Kisume Quest VI - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

> "Carefully make your way back here, and we'll try the other direction."

>She nods, and quickly makes her way toward the maze, kneeling down and starting to crawl. She manages to keep up a pretty good pace while on all fours. After going around the corner of teh maze, you aren't able to see her anymore.
>You do hear some of the voices come a bit closer, as well as the sound of doors being opened. The former is still too distant for you to make out.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Float up higher so we can see Ruukoto.

[Hello Purvis]

> Float up higher so we can see Ruukoto.

>You have to float reasonably close to the ceiling before you can see Ruukoto crawling toward the southern corner of the maze. From the angle, you note the maze itself has a number of tables and chairs set in it at random intervals.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Watch her go with our ears open to those voices.

[Hello Purvis]

> Watch her go with our ears open to those voices.

>You watch Ruukoto proceed, while listening to the voices. They are definitely getting closer, and seem to be speaking in low tones; you hear two more doors open, as well.
>Ruukoto is approaching the edge of the maze, close to the southern hall entrance.

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[O4rfish]

>Inventory?

[Kilgamayan]

Idea!

> Are the voices coming from the western hall or from the room behind us?

[Hello Purvis]

>Inventory?

>You inventory contains
>Blue Shirt
>A finely made shirt, currently stained and damaged.
>Knee Length Black Skirt
>A well-made skirt that belongs to Chiyuri.
>Hair Bobbles
>They are a  pleasing red color.
>Dirty White Robe
>Your garment of choice
>Translator
>A headpiece that allows you to speak in and understand Kosa, and contact Yumemi and Chiyuri.
>Yellow Key Card
>You have no idea who this belongs to. Some soldier.
>Violet Key Card
>Belongs to Agent Sombraluz
>Bottle of Dye Remover
>Supposedly this will return your hair to its proper color.

> Are the voices coming from the western hall or from the room behind us?

>They are coming from the Western hall

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[Kilgamayan]

> Float up far enough that we're above the height of the western hall ceiling.
> Take a glance down at the flora immediately below us for anything particularly tall.

[Hello Purvis]

> Float up far enough that we're above the height of the western hall ceiling.
> Take a glance down at the flora immediately below us for anything particularly tall.

>You float to the upper parts of the room.
>There isn't really any flora immediately below you, but you can see a couple trees not too far away, and there is a fairly large bush near one of the entrances.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Hurriedly flly alongside the walls until we are above the western hall entrance.

[Hello Purvis]

> Hurriedly flly alongside the walls until we are above the western hall entrance.

>You do this thing, noting that Ruukoto seems to have paused by the southern edge of the labyrinth.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Is she looking at us or at the southern hallway?

[Hello Purvis]

> Is she looking at us or at the southern hallway?

>She seems to be looking between the two hallways.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Shoot a thumbs-up in her direction.

[Hello Purvis]

> Shoot a thumbs-up in her direction.

>Ruukoto glances up. Then she nods and dashes toward the southern hall.
>You hear a cry from the western hallway.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Get in position and mindset to get the ol' drop on whoever's down the hall as the enter the room. We should be able to time our drop based on footsteps.

[Hello Purvis]

> Get in position and mindset to get the ol' drop on whoever's down the hall as the enter the room. We should be able to time our drop based on footsteps.

>You prepare yourself for the drop, and listen to the rapidly approaching footsteps; you can distinguish three sets of them.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Raise both of our arms into ready-to-fire position.
> When we can hear the feet just about to enter, drop down and land on someone's head, launching point-blank danmaku at any other torsos we see!

[Hello Purvis]

> Raise both of our arms into ready-to-fire position.
> When we can hear the feet just about to enter, drop down and land on someone's head, launching point-blank danmaku at any other torsos we see!

>You prepare yourself to fire, and wait for just the right moment. You've done this a thousand times before. You're ready and you're confident. When the footsteps come just close enough, you left yourself fall.
>It is almost disappointing. The loud clang of a bucket against a helmet just isn't as satisfying as the hollow wooden thonk of your proper bucket, but it's good enough. You feel the man collapse down beneath you, and you send out a spray at his (her?) two nearby companions as they cry out in surprised. Well before they can react, your shots take then in the torsos and they drop to the floor.
>The person beneath you groans as you perch on...her back.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Nothing personal."
> Shoot at the back of her head.

[Hello Purvis]

> "Nothing personal."
> Shoot at the back of her head.

>You shoot her in the back of the head. it would be pretty much impossible to hit the small space left open, normally, but in this case you have no real difficulties. She goes down with another groan.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Fish through all three of their stuffs to see if we can't find any more card keys, or maybe a knife or two.

[Hello Purvis]

> Fish through all three of their stuffs to see if we can't find any more card keys, or maybe a knife or two.

>You find a variety of things as you quickly rifle through the soldiers pockets. You find each has a knife and a small weapon akin to the one that Ruukoto dumped into the liquid. You find three purple cards on them. Two of them are carrying wallets made of leather-like material, filled with other cards that don't resemble the ones you use to get through the elevators at all; the third seems to have a few cards loose on his person. All of them have a rings of metal keys; at a glance none of them seem to be identical. There are several other items that you cannot really identify, like a paper package, a small tube with a sort of wheel on top, and other such things.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Take a knife, all of the cards, all of the rings of metal keys, the paper package, and the tube with the wheel.

[Hello Purvis]

> Take a knife, all of the cards, all of the rings of metal keys, the paper package, and the tube with the wheel.

>You obtain: Large Knife
>You obtain: Purple Card x3
>You obtain: Rings of Keys x3
>You obtain: Paper Package
>You obtain: Wheeled Tube

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[Kilgamayan]

> Fly back up over the maze and toward the southern hall entrance, where Ruukoto should be.

[Hello Purvis]

> Fly back up over the maze and toward the southern hall entrance, where Ruukoto should be.

>You fly into the southern hallway, where you can see Ruukoto, frowning slightly. "Are you okay?"

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Fine."
> Show off the paper package and the wheeled tube.
> "What are these for?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Fine."
> Show off the paper package and the wheeled tube.
> "What are these for?"

"Oh, that's a lighter," says Ruukoto, pointing toward the tube. "You use it to make a little fire.  The other thing is a pack of cigarettes, you smoke those. Um, should we be standing here? They are going to figure out something happened to those soldiers really fast."

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