Author Topic: Okuu Quest Thereafter - A Z-Machine Adventure  (Read 117100 times)

UncertainJakutten

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Re: Okuu Quest Thereafter - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #570 on: July 20, 2010, 06:05:58 PM »
(Derp, sorry, knew I forgot something. Well, we can certainly default it to Parsee and poke around ourselves, or stay here and have Parsee look. The latter seems sub optimal.)

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Re: Okuu Quest Thereafter - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #571 on: July 20, 2010, 06:08:08 PM »
>Call Parsee into the room. Tell her to drag the guard into the corner with Rikako. Then give her the rifle, and tell her to keep a safe distance, and make sure they don't do anything.
>"Did you find anything else on the guard?"

>"I'm not that strong!" Parsee says, as she enters the lab. "And I found a knife, a pistol, and some ID kinda like the Professor's. And some money and stuff. No, I didn't take it, so don't ask."
>"Professor Okazaki?" asks Dr Asakura.

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Re: Okuu Quest Thereafter - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #572 on: July 20, 2010, 06:09:52 PM »
>To Asakura: "And if it was?"

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Re: Okuu Quest Thereafter - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #573 on: July 20, 2010, 06:11:00 PM »
> "Who's asking? I will assure you the means by which we acquired our entry were non violent. In fact, this was basically the first violent altercation we've been in on this endeavor. But, from there, one has to make their own conclusions."
> To Parsee: "May I assume you disarmed her then? Also, did you check for hidden weapons, like in the shoe or up a sleeve or such?"


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Re: Okuu Quest Thereafter - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #574 on: July 20, 2010, 06:22:06 PM »
>To Asakura: "And if it was?"

>"Then poor Yumemi..." she says, shaking her head.

> "Who's asking? I will assure you the means by which we acquired our entry were non violent. In fact, this was basically the first violent altercation we've been in on this endeavor. But, from there, one has to make their own conclusions."
> To Parsee: "May I assume you disarmed her then? Also, did you check for hidden weapons, like in the shoe or up a sleeve or such?"

>"They don't care," says Dr. Asakura. "Trust me."
>Parsee nods, until you ask about hidden weapons."Uh, no. But she's not getting up any time soon. Look, if she called for help, then maybe we should get in gear?"

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Re: Okuu Quest Thereafter - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #575 on: July 20, 2010, 06:24:40 PM »
>"Don't tell me she'll get in trouble over this, too?"
>"Why would you even work for someone that scares you this much?"

>"And yeah, we need to hurry with whatever time we have, here."
>"You want to watch the doctor here, while I take a look around?"

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Re: Okuu Quest Thereafter - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #576 on: July 20, 2010, 06:28:54 PM »
>"Don't tell me she'll get in trouble over this, too?"
>"Why would you even work for someone that scares you this much?"

>"And yeah, we need to hurry with whatever time we have, here."
>"You want to watch the doctor here, while I take a look around?"

>"Oh yeah," says Dr. Asakura. "She's gonna be in deep trouble."
>"If you knew enough to break into here, you probably know why already," says Dr. Asakura. "But if you really don't? Well, camera's rolling and I can't let it slip, sorry. Oh well, you'll find out."
>Parsee nods. "I'll watch her. But let me know if you find something I need to see."

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Re: Okuu Quest Thereafter - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #577 on: July 20, 2010, 06:30:19 PM »
>"Yup. I'll be as fast as I can."
>Leave the room and go down the corridors towards the series of rooms we saw
>Have Stargazer peek into the rooms long enough to see if there are any people in them
>If the coast is clear, open each door and see what we can find

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Re: Okuu Quest Thereafter - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #578 on: July 20, 2010, 06:33:52 PM »
>"Yup. I'll be as fast as I can."
>Leave the room and go down the corridors towards the series of rooms we saw
>Have Stargazer peek into the rooms long enough to see if there are any people in them
>If the coast is clear, open each door and see what we can find

>As you approach the doors, you notice each one has a clipboard beside them in a plastic holder, similar to a hospital.
>Stargazer looks into all three, and tells you there are no people in them.


Re: Okuu Quest Thereafter - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #579 on: July 20, 2010, 06:35:02 PM »
>Take a look at the clipboard in the first room. Is there anything written there that we can make sense of?
>Afterwards, open the door and take a look inside

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Re: Okuu Quest Thereafter - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #580 on: July 20, 2010, 06:39:39 PM »
>Take a look at the clipboard in the first room. Is there anything written there that we can make sense of?
>Afterwards, open the door and take a look inside

>You examine the clipboard, and find is surprisingly readable!
>Item #: SCP-849
>Object Class: Safe
>Special Containment Procedures: SCP-849 may be contained in a normal room without any special procedures. It is currently stored in a padded box.
>Description: SCP-849 is an antique pocket watch made of common steel. Nothing unusual has been noted about its construction. Attempts to take it apart and put it back together have revealed nothing unusual or impeded its functions. Despite this, the watch does not seem to need to be wound, nor does it have any obvious power source. When held and opened by certain individuals, most notably Dr. Asakura or Professors Kawashiro and Okazaki, they report that they experience time moving more slowly for them. After a few moments, this effect comes to an end, and there is no evidence of this save for a discrepancy in the time kept by the watch and other clocks. The effect will not manifest again unless the watch is corrected for the time. Experiments have shown that anyone can rewind the watch, but no pattern in who can use it have been found. It has been suggested that latent ESPer potential may be a trigger.
>Opening the door, a sliding style akin to the one you had Stargazer open from the inside, though lacking the reader and the keypad, you see a small room, about 10 feet by ten feet.  There is a shelf in the back with a wooden box on it.

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Re: Okuu Quest Thereafter - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #581 on: July 20, 2010, 06:41:19 PM »
>Open the box, and take the watch out

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Re: Okuu Quest Thereafter - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #582 on: July 20, 2010, 06:43:00 PM »
>Open the box, and take the watch out

>You open the box, and find a pocket watch. It is very simply designed, with only a few etchings to accent its shape.

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Re: Okuu Quest Thereafter - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #583 on: July 20, 2010, 06:44:38 PM »
>Well, it it works at all like the report says it does, it might come in handy. Take it with us.
>There's nothing else of note in the room, correct?
>Then go to the next room and read the information on the clipboard

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Re: Okuu Quest Thereafter - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #584 on: July 20, 2010, 06:46:54 PM »
>Well, it it works at all like the report says it does, it might come in handy. Take it with us.
>There's nothing else of note in the room, correct?
>Then go to the next room and read the information on the clipboard

>You obtain: The Pocketwatch.
>The room is literally empty of anything else but the shelf.
>You go to read the next clipboard.
>Item #: SCP-806
>Object Class: Safe
>Special Containment Procedures: SCP-806 may be contained in a normal room without any special procedures. It is currently kept within a glass capsule to keep it free of dirt and insulate it from possible exposure to electricity. Any electrical malfunction should be given priority in repairs to prevent accidental exposure to electricity.
>Description: SCP-806 is a mechanical hand and forearm composed of presently unidentified alloys of gold and silver, about twice the size of a human's hand. It is composed of intricate clockwork that seems to allow for a great deal of articulated motion, easily matching that of a true hand. Unfortunately, it is also too intricate to reliably deconstruct. Requests to deconstruct it have been denied. Experimentation has shown that SCP-806 reacts to electrical currents, moving and twitching like a living hand; with more voltage resulting in a greater degree of motion for a longer time. Test suggests SCP-806 was made approximately  2500 years ago, leading to theories it may a piece of Extra-Over Technology, suggesting the EOT window is dramatically longer than first anticipated. SCP-806 was unearthed at Gensokyo Island during the wave of construction following World War II. Those involved with the excavation approached the military, who placed the situation in the Foundation's hands. All records of the finding were expunged. The site was examined thoroughly, and no other evidence of any SCP activity was found.

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Re: Okuu Quest Thereafter - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #585 on: July 20, 2010, 06:52:45 PM »
>Check the information on the clipboard of the last room

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Re: Okuu Quest Thereafter - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #586 on: July 20, 2010, 06:54:54 PM »
>Check the information on the clipboard of the last room

>Item #: SCP-969
>Object Class: Safe
>Special Containment Procedures: SCP-969 may be contained in a normal room without any special procedures. A stand has been provided for purposes of aesthetics and ease of access, but SCP-969 has been safely contained within a cardboard box in the past with no observed ill effect.
>Description: SCP-969 appears to be a costume at first glance, consisting of several components. Until tests were performed (see addendum below), it was debated whether this should be considered one SCP or several. SCP-969 was discovered on Gensokyo Isle in an uninhabited part of the island nation in 1963. It is not known how SCP-969 arrived there, or how long it had been there. A later investigation of the area it was located has turned up no clues or anything unusual.
>-SCP-969-1 appears as a large cape, the same weight and consistency as silk and two meters in length. An unremarkable titanium clasp and chain rest on the neck of the garment. The outside of the cape is eggshell white. The inside of the cape shows a serene view of a night sky, rendered with photo-realistic quality and giving the illusion of depth within it. The starry vista does not seem to be warped or distorted by folding SCP-969-1, but the view contracts as the edges of the contract in a two-dimensional sense. Over the course of the course of a year, the night scene changes as would a normal view of the night sky. SCP-969-1 seems to be more durable than normal silk, resistant to staining or tearing. Request to test the limits of SCP-969-1's durability have been denied. SCP-969-1 has a curious property of absorbing all known spectra of light and radiation approaching its interior when worn normally. It does not seem to store what it absorbs. Professor Okazaki has proposed it shunts absorbed spectra into the sections of space shown in the cape, but as of yet this cannot be tested. Wearing the cape inside out negates this effect. SCP-969-1 may be safely worn on its own.
>-SCP-969-2 appears to be an oval of unidentified reddish crystal, 12cm long, 8 cm wide, 1.5 cm thick at the center. A length of black material in the center, 6cm long and .5cm wide, gives it the appearance of an eye. The bottom of the gem is flat. It shows a curious quality of adhering to flesh when placed on one's chest over the heart, its underside conforming to the shape of the patella to fit comfortably. Experiments have shown this only seems to take place when applied to humans, attempting to apply it to human-like SCPs has been declined. When the crystal is in place, displays a properly of gathering ionizing radiation within a three meter radius, and projecting it behind the wearer. When worn in conjunction with SCP-969-2 and SCP-969-4, it can allow one to survive in radioactive areas indefinitely and allow other unprotected individuals to survive as well. O5-12 has allowed for SCP-969 to be used for such purposes in Research Unit 2
>-SCP-969-3 appears as an meter long, hexagonal rod. One end is marked with nonsensical designs of lines and circles, forming a sort of geometric runes. There is a black sheath, seemingly designed to let one slide their arm into the rod. The opposite end of the rod has six smaller rods; 30cm long and 1.5cm thick, protruding from each of the faces of the hexagonal. Casts taken of the interior suggest that it is made to fit the arm of a normally proportioned woman about 181 cm in height. Wearing the rod on its own has no apparent effects (see addendum below). It seems to contain complex machinery, but attempts to disassemble it without causing damage have failed.
>-SCP-969-4 appears to be a boot for the right foot, made of something resembling concrete. Casts of the interior suggest it it made for a size 14 (US standard) woman's foot. Despite its appearance, seems to weigh about as much as a normal boot. It seems to have greater sturdiness than concrete; attempts to chip off a sample have failed. A woman of proper size wearing the boot seems to immunize the wearer to the effects of ionizing radiation. O5-12 has authorized it for such use around Research Unit 2.
>-SCP-969-5 appears to be a two connected metal rings at a 30 degree angle to each other, designed to mimic the electron orbits of the Rutherford atomic model. When slipped over the left lower leg, it will freeze into place and hover of its own volition. It may be removed freely, though it will take a significant amount of force to do so by someone other than the wearer. It has shown no unusual properties when worn (see addendum below).
>Addendum 969-1: A female subject of the correct build and shoe size put on all five parts of SCP-969 on [Expunged]. Video taken of this event record her seemingly unaffected by anything unusual, until placing the rod upon her arm. She then complained of feeling unpleasantly hot, before the video washed out with bright light. The subject was apparently vaporized, and analysis of the ruins of the testing room suggest that temperatures in the tens or hundreds of thousands of degrees Celsius occurred for a fraction of a second. No further experiments have been authorized.
>Addendum 969-2: "SCP-969 is not a toy! Please stop wearing parts of it around the lab without specific need, and stop requesting to use it at costume parties!" -O5-12

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UncertainJakutten

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Re: Okuu Quest Thereafter - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #587 on: July 20, 2010, 06:56:30 PM »
> Do we feel that these things are "right"?
> Do we feel as those these things are part of the "right world" as opposed to the wrong one we live in?


Re: Okuu Quest Thereafter - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #588 on: July 20, 2010, 06:57:37 PM »
>Enter the room and take a look at this stuff

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Re: Okuu Quest Thereafter - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #589 on: July 20, 2010, 07:01:10 PM »
> Do we feel that these things are "right"?
> Do we feel as those these things are part of the "right world" as opposed to the wrong one we live in?

>...Yes. Yes they do.

>Enter the room and take a look at this stuff

>You enter, and find a stand int he middle of the room. In the middle of the start is a large red gem, resembling an eye. A cape, with what looks like a section of the night sky, hangs off the back of it. Beside it is the hexagonal rod, in front the two fused hoops, and the boot in front.

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Re: Okuu Quest Thereafter - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #590 on: July 20, 2010, 07:03:17 PM »
>Look at them. Try touching them. Can we remember anything?

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« Reply #591 on: July 20, 2010, 07:08:02 PM »
>Look at them. Try touching them. Can we remember anything?

>You run your fingers over the objects. You...don't remember anything, but you have a powerful sense that they are yours.
>The spectral crow steps out, onto your shoulder.

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Re: Okuu Quest Thereafter - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #592 on: July 20, 2010, 07:10:09 PM »
>"Hey, fellow. Do you recognize these, too?"

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« Reply #593 on: July 20, 2010, 07:14:10 PM »
>"Hey, fellow. Do you recognize these, too?"

>It doesn't reply. You aren't sure what it's feeling.

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Re: Okuu Quest Thereafter - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #594 on: July 20, 2010, 07:15:11 PM »
>Try putting the cape on

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Re: Okuu Quest Thereafter - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #595 on: July 20, 2010, 07:19:56 PM »
>Try putting the cape on

>You put the cape on. It feels....good. Natural. No wonder Yumemi does this!

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Re: Okuu Quest Thereafter - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #596 on: July 20, 2010, 07:21:42 PM »
>Try putting the rest of the outfit on, except for the rod. Whether or not we feel these are 'ours', it's still an ominous warning

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Re: Okuu Quest Thereafter - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #597 on: July 20, 2010, 07:27:43 PM »
>Try putting the rest of the outfit on, except for the rod. Whether or not we feel these are 'ours', it's still an ominous warning

>You kick off your right shoe and put on the boot. Perfect fit! It feels natural.
>You slip the hoops around your left leg, and are pleased to see them remain in place, just hovering there.
>You remove the eye pendant and undo your top buttons of your shirt, and place the crystal against your  flesh, letting the bottom of it nestle between your breasts. There is a curious sort of sensation as it sticks in place, then molds to the shape of your sternun.
>The rod sits there alone, practically calling to you.

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Re: Okuu Quest Thereafter - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #598 on: July 20, 2010, 07:30:39 PM »
> Nothing ventured nothing gained
> Retreive arm from safe.


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Re: Okuu Quest Thereafter - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #599 on: July 20, 2010, 07:32:10 PM »
> Nothing ventured nothing gained
> Retreive arm from safe.

>You pick up the Rod.

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