony, is it coming at us head-on, or from our sides?

>Head on for now, but you imagine you're going to quickly take fire from the other soldiers as well shortly.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 31, 2017, 08:32:26 PM
> How dense is what's coming at us?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 31, 2017, 11:11:52 PM
> How dense is what's coming at us?

>Reasonably. Several tight waves, that come at alternating heights, with soem random flak interspersed within. There are some holes, particularly due to Kaori dealing with some of the guards.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 01, 2017, 12:52:27 AM
> Aim for the nearest hole that allows for continued forward progression.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 01, 2017, 01:00:23 AM
> Aim for the nearest hole that allows for continued forward progression.

>You do so, slipping between the easiest hole. The balcony looms ahead, as do its defenders. There is obvious disturbance in the ranks; they were not expecting a second aggressor like this.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 01, 2017, 01:17:06 AM
> Are the soldiers actually on the balcony?
> Is/Was Yuki among any of the groups we've seen so far?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 01, 2017, 01:31:03 AM
> Are the soldiers actually on the balcony?
> Is/Was Yuki among any of the groups we've seen so far?

>There are soldiers in a number of windows and balconies, yes. Including the one you are aiming for.
>You can't tell. You've not seen Iratsume yet, at least, she ought to stand out.

>_

Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 01, 2017, 10:58:33 AM
> Oh, there are multiple balconies? Is there anything special about the one we're headed for, then? Like, is it the highest of all of them?
> Does this disturbance appear to be purely demoralization/worry? Or have they actually lightened up on firing?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 01, 2017, 11:20:11 AM
> Oh, there are multiple balconies? Is there anything special about the one we're headed for, then? Like, is it the highest of all of them?
> Does this disturbance appear to be purely demoralization/worry? Or have they actually lightened up on firing?

>It is the highest one.
>You think the disturbance is mostly adjusting to the new situation. Perhaps there is some worry, it's hard to tell right now.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 01, 2017, 10:28:08 PM
> At a glance, are any of the balconies unoccupied?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 01, 2017, 10:29:11 PM
> At a glance, are any of the balconies unoccupied?

>No, but some are definitely less crowded than others.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 01, 2017, 10:30:22 PM
> How crowded is the one we're aiming for?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 01, 2017, 10:31:10 PM
> How crowded is the one we're aiming for?

>Fairly, though Kaori has been working on that.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 01, 2017, 10:47:58 PM
> Drat. Well, it is what it is.
> Keep heading directly toward that balcony. (I'm assuming we have a little bit of safe time to do this since no update was made on bullet status in the last time-lapsing update.)
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 01, 2017, 10:54:04 PM
> Drat. Well, it is what it is.
> Keep heading directly toward that balcony. (I'm assuming we have a little bit of safe time to do this since no update was made on bullet status in the last time-lapsing update.)

>You definitely have a moment to do so.
>If nothing else, having to divide their fire between the two of you is allowing Kaori to close in all the faster, and she is quick to exploit her advantage with a waves of sealing needles. The next wave coming at you, as a result is not nearly so dense.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 02, 2017, 01:24:52 AM
> Any immediately obvious holes?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 02, 2017, 06:56:19 AM
> Any immediately obvious holes?

>A few. The optimal one would depend on what you wanted to achieve.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 02, 2017, 10:40:02 AM
> Aim for the optimal one for getting to the balcony as fast as possible.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 02, 2017, 11:03:45 AM
> Aim for the optimal one for getting to the balcony as fast as possible.

>You take the shortest line between here and the balcony, gaining quite some distance. It seems Kaori will get there first, but you'll be nipping on her heels.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 02, 2017, 11:19:05 AM
> That's fine. It's probably better if she gets there first anyway. Keep on going.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 02, 2017, 11:33:04 AM
> That's fine. It's probably better if she gets there first anyway. Keep on going.

>You're drawing close to the balcony now; many of the troops manning it have been shot down by now, the remaining danmaku should be trivial as long as you take care.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 02, 2017, 11:38:34 AM
> "You still there, Alice?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 02, 2017, 11:53:46 AM
> "You still there, Alice?"

>She does not answer.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 02, 2017, 12:08:33 PM
> Well, whatever. Continue onward to the balcony.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 02, 2017, 08:50:48 PM
> Well, whatever. Continue onward to the balcony.

>Kaori passes through it, sending out a wave of talismans to deal with any stragglers, and disappears into the castle. You reach it a moment later.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 02, 2017, 09:00:56 PM
> Glance back for Alice.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 03, 2017, 12:03:00 AM
> Glance back for Alice.

>It seems you left Alice behind a bit, and she has been dodging through the things you already got through.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 03, 2017, 12:12:42 AM
> "Alice, I'm heading in!"
> Turn back around and follow Kaori.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 03, 2017, 02:20:00 AM
> "Alice, I'm heading in!"
> Turn back around and follow Kaori.

>You head inside and find yourself in a well-appointed sitting room. KAori is already flying out the far door, leading with a hail of talismans.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 03, 2017, 02:23:10 AM
> Keep following her.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 03, 2017, 06:41:45 AM
> Keep following her.

>You follow Kaori out and step into a T-shaped intersection. Kaori has wasted no time in going forward, but there are also halls to the left and right.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 03, 2017, 07:27:46 AM
> Do any of  the three paths look different from the others?
> Has Alice caught up to us yet?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 03, 2017, 08:24:39 AM
> Do any of  the three paths look different from the others?
> Has Alice caught up to us yet?

>The one to the left seems to come to a corner soon. At a glance, you can't see much markedly different about the rest
>No.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 03, 2017, 09:16:09 AM
> How far behind us was she when we last glanced back?
> Is Kaori still visible?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 03, 2017, 09:21:03 AM
> How far behind us was she when we last glanced back?
> Is Kaori still visible?

>She was some yards behind you.
>She is, but she is going fast.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 03, 2017, 09:23:16 AM
> Take the Locator Quartz out.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 03, 2017, 09:26:33 AM
> Take the Locator Quartz out.

>You take the quartz in hand. It is vibrating gently but steadily.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 03, 2017, 11:55:50 AM
> Is it vibrating more than it was when we first showed up in Haihan?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 03, 2017, 09:01:03 PM
> Is it vibrating more than it was when we first showed up in Haihan?

>Yes.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 03, 2017, 11:33:07 PM
> Keeping the quartz out, head down the path on the right.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 04, 2017, 12:32:48 AM
> Keeping the quartz out, head down the path on the right.

>You head rightward, and it seems the vibration is getting stronger.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 04, 2017, 12:33:18 AM
> Keep heading down that hallway, then, until something else of interest happens.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 04, 2017, 12:37:38 AM
> Keep heading down that hallway, then, until something else of interest happens.

>You head down the halls! You can hear soldiers rushing about and shouting, but none really seem to be coming this way. You do note the odd servant keeping to this or that room, trying to stay out of the way, if not just taking a break. You suppose that's for the best, if they aren't trained for combat.
>You can see a corner up ahead. The mineral's vibration grows steadily stronger, then begins to weaken.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 04, 2017, 01:04:45 AM
> We did not pass by any intersections before the vibration began to weaken, did we?
> In which direction does the corner go? Left or right?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 04, 2017, 01:07:41 AM
> We did not pass by any intersections before the vibration began to weaken, did we?
> In which direction does the corner go? Left or right?

>None.
>It goes toward the right. You think you're probably close to the corner of the castle.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 04, 2017, 01:41:00 AM
> Keep heading down the corridor, turning the corner as needed.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 04, 2017, 01:51:58 AM
> Keep heading down the corridor, turning the corner as needed.

>You continue, turning the corner. The quartz gets very mildly weaker.
>The hallway stretches ahead much like the prior one. You can see some soldiers so distance ahead turning down a side corridor.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 04, 2017, 01:55:31 AM
> Would we be able to turn left down the corridor?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 04, 2017, 01:58:21 AM
> Would we be able to turn left down the corridor?

>No. There are rooms to the left, but you don't think there are corridors.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 04, 2017, 02:47:17 AM
> So the soldiers in the distances are turning right from being in this corridor?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 04, 2017, 02:55:24 AM
> So the soldiers in the distances are turning right from being in this corridor?

>Yes. Your right.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 04, 2017, 03:07:01 AM
> Stop and head back the other way, to the four-way intersection.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 04, 2017, 03:08:53 AM
> Stop and head back the other way, to the four-way intersection.

>You return to where you started. The vibrating increases, then decreases again along the way.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 04, 2017, 03:11:42 AM
> Head down the hallway Kaori took.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 04, 2017, 03:15:22 AM
> Head down the hallway Kaori took.

>You do so, following the sounds of danmaku echoing down the hall. The vibration becomes a little weaker as you do. There is a stairway ahead, past a couple of barely consequence soldiers on the ground.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 04, 2017, 03:17:43 AM
> Head up/down the stairs.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 04, 2017, 03:31:45 AM
> Head up/down the stairs.

>You head downstairs; the sounds of combat are a lot louder here. You come out into a small corridor leading to a four-way intersection ahead. The stone is vibrating a bit more strongly now.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 04, 2017, 03:34:20 AM
> Right
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 04, 2017, 03:46:58 AM
> Right

>You head rightward, and can see some danmaku ahead, and more unconscious and barely-conscious soldiers. Some of it fades as you watch; it seems like residual shots. The quartz vibrates a bit more.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 04, 2017, 11:52:07 AM
> Forward
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 04, 2017, 12:12:20 PM
> Forward

>You move forward, and the vibration becomes less intense. This hall is free of any signs of battle. You note another stairway leading up ahead, as well as a couple rooms on each side.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 04, 2017, 12:30:54 PM
> Head toward the stairway, glancing inside each room as we pass them by. Make a note if we see anything of interest.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 04, 2017, 12:54:10 PM
> Head toward the stairway, glancing inside each room as we pass them by. Make a note if we see anything of interest.

>You glance into the rooms, noting one seems to be a sitting room, another is a small library. You notice a woman in traditional servant's clothes in one; trying to nonchalantly hide behind a chair; she makes eye contact with you for a moment as you pass by, and looks away.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 04, 2017, 04:54:12 PM
> Stop outside the room with the servant.
> "Pardon me, miss, but where might I find Lord Teru?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 04, 2017, 09:40:05 PM
> Stop outside the room with the servant.
> "Pardon me, miss, but where might I find Lord Teru?"

>She seems to freeze up. Then in a small voice, she says, "Why do you want to know?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 04, 2017, 09:44:09 PM
> "She appears to be in possession of a pocket watch of mine. I wish to retrieve it. And possibly arrange for her to achieve her ideals without threatening the rest of Gensokyo, though I will admit that one may be harder to arrange."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 04, 2017, 10:08:14 PM
> "She appears to be in possession of a pocket watch of mine. I wish to retrieve it. And possibly arrange for her to achieve her ideals without threatening the rest of Gensokyo, though I will admit that one may be harder to arrange."

>"I don't think she carries a watch, exactly..." says the servant, as she shifts uncomfortably in her hiding spot.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 04, 2017, 10:45:38 PM
> "She may be treating it as a powerful magic relic for her collection."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 04, 2017, 10:52:12 PM
> "She may be treating it as a powerful magic relic for her collection."

>"The Minister of the Treasury might know something..." she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 04, 2017, 11:40:52 PM
> "Would this Minister have the authority to arrange returning my watch to me?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 05, 2017, 12:09:00 AM
> "Would this Minister have the authority to arrange returning my watch to me?"

>"Well...probably not. But she'd know about it! But I didn't tell you, okay?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 05, 2017, 12:23:25 AM
> "Of course. I'm afraid I do need someone with that authority, though."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 05, 2017, 01:21:16 AM
> "Of course. I'm afraid I do need someone with that authority, though."

>"You'd have to talk with her, I'm just a maid!"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 05, 2017, 01:38:37 AM
> Nod and gesture to ourselves.
> "Of course. I can certainly sympathize, as you can see. I do not know how to get to her, though."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 05, 2017, 01:54:18 AM
> Nod and gesture to ourselves.
> "Of course. I can certainly sympathize, as you can see. I do not know how to get to her, though."

>Her office should be on the third floor, in the northern wing..." says the maid.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 05, 2017, 02:31:36 AM
> Do we have any idea where we are at present?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 05, 2017, 02:33:05 AM
> Do we have any idea where we are at present?

>Higher than third, surely. Probably fifth or sixth.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 05, 2017, 03:03:58 AM
> "And, ah, where am I now?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 05, 2017, 04:23:21 AM
> "And, ah, where am I now?"

>"This is the 5th floor," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 05, 2017, 10:49:33 AM
> Nod.
> "And which wing?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 05, 2017, 11:35:08 AM
>"None of them, you're close to the middle," she says, swallowing with obvious discomfort.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 05, 2017, 11:40:56 AM
> "I see. Thank you. In that case, I need to resume searching for Lord Teru."
> Turn to leave.
> "I can only hope my aimless wandering leads me to her eventually. It is a shame I have been unable to find anyone to give me directions of any kind."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 05, 2017, 11:43:39 AM
> "I see. Thank you. In that case, I need to resume searching for Lord Teru."
> Turn to leave.
> "I can only hope my aimless wandering leads me to her eventually. It is a shame I have been unable to find anyone to give me directions of any kind."

>"Look, I don't care about the Minister of the Treasury, but I'd never betray Lord Teru!" says the maid. Then she flinches at her own words.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 05, 2017, 11:51:34 AM
> "As you should not, as a good and proper maid."
> Look back to the maid with what we hope is a good-natured smile.
> "How unfortunate for me that I was unable to get you to talk. Farewell."
> Continue down the hall, heading down the staircase.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 05, 2017, 11:55:44 AM
> "As you should not, as a good and proper maid."
> Look back to the maid with what we hope is a good-natured smile.
> "How unfortunate for me that I was unable to get you to talk. Farewell."
> Continue down the hall, heading down the staircase.

>She doesn't say anything, but she gives a little nod.
>You depart, but the staircase you're approaching only goes upward.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 05, 2017, 12:08:06 PM
> Didn't we go down a staircase to get to this floor in the first place?
> Have we passed any intersections between the two staircases?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 05, 2017, 12:11:43 PM
> Didn't we go down a staircase to get to this floor in the first place?
> Have we passed any intersections between the two staircases?

>You did, it was behind you.
>You passed an intersection, there were some fallen soldiers.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 05, 2017, 12:15:39 PM
> Head back toward that intersection, then, monitoring our rock.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 05, 2017, 12:22:30 PM
> Head back toward that intersection, then, monitoring our rock.

>The vibration grows a little stronger as you approach the intersection again. The sounds of fighting have grown more distant in the meantime.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 05, 2017, 12:36:34 PM
> What are our options for directions we haven't gone in yet?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 05, 2017, 12:44:05 PM
> What are our options for directions we haven't gone in yet?

>You have two other directions; toward the fighting and away from it.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 05, 2017, 12:44:59 PM
> Oh.
> Head toward the fighting.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 05, 2017, 10:24:13 PM
> Oh.
> Head toward the fighting.

>You follow the echoes of danmaku, passing by fallen soldiers in threes and fours, some of them halfway into side rooms. Soon you come to a stairway leading down to the 4th floor. Kaori seems to have gained a fair deal of distance, you haven't seen any actual signs of current fighting, just the aftermath of past fighting.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 05, 2017, 10:30:21 PM
> Descend the staircase. Make a note of the rock's behavior once we do so.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 05, 2017, 11:06:28 PM
> Descend the staircase. Make a note of the rock's behavior once we do so.

>You descend and find yourself in another hall leading to an intersection ahead. There are enough fallen soldiers that it may be easiest to float over them.
>The quartz is vibrating a bit more strongly now.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 05, 2017, 11:08:15 PM
> Float as necessary to the intersection, looking down all directions for either extra signs of battle or a staircase down.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 05, 2017, 11:44:24 PM
> Float as necessary to the intersection, looking down all directions for either extra signs of battle or a staircase down.

>You float forward, the quartz vibrating a bit more strongly, and find that the battle seems to have gone leftward. You also not the soldiers seem to have come to end, and and the hall is instead filled with scraps of paper.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 05, 2017, 11:48:30 PM
> Left
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 06, 2017, 12:08:37 AM
> Left

>You follow the path of destruction toward the left. Still, paper shreds are much easier to get around than fallen soldiers. The sounds of combat become louder as you reach another four-way intersection. You can see stairs down to the third floor ahead.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 06, 2017, 12:12:27 AM
> Head down the stairs, continuing to monitor the quartz.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 06, 2017, 12:23:35 AM
> Head down the stairs, continuing to monitor the quartz.

>The vibration grows a bit stronger as you descend.
>This stairway opens to a sizable lobby  with a notably higher ceiling than the previous floors. A staute of a boat with several dashingly posed military figures defiant against an unseen storm dominates the middle of the floor. The air itself is thick with danmaku, Kaori is flying close to the ceiling, sending waves of needles toward a dark-haired woman on the far side of the room who is flanked by dozens of paper familiars. Judging from her clothing and the picture that Aya showed you, she is likely Sanmei, the Warlord's adviser.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 06, 2017, 12:53:59 AM
> Is the hallway large enough for us to pass by the battle and continue onward?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 06, 2017, 02:15:48 AM
> Is the hallway large enough for us to pass by the battle and continue onward?

>You may be able to sneak around the edges of the lobby.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 06, 2017, 02:44:33 AM
> Let's aim for that, then.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 06, 2017, 02:47:23 AM
> Let's aim for that, then.

>You slip into the lobby, hugging the wall. Some of the stray danmaku is at risk of hitting you, but no one seems to think you're wading into the fight. You don't think they've noticed you yet.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 06, 2017, 03:01:32 AM
> Is anything coming right at us?
> Is anything headed right toward the wall ahead of us on our current travel path?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 06, 2017, 03:25:07 AM
> Is anything coming right at us?
> Is anything headed right toward the wall ahead of us on our current travel path?

>Not yet.
>There could be, it depends on where you are intending to go.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 06, 2017, 11:11:36 AM
> If we stepped out of time, how difficult would it be to dash the rest of the way to the other side of the battlefield?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 06, 2017, 11:47:04 AM
> If we stepped out of time, how difficult would it be to dash the rest of the way to the other side of the battlefield?

>It should be fairly easily, unless you're intending to dive through the thick of it.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 06, 2017, 12:29:49 PM
> Let's keep heading 'forward' along the wall for now at whatever expedient speed will not run us face-first into a stray bullet, without stepping out of time yet.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 06, 2017, 09:31:18 PM
> Let's keep heading 'forward' along the wall for now at whatever expedient speed will not run us face-first into a stray bullet, without stepping out of time yet.

>You proceed, and have to stop once or twice to avoid walking into a bullet wave. Sanmei is certainly formidable at a glance; moreso than Irastume was, but she depends heavily on her paper familiars to add coverage to her danmaku. She does use this to her advantage, placing them in irritating positions to create walls of bullets and such. Kaori, on the other hand, is very no nonsense about her danmaku, rather similar to how Reimu fights. She's also surprisingly graceful for such a big woman, dodging around things that you wouldn't expect her to be able to dodge.
>You reach the northeastern corner of the room, putting you behind Sanmei.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 06, 2017, 10:03:46 PM
> Where is Kaori at this point?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 06, 2017, 10:05:43 PM
> Where is Kaori at this point?

>All over the place, but mostly she is opposite of Sanmei.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 06, 2017, 10:21:14 PM
> How open is the path onward?
> Has Sanmei made any aggressive moves particularly toward us yet, or has she just ignored us?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 06, 2017, 10:25:34 PM
> How open is the path onward?
> Has Sanmei made any aggressive moves particularly toward us yet, or has she just ignored us?

>You can probably slip behind her, but there is periodic flak from her attacks,and particularly from Kaori's attacks.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 06, 2017, 10:28:51 PM
> How good is the view?
> Can we even tell if she has noticed us yet?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 06, 2017, 10:34:04 PM
> How good is the view?
> Can we even tell if she has noticed us yet?

>Hard to tell, things are a bit busy.
>If she has, she hasn't reacted. You imagine she's fairly occupied and doesn't want to take any pressure off the crazy shrine maiden bearing down on her.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 07, 2017, 12:16:56 AM
> What is Sanmei wearing? We saw her earlier.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 07, 2017, 12:34:40 AM
> What is Sanmei wearing? We saw her earlier.

>She is wearing a white robe with wide sleeves, with blossom patterned pants underneath, and a japanese courtier's hat.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 07, 2017, 12:42:09 AM
> Eh, not worth it, then.
> Keep on scooting past the battle.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 07, 2017, 01:00:46 AM
> Eh, not worth it, then.
> Keep on scooting past the battle.

>Where are you scooting to?

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 07, 2017, 01:25:14 AM
> Is there no exit on the other side of the lobby from where we entered?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 07, 2017, 01:29:36 AM
> Is there no exit on the other side of the lobby from where we entered?

>There are several exits.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 07, 2017, 01:52:54 AM
> Does Sanmei appear to be defending any of them from Kaori?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 07, 2017, 02:04:34 AM
> Does Sanmei appear to be defending any of them from Kaori?

>At the very least, she seems to be keeping Kaori too busy to get through any. If she were defending any, it would be northern one behind her.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 07, 2017, 02:12:43 AM
> How close is that one to us?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 07, 2017, 02:25:35 AM
> How close is that one to us?

>You'e at the northeastern corner, it's not too far away.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 07, 2017, 02:34:03 AM
> Scoot on over to that one, then.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 07, 2017, 02:40:25 AM
> Scoot on over to that one, then.

>You make your way toward the entryway. You have to pause once to let some needles go by, and duck under some arrowhead danmaku, but you get to the door unscathed. Through it is a wide corridor, larger than ones in the floors above.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 07, 2017, 02:42:34 AM
> Head down the corridor, monitoring our rock.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 07, 2017, 02:48:46 AM
> Head down the corridor, monitoring our rock.

>You leave the lobby and its battle behind.
>The vibration is holding steady, perhaps weakening a little. The rooms here are more professional in nature, filled with writing desks and scroll racks. And people in official-looking clothing doing their best not to be near windows or doors. Little plaques over the doors declare things such as Ministry of Agriculture and Office of Military Affairs.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 07, 2017, 02:56:11 AM
> Can we see who is in the Office of Military affairs?
> If so, is it anyone we recognize, either from our own encounters or Aya's notes?
> If so, have they spotted us?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 07, 2017, 03:16:02 AM
> Can we see who is in the Office of Military affairs?
> If so, is it anyone we recognize, either from our own encounters or Aya's notes?
> If so, have they spotted us?

>There are a few people in bureaucratic garb, none of whom you recognize.
>You are sure they see you.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 07, 2017, 03:20:18 AM
> Onward down the hall, then.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 07, 2017, 03:30:22 AM
> Onward down the hall, then.


>You proceed down the hall, and find yourself at an intersection. You note a Ministry of the Treasury to the right, and an Office of Taxation to the left.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 07, 2017, 03:42:12 AM
> Take a closer look down each path. Which ones goes on for longer, and can we see any other specific offices?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 07, 2017, 03:59:38 AM
> Take a closer look down each path. Which ones goes on for longer, and can we see any other specific offices?

>The left goes on further, while ahead seems to end in a T intersection and you can but their plaques are too difficult to read from an angle.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 07, 2017, 10:56:46 AM
> Right
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 07, 2017, 11:01:30 AM
> Right

>You head rightward. Past the Ministry of the Treasury is the Office of Official Records, the Ministry of Water, and the Bureau of Onmyodo, which seems to be empty at a glance. Past that a T intersection.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 07, 2017, 11:15:34 AM
> Has our rock changed at all?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 07, 2017, 11:52:39 AM
> Has our rock changed at all?

>It is vibrating slightly less as you move on.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 07, 2017, 11:53:56 AM
> Turn back and head the other way, then, down the longer hallway.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 07, 2017, 12:27:44 PM
> Turn back and head the other way, then, down the longer hallway.

>You turn down and go down the longer hallway. This takes you past the Ministry of Construction, the MInistry of Roadways, the Bureau of Health, and the Household Department before coming to a T-intersection. Along the way, the vibration grows slightly more powerful, then weaker again not fair past the Ministry of Construction's door.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 07, 2017, 12:47:14 PM
> Right
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 07, 2017, 01:00:48 PM
> Right

>You make a right turn, which takes you pass a Ministry of Trade and a Bureau of the Wilds before you reach a corner. The vibration grows a little weaker as you proceed.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 07, 2017, 01:34:20 PM
> Frown.
> Turn around and head back the other way down the other hall that was at that T-intersection.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 07, 2017, 11:21:20 PM
> Frown.
> Turn around and head back the other way down the other hall that was at that T-intersection.

>You turn around. The vibration grows a little stronger, then a little weaker as you continue past the T intersection. Here you note the Ministry of Measures and the Bureau of Cartography before you see another intersection ahead. As you pass by, you notice someone from the Bureau of the Wilds from up the hall peek out the doorway at you.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 07, 2017, 11:22:12 PM
> Stop.
> Wave at the person with what we hope is a gentle, friendly smile.
> "Good day. Can I bother you for some assistance?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 07, 2017, 11:58:30 PM
> Stop.
> Wave at the person with what we hope is a gentle, friendly smile.
> "Good day. Can I bother you for some assistance?"

>The person, a middle-aged woman with her hair styled into loops, grimaces a little, then says, "Yes?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 08, 2017, 12:07:43 AM
> "I am looking for Lord Teru."
> Hold up our vibrating quartz.
> "I understand she is in this area of the castle."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 08, 2017, 12:20:05 AM
> "I am looking for Lord Teru."
> Hold up our vibrating quartz.
> "I understand she is in this area of the castle."

>"I don't know where you got that idea..." says the woman.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 08, 2017, 01:01:18 AM
> Bluff time!
> "This stone here vibrates more the closer I get to her."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 08, 2017, 01:08:29 AM
> Bluff time!
> "This stone here vibrates more the closer I get to her."

>"Why would there be a stone like that?" she says, frowning at the quartz in your hand.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 08, 2017, 01:22:55 AM
> "I needed to find Lord Teru, and a sage who has known me for some time was willing to help me out. So she made this."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 08, 2017, 01:29:09 AM
> "I needed to find Lord Teru, and a sage who has known me for some time was willing to help me out. So she made this."

>"Oh...well now is probably not a good time for a meeting," says the woman, shaking her head. "She'll probably be rather busy for quite a while. Though I have no idea way it would be telling you she's here."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 08, 2017, 01:34:43 AM
> Frown a bit.
> "Where is she, then?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 08, 2017, 02:10:01 AM
> Frown a bit.
> "Where is she, then?"

>The woman's face blanches at the question. "Erm..."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 08, 2017, 02:22:09 AM
> Give her a mildly unimpressed look.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 08, 2017, 02:32:37 AM
> Give her a mildly unimpressed look.

>"I...don't think I should be leading mysterious stranger with knives to Lady Teru in this kind of situation for unknown reasons, is all..." she says in a small voice.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 08, 2017, 02:35:54 AM
> "Ah. Well, if you must know, she has a possession of mine, and I would like it returned."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 08, 2017, 03:24:54 AM
> "Ah. Well, if you must know, she has a possession of mine, and I would like it returned."

>The woman grimaces. "Maybe you should inquire with the Ministry of the Treasury?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 08, 2017, 03:33:10 AM
> "Does she have the authority to return it to me? I am aware Lord Teru takes an interest in collecting powerful magical artifacts."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 08, 2017, 03:46:06 AM
> "Does she have the authority to return it to me? I am aware Lord Teru takes an interest in collecting powerful magical artifacts."

>"...I'm not involved with that ministry," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 08, 2017, 04:11:23 AM
> Sigh.
> "You are putting me in a difficult position, you realize."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 08, 2017, 04:13:26 AM
> Sigh.
> "You are putting me in a difficult position, you realize."

>"Well it's true, I don't know how they work..." she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 08, 2017, 11:15:15 AM
> "There are other reasons I need to see Lord Teru that have nothing to do with the Ministry of the Treasury, you see."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 08, 2017, 11:43:20 AM
> "There are other reasons I need to see Lord Teru that have nothing to do with the Ministry of the Treasury, you see."

>"Well, there are proper channels, but I don't think they're available at the moment," says the woman. "Erm...it's not for anything bad, is it?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 08, 2017, 12:12:58 PM
> Grin a bit.
> "If it was, do you think I'd admit it?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 08, 2017, 12:28:33 PM
> Grin a bit.
> "If it was, do you think I'd admit it?"

>"I would hope you'd have the decency, as an obvious invader, to give me something to work with," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 08, 2017, 12:31:34 PM
> "I have told you all that I can, unfortunately. For what it is worth, I have not made a single actively aggressive action since arriving on castle grounds."
> Frown.
> "Frankly, given I caught Miss Takusan yesterday trespassing on my Mistress' property with intent to loot, I don't really think Haihan has much moral high ground in calling me an invader."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 08, 2017, 12:38:53 PM
> "I have told you all that I can, unfortunately. For what it is worth, I have not made a single actively aggressive action since arriving on castle grounds."
> Frown.
> "Frankly, given I caught Miss Takusan yesterday trespassing on my Mistress' property with intent to loot, I don't really think Haihan has much moral high ground in calling me an invader."

>"Well you'll have to bring that with the Office of Military Affairs or the Ministry of the Treasury," says the woman. "It's certainly not in our jurisdiction."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 08, 2017, 12:43:03 PM
> "The Office of Military Affairs? I don't suppose Miss Otari would be in charge of that?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 08, 2017, 01:07:27 PM
> "The Office of Military Affairs? I don't suppose Miss Otari would be in charge of that?"

>"Ah, yes, actually," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 08, 2017, 01:11:40 PM
> "Hmph. I imagine she would rather not see me again either. This region's military could really stand to be less aggressive. But I digress. I suppose I could take up my complaints with the Ministry of the Treasury."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 08, 2017, 01:14:32 PM
> "Hmph. I imagine she would rather not see me again either. This region's military could really stand to be less aggressive. But I digress. I suppose I could take up my complaints with the Ministry of the Treasury."

>"That's what I would do, if you wanted to retrieve something," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 08, 2017, 01:16:53 PM
> "Very well. Have a pleasant day, miss."
> Backtrack to the Ministry of the Treasury, which we spotted earlier.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 08, 2017, 11:02:48 PM
> "Very well. Have a pleasant day, miss."
> Backtrack to the Ministry of the Treasury, which we spotted earlier.

>You make your way back to the Ministry of the Treasury. Inside, you see a number of tables, most of them abandoned. A few people in official robes mill about near the far corner. Toward the back, you see a large, nervous-looking woman sitting at a larger table, clearly trying to be busy. But she also visibly starts as you darken the doorway.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 08, 2017, 11:26:14 PM
> Give a small smile and make our way to the woman doing her best to have nothing to do with us.
> "Good day. It is my understanding the Lord Teru and Haihan's government have obtained a powerful magical artifact that belongs to me. I would like to request it be returned, please."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 09, 2017, 02:40:58 AM
> Give a small smile and make our way to the woman doing her best to have nothing to do with us.
> "Good day. It is my understanding the Lord Teru and Haihan's government have obtained a powerful magical artifact that belongs to me. I would like to request it be returned, please."

>She looks up, frowning and clearly nervous. "Um. What artifact?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 09, 2017, 02:49:44 AM
> "A silver pocketwatch."
> Hold up the quartz.
> "The vibrations of this stone here have helped me narrow my watch's location down to somewhere rather close by. Base on what I have heard, I believe this office is the most likely location."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 09, 2017, 03:40:55 AM


As a warning, I am gonna be at MMO homie's for the week. So slow responses her a lot of the time.

> "A silver pocketwatch."
> Hold up the quartz.
> "The vibrations of this stone here have helped me narrow my watch's location down to somewhere rather close by. Base on what I have heard, I believe this office is the most likely location."

>"Hm, we did that have something like that come in recently," says the woman. "I don't think it's been properly examined by the onmyoji, yet..."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 09, 2017, 03:46:04 AM
Got it~

> "Well, I would like it back, please."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 09, 2017, 05:19:28 AM
> "Well, I would like it back, please."

>"Can you demonstrate that it belongs to you?" she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 09, 2017, 01:04:37 PM
> Our watch isn't engraved or anything, is it?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 09, 2017, 01:30:02 PM
> Our watch isn't engraved or anything, is it?

>No.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 09, 2017, 01:44:15 PM
> "Well, it is not engraved or anything like that. I suppose I could describe it to you, as well as demonstrate that it and I have the same abilities."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 10, 2017, 05:35:44 AM
> "Well, it is not engraved or anything like that. I suppose I could describe it to you, as well as demonstrate that it and I have the same abilities."

>"This doesn't really prove ownership," she says. "Where was it found?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 10, 2017, 12:13:10 PM
> Where did we appear in the future our second time around?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 10, 2017, 12:44:56 PM
> Where did we appear in the future our second time around?

>In the forest of magic, not too far from the Lake Temple.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 10, 2017, 05:23:31 PM
> "Presuming it was not found on the ground somewhere in the Forest of Magic, I believe it would have been found at the Golden Lake Temple."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 10, 2017, 09:58:14 PM
> "Presuming it was not found on the ground somewhere in the Forest of Magic, I believe it would have been found at the Golden Lake Temple."

>"Hmmm," she says. 'Well, I know of the item you're speaking of, but it was taken from a kobito village."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 11, 2017, 02:05:02 AM
> "Then I presume it was either sold to them after I lost it or they found it on the ground."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 11, 2017, 02:55:04 AM
> "Then I presume it was either sold to them after I lost it or they found it on the ground."

>"It's certainly possible," says the woman as says, as she stands and makes her way toward a cabinet.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 11, 2017, 10:45:11 AM
> "Particularly given I am not sure what used the kobito would have for a human-sized watch, beyond perhaps the curator of the Old Hometown museum. Unless they have discovered a way to mass-produce the effects of Princess Shinmyoumaru's mallet to grow themselves to normal human sizes."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 11, 2017, 01:48:48 PM
> "Particularly given I am not sure what used the kobito would have for a human-sized watch, beyond perhaps the curator of the Old Hometown museum. Unless they have discovered a way to mass-produce the effects of Princess Shinmyoumaru's mallet to grow themselves to normal human sizes."

>"What use has a crane for a reed?" says the woman as she opens the cabinet and starts to rifle through the papers with. "I imagine it brought them some manner of satisfaction to have it."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 11, 2017, 01:53:33 PM
> "Probably."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 11, 2017, 02:00:43 PM
> "Probably."

>"So what is your proof of claim, again? she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on September 11, 2017, 02:12:13 PM
>Frown. "I could have many people vouch that it belongs to myself, including the goddess Reimu Hakurei; however all but one of those people are rather far away at present. Before doing something like ferrying a bunch of people halfway across Gensokyo I would like to at least see it to confirm it is, in fact, my own watch... if that's possible."

If we can see it, we can STEAL IT >:O
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 11, 2017, 11:15:23 PM
>"Before doing something like ferrying a bunch of people halfway across Gensokyo I would like to at least see it to confirm it is, in fact, my own watch... if that's possible."

> Don't say this part, it will make it pretty obvious we intend to try to take it.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 12, 2017, 02:46:38 AM
>Frown. "I could have many people vouch that it belongs to myself, including the goddess Reimu Hakurei; however all but one of those people are rather far away at present. Before doing something like ferrying a bunch of people halfway across Gensokyo I would like to at least see it to confirm it is, in fact, my own watch... if that's possible."

> Don't say this part, it will make it pretty obvious we intend to try to take it.

>"We might consider the testimony of the Hakurei Goddess," says the woman as she pulls out a particular paper and looks at it. "Hm, it seems we've only gotten it a few days ago, it seems we haven't had time to have it properly examined."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 12, 2017, 03:13:17 AM
> "The offer to tell you its special features still stands."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 12, 2017, 11:02:48 AM
> "The offer to tell you its special features still stands."

>"Go ahead," she says, looking over the paper

>_


Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 12, 2017, 11:06:38 AM
> How long does the watch's time stop last?
> Can the watch do anything other than stop time?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 12, 2017, 11:35:50 AM
> How long does the watch's time stop last?
> Can the watch do anything other than stop time?

>It seems to vary based on the user. You haven't really tested this.
>Not that you know of.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 12, 2017, 12:26:29 PM
> After the watch has been used, how long does the watch need before it is usable again?
> "When activated, it can stop time for the user. How long it lasts, relative to the user, varies from person to person."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 12, 2017, 12:53:59 PM
> After the watch has been used, how long does the watch need before it is usable again?
> "When activated, it can stop time for the user. How long it lasts, relative to the user, varies from person to person."

>You aren't sure, it didn't take long for you, but others may have a different experience.
>"Hmm, nothing seems to suggest that from the preliminary report," says the official. "Then again, it doesn't suggest much at all..."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 12, 2017, 12:55:12 PM
> "Out of curiosity, who provided the preliminary report? It would not happen to be Juza Takusan, would it?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 12, 2017, 01:36:40 PM
> "Out of curiosity, who provided the preliminary report? It would not happen to be Juza Takusan, would it?"

>"No, she was one of ours," says the official. "Oh, didn't you already file a claim?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 12, 2017, 01:39:31 PM
> Did we?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 12, 2017, 01:42:51 PM
> Did we?

>Neither set of memories involve anything of the sort.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 12, 2017, 01:47:32 PM
> Blink.
> "...I don't believe so? Unless the informal complaining I have done to various Haihan military and government personnel about catching Miss Takusan trying to loot my home counts."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 13, 2017, 02:21:12 AM
> Blink.
> "...I don't believe so? Unless the informal complaining I have done to various Haihan military and government personnel about catching Miss Takusan trying to loot my home counts."

>"Curious," she says. "I've heard nothing about her exploits. So, you did not file this claim, then?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 13, 2017, 02:51:09 AM
> Shake head.
> "I do not recall doing so. Perhaps the Young Mistress Flandre Scarlet did instead?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 13, 2017, 03:59:18 AM
> Shake head.
> "I do not recall doing so. Perhaps the Young Mistress Flandre Scarlet did instead?"

>She shakes her head. "That would not be the name, no."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 13, 2017, 04:00:30 AM
> "Who is it, then?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 13, 2017, 04:04:55 AM
> "Who is it, then?"

>"Hm, I'm afraid it is against policy to say," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on September 13, 2017, 04:21:44 AM
>"The only other person to come directly to mind would be Hong Meiling. Unless someone filed a claim in my own name, Sakuya Izayoi."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 13, 2017, 04:30:33 AM
>"The only other person to come directly to mind would be Hong Meiling. Unless someone filed a claim in my own name, Sakuya Izayoi."

>She shakes her head.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Yaersulf on September 13, 2017, 06:30:56 AM
>Is she currently holding a scroll or somesuch that would presumably have this name on it?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 13, 2017, 06:40:26 AM
>Is she currently holding a scroll or somesuch that would presumably have this name on it?

>Yes.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Yaersulf on September 13, 2017, 06:43:26 AM
>The next time she looks down at it or otherwise away from us, stop time and look over her shoulder at this scroll. Taking note of how we were standing before we stopped time.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 13, 2017, 06:52:05 AM
>The next time she looks down at it or otherwise away from us, stop time and look over her shoulder at this scroll. Taking note of how we were standing before we stopped time.

>You take note of your current position, and stop time at your earliest opportunity.
>Walking around the official, you see the paper she is holding is very densely packed with information in various pre-sectioned columns.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Yaersulf on September 13, 2017, 06:53:13 AM
>Search for a "claims" column, and if possible a column that would contain information about the current storage location.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 13, 2017, 08:22:47 AM
>Search for a "claims" column, and if possible a column that would contain information about the current storage location.

>You examine it, and find a place for disputes.
>It seems the dispute is one Kagaya Houraisan, who is claiming ownership.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Yaersulf on September 13, 2017, 09:12:54 AM
>It seems the dispute is one Kagaya Houraisan, who is claiming ownership.

>Intentional typo?
>How much longer do we have in timestop?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 13, 2017, 11:06:36 AM
> ...How much did that dead woman have to do with the Lunarians?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 13, 2017, 11:55:43 AM
>Intentional typo?
>How much longer do we have in timestop?

> ...How much did that dead woman have to do with the Lunarians?


>No it wasn't =[
>A bit yet. There are no worries.
>She had nothing to do with them.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 13, 2017, 12:17:00 PM
> Move back into our exact same position as when we stepped out of time.
> Step back into time.
> Adopt a thinking face.
> "Mmm...well, it's an extreme long shot...but with our history together, they may try to claim the watch is theirs...Would it happen to be Eirin Yagokoro, or perhaps Kaguya Houraisan?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 13, 2017, 01:50:29 PM
> Move back into our exact same position as when we stepped out of time.
> Step back into time.
> Adopt a thinking face.
> "Mmm...well, it's an extreme long shot...but with our history together, they may try to claim the watch is theirs...Would it happen to be Eirin Yagokoro, or perhaps Kaguya Houraisan?"

>She frowns with obvious concern."Ah, I'm afraid I've said too much already."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 13, 2017, 01:52:52 PM
> Give her a meaningful look, then sigh.
> "I see. Where can I find the two of them?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 13, 2017, 02:03:34 PM
> Give her a meaningful look, then sigh.
> "I see. Where can I find the two of them?"

>"I'm not sure about one of them," she says. "I've never even heard of her..."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 13, 2017, 02:04:36 PM
> "They will invariably be together. If you know how to find one, you know how to find the other."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 13, 2017, 02:21:30 PM
> "They will invariably be together. If you know how to find one, you know how to find the other."

>I'll...just take your word on that, I suppose," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 13, 2017, 02:36:30 PM
> "With that being said, where can I find the other you do know about?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 13, 2017, 09:46:05 PM
> "With that being said, where can I find the other you do know about?"

>"Well," she says, glancing at some of you more visible knives, "I suppose it doesn't...explicitly break protocol to say that she is a guest of Lady Teru's"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 13, 2017, 09:51:38 PM
> "Really now? Interesting. That raises a handful of questions, most notably what happened to the other person I mentioned. Regardless, I do not suppose it would do me any good to claim that we are old acquaintances? Certainly civil enough, our house considered theirs an ally back in the day, but not quite friends."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 13, 2017, 09:54:59 PM
> "Really now? Interesting. That raises a handful of questions, most notably what happened to the other person I mentioned. Regardless, I do not suppose it would do me any good to claim that we are old acquaintances? Certainly civil enough, our house considered theirs an ally back in the day, but not quite friends."

>She grimaces. "Can you at least prove that?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 13, 2017, 10:03:32 PM
> "You could ask her. I'm willing to stay here in the meantime."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 13, 2017, 10:08:54 PM
> "You could ask her. I'm willing to stay here in the meantime."

>She blanches and looks toward the door. "I would...rather not."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 13, 2017, 10:11:45 PM
> "Perhaps we could go together, then? Or with some sort of escort?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 13, 2017, 10:17:30 PM
> "Perhaps we could go together, then? Or with some sort of escort?"

>She grimaces. "I would...rather not step into the line of fire at all any more, I'm afraid."


>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 13, 2017, 10:23:08 PM
> Frown.
> "Then perhaps you can tell me where she is and how I can get to her, and I will go alone. Surely you would like to see these conflicting claims resolved somehow, yes?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 14, 2017, 12:29:47 AM
> Frown.
> "Then perhaps you can tell me where she is and how I can get to her, and I will go alone. Surely you would like to see these conflicting claims resolved somehow, yes?"

>"According to this,she is a guest of Lady Teru's," says the official. "So, ah, I imagine she would be around the ground floor in the guest chambers?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 14, 2017, 12:36:50 AM
> "And how might I get there? I'm not terribly familiar with this castle."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 14, 2017, 02:46:36 AM
> "And how might I get there? I'm not terribly familiar with this castle."

>"Assuming she is in her chambers, they would be in the east wing."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 14, 2017, 02:57:38 AM
> "How do I get there?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 14, 2017, 03:35:42 AM
> "How do I get there?"

>"You go to the ground floor, and go east," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 14, 2017, 10:50:00 AM
> "Yes, but where are the stairs to get to the ground floor? All stairwells I have seen so far have been pretty broken up from each other."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 14, 2017, 11:05:05 AM
> "Yes, but where are the stairs to get to the ground floor? All stairwells I have seen so far have been pretty broken up from each other."

>"Ah, you'll be wanting to go to the intersection and take a right, then another right when you get to the end of the hall. Then head toward the middle gallery on the second floor."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 14, 2017, 11:12:09 AM
> Based on what we've seen so far, does that make sense?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 14, 2017, 11:47:52 AM
> Based on what we've seen so far, does that make sense?

>You suppose. The stairs have never been in the same place twice. Which you suspect is by design explicitly for confounding invaders.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 14, 2017, 11:54:52 AM
> Do we at least know what 'the intersection' is?
> "All right. And then what?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 14, 2017, 12:22:08 PM
> Do we at least know what 'the intersection' is?
> "All right. And then what?"

>It should be the one near the Ministry entrance.
>"That is all I can tell you," says the official. "I have no idea where she is staying beyond that."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 14, 2017, 12:24:53 PM
> "So the second floor gallery has an obvious staircase to the ground floor?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 14, 2017, 12:33:40 PM
> "So the second floor gallery has an obvious staircase to the ground floor?"

>"This is what I said, yes," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 14, 2017, 12:34:13 PM
> "All right. My apologies for being so picky, but I have already gotten lost in here once already."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 14, 2017, 12:41:27 PM
> "All right. My apologies for being so picky, but I have already gotten lost in here once already."

>"I'm sure," she says. "Ah, please keep as much of this discussion as you can to yourself?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 14, 2017, 12:42:45 PM
> "What discussion?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 14, 2017, 10:17:46 PM
> "What discussion?"

>She nods and turns to put the paper away.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 14, 2017, 10:25:52 PM
> "Thank you for your time, Miss. I hope you have a pleasant day, even despite the circumstances."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 15, 2017, 02:06:22 AM
> "Thank you for your time, Miss. I hope you have a pleasant day, even despite the circumstances."

>"Ah yes, you too," says the official.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 15, 2017, 02:10:10 AM
> Head back out of this office and follow the directions we've been provided to get to the ground floor.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 15, 2017, 07:14:03 AM
> Head back out of this office and follow the directions we've been provided to get to the ground floor.

>You follow her directions, and find a stairway down toward the second floor. You quickly find yourself in the wake of devastation again, with more fallen and mostly-unconscious soldiers littering the hall, as well as some people in onmyoji garb. Making your way toward the middle, you pass by galleries and a dining room. There are quite a few people hiding in them, from what you see at a glance, nobles in gaudy kimonos, merchants with powdered faces, servants in humble garb.
>Reaching the central gallery, you find it is full of various ink paintings, and a number of fallen soldiers as well. The stairs can be seen to the left and the right, leading downward.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 15, 2017, 10:32:47 AM
> Head down the stairs on the left.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 16, 2017, 08:21:21 AM
> Head down the stairs on the left.

>You head down the leftward stairs, coming into the end of a corridor that heads eastward. It seems you are not the only person who had this idea, as there are a number of soldiers that have fallen victim to danmaku on the ground. IN the distance, you can hear the current fighting.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 16, 2017, 11:18:22 AM
> Well, that's useful, at least.
> Head east down the corridor. If we start passing by residential rooms, peek inside to check for anyone we know as we go along.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 16, 2017, 11:29:22 AM
> Well, that's useful, at least.
> Head east down the corridor. If we start passing by residential rooms, peek inside to check for anyone we know as we go along.

>You make your way down the corridor. The fallen soldiers become more numerous in some places, and less so in others. Glancing into the open doors that you can find, you see things such as indoor gardens and meeting rooms. Some of them have people hiding in them, but no one you recognize.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 16, 2017, 11:35:36 AM
> Keep heading down the corridor until we find someone we know in a side room, the fighting noise reaches a crescendo, or we reach the end of the corridor.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 16, 2017, 12:09:10 PM
> Keep heading down the corridor until we find someone we know in a side room, the fighting noise reaches a crescendo, or we reach the end of the corridor.

>You proceed. The corridor makes a turn to the south soon, and you can hear the distant combat grow more heated.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 16, 2017, 12:12:07 PM
> Follow those combat sounds! Who knows, maybe Kaguya got roped into all this.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 16, 2017, 12:24:33 PM
> Follow those combat sounds! Who knows, maybe Kaguya got roped into all this.

>You head southward, and soon come to a T-shaped intersection. You can hear the combat coming from the north.
>Heading that direction, you quickly come to a grand hall. The walls are curtained away, while the ceiling is covered with elaborate panels filled with intricate repeating patterns. A throne rests in the back, a fairly simple-looking seat on an upraised dais with a lowered ceiling. The room is also filled with danmaku of practically every color, thick enough that it's momentarily difficult to find its sources; one hovering in front of the throne and another near the middle. You've seen your share of inicident-causers, and this is certainly worthy of one.

>_

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 16, 2017, 12:26:09 PM
> How much danger are we in of getting caught in the crossfire?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 16, 2017, 12:31:59 PM
> How much danger are we in of getting caught in the crossfire?

>From the doorway, it is safe. If you enter, however, you are going to have to work to keep yourself safe.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 16, 2017, 12:34:38 PM
> Watch from the doorway for a bit, then.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 16, 2017, 01:00:00 PM
> Watch from the doorway for a bit, then.

>You watch.
>The woman over the throne is clearly the Warlord you've heard so much about. She wears a full suit of laced armor, lacquered a bright red. It's hard to make out more details than that. She carries a small rack with several swords resting on it; she carries a bared sword in her right hand. She isn't precisely wielding it, not like Youmu does, but rather is brandishing it. You think this may be what she uses for spell cards. As for her card, it is certainly busy, featuring huge waves of tightly-bound shots criss-crossed with diagonal beams here and there. It reminds you of some old ink paintings of military regiments with outrageously large banners.
>The other is Kaori, and she is doing well to slip between the Warlord's danmaku and pelt the woman with her own. She is sending out a lot of talismans, likely so she can at least harry her opponent while focusing on dodging, Reimu liked that tactic a lot and it is annoying to deal with, to say the least.
>As you watch, The Warlord's spellcard breaks; she responds by sheathing her sword and sending out a number of wide danmaku spirals from her hand. Kaori takes a more aggressive stand in response. For the moment, the room is somewhat less filled with flak.

>_

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 16, 2017, 01:02:21 PM
> Is the Warlord about the same size as Kaori, assuming her armor doesn't add too much size to her?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 16, 2017, 01:08:00 PM
> Is the Warlord about the same size as Kaori, assuming her armor doesn't add too much size to her?

>Oh definitely not. But then again, Kaori's probably the tallest human you've ever seen.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 16, 2017, 01:15:21 PM
> Take the chance and step inside to get a better view.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 16, 2017, 01:21:28 PM
> Take the chance and step inside to get a better view.

>You step inside. The throne room is quite spacious, easily large enough to hold hundreds of people. You note that you're not the only one who entered; or rather, someone with black hair seems to have moved through another entrance some distance down the hall and crossed it; you can only catch a glimpse of black hair vanishing through a door opposing the one she entered.
>The spirals are quickly growing thicker.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 16, 2017, 01:25:29 PM
> Was that person on our side of the fight or on the other side?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 16, 2017, 01:29:20 PM
> Was that person on our side of the fight or on the other side?

>They seem to have moved from your side to the other side; presumably they started before you left the hall you were in.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 16, 2017, 01:32:55 PM
> If we were to step out of time and book it across the floor to the door the black-haired person vanished through, would we make it before needing to step back into time? Or is it too far away?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 16, 2017, 01:34:15 PM
> If we were to step out of time and book it across the floor to the door the black-haired person vanished through, would we make it before needing to step back into time? Or is it too far away?

>You could make it.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 16, 2017, 01:37:27 PM
> Do so, then.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 16, 2017, 01:45:18 PM
> Do so, then.

>You step out of time and cross the throne room. It takes you a few moments to do so, but you reach the doorway to the north east. This leads into another hallway. It is occupied by a woman in a pink blouse with wide sleeves and a red skirt, with lustrous black hair that is currently tied into a rather sizable bob.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 16, 2017, 02:00:02 PM
> Does it look like Kaguya from the back?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 16, 2017, 02:14:29 PM
> Does it look like Kaguya from the back?

>You think so; if she pulled her hair up.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 16, 2017, 02:15:25 PM
> Step back into time.
> "You have my attention, Princess."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 16, 2017, 02:26:06 PM
> Step back into time.
> "You have my attention, Princess."

>She startles. Then she turns around and regards you for a moment. This is definitely Kaguya. There is something...off about her, though. Something about her poise seems less confident, more fragile than you remember. You can't quite put your finger on it.
>"...Does Mikoto retain western maids?" she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 16, 2017, 02:29:15 PM
> "If she did, they wouldn't be me. Why are you placing claims on my pocketwatch with the Ministry of the Treasury?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 16, 2017, 02:34:51 PM
> "If she did, they wouldn't be me. Why are you placing claims on my pocketwatch with the Ministry of the Treasury?"

>She tilts her head slightly. "I don't seem to recall you, then. Which part of the capital did you dwell in?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 16, 2017, 02:38:03 PM
> Give Kaguya a curious look for a couple of seconds, then look as though we have realized something.
> "Ah, of course. I do not live in Haihan at all. Rather, I dwelled in the Scarlet Devil Mansion nearly a thousand years ago, back when you lived with your doctor and rabbits in the Bamboo Forest of Lost. I suppose it is not surprising you do not remember me."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 16, 2017, 02:54:05 PM
> Give Kaguya a curious look for a couple of seconds, then look as though we have realized something.
> "Ah, of course. I do not live in Haihan at all. Rather, I dwelled in the Scarlet Devil Mansion nearly a thousand years ago, back when you lived with your doctor and rabbits in the Bamboo Forest of Lost. I suppose it is not surprising you do not remember me."

>"...Ah," she says. "Well. I suppose there is a reason for that."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 16, 2017, 03:01:04 PM
> "What happened to you? Why are you here, and what has befallen Miss Yagokoro?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 16, 2017, 03:02:32 PM
> "What happened to you? Why are you here, and what has befallen Miss Yagokoro?"

>She gestures for you to follow her. "Eirin has returned to the Capital," she says

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 16, 2017, 03:04:48 PM
> Was that dead woman originally from the moon?
> Follow.
> "The Lunar Capital? Why?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 16, 2017, 03:10:03 PM
> Was that dead woman originally from the moon?
> Follow.
> "The Lunar Capital? Why?"

>No. And you doubt someone like her would have ever had the chance to see it.
>"She felt that she could do more there, I suppose," says Kaguya. "She never truly left it, in her heart."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 16, 2017, 03:14:01 PM
> How did we come upon that watch, then? Kaguya's words seemed to imply it is Lunarian in origin.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 16, 2017, 03:19:43 PM
> How did we come upon that watch, then? Kaguya's words seemed to imply it is Lunarian in origin.

>Rinnosuke sold it to a another person, long ago. You inherited it.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 16, 2017, 03:28:45 PM
> "I see. Still, though, my curiosity remains. Why did you put in an ownership claim on my watch?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 12:03:01 AM
> "I see. Still, though, my curiosity remains. Why did you put in an ownership claim on my watch?"

>"Should we not reclaim that which is ours?" says Kaguya.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on September 17, 2017, 12:07:23 AM
>"But its not yours."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 12:35:23 AM
>"But its not yours."

>"Whyever would you think that?" she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on September 17, 2017, 01:50:48 AM
>"Because i have inherited it and it has been in my hands ever since until some peculiar events brought me here to this time period."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 02:07:36 AM
>"Because i have inherited it and it has been in my hands ever since until some peculiar events brought me here to this time period."

>"And where were you all this time?" says Kaguya, as she reaches an intersection and turns a corner. You can hear more combat up ahead.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on September 17, 2017, 02:14:41 AM
>Keep following carefully, be mindul of any threats from either Kaguya or an third party.
>"Being flung around through time by some unknown force like a toy, something not even the Hakutaku or Miss Yakumo could understand fully."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 02:21:38 AM
>Keep following carefully, be mindul of any threats from either Kaguya or an third party.
>"Being flung around through time by some unknown force like a toy, something not even the Hakutaku or Miss Yakumo could understand fully."

>"Hm, strange," says Kaguya. "You wouldn't happen to have discovered where she went, then?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on September 17, 2017, 03:17:30 AM
>"Who would be 'she' ?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 03:22:05 AM
>"Who would be 'she' ?"

>"Who else would I ask about?" says Kaguya, her voice taking on a bit of sharpness after being more or less level the whole time. "Do you know where Mokou is?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on September 17, 2017, 03:24:28 AM
>Anything about Mokou from both of our memory sets ?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 03:26:03 AM
>Anything about Mokou from both of our memory sets ?

>What you know, from both instances of memory, is that she went to Higan after a point, and Something happened. Something that they very much will not elaborate on. No one has seen her since.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on September 17, 2017, 03:47:56 AM
>"All i know is that someday she went to Higan, some mysterious event that they refused to elaborate on happened, and she has been missing ever since."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 03:52:33 AM
>"All i know is that someday she went to Higan, some mysterious event that they refused to elaborate on happened, and she has been missing ever since."

>"So the same as everyone," says Kaguya, her voice returning to its old tone. "Shame."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 03:59:36 AM
> "My apologies."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 04:07:42 AM
> "My apologies."

>She nods idly. "So you're after it, too, I assume?"
>Up ahead, you can see some fairly dense danmaku coming from another corridor. An intersection comes up before that. Kaguya idly turns left.


>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 04:09:26 AM
> Keep following.
> "The watch, you mean? I have had it for as long as I remember, yes. And Miss Yakumo implied it was related to why I am still in this time instead of back in my proper time."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on September 17, 2017, 04:12:30 AM
>"So the clue is that getting it back means i can go back to the time period i belong to."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 04:25:19 AM
> Keep following.
> "The watch, you mean? I have had it for as long as I remember, yes. And Miss Yakumo implied it was related to why I am still in this time instead of back in my proper time."

>"Curious," says Kaguya. "But it makes a kind of sense."

>"So the clue is that getting it back means i can go back to the time period i belong to."

>She nods idly in response.

>_

Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on September 17, 2017, 04:38:24 AM
///And Dai Quest finally ended. Holy shit. Also dark ass ending with Yuyuko suffering a fate worse than death.

>"So, with that in mind, would you give up the watch in return for me delivering a massage to your past self?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 04:39:26 AM
>"So, with that in mind, would you give up the watch in return for me delivering a massage to your past self?"

>"I would like to inspect it first," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 05:52:55 AM
> "All right. I think we'll need to wait until that fight is over before getting back to that office, though. Unless you know an alternate path."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 06:00:18 AM
> "All right. I think we'll need to wait until that fight is over before getting back to that office, though. Unless you know an alternate path."

>"I have no interest in offices," she says. "They've been nothing but a pain."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 06:09:51 AM
> "Oh. Are you going to steal the watch from it, then?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 06:13:05 AM
> "Oh. Are you going to steal the watch from it, then?"

>"Of course not," she says. "How can I steal something that doesn't belong to them to begin with?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 06:23:07 AM
> "...I suppose."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 06:28:13 AM
> "...I suppose."

>"Nor will they miss it," says Kaguya. "They have so many things."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 06:38:07 AM
> "They seem to have a fair amount of documentation."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 06:39:51 AM
> "They seem to have a fair amount of documentation."

>"For all the good it does them," she says. "It simply sits there."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 07:18:42 AM
> Nod.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 07:23:38 AM
> Nod.

>You can see a stairway leading into a basement ahead.
>"So I see no harm in it disappearing during the chaos, do you?" says Kaguya.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 07:24:49 AM
> "Not at all."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 07:26:00 AM
> "Not at all."

>"Quite," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 08:00:58 AM
> Continue following Kaguya, wherever she's going.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on September 17, 2017, 08:09:14 AM
>What do we know of Kaguya's powers over time?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 08:09:47 AM
> Continue following Kaguya, wherever she's going.

>She makes her way down the stairs, which are lit, and descends. At the bottom is a door that is more metal than wood, Kaguya produces a key from her sleeve and uses it, unlocking the door and pushing it open. She takes a lamp from the wall and walks inside.

>What do we know of Kaguya's powers over time?

>You have no idea what she can do, really.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 08:10:49 AM
> "Interesting."
> Continue following.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on September 17, 2017, 08:11:56 AM
>What is our past history with Kaguya?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 08:15:07 AM
>What is our past history with Kaguya?
> "Interesting."
> Continue following.

>You head inside, and find yourself in a sizable chamber with various glass cases. The walls are lined with shelves lined with boxes of various sizes. It is dark, save for the light Kaguya is carrying.
>You're on fairly good terms, all told. The whole false moon incident was something of a kerfuffle, but afterward things have been well. In particular, Remilia considers Eientei to be a firm ally, and has assisted them with various difficulties in the past, and vice versa. Personally, you don't really know her that well. But in your era she always seemed quite nice and open-minded, if a bit out of touch with the world.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 08:34:27 AM
> Is there stuff inside the cases?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 08:38:42 AM
> Is there stuff inside the cases?

>Yes, though most of it is hard to see right now. The case nearest to you seems to have fist-sized piece of rock in it, resting on a silken pillow.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 08:45:01 AM
> "What is in those cases?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 08:50:10 AM
> "What is in those cases?"

>"Various treasures Mikoto has gathered," says Kaguya as she heads further in. "Things that weren't of her interest, but valuable enough."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 08:51:46 AM
> "Ah."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 08:59:27 AM
> "Ah."

>"I don't care about them, but I won't complain if you help yourself," says Kaguya as she moves further in, threatening to leave you in the dark.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 09:01:08 AM
> Was there another lamp, or did Kaguay take the only one?
> How are our time resources holding up?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 09:07:30 AM
> Was there another lamp, or did Kaguay take the only one?
> How are our time resources holding up?

>There are others, but you would have to go partway back up the stairs to get one.
>Reasonably.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 09:08:59 AM
> Could we step out of time for long enough to grab a lamp and return here?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 09:10:01 AM
> Could we step out of time for long enough to grab a lamp and return here?

>Easily.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 09:14:19 AM
> Step out of time, head back up the stairs, grab a lamp, return to our current spot, and step back into time.
> "Duly noted."
> Look around at what's in the immediate vicinity, bringing our light closer to things as needed.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 09:22:52 AM
> Step out of time, head back up the stairs, grab a lamp, return to our current spot, and step back into time.
> "Duly noted."
> Look around at what's in the immediate vicinity, bringing our light closer to things as needed.

>You go and grab a lamp.
>Looking around, you can see that rock in the nearest case. Another holds a collection of four gems cut in various shapes. A third holds what seems to be a finger bone. A forth contains a small box.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 09:23:58 AM
> Is there an obvious way to open the glass cases?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 09:25:56 AM
> Is there an obvious way to open the glass cases?

>You think that the covers can be lifted off.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 09:28:01 AM
> "Is there any sort of security on these cases?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 09:28:36 AM
> "Is there any sort of security on these cases?"

>"There shouldn't be," says Kaguya, as she walks further in.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 09:30:09 AM
> What did the four gems cut in various shapes look like?
> Do we know anything about gems Reisen owns? If so, do we know what they look like? If so, do they match the above four gems?
> Try lifting the cover from the case with the small box. If we are successful, take the box out and open it.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 09:39:28 AM
> What did the four gems cut in various shapes look like?
> Do we know anything about gems Reisen owns? If so, do we know what they look like? If so, do they match the above four gems?
> Try lifting the cover from the case with the small box. If we are successful, take the box out and open it.

>A green one is shaped like a three-sided pyramid, a blue one cut into an octohedron, a red one polished into a sphere, and a purple one cut into a sort of pentagram shape with a star pattern.
>You recall something like that, but you've not seen them for such a long time that you assumed she threw them out for some reason.
>You do lift the cover without too much trouble, the glass is a bit heavy but otherwise nothing untoward happens. You set it aside and open the small box to find nothing inside.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 09:42:22 AM
> Close the box and put it back.
> Gently close the glass cover.
> Make our way back to the four gems. Open the cover and retrieve all of them. Mistress will probably enjoy them, at least.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 09:45:09 AM
> Close the box and put it back.
> Gently close the glass cover.
> Make our way back to the four gems. Open the cover and retrieve all of them. Mistress will probably enjoy them, at least.

>You put the box back, and claim the four gems.
>You obtain: Set of Four Gems.
>As you do so, Kaguya stops at a case. "Here we are," she says as she opens it, setting her lamp on a neighboring case.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 09:47:35 AM
> "Ah, good."
> Close the case and continue onward toward Kaguya, making a note of anything else of interest we see in the cases.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 09:54:28 AM
> "Ah, good."
> Close the case and continue onward toward Kaguya, making a note of anything else of interest we see in the cases.

>"She's gone, you know," says Kaguya, as she opens the case. "Well, they all are. In a way, perhaps you could appreciate that more than anyone else, now that I think about it. They're changing, you know? To you the pace would be absolutely imperceptible. But they are."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 09:58:52 AM
> Nothing else noteworthy?
> Blink.
> "Who's gone? And who's changing?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 10:06:08 AM
> Nothing else noteworthy?
> Blink.
> "Who's gone? And who's changing?"

>You're looking. Admittedly, Kaguya is being a distraction.
>"Everyone, really," says Kaguya. "And, they are, on the moon. Can you believe it? To think ice of ten thousand years would shed a drop of water. You wouldn't notice the difference even now, I think. But it is there, in subtle ways. It will never avalanche out of control, but the face of the land, so to speak, still changes. Isn't that hilarious?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 10:09:57 AM
> "I'm afraid I don't really know much about the Lunarians beyond what you and Miss Yagokoro have brought to Gensokyo. And that one of them has a sword and cheats at danmaku."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 10:14:47 AM
> "I'm afraid I don't really know much about the Lunarians beyond what you and Miss Yagokoro have brought to Gensokyo. And that one of them has a sword and cheats at danmaku."

>She chuckles dryly. "It's not important, but you'll see. But it's weighed on me, lately. Even the heavens can change, when it shouldn't have been possible at all. What did I forsake everything for, then?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 10:17:24 AM
> "Ah. My apologies that I cannot be more helpful for such things. But hopefully the ride here on Earth was at least enjoyable?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 10:46:30 AM
> "Ah. My apologies that I cannot be more helpful for such things. But hopefully the ride here on Earth was at least enjoyable?"

>"For awhile," she says, as she turns what is definitely your watch over in her hands. "But, they're all gone now, you know? Even the likes of Mokou ran away. I've spent so long trying to find her, wandering everywhere, trying everything... I think, despite the odds, she is truly gone."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 10:48:28 AM
> "...For what they're worth, you have my sympathies. Though, at the risk of being macabre, if Miss Fujiwara found a way out, as it were, then perhaps you can do the same?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 11:05:33 AM
> "...For what they're worth, you have my sympathies. Though, at the risk of being macabre, if Miss Fujiwara found a way out, as it were, then perhaps you can do the same?"

>"Why would I want that?" she says. "Are you particularly eager to follow her?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 11:07:17 AM
> "No. I am merely pointing out that it is possible, given the seemingly-rhetorical question you posed a moment ago."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 11:09:41 AM
> "No. I am merely pointing out that it is possible, given the seemingly-rhetorical question you posed a moment ago."

>She shakes her head. "No, that is quite markedly opposite of what I want, what anyone would want. I even forsook the Lunar Capital to attain true immortality."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 11:13:53 AM
> "Ah. My apologies for misunderstanding the situation."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 11:16:43 AM
> "Ah. My apologies for misunderstanding the situation."

>"It's alright. It's a difficult problem for just anyone to understand."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 11:18:08 AM
> "So...what will you do, then?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 11:20:54 AM
> "So...what will you do, then?"

>"I'll break it, of course," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 11:22:10 AM
> "...I'd, ah, rather get my watch back intact..."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 11:26:21 AM
> "...I'd, ah, rather get my watch back intact..."

>"Ah, not that," she says.
>The world around you goes gray as time comes to a stop.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 11:27:23 AM
> !
> Are we still able to move, or at least think?
> Is Kaguya gray as well?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 11:29:32 AM
> !
> Are we still able to move, or at least think?
> Is Kaguya gray as well?

>You think you can move; you can definitely feel the slowdown trying to stop you, but you can resist it for now.
>Kaguya does not seem affected.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 11:31:25 AM
> "Oh..."
> Try walking toward Kaguya.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 11:33:55 AM
> "Oh..."
> Try walking toward Kaguya.

>You do so. The resistance is like a strange inverse of holding time at bay, rather than focusing to hold it in place, you have to focus to keep yourself from being held.
>"Do you see, now?" says Kaguya. smiling. "This little trinket can achieve a momentary stop, all I need do is push that along."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 11:40:47 AM
> "...You wish to freeze the Lunar Capital?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 11:44:36 AM
> "...You wish to freeze the Lunar Capital?"

>"Why stop there?" says Kaguya. "I'm going to find her."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 11:45:53 AM
> "And then what?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 11:48:49 AM
> "And then what?"

>"Then we shall see," says Kaguya, chuckling. "We shall see."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 12:04:51 PM
> "And what of the rest of us?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 12:05:22 PM
> "And what of the rest of us?"

>"I gift you with eternity," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 12:12:30 PM
> Is all the time moving and talking draining our internal resources, as it were?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 12:14:03 PM
> Is all the time moving and talking draining our internal resources, as it were?

>A bit. You aren't sure how long you can maintain this, but it can certainly be measured in minutes.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 12:20:19 PM
> How far away is Kaguya?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 12:22:32 PM
> How far away is Kaguya?

>A few yards now. She is definitely watching you.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 12:33:59 PM
> Sigh.
> "I suppose I was never to reclaim that watch, then."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 12:37:02 PM
> Sigh.
> "I suppose I was never to reclaim that watch, then."

>"There's no need to worry about such things anymore," says Kaguya. "Let it take you into its embrace and lift your burdens. Stillness shall reign."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 01:01:30 PM
> "My apologies, Princess, but only one entity reigns over me."
> Pull out a knife.
> "And I cannot let stillness stop me from seeing her again."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 01:02:16 PM
> "My apologies, Princess, but only one entity reigns over me."
> Pull out a knife.
> "And I cannot let stillness stop me from seeing her again."

>"I was afraid you might say that," says Kaguya, as she takes to the air.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 01:09:20 PM
> Danmaku does not travel very far when time is stopped, yes?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on September 17, 2017, 01:13:59 PM
Good lord, this has taken a twist.

>Any curious things we can do with danmaku during timestop, without our spellcards on hand?

Ah, if only we had retrieved them during our stay in our own timezone. Of course, we didn't know, though.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 01:23:12 PM
> Danmaku does not travel very far when time is stopped, yes?

>Only a little ways.

>Any curious things we can do with danmaku during timestop, without our spellcards on hand?

>Not really, you've never really fought an opponent like this so you've never really needed to prepare anything for this sort of situation.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 01:26:57 PM
> Take to the air as well and head straight at Kaguya.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 01:32:33 PM
> Take to the air as well and head straight at Kaguya.

>You take to the air and head straight for the Lunarian. She raises her hand and sends a dense web of danmaku directly at you.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on September 17, 2017, 01:54:46 PM
>Does it look like we will need to avoid it entirely or can we attempt to find an gap ?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 01:55:00 PM
> How much horizontal space do we have?
> How much vertical space do we have?
> Are we far enough away that we can expect the bullets to stop before they reach us?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 01:56:08 PM
> How much horizontal space do we have?
> How much vertical space do we have?
> Are we far enough away that we can expect the bullets to stop before they reach us?

>You are between two cases; which gives about ten feet of let. The whole room is probably 20 feet wide.
>The roof is about 15 or so feet from the floor.
>No.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 01:59:28 PM
> Missed a post, sorry
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on September 17, 2017, 02:00:35 PM
>How far do we think we can throw a knife, considering time is stopped?
>How many knives do we have?
>Would it be hard to retrieve a thrown knife frozen in time if we happen to be close to one later in the fight?
>Obviously she'd stop it again unless we retrieve the watch first, but would it be significantly draining to unstop time for a bit?

>Focus on dodging through the web. Back up a bit if absolutely necessary, but moving to the side would be preferable.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 17, 2017, 02:05:22 PM
Please no one ever try to "unstop" time. That is not how our ability works, and I imagine it was constructed that way specifically with this fight in mind. Unstopping is giving up.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on September 17, 2017, 02:06:25 PM
We know, besides, i doubt we would ever be able to win over the watch like that without Kaguya being able to interfere.
 
>What is the maximum amount of time that we know of that the watch can keep the flow stopped ?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 02:41:46 PM
>Does it look like we will need to avoid it entirely or can we attempt to find an gap ?
>How far do we think we can throw a knife, considering time is stopped?
>How many knives do we have?
>Would it be hard to retrieve a thrown knife frozen in time if we happen to be close to one later in the fight?
>Obviously she'd stop it again unless we retrieve the watch first, but would it be significantly draining to unstop time for a bit?

>Focus on dodging through the web. Back up a bit if absolutely necessary, but moving to the side would be preferable.

>What is the maximum amount of time that we know of that the watch can keep the flow stopped ?

>It's a tight bundle, you'll have to avoid it entirely-No, wait! It's starting to spread out! She's trying to trick you!
>You can throw one about three yards before it runs out of momentum.
>You have 18 knives.
>If you do not convert a knife into a cloud of danmaku, it should be easy to reclaim it.
>You don't think you can unstop time...
>At your best, you can hold it for about 15 minutes. You are not at your best right now, and can probably manage a maximum of ten. Eight is more likely.
>You press forward, and the web of danmaku opens, presenting some small gaps in the middle that you can slip through. Kaguya ascends as you approach.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on September 17, 2017, 03:21:53 PM
>And how much can we expect Kaguya to hold out with the time stop ?
>How high did she ascend ?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 03:31:23 PM
>And how much can we expect Kaguya to hold out with the time stop ?
>How high did she ascend ?

>You have no idea.
>A few feet, and is still going.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on September 17, 2017, 03:44:22 PM
>So within the range of our 3 yards (Imperials... :< ), will they be able to outrun her ?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 03:51:23 PM
>So within the range of our 3 yards (Imperials... :< ), will they be able to outrun her ?

>Who is they? Your danmaku? You may be able to hit her, if you're clever or lucky.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on September 17, 2017, 04:08:04 PM
>Compare our Luck and Int Stats with Kaguya's.
>Hmmm, is she going straight upwards or is she also doing horizontal movement ?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 04:27:40 PM
>Compare our Luck and Int Stats with Kaguya's.
>Hmmm, is she going straight upwards or is she also doing horizontal movement ?

>Straight up for now, but you think there is a bit of a curve starting.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on September 17, 2017, 04:36:24 PM
Kaguya has heavily implied she can make the timestop last forever using her own power- we must work under the assumption that we HAVE to win before we run out of power to resist the stop.

Also, a yard is three feet. I apologize for our awful measurement system.

>Begin to slip through the web as we advance. Ready a knife in each hand so that we may quickly fire once we decide on action.
>How much different is slinging a knife at her and throwing a cloud of knife danmaku at her? In terms of the effect should one hit her. Like. Stabbity stabbity power.

I mean she's literally immortal and it sounds like she's threatening the end of time itself, so if everyone's OK with it I'd just stab her when we think we can pull it off.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on September 17, 2017, 04:51:25 PM
Immortality won't stop incapacitation, if i had to say, if she gets injured, the time stop pressure should waver a bit from her loss of focus.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 17, 2017, 11:55:51 PM
>Begin to slip through the web as we advance. Ready a knife in each hand so that we may quickly fire once we decide on action.
>How much different is slinging a knife at her and throwing a cloud of knife danmaku at her? In terms of the effect should one hit her. Like. Stabbity stabbity power.

>You work your way thought the web of danmaku, taking a blade in each hand. As you do, the Lunarian arcs above you.
>Throwing just a knife may wound her to a variable degree. However, a single knife is reasonably easy for a skilled person to dodge. Danmaku is harder to dodge, but the effects are generally less dramatic than a stabbing, just the loss of some stamina.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 18, 2017, 01:41:30 AM
> Can we tell if the bullets she is firing are freezing in mid-air?
> Is she within slashing or stabbing range?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 18, 2017, 01:43:29 AM
> Can we tell if the bullets she is firing are freezing in mid-air?
> Is she within slashing or stabbing range?

>They seem to be losing momentum.
>Not in any effective range.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on September 18, 2017, 01:46:19 AM
>Can we sacrifice some of our magic reserves to make an projectile stay unaffected by the time manipulation ? Much like how we are nullifying it's effects on ourselves.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 18, 2017, 01:53:17 AM
>Can we sacrifice some of our magic reserves to make an projectile stay unaffected by the time manipulation ? Much like how we are nullifying it's effects on ourselves.

>Possibly. You've never really considered that; it would be uncouth, normally.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on September 18, 2017, 02:06:32 AM
>Normally, but normal circumstances don't include fighting an mind-shattered Kaguya attempting to use our watch to bring tempore mortis to the world.
>How far away are we from her overall ?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 18, 2017, 02:08:31 AM
>Normally, but normal circumstances don't include fighting an mind-shattered Kaguya attempting to use our watch to bring tempore mortis to the world.
>How far away are we from her overall ?

>Quite.
>She is about a yard and a half overhead at this split second.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on September 18, 2017, 03:28:09 AM
That's very close. Let's do it!

>Use one knife to throw a circle of danmaku around Kaguya, due to the fact that we are below her- such that it will not hit her if she stops almost immediately. Do it as soon as possible; a haphazard mess around her rather than a circle is fine enough, this only really works if she's mostly above us. The goal is to interrupt her movement, moreso than to actually hit her.
>So long as we're not about to be hit by a bullet from Kaguya's danmaku web, immediately use the other knife to throw a nondescript cloud of knife danmaku focused at her.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 18, 2017, 03:35:04 AM
>Use one knife to throw a circle of danmaku around Kaguya, due to the fact that we are below her- such that it will not hit her if she stops almost immediately. Do it as soon as possible; a haphazard mess around her rather than a circle is fine enough, this only really works if she's mostly above us. The goal is to interrupt her movement, moreso than to actually hit her.
>So long as we're not about to be hit by a bullet from Kaguya's danmaku web, immediately use the other knife to throw a nondescript cloud of knife danmaku focused at her.

>You send out a ring of knives. They harry Kaguya for a moment before she slips between a small gap. However, that moment is enough to send a cloud of knives at her, a few striking her along her feet and legs before she is able to evade them properly.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on September 18, 2017, 03:58:46 AM
A note of interest:We probably shouldn't give Kaguya the opportunity to get past us and to where she could attempt to retreat out the exit whilst slowing us down with danmaku. She doesn't have to beat us, she just has to not be defeated. If she can attempt to run away, she'd most likely win.

>Are we capable of throwing a wave of knives that will change direction at a certain distance, and then come back?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 18, 2017, 03:59:55 AM
>Are we capable of throwing a wave of knives that will change direction at a certain distance, and then come back?

>That would be difficult. Perhaps not impossible, but it would be difficult on the fly. You can throw knives that reflect off of surfaces.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 18, 2017, 11:20:58 AM
> What are we now looking at for bullet coverage coming at us?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 18, 2017, 11:23:55 AM
> What are we now looking at for bullet coverage coming at us?

>You have gotten through the cloud. Kaguya is currently getting through your counterattack.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 18, 2017, 11:40:45 AM
> Maneuver in closer to Kaguya while pulling out two more knives (one in each hand).
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 18, 2017, 01:35:20 PM
> Maneuver in closer to Kaguya while pulling out two more knives (one in each hand).

>How do you intend to approach her? From below, or curve around and up to come at her side?

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 18, 2017, 02:49:20 PM
> The latter.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 18, 2017, 02:57:08 PM
> The latter.

>You curve around, as Kaguya moves to slip away. As you come up to her leveland draw your knives,, she sends a wall of danmaku toward you while backing away.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 18, 2017, 03:30:59 PM
> Can we see her previous bullets frozen in the air now? Or have we not turned all the way around yet?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 18, 2017, 03:32:37 PM
> Can we see her previous bullets frozen in the air now? Or have we not turned all the way around yet?

>They are frozen, from what you can see out of the corner (bottom?) of your eye.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on September 18, 2017, 04:19:30 PM
>Is it possible to dodge above, below, or to the side of the wall?
>If not, back up as necessary until we can realistically seem to start weaving through.
>Vaguely how far is Kaguya from the wall behind her? And where are we in relation to the exit of the room?

It'd be pretty awesome if we could corner her, or at least back her up close to a wall. Can't dodge when you don't have any more room.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 19, 2017, 12:34:06 AM
>Is it possible to dodge above, below, or to the side of the wall?
>If not, back up as necessary until we can realistically seem to start weaving through.
>Vaguely how far is Kaguya from the wall behind her? And where are we in relation to the exit of the room?

>All of these are possible; the wall is wider than it is tall. Going up with put you uncomfortably close to the ceiling.
>She is just behind it at the moment.  The exit is on the far side of the room, Kaguya is between you and it.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 19, 2017, 04:23:56 AM
> Does this wall look like it is beginning the same way her first (deceptive) attack began?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 19, 2017, 04:31:30 AM
> Does this wall look like it is beginning the same way her first (deceptive) attack began?

>It seems all the shots are moving toward you in a straight line.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 19, 2017, 05:57:39 AM
> Head left to get around it.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 19, 2017, 05:59:47 AM
> Head left to get around it.

>You tack to the left, giving Kaguya more time to open up distance between you. She puts up another wall  of shots as you circumvent this one.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on September 19, 2017, 07:26:17 AM
>How far are we from her ?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 19, 2017, 07:28:10 AM
>How far are we from her ?

>There's about three yards between you at the moment.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 19, 2017, 12:17:21 PM
> Is she above or below us?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 19, 2017, 12:17:46 PM
> Is she above or below us?

>She is ahead of you, but on the same level.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 19, 2017, 12:19:54 PM
> Go down and under the incoming wall.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 19, 2017, 12:23:27 PM
herp

> Go down and under the incoming wall.

> Only do this if we would not crash face-first into the bullets she fired before that are now frozen in time. If we WOULD crash face-first into those bullets, go up and over the incoming wall instead.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 19, 2017, 12:26:16 PM
> Go down and under the incoming wall.

>You go under the wall, only to find the wall is breaking apart, and lines of bullets and raining down on you from above!

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on September 19, 2017, 01:50:18 PM
>How much of it will hit us if we keep going after Kaguya ?
>If we throw a knife at Kaguya and keep it unaffected by the watch, how quickly can it catch up to Kaguya ?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 19, 2017, 02:18:53 PM
>How much of it will hit us if we keep going after Kaguya ?
>If we throw a knife at Kaguya and keep it unaffected by the watch, how quickly can it catch up to Kaguya ?

>You think you can dodge through it if you take a moment or two. If you just charge through, you're going to take a few hits.
>You don't even know if you can do that, you have no idea how that sort of thing might be affected.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on September 19, 2017, 02:25:58 PM
>It should work in a similar fashion as we are channeling our ability on ourselves to keep us moving, but using part of it on the knife object instead, so say that works, how fast it can cover those 3 yards+ of distance ?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 19, 2017, 02:47:52 PM
>It should work in a similar fashion as we are channeling our ability on ourselves to keep us moving, but using part of it on the knife object instead, so say that works, how fast it can cover those 3 yards+ of distance ?

>You have no idea if that'll even work, so you cannot even begin to make estimates on how effective that'll be.
>The theory seems sound, but you aren't entirely sure how to actually do it. And it would be trading off your resistance time, so you would need to make it count. From experience, you know Kaguya is a wily opponent, she won't be tricked by a single knife throw.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on September 19, 2017, 03:27:32 PM
Well, we have one theory here that could become an ace in the hole, but it's up to you.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 20, 2017, 11:17:50 AM
> How much coverage to our left and right does the wall have?
> How deep is the wall?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 20, 2017, 11:22:21 AM
> How much coverage to our left and right does the wall have?
> How deep is the wall?

>None yet. But there will be a fair bit to either side as the wall was wider than it was tall.
>It's not very deep, but deep enough to be threatening; there are a few lines of bullets in it.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 20, 2017, 11:28:18 AM
> Are the falling bullets accelerating downward from being stopped, or are they already moving down at a decent downward clip?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 20, 2017, 11:29:59 AM
> Are the falling bullets accelerating downward from being stopped, or are they already moving down at a decent downward clip?

>You think they are probably losing speed as their momentum is lost to the frozen time. They don't seem to be speeding up beyond the break-up of the wall.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 20, 2017, 11:31:59 AM
Hmm...

> Are we actually underneath the wall yet? Or did it start breaking up before we got there?
> If the latter, given the bullets' current falling speeds, if we beelined it underneath, would we reach underneath first, or would the bullets reach our level first, thereby smacking us face-first into them?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 20, 2017, 11:36:36 AM
Hmm...

> Are we actually underneath the wall yet? Or did it start breaking up before we got there?
> If the latter, given the bullets' current falling speeds, if we beelined it underneath, would we reach underneath first, or would the bullets reach our level first, thereby smacking us face-first into them?

>A bit of both. At this split second, you are just in front of the first line of bullets making it up the wall, they are just above you and would pass worryingly close to your face if you weren't moving.
>You think if you went as fast as you could, you would be able to get past the majority of it. Assuming no further surprises.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 20, 2017, 11:53:43 AM
> Good enough. Book it underneath everything, accepting that we may get plunked in the back a couple of times.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 20, 2017, 12:00:00 PM
> Good enough. Book it underneath everything, accepting that we may get plunked in the back a couple of times.

>You move forward as quickly as you can, passing under many of the bullets before they can reach you. What is left just two sets of lines descending from above, you shoudl be able to slip through them.
>Kaguya is still backing away.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on September 20, 2017, 12:07:09 PM
>Is she constantly keeping an eye on us ?
>Is she just going straight for the exit ?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 20, 2017, 12:12:15 PM
>Is she constantly keeping an eye on us ?
>Is she just going straight for the exit ?

>Yes.
>It seems so.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on September 20, 2017, 12:23:01 PM
>Inventory.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 20, 2017, 12:27:20 PM
>Inventory.

>Your Inventory contains
>Maid Headband:
>A statement of your career, pleasantly frilly.
>Uniform
>It reveals a daring amount of leg, but sometimes one must be daring.
>Silver Knife x16
>Kept in your skirt pockets, and a few hidden in comfortable spots in and under your clothing. These are the basis of your danmaku. When adventuring, you tend to keep quite a few more.
>6☼
>This is 6☼
>Picture of Future Flandre
>A picture of Flandre in Gensokyo?s future.
>Writing Supplies
>A brush and an ink stone, ready for all of your calligraphic needs.
>Kanako's Message.
>To be presented to a kappa named Mitsu, in order to aid your travels.
>Bronze Bell
>A keepsake from Kari, the silent shingami of the future.
>You obtain: Silk Bag.
>A large bag of silk, it should help you carry things when you run out of pocket space.
>45 Shillings
>Currency of True Glorian, and presumably Avalon
>Stuffed Bear
>An ordinary-looking stuffed animal. Shuuei claims there is something odd about it, but isn?t sure what.
>Wound Salve w/ Rag
>Effective at treating cuts and scrapes.
>1 Mon
>The currency of Gensokyo?s future.
>Agate Ring
>A simple but well-made ring featuring a finely cut agate.
>Bronze Lantern
>A box-shaped lantern with archaic designs cut into it to allow out light
>Quartz Tracer
>This will supposedly start to vibrate when you get close to your missing pocketwatch.
>Ran?s Talisman
>This will draw her attention when burned, and signal for her to open a gap you can use to return to her.
>Set of Four Gems
>These four gems, cut into polyhedrons, resemble something you saw with Reisen, long ago.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 20, 2017, 12:28:14 PM
> Where'd that ring come from?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 20, 2017, 12:28:51 PM
> Where'd that ring come from?

>...Where did that ring come from? How long have you had it?

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 20, 2017, 12:32:08 PM
> Are we actually wearing it, or do we just have it in a pocket?
> Does our second set of memories have anything to say about the ring? (Don't ruminate on this for so long that we get distracted and lose a tempo in the fight.)
> How close are we to Kaguya? Surely our top forward speed is faster than her backward speed; hopefully we gained some ground.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 20, 2017, 12:34:47 PM
> Are we actually wearing it, or do we just have it in a pocket?
> Does our second set of memories have anything to say about the ring? (Don't ruminate on this for so long that we get distracted and lose a tempo in the fight.)
> How close are we to Kaguya? Surely our top forward speed is faster than her backward speed; hopefully we gained some ground.

>It's just in your pocket.
>You can't recall getting this in either set of memories.
>You've managed not to really lose any distance; the fact she can go straight and you haven't is working to her advantage.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 20, 2017, 12:39:21 PM
> Toss a circular knife spread at Kaguya's chest with the knife in our dominant hand, while continuing to head straight for her.
> Once we've tossed the knife in question, slip our dominant hand into our pocket and put the ring on.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 20, 2017, 12:43:17 PM
> Toss a circular knife spread at Kaguya's chest with the knife in our dominant hand, while continuing to head straight for her.
> Once we've tossed the knife in question, slip our dominant hand into our pocket and put the ring on.

>You send a circular spread toward Kaguya, which she moves toward your left to dodge without missing a beat.
>You slip on the ring. If anything unusual has happened as a result, it has escaped your notice.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on September 20, 2017, 12:47:50 PM
>Keep heading straight to the exit, closing the distance in the meanwhile.
>She had a key for the door correct ?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 20, 2017, 12:50:00 PM
>Keep heading straight to the exit, closing the distance in the meanwhile.
>She had a key for the door correct ?

>You continue straight for the door. She has a lead on it, but only by a couple yards.
>She did. The door is currently open.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on September 20, 2017, 12:53:09 PM
>Give her another spread to be busy about, throwing it more towards her right, let's discourage her to gain more time to get there first.
>How hard would it be to close the door while time is stopped ?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 20, 2017, 01:18:38 PM
>Give her another spread to be busy about, throwing it more towards her right, let's discourage her to gain more time to get there first.
>How hard would it be to close the door while time is stopped ?

>You send another spread out, she dodges toward you right to move around around it, and creates a new wall of danmaku between you and her
>It'll take a bit of struggle, the hinges won't really help you, since they are frozen.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on September 20, 2017, 01:21:17 PM
>Will the wall get in our way to the door ?
>This IS the only way out right ?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 20, 2017, 01:22:08 PM
>Will the wall get in our way to the door ?
>This IS the only way out right ?

>Somewhat.
>As far as you know.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 20, 2017, 01:23:21 PM
> Did the wall only collapse and fall down last time, or did it spread everywhere?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 20, 2017, 01:24:25 PM
> Did the wall only collapse and fall down last time, or did it spread everywhere?

>It spread up and down.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 20, 2017, 01:53:52 PM
> How much space do we have to our left and our right?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 20, 2017, 01:57:17 PM
> How much space do we have to our left and our right?

>You're about in the middle of the chamber, so a few yards either way.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 20, 2017, 01:59:40 PM
> Bank right to go around the side of the wall while still moving forward.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 20, 2017, 02:04:09 PM
> Bank right to go around the side of the wall while still moving forward.

>You start to go around the right side of the wall, and find a large portion of it is moving right as well.
>"You're so easy to predict when you don't have your special weapon, Sakuya!" Kaguya calls as you find an expanding wave of blue shots coming toward your right.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 20, 2017, 02:10:42 PM
> How deep is the wall?
> How high and how low does it go from our current position?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 20, 2017, 02:12:30 PM
> How deep is the wall?
> How high and how low does it go from our current position?

>About as deep as before.
>It goes up and down a few feet each way, but the bullets are fanning out both upward and downward, as well as rightward.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 20, 2017, 02:16:13 PM
> How many are staying on their original straight-forward paths?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 20, 2017, 02:18:18 PM
> How many are staying on their original straight-forward paths?

>Hard to say, but you'd estimate somewhere between one half and one third.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 20, 2017, 02:23:52 PM
> Back to the left, then! Let's take our chances with the thinned-out wall.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 20, 2017, 02:25:51 PM
> Back to the left, then! Let's take our chances with the thinned-out wall.

>You dart back left. It gives Kaguya a moment to open a little more distance, but you find that the wall itself has thinned considerably, down to a horizontal lines of shots.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on September 20, 2017, 02:28:21 PM
>Is there an gap we can squeeze right through while at full speed ?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 20, 2017, 02:33:24 PM
>Is there an gap we can squeeze right through while at full speed ?

>It would take a bit of maneuvering, but you think so.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 20, 2017, 02:33:55 PM
> Flatting out as need be and slip on through, as directly-toward-Kaguya as the bullet lines allow.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on September 20, 2017, 02:37:34 PM
>"No wonder they didn't stay here with you, you became so boring after all."
>Prepare a knife just in case.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 20, 2017, 02:40:49 PM
>"No wonder they didn't stay here with you, you became so boring after all."

> Don't say this.

Don't give her the satisfaction of thinking her barbs will get to us. (Also, don't be inelegant, we still have an air to maintain.)
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on September 20, 2017, 02:45:03 PM
I suppose, wouldn't keep her talking make her lose her focus though ?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 20, 2017, 02:47:46 PM
> Flatting out as need be and slip on through, as directly-toward-Kaguya as the bullet lines allow.

>"No wonder they didn't stay here with you, you became so boring after all."
>Prepare a knife just in case.

> Don't say this.

>You flatten out in midair and aim for Kaguya now.
>You decide not to give her the satisfaction of a reply and prepare another knife.  She seems to be preparing another attack of her own as well.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on September 20, 2017, 02:57:18 PM
>Can we make the knife danmaku curve trajectory as well ?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 20, 2017, 03:07:00 PM
>Can we make the knife danmaku curve trajectory as well ?

>A little bit. You've specialized more in reflecting shots.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 20, 2017, 03:08:58 PM
Talking will distract us just as much as it will her. Kaguya is both (a) not unintelligent, and (b) focused on something it is impossible to logic her out of wanting.

> Did we determine earlier that the walls are too far apart for proper reflecting shots?
> What about the floor and ceiling?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 20, 2017, 03:12:02 PM
> Did we determine earlier that the walls are too far apart for proper reflecting shots?
> What about the floor and ceiling?

>From the middle of the room, yes. But if you got closer to either, it would be fine. Or if Kaguya got very close to them.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 20, 2017, 03:24:34 PM
> Is she still moving backwards?
> How far apart are we?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 20, 2017, 03:26:53 PM
> Is she still moving backwards?
> How far apart are we?

>Yes.
>A few yards separate you now.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 20, 2017, 03:34:18 PM
> Are we capable of doing a wide horizontal line spread with reflection properties that fans out with a single knife? If so, how wide?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 20, 2017, 03:38:01 PM
> Are we capable of doing a wide horizontal line spread with reflection properties that fans out with a single knife? If so, how wide?

>Yes, and about as wide as you want it. Though wider means more gaps to slip through.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 20, 2017, 03:49:53 PM
> As we continue pursuing Kaguya, fire such a single-knife reflecting horizontal spread with the single knife aimed at the side of Kaguya's hip that is on our right side (her left), spread wide enough that the right-most knife from our perspective will hit the wall at about a 45 degree angle.
> Then fire a second single-knife reflecting horizontal spread with the knife in our other hand, aimed at Kaguya's right shoulder (our left), with the same spread width as the first line.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 20, 2017, 04:16:51 PM
> As we continue pursuing Kaguya, fire such a single-knife reflecting horizontal spread with the single knife aimed at the side of Kaguya's hip that is on our right side (her left), spread wide enough that the right-most knife from our perspective will hit the wall at about a 45 degree angle.
> Then fire a second single-knife reflecting horizontal spread with the knife in our other hand, aimed at Kaguya's right shoulder (our left), with the same spread width as the first line.

>You send one knife toward Kaguya, and follow it with another. The first gives her little trouble, she easily slides between the flying blades while sending out a simple spread of her own, a spray of large bubble shots. Your second wave, however, leaves her a bit trapped, and a couple of blades strike home. However, you are sure they will lose momentum before reaching any walls.
>The bubbles she has sent out are fairly random and tightly focused. You can probably slip between them, or go around the whole mass.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on September 20, 2017, 04:22:09 PM
>Can we move on an intercepting course towards Kaguya's path without much issue ?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 21, 2017, 12:48:07 AM
>Can we move on an intercepting course towards Kaguya's path without much issue ?

>Once you deal with that incoming danmaku.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on September 21, 2017, 04:16:31 AM
>Start slipping through the bubbles.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 21, 2017, 04:39:03 AM
>Start slipping through the bubbles.

>You make your way through the bubbles. The going is tight, but manageable while moving forward. As you do, Kaguya sends a tightly-packed spray of light purple lasers in your direction.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 21, 2017, 11:20:05 AM
> Are we fully through the bubbles or still making our way through them?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 21, 2017, 11:37:49 AM
> Are we fully through the bubbles or still making our way through them?

>You're still right in the middle of them.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 21, 2017, 01:12:00 PM
> Are all of the lasers aimed directly at us, or are they more covering a spread of our area?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 21, 2017, 01:32:26 PM
> Are all of the lasers aimed directly at us, or are they more covering a spread of our area?

>It seems to be a spread aimed for you.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 21, 2017, 02:12:23 PM
> What are our options immediately above us and immediately below us?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 21, 2017, 02:29:02 PM
> What are our options immediately above us and immediately below us?

>Below is clear, above is not.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 21, 2017, 02:30:52 PM
> Good enough! Down.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 21, 2017, 02:52:33 PM
> Good enough! Down.

>You move downward to somewhat more clear skies.
>The lasers close in. They are close together, but move in straight lines.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on September 21, 2017, 03:44:18 PM
>Prepare two more knives as we weave through lasers.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 21, 2017, 03:46:16 PM
>Prepare two more knives as we weave through lasers.

>How do you plan to weave through them?

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on September 21, 2017, 04:01:59 PM
>Are they horizontal, vertical, diagonal or a mix the previous ?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 21, 2017, 04:06:04 PM
>Are they horizontal, vertical, diagonal or a mix the previous ?

>They are mostly horizontal with regards to the ground, though some diagonal and approaching the floor or ceiling. They all seem to originate from a single burst aimed at you.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on September 21, 2017, 04:09:10 PM
>So would laying low to the ground while doing light adjustments to the left and right get us through safely without much loss at speed ?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 21, 2017, 04:09:52 PM
>So would laying low to the ground while doing light adjustments to the left and right get us through safely without much loss at speed ?

>This would work well, but it would certainly allow Kaguya more of a lead.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on September 21, 2017, 04:19:58 PM
>Hm... what if we keep an direct route as it is with minimum dodging ? How bad it will be ?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 21, 2017, 04:22:05 PM
>Hm... what if we keep an direct route as it is with minimum dodging ? How bad it will be ?

>The trick will be sliding between some fairly tight beams. Not impossible, but tricky.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on September 21, 2017, 04:24:57 PM
>You can only get lucky if you gamble ! Go for it.
>Are we able to use our knifes to parry some danmaku ?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 21, 2017, 04:34:31 PM
>You can only get lucky if you gamble ! Go for it.
>Are we able to use our knifes to parry some danmaku ?

>Which are you going for? And in what manner?
>Not unless they have some physical aspect to them rather than being pure magic creations, as Kaguya is using. And usually there's no point to it, since parrying one isn't useful when there's dozens more.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on September 21, 2017, 04:58:03 PM
>Which one looks like it will be the best we can get while still going straight for an interception ?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 21, 2017, 05:04:12 PM
>Which one looks like it will be the best we can get while still going straight for an interception ?

>You think if you try to move toward the ones nearest to the center of the burst, this would probably be "best" for terms of speed. If "best" means safety, then those furthest out have the largest gaps.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on September 21, 2017, 05:39:29 PM
>How about a middle point ? Are there any ?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 22, 2017, 12:41:25 AM
>How about a middle point ? Are there any ?

>In theory, there's points between the further part of the fan and the middle of it, yes.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on September 25, 2017, 02:15:44 AM
>Go for a middling amount of safety and speed, where we... probably won't get hit.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 25, 2017, 04:44:06 AM
>Go for a middling amount of safety and speed, where we... probably won't get hit.

>You do so and slip easily between the beams. Kaguya does not gain any real ground on you, but you do not make any advances in the process. But you are clear of this attack.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 25, 2017, 01:02:41 PM
> Is there still any bullet/laser coverage between her and us? If so, is it from her, us, or both?
> Is Kaguya closer to us than the door? Or has she gotten closer to the door at this point?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 25, 2017, 02:44:19 PM
> Is there still any bullet/laser coverage between her and us? If so, is it from her, us, or both?
> Is Kaguya closer to us than the door? Or has she gotten closer to the door at this point?

>There are a few of your shots, now frozen.
>She is closer to you than the door and has gotten close to the door.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 25, 2017, 02:56:48 PM
> Is she still facing us, or has she turned to escape?
> If she is still facing us, is she still headed backward?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 25, 2017, 03:03:52 PM
> Is she still facing us, or has she turned to escape?
> If she is still facing us, is she still headed backward?

>She is still facing you and flying backward.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 25, 2017, 03:32:15 PM
> Resume flying directly at Kaguya, pulling out two more knives as we move.
> While doing these things, try focusing some mental energy on the Agate Ring and willing it to activate.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 25, 2017, 04:17:58 PM
> Resume flying directly at Kaguya, pulling out two more knives as we move.
> While doing these things, try focusing some mental energy on the Agate Ring and willing it to activate.

>You approach Kaguya, preparing two more knives. With a pitying smile on her lips, she unleashes a wall of green arrowhead danmaku at you.
>You focus on the ring, but don't feel anything happen.

>_

Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 25, 2017, 05:03:03 PM
> Were the other walls also green arrowheads, or is this one new?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 25, 2017, 05:15:06 PM
> Were the other walls also green arrowheads, or is this one new?

>The others were light blue shots.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 25, 2017, 05:44:32 PM
> In which direction did the previous wall shift after she fired it?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 25, 2017, 05:56:12 PM
> In which direction did the previous wall shift after she fired it?

>It split up toward the left and right.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 25, 2017, 06:00:31 PM
> As we continue traveling straight forward, try willing the Agate Ring to stop time even further, for everything other than ourselves.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 25, 2017, 06:03:00 PM
> As we continue traveling straight forward, try willing the Agate Ring to stop time even further, for everything other than ourselves.

>You head straight toward the wall, willing the ring to stop time even further. Nothing happens, and nothing suggests that the ring is even slightly reactive to your efforts.
>The left side of the wall begins to move rightward, and the right side toward the left; you are about to smack straight into it.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 25, 2017, 06:10:03 PM
> How much of each side of the wall is moving toward the wall's middle?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 25, 2017, 06:38:49 PM
> How much of each side of the wall is moving toward the wall's middle?

>The entirety of both sides.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 25, 2017, 06:42:12 PM
> Bank left!
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 25, 2017, 06:59:54 PM
> Bank left!

>You bank left. The shots continue to move, passing each other by and expanding outwards. You are part of the way past the danmaku as it comes at your side in criss-crossing waves.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 25, 2017, 07:05:44 PM
> Is it coming at us directly from our right, or from ahead of us and to our right? Or perhaps both?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 25, 2017, 07:10:46 PM
> Is it coming at us directly from our right, or from ahead of us and to our right? Or perhaps both?

>Directly from your right.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 25, 2017, 07:13:44 PM
> Continue forward and list just a little bit more to the left, then.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 25, 2017, 07:23:30 PM
> Continue forward and list just a little bit more to the left, then.

>You keep going forward, and bank a little to the left. The shots progress and pass just behind you.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 25, 2017, 07:36:11 PM
> Did we gain any ground on Kaguya?
> Is she still closer to us than the door?
> Are we close enough to the left wall to make reflecting shots meaningful?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 26, 2017, 04:22:32 AM
> Did we gain any ground on Kaguya?
> Is she still closer to us than the door?
> Are we close enough to the left wall to make reflecting shots meaningful?

>A little!
>Yes.
>You think so. Closer would be better, but you think you can do something from here.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 26, 2017, 12:36:00 PM
> Continue heading forward (toward the wall with the door out of here, rather than straight at Kaguya or straight at the door) and listing ever-so-slightly to the left to get ever-so-slightly closer to the wall.
> Pull out two more knives (if we don't have any in our hands already) as we fly.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 26, 2017, 01:16:25 PM
> Continue heading forward (toward the wall with the door out of here, rather than straight at Kaguya or straight at the door) and listing ever-so-slightly to the left to get ever-so-slightly closer to the wall.
> Pull out two more knives (if we don't have any in our hands already) as we fly.

>You have knives ready, and keep going toward the door, which is mostly toward Kaguya as well, listing a bit to the left.
>She prepares another wall, this one more vertical than horizontal, made of blue arrowheads, and then follows it with a more horizontal wall made of purple arrowheads.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 26, 2017, 01:39:02 PM
> While still moving in the same direction, dip down momentarily, and then come back up, to see if the bullets partially home in on us, or if Kaguya's just a really good guesser (or a mind-reader).
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 26, 2017, 01:42:10 PM
> While still moving in the same direction, dip down momentarily, and then come back up, to see if the bullets partially home in on us, or if Kaguya's just a really good guesser (or a mind-reader).

>You dip a little, and the bullets don't seem to do anything strange. You think she's just predicting you.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 26, 2017, 01:51:41 PM
> Did the bullets not deviate at all from their initial path?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 26, 2017, 02:06:46 PM
> Did the bullets not deviate at all from their initial path?

>No.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 26, 2017, 02:13:36 PM
> Are we still in path to get smacked now that we've dipped a bit?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 26, 2017, 02:34:34 PM
> Are we still in path to get smacked now that we've dipped a bit?

>Yes, the walls are walls because they cover a fair amount of space.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 26, 2017, 04:51:20 PM
> Dip lower, then, to get under the walls.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 26, 2017, 06:34:29 PM
> Dip lower, then, to get under the walls.

>You will have to go nearly to the floor to go under the first wall, which is more vertical than horizontal.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 26, 2017, 08:19:37 PM
> How good are we at reflecting off the floor?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 27, 2017, 05:16:44 AM
> How good are we at reflecting off the floor?

>Pretty good. Range may be an issue unless you plan well, though.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 27, 2017, 11:02:20 AM
> Dip down close to the floor, then, to get under the wall. Make sure there's still a bit of listing to the left as well, to inch closer to the wall of the room.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 27, 2017, 11:54:26 AM
> Dip down close to the floor, then, to get under the wall. Make sure there's still a bit of listing to the left as well, to inch closer to the wall of the room.

>You do so. As you do, the vertical wall overhead splits, the bullets going left and right. You are safely under it all, listing a bit further to the left.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 27, 2017, 12:28:10 PM
> Has the horizontal wall done anything of note?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 27, 2017, 01:16:10 PM
> Has the horizontal wall done anything of note?

>Not yet.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 27, 2017, 11:17:41 PM
> Keep heading in our current horizontal direction, then.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 28, 2017, 06:19:04 AM
> Keep heading in our current horizontal direction, then.

You do so, passing under the horizontal wall. This one one also splits, the bullets flying up toward the ceiling and down toward you. However, you are low enough that the majority of them should miss you.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 28, 2017, 11:02:38 AM
> Splendid! Keep on in our current direction, then.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 28, 2017, 11:10:58 AM
> Splendid! Keep on in our current direction, then.

>You keep with your current direction, as Kaguya makes for the doorway.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 28, 2017, 11:11:47 AM
> Has she turned around at this point, or is she still floating backwards?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 28, 2017, 11:23:04 AM
> Has she turned around at this point, or is she still floating backwards?

>She is still facing you.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 28, 2017, 11:27:39 AM
> How is our position now for attacking Kaguya in terms of left wall reflection and floor reflection?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 28, 2017, 11:29:18 AM
> How is our position now for attacking Kaguya in terms of left wall reflection and floor reflection?

>Decent for the left wall, and great for the floor.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 28, 2017, 11:57:46 AM
> Are we dextrous enough to throw one knife at the floor and the other at the wall at the same time?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 28, 2017, 12:34:39 PM
> Are we dextrous enough to throw one knife at the floor and the other at the wall at the same time?

>It would be a little difficult, but not impossible.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 28, 2017, 12:44:22 PM
> Throw one knife at the left wall, aimed to reflect off the wall so that the middle of the resulting spread will shoot by just behind Kaguya.
> Immediately after that first knife is thrown, throw our other knife at the floor, aimed to reflect off the floor so that the middle of the resulting spread will shoot toward Kaguya's midsection.
> Keep up the pursuit while doing these things (or resume pursuit if we have to stop to throw things).
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 28, 2017, 02:01:07 PM
> Throw one knife at the left wall, aimed to reflect off the wall so that the middle of the resulting spread will shoot by just behind Kaguya.
> Immediately after that first knife is thrown, throw our other knife at the floor, aimed to reflect off the floor so that the middle of the resulting spread will shoot toward Kaguya's midsection.
> Keep up the pursuit while doing these things (or resume pursuit if we have to stop to throw things).

>You send a shot behind Kaguya. The resulting danmaku is starting to lose momentum, but it still covers things behind her and forces her to glace over her shoulder to assess it. Your other attack goes directly for her midsection. Unable to move further back and unable to safely move left or right, she is forced upward toward the ceiling to get around your spread, stopping for the moment and sending another tight cluster of large, multi-colored bubble shots at you.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 28, 2017, 02:35:24 PM
> What did the multi-colored bubble shots do before?
> How close is Kaguya to the ceiling? Is she close enough we could rebound a knife or two off the ceiling and have it come back down on her?
> How many knives do we have left on us?
> How close are both of us to the door?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 28, 2017, 02:44:51 PM
> What did the multi-colored bubble shots do before?
> How close is Kaguya to the ceiling? Is she close enough we could rebound a knife or two off the ceiling and have it come back down on her?
> How many knives do we have left on us?
> How close are both of us to the door?

>They just flew directly at you, but she followed up with lasers while you were in the middle of dealing with them.
>She is fairly close to the ceiling right now. You could use it for rebounding effectively.
>You have 13 knives left.
>There's still a bit of distance toward the door, but not much.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on September 28, 2017, 04:21:03 PM
>Send a wave of rebounding knives up at the ceiling around Kaguya, before beginning to dodge through bubbles. Although if the need to dodge is impending enough, back up before the shot as necessary.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 28, 2017, 04:28:43 PM
> Although if the need to dodge is impending enough, back up before the shot as necessary.

> Actually, rather than backing up, keep pushing forward horizontally, toward the door. We need to get there before she does.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 28, 2017, 05:27:52 PM
>Send a wave of rebounding knives up at the ceiling around Kaguya, before beginning to dodge through bubbles. Although if the need to dodge is impending enough, back up before the shot as necessary.

> Actually, rather than backing up, keep pushing forward horizontally, toward the door. We need to get there before she does.

>You send a wave of knives at Kaguya, forcing her downward a little and messing up what was going to be a follow-up on the cluster of bubble shots. You manage to slip between them rather easily; they're more intimidating than difficult on their own; and make some progress today the door before she sends a wave of dark blue shots at you from above.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 28, 2017, 06:50:28 PM
> Did we at least actually hit her with something?
> How close are we to her?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 28, 2017, 06:58:14 PM
> Did we at least actually hit her with something?
> How close are we to her?

>No.
>Vertically, there's some distance. But horizontally, there isn't much.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 28, 2017, 08:18:34 PM
> Try sharply curving our flight path upward. Make sure the change is not an instant stop-our-forward-momentum-and-head-straight-upward change, but an actual curve. Ideally, we will get "between" Kaguya and the doorway in the process, but our final goal should be to get right up in close and personal with Kaguya.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 28, 2017, 08:35:04 PM
> Try sharply curving our flight path upward. Make sure the change is not an instant stop-our-forward-momentum-and-head-straight-upward change, but an actual curve. Ideally, we will get "between" Kaguya and the doorway in the process, but our final goal should be to get right up in close and personal with Kaguya.

>You try to curve upward and slip behind Kaguya, but she doesn't stay still as you move. Instead she resumes her course toward the door, curving around hwere you are coming up to try and give you a wide berth, and lays out a sheet of danmaku in the process.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 28, 2017, 08:53:12 PM
> Do the dark blue shots appear to be threatening us at all?
> Relative to her direct-line path to the door, did she curve to the left or to the right?
> Whichever way she curved her flight path, did it bring her close enough to a wall to make another reflecting shot feasible?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 28, 2017, 08:59:37 PM
> Do the dark blue shots appear to be threatening us at all?
> Relative to her direct-line path to the door, did she curve to the left or to the right?
> Whichever way she curved her flight path, did it bring her close enough to a wall to make another reflecting shot feasible?

>Not yet, they are just serving as slow-moving flak to harry movement.
>More toward the left.
>Yes.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 29, 2017, 10:58:09 AM
> Level ourselves off and resume aiming directly for the door.
> While doing so, pull out a knife and fire a reflecting shot at the left wall such that the middle of the spread is aimed toward Kaguya's midsection.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 29, 2017, 11:35:12 AM
> Level ourselves off and resume aiming directly for the door.
> While doing so, pull out a knife and fire a reflecting shot at the left wall such that the middle of the spread is aimed toward Kaguya's midsection.

>After having left the ground where the door lies, you level off and return toward the ground only at an angle this time.
>You toss another reflecting shot toward the wall. Kaguya moves away from the wall before it hits and continues her own course. "Are these all the tricks you have?" she says. "I was expecting a bit more form you!"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on September 29, 2017, 05:36:37 PM
> Was Kaguya always this rude during fights? We fought her once before; use that time as a check.
> Do we have any other 'tricks' at our disposal?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 29, 2017, 09:59:24 PM
> Was Kaguya always this rude during fights? We fought her once before; use that time as a check.
> Do we have any other 'tricks' at our disposal?

>Not even remotely. She's typically the picture of grace, or at least nonchalance.
>Not particularly; being in frozen time robs you of a lot of your more unique things. But you are skilled enough significantly more complex danmaku patterns.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on September 30, 2017, 09:27:17 PM
> What's coming at us now?

Sorry, it's been chaotic lately.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on September 30, 2017, 10:47:54 PM
> What's coming at us now?

>Right now, there is just a cloud of danmaku that you have left behind.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on October 01, 2017, 09:55:49 PM
> Change flight course to aim right for the doorway again.
> Pull out two more knives as we do.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 01, 2017, 10:00:35 PM
> Change flight course to aim right for the doorway again.
> Pull out two more knives as we do.

>You direct yourself toward the door. Kaguya seems to be doing much the same.
>You produce two more knives while she begins to weave a pattern of bright, jewel-like danmaku close to herself.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 02, 2017, 01:11:30 PM
Sorry about the dearth of activity lately. I'm going to try to gradually ramp it back up to the previous regular rate.

> Is she still closer to the door than us?
> Are her bullets flying anywhere yet?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 02, 2017, 01:16:28 PM
> Is she still closer to the door than us?
> Are her bullets flying anywhere yet?

Salright

>Hard to say now, so only by a bit at worst.
>Not yet, but you are certain they will soon.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on October 03, 2017, 10:48:00 AM
> What sorts of patterns do we specialize in with non-knife danmaku? Like how Kaguya has made lots of walls that shift and is now apparently doing whatever she's doing.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 03, 2017, 11:17:29 AM
> What sorts of patterns do we specialize in with non-knife danmaku? Like how Kaguya has made lots of walls that shift and is now apparently doing whatever she's doing.

>When it comes to using more standard danmaku, you tend to stick to simple spreads rather than making complex things like Kaguya currently is. Your complexity tends to come from overlapping them with knives or each other. You have some limited knowledge of familiars to help with this, but you can't do more than keep a few close by, and they tend to be a little focus-heavy. When you have your usual control of time, changing the directions of your knives in mid-flight is a favored trick.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 03, 2017, 12:31:19 PM
> Do we have a non-knife bullet of choice? Bubbles, arrowheads, beads, etc.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 03, 2017, 12:44:06 PM
> Do we have a non-knife bullet of choice? Bubbles, arrowheads, beads, etc.

>Kunai shapes, but sometimes more standard ones as well.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 03, 2017, 01:16:29 PM
> Fire off a line of kunai shapes at Kaguya, aimed in front of her, so as to try to interfere with her path toward the door.
> Continue heading toward the door ourselves.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 03, 2017, 01:27:02 PM
> Fire off a line of kunai shapes at Kaguya, aimed in front of her, so as to try to interfere with her path toward the door.
> Continue heading toward the door ourselves.

>You do so, and Kaguya backs away, allowing you a clear lead to the door.
>The danmaku she fired explodes outward, suddenly, sending lines of colorful shots in every direction, yours in particular!

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 03, 2017, 02:14:38 PM
> Are there lines headed toward our current position, toward the space in front of us given our flight path, or both?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 03, 2017, 02:15:29 PM
> Are there lines headed toward our current position, toward the space in front of us given our flight path, or both?

>Both.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 03, 2017, 04:50:32 PM
> What about above us and below us?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 03, 2017, 05:48:32 PM
> What about above us and below us?

>There's definitely something above and below you, but you think it's a bit lighter.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 03, 2017, 05:58:50 PM
> Lighter above, lighter below, or both?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 03, 2017, 07:59:51 PM
> Lighter above, lighter below, or both?

>Maybe moreso above?

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on October 04, 2017, 12:22:05 AM
> Fire off another vertical line of kunai aimed directly at Kaguya this time.
> Drift upward while continuing toward the door.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 04, 2017, 12:25:28 AM
> Fire off another vertical line of kunai aimed directly at Kaguya this time.
> Drift upward while continuing toward the door.

>You drift upward and toward the door. Her attack fills the air with danmaku for a moment; you manage to just slip between two lines of it before it freezes into harmlessness.
>Kaguya pulls further back as you counterattack, putting you definitely closer toward the door.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 04, 2017, 12:38:21 PM
> Girl, this is gonna be a giant mess when it's all over.
> Do we now have a clear path to the door? Or are there frozen bullets in our way?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 04, 2017, 12:43:37 PM
> Girl, this is gonna be a giant mess when it's all over.
> Do we now have a clear path to the door? Or are there frozen bullets in our way?

>That will be something to keep in mind...
>There are many frozen bullets in the way, but they shouldn't be a problem for you even if you touch them.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 04, 2017, 12:54:55 PM
> Continue toward the door, then.
> "How curious you are, Princess."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 04, 2017, 12:56:44 PM
> Continue toward the door, then.
> "How curious you are, Princess."

>She grins, and floats back, toward the other side of the chamber.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 04, 2017, 01:06:32 PM
> "You stress over those on the moon changing, and yet you have changed as well."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 04, 2017, 01:09:05 PM
> "You stress over those on the moon changing, and yet you have changed as well."

>"Maybe to your limited viewpoint," says Kaguya. "I suppose you also think Eirin is only a studious researcher?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 04, 2017, 01:17:44 PM
> "So the image of grace and dignity a thousand years ago was merely an act?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 04, 2017, 01:20:27 PM
> "So the image of grace and dignity a thousand years ago was merely an act?"

>She doesn't respond immediately, and it's a bit hard to see her reaction as she's moving away.
>"As I said, your perspective it limited. But don't feel bad, there's little to be done about that. It won't matter in a few moments, anyways."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on October 04, 2017, 03:25:57 PM
>If we absolutely coat the doorway in pointy danmaku and knives, would Kaguya probably be able to eventually deal with it and get through anyway in her eternal timestop, or might she need to unstop time for a moment? ...well, I guess she could just take it to the face like a (wo)man, and we don't have many Real Knives left to mix in. :T But it's a thought.
>How much longer do we think we can hold out?

We at least have the doorway secured, but we haven't gotten too far in actually damaging her...
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 04, 2017, 03:40:10 PM
>If we absolutely coat the doorway in pointy danmaku and knives, would Kaguya probably be able to eventually deal with it and get through anyway in her eternal timestop, or might she need to unstop time for a moment? ...well, I guess she could just take it to the face like a (wo)man, and we don't have many Real Knives left to mix in. :T But it's a thought.
>How much longer do we think we can hold out?

>Frozen danmaku is probably no more dangerous to her than it is to you.
>You've used up some of your stamina, but you have a good amount left yet.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 05, 2017, 12:14:33 PM
> Did we ever see what's on the far side of this room?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 05, 2017, 02:31:56 PM
> Did we ever see what's on the far side of this room?

>Not closely, but it doesn't seem like there's anything particularly unique or outstanding, rather more of the same.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 05, 2017, 02:33:41 PM
> Did we see the far wall, at least?
> If so, did it have a door on it?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 05, 2017, 02:44:35 PM
> Did we see the far wall, at least?
> If so, did it have a door on it?

>You did, and you did not see one.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 05, 2017, 03:07:36 PM
> So she's probably not trying to run away to a different exit, then. At least we now have the only way out blocked.
> Okay, let's reset.
> How far apart are we?
> What's the bullet coverage between is like at the moment?
> How many knives do we have on-hand?
> Are any of our previously-thrown knives visible?
> Could we retrieve a previously-thrown knife from being frozen in time?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 05, 2017, 03:17:30 PM
> So she's probably not trying to run away to a different exit, then. At least we now have the only way out blocked.
> Okay, let's reset.
> How far apart are we?
> What's the bullet coverage between is like at the moment?
> How many knives do we have on-hand?
> Are any of our previously-thrown knives visible?
> Could we retrieve a previously-thrown knife from being frozen in time?

>So it seems.
>There's a few yards and some elevation between you; the two of you are currently moving further apart.
>Right now, things are clear in terms of live bullets.
>You have twelve knives onhand.
>Most of them are, but they are currently in danmaku format and not available to just be grabbed.
>You can if you just throw the knife, but making danmaku of them requires the attack to complete before you can grab them again. You can, however, grab some of the danmaku and use it like a knife. You can't recycle it into another full barrage, but maybe you could turn it into a few more weak shots? You've never really had to try before.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 05, 2017, 03:23:50 PM
> Can we grab any ol' danmaku and recycle it as such? Or does it have to be one of the components of the knife attack? Or does it have to be the original knife and not any of the rest of the attack?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 05, 2017, 03:42:15 PM
> Can we grab any ol' danmaku and recycle it as such? Or does it have to be one of the components of the knife attack? Or does it have to be the original knife and not any of the rest of the attack?

>If it works at all, it'd have to be from your knives, your sure. You're not sure if the "original knife" is even still there when it's converted into danmaku.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 06, 2017, 02:36:24 PM
> Are there any such knife attacks between her and us at present?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 06, 2017, 02:53:11 PM
> Are there any such knife attacks between her and us at present?

>Some.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 06, 2017, 06:40:29 PM
> Fly directly toward Kaguya. Once she starts looking like she is preparing (or outright beginning) an attack, grab some of the existing frozen knife danmaku out of the air and fling it at her in a recycled knife attack, aimed at her torso.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 06, 2017, 07:23:22 PM
> Fly directly toward Kaguya. Once she starts looking like she is preparing (or outright beginning) an attack, grab some of the existing frozen knife danmaku out of the air and fling it at her in a recycled knife attack, aimed at her torso.

>You fly toward Kaguya. She flies backward much like before, and lazily conjures a spread of lasers that threaten to fill the air around you. you grab and fling a few knives, sending a type cluster toward her torso. Thankfully, your hypothesis was correct and they indeed work, but the resultant knife danmaku is hazy and crude-looking.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on October 07, 2017, 01:22:48 PM
> Have the lasers actually started moving toward us yet?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 07, 2017, 01:41:08 PM
> Have the lasers actually started moving toward us yet?

>They have indeed, she did fire first.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on October 08, 2017, 11:59:43 AM
> How's the laser coverage looking to be above us?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 08, 2017, 12:06:53 PM
> How's the laser coverage looking to be above us?

>It threatens to be thick, you think these are planned more to restrict movement than directly attack You should be able to move between them.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 09, 2017, 12:45:46 PM
> So we can keep moving straight toward her and have everything more or less go around us? If so, do so, pulling out another knife while watching how our most recent attack behaves.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 09, 2017, 01:01:29 PM
> So we can keep moving straight toward her and have everything more or less go around us? If so, do so, pulling out another knife while watching how our most recent attack behaves.

>You move forward! Your cluster of hazy knives fly toward her, but she simply floats to the side in response, then raises her hand to attack again.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 10, 2017, 01:25:23 PM
I get free time just in time to fall ill. Lovely!

> Are we surrounded by her previously lasers at this point?
> Are any recyclable knives within grabbing range?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 10, 2017, 01:35:00 PM
> Are we surrounded by her previously lasers at this point?
> Are any recyclable knives within grabbing range?

STOP DYING

>Yes.
>There are a few.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on October 11, 2017, 01:44:17 AM
> Grab a recyclable knife and whip it at Kaguya's torso.
> Then reach out and grab two more recyclable knives and whip them at Kaguya's left and right sides, far apart enough that they'd just pass her by on both sides if she stayed perfectly still.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 11, 2017, 02:09:53 AM
> Grab a recyclable knife and whip it at Kaguya's torso.
> Then reach out and grab two more recyclable knives and whip them at Kaguya's left and right sides, far apart enough that they'd just pass her by on both sides if she stayed perfectly still.

>Will you try to make any kind of pattern out of them? Also, will you be doing this one-handed, given you have a knife drawn?

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 11, 2017, 11:53:01 AM
> Oh, right, that. Yeah, put that plan on hold for a moment.
> Come to think of it, aside from lines, can we we make circular patterns with knife throws?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 11, 2017, 12:20:03 PM
> Oh, right, that. Yeah, put that plan on hold for a moment.
> Come to think of it, aside from lines, can we we make circular patterns with knife throws?

>Circles perpendicular to the ground are easy. Circles parallel to the ground are a bit harder.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 11, 2017, 12:39:05 PM
> Use our held knife to throw a circle pattern at Kaguya, aiming the center of the circle at her midsection.
> Then reach out and grab two more recyclable knives and whip them at Kaguya's left and right sides, far apart enough that they'd just pass her by on both sides if she stayed perfectly still. Do our best to make vertical line patterns out of these.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 11, 2017, 01:17:03 PM
> Use our held knife to throw a circle pattern at Kaguya, aiming the center of the circle at her midsection.
> Then reach out and grab two more recyclable knives and whip them at Kaguya's left and right sides, far apart enough that they'd just pass her by on both sides if she stayed perfectly still. Do our best to make vertical line patterns out of these.

>Will the circle be perpendicular or parallel to the ground? How large will it be?

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 11, 2017, 02:07:06 PM
> Perpendicular, and large enough that the left-most and right-point points on the circle extend just a bit beyond her arms.
> And given that specification, change the two recycle knife tosses so that they are horizontal line patterns, one just above her head, one just below her feet.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 11, 2017, 03:25:52 PM
> Perpendicular, and large enough that the left-most and right-point points on the circle extend just a bit beyond her arms.
> And given that specification, change the two recycle knife tosses so that they are horizontal line patterns, one just above her head, one just below her feet.

>You send a ring of knives toward Kaguya. She continues to back away, then darts directly through it as the two follow-up attacks come, crouching in mid-air a little bit to give herself some extra space.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 11, 2017, 07:10:31 PM
> Did she at least not get off her counterattack?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 11, 2017, 07:56:04 PM
> Did she at least not get off her counterattack?

>Not yet, at least.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 11, 2017, 08:28:43 PM
> Are the lasers bothering us at all?
> Has she made it all the way through the circle at this point?
> Are there any more frozen knifes within reach?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 11, 2017, 09:10:47 PM
> Are the lasers bothering us at all?
> Has she made it all the way through the circle at this point?
> Are there any more frozen knifes within reach?

>You are between them. All is well.
>Yes.
>Yes.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 12, 2017, 05:53:08 PM
> How many frozen knives are within reach?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 12, 2017, 06:03:26 PM
> How many frozen knives are within reach?

>Several.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on October 13, 2017, 02:37:19 AM
> Can we make plus (+) patterns or cross (x) patterns with a single knife?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 13, 2017, 02:41:00 AM
> Can we make plus (+) patterns or cross (x) patterns with a single knife?

>Yes.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on October 13, 2017, 02:45:19 AM
> Grab a recyclable knife and throw it at Kaguya in a circle formation. Aim the same place on her that we did last time, but this time make the circle a little bit larger.
> Then grab a second recyclable knife with our other hand and fire a cross pattern at Kaguya, with the same center as the circle, where the ends of the cross would just barely touch the circle if they were thrown at the same time.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 13, 2017, 03:08:09 AM
> Grab a recyclable knife and throw it at Kaguya in a circle formation. Aim the same place on her that we did last time, but this time make the circle a little bit larger.
> Then grab a second recyclable knife with our other hand and fire a cross pattern at Kaguya, with the same center as the circle, where the ends of the cross would just barely touch the circle if they were thrown at the same time.

>Kaguya responds to the first by dodging to your left; and continuing to move as the second volley is sent.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on October 14, 2017, 11:26:47 AM
> And she has still made no effort to counterattack?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 14, 2017, 11:51:26 AM
> And she has still made no effort to counterattack?

>Not yet. She seems to be playing defensively for now.
>"Truly, Iowe you an apology, Sakuya," she says. "I never intended for you to be drawn into this."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on October 14, 2017, 12:03:05 PM
> Grab a recyclable knife and fling a horizontal line at her midsection.
> "Of course. I imagine no one would plan for a human suddenly reappearing after a thousand year disappearance."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 14, 2017, 12:46:37 PM
> Grab a recyclable knife and fling a horizontal line at her midsection.
> "Of course. I imagine no one would plan for a human suddenly reappearing after a thousand year disappearance."

>"Quite so," says Kaguya, as she slips between the knives. "It was only my intention to bring the timepiece here. I hadn't expected that you would be drug along with it."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on October 14, 2017, 12:54:17 PM
> How close is she to a wall or the ceiling?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 14, 2017, 01:05:12 PM
> How close is she to a wall or the ceiling?

>She is about in the middle of the chamber, and two thirds the distance from the floor. Not particularly close to the ceiling though.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on October 14, 2017, 02:16:31 PM
>How taxing would it be to create some danmaku-shooting familiars?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 14, 2017, 03:10:01 PM
>How taxing would it be to create some danmaku-shooting familiars?

>Not tremendously, but they wouldn't last for long. You aren't sure of you can dismiss them here; you can only support four.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on October 14, 2017, 06:48:04 PM
>...actually, would the familiars even last for more than a few seconds before they were stopped in time? :S
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 14, 2017, 08:40:04 PM
>...actually, would the familiars even last for more than a few seconds before they were stopped in time? :S

>They can.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on October 16, 2017, 02:22:34 AM
> "It is Miss Kamishirasawa's belief that history and, possibly, fate made that decision for you."
> While we talk, throw another recycle-knife circle at Kaguya with the center aimed at her midsection, large enough to give her several inches of breathing room on either side of her.
> Then grab a second recycle-knife and watch how she behaves once she sees the circle.
> If she tries to move through the middle of it, throw a cross (x) spread with the recycle-knife.
> If she tries to move to our left, throw a vertical line with the recycle knife that is another foot to our left of that edge of the circle. If she tries to move to our right, do the same, but on the other side of our circle.
> If she tries to go down, throw a horizontal line with the recycle knife that is half a foot below the bottom edge of the circle.
> If she tries to go up, throw a horizontal line with the recycle knife that is aimed at the ceiling such that it will reflect off and head toward her head.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 16, 2017, 02:33:12 AM
> "It is Miss Kamishirasawa's belief that history and, possibly, fate made that decision for you."
> While we talk, throw another recycle-knife circle at Kaguya with the center aimed at her midsection, large enough to give her several inches of breathing room on either side of her.
> Then grab a second recycle-knife and watch how she behaves once she sees the circle.
> If she tries to move through the middle of it, throw a cross (x) spread with the recycle-knife.
> If she tries to move to our left, throw a vertical line with the recycle knife that is another foot to our left of that edge of the circle. If she tries to move to our right, do the same, but on the other side of our circle.
> If she tries to go down, throw a horizontal line with the recycle knife that is half a foot below the bottom edge of the circle.
> If she tries to go up, throw a horizontal line with the recycle knife that is aimed at the ceiling such that it will reflect off and head toward her head.

>"She may think that," says Kaguya as she moves to  your left. Then she backs away from the line and moves downward under it. "But I still feel a little responsible. You should have lived out your time with your Mistress and your friends at the mansion, and you were drug here to see the end of time. I truly didn't mean for it to happen."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 16, 2017, 03:03:30 PM
> Throw a recycle-knife horizontal line at Kaguya's feet.
> "The sentiment is appreciated, at least."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 16, 2017, 03:23:53 PM
> Throw a recycle-knife horizontal line at Kaguya's feet.
> "The sentiment is appreciated, at least."

>She drifts upward from this line. "But soon, it won't matter anymore," she says. "There is some solace to be found in that, don't you think?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 16, 2017, 03:40:35 PM
> Throw another recycle-knife horizontal line at Kaguya's knees.
> "It would be if I did not have a home I needed to return to. But I can appreciate where you are coming from."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 16, 2017, 04:08:19 PM
> Throw another recycle-knife horizontal line at Kaguya's knees.
> "It would be if I did not have a home I needed to return to. But I can appreciate where you are coming from."

>She rises again. "It will be an interesting thing to see, don't you think? Will all the momentum of the universe truly die? Or perhaps it will continue to build and build, with nowhere to go?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 16, 2017, 04:09:29 PM
> How close is she to the ceiling now?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 16, 2017, 05:08:52 PM
> How close is she to the ceiling now?

>She's not particularly close. You're pretty sure she knows what you're trying to do.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 16, 2017, 05:10:34 PM
> Throw another recycle-knife horizontal line at Kaguya's knees.
> "That second one sounds like it could be problematic eventually, even for one such as you."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 16, 2017, 05:51:39 PM
> Throw another recycle-knife horizontal line at Kaguya's knees.
> "That second one sounds like it could be problematic eventually, even for one such as you."

>"Who can say?" says Kaguya, as she floats upward just a bit, enough, that your shots practically scrape the bottoms of her shoes. "What has been written for such a world?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on October 18, 2017, 12:46:47 AM
> Throw another recycle-knife horizontal line at Kaguya's knees.
> "Well, if it is as you describe, I cannot imagine an infinite buildup of momentum is possible."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 18, 2017, 01:42:09 AM
> Throw another recycle-knife horizontal line at Kaguya's knees.
> "Well, if it is as you describe, I cannot imagine an infinite buildup of momentum is possible."

>"Perhaps so?" says Kaguya. She floats back from this attack, then slips between the shots.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on October 20, 2017, 04:20:18 AM
///We're fucked.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on October 21, 2017, 12:34:30 AM
>What do we know of Kaguya's physical strength?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 21, 2017, 01:31:17 AM
>What do we know of Kaguya's physical strength?

>Little, but you don't imagine it is exceptional. She's certainly done nothing around you to suggest it.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 23, 2017, 01:38:39 PM
> Glance at the Agate Ring.
> So, Reimu, you don't quite interact with time like we do, huh? Well, if you're aware of what's going on, any help from the goddess of heroes would be greatly appreciated right about now.
> Glance back up at Kaguya.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 23, 2017, 03:57:49 PM
> Glance at the Agate Ring.
> So, Reimu, you don't quite interact with time like we do, huh? Well, if you're aware of what's going on, any help from the goddess of heroes would be greatly appreciated right about now.
> Glance back up at Kaguya.

>You call into the ring. Nothing happens. Kaguya glances at you curiously. "Surely know that your talents could affect even this highest gods on the moon. Haven't you witnessed it before?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 23, 2017, 03:59:50 PM
Oh, that was intended to be internal thinking. I can roll with this, though.

> Give Kaguya a curious look in return.
> "I've never seen or heard of any Lunar gods. Unless the purple swordswoman counts, and I'm pretty sure she doesn't."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 23, 2017, 04:03:49 PM
> Give Kaguya a curious look in return.
> "I've never seen or heard of any Lunar gods. Unless the purple swordswoman counts, and I'm pretty sure she doesn't."

Oh whups, I'm sorry.

>"You'd be surprised, then," says Kaguya. "Let's set desperation aside, shall we? There's no need for us to spend these last few moments dancing around the inevitable."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 23, 2017, 04:49:14 PM
> Frown.
> "If we're setting desperation aside, then why are you doing this at all? Surely there are simpler means to get what you want."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 23, 2017, 05:09:09 PM
> Frown.
> "If we're setting desperation aside, then why are you doing this at all? Surely there are simpler means to get what you want."

>"How would you stop it, then?" says Kaguya.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 23, 2017, 05:09:58 PM
> "Messages to the past, of course, to prevent the current problem from ever becoming a problem in the first place."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 23, 2017, 05:15:25 PM
> "Messages to the past, of course, to prevent the current problem from ever becoming a problem in the first place."

>"You think that the Lunar Capital would listen to you in that era?" says Kaguya.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 23, 2017, 05:17:33 PM
> "Oh, I was referring to the fate of Miss Fuijwara. But if they would not listen to me, perhaps they would listen to you, or Doctor Yagokoro?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 23, 2017, 06:01:09 PM
> "Oh, I was referring to the fate of Miss Fuijwara. But if they would not listen to me, perhaps they would listen to you, or Doctor Yagokoro?"

>"In that era? I doubt it," says Kaguya. "And what would I say? 'You must not forgive us'?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 23, 2017, 06:16:17 PM
> "That all depends on what exactly you want your present to be."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 23, 2017, 06:52:53 PM
> "That all depends on what exactly you want your present to be."

>"Your implication is a bit too subtle," says Kaguya.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 23, 2017, 06:55:28 PM
> "I cannot really suggest what such a message would be without knowing what exactly it is you want here and now. Do you want the moon to stay the same as it always has, or perhaps do you a favor in some capacity? Or do you simply want an eternal antagonistic playmate, as it were?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 23, 2017, 08:00:12 PM
> "I cannot really suggest what such a message would be without knowing what exactly it is you want here and now. Do you want the moon to stay the same as it always has, or perhaps do you a favor in some capacity? Or do you simply want an eternal antagonistic playmate, as it were?"

>"Ah, were you distracted when I spoke before?" says Kaguya. "I sacrificed everything for eternity, and I shall not let it simply slip away!"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 23, 2017, 08:05:05 PM
> "I'm afraid I don't understand why all this is necessary, though."
> Gesture all around us.
> "What is the difference between this frozen state and a non-frozen state?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 23, 2017, 08:08:48 PM
> "I'm afraid I don't understand why all this is necessary, though."
> Gesture all around us.
> "What is the difference between this frozen state and a non-frozen state?"

>"Did I not say?" says Kaguya. "That which should not have changed has done just that."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 23, 2017, 08:09:56 PM
> "So...you have made it so nothing anywhere will ever change again?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 23, 2017, 08:31:13 PM
> "So...you have made it so nothing anywhere will ever change again?"

>"Shortly," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 23, 2017, 08:33:56 PM
> "What else is unaffected?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 23, 2017, 08:41:08 PM
> "What else is unaffected?"

>"I'm not sure what you mean," says Kaguya.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 23, 2017, 08:44:55 PM
> "You implied that nothing anywhere will ever change again 'shortly', as opposed to right this instant. What else risks changing given the current state of affairs?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 23, 2017, 09:20:48 PM
> "You implied that nothing anywhere will ever change again 'shortly', as opposed to right this instant. What else risks changing given the current state of affairs?"

>"Are we not still here?" says Kaguya,

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on October 24, 2017, 04:34:39 AM
Indeed, the thing that still risks causing change is Sakuya herself. But shortly, we would presumably run out of energy and be stopped as well, and... that would be that.

>"Ah, that is true. But I find it strange... you're doing this because even things you thought would never change have changed; that those who would never leave, have left. Yet, your solution is to leave as well. To leave the flow of time itself, and become truly and absolutely alone. Is that really the kind of eternity you want?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 24, 2017, 05:34:06 AM
>"Ah, that is true. But I find it strange... you're doing this because even things you thought would never change have changed; that those who would never leave, have left. Yet, your solution is to leave as well. To leave the flow of time itself, and become truly and absolutely alone. Is that really the kind of eternity you want?"

>"Why would I be alone?" she says. "I would have the whole world with me, forever."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on October 24, 2017, 07:09:49 PM
> "But you would be as still and frozen as the rest of us."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 24, 2017, 07:18:36 PM
> "But you would be as still and frozen as the rest of us."

>"Together," she says. "Ours would be eternity."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on October 24, 2017, 07:21:16 PM
> "So...what would you do then?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 24, 2017, 07:55:41 PM
> "So...what would you do then?"

>"I would be content," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on October 24, 2017, 07:58:00 PM
> "...If it's all the same to you, then, what if you could be frozen in stasis forever without inflicting the same on the rest of reality?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 24, 2017, 08:00:43 PM
> "...If it's all the same to you, then, what if you could be frozen in stasis forever without inflicting the same on the rest of reality?"

>"What contentment, what eternity, would be in that?" she says. "That's nothing different than now."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on October 24, 2017, 08:03:15 PM
> "You wouldn't be aware of it either way."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 24, 2017, 08:07:28 PM
> "You wouldn't be aware of it either way."

>"Of course I would be," she says. "I'd be going into it well aware."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on October 24, 2017, 09:34:13 PM
> "There's no practical difference from your perspective, though. What benefit is it to freeze all of reality?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 24, 2017, 11:20:37 PM
> "There's no practical difference from your perspective, though. What benefit is it to freeze all of reality?"

>"Did I not tell you the difference?" says Kaguya. "Knowledge is real, whether or not one likes it."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on October 25, 2017, 12:17:37 AM
> Sigh.
> "Let's try something else, then. What state of reality would you prefer to everything frozen forever?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 25, 2017, 12:23:41 AM
> Sigh.
> "Let's try something else, then. What state of reality would you prefer to everything frozen forever?"

>"...I'm not sure," she says, after a moment. "I want a world where I didn't throw away everything only to see it invalided when that which was supposed the inviolable, the heavens themselves, shifted."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on October 25, 2017, 12:47:44 AM
> "What about a world where you got back what you threw away?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 25, 2017, 01:39:14 AM
> "What about a world where you got back what you threw away?"

>She shakes her head. "It doesn't work like that. Eirin tried, just out of idle curiosity." She chuckles. "I fear the hakutaku don't like us very much anymore as a result."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on October 25, 2017, 01:54:37 AM
> "Was that the eternal night, or something else?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 25, 2017, 01:55:44 AM
> "Was that the eternal night, or something else?"


>"Oh, long, long before you were born," says Kaguya. "Before there was a Gensokyo, as well."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 25, 2017, 02:36:42 PM
> "Then I suppose we are left with only the original desire. How exactly has the moon changed?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 25, 2017, 03:56:57 PM
> "Then I suppose we are left with only the original desire. How exactly has the moon changed?"

>"Haven't I told you?" says Kaguya. "What Eirin and I did should have been unforgivable. We turned our backs on everything that Lunar Capital held sacred. And yet..."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on October 25, 2017, 04:00:41 PM
>"If they allowed Eirin to return... would they allow you to return as well?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 25, 2017, 04:04:50 PM
>"If they allowed Eirin to return... would they allow you to return as well?"

>"Of course," says Kaguya. "But what point is there in that?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on October 27, 2017, 11:35:51 PM
> "That seems rather fortuitous for you, if you ask me. It would suggest that whatever downside there was to what you did has ended, and you are now free to act as you please with whatever you gained from your misdeeds. But I'm guessing that is not at all how it really is."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 28, 2017, 01:29:02 AM
> "That seems rather fortuitous for you, if you ask me. It would suggest that whatever downside there was to what you did has ended, and you are now free to act as you please with whatever you gained from your misdeeds. But I'm guessing that is not at all how it really is."

>"It would to someone who only thinks about the immediate," says Kaguya. "But you must understand, I turned my back on them all, because they were doomed by their own nature. The unchanging life they dedicated themselves to was going to destroy them, as the aeons moved on, and there was nothing they could do about it, or would do about it."
>"Then they did."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on October 28, 2017, 03:47:05 AM
>"Isn't dedicating oneself to an unchanging life, that one cannot do anything about... what you're trying to do now?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 28, 2017, 04:57:02 AM
>"Isn't dedicating oneself to an unchanging life, that one cannot do anything about... what you're trying to do now?"

>"It's not the eternal aspect that's the problem," she says. "It's that they were wrong, fatally so, and were committed to staying with that until the very end. Then, they just gave up that commitment."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on October 29, 2017, 02:38:09 AM
> "So...you want them to remain on the path to self-destruction, or be frozen forever."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 29, 2017, 02:46:36 AM
> "So...you want them to remain on the path to self-destruction, or be frozen forever."

>She doesn't answer. Her expression is difficult to read.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on October 29, 2017, 05:05:22 AM
>"What if... I told you? Hundreds upon hundreds of years before now, in my time. That one day, far in the future, they will eventually change their mind. Of course, you wouldn't believe me. But perhaps if you provided me with something that would convince you. Maybe... if you knew so far ahead of time, before Eirin, Mokou, or the others left, it wouldn't have to come to this?"
>"I cannot undo the sacrifices that you've made. Perhaps nothing can. But I could grant you this."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 29, 2017, 05:24:35 AM
>"What if... I told you? Hundreds upon hundreds of years before now, in my time. That one day, far in the future, they will eventually change their mind. Of course, you wouldn't believe me. But perhaps if you provided me with something that would convince you. Maybe... if you knew so far ahead of time, before Eirin, Mokou, or the others left, it wouldn't have to come to this?"
>"I cannot undo the sacrifices that you've made. Perhaps nothing can. But I could grant you this."

>"Even if I would believe you," says Kaguya, "Why would they?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on October 30, 2017, 02:23:37 AM
Man, that was, like, not at all the direction to go in given her most recent reaction :<

> "I imagine my words would carry little to no weight. But perhaps evidence and a message from their future selves would be enough to persuade them."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 30, 2017, 03:43:13 AM
> "I imagine my words would carry little to no weight. But perhaps evidence and a message from their future selves would be enough to persuade them."

>"I can't imagine they'd deign to give it the time of day," says Kaguya.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 30, 2017, 12:49:05 PM
> "Then I think you have a decision to make, regarding letting them destroy themselves, or destroying them your own way by freezing everything for all eternity. Or do you desire something else for them, perhaps? I did notice you didn't immediately offer a response."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 30, 2017, 04:16:14 PM
> "Then I think you have a decision to make, regarding letting them destroy themselves, or destroying them your own way by freezing everything for all eternity. Or do you desire something else for them, perhaps? I did notice you didn't immediately offer a response."

>"I want them to meet the fate they set for themselves since antiquity," says Kaguya.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 30, 2017, 04:19:46 PM
> "Why?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 30, 2017, 04:56:48 PM
> "Why?"

>"Have i not said several times already?" says Kaguya. "I severed myself away from them, knowing that they couldn't hope to face the rot. I chose a true eternity. It defiled me, do you understand? It made me lesser as it made me more. But I was content with that, because I knew in the end, fate would be with me. And then they changed what could not have been changed!"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 30, 2017, 05:07:48 PM
> "I wanted to be sure, since I thought it odd you did not respond to my summary."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 30, 2017, 05:44:41 PM
> "I wanted to be sure, since I thought it odd you did not respond to my summary."

>"There was no need to phrase it in such a manner," she says.
>It's getting a little hard to breath, you feel like you've been running.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 30, 2017, 05:49:10 PM
> How much 'time' do we feel like we have left?
> "Was it inaccurate, or just unpleasant?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 30, 2017, 06:52:27 PM
> How much 'time' do we feel like we have left?
> "Was it inaccurate, or just unpleasant?"

>You're not sure. A couple minutes at most...
>"The former implies the latter, of course," says Kaguya.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 30, 2017, 06:54:02 PM
> "I am not sure how it is inaccurate, based on what you have said. Is there a realistic third option?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 30, 2017, 08:07:37 PM
> "I am not sure how it is inaccurate, based on what you have said. Is there a realistic third option?"

>"It's not that I want them to be destroyed," says Kaguya. "But rather, it's what they brought upon themselves."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 30, 2017, 08:24:20 PM
> "And you would sacrifice all of the rest of reality to see that through, never mind setting spell card rules aside. How Lunarian an approach."
> Grin a bit.
> "Very well, then, if that is what you wish. I should warn you, though. Speaking from experience, when one spends too long bending time, time is rather wont to bend back."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on October 30, 2017, 09:00:37 PM
>Add "and permanently destroy your mentor, and anyone else that might still be around for you to care about's ability to move, speak, or think a thought." to the first part.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 30, 2017, 09:22:35 PM
> Don't add that just yet, it doesn't quite gel with the plan.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 30, 2017, 10:06:37 PM
> "And you would sacrifice all of the rest of reality to see that through, never mind setting spell card rules aside. How Lunarian an approach."
> Grin a bit.
> "Very well, then, if that is what you wish. I should warn you, though. Speaking from experience, when one spends too long bending time, time is rather wont to bend back."

>"Sacrifice?" she says. "What would be sacrificed? Nothing would be missing."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 30, 2017, 10:18:58 PM
> "I would rather consider the abilities to move and think 'something' rather than 'nothing'."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 30, 2017, 11:44:23 PM
> "I would rather consider the abilities to move and think 'something' rather than 'nothing'."

>"They would still be there, simply preserved in perfect crystalline eternity," says Kaguya.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on October 30, 2017, 11:54:32 PM
> "I wonder if anyone other than you would want such a thing."
> Chuckle.
> "Not that it matters now."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 31, 2017, 12:24:44 AM
> "I wonder if anyone other than you would want such a thing."
> Chuckle.
> "Not that it matters now."

>"Not very much matters now," she says, smiling gently.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on October 31, 2017, 12:30:27 AM
> Chuckle again.
> "Don't bet on it, Princess."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on October 31, 2017, 12:58:10 AM
////Annnnnnd fight a invincible princess who has dodged all of our attacks. That won't go badly at all...
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 31, 2017, 01:49:16 AM
> Chuckle again.
> "Don't bet on it, Princess."

>She doesn't seem to have much to say to that, but her expression doesn't waiver. You don't think she's particularly phased.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on October 31, 2017, 01:51:48 AM
> "Like I said...time bends back..."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 31, 2017, 02:34:29 AM
> "Like I said...time bends back..."

>"What is a bend to eternity?" says Kaguya.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on October 31, 2017, 03:27:56 AM
> "I don't know. But I am...disappointed I won't get to see until after it's complete."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 31, 2017, 03:33:15 AM
> "I don't know. But I am...disappointed I won't get to see until after it's complete."

>"It's already starting to take hold," says Kaguya. "Just let it take you away."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on October 31, 2017, 03:38:51 AM
> "Oh, I'm aware...If you don't want to save yourself...from a fate worse than freezing...then that's fine. Just remember...I told you so."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 31, 2017, 03:43:37 AM
> "Oh, I'm aware...If you don't want to save yourself...from a fate worse than freezing...then that's fine. Just remember...I told you so."

>"What do you mean?" she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on October 31, 2017, 03:45:36 AM
> "I told you...time bends back. It's done a number on me before...I can only imagine how much worse...it will be for you..."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 31, 2017, 03:49:20 AM
> "I told you...time bends back. It's done a number on me before...I can only imagine how much worse...it will be for you..."

>"Hm, I see," says Kaguya. "I thought you had a greater insight than that."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on October 31, 2017, 03:50:19 AM
> "I'm not sure...who would know...better than me."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 31, 2017, 03:55:36 AM
> "I'm not sure...who would know...better than me."

>Kaguya chuckles. "I wonder, then, what is the smallest instance of time? Do you know?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on October 31, 2017, 03:56:08 AM
> "What difference does that make?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 31, 2017, 04:00:43 AM
> "What difference does that make?"

>"Quite a bit," says Kaguya, "While I do respect your practical experience on the topic, your knowledge is hardly supreme."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on October 31, 2017, 04:01:50 AM
> Chuckle some more.
> "...Lunarian arrogance...will doom you to self-destruction...How ironic..."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 31, 2017, 04:05:17 AM
> Chuckle some more.
> "...Lunarian arrogance...will doom you to self-destruction...How ironic..."

>"Have you forgotten who made the tool that you carried around?" says Kaguya. "Do answer the question, if you feel like putting some teeth to your threats."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on October 31, 2017, 04:07:21 AM
> How on earth are we supposed to know who made the watch when we got it second-hand from a shopkeeper?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 31, 2017, 04:19:18 AM
> How on earth are we supposed to know who made the watch when we got it second-hand from a shopkeeper?

>You recall, among others that you two talked about on your way to the vault, she implied that it belonged to "us".

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on October 31, 2017, 04:28:03 AM
> "You implied earlier...that you did."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 31, 2017, 04:31:33 AM
> "You implied earlier...that you did."

>She chuckles. "No, not me directly. But we, the Lunarians, did. That said, I did have a few insights of my own to offer."
>Then Kaguya frowns. "That panting of yours really is making things a little difficult for you, aren't they?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on October 31, 2017, 04:33:14 AM
> "Most certainly...but I don't really matter anymore. What will happen to you...will happen independent of anything I do."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 31, 2017, 04:38:23 AM
> "Most certainly...but I don't really matter anymore. What will happen to you...will happen independent of anything I do."

>"Well, you might want to duck," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on October 31, 2017, 04:39:56 AM
> Look behind us really quickly.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 31, 2017, 04:46:37 AM
> Look behind us really quickly.

>You look behind yourself really quickly, and see only the mess of danmaku that the two of you have left behind, and some more cases containing various things that the Warlord has gathered. Then color suddenly washes back through the scene as it all starts moving again!

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on October 31, 2017, 04:48:40 AM
> How much of it is headed at our current position?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 31, 2017, 04:51:50 AM
> How much of it is headed at our current position?

>A lot. More than you can easily read; there's easily a couple spellcards worth of danamku in the air. Some of it's yours, but that can be a bit hard to untangle!

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on October 31, 2017, 10:56:41 AM
> How high off the ground are we?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 31, 2017, 03:50:04 PM
> How high off the ground are we?

>You're about midway between the floor and the ceiling.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 31, 2017, 03:52:19 PM
> Turn back around to a normal position, and hit the floor!
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 31, 2017, 04:02:27 PM
> Turn back around to a normal position, and hit the floor!

>You drop to the floor as quickly as you safely can!
>As you feet hit the ground, the world goes gray again. "There, that should help," Kaguya says from above.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 31, 2017, 04:04:00 PM
> How are we feeling?
> Look up and around.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 31, 2017, 05:00:17 PM
> How are we feeling?
> Look up and around.

>Better, at least a little. You've had a moment or two to recharge, it ought to buy you a couple more minutes, at least.
>You look around. Kaguya is still floating where she was, serene as before. The masses of frozen danmaku have spread out a bit more.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 31, 2017, 05:20:19 PM
> Frown with a bit of a sneer.
> "I do not particularly enjoy being toyed with."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 31, 2017, 05:53:10 PM
> Frown with a bit of a sneer.
> "I do not particularly enjoy being toyed with."

>"I saw no reason to cut you short, I was enjoying our conversation," says Kaguya. "A few more minutes is fine, don't you think?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 31, 2017, 06:01:01 PM
> "If you are truly convinced that all of reality deserves to be frozen for eternity, then there is nothing more to discuss. I am demonstrably unable to stop you by force, so either get on with it and try your luck out-willing time itself, or return my watch to me and let me go home."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 31, 2017, 06:07:38 PM
> "If you are truly convinced that all of reality deserves to be frozen for eternity, then there is nothing more to discuss. I am demonstrably unable to stop you by force, so either get on with it and try your luck out-willing time itself, or return my watch to me and let me go home."

>"All your bravado is gone now?" says Kaguya, frowning. "How disappointing."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on October 31, 2017, 06:12:29 PM
> "I told you already, I do not matter now. What will happen to you will happen independent of anything I do. I have never claimed anything to the contrary in regards to how time will react when frozen for too long. If you truly believe I am bluffing, then call it. If not, then stop wasting our time and fold, and we can work out something else."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on October 31, 2017, 09:23:03 PM
> "I told you already, I do not matter now. What will happen to you will happen independent of anything I do. I have never claimed anything to the contrary in regards to how time will react when frozen for too long. If you truly believe I am bluffing, then call it. If not, then stop wasting our time and fold, and we can work out something else."

>"I am curious, I admit, as to how you expect time to affect something that is eternal," says Kaguya. "Frankly, I cannot see it."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on October 31, 2017, 09:50:02 PM
> "With all due respect, you also could not see the Lunarians diverting from their inevitable destiny, and yet here we are."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on November 01, 2017, 12:17:46 AM
> "With all due respect, you also could not see the Lunarians diverting from their inevitable destiny, and yet here we are."

>"Cheeky," says Kaguya, "But also a poor comparison, don't you think? They are not eternal, however much they want to believe. I am."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on November 01, 2017, 12:28:28 AM
>Whats the status of the door?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on November 01, 2017, 12:35:05 AM
>Whats the status of the door?

>It is closed.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on November 01, 2017, 12:43:40 AM
> Did we close it on our way in?
> If not, did we close it mid-fight?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on November 01, 2017, 12:57:37 AM
> Did we close it on our way in?
> If not, did we close it mid-fight?

>Neither. There was a brief error with flags in which, due to it being a dang month ago, the parser thought the door was closed about half-way through the fight, but it in fact still opened. We apologize for this mistake.
>You are still between Kaguya and the door.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on November 01, 2017, 03:05:11 AM
Bear in mind that Kaguyas power is literally control over eternity, not time control. I don't think it works the same way Sakuya's power works. Time won't go back.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on November 01, 2017, 03:09:50 AM
It's quite possible. It's not the point, though.

> "All I can tell you for sure is what I have experienced myself my whole life. If you choose to ignore that, well, do not say you were not warned."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on November 01, 2017, 03:50:40 AM
> "All I can tell you for sure is what I have experienced myself my whole life. If you choose to ignore that, well, do not say you were not warned."

>"Well, no need to be vague," says Kaguya.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on November 01, 2017, 11:19:37 AM
> "What do you mean?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on November 01, 2017, 05:22:29 PM
> "What do you mean?"

>"You have experience," says Kaguya. "I'm curious. What happens?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on November 01, 2017, 10:33:14 PM
> Has pushing ourselves too far ever resulted in being aged up, or has it always been being aged down?
> Do we eventually recover?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on November 01, 2017, 10:46:13 PM
> Has pushing ourselves too far ever resulted in being aged up, or has it always been being aged down?
> Do we eventually recover?

>It has happened both ways.
>You tend to end up pushing it a bit too hard again before any kind of natural recovery could happen; but you don't think it would undo itself on its own.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on November 01, 2017, 10:49:01 PM
> So we have to reset ourselves manually?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on November 01, 2017, 11:13:21 PM
> So we have to reset ourselves manually?

>Yes. Generally by pushing things too far again. You haven't quite gotten the hang of aging or de-aging yourself. If you did, though...
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on November 02, 2017, 01:48:15 AM
> "Ah. Well, I suppose the best way to describe it is that when I push time too hard, it will significantly increase or decrease my age, with corresponding changes to my body. It would not surprise me if some of the less pleasant rumors that resulted from this reached the ears of your rabbits back long ago."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on November 02, 2017, 02:13:05 AM
> "Ah. Well, I suppose the best way to describe it is that when I push time too hard, it will significantly increase or decrease my age, with corresponding changes to my body. It would not surprise me if some of the less pleasant rumors that resulted from this reached the ears of your rabbits back long ago."

>She blinks. "Less pleasant...?"
>Then her eyebrows raise. "Oh! Oh yes, those. I had never noticed, myself."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on November 02, 2017, 05:02:17 PM
> "Yes. Regardless, even with what limited strength I had with which to push time, I have been altered by several years. Granted, I am sure that means extremely little to one such as yourself, but pushing unfathomably harder than I ever could, I imagine, would produce unfathomably worse results."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on November 02, 2017, 07:54:33 PM
> "Yes. Regardless, even with what limited strength I had with which to push time, I have been altered by several years. Granted, I am sure that means extremely little to one such as yourself, but pushing unfathomably harder than I ever could, I imagine, would produce unfathomably worse results."

>"If that's all it does, then what is there to worry about?" says Kaguya. "Age is meaningless to those who have partaken of the Hourai Elixir."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on November 02, 2017, 10:08:37 PM
>"Indeed, I wouldn't be surprised if immortality could safeguard you from the effects of pushing time at the extents I have. But what you're suggesting would be unfathomably beyond the scope of what I have ever attempted, and so I imagine the consequences would be as well. I wonder, if it tried to reverse your age by enough of an extent, could your body be rewound to before you partook of the Hourai Elixir? Or even infancy and beyond? How ironic it would be if, by attempting to gift all with eternity, you merely ended your own."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on November 02, 2017, 10:22:05 PM
>"Indeed, I wouldn't be surprised if immortality could safeguard you from the effects of pushing time at the extents I have. But what you're suggesting would be unfathomably beyond the scope of what I have ever attempted, and so I imagine the consequences would be as well. I wonder, if it tried to reverse your age by enough of an extent, could your body be rewound to before you partook of the Hourai Elixir? Or even infancy and beyond? How ironic it would be if, by attempting to gift all with eternity, you merely ended your own."

>She shakes her head. "It doesn't work that way, Eternal means eternal. I am mentioned, long before your time Eirin and I experimented with this."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on November 08, 2017, 10:09:41 AM
>Does Kaguya look any older or younger from when she did all those years ago?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on November 08, 2017, 06:16:20 PM
>Does Kaguya look any older or younger from when she did all those years ago?

>No. Her demeanor is definitely more prone to little nervous twitches and general discomfort than you recall, but her appearance is mostly the same, save that she currently has her hair up.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on November 09, 2017, 08:36:46 PM
>Do we recall if the watch extends the amount of time for our time stop?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on November 09, 2017, 09:02:26 PM
>Do we recall if the watch extends the amount of time for our time stop?

>It does not. It was a focus that helped you hone your own abilities, you no longer benefit from having it aside from the benefits of having a treasured keepsake.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on November 10, 2017, 05:34:52 AM
>"Expermenting? Did Eirin know of your plans?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on November 10, 2017, 05:56:41 AM
>"Expermenting? Did Eirin know of your plans?"

>"Didn't I just say we were experimenting together?" says Kaguya. "Or do you mean this one? No, It's been centuries since I've last seen her."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on November 11, 2017, 03:50:11 AM
>"I don't think she would've approved of your plans. Hell, she may have gone out of her way to stop it.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on November 11, 2017, 03:58:10 AM
>"I don't think she would've approved of your plans. Hell, she may have gone out of her way to stop it.

>"Rather, I think Eirin would have understood better than anyone," says Kaguya.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on November 12, 2017, 06:20:15 PM
Am I really the only one who's still playing here?
>"Even so, understanding doesn't always mean agreement."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on November 12, 2017, 07:51:10 PM
>"Even so, understanding doesn't always mean agreement."

>"Doesn't it?" says Kaguya. "Well, perhaps."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on November 13, 2017, 02:49:59 AM
Uuuuugh. I really am, am I? Is this really such an impossible fight to win? I am literally at a lost for plans.

>"I'm sure she would not have left if she had known and supported your current plans".
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on November 13, 2017, 03:00:54 AM
>"I'm sure she would not have left if she supported your plans".

>She left well before any such plans came to mind," says Kaguya, "It was centuries ago, as I said."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on November 13, 2017, 06:39:54 AM
>"Have you ever seen her since then?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on November 13, 2017, 08:03:28 AM
>"Have you ever seen her since then?"

>"No," says Kaguya.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on November 14, 2017, 05:59:28 PM
>"Why did she leave you?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on November 14, 2017, 06:03:09 PM
>"Why did she leave you?"

>"It's just as I said before," says Kaguya. "In her heart, she never really left the capital. Once Reisen passed away, she had no true desire to stay here."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on November 14, 2017, 06:30:05 PM
>"So she didn't even care about tending to her princess."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on November 14, 2017, 06:32:55 PM
>"So she didn't even care about tending to her princess."

>"It's complicated..." she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on November 15, 2017, 05:15:50 AM
>"I would imagine she misses you."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on November 15, 2017, 05:33:20 AM
>"I would imagine she misses you."

>"I doubt it," says Kaguya. "Nothing prevented her from reaching me."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on November 15, 2017, 06:30:54 AM
>"So she forgot about you. How unexpected."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on November 15, 2017, 06:52:28 AM
>"So she forgot about you. How unexpected."

>"What's that supposed to mean?" says Kaguya.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on November 15, 2017, 07:01:47 AM
>What do we know of Eirin and Kaguya's history?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on November 15, 2017, 07:22:30 AM
>What do we know of Eirin and Kaguya's history?

>Largely the basics; the two of them were refugees from the moon together, and almost certainly fellow immortals. From what you've gathered via gossip, the two of them are; or were in this case; lovers. Though they tend to have long periods of time apart if the stories are to be believed.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on November 16, 2017, 04:18:51 AM
>"You centuries long love, who would always come back, no matter how long it took, finally abandon you for the moon. It must've been extraordinarly  heartbreaking."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on November 16, 2017, 11:29:34 PM
Did Purvis just forget about this game?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on November 16, 2017, 11:40:56 PM
>"You centuries long love, who would always come back, no matter how long it took, finally abandon you for the moon. It must've been extraordinarly  heartbreaking."

I did! Or rather, forgot you replied.

>"...I'd rather not talk about that," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on November 20, 2017, 09:13:49 PM
>"I can only assume it was a very messy break up."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on November 20, 2017, 09:16:08 PM
>"I can only assume it was a very messy break up."

>She frowns a little. "It was not...pleasant."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on November 21, 2017, 09:41:36 PM
>"This had to do with Reisens death, didn't it?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on November 21, 2017, 10:49:54 PM
>"This had to do with Reisens death, didn't it?"

>She frowns, then nods slightly.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on November 22, 2017, 03:19:51 AM
>"...So she didn't even care about her love for you, she was just there to study your pet, how appropriate for a Lunarian."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on November 22, 2017, 07:09:07 AM
>"...So she didn't even care about her love for you, she was just there to study your pet, how appropriate for a Lunarian."

>Her frown becomes a grimace, as she regards you with narrowed eyes.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on November 22, 2017, 10:31:23 AM
//Where did Kilg go?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on November 22, 2017, 01:55:04 PM
I haven't had any idea what to say anymore, he's probably similar >_> HOWEVER, you've actually managed to find something that looks really helpful, if we can apply it properly. Although you probably didn't do much but piss her off with that last comment, you might have found our way out.

Okay, I'll try my hand here >_> I suppose ease off for a moment and then return to trying to prod at her about her problems?? End goal would probably be trying to suggest changing the past to avoid her messy breakup?

>"The last few days have been quite stressful, but that was a bit much, and I apologize." Frown. "I could hardly be described as good with matters of love, myself. Although I doubt you wish to hear about my own love problems at the moment."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on November 22, 2017, 07:41:32 PM
>"The last few days have been quite stressful, but that was a bit much, and I apologize." Frown. "I could hardly be described as good with matters of love, myself. Although I doubt you wish to hear about my own love problems at the moment."

>"Well, it won't mean much in a few moments," says Kaguya.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on November 24, 2017, 01:54:39 AM
thanksgiving is delicious
also yeah I guess now isn't a good time to try to deflect to smalltalk for a moment

I feel like it'd sound desperate to go "hey maybe I can fix your relationship by changing the past" but at the same time I dunno what else I'd do except try to make her look the other way and throw a Real Knife at her back
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on November 24, 2017, 05:44:30 AM
I feel like it'd sound desperate to go "hey maybe I can fix your relationship by changing the past"
Not if we convince her that would be the best for her (And not blindly insulting her for no reason). I'm starting to think that all of this is just born from her nasty break up. Also remember that Sakuya has had some experience with messy relationships too.

I'll think of something tomorrow. There are things i'm currently caught in today.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on November 24, 2017, 09:43:19 PM
>"Still, i wonder what could've led such a long lasting couple to such a break up."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on November 24, 2017, 10:32:36 PM
>"Still, i wonder what could've led such a long lasting couple to such a break up."

>"I already told you, and I also told you that we're done talking about this," Kaguya says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on November 25, 2017, 04:22:47 AM
yeah she's still pretty pissed. let's just go for it, feels a little late to try and resume sympathetic prodding

>"It's just that it feels like this is the real reason we're both here right now, doing this. Normally it'd be none of my business, but given your plans, I simply can't ignore it. Of course, I'm sure you're thinking there's nothing I could possibly do about it... but, I can change the past. I already have, in many ways. This is, after all, my second trip to the future."
>Groan. "I wouldn't recommend it if you ever have the chance to time travel yourself, it's quite disorienting having two different sets of memories about the same events."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on November 25, 2017, 06:11:55 AM
>"It's just that it feels like this is the real reason we're both here right now, doing this. Normally it'd be none of my business, but given your plans, I simply can't ignore it. Of course, I'm sure you're thinking there's nothing I could possibly do about it... but, I can change the past. I already have, in many ways. This is, after all, my second trip to the future."
>Groan. "I wouldn't recommend it if you ever have the chance to time travel yourself, it's quite disorienting having two different sets of memories about the same events."

>"If it were just her, perhaps it wouldn't be so bad, but it's everything," says Kaguya. "Did you forget everything I told you about the capital itself?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on November 25, 2017, 02:58:36 PM
>"I hoped Eirin was the real root of the problem, but it seems that was a little optimistic." Frown. "I thought that perhaps, if your time on Earth was better, you wouldn't be as angry at the capital for invalidating the reason you left."
>"After all, I'm not sure I could possibly change the past in a way to stop the Lunar Capital from changing the way it has... or if I would even want to. If they were willing to admit they were wrong and try to amend their mistakes, fix their ways, it's difficult for me to see it as a bad thing. But I know it's different for you, who sacrificed so much to get away from what you thought would never change."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on November 25, 2017, 06:55:46 PM
>"I hoped Eirin was the real root of the problem, but it seems that was a little optimistic." Frown. "I thought that perhaps, if your time on Earth was better, you wouldn't be as angry at the capital for invalidating the reason you left."
>"After all, I'm not sure I could possibly change the past in a way to stop the Lunar Capital from changing the way it has... or if I would even want to. If they were willing to admit they were wrong and try to amend their mistakes, fix their ways, it's difficult for me to see it as a bad thing. But I know it's different for you, who sacrificed so much to get away from what you thought would never change."

>"She knew that, too, better than anyone... I could almost understand that Fujiwara, what would she know?" says Kaguya.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on November 26, 2017, 02:39:52 PM
I can get Kaguya going, the problem is I don't know what to do after >_>

>"Hmm? What about Mokou, now?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on November 26, 2017, 07:25:51 PM
>"Hmm? What about Mokou, now?"

>"I told you before," Kaguya says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on November 26, 2017, 11:37:15 PM
>"I assume your implying the lost of your rivalry with that phoenix-like immortal was another factor that led to the state you are currently in. Very curious, any other person would've been happy to have their nemesis gone."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on November 27, 2017, 01:42:50 AM
>"I assume your implying the lost of your rivalry with that phoenix-like immortal was another factor that led to the state you are currently in. Very curious, any other person would've been happy to have their nemesis gone."

>"Mokou was never a rival, simply a competitor," says Kaguya.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on November 27, 2017, 07:13:24 PM
>"What were you two even competing over?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on November 27, 2017, 08:21:36 PM
>"What were you two even competing over?"

>"Well, I don't know about her, but I enjoyed having an opponent that wouldn't wither anyway anytime soon. ...Or did, rather..."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on November 28, 2017, 11:01:46 PM
>"I see, it's the presence of eternal adversity to keep you occupated for centures on end that you used to relive boredom. A shame then, that you'll never get that again once all of time has stopped."

>Now that we think about it, what happened when encountered her during the eternal night incident?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on November 29, 2017, 03:39:37 AM
>"I see, it's the presence of eternal adversity to keep you occupated for centures on end that you used to relive boredom. A shame then, that you'll never get that again once all of time has stopped."

>Now that we think about it, what happened when encountered her during the eternal night incident?

>She chuckles. "It's much too late for that. She's been gone for many centuries. I don't even remember what she looks like, anymore."
>You fought her, and set things right. What followed next is honestly a little blurry, but it ended with Remilia's resolution to visit the moon.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on December 01, 2017, 11:13:48 AM
>"I think you underestamite how truly relevant she is to all of this, princess."
>What was the actual fight like?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on December 01, 2017, 08:41:52 PM
>"I think you underestamite how truly relevant she is to all of this, princess."
>What was the actual fight like?

>She just smirks a little in response.
>Pretty hectic. Worse than this, for certain, but you also could draw upon all your tools more easily then. If nothing else, you don't think her technique and maneuverability has rusted.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on December 02, 2017, 11:45:22 PM
Writing speeches is hard. But, the idea I have is to pointing out that Kaguya's plan is kinda also a attempt to return to how her life was back when she lived with Eirin and Mokou in a way, as she enjoyed the eternal companionship they bought, without any form of change foreseeable, but by destroying the watch she's throwing away the last chance she can get to truely return to that time. Probably not a great idea, but it's an idea. Asking for thoughts from anyone who's actually still playing at this point. That's pretty much all I have in terms of diplomacy right.

>How is the room lit?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on December 03, 2017, 02:59:19 AM
>Lit is kind of relative, given the frozen time. Some of it comes from the candle that Kaguya was holding, much of it now comes from the widespread danmaku.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on December 03, 2017, 06:33:05 PM
Writing speeches is hard. But, the idea I have is to pointing out that Kaguya's plan is kinda also a attempt to return to how her life was back when she lived with Eirin and Mokou in a way, as she enjoyed the eternal companionship they bought, without any form of change foreseeable, but by destroying the watch she's throwing away the last chance she can get to truely return to that time. Probably not a great idea, but it's an idea. Asking for thoughts to anyone who's actually still playing at this point. That's pretty much all I have in terms of diplomacy right.
Well, she's not destroying the watch, so much as destroying time. She needs the watch to even do this, after all. I dunno, the problem is mostly that she doesn't believe we can really fix her life even if we go back and change things. We've already suggested a few times that we could try to go back and fix stuff, but she'd say "Well, maybe if that was the only thing, but it's not only that...".

At the same time, I really don't have any better ideas. Other than continuing to sympathize with her, lead into going in for a hug, and then stabbing her. >_>
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on December 04, 2017, 07:52:04 PM
......Honestly, that might work, but I do have another idea.


>Do we recall if it's possible at all for her to be affected by our time abilties, like say if she stopped time before she did?

>How exactly would the watch work for someone who isn't us or Kaguya? How could they use it's power?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on December 04, 2017, 08:04:15 PM
Sorry, I've been fresh out of ideas for this for a while, which is why I vanished. I'll take a look at things within the next couple of days to see if I have any epiphanies.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on December 04, 2017, 09:04:43 PM
>Do we recall if it's possible at all for her to be affected by our time abilties, like say if she stopped time before she did?

>How exactly would the watch work for someone who isn't us or Kaguya? How could they use it's power?

>She should be? She was before, at least.
>You aren't certain. You don't think it should work for anyone who doesn't already have the talent. So either Kaguya does as well, or she simply knows how to use it better.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on December 05, 2017, 06:06:59 AM
Luring Kaguya into unfreezing time again and then stopping it ourselves did occur to me as a novel, potentially wondrous idea. I was at work and forgot it before I got home, though, hence never mentioning it :V Need to keep in mind we'd be drained before the stop even started, so we wouldn't have long, but since we don't exactly need to obey spellcard rules... it might work anyway.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on December 06, 2017, 07:34:12 AM
I'm unsure if she'll be able to resist the stop or not, Sakuya can, but it's unclear to me if she can do the same.

Then there's how we get into unfreezing, I suspect she might be less willing to do so now after I insulted her, so I think going for flattery/sympathy is a good idea, (if one I'm very unqualified for as my shitty role play shows), but we need to be subtle about it or it'll look like disparate pleading on our part.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on December 07, 2017, 12:03:23 AM
> "Besides, you still have me as a message to the past. Even if you believe I cannot alter the course the moon has taken, I have a rather decent chance of preventing Mokou's disappearance. Frankly, even without all this, it was on my to-do list anyway."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on December 07, 2017, 12:20:57 AM
> "Besides, you still have me as a message to the past. Even if you believe I cannot alter the course the moon has taken, I have a rather decent chance of preventing Mokou's disappearance. Frankly, even without all this, it was on my to-do list anyway."

>"How is would you do that?" says Kaguya, frowning slightly.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on December 07, 2017, 01:04:46 AM
> "I have come to learn that Keine Kamishirasawa passed away prematurely from a bout of pneumonia, probably as a direct result of the accident in my home a thousand years ago damaging her immune system. I have also come to learn Mokou disappeared not to long afterward, with the rumors being that she is sealed away in Higan. It seems likely the former event caused the latter, so the solution to your problem would seem to be convincing Mokou to not cause havoc in Higan."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on December 07, 2017, 01:10:51 AM
> "I have come to learn that Keine Kamishirasawa passed away prematurely from a bout of pneumonia, probably as a direct result of the accident in my home a thousand years ago damaging her immune system. I have also come to learn Mokou disappeared not to long afterward, with the rumors being that she is sealed away in Higan. It seems likely the former event caused the latter, so the solution to your problem would seem to be convincing Mokou to not cause havoc in Higan."

>"...I suppose those two events might be connected..." says Kaguya.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on December 07, 2017, 01:15:59 AM
> "Now, what exactly convincing her will take, I cannot say. It would depend on exactly how the conversation goes. But I can't imagine it's anywhere close to impossible."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on December 07, 2017, 01:17:32 AM
> "Now, what exactly convincing her will take, I cannot say. It would depend on exactly how the conversation goes. But I can't imagine it's anywhere close to impossible."

>"I could," says Kaguya. "You know what she's like when she makes up her mind."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on December 07, 2017, 01:28:50 AM
> "Well, it is not as though removing her opinion from the equation by simply preventing Miss Kamishirasawa's death is not an option."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on December 07, 2017, 04:52:23 AM
> "Well, it is not as though removing her opinion from the equation by simply preventing Miss Kamishirasawa's death is not an option."

>"Come again?" says Kaguya.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on December 07, 2017, 04:58:02 AM
> "I imagine that, if the seriousness of the situation is impressed upon them, Miss Yagokoro and Miss Kamishirasawa would work hard enough to find a way to avoid her passing prematurely. If not avoid her passing entirely."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on December 07, 2017, 05:05:16 AM
> "I imagine that, if the seriousness of the situation is impressed upon them, Miss Yagokoro and Miss Kamishirasawa would work hard enough to find a way to avoid her passing prematurely. If not avoid her passing entirely."

>"Oh, Eirin would never agree to the latter," says Kaguya. "Perhaps the former, though I wonder why she didn't do anything? I don't remember the details anymore, myself."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on December 07, 2017, 05:10:37 AM
> "I imagine only she could answer."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on December 07, 2017, 05:25:14 AM
> "I imagine only she could answer."

>Kaguya nods. "I imagine you are right, if even she remembers."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on December 07, 2017, 11:50:37 AM
> "Regardless, that seems like the best bet for fixing this situation and altering the course of your history."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on December 07, 2017, 08:30:59 PM
> "Regardless, that seems like the best bet for fixing this situation and altering the course of your history."

>She grimaces a little. "...Maybe."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on December 07, 2017, 11:10:00 PM
> "Besides, if this somehow does not work, you can always drag me back here and try something else."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on December 07, 2017, 11:13:37 PM
> "Besides, if this somehow does not work, you can always drag me back here and try something else."

>"Well, I suppose that is true..." says Kaguya.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on December 07, 2017, 11:48:45 PM
> "That is all I have. The rest is up to you."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on December 08, 2017, 12:16:59 AM
> "That is all I have. The rest is up to you."

>"Maybe...it is worth a try," says Kaguya. "I don't know...do you really think you could do it?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on December 08, 2017, 12:57:48 AM
> "Besides, if this somehow does not work, you can always drag me back here and try something else."
Uh, doesn't that have a high chance of backfiring on us?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on December 08, 2017, 03:15:01 AM
No.

> "I can't promise anyone involved will like what I have to say. Not your past self, not her retainers, not Mokou, not Miss Kamishirasawa. But I do believe I have a clear enough picture of which dominos fell to lead us here that I can alter their course."
> Take out one of those gems and casually wave-wiggle it in front of us.
> "Particularly if these gems here are indeed the ones Reisen possesses in my time, as I suspect they are."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on December 08, 2017, 03:35:45 AM
> "I can't promise anyone involved will like what I have to say. Not your past self, not her retainers, not Mokou, not Miss Kamishirasawa. But I do believe I have a clear enough picture of which dominos fell to lead us here that I can alter their course."
> Take out one of those gems and casually wave-wiggle it in front of us.
> "Particularly if these gems here are indeed the ones Reisen possesses in my time, as I suspect they are."

>"...I was not going to mention those," says Kaguya.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on December 08, 2017, 03:46:27 AM
> "Evidence of my time traveling will make this all much easier."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on December 08, 2017, 03:51:20 AM
> "Evidence of my time traveling will make this all much easier."

>"Well, as long as you can smuggle them out of Haihan..." says Kaguya.
>She sighs. "Alright. You've piqued my curiosity."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on December 08, 2017, 04:29:14 AM
> Give a slight grin.
> "Keeping these on my person and away from the guards here will not be a problem."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on December 08, 2017, 04:35:50 AM
> Give a slight grin.
> "Keeping these on my person and away from the guards here will not be a problem."

>She nods. "Well...hm. I suppose you had best take cover."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on December 08, 2017, 05:17:30 AM
> "Do try to avoid getting hit yourself."
> Duck and cover!
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on December 08, 2017, 06:13:50 AM
> "Do try to avoid getting hit yourself."
> Duck and cover!

>You take cover behind one of the cases. Kaguya has a similar idea.
>Time moves once again, and the air is filled with danmaku and noise! Dozens of shots and daggers whizz past you. Then it is silent and dark.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on December 08, 2017, 11:47:20 AM
> Poke our head out and look around.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on December 08, 2017, 07:32:14 PM
> Poke our head out and look around.

>You look around and see little but darkness, and the lone candle.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on December 08, 2017, 07:39:30 PM
> Where is the candle?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on December 08, 2017, 09:42:06 PM
> Where is the candle?

>It is sitting on top of one of the cases.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on December 09, 2017, 02:59:22 AM
THE STALEMATE IS OVER

Huh. Everything was connected, but I never thought of trying to relate the various tragedies... I was just giving up too quickly when Kaguya didn't seem to find saving the past a compelling possibility.

>Let's take the candle and try to recollect our knives.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on December 09, 2017, 04:29:00 AM
>Let's take the candle and try to recollect our knives.

>You take the candle, and move to collect your knives.
>Kaguya quietly waits as you collect your knives. You can only find about nine of them, you think you stretched the others too far in recycling them.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on December 10, 2017, 12:34:48 AM
> How many knives do we have in all now?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on December 10, 2017, 09:45:51 AM
> How many knives do we have in all now?

>You have 15 knives now.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on December 11, 2017, 07:28:17 AM
>"Did you happen to see where any of my knives went?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on December 11, 2017, 07:34:19 AM
>"Did you happen to see where any of my knives went?"

>"I'm sure you've found them all," Kaguya says, her voice having lost a lot of its strength.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on December 11, 2017, 12:17:02 PM
> Raise an eyebrow.
> "You okay?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on December 11, 2017, 09:03:56 PM
> Raise an eyebrow.
> "You okay?"

>"I'll be fine," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on December 12, 2017, 02:18:03 AM
> "If you say so. Will you be offended if I vanish on my own? I cannot promise you will not be held accountable for whatever valuables go missing."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on December 12, 2017, 02:26:46 AM
> "If you say so. Will you be offended if I vanish on my own? I cannot promise you will not be held accountable for whatever valuables go missing."

>"...I think we should definitely make ourselves scarce before the chaos dies down," says Kaguya after a moment.

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Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on December 12, 2017, 05:45:50 AM
> "That is the kicker, since where I am going, I cannot take you with me. You had best escape while you can."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on December 12, 2017, 07:06:56 AM
> "That is the kicker, since where I am going, I cannot take you with me. You had best escape while you can."

>She nods, and starts toward the door.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on December 12, 2017, 12:05:25 PM
> How far above thievery are we?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on December 12, 2017, 08:38:43 PM
> How far above thievery are we?

>For personal profit? You wouldn't think of dishonoring Remilia by stooping to such depths. But for a greater cause, you see no reason not to if it gets things moving along.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on December 12, 2017, 09:30:54 PM
> "Farewell, Princess. Until we meet again, one thousand years ago."
> Look around. Any interesting treasures in the immediate vicinity?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on December 12, 2017, 09:51:02 PM
Surprisingly nice to the insane noblewoman who took away our loved ones and wanted to destroy all of time.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on December 12, 2017, 09:59:27 PM
> "Farewell, Princess. Until we meet again, one thousand years ago."
> Look around. Any interesting treasures in the immediate vicinity?

>She gives something of a nod as she leaves the radius of the candlelight.
>There's some that look interesting, pieces of jewelry and the like. Others seem positively mundane or just out of place in a display, such as what seems to be a crude stone disk or what seems to be a shard of an unfired piece of earthenware.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on December 13, 2017, 01:22:10 AM
No need to be snippy with someone who is a risk to go back on our agreement if agitated, especially when we can't really stop her.

> Head further into the vault, looking at what else is on display.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on December 13, 2017, 01:45:06 AM
> Head further into the vault, looking at what else is on display.

>Heading further in you find a broken axe head, a folded length of cloth, a golden comb, a small single-edged kaiken knife, a bowl full of autumn leaves, and what seem to be half a dozen broken chain links in the cases.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on December 13, 2017, 03:12:42 AM
> Any of it look familiar?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on December 13, 2017, 03:44:45 AM
> Any of it look familiar?

>Nothing at all.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on December 13, 2017, 04:37:36 AM
> Have a closer look at that golden comb.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on December 13, 2017, 07:46:35 AM
> Have a closer look at that golden comb.

>The comb is a small arch-shaped thing a couple inched across, designed to be inserted into one's hair as a decoration. A couple little sapphires stud the top of it.

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Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on December 13, 2017, 11:40:32 AM
> Pah.
> Continue onward in search of interesting things.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on December 13, 2017, 03:06:08 PM
>It'd probably be pretty hard to tell what's special in here, honestly... our own stopwatch would look quite mundane if we didn't know otherwise. Do we have any way of trying to identify magical enchantments? Seems a bit more like Patchouli's territory.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on December 13, 2017, 07:48:31 PM
> Pah.
> Continue onward in search of interesting things.

>It'd probably be pretty hard to tell what's special in here, honestly... our own stopwatch would look quite mundane if we didn't know otherwise. Do we have any way of trying to identify magical enchantments? Seems a bit more like Patchouli's territory.

>You really don't have any talent for determining what is magical or the like. And given the ministry above hadn't figured out what your pocket watch was for yet, you suspect this may be where the hard to classify or difficult to understand may be kept.
>Looking further through the cases, you find what seems to be a portion of some kind of animal horn, an old paper fan, a lacquerware cup, and what seems to be a oddly-shaped leather purse with leather handles on it.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on December 13, 2017, 07:52:13 PM
> Still nothing that looks familiar?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on December 13, 2017, 11:23:12 PM
> Still nothing that looks familiar?

>You don't think so. If they are familiar, they aren't things that have been explicitly burned into your memory, at least.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on December 14, 2017, 03:51:13 AM
> Do we have anything to burn things with?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on December 14, 2017, 03:52:20 AM
> Do we have anything to burn things with?

>You have a candle in hand.

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Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on December 14, 2017, 04:01:34 AM
> Oh, right, duh.
> Continue onward, exploring the vault, until we find something we recognize, we find something of abnormal interest, we reach the end of the room, or we become aware that someone else has entered the room.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on December 14, 2017, 04:31:07 AM
> Oh, right, duh.
> Continue onward, exploring the vault, until we find something we recognize, we find something of abnormal interest, we reach the end of the room, or we become aware that someone else has entered the room.

>You are more or less at the end of the value, but you note there are shelves along the walls. They seem to be filled largely with scrolls and books, but there a few small trinkets among them as well; you note some odd coins and a couple bottles with unknown contents within the radius of your light. Nothing seems immediately familiar.

>_

>
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on December 14, 2017, 04:57:24 AM
> Make our way back toward the entrance, then, paying attention to the contents of the shelves rather than the cases.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on December 14, 2017, 05:24:52 AM
> Make our way back toward the entrance, then, paying attention to the contents of the shelves rather than the cases.

>Most of the books are unfamiliar, and those that are are not ones that are particularly interesting. A couple of little trinkets dot the shelves, too. A silver key, more bottles of with mysterious contents, what seems to be a bone of some kind. Then you find a curiosity; a scroll entitled Monday Magic, attributed to Patchouli Knowledge. You are tangentially aware of this writing, though you recall it being in book form when Patchouli made it. Presumably this is a later edition made by someone else?

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Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on December 14, 2017, 05:43:52 AM
> Acquire the scroll and continue onward in our investigation.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on December 14, 2017, 06:16:15 AM
> Acquire the scroll and continue onward in our investigation.

>You obtain: Scroll Entitled: Monday Magic, by Patchouli Knowledge.
>Nothing else seems especially familiar. There are other odd trinkets, though, such as a tobacco pipe that has been disassembled, what seems to be a spice grinder, and...a figurine of what seems to be lichen?

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on December 14, 2017, 12:13:33 PM
> And we're back at the entrance at this point?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on December 14, 2017, 09:29:30 PM
> And we're back at the entrance at this point?

>Yes.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on December 14, 2017, 09:33:11 PM
> Well, that's boring. At least Patchouli will get a souvenir out of this.
> Make sure the gems and scroll are stored somewhere not easy to see at a glance, and then pull out Ran's Talisman and light it with the candle.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 13 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on December 15, 2017, 12:57:17 AM
> Well, that's boring. At least Patchouli will get a souvenir out of this.
> Make sure the gems and scroll are stored somewhere not easy to see at a glance, and then pull out Ran's Talisman and light it with the candle.

>You manage to set yourself on fire. Nice job, Sakuya.