Kisume Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Kilgamayan]

> "Southeast, then?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Southeast, then?"

>She nods.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Take flight.
> Southeast

[Hello Purvis]

> Take flight.
> Southeast

>You take to the air head toward the southeast. The plains between the village and the forest are as you remember them from some minutes ago, peaceful, largely empty save for a single small person walking down the road and the occasional ghost drifting around.
>As you come to the Forest of Magic, you turn your eyes to the southeast. Trees stretch to the foot of the southern mountains, and seem to carry on eastward as far as the eye can see. It's something of a blessing that winter wasn't so long ago, if the trees had leaves, it would be impossible to see through the canopy at all. As it stands, it's merely thick and tangled, and nothing jumps out at you.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Should we swoop over and try to find it from the air, or land and take a trek through?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Should we swoop over and try to find it from the air, or land and take a trek through?"

>"I think flight would be faster," says Kasen. "The real question is whether we should split up or not."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Splitting up could work. Shouldn't be that hard to keep the odd eye on each other or get one another's attention, should it?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Splitting up could work. Shouldn't be that hard to keep the odd eye on each other or get one another's attention, should it?"

>"I imagine we'll have to get a closer look at things from time to time," says Kasen. "That may make it difficult."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "We could conceivably split up, but remain fairly close, so that it's not too much time or effort to get the attention of the other. Then we can shift to cover other ground together after a certain amount of time or patience."

[Hello Purvis]

> "We could conceivably split up, but remain fairly close, so that it's not too much time or effort to get the attention of the other. Then we can shift to cover other ground together after a certain amount of time or patience."

>She nods. "Alright. Where do you want to start?"

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[Kilgamayan]

> Can we see that mansion?

[Hello Purvis]

> Can we see that mansion?

>You can see the Mansion.

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[Kilgamayan]

> In which direction is it from our current location?

[Hello Purvis]

> In which direction is it from our current location?

>It is south of you. Your current location is along the main road, not too far north of the trading post.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Sanae was thinking the southeast, so we might as well start there."
> Keep heading southeast.

[Hello Purvis]

> "Sanae was thinking the southeast, so we might as well start there."
> Keep heading southeast.

>You keep heading southeast, Kasen following along.
>You pass around the lake and the puppeteer's cabin, and then pass by the mansion, until all you can see is a great sea of budding trees before you, extending t the distant mountains. You cannot really make out any landmarks of note here.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Well, here we are. You wanna take dead south from here while I drift a little bit to the east?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Well, here we are. You wanna take dead south from here while I drift a little bit to the east?"

>She nods. "That'll do."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Happy hunting."
> Head further south with a bit of an eastern tilt. Keep a sharp eye on the forest floor below us for anything unusual.

[Hello Purvis]

> "Happy hunting."
> Head further south with a bit of an eastern tilt. Keep a sharp eye on the forest floor below us for anything unusual.

>"Good luck," says Kasen.
>The two of you move in different directions. Looking below, you see the forest floor is as thick and tangled as it ever was, but thankfully a chariot would be very difficult to hide in that. Really, thinking on it, you aren't sure how anyone could drive a chariot through that, the horses couldn't freely gallop at all...
>Every so often, you can see faeries going about their business below, and catch a glimpse of one of their homes. You get the feeling that this part of the region you're looking in may be a bit too faerie-heavy to effectively hide anything like a chariot without it being stolen or causing a ruckus.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Look over at where Kasen went. How does she seem to be faring?

[Hello Purvis]

> Look over at where Kasen went. How does she seem to be faring?

>She is some distance away, hovering low over the trees. Judging from her speed, she hasn't found anything interesting enough to slow down for.

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[Kilgamayan]

 >Head back over to her.

[Hello Purvis]

>Head back over to her.

>You head back over toward Kasen.
>"Did you find something?" she says.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Shake head.
> "Only spotted a bunch of fairies. And if this chariot was really in that area, I'd think it'd be causing more of a stir with them than the nothing going on below."

[Hello Purvis]

> Shake head.
> "Only spotted a bunch of fairies. And if this chariot was really in that area, I'd think it'd be causing more of a stir with them than the nothing going on below."

>"Yes, I've been looking for truly empty areas myself," says Kasen. "I've been refraining from asking them; with things as they are, it is easy to agitate faeries into attacking."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "That's not a bad idea. I'm gonna check out a bit to the west, I think."
> Head southwest, keeping an eye out for unusual things or empty areas.

[Hello Purvis]

> "That's not a bad idea. I'm gonna check out a bit to the west, I think."
> Head southwest, keeping an eye out for unusual things or empty areas.

>Kasen nods, and resumes her own search.
>You head a bit further west now, looking for emptier places or unusual things. You don't immediately see much of the latter, but after some drifting, you encounter an area that doesn't seem to be  home to any faeries, unless they are staying well hidden. Given that the faeries you had seen beforehand had no interest in hiding, you doubt any that were around here would be much different.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Glance over at Kasen again. She look like she's found anything?

[Hello Purvis]

> Glance over at Kasen again. She look like she's found anything?

>You glance over, and it doesn't seem like she's found anything exciting yet.

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