Kisume Quest VI - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Kilgamayan]

> Settle ourselves back down in the chair, assuming that's where we were.
> "Magic."

[Hello Purvis]

> Settle ourselves back down in the chair, assuming that's where we were.
> "Magic."

>You weren't in the chair, you were being held up by the soldier behind you. You settle back into his arms.
>"Fair enough," he says, "And I suppose that's how you'll answer how you got up here, and appear to have violet level clearance, if the card on the floor tells me anything. What were you doing up here?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Wanted to find out why my home's next on the domination list."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Wanted to find out why my home's next on the domination list."

>"Hmph. I see," says soldier. "What'd you do to that VIVIT?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "She's simply repaying her debt for drugging me."

[Kilgamayan]

> Wahhh, edited my post, sorry!

[Hello Purvis]

> "She's simply repaying her debt for drugging me."

>"I'm going to ask one more time," says the soldier. "And if you don't give me a real answer, I'm going to give you some real voltage. What did you do to VIVIT?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> How far is this guy from us?
> Is he presently aiming his weapon at us?
> Can we pinpoint the origin of the massive pain yet?

[Hello Purvis]

> How far is this guy from us?
> Is he presently aiming his weapon at us?
> Can we pinpoint the origin of the massive pain yet?

>He is within arm's reach, though you'd have a difficult time reaching him with the other soldier holding you up under your arms.
>He is not.
>Thinking on it, your shoulder feels most pained now. Maybe it was there?

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Which shoulder?
> Do we feel focused enough to aim?
> The soldier behind us is presumably using both hands to hold us, yes?

[Hello Purvis]

> Which shoulder?
> Do we feel focused enough to aim?
> The soldier behind us is presumably using both hands to hold us, yes?

>Your right shoulder.
>You think you could achieve something like aiming.
>He is using both hands.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Sigh.
> "All right, all right..."
> Wearily put our left hand up in a 'stop, I surrender' kind of fashion while saying the previous line. Make sure our pose ends up wwith our palm aimed at the soldier's face.
> "I get it...when I found that VIVIT was a machine person, I..."
> As we start to say 'person' in the line above, fire off several arrowheads with our left hand, as well as we can muster, aimed at the guard's face!

[Hello Purvis]

> Sigh.
> "All right, all right..."
> Wearily put our left hand up in a 'stop, I surrender' kind of fashion while saying the previous line. Make sure our pose ends up wwith our palm aimed at the soldier's face.
> "I get it...when I found that VIVIT was a machine person, I..."
> As we start to say 'person' in the line above, fire off several arrowheads with our left hand, as well as we can muster, aimed at the guard's face!

>You wave your hand, make a the beginnings of an explanation, then unleash as much danmaku as you can into the guard's face. He jerks away, crying out, and falls to the ground. You're not certain if he's just hurt, or if he's been properly knocked out. What you are certain of is that the hands holding you up are starting to move.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Ahh!"
> Quick! Spray unaimed danmaku everywhere!
> While splattering everything with bullets, ball our left hand into a fist and try to swing our left arm up so we slam our fist at the space behind us over our left shoulder!

[Hello Purvis]

> "Ahh!"
> Quick! Spray unaimed danmaku everywhere!
> While splattering everything with bullets, ball our left hand into a fist and try to swing our left arm up so we slam our fist at the space behind us over our left shoulder!

>You cry out and spray as much danmaku as you can. You try to strike out behind you, but you find that you are too busy falling toward the floor to really follow through on the actions.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Pull up, pull up!
> Try to twist ourselves so we'd land on our left side if we hit the ground.

[Hello Purvis]

> Pull up, pull up!
> Try to twist ourselves so we'd land on our left side if we hit the ground.

>You don't really have time to pull up; your feet hit the ground and you fall over, twisting toward so that you land on your left side. It's jarring, enough to set your muscles off again, but not so bad as whatever weapon you had being used against you. You are facing the soldier you was questioning you, who does seem to be out conscious. You can hear indistinguishable cursing behind you.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Is it a male voice?

[Hello Purvis]

> Is it a male voice?

>Yes.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Roll over onto our back.
> Without taking the time to steady our aim, as we swing ourselves around to land on our back, use our left han to fire another volley of arrowheads in the direction of the voice.

[Hello Purvis]

> Roll over onto our back.
> Without taking the time to steady our aim, as we swing ourselves around to land on our back, use our left han to fire another volley of arrowheads in the direction of the voice.

>You roll over, through out, your left hand, and fire.
>You find the soldier is standing over you, leg poised to stomp down you you. Your shots fly upward, catching him in the torso, the undersides of his legs, and his midsection. He loses balance and falls back as he tries to get away from the source of pain, and lands with a sharp cry.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> How did he land? On his back?
> Is Ruukoto visible?

[Hello Purvis]

> How did he land? On his back?
> Is Ruukoto visible?

>He seems to have landed on his back.
>You can see Ruukoto now that the soldier has fallen, she is cowering behind the wheelchair, very close to the wall.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> How visible is the soldier's head?
> Where is his weapon?

[Hello Purvis]

> How visible is the soldier's head?
> Where is his weapon?

>You don't have a good view of his head.
>You don't see his weapon, it's not in his hands right now. It might be strapped across his back, that seems to be what soldiers here like to do with the things.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Take a better aim with our left hand and shoot at his legs. And maybe a little bit between the legs.

[Hello Purvis]

> Take a better aim with our left hand and shoot at his legs. And maybe a little bit between the legs.

>You take better aim with your left hand, resting it across your torso, and shoot the soldier around the legs. He gives a groan that trails away toward silence.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "...Check them."
> Grab our right shoulder with our left hand and try to deaden the pain.

[Hello Purvis]

> "...Check them."
> Grab our right shoulder with our left hand and try to deaden the pain.

>"Uh, um, uh, got it," says Ruukoto. "Wait, what am I checking them for?"
>You massage your shoulder, feeling a small amount of wetness there, and sharp pain as you rub it which pales in comparison to what you've felt. It doesn't really help.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Make sure they're out. And get that purple card back."