Author Topic: Kisume Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure (Read 35291 times)

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #180 on:** June 28, 2012, 11:05:14 AM »

> Follow those footprints and mud tracks!
> But not headfirst into a tree, please.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #181 on:** June 28, 2012, 11:57:11 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on June 28, 2012, 11:05:14 AM

> Follow those footprints and mud tracks!
> But not headfirst into a tree, please.

>You follow the footprints as they angle a bit toward the southeast. Soon you lose sign of them again, and find yourself following the path of least resistance again. The forest is quiet, save for birdsong and such. At one point, your passage sends a small raccoon scurrying into the underbrush. You start to hear a stream up ahead, which would keep in the direction that you've been following, while the least overgrown path bends further east. Obvious exists are east, south, and north.

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Kilgamayan · « **Reply #182 on:** June 28, 2012, 02:02:29 PM »

> Still no sound of Sanae?
> What's to the west, that we can't go that way?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #183 on:** June 28, 2012, 02:30:32 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on June 28, 2012, 02:02:29 PM

> Still no sound of Sanae?
> What's to the west, that we can't go that way?

>You not heard anything particularly Sanae-like.
>To the west, the forest gets thick enough that you couldn't easily fly through it. You certainly couldn't imagine anyone walking through it without leaving a lot of obvious traces.

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Kilgamayan · « **Reply #184 on:** June 28, 2012, 03:11:06 PM »

>East

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #185 on:** June 28, 2012, 03:44:08 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on June 28, 2012, 03:11:06 PM

>East

>You proceed eastward. It doesn't take long for the less tangled parts of the forest floor to disappear entirely. Listening, you think you can hear something in the brush further southward.

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Kilgamayan · « **Reply #186 on:** June 28, 2012, 04:32:20 PM »

> South, but quietly. Sacrifice speed for not running into things and making noise as needed.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #187 on:** June 28, 2012, 05:27:56 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on June 28, 2012, 04:32:20 PM

> South, but quietly. Sacrifice speed for not running into things and making noise as needed.

>You move southward, trying to keep as quiet as you can.
>Making your way over the brush, you skirt around a stand of trees and can see some of the brush moving. before you can make out a distinct polka-dotted blue dress and white shirt poking out from it; it seems that your cohort is rummaging on the ground for something.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #188 on:** June 28, 2012, 05:52:04 PM »

> Give her five seconds to stand up, acknowledge our presence, or anything.
> If she does nothing different, give a soft "Hey."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #189 on:** June 28, 2012, 06:09:28 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on June 28, 2012, 05:52:04 PM

> Give her five seconds to stand up, acknowledge our presence, or anything.
> If she does nothing different, give a soft "Hey."

>You give her a few seconds to notice you, but it seems that you did a good job of creeping up on her without making a word.
>She looks up as you call her attention. "Let me know if you see a shuriken on the ground," she says in a terse tone.

>_

capt. h · « **Reply #190 on:** June 28, 2012, 06:27:41 PM »

> Do we see a shuriken?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #191 on:** June 28, 2012, 06:33:42 PM »

Quote from: capt. h on June 28, 2012, 06:27:41 PM

> Do we see a shuriken?

>Not immediately.

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capt. h · « **Reply #192 on:** June 28, 2012, 06:55:33 PM »

~~> "Did a green haired shrine maiden or a grey-haired farmer pass by here?"~~

EDIT: Oh yeah, I forget Sanae wore polka-dots.

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #193 on:** June 28, 2012, 07:04:26 PM »

Quote from: capt. h on June 28, 2012, 06:55:33 PM

> "Did a green haired shrine maiden or a grey-haired farmer pass by here?"

> Don't say this.

This is Sanae we're talking to. White shirt, polka dot blue dress, most recent cohort. Though why she's looking for a shuriken is anyone's guess.

> "Did he throw it at you or something?"
> Look over the last few yards of ground we just traversed, as well as any nearby bushes.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #194 on:** June 28, 2012, 07:12:34 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on June 28, 2012, 07:04:26 PM

> "Did he throw it at you or something?"
> Look over the last few yards of ground we just traversed, as well as any nearby bushes.

>"Yes!" she says, "I can't believe it! That lowlife!"
>You look over the last few yards. It is pretty much all covered in various dead brush. If it fell anywhere there, it would be easily lost.

>_

GuyYouMetOnline · « **Reply #195 on:** June 28, 2012, 07:22:59 PM »

>"What happened?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #196 on:** June 28, 2012, 07:53:15 PM »

Quote from: GuyYouMetOnline on June 28, 2012, 07:22:59 PM

>"What happened?"

>"Well I saw him," says Sanae, "Then I chased him in here, and I lost him. And I looked around for awhile, and I ran into him. I told him to stop, and he wouldn't listen or even say anything."
>She checks the ground near herself again before continuing. "So I shot some danmaku at him to let him know I meant business. Next thing you know he's whirling around and I just barely got out of the way of that shuriken! Have you ever had a shuriken thrown at you? I sure haven't until today! By the time I realized what happened and calmed down, he was long gone. I tried to find him again, but no luck. So I came back here and am trying to figure out where the stupid thing landed."

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GuyYouMetOnline · « **Reply #197 on:** June 28, 2012, 07:56:04 PM »

>"Why do you want to find it?"

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #198 on:** June 28, 2012, 07:56:45 PM »

> Start brushing away dead brush while talking.
> "Unbelievable. You gotta be a special kind of stupid to throw shurikens at a shrine maiden. I wonder if he's looking for the black-white so he can call her fat to her face, or something."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #199 on:** June 28, 2012, 08:06:51 PM »

Quote from: GuyYouMetOnline on June 28, 2012, 07:56:04 PM

>"Why do you want to find it?"

>"Because if he wants it back, he going to have to come through me, that's why," she says. "And I want it as evidence."

Quote from: Kilgamayan on June 28, 2012, 07:56:45 PM

> Start brushing away dead brush while talking.
> "Unbelievable. You gotta be a special kind of stupid to throw shurikens at a shrine maiden. I wonder if he's looking for the black-white so he can call her fat to her face, or something."

>You start moving some brush. Why you do not see anything like a shuriken, you note some small branches that have been neatly cut.
>"I don't know what's going on his head," says Sanae. "I wonder if he's a ninja? Does Gensokyo have ninja?"

>_

GuyYouMetOnline · « **Reply #200 on:** June 28, 2012, 08:08:23 PM »

>"What's a ninja?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #201 on:** June 28, 2012, 09:01:31 PM »

Quote from: GuyYouMetOnline on June 28, 2012, 08:08:23 PM

>"What's a ninja?"

>"Guess not," says Sanae with a shrug.

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GuyYouMetOnline · « **Reply #202 on:** June 28, 2012, 09:27:03 PM »

>"I wouldn't know even if they were here. I live in tunnels underground. Not exactly the best place to learn things, especially when you prefer to remain out of sight."

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #203 on:** June 28, 2012, 09:30:11 PM »

> "By the way, it looks like some of these branches on the ground here were cut clean."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #204 on:** June 28, 2012, 09:36:45 PM »

Quote from: GuyYouMetOnline on June 28, 2012, 09:27:03 PM

>"I wouldn't know even if they were here. I live in tunnels underground. Not exactly the best place to learn things, especially when you prefer to remain out of sight."

>She nods. "Well, I'd like to think I've blended in over the years, but there's always things to learn."

Quote from: Kilgamayan on June 28, 2012, 09:30:11 PM

> "By the way, it looks like some of these branches on the ground here were cut clean."

>"Really?" she says, crawling toward you. "Aha!"
>She reaches into the brush, and pulls out a shuriken, about the side of her palm, made of some kind of silvery-gray metal with slight green tinting. It has bits of mud clinging to most of it length, suggesting it was mostly buried. "Oooh, would have been bad if someone stepped on this."

>_

GuyYouMetOnline · « **Reply #205 on:** June 28, 2012, 09:38:38 PM »

>"You think maybe some magician could use that to do a locator spell on the man or something? Or is that not actually possible?"

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #206 on:** June 28, 2012, 09:40:07 PM »

> Does she still have her sword?
> "Yikes. What'll we do now? Anyone else worth telling, so we can get more people on the hunt for this guy? He's gotta be up to something now."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #207 on:** June 28, 2012, 10:01:13 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on June 28, 2012, 09:40:07 PM

> Does she still have her sword?
> "Yikes. What'll we do now? Anyone else worth telling, so we can get more people on the hunt for this guy? He's gotta be up to something now."

>She does still have the sword, it's hanging off her shoulder.
>"I don't," says Sanae. "Given how the guy acts when he's in trouble, I don't know if having more people hunting for him is a good idea."

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #208 on:** June 28, 2012, 10:04:02 PM »

>"You think maybe some magician could use that to do a locator spell on the man or something? Or is that not actually possible?"
> "Or what about that 'Kanako-sama' you mentioned earlier?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #209 on:** June 28, 2012, 10:10:38 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on June 28, 2012, 10:04:02 PM

>"You think maybe some magician could use that to do a locator spell on the man or something? Or is that not actually possible?"
> "Or what about that 'Kanako-sama' you mentioned earlier?

>"Maybe," says Sanae. "I know Patchouli could do something like that kind of spell, but I don't know how that works. And Kanako-sama could read the wind, but that can take time."

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