Nue Quest 7 - Serpent Isle: A Z-Machine Adventure

[Kilgamayan]

> Have we ever been attacked with faith before? If so, was it a physical pain like this is?

[Hello Purvis]

> Have we ever been attacked with faith before? If so, was it a physical pain like this is?

>You have, it was an occupational hazard of harrying the Mikado. And it does not feel like this as you've experienced it; it was less like a wound and more like a sickness that weakens and repels you.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Look back and forth between the 'injured' shoulder and Sir Kay with an expression of pained confusion.

[Hello Purvis]

> Look back and forth between the 'injured' shoulder and Sir Kay with an expression of pained confusion.

>Sir Kay, for his part, seems to be patiently waiting on you. After a moment, he says something incomprehensible...no, wait. Mostly incomprehensible. You definitely was able to pick out something you recognized as "are" and "you".

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Resheath the trident and pull the sword pieces back out, being as gentle with the 'injured' shoulder as we can.
> Connect the sword.
> "So why am I not gushing blood like a fountain right now?"

[Hello Purvis]

> Resheath the trident and pull the sword pieces back out, being as gentle with the 'injured' shoulder as we can.
> Connect the sword.
> "So why am I not gushing blood like a fountain right now?"

>"Because we are not barbarians," says Sir Kay, sheathing his sword and looking over his elbow. "I could well ask the same about those spells of yours."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Huh. Guess I'm just used to our stuff being non-lethal, and I've never seen anyone take a blade hard to a limb without seeing that limb come right off. I think our two homes may be more alike than the language barrier would suggest."

[DracoOmega]

>"Besides, danmaku doesn't hurt any worse than it looks, but I'd swear right now that you almost took my shoulder off, if I couldn't look at it. How're you doing that?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Huh. Guess I'm just used to our stuff being non-lethal, and I've never seen anyone take a blade hard to a limb without seeing that limb come right off. I think our two homes may be more alike than the language barrier would suggest."

>"Had I not been versed in the gentleman's art," says Sir Kay, "Most likely I would be handing you that arm, yes. Still, we'll make a gladiator of you worthy of foul Lucius yet."

>"Besides, danmaku doesn't hurt any worse than it looks, but I'd swear right now that you almost took my shoulder off, if I couldn't look at it. How're you doing that?"

>"That would be the gentleman's art," says Sir Kay. "And you must have an odd idea how how things look, for I speak as a man familiar with the mystical, and it seems most unpleasant."

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Grin a little
>"I'll take that as a compliment. Too bad I had a large part of my best stuff drained away by that man I mentioned earlier, or you might've seen something really impressive."
>With a more serious expression
>"But while we're at it, what was that 'the sword preys on my mind now' bit about, anyway? What exactly was the point of all this supposed to be?"

[Hello Purvis]

>Grin a little
>"I'll take that as a compliment. Too bad I had a large part of my best stuff drained away by that man I mentioned earlier, or you might've seen something really impressive."
>With a more serious expression
>"But while we're at it, what was that 'the sword preys on my mind now' bit about, anyway? What exactly was the point of all this supposed to be?"

>"I was outlining the situation that you were in," says Sir Kay. "It would be important for you not to lose focus, wouldn't you agree?"

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"That's fine and all, and I'm as game for a little sparring as the next fellow, but I still don't see what that has to do with you deciding to attack me all of a sudden."

[Hello Purvis]

>"That's fine and all, and I'm as game for a little sparring as the next fellow, but I still don't see what that has to do with you deciding to attack me all of a sudden."

>"Perhaps I've been mistaken in regards to your wisdom," he says. "How can I expect to trust you with such a thing when I am uncertain of your own prowess in a difficult situation, even  without any real problems on top of it?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Oh. Aha, of course. Well, if Princey here tried to get in my head, I didn't notice."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Oh. Aha, of course. Well, if Princey here tried to get in my head, I didn't notice."

>Sir Kay nods. "Well then, are you prepared to finish this?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> How are our shoulder and side feeling?

[Hello Purvis]

> How are our shoulder and side feeling?

>They are still quite sore, though the shoulder wound is starting to ebb from mind-numbing to merely maddening.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Try to roll the 'injured' shoulder a little bit to test it out.

[Hello Purvis]

> Try to roll the 'injured' shoulder a little bit to test it out.

>You roll your shoulder. It moves properly, but it is not a pleasant experience at all, and it takes a fair amount of self-control to keep from yelping out.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Wince regardless.
> "Fight to win, I assume?"

[Hello Purvis]

> Wince regardless.
> "Fight to win, I assume?"

>He nods.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> How adept would a seed be at adding the sensation of extreme cold?
> Would it make the illusion more or less fragile if we wanted to localize a temperature change as opposed to have the temperature change affect the entire object? Or would it not make a meaningful difference?
> Have we been able to tell how he holds his shield?

[Hello Purvis]

> How adept would a seed be at adding the sensation of extreme cold?
> Would it make the illusion more or less fragile if we wanted to localize a temperature change as opposed to have the temperature change affect the entire object? Or would it not make a meaningful difference?
> Have we been able to tell how he holds his shield?

>It could most certainly create the illusion of such, though it might be fragile, depending on how much the observer or observers believed a thing ought to be cold. Done properly, you could pass it off as a spell of some kind.
>It would be probably be more fragile, it depends on how strange it would be to for the observer to find localized cold rather than spread out cold.
>You aren't certain, but you think he has it strapped to his arm, and is holding it by a handle.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Could we give a seed instructions to 'remember', such that it knows what it is going to do but does not actually go about its business until we tell it to later?

[Hello Purvis]

> Could we give a seed instructions to 'remember', such that it knows what it is going to do but does not actually go about its business until we tell it to later?

>You can prepare them ahead of time. Though if you wait too long before using them, general on the order of hours, they may exhaust themselves prematurely.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Would slapping a seed onto the desired object risk damage as opposed to letting to wriggle its way into the object?

[Hello Purvis]

> Would slapping a seed onto the desired object risk damage as opposed to letting to wriggle its way into the object?

>It would, but more from the impact itself than any need for the seed move on its own.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> How difficult would an appearance-of-having-turned-into-ice illusion be?

[Hello Purvis]

> How difficult would an appearance-of-having-turned-into-ice illusion be?

>That would be fairly complex in most cases, save for water, and take a couple minutes to set up.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> What about a red glow that would visually imply extreme heat?

Claiming V/LA until Monday night. I'll have my phone, but no guarantees I'll be of any use. Thinking our best bet at this point is to trick him into dropping the shield somehow.