Author Topic: Kisume Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure (Read 47618 times)

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #120 on:** February 03, 2012, 11:34:59 AM »

> Keep heading east. Float over the water rather than trying to bounce through it.

Vhaltz · « **Reply #121 on:** February 03, 2012, 12:35:13 PM »

> Nom on a mushroom on the go.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #122 on:** February 03, 2012, 02:59:05 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on February 03, 2012, 11:34:59 AM

> Keep heading east. Float over the water rather than trying to bounce through it.

Quote from: Remilius on February 03, 2012, 12:35:13 PM

> Nom on a mushroom on the go.

>You had just come from the east, but it's easy to lose one's orientation underground.
>It is a simple matter to float over the water and the pockmarked floor. You take out one of the mushrooms and nibble on it as you do, finding it dry and fairly mild. These roast well, but you'd need some kind of butter or oil to do it with. As you draw near the opposite side of the chamber, you can hear noises noises ahead; the sound of loose stone being shifted around. The tunnel you are about to enter has a fair amount of that...

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #123 on:** February 03, 2012, 03:01:36 PM »

> Loose stone being shifted about like someone is moving it around or like an avalanche?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #124 on:** February 04, 2012, 03:44:46 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on February 03, 2012, 03:01:36 PM

> Loose stone being shifted about like someone is moving it around or like an avalanche?

>Most definitely the former.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #125 on:** February 04, 2012, 03:45:17 AM »

> Put a hand on our knife, just in case.
> Float on over into the tunnel.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #126 on:** February 04, 2012, 04:03:37 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on February 04, 2012, 03:45:17 AM

> Put a hand on our knife, just in case.
> Float on over into the tunnel.

>You put your hand on your knife, just in case some measure of shanking is required in the near future, and float into the tunnel.
>This tunnel is about fifteen feet wide, and the ceiling a bit less than half that height. The floor slopes erratically downward, sometimes leveling our or making brief tilts upward. Loose stones of all sizes cover a significant potions of the floor, piled at the foot of the slopes and forming a treacherous carpet for anyone trying to walk across it. The ceiling seems fairly sturdy, but you wouldn't want to hit it too hard, lest more rocks rain on you. But as far as you know, no more stone has ever fallen from it. Obvious exists are west and east.
>Some ways ahead, you can see two rather large faeries in green and white dresses digging through the stone. One wears a bonnet, while the other has a mob cap; you think you can make out a set of canine ears on the latter's hat.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #127 on:** February 04, 2012, 04:05:59 AM »

> Just to be sure: We've never seen fairies with canine ear hats before, have we?
> Ignore the fairies and continue west. They're probably just digging for gold and gems. Got nothin' to do with us.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #128 on:** February 04, 2012, 04:13:56 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on February 04, 2012, 04:05:59 AM

> Just to be sure: We've never seen fairies with canine ear hats before, have we?
> Ignore the fairies and continue west. They're probably just digging for gold and gems. Got nothin' to do with us.

>You've never noticed it before.
>You head westward, trying to ignore the faeries. As you draw near them, you note that the one in the bonnet doesn't seem to be wearing any canine ears. The two of them are chattering away about some thing or another, you don't really catch it. As you gt close of them, the faerie in the bonnet, a slightly chubby one with red hair, looks over at you and cries "Hey! You're tresspasting!"

>_

GuyYouMetOnline · « **Reply #129 on:** February 04, 2012, 04:16:24 AM »

>"No I'm not. You're imagining things."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #130 on:** February 04, 2012, 04:21:39 AM »

Quote from: GuyYouMetOnline on February 04, 2012, 04:16:24 AM

>"No I'm not. You're imagining things."

>"Oh, sorry," says the faerie.
>"Hey, hey, can I ask a favor?" says the other faerie, a whose short blue is almost the same shade as her dress.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #131 on:** February 04, 2012, 04:30:34 AM »

> "I don't know. Can you?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #132 on:** February 04, 2012, 04:40:18 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on February 04, 2012, 04:30:34 AM

> "I don't know. Can you?"

>"I bet you I could!" she says.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #133 on:** February 04, 2012, 04:42:31 AM »

> "Let's see it then."
> Point at the other fairy.
> "Why don't you try it on her?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #134 on:** February 04, 2012, 04:46:20 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on February 04, 2012, 04:42:31 AM

> "Let's see it then."
> Point at the other fairy.
> "Why don't you try it on her?"

>"But I don't wanna ask Moss Agate a favor, I wanna ask you one," says the faerie, frowning.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #135 on:** February 04, 2012, 04:47:53 AM »

> "Well, we gotta make sure you can do it first, right?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #136 on:** February 04, 2012, 04:50:59 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on February 04, 2012, 04:47:53 AM

> "Well, we gotta make sure you can do it first, right?"

>"This is true," says the faerie. She looks at her companion and says, "Hey, can you get me some sugar crystals?"
>"But why...?" says the other faerie, looking at the canine-eared faerie blankly.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #137 on:** February 04, 2012, 06:18:30 AM »

> "You gotta help your friend practice, right? It's important work, too, so I'll leave you two to it. Can't have any imagination figments bothering you while you're working, of course."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #138 on:** February 04, 2012, 04:16:57 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on February 04, 2012, 06:18:30 AM

> "You gotta help your friend practice, right? It's important work, too, so I'll leave you two to it. Can't have any imagination figments bothering you while you're working, of course."

>"Well, I guess," says the plump faerie.
>"No wait!" the other cries. "Do you know where we could find some pretty rocks?"

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #139 on:** February 04, 2012, 04:25:09 PM »

> Point back the way we came.
> "I saw one in the wall of a tunnel back that way. You'll need to pass through the large chamber to get there."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #140 on:** February 04, 2012, 05:00:29 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on February 04, 2012, 04:25:09 PM

> Point back the way we came.
> "I saw one in the wall of a tunnel back that way. You'll need to pass through the large chamber to get there."

>"Are there any monsters?" asks the faerie without the decorative ears.

>_

Vhaltz · « **Reply #141 on:** February 04, 2012, 05:04:01 PM »

> "Nay, just a few other fairies with those hoods on the way, you might want to hurry up if you don't want them to find them before you do"
> What does it look like we're "trespassing" into, anyway?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #142 on:** February 04, 2012, 05:40:18 PM »

Quote from: Remilius on February 04, 2012, 05:04:01 PM

> "Nay, just a few other fairies with those hoods on the way, you might want to hurry up if you don't want them to find them before you do"
> What does it look like we're "trespassing" into, anyway?

>"Those swindlers!" the blue-haired faerie cries.
>You can't see any particular thing you'd be "trespasting" into; possibly this part of the tunnel?

>_

Vhaltz · « **Reply #143 on:** February 04, 2012, 05:46:18 PM »

> Perhaps some sort of fairy hideout... proceed forward to investigate if the faeries leave.
> If they don't, tell them we sent the other fairies in the wrong direction and that they could still manage to find the stones before the others do if they're fast enough.

...this much lying to fairies in the same group surely won't come back and haunt us :V

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #144 on:** February 04, 2012, 06:14:52 PM »

Quote from: Remilius on February 04, 2012, 05:46:18 PM

> Perhaps some sort of fairy hideout... proceed forward to investigate if the faeries leave.
> If they don't, tell them we sent the other fairies in the wrong direction and that they could still manage to find the stones before the others do if they're fast enough.

>You ponder if there is some kind of hideout here, but you find yourself doubting it. The bat cavern are the only thing nearby past here, and no one wants to be in there, unless they were born without a sense of smell or touch...
>"Let's get 'em!" the chubby faerie says.
>"We'll show 'em the real power of the Cobalt Legion!" the other faerie cries, as both take to the air and rush eastward.
>You proceed forward, floating over and around the piles of loose stone. The distinctive stench of bat guano fills the air, as the tunnel becomes more of a vertical shaft. Soon you can see the familiar floor of the bat tunnel corridor below.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #145 on:** February 04, 2012, 06:24:03 PM »

> How old are we?
> How long have we lived underground?

> Head down to said floor of said tunnel of said bats.

Vhaltz · « **Reply #146 on:** February 04, 2012, 06:28:04 PM »

> Look around for anything unusual. The faeries were most likely digging for pretty stones, and we probably wouldn't say no to some of those...

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #147 on:** February 04, 2012, 06:42:51 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on February 04, 2012, 06:24:03 PM

> How old are we?
> How long have we lived underground?

> Head down to said floor of said tunnel of said bats.

>You don't live by a calender enough to know your exact age anymore, but you're pretty sure it's in the lower two hundreds.
>You've been underground most of your life.
>You descend to the tunnel below. The smell gets fairly strong as you do. Soon you find yourself in a decently narrow and smooth corridor with a high ceiling that conceals the shaft above. To the south, you can see it start to widen while the floor slopes downward more, as the tunnel gives way to the chamber where the bats dwell. To the north, it slopes upward toward the ceiling, it should start to descend past that and meet up with the tunnel to the surface, not too far from Yamame's home, or your earlier perch.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #148 on:** February 04, 2012, 06:56:14 PM »

> Look around for anything unusual. The faeries were most likely digging for pretty stones, and we probably wouldn't say no to some of those...
> If nothing unusual presents itself, head north with the goal of reaching the tunnel to the surface.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #149 on:** February 04, 2012, 07:18:24 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on February 04, 2012, 06:56:14 PM

> Look around for anything unusual. The faeries were most likely digging for pretty stones, and we probably wouldn't say no to some of those...
> If nothing unusual presents itself, head north with the goal of reaching the tunnel to the surface.

>You look around, and find nothing of interest. Places this close to the main tunnel probably wouldn't have them anyways, it's too easy to reach and clean out.
>You head northward, following the tunnel as it rises, then ascends until you come to a three-way juncture, shaped like a Y, the tunnel you just emerged from coming it at an angle to make the shape. To the south, the tunnel continues toward Yamame's chamber, while northward it continues toward where you were lurking beforehand and the Ancient City.

>_