Yukari Quest VI - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

> "Interesting. Does it activate anything?"

>"I haven't tried it yet," says Maribel, "I didn't want it to make that thing you were fiddling with zap you by accident."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Ah. I appreciate your concern. Let's find out what it does now, then."
> If Mary doesn't press the button in response, do so ourselves.

[Hello Purvis]

> "Ah. I appreciate your concern. Let's find out what it does now, then."
> If Mary doesn't press the button in response, do so ourselves.

>Maribel pushes down on the floor. Ahead of her, a section of the floor approximately begins to sink downward without so much as a sound. As you watch, the sinking floor begins to form a pattern as sections of it stop sinking, until you can make out a series of four concentric rings a few inches wide and about a half in deep, connected to each other by a series of ramps. At middle of these rings is a series of grooves in the floor, converging toward a small oval shape with a line extending from it in the center.
>"Huh," says Maribel. "Wonder what this thing is?"

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[Yaersulf]

>Examine the oval shape closer.

[Hello Purvis]

>Examine the oval shape closer.

>Having a closer look at the shape, you can see that the lower part of it isn't precisely a rectangle, but rather a more handle-like shape.

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[Yaersulf]

>Pull on handle-like shape.

[Hello Purvis]

>Pull on handle-like shape.

>You pull on it, but nothing happens. Given the shape is an indention on the floor, there's not many ways you can pull on it.

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[Serela]

>Examine wallstring for changes. Like increased length or tuggability.

[Hello Purvis]

>Examine wallstring for changes. Like increased length or tuggability.

>You go have a look at the string. It is still the same length; at a glance you'd estimate it is about 100 feet long, quite possibly more.  Giving it a tug, it has no more give than last time. It seems to be unchanged.

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[Yaersulf]

>Could we tie the string to the handle-shape?

[Hello Purvis]

>Could we tie the string to the handle-shape?

>You...might be able to wind it up and crudely form something like that, It would not be very sturdy.

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[Yaersulf]

>Could we tie the string to the horn shape?

[Serela]

I'm not sure what tying the string is going to do if we don't have a forceful pulling mechanism like last time.

>Start searching the walls again. Maybe something changed now that we've done things?
>"We have a handle and a string again, but we lack something to pull the string..."

[Hello Purvis]

>Could we tie the string to the horn shape?

>If you wanted.

>Start searching the walls again. Maybe something changed now that we've done things?
>"We have a handle and a string again, but we lack something to pull the string..."

>You return to checking the walls.
>"I wonder how this depression mixes into it all, though?" says Maribel. "Oh, were you able to do anything with that handle?"

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[Hello Purvis]

>Going over the walls once more, you find nothing new. In the meantime, Maribel goes back to searching the floor.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Might as well return to searching the floor ourselves.

[Hello Purvis]

> Might as well return to searching the floor ourselves.

>You return to combing over the floor.
>"Did that thing you found do anything?" Maribel repeats, as you crawl over the floor, or perhaps float. You soon note another seam in the ground, near one of the far corners.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "I haven't tried it yet. I am hoping to find something that can dynamically interact with the string first. If there is no such thing, then I will fiddle with the static objects. There is something else over here, by the way."
> Pull on this new seam.

[Hello Purvis]

> "I haven't tried it yet. I am hoping to find something that can dynamically interact with the string first. If there is no such thing, then I will fiddle with the static objects. There is something else over here, by the way."
> Pull on this new seam.

>"Oh, okay," Maribel says, as she makes her way toward you. She does not even bother to stand; you wonder if she notices, given how little effort you have had to put into crawling here yourself.
>Probing this seam, you find that it moves much like the previous one, revealing another horn-like crescent. This one is inverted, compared to the prior one, its narrow part pointing toward the floor, and the long curve running overhead. Another bar joins it to the floor, connecting just above the narrow tip.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Are there holes in the horn, such as at each tip?

[Hello Purvis]

> Are there holes in the horn, such as at each tip?

>Taking a closer look, you do not notice any holes. But the tips do seem to bear a slight indention.

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Did you find something?" Maribel says.

[Suwako Moriya]

> "Only more aggravation, it seems. We still have yet to find anything kinetic in these structures."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Only more aggravation, it seems. We still have yet to find anything kinetic in these structures."

>"Huh?" says Maribel. "Anyways, I think I've finished up over here."

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[Kilgamayan]

> Is there any more to the floor that we haven't look at?

[Serela]

>Well, let's try examining the grooves that were around the handle-esque part.

[Hello Purvis]

> Is there any more to the floor that we haven't look at?

>There's not much left.

>Well, let's try examining the grooves that were around the handle-esque part.

>Taking a closer look at the grooves on the tips of the crescent, you can't find anything particularly noteworthy about them. It feels like they were designed to accommodate something resting against them.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Of the structures we've found here so far, how many of them are the right shape to interact with the string?

[Hello Purvis]

> Of the structures we've found here so far, how many of them are the right shape to interact with the string?

>That depends on how you define interact. In theory, you could place most of the string into the depression you uncovered, or wind it around either of the crescents.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Let's just go over the last of the floor. We still need something that generates motion.