Sakuya Quest 6 - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

>Can we create a big hemisphere (or a couple) aiming at her face?

>You could create one with the three knives you have, but such tight aiming may not work in your favor.

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[Kilgamayan]

I really need to make more time for this. :[

> How close is considered 'unsporting' in terms of stopping time, getting really close, and firing off a salvo of knives?

[Hello Purvis]

> How close is considered 'unsporting' in terms of stopping time, getting really close, and firing off a salvo of knives?

>As long as there is some way to evade by design, however obscure or difficult to achieve, it is considered valid. If you were to get very close, that window to evade would have to be very obvious, as little time to actually dodge exists.

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[the old guy]

>Can we create a line of danmaku using our knives?

[Hello Purvis]

>Can we create a line of danmaku using our knives?

>Easily.

[the old guy]

>How many knives again?

[Hello Purvis]

>How many knives again?

>You have three knives prepared. The amount of danmaku you can make from them is variable, depending on what you are making and your own condition. Usually you can get at least a dozen.

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[Monarda]

>Fire a 3x4 grid of knifes then, with a rather spread pattern, make it a 3x5 one if possible.

[Hello Purvis]

>Fire a 3x4 grid of knifes then, with a rather spread pattern, make it a 3x5 one if possible.

>You throw the knives in a reasonably tight hemisphere around the brute, making a series of basic but acceptable grids. She can escape if she moves backwards, but you think she won't be able to reverse herself so quickly unless she does actually know how to fly, and can reverse directions with a master's skill.
>Will you be doing anything else while time is frozen?

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[Monarda]

>Use what little we have to head to an area to hide, or to a wider space to maneuver better.

[Hello Purvis]

>Use what little we have to head to an area to hide, or to a wider space to maneuver better.

>There isn't really anyplace to hide that you could get to and conceal yourself well, so you move toward the clearing where the burrow lies, to give yourself more freedom of motion.
>Time moves once again. The brute, as it turns out, cannot fly. Instead she crashes through a number of your knives and lands heavily and sloppily, snarling with pain as she tries to find her footing.

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[the old guy]

>Is it dishonorable to shoot an enemy while they are on the ground?

[Hello Purvis]

>Is it dishonorable to shoot an enemy while they are on the ground?

>If they have not surrendered, they're fair game. More noble people will still if they stop moving, though.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Fire a large horizonal wave of arrowheads at the brute.

[Hello Purvis]

> Fire a large horizonal wave of arrowheads at the brute.

>You send arrowheads at her as she moves to regain her balance. They strike her firmly across the chest and arms as she turns to face you, snarling with anger for a moment, then groaning at they hit home.

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[the old guy]

>Do it again!

[Hello Purvis]

>Do it again!

>You send another wave at her. This time she backs away a few steps, not quite as agile as before,  and moves around the wave. As she does, she fishes out another rock from her chest sling.

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[Tashi]

> It's possible for us to prevent that from happen? It's gonna make any difference?

[Hello Purvis]

> It's possible for us to prevent that from happen? It's gonna make any difference?

>She already has a rock in hand, but you can certainly take steps to keep from getting hit by it. It may well be possible to put her in a situation where she cannot throw it.

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[Tashi]

> What are our terrain? Is there anything to take cover or a place where she cannot reach us so easily?

[Hello Purvis]

> What are our terrain? Is there anything to take cover or a place where she cannot reach us so easily?

>Not immediately around you, you moved to a clearing in order to have more room to dodge. The forest here in general isn't terribly thick, but some yards away in just about any direction, it becomes quite thick again.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Are we capable of reversing the direction of a moving object during stopped time?

[Hello Purvis]

> Are we capable of reversing the direction of a moving object during stopped time?

>It is difficult, but it can be done. The problem is that many objects are hard to position exactly as you need them. You have to wrest them out of the air, which can be hard; inertia is a problem. Then you have to align them how you wish them to go. Usually it is not very efficient.

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[Kilgamayan]

> What about taking moving objects and relocating them, but not attempting to change their speed or travel direction at all?

[Hello Purvis]

> What about taking moving objects and relocating them, but not attempting to change their speed or travel direction at all?

>This is much easier, though still involves fighting the object's inertia.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Fire off a circle of arrowheads, one as tall as she is, at the beast, generally centered at her heart area. Hopefully this will be enough to goad her into rock-slinging.

[Hello Purvis]

> Fire off a circle of arrowheads, one as tall as she is, at the beast, generally centered at her heart area. Hopefully this will be enough to goad her into rock-slinging.

>She does precisely this, flinging the rock as she moves to he side to get around the arrowheads.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Stop time.
> Estimate the flight path of the rock, as well as the likely movement of the beast's head, based on their movements so far.

[Hello Purvis]

> Stop time.
> Estimate the flight path of the rock, as well as the likely movement of the beast's head, based on their movements so far.

>The rock is hurtling directly toward you. It shouldn't be hard to dodge normally. Her head going toward your right, it seems she is moving to duck behind a tree.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Grab the flying rock and, walking along with it in hand, but not twisting it or turning it at all, make our way behind the beast.
> Position the rock at the beast's head level behind her, offset a bit to the side in the direction she is moving, with the goal being that it will hit her in the back of the head.