Author Topic: Sword Quest II - A Z-Machine Adventure (Read 51672 times)

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #30 on:** October 21, 2014, 10:05:08 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 21, 2014, 09:52:03 PM

> "Huh. I hadn't heard of that area being any more or less bad than any other part of the underground..."

>"You wouldn't notice," she says.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #31 on:** October 21, 2014, 10:19:16 PM »

> "I'm willing to try to understand, if you're willing to tell me about it."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #32 on:** October 21, 2014, 10:28:56 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 21, 2014, 10:19:16 PM

> "I'm willing to try to understand, if you're willing to tell me about it."

>"It's a prison for us," she says. "People want nothing to do with us, they don't want us to leave. There's no bars or locks, but it's as real of a prison as any other."

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #33 on:** October 21, 2014, 10:53:59 PM »

> "'Us'? Is there more than one of you?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #34 on:** October 21, 2014, 10:58:47 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 21, 2014, 10:53:59 PM

> "'Us'? Is there more than one of you?"

>"There's my sister, and her pets," says Koishi. "That raven is one of them."

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #35 on:** October 21, 2014, 11:20:14 PM »

> "Why is your sister still there while you're out here?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #36 on:** October 21, 2014, 11:58:08 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 21, 2014, 11:20:14 PM

> "Why is your sister still there while you're out here?"

>"Because she'll never leave," Koishi says. "She's so kind that she'd never want to be a burden or a worry for anyone, so she doesn't ever leave for more than a little while."

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #37 on:** October 22, 2014, 12:17:35 AM »

> Give a sympathetic frown.
> "So...you two don't get to see each other anymore, do you?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #38 on:** October 22, 2014, 06:29:21 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 22, 2014, 12:17:35 AM

> Give a sympathetic frown.
> "So...you two don't get to see each other anymore, do you?"

>"Not for some time, no," she says. "Just once, a couple years ago." You find yourself wondering if that smile of hers has wavered at all.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #39 on:** October 22, 2014, 10:39:23 AM »

> "Is that why they're after you, then, maybe? So the two of you can see each other again?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #40 on:** October 22, 2014, 10:59:19 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 22, 2014, 10:39:23 AM

> "Is that why they're after you, then, maybe? So the two of you can see each other again?"

>"That's probably what they tell themselves, anyway," she says. "But I've heard it all before, and don't feel like hearing it again."

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #41 on:** October 22, 2014, 11:06:19 AM »

> "I can understand feeling that way. But hmmm...how did you and your sister meet last time?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #42 on:** October 22, 2014, 02:04:45 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 22, 2014, 11:06:19 AM

> "I can understand feeling that way. But hmmm...how did you and your sister meet last time?"

>"It was difficult," she says. "We couldn't do it regularly at all."

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #43 on:** October 22, 2014, 02:07:00 PM »

> "Did you go down there?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #44 on:** October 22, 2014, 02:11:14 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 22, 2014, 02:07:00 PM

> "Did you go down there?"

>"No."

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #45 on:** October 22, 2014, 02:17:37 PM »

> "So she came up here, then?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #46 on:** October 22, 2014, 02:22:56 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 22, 2014, 02:17:37 PM

> "So she came up here, then?"

>"Yeah," says Koishi. "As I said, it's not something you can do regularly."

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #47 on:** October 22, 2014, 02:24:24 PM »

> "I will have to take your word for that, I suppose. But in that case, why not ask those two to serve as messengers?'

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #48 on:** October 22, 2014, 03:03:09 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 22, 2014, 02:24:24 PM

> "I will have to take your word for that, I suppose. But in that case, why not ask those two to serve as messengers?'

>"It wouldn't-" she starts to say, then stops. For a moment if wonder if her fate has caught up with her, then she says. "Maybe. I don't want anything to do with them ever again, though."

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #49 on:** October 22, 2014, 03:19:10 PM »

> "...There's a lot more to this than what you've told me, isn't there? Between you and them, at least."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #50 on:** October 22, 2014, 03:48:01 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 22, 2014, 03:19:10 PM

> "...There's a lot more to this than what you've told me, isn't there? Between you and them, at least."

>"It's better if I don't get into it," she says.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #51 on:** October 22, 2014, 03:49:04 PM »

> "And I'm guessing an apology wouldn't help?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #52 on:** October 22, 2014, 03:58:02 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 22, 2014, 03:49:04 PM

> "And I'm guessing an apology wouldn't help?"

>"I can't imagine it'd be sincere," she says.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #53 on:** October 22, 2014, 04:03:39 PM »

> "Well, I can't say for sure if it would be, or if that's even why they're here. But I can't figure out why they'd come here looking for you. If they hold malice for you, they didn't show it at all. They didn't tell me you were dangerous, or that I should use force to stop you. Not that I would have without a really good reason, but still. And if they're here to take you back underground, you've already shown that they can't make you go anywhere or do anything, so why would they waste their time? Basically, if they're not here to make you do something, or make you go somewhere, or to suppress you, it seems really likely that they just have something to tell you."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #54 on:** October 22, 2014, 04:32:33 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 22, 2014, 04:03:39 PM

> "Well, I can't say for sure if it would be, or if that's even why they're here. But I can't figure out why they'd come here looking for you. If they hold malice for you, they didn't show it at all. They didn't tell me you were dangerous, or that I should use force to stop you. Not that I would have without a really good reason, but still. And if they're here to take you back underground, you've already shown that they can't make you go anywhere or do anything, so why would they waste their time? Basically, if they're not here to make you do something, or make you go somewhere, or to suppress you, it seems really likely that they just have something to tell you."

>"Mmm, maybe you're right," says Koishi.

>_

Suwako Moriya · « **Reply #55 on:** October 22, 2014, 04:45:02 PM »

> "It's not like they could fake an apology to you, either. You'd see right through it."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #56 on:** October 22, 2014, 04:50:18 PM »

Quote from: Suwako Moriya on October 22, 2014, 04:45:02 PM

> "It's not like they could fake an apology to you, either. You'd see right through it."

>"Oh, it's easy to say one and not mean it," she says. "Or think you mean it, but not really mean it. I see it often enough."

>_

Suwako Moriya · « **Reply #57 on:** October 22, 2014, 04:58:12 PM »

> "Oh...huh. Well, okay."
> Shrug.
> "Anyway, I obviously don't know what happened between you three. But just based on what I've seen and heard today, I think it's worth at least finding out why they're here. You don't even need them to think you're present for it."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #58 on:** October 22, 2014, 05:28:36 PM »

Quote from: Suwako Moriya on October 22, 2014, 04:58:12 PM

> "Oh...huh. Well, okay."
> Shrug.
> "Anyway, I obviously don't know what happened between you three. But just based on what I've seen and heard today, I think it's worth at least finding out why they're here. You don't even need them to think you're present for it."

>"Maybe," says Koishi.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #59 on:** October 22, 2014, 05:40:02 PM »

> How long have we been having this conversation?