Author Topic: Kisume Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure  (Read 46623 times)

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Kisume Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« on: February 01, 2012, 04:59:57 AM »

>You are Kisume, Genoskyo's premier drifter!
>You live underground, in a bucket, mugging people whenever you can. What meager amounts of money you make tends to go toward food and cheap liquor during your periodic forays into the Ancient City when things seem calm. Otherwise, you make your living scavenging in the caverns.It's not a glamorous existence, scraping along the bottom, but you're proud of it. You're making your own way through the world and that's something they'll never take away from you. You could have had an easy and completely boring life, once, but you decided to forge your own way and live like a proper youkai. You don't regret it. You're proud of the fact that you can live on the go, when so many other youkai have settled down. You're proud that you never stopped making a living as a bandit, even after the Hakurei Maiden established the spellcard rules. You don't have much, but you have your pride and you don't owe anyone anything. You'll never go back to Higan.
>You are able to be extremely patient, sitting in one place for hours without budging an inch. You tend not to keep more than you can carry in your bucket, though you're capable of carrying an awful lot. You have an fondness for old-timey slang, such as calling coins 'thin ones' and referring to your name as your moniker and so on. You have a distaste for settled life; though you don''t mind borrowing its creature comforts. In particular, you hate bureaucracy, paperwork, proper procedures, and the like. Thankfully that seldom comes up. You have a  distaste for open spaces, and a distinct preference for narrow or tight places. While you can be friendly, you're seldom polite.
>But right now, you're on business. You are laying in wait over a narrow corridor leading toward the Ancient City, nestled in the shadows between two stalactites. The cavern floor is good ten feet below, while the walls are just a shade closer together than that.  The air is cool, with the hints of a fading winter, and has just a tint of wet stone to it. If you straight your ears really hard, you can almost catch snatches of the music from the Ancient City.  You've been here for a couple of hours, waiting for some hapless mook to go by and have seen nothing. It's a slow day. You like this spot, not only can you flee down either side of the tunnel, but there is also a shaft nearby, hidden by the stalactites, that makes an easy emergency exit. Obvious exits are North, South, and Up.

>_
« Last Edit: July 13, 2013, 03:19:05 AM by Purvijiri »

UncertainJakutten

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Re: Kisume Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2012, 05:39:46 AM »
>Inventory
>Skills
>Wait patiently for a hapless mook
>Be sure to tell them to say 'Rock'


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Re: Kisume Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2012, 06:11:45 AM »
>Inventory
>Skills
>Wait patiently for a hapless mook
>Be sure to tell them to say 'Rock'

>You inventory contains:
>Dirty White Robe
>Your garment of choice
>Spare Dirty White Robe
>In case the other one gets intolerably dirty
>Wooden Bucket
>Your home, your bed, your life. You keep all of your stuff there!
>Length of Rusty Rebar
>When danmaku isn't enough...
>Empty Sack
>It used to hold some rice, but you've eaten it all.
>Wooden Chopsticks (used)
>You should wash these off
>Dirty Tattered Blanket
>A way to keep warm, a way to dry off, and a cushion! What more could you ask for?
>Small Iron Pot
>You cooking companion, when you actually have something to cook.
>Dirty Iron Knife
>Made with real metal!
>Horror "Well-bucket-dropping Monster"
>Your spellcard, it rains death from above! You've...not had a lot of luck with it.
>Your skills are:
>Nimble fingers
>You can loot an person with surprising speed
>Stealth
>You are excellent at hiding and skulking in the shadows, presuming they are reasonably deep shadows
>Moderate Palookacraft
>You can inflict physical damage with skill that belies your size and stature.
>Cave Offensives
>You know how to survive underground, and avoid dying of thirst and hunger.
>Demon Firing
>You know how to conjure and employ small amounts of demon fire, handy when you need heat.
>Basic Danmakucraft
>You're slightly better at this than most faeries...
>Bum Legs
>Your legs aren't made for walking much.
>Post Mortem Bureaucracy
>You have inherited a fair amount of knowledge about the workings of that particularly branch of the Celestial Bureaucracy
>You wait for a nice pigeon to come by, and are soon rewarded as you hear footsteps approaching from the south, the direction of the surface. Soon you can see the person, a human male in a simple short peasant's robe. He is a young man, with dark skin, and whitish hair in an untamed mop. He's also a rather unusual visitor, you've not seen him before, and peasant types tend not to wander toward the city. Either way, he looks ripe for the picking...

>_

UncertainJakutten

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Re: Kisume Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2012, 06:34:44 AM »
>"Say 'Rock'!"
>Get the drop on him and liberate him of his possessions.
>...wait, why do we tell people to say Rock?


Re: Kisume Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2012, 08:52:37 AM »
>How did we come to leave Higan?
>How long as it been since the gem incident?
« Last Edit: February 01, 2012, 09:20:29 AM by DracoOmega »

Re: Kisume Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2012, 09:17:50 AM »
>Relationships.
>Accept yellow ring.

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Re: Kisume Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #6 on: February 01, 2012, 01:32:55 PM »
>Relationships.
>Accept yellow ring.

>You don't have any close friends, preferring largely to keep to yourself. Once in awhile, you work with and bum food off of Yamame, who is weird but friendly.  However, she's been increasinly distant lately, having fallen in with people in the Ancient City.
>You equip the unidentified ring! It is a Cursed Ring of Polymorph! You turn into a kobold.

>How did we come to leave Higan?
>How long as it been since the gem incident?

>You no longer felt welcome there, and the weight of parental disapproval was stifling. There was simply no place for a free spirit like yourself there.
>Oh, that thing? Bit over half a year ago, you think? Not like you were affected by it.

>"Say 'Rock'!"
>Get the drop on him and liberate him of his possessions.
>...wait, why do we tell people to say Rock?

>You tell people to say Rock as a kind of insurance. You aren't really mugging people out of nowhere if you give them warning, right? And telling them to say Rock sounds just enough like something a person would say that it might make the listener stop and ponder it for that split second that you need.
>You wait for the man to start to pass underneath, then you drop while shouting, "Say Rock!"
>The man looks upward and you grin; another sucker. Then suddenly he moves and brings his hand up as you fall past, then suddenly it feels like your stomach has leapt into your throat and the world is moving in a blur and you think you're going sideways!

>_

UncertainJakutten

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Re: Kisume Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #7 on: February 01, 2012, 04:21:01 PM »
>That goob just jacked our bucket, didn't he?


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Re: Kisume Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #8 on: February 01, 2012, 04:21:46 PM »
Wait, what does Kisume have to do with Higan? Was this stuff that came up in a previous quest?

>"Wawawawawawawawawawa!"

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Re: Kisume Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #9 on: February 01, 2012, 04:39:55 PM »
>That goob just jacked our bucket, didn't he?

>You think so.

>"Wawawawawawawawawawa!"

>You do the perfectly natural thing and cry out!
>A moment later, you're flying through the air outside of your own control, the world twisting and shifting. Then everything hurts for a split second.
>Everything still hurts. Your head, especially, feels as though it is hosting an oni drumming circle. After a moment, you realize that you are laying on your back on the cold ground. You are aware of a weight on top of your bucket; in this case just above your chest; that is causing it to sway a tiny bit to the side. You also realize that everything is black, due to your eyes being closed. Opening them, you think, is not going to be pleasant...

>_

UncertainJakutten

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Re: Kisume Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #10 on: February 01, 2012, 05:21:44 PM »
>Cringe and open our eyes...
>Hang in there Kisume-san!


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Re: Kisume Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #11 on: February 01, 2012, 05:45:15 PM »
> First Nue and now this? Has underground gone mainstream?
[22:40:12] <Drake> "guys i donwloaded esod but its not workan"
[22:40:21] <Drake> REPORTED
[22:40:25] <NaturallyOccurringChoja> PROBATED
[22:40:30] <Drake> ORGASM
[22:40:32] <NaturallyOccurringChoja> FUCK YEAH

[22:28:39] <Edible> Mafia would be a much easier game if we were playing "spot the asshole"

UncertainJakutten

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Re: Kisume Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #12 on: February 01, 2012, 05:46:56 PM »
Hahaha, I had a similar thought, Kilga :P. Don't forget Okuu as well.


Re: Kisume Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #13 on: February 01, 2012, 05:49:29 PM »
Wow, it's amazing that this came up when I was wondering how fun a Kisume Quest could be just yesterday. You guys are psychic or something.

It's kind of off in the current situation, but I absolutely need to know.

> How exactly do we move with our bucket?

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Re: Kisume Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #14 on: February 01, 2012, 05:58:59 PM »
> Open our DEMONFIRE eyes

[09:46] <theshim|work> there is nothing like working for a real estate company to make one contemplate arson

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Re: Kisume Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #15 on: February 01, 2012, 06:47:49 PM »
Wait, what does Kisume have to do with Higan? Was this stuff that came up in a previous quest?

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Re: Kisume Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #16 on: February 01, 2012, 07:54:11 PM »
You can always >ask that question.
[22:40:12] <Drake> "guys i donwloaded esod but its not workan"
[22:40:21] <Drake> REPORTED
[22:40:25] <NaturallyOccurringChoja> PROBATED
[22:40:30] <Drake> ORGASM
[22:40:32] <NaturallyOccurringChoja> FUCK YEAH

[22:28:39] <Edible> Mafia would be a much easier game if we were playing "spot the asshole"

Re: Kisume Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #17 on: February 01, 2012, 08:00:25 PM »
Wait, what does Kisume have to do with Higan? Was this stuff that came up in a previous quest?

No, it was not. I'm simply going on a hunch from the information that was already presented in this quest. But for more explicit clarification of this train of thought:

>Who are our parents?

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Re: Kisume Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #18 on: February 01, 2012, 08:03:30 PM »
Oh shit, I remember that comic now. I had sorta guessed at that significance just because it made joking sense but then I remembered the comic and, well, yeah.

Now watch Purvis turn around and make them two completely non-descript people.
[22:40:12] <Drake> "guys i donwloaded esod but its not workan"
[22:40:21] <Drake> REPORTED
[22:40:25] <NaturallyOccurringChoja> PROBATED
[22:40:30] <Drake> ORGASM
[22:40:32] <NaturallyOccurringChoja> FUCK YEAH

[22:28:39] <Edible> Mafia would be a much easier game if we were playing "spot the asshole"

UncertainJakutten

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Re: Kisume Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #19 on: February 01, 2012, 08:16:58 PM »
What comic o.O?


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Re: Kisume Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #20 on: February 01, 2012, 08:32:50 PM »
The one Muffin made. This one I believe.
That's our Kisume for ya.
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Re: Kisume Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #21 on: February 01, 2012, 08:49:12 PM »
> First Nue and now this? Has underground gone mainstream?

>The Underground is a sellout.

> How exactly do we move with our bucket?

>You bounce, of course. Or just fly.


>Who are our parents?

>You whacked your head harder than you thought, if your brain's wandering like this...
>You are the "proud" scion of the Komachi the shinigami and Shikieiki the Judge. You're quite certain they are eternally disappointed in this fact.

>Cringe and open our eyes...
>Hang in there Kisume-san!
> Open our DEMONFIRE eyes

>You cringe and mentally prepare yourself, then open you eyes.
>Looking ahead, or up as it where, you can see an unfamiliar rocky ceiling. As well, you can see a small woman with a thin face and dark blonde hair perched on the edge of your bucket, looking down at you with wide eyes. Gossamer butterfly wings extend from her back, and she seems to be wearing a poofy hat decorated with two triangular canine ears. She gives a toothy grin as you open you eyes, "Hey pal," she says "gimme all your gold and gems."

>_

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Re: Kisume Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #22 on: February 01, 2012, 08:51:06 PM »
> Try that again.  Open our DEMONFIRE eyes.

[09:46] <theshim|work> there is nothing like working for a real estate company to make one contemplate arson

Re: Kisume Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #23 on: February 01, 2012, 08:58:17 PM »
>An unfamiliar rocky ceiling? Don't we know our caves inside and out?

Re: Kisume Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #24 on: February 01, 2012, 09:25:04 PM »
> Look at our dirty blouse, then back at the girl.
> "Do I look like I have any gold and gems?
> Attempt to get up.

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Re: Kisume Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #25 on: February 01, 2012, 09:27:24 PM »
> Try that again.  Open our DEMONFIRE eyes.

>You don't think putting demon fire in your eyes would be a very good idea.

>An unfamiliar rocky ceiling? Don't we know our caves inside and out?

>You know them pretty well. Maybe if you had a minute...
>"C'mon, lemme have 'em," says the faerie on top of your bucket.

> Look at our dirty blouse, then back at the girl.
> "Do I look like I have any gold and gems?
> Attempt to get up.

>"Maybe?" she says. "Gotta try, right?"
>You push yourself up and rock forward, sending the faerie tumbling to the ground. She starts to pick herself up, saying, "Hey, thanks a lot!"

>_

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Re: Kisume Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #26 on: February 01, 2012, 09:41:48 PM »
> If she makes any threatening moves, put demon fire in her eyes.

[09:46] <theshim|work> there is nothing like working for a real estate company to make one contemplate arson

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Re: Kisume Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #27 on: February 01, 2012, 09:45:01 PM »
> If she makes any threatening moves, put demon fire in her eyes.

>You prepare to give her a demon firing. However, she seems to be too busy dusting off her rump at the moment to be very threatening.

>_

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Re: Kisume Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #28 on: February 01, 2012, 09:46:39 PM »
> "Do you have any gold or gems?"

[09:46] <theshim|work> there is nothing like working for a real estate company to make one contemplate arson

Re: Kisume Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #29 on: February 01, 2012, 09:48:56 PM »
> Do we usually get faeries in the tunnels anyways?
> If not, ask where the hell she came from and what she's doing here.