Iku Quest Tsamet'i - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Kilgamayan]

> "Darker works. What about eye color? You could even go heterochromic, like the karakasa from earlier."

Don't forget, guys, we're letting her pick before suggesting our own. >_>

[Hello Purvis]

> "Darker works. What about eye color? You could even go heterochromic, like the karakasa from earlier."

>She shakes her head. "I don't know, to be honest. I really don't know what to do with any of this."

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[Kilgamayan]

> Give a small smirk.
> "You know, with such a lack of attachment to worldly things, you might make a good Bhavagran."

[Hello Purvis]

> Give a small smirk.
> "You know, with such a lack of attachment to worldly things, you might make a good Bhavagran."

>You can't really see her expression, but you expect she's confused. "I'm...sorry? I just never really thought about changing things like this."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "No, you don't have to apologize. Given your faith, I imagine you have never bothered with worrying too much about things like physical appearance."

[Hello Purvis]

> "No, you don't have to apologize. Given your faith, I imagine you have never bothered with worrying too much about things like physical appearance."

>She cocks her head for a moment, then says, "I'm not sure if I agree with all of that, but you're right, I never really have. I just try to keep clean."

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[Kilgamayan]

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> "How about green eyes, then? Would that be okay?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "How about green eyes, then? Would that be okay?"

>She nods. "Alright."

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[Kilgamayan]

> Nod.
> "Next should be facial features, so..."
> Walk around the poltergeist until she is between us and Nue and thus would put her back to Nue to face us.
> "Can I see your face for a second, to decide what can be touched up?"
> If the poltergeist takes the mask off, investigate her facial features.

[Hello Purvis]

> Nod.
> "Next should be facial features, so..."
> Walk around the poltergeist until she is between us and Nue and thus would put her back to Nue to face us.
> "Can I see your face for a second, to decide what can be touched up?"
> If the poltergeist takes the mask off, investigate her facial features.

>You move and ask the poltergeist to take her mask off. She frowns and glances toward Nue.
>"I'm not going to look," says Nue.
>She nods, then slowly reaches for it. After a moment of hesitation, she lifts it off.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Examine the shape of her face: eyes, nose, mouth, cheek shape, etc.

[Hello Purvis]

> Examine the shape of her face: eyes, nose, mouth, cheek shape, etc.

>She has a fairly thin face, with rather pretty eyes, a narrow nose and average-sided mouth with thin lip. Her cheeks are rather high up and defined. Her eyebrows are thin and ears are rather unremarkable with detached lobes.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Put on a thinking face.
> "Hrmmm...I don't think it will be necessary to change the shape of your eyes, at least. They're quite lovely as they are now. It would be a shame to ruin such a thing."

[Hello Purvis]

> Put on a thinking face.
> "Hrmmm...I don't think it will be necessary to change the shape of your eyes, at least. They're quite lovely as they are now. It would be a shame to ruin such a thing."

>"Alright..." she says, frowning a little.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "I think...some very minute adjustments. Make your eyebrows a bit bushier, perhaps make your nose a smidge wider...and fill your face out overall a tiny bit. Not to the point of making it look pudgy, of course, just a tiny bit. Add the smallest bit of color to your cheeks, too. That should be enough with the eye color change."

[Hello Purvis]

> "I think...some very minute adjustments. Make your eyebrows a bit bushier, perhaps make your nose a smidge wider...and fill your face out overall a tiny bit. Not to the point of making it look pudgy, of course, just a tiny bit. Add the smallest bit of color to your cheeks, too. That should be enough with the eye color change."

>She nods. "Alright, if you think it's a good idea."

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[Kilgamayan]

> Nod.
> "That should be it for the face. Now, the one last thing of which I was thinking...I know what you said about making...'friends', Miss Houjuu, but I imagine that if our friend here ever gets to that point in her life with someone, I expect she will no longer desire the disguise. And, all that being said, we do not necessarily have to, um...grow her."

[Hello Purvis]

> Nod.
> "That should be it for the face. Now, the one last thing of which I was thinking...I know what you said about making...'friends', Miss Houjuu, but I imagine that if our friend here ever gets to that point in her life with someone, I expect she will no longer desire the disguise. And, all that being said, we do not necessarily have to, um...grow her."

>"Huh?" says the poltergeist.
>"It's all the same to me," says Nue. "I'll just say, accidents can happen. But a little build alteration can go a long way."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "This is true, they can. But my friend here is more alert and adept at avoiding unpleasant things than most, so I think it may be worth the risk. This is not to trivialize the risk, of course. It is merely to minimize it."
> Turn to the poltergeist.
> "The idea is that a noticeable alteration in your physical build will help with the disguise. Of course, since it is an illusion, it comes with the risk of being discovered via contact, so the optimal choice for build alteration is something that is quite noticeable but unlikely to come in contact with other people."

[Hello Purvis]

> "This is true, they can. But my friend here is more alert and adept at avoiding unpleasant things than most, so I think it may be worth the risk. This is not to trivialize the risk, of course. It is merely to minimize it."
> Turn to the poltergeist.
> "The idea is that a noticeable alteration in your physical build will help with the disguise. Of course, since it is an illusion, it comes with the risk of being discovered via contact, so the optimal choice for build alteration is something that is quite noticeable but unlikely to come in contact with other people."

>"I think it might be better to do things that make it less likely to be seen through," says the poltergeist.

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[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"Then perhaps the best course of action is to make adjustments similar in concept and scale to the facial ones over your entire body."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Then perhaps the best course of action is to make adjustments similar in concept and scale to the facial ones over your entire body."

>The Poltergeist nods.
>"Don't think too small, though," says Nue. "Clothes have a nice way of covering up little things that no one notices. That's why I'm pretty sure I could look like Hatate from the waist down, as long as you don't look too closely."

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[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"I understand."
>"Well, it sounds like we at least have a general idea of what the illusion will look like. Could we perhaps work out the remaining details as the illusion is being constructed, or is that not how this works?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"I understand."
>"Well, it sounds like we at least have a general idea of what the illusion will look like. Could we perhaps work out the remaining details as the illusion is being constructed, or is that not how this works?"

>"It's best to know what you want ahead of time," says Nue. "Doing it while shaping it can get fiddly."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "I must admit, I cannot think of too much more I would suggest changing, due to the risk of being noticed via touch."

[Hello Purvis]

> "I must admit, I cannot think of too much more I would suggest changing, due to the risk of being noticed via touch."

>"Well, if you think that's good," says the poltergeist. "I'm not used to this kind of hiding at all..."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "It is more my lacking in this area of knowledge than thinking what we have done is enough. What is important is that you think what we have decided is enough, since it is by your standards that we will judge whether or not this disguise will be sufficient."

[Hello Purvis]

> "It is more my lacking in this area of knowledge than thinking what we have done is enough. What is important is that you think what we have decided is enough, since it is by your standards that we will judge whether or not this disguise will be sufficient."

>"...I suppose it is?" she says.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Nod.
> "Very well."
> Look over to Nue.
> "Unless you can think of something obvious that we are both missing, Miss Houjuu?"

[Hello Purvis]

> Nod.
> "Very well."
> Look over to Nue.
> "Unless you can think of something obvious that we are both missing, Miss Houjuu?"

>"Hmm," says Nue, not looking back toward you as she dips her toes in the stream again. "Your friend's on the skinny side, maybe putting a little meat on her bones wouldn't hurt."
>The poltergeist slips her mask back on.

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