Author Topic: Maribel Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure (Read 80135 times)

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #390 on:** August 01, 2010, 05:55:45 PM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on August 01, 2010, 05:48:13 PM

>Ah, hell. Bats, right?
>Try to shield your head/face with your arms and scrabble out of there

>You don't know if they are bats, but it certainly seems like a good guess.
>You shield your face and with your arms and try to get out to there. Every so often, something slams into your back, which the cacophony of shrieks is long enough to make it hard to think! You feel something tugging against your hair!

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #391 on:** August 01, 2010, 05:57:32 PM »

>Manically flail your arms in the general region of whatever is doing this tugging and try to shake off whatever it is
>Don't stop running

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #392 on:** August 01, 2010, 06:02:52 PM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on August 01, 2010, 05:57:32 PM

>Manically flail your arms in the general region of whatever is doing this tugging and try to shake off whatever it is
>Don't stop running

>You flail your arms manically, but that doesn't really seem to discourage the tugging at all.
>You keep running, stumble, and nearly fall as the floor levels out again. The cacophony is mostly ahead of your now. You don't seem anything moving around you.

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #393 on:** August 01, 2010, 06:06:04 PM »

>Nothing is moving around us, but the tugging is still going on?
>Does it seem like a living thing, tugging on us, or could we just have gotten tangled in something?
>If it's a creature, try to bat it off, again
>Otherwise, see if we can disentangle it

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #394 on:** August 01, 2010, 06:09:55 PM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on August 01, 2010, 06:06:04 PM

>Nothing is moving around us, but the tugging is still going on?
>Does it seem like a living thing, tugging on us, or could we just have gotten tangled in something?
>If it's a creature, try to bat it off, again
>Otherwise, see if we can disentangle it

>It seems that way.
>It feels like it's actively tugging.
>You reach back and try to smack it off, his something small and fuzzy than weakly smacks your hand, and don't seem to achieve much.

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #395 on:** August 01, 2010, 06:14:31 PM »

>Wait, it smacked our hand back when we tried to hit it?
>Steel yourself and try actually grabbing it this time

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #396 on:** August 01, 2010, 06:21:29 PM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on August 01, 2010, 06:14:31 PM

>Wait, it smacked our hand back when we tried to hit it?
>Steel yourself and try actually grabbing it this time

>You steel yourself, and grab it!
>With a sinking sensation, you find It is small, fuzzy, winged, and tangled up in your hair.

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #397 on:** August 01, 2010, 06:24:03 PM »

>Try to pull it out. Carefully, at first. Might only make things worse if we tug too hard. Use more force if necessary, though
>Remember, we can always freak out afterwards

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #398 on:** August 01, 2010, 06:30:02 PM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on August 01, 2010, 06:24:03 PM

>Try to pull it out. Carefully, at first. Might only make things worse if we tug too hard. Use more force if necessary, though
>Remember, we can always freak out afterwards

>You try to pull it out, but its flailing wings don't make this easy, nor does the chance it might bite you...
>You're trying very hard not to freak out. It's just a bat... only a bad...it's a bat...oh god.

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #399 on:** August 01, 2010, 06:34:12 PM »

>Remember, you've already stared down an oni with a katana today. A bat is nothing. You can do this...
>Keep pulling it out

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #400 on:** August 01, 2010, 06:37:57 PM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on August 01, 2010, 06:34:12 PM

>Remember, you've already stared down an oni with a katana today. A bat is nothing. You can do this...
>Keep pulling it out

>It's not called staring when you run the other way.
>You keep working at it...there! It flops out from your hair. And you really want a bath right now...

>_

Serela · « **Reply #401 on:** August 01, 2010, 06:39:23 PM »

>So, uh... are we on the other side of the bats from when we started? Like, farther into the cave? Or did we backtrack... hopefully we don't need to go through bats again to get farther... unless this is the wrong way altogether.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #402 on:** August 01, 2010, 06:40:53 PM »

>Well, we only stared at her AFTER she got knocked out... but that was still probably scarier than a bat...

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #403 on:** August 01, 2010, 06:46:22 PM »

Quote from: NeoSerela on August 01, 2010, 06:39:23 PM

>So, uh... are we on the other side of the bats from when we started? Like, farther into the cave? Or did we backtrack... hopefully we don't need to go through bats again to get farther... unless this is the wrong way altogether.

>You turned back. And...you're not sure if this is the right way or not.

Quote from: DracoOmega on August 01, 2010, 06:40:53 PM

>Well, we only stared at her AFTER she got knocked out... but that was still probably scarier than a bat...

>...Maybe it was. You didn't have an oni wriggling about in your hair.
>The bat flies off, squeaking in what you imagine is mutual disgust. It's quieted down a lot, though you can hear a few distant squeaks.

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #404 on:** August 01, 2010, 06:49:15 PM »

>Go back to the crossroads
>If we're not sure which way that was, try moving AWAY from the smell

Serela · « **Reply #405 on:** August 01, 2010, 06:50:01 PM »

Considering there wasn't bats in the other Purvis' quest stuff, we should probably go the other way.

>Walk back to the intersection and take the other way because oh my god bats.

inb4ed

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #406 on:** August 01, 2010, 06:58:00 PM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on August 01, 2010, 06:49:15 PM

>Go back to the crossroads
>If we're not sure which way that was, try moving AWAY from the smell

Quote from: NeoSerela on August 01, 2010, 06:50:01 PM

>Walk back to the intersection and take the other way because oh my god bats.

>You make your way back to the crossroads, and decide that the way out probably wouldn't be full of bat crap
>You head southeast. After a little time, the path starts to rise again. You also start to notice spider webs in the stalactites, some of them with bats caught in them. ...You shudder at the memory that brings up. God, you wish you could wash your hands! Curiously enough, one of the webs seems to have writing in its strands, though a bat partially obscures it: "Shop at Kou-" Obvious exits are northwest and south.

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #407 on:** August 01, 2010, 07:01:26 PM »

>Keep going forward

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #408 on:** August 01, 2010, 07:05:36 PM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on August 01, 2010, 07:01:26 PM

>Keep going forward

>You keep going forward!
>It is definitely getting less gloomy, which burgeons your spirits a little bit. The cavern floor is growing more broken and irregular, making it a bit slower to pick your way through. Up ahead...you see a blonde woman in a poofy brown dress dangling from the ceiling by a line, pulling bats from a web.

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #409 on:** August 01, 2010, 07:08:36 PM »

>"Um, hello? I don't suppose you're Yamame?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #410 on:** August 01, 2010, 07:19:50 PM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on August 01, 2010, 07:08:36 PM

>"Um, hello? I don't suppose you're Yamame?"

>"Sure am, buddy!" says the woman.

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #411 on:** August 01, 2010, 07:23:06 PM »

>"Ah, hello there. I'm Maribel."
>"I heard that you head up to the surface sometimes? I'm looking for directions to the human village."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #412 on:** August 01, 2010, 07:31:16 PM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on August 01, 2010, 07:23:06 PM

>"Ah, hello there. I'm Maribel."
>"I heard that you head up to the surface sometimes? I'm looking for directions to the human village."

>She waves with a free hand, after freeing a bat and shoving it into the bag she's carrying.
>"Sure do! It's easy, just go that right til you hit the road, and go right again."

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #413 on:** August 01, 2010, 07:35:06 PM »

>"What right? Turn right as soon as I get out of this cave?"

>"And are there any hazards I should be aware of on the way there? I... don't really know my way around here."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #414 on:** August 01, 2010, 07:40:31 PM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on August 01, 2010, 07:35:06 PM

>"What right? Turn right as soon as I get out of this cave?"

>"And are there any hazards I should be aware of on the way there? I... don't really know my way around here."

>"Same ones you saw coming in, probably," says Yamame as she starts to free another bat.

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #415 on:** August 01, 2010, 07:41:38 PM »

>"Uh, yeah, that would probably make sense.... if I'd actually come this way before...."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #416 on:** August 01, 2010, 07:46:14 PM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on August 01, 2010, 07:41:38 PM

>"Uh, yeah, that would probably make sense.... if I'd actually come this way before...."

>She looks away from her work, frowning. "How'd you get down here, buddy?"

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #417 on:** August 01, 2010, 07:53:01 PM »

>"That's a good question, actually. I don't even know for sure, myself. That's why I'm looking for Keine. I hear she may be the person to talk to about this."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #418 on:** August 01, 2010, 07:58:13 PM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on August 01, 2010, 07:53:01 PM

>"That's a good question, actually. I don't even know for sure, myself. That's why I'm looking for Keine. I hear she may be the person to talk to about this."

>"Yeah, she's in the village," says Yamame.

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #419 on:** August 01, 2010, 08:00:30 PM »

>"Well, just assume that I have no idea whatsoever about what's between here and there. Is there anything I should know? Anything I should watch out for? Or anyone, for that matter?"