Kisume Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

> Float to our left a bit, keeping focus on the bullets headed our way. Let's see if their flight path changes at all.

>You float a bit to the left and observe the pattern. The shots do not seem to to follow you, but as the oni releases several more, you note that they are coming your way.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> The new bullets are heading our way and not the old ones?
> Is this stream of bubbles steady so far?

[Hello Purvis]

> The new bullets are heading our way and not the old ones?
> Is this stream of bubbles steady so far?

>The new ones are heading your way, and not the old ones.
>The stream seems reasonably steady.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Float straight upward for a couple of seconds, then stop moving upward and head to the right for a couple of seconds. Pay attention to how steady the stream is.

[Hello Purvis]

> Float straight upward for a couple of seconds, then stop moving upward and head to the right for a couple of seconds. Pay attention to how steady the stream is.

>You raise up, then move right. As you do, more shots follow you, while the ones that have already fired start to make larger and larger spirals.  The shoot out as you move, one aimed at your course while rising, one at where you changed directions, and one when you were moving rightward. The stream seems very steady.

[Kilgamayan]

> Aimed? So those shots eventually deviated from their spiraling flight path, or they kept following their paths and just happened to cross ours?
> Either way, does this mean those bubbles in particular are headed toward where we were and not where we are?
> How strong is the laser our card uses?

[Hello Purvis]

> Aimed? So those shots eventually deviated from their spiraling flight path, or they kept following their paths and just happened to cross ours?
> Either way, does this mean those bubbles in particular are headed toward where we were and not where we are?
> How strong is the laser our card uses?

>The new shots seem to be aimed at where you were when they were released. As such, the new shots seem to be moving toward where you were. You also note that they are spiraling as well.
>It's hard to rate the strength, directly, but it's certainly has a lot more oomph than the rest of your shots.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Well, as long as no bullets are headed at our current position immediately, fire a horizontal spread of yello arrowheads in the oni's direction.

[Hello Purvis]

> Well, as long as no bullets are headed at our current position immediately, fire a horizontal spread of yello arrowheads in the oni's direction.

>You fire a spread of horizontal yellow arrowheads at the oni. She does not attempt to dodge, and one of the clips her in in the shoulder.
>You note motion behind you. Glancing back, you see the first wave of shots is now spiraling quite widely and overlapping. Backing out will be difficult. Looking forward again, more spiraling shots are coming in your direction.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> How fast is the laser from Well-bucket-dropping-Monster once finally in motion?

[Hello Purvis]

> How fast is the laser from Well-bucket-dropping-Monster once finally in motion?

>It...isn't as fast as you want it to be, but it is reasonably swift and pretty wide.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> For all the spiraling these bubble bullets have been doing, they've never doubled back on themselves, have they?

[Hello Purvis]

> For all the spiraling these bubble bullets have been doing, they've never doubled back on themselves, have they?

>They have been, but so far you've had enough room it's not an issue.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Are there any shots still headed at where we began her card?
> Are there any shots headed right at us aside from the ones she just fired?

[Hello Purvis]

> Are there any shots still headed at where we began her card?
> Are there any shots headed right at us aside from the ones she just fired?

>Some of the original shots have passed you, others are still passing by.
>There are no other headed directly toward you right now.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

Sorry for the scattershot questions,but every time I'm all set to go ahead and declare I think of something else I want to make sure I cover.

> How soon after we declare our card does our laser start firing?
> How rapidly does our laser fire?

[Hello Purvis]

> How soon after we declare our card does our laser start firing?
> How rapidly does our laser fire?

>You can begin almost immediately after the card is declared. The rate of fire is fairly fast, but it is aimed forward as it is designed to simulate what you do best. But as long as you can move freely, you can aim it by facing what you want to hit.  The rest of the shots gather around you and start to drop after a couple seconds, a bit slowly than the main laser.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> 'Drop'? Does that mean we need to be above the target for the bullets to head their way?
> How much room do we have to our right?

[Hello Purvis]

> 'Drop'? Does that mean we need to be above the target for the bullets to head their way?
> How much room do we have to our right?

>No, but you prefer it that way. Move toward the opponent would be the best way to describe it. It's just easiest to think of it as drop.
>If you head right, you will likely smack into one of the bullets that was recently launched. It might be possible to graze across it, but it would be risky.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> What about the left?

[Hello Purvis]

> What about the left?

>The left is presently clear.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Declare our own card, facing towad the oni so as to aim the laser and lesser bullets at her. In particlar, the laser should be aimed at her torso.

[Hello Purvis]

> Declare our own card, facing towad the oni so as to aim the laser and lesser bullets at her. In particlar, the laser should be aimed at her torso.

>You declare your spellcard while the oni fires another shot at you. It flies at you as you direct the card's power into a beam, and send it flying toward her. She does not dodge, and the beam connects solidly with her torso.  Her own spellcard holds in the face of that, and you have a spiraling bubble shot coming toward you!

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> From what direction is it coming?

[Hello Purvis]

> From what direction is it coming?

>It is moving in a reasonably straight line from her toward you; as much as something that is spiraling can move reasonably straight.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Do our seconday card bullets pour out automatically, or do we have to activate them manually?

[Hello Purvis]

> Do our seconday card bullets pour out automatically, or do we have to activate them manually?

>They will come automatically.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Hop to the left! Unless we're still in the air, in which case just float to the left. Try to keep facing the oni while doing so, which will probably end up making our movement more of a strafe.

[Hello Purvis]

> Hop to the left! Unless we're still in the air, in which case just float to the left. Try to keep facing the oni while doing so, which will probably end up making our movement more of a strafe.

>You float leftward away from the spiraling shot, and unleash another beam. It too slams into the oni, while she lets off more spiraling shots in your direction. She's a tough one, alright...

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> If we do what we do best from above, then let's get there!
> While ever-so-slightly drifting to the left, start floating upward. After about a second and half, stop drifting left and starting heading forward toward the oni while still moving up. Keep facing the oni at all times while doing this.