Sakuya Quest 6 - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

> "I suppose we could always find out."
> Begin walking toward the brute.

>Shouldering your tools, you make your way toward the brute. It seems she has fallen unconscious while you were gathering your things. Her stone machete lies on the ground near her right hand; it seems she is laying on the pouch of stones; a few have tumbled out.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Does the stone machete look like anything from any of the galleries?

[Hello Purvis]

> Does the stone machete look like anything from any of the galleries?

>You don't think you've seen anything like it there. It's certainly bloodstained, if nothing else. A bit of it being yours.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Did we retrieve the knife we stabbed into the ground?
> Look to Dreamy.
> "Say, Dreamy, you wouldn't happen to be able to make light, would you?"

[Hello Purvis]

> Did we retrieve the knife we stabbed into the ground?
> Look to Dreamy.
> "Say, Dreamy, you wouldn't happen to be able to make light, would you?"

>You did.
>"I can make cat noises," she says.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Nod.
> "That is good to know, we might need it later. But right now we need to be able to light up some darkness. Here, come with me, please."
> Head back (on foot) to the brute's hole-in-the-ground home.

[Hello Purvis]

> Nod.
> "That is good to know, we might need it later. But right now we need to be able to light up some darkness. Here, come with me, please."
> Head back (on foot) to the brute's hole-in-the-ground home.

>"Kay," she says, as you make your way back toward the burrow.
>The burrow looms the same as ever, impenetrably dark to your eyes. Dreamy seems content to hide behind you.

>_

[Monarda]

>Pat her in the head reassuredly.
>"If something else bad happens, i'll keep you safe."

[Hello Purvis]

>Pat her in the head reassuredly.
>"If something else bad happens, i'll keep you safe."

>She nods. "Okay..."

>_

[Monarda]

>Keep going further...

[Kilgamayan]

> Further into the burrow, that is.

[Hello Purvis]

>Keep going further...

> Further into the burrow, that is.

>You head into the burrow, It is dark and cramped; you cannot see anything ahead. The slide feel sharply inclined, as if you need to crawl to proceed down safely.
>"Watch out for that rock," says Dreamy.

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[Monarda]

>Stop for a moment, do we see the rock she means ?
>"Can you see well in the dark Dreamy ?"

[Hello Purvis]

>Stop for a moment, do we see the rock she means ?
>"Can you see well in the dark Dreamy ?"

>No. You don't see a thing.
>"Kinda, I suppose?" she says.

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[Monarda]

>"Would you mind guiding me around ? I can't see anything..."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Would you mind guiding me around ? I can't see anything..."

>"I guess," she says. "Um, it's going to get like the crawlspace soon."

>_

[Monarda]

>"Thanks."
>Get ready to crawl.

[Hello Purvis]

>"Thanks."
>Get ready to crawl.

>This is not a pleasant thing to do at all; the ground ahead of you markedly lower than the ground you are on, leaving your sense of balance in a very unpleasant place. You cannot see what you are doing, and the cut on your torso aches in protest.

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[Monarda]

>"Hm... i don't think i would be able to go through..."
>Look at Dreamy.
>"Dreamy, do you think you could go ahead and take a look ?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Hm... i don't think i would be able to go through..."
>Look at Dreamy.
>"Dreamy, do you think you could go ahead and take a look ?"

>"Okay," she says, as she straights trying to maneuver around you.

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[Kilgamayan]

> When we feel where she's trying to pass us, shift our body to get out of her way.

[Hello Purvis]

> When we feel where she's trying to pass us, shift our body to get out of her way.

>It is a bit difficult, but you manage to make room for the maid. You then hear her descending into the darkness.
>"It really sinks down here!" she calls up.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Just to confirm: did she say 'sinks' or 'stinks'?

[Hello Purvis]

> Just to confirm: did she say 'sinks' or 'stinks'?

>The latter. A firing has occurred.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Can we smell anything?
> "How much further do you have to go?"

[Hello Purvis]

> Can we smell anything?
> "How much further do you have to go?"

>There's definitely an odor of decay mixed in with the cloying smell of dirt and earth.
>"Just a little bit further..." she says. "...There's a lot of bones down here."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Don't worry, there's nothing that's going to come after us. Keep going."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Don't worry, there's nothing that's going to come after us. Keep going."

>"I think I'm at the bottom," she says. You estimate she's a few yards away. "There's, uh...a lot of bones. And I think that's some animal's skin? It's really stinky! Oh, I think there's a rat in the bones! Here ratty rat rat..."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Don't worry about the rat, Dreamy. Is there anything under the animal skin?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Don't worry about the rat, Dreamy. Is there anything under the animal skin?"

>"...A whole buncha maggots," she says after a moment.

>_