Author Topic: Kisume Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure (Read 35306 times)

>You currently have a sack, which is full of foodstuffs you've scavenged over the day. You also have a bottle, which is currently filled with aged liquor. You may be able to improvise other containers.

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Kilgamayan · « **Reply #427 on:** July 03, 2012, 11:23:14 PM »

Ergh, this is gonna suck no matter what.

> Try to grab the snake around the middle with our closer hand. Be careful not to squeeze it to death.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #428 on:** July 03, 2012, 11:28:32 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on July 03, 2012, 11:23:14 PM

> Try to grab the snake around the middle with our closer hand. Be careful not to squeeze it to death.

>You dive after the snake, trying to grab it by the middle. As you do, it rights itself and starts to slither away as quickly as it can. You can feel cool scales under your fingers as they close around the very tip of its tail end.

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Kilgamayan · « **Reply #429 on:** July 03, 2012, 11:30:23 PM »

> This is gonna suuuuuuuuuck!
> Lift it up, bring it over and drop it in the bucket, quick!

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #430 on:** July 03, 2012, 11:36:31 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on July 03, 2012, 11:30:23 PM

> This is gonna suuuuuuuuuck!
> Lift it up, bring it over and drop it in the bucket, quick!

>You brace yourself, yank it off from the ground, and drop it in your bucket. Immediately it starts squirming around on your lap.
>"Owwww..." says the faerie, as she starts to pick herself up off the ground.

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Kilgamayan · « **Reply #431 on:** July 03, 2012, 11:38:15 PM »

> Just remember. This thing is a pet. This thing is a pet. This thing is a pet.
> Hightail it back to the shrine, hoping that the snake doesn't go anywhere or do anything untoward.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #432 on:** July 03, 2012, 11:51:10 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on July 03, 2012, 11:38:15 PM

> Just remember. This thing is a pet. This thing is a pet. This thing is a pet.
> Hightail it back to the shrine, hoping that the snake doesn't go anywhere or do anything untoward.

>You hightail it toward the shrine, doing your best not to think about the horrible slithery thing in your lap. You can hear the faerie cry out behind you, but you're too far away already to do anything. The animal is pretty horribly distracting as you move along. You think it's coiling up on your lap at the moment...

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Kilgamayan · « **Reply #433 on:** July 03, 2012, 11:52:39 PM »

> When we're confident we're not hurtling right at a tree, chance a glance downward to check in on it.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #434 on:** July 03, 2012, 11:56:00 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on July 03, 2012, 11:52:39 PM

> When we're confident we're not hurtling right at a tree, chance a glance downward to check in on it.

>You look down, and see...it seems to have feathers and something like limbs all of a sudden, and looks a lot smaller than it did beforehand.

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Kilgamayan · « **Reply #435 on:** July 04, 2012, 12:03:58 AM »

> Slow down so we don't smack into a tree, then take a better look at it.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #436 on:** July 04, 2012, 12:06:37 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on July 04, 2012, 12:03:58 AM

> Slow down so we don't smack into a tree, then take a better look at it.

>You slow down, and take a better look at it.
>It seems the snake has become something less like a elongated serpent, and more a small feathery thing with a beak and wings.

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Kilgamayan · « **Reply #437 on:** July 04, 2012, 12:10:50 AM »

> ...The hell?
> Gently poke the snake-thing.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #438 on:** July 04, 2012, 12:15:41 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on July 04, 2012, 12:10:50 AM

> ...The hell?
> Gently poke the snake-thing.

>You poke it, not certain what's going on, and it definitely feels feathery...
>Then it opens its wings and suddenly bursts into flight!

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Kilgamayan · « **Reply #439 on:** July 04, 2012, 12:23:32 AM »

> Wah!
> Follow it!

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #440 on:** July 04, 2012, 12:27:23 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on July 04, 2012, 12:23:32 AM

> Wah!
> Follow it!

>It has not quite escaped your bucket yet, but it is about to.

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Kilgamayan · « **Reply #441 on:** July 04, 2012, 12:29:22 AM »

> Grab it around the middle, then! But, again, not too rough.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #442 on:** July 04, 2012, 12:40:57 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on July 04, 2012, 12:29:22 AM

> Grab it around the middle, then! But, again, not too rough.

>You try to grab it around the middle and don't quite succeed. Its wings batter against your hands, and it fumbles in midair against them while you can't really grasp it.

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Kilgamayan · « **Reply #443 on:** July 04, 2012, 12:43:17 AM »

> Adjust our grabbing attempt to grab it from underneath it instead of from the sides.
> "Hey, calm down!"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #444 on:** July 04, 2012, 12:46:21 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on July 04, 2012, 12:43:17 AM

> Adjust our grabbing attempt to grab it from underneath it instead of from the sides.
> "Hey, calm down!"

>You try to grab it from underneath, and manage to get a tenuous grasp on it, though it continues to struggle against you and starts to wriggle free.

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Kilgamayan · « **Reply #445 on:** July 04, 2012, 12:53:48 AM »

> Did we get one or both hands?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #446 on:** July 04, 2012, 12:56:52 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on July 04, 2012, 12:53:48 AM

> Did we get one or both hands?

>You really aren't sure. You know you kind of have it with your right, you don't know if your left it helping, it's hard to tell while its beating its wings against your hands and squirming.

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Kilgamayan · « **Reply #447 on:** July 04, 2012, 12:58:17 AM »

> If we can, grab a flapping wing with our left hand.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #448 on:** July 04, 2012, 01:03:29 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on July 04, 2012, 12:58:17 AM

> If we can, grab a flapping wing with our left hand.

>You grab at a wing, and get a hold of some of its pinfeathers as it flaps madly. The motion comes to a quick stop, but still tries to flap. You have a reasonably firm grip on it and it doesn't seem to have much luck in wrenching its wing free at the moment.

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Kilgamayan · « **Reply #449 on:** July 04, 2012, 01:06:48 AM »

> Can we still fly reasonably well with our hands occupied and just our legs wedged in the bucket?