Reisen Quest Another: A Z Machine Adventure

[Kasu]

> Fly higher.

[Hello Purvis]

> Fly higher.

>You fly higher up, soon exceeding the height where the clouds would be, and reaching your normal ceiling. Normally the air would be a bit thin and uncomfortable, but it doesn't seem to be the case here.

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[Kilgamayan]

Don't shoot the moons anymore, they're clearly connected to us. It's probably the equivalent of shooting the gems in the normal world.

> Inspect surroundings: anything out of the ordinary other than the four moons?

[Hello Purvis]

> Inspect surroundings: anything out of the ordinary other than the four moons?

>The sky here is pretty empty. There's no clouds or anything. You also note that the stars seem pretty dim, but this may be due to there being four moons in the sky.
>No, wait, the stars are dimming! You watch one of them wink out of the sky, feeling oddly sad.

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[Kasu]

> Try and fly all the way to the red moon.

[Hello Purvis]

> Try and fly all the way to the red moon.

>You try to fly to the Red Moon. You quickly realize this isn't going to work; it's simply too distant. Even with a lunar veil, it would take some time.
>A few more stars wink out.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Hello? Anyone out there?"

[UncertainJakutten]

> Detect location of gems
> Attempt to use gems in the usual manner, infusing danmaku and firing at air. do NOT target anything, the moons or ourselves
> (Sure, why not) Wake up

[UncertainJakutten]

>Oh, Detect Apparation with light waves if it feels like it's around.

[Hello Purvis]

> "Hello? Anyone out there?"

>You wonder if you are alone, and ask aloud. You receive no answer, but you feel that you are not alone here. You cannot tell what else is here, or where it is. But you know it is here. In your heart, you feel that it is not a person like you are.

> Detect location of gems
> Attempt to use gems in the usual manner, infusing danmaku and firing at air. do NOT target anything, the moons or ourselves
> (Sure, why not) Wake up

>You try to feel where the gems are. They seem to be... above you. No, there's everywhere. No...they're nowhere at all.
>You try to draw upon the gems' power, and have no luck at all. You can feel there is a slight connection between you and they, but apparently not enough of one do do anything with them. This connection feels like it is failing you.
>You wonder if this is a dream, and try to wake up. You do not, but you get the feeling that you are not actually here. Or rather, that you're also somewhere else as well as here.

>Oh, Detect Apparation with light waves if it feels like it's around.

>You try to bend the light, and don't reveal anything.

[Kasu]

> Come to the realization that this is an illusion.
> Hope the realization causes a textbook example of waking up upon realization.

[UncertainJakutten]

> Feel with gems
> Pinch Self
> Try to sense threats outside of "here"

[UncertainJakutten]

...
>Do we still have the enchanted button?
> If so, try to contact Patchy with it.

[Hello Purvis]

> Come to the realization that this is an illusion.
> Hope the realization causes a textbook example of waking up upon realization.

>You try to tell yourself this is an illusion, and feel that it is not really right. At the same time, it's not really wrong.
>This doesn't seem to affect anything around you, though a few more stars die out as you try it.

> Feel with gems
> Pinch Self
> Try to sense threats outside of "here"

>You try to feel through the gems. The sensation is...a numb one. You think the connection may have grown too weak to allow for that. But as you try, you feel a little of that empty feeling...not quite recede, but shift around a little.
>You pinch yourself. This doesn't cause anything unusual.
>You try to turn your attention outward. You feel...that you're still there, holding the red gem. You aren't aware of anything else around you.

...
>Do we still have the enchanted button?
> If so, try to contact Patchy with it.

>You wonder if you have the Enchanted Button, and it is in your hand.
>You try to use it. It doesn't seem to work at all.
>Two more stars wink out.

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[UncertainJakutten]

> See if your "real self" can grab another gem.
> If so, attempt to grab all four, or make contact with them in some way.

[Hello Purvis]

> See if your "real self" can grab another gem.
> If so, attempt to grab all four, or make contact with them in some way.

>You try to do this.  As you do, a number of stars suddenly wink out, leaving sizable swaths of the sky empty.  A sense of desolation comes over you, and the feeling of the gems grows noticeably weaker. You aren't sure if you were able to succeed or not...

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[UncertainJakutten]

> Try to reaccept the gems
> Let go of any gems you've grabbed.

[Zemyla]

> Use Moon-Rabbit Telepathy!
> Contact Rise, and tell her just that you're in an illusion and perhaps talking to someone from the real world will help break it.
> If it doesn't, have her see about getting someone to head to the shrine doubleplusquick.

[Hello Purvis]

> Try to reaccept the gems
> Let go of any gems you've grabbed.

>You try to reaccept them gems. You...can't feel that they are asking to be accepted. Something has gotten in the way, perhaps?
>You attempt to force your outside self to let them go, but you are too drained from the prior effort to really put forth something like that again.

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[UncertainJakutten]

> Can we altar light to see the "real" world?

[Hello Purvis]

> Use Moon-Rabbit Telepathy!
> Contact Rise, and tell her just that you're in an illusion and perhaps talking to someone from the real world will help break it.
> If it doesn't, have her see about getting someone to head to the shrine doubleplusquick.

>You've never been very good at this, as your abilities lies elsewhere. You put forth the effort, but you don't get a reply.

> Can we altar light to see the "real" world?

>You don't think that this place and the "real" world are connected in that kind of way.  You can't really see there at all....you don't know if your senses are really active there. What you sense here seems to either be overriding it, or is simply more real to you now.
>It is getting cold here. Large swaths of the sky around you are empty.

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[UncertainJakutten]

> Detect the armor that started moving in the outside world.
> If we can, try to shoot it in the "real world"
> Figure out some way to reobtain the gems, possibly by bring whatever gems we hold to our stomach?

[Hello Purvis]

> Detect the armor that started moving in the outside world.
> If we can, try to shoot it in the "real world"
> Figure out some way to reobtain the gems, possibly by bring whatever gems we hold to our stomach?

>You try to do a number of things elsewhere, in the 'real world' but you don't know if you have any success.
>It is getting colder, enough to start to be painfully unpleasant.
>You aren't sure how you can reconnect to the gems. Something has gotten between you and they. You would have to find a way to deal with that.

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[Serela]

>We're fairly high up in the sky, right? This should be a good vantage point. Look to see how the world below us is.

[UncertainJakutten]

>Well, it's clear the armor is between us, I think...
> do we still have the courage pin?

[Hello Purvis]

>We're fairly high up in the sky, right? This should be a good vantage point. Look to see how the world below us is.

>You look down, and see nothing but darkness. The land is gone.

>Well, it's clear the armor is between us, I think...
> do we still have the courage pin?

>You conclude that the Construct must be the cause, but you aren't sure how.
>You wonder if you have the Silver Medal, and it appears in your hand, on top of the button you are holding.

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[UncertainJakutten]

> Can the Courage pin's strength draw us back to "reality" so we can deal with the construct?

[Hello Purvis]

> Can the Courage pin's strength draw us back to "reality" so we can deal with the construct?

>You put it on, and you feel a bit better. The few remaining stars don't seem quite so dim now. There is still that gnawing sense of emptiness, and now a terrible feeling of being truly alone in the darkness. But  now, perhaps, you feel you can face it. You not sure if it can do anything to draw you out of here. Not directly

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[UncertainJakutten]

> Well, we aren't alone. We've had gods help us, we have Eiren, we even have Byakuren right outside helping us.
> So, we aren't alone.
> Can we cast a spellcard in the "real" world?

[Hello Purvis]

> Well, we aren't alone. We've had gods help us, we have Eiren, we even have Byakuren right outside helping us.
> So, we aren't alone.
> Can we cast a spellcard in the "real" world?

>You try to tell yourself you're not alone. To some degree, it is true. But they are not here. As well, you can sense there's still something else out there, something not at all like you.
>You've had no success doing anything past here, that you can tell, since your first efforts. If even that.
>A few more stars wink out. There's only a dozen or so left now.

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