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

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #900 on:** July 14, 2012, 02:33:06 PM »

> Drift directly over this area and give it a good look.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #901 on:** July 14, 2012, 02:51:58 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2012, 02:33:06 PM

> Drift directly over this area and give it a good look.

>You drift over the area, and look around a bit.
>At a glance, it seems identical to the rest of the forest. But you note the ground isn't as flat, there some gentle hills here, which may be due to its proximity of to the mountains. They aren't very large, they are no more than a few feet high at most. Save for one hill, which looks quite a bit more like a oval mound of some kind, a small thing a few yards long and a couple yards across and a easily thrice as high as any hill here.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #902 on:** July 14, 2012, 02:54:21 PM »

> Drop down, to get a closer look at this one large hill.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #903 on:** July 14, 2012, 05:02:56 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2012, 02:54:21 PM

> Drop down, to get a closer look at this one large hill.

>You get closer to the mound and examine it. Upon taking a closer look, it seems...strange. The hill doesn't seem to be shaped quite right, the sides are just angled wrong. And the grass looks a little strange.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #904 on:** July 14, 2012, 05:54:29 PM »

> Can we still see Kasen?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #905 on:** July 14, 2012, 06:07:39 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2012, 05:54:29 PM

> Can we still see Kasen?

>You can, she's a little distance away.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #906 on:** July 14, 2012, 06:09:12 PM »

> Wave in her direction.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #907 on:** July 14, 2012, 06:12:38 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2012, 06:09:12 PM

> Wave in her direction.

>You wave toward Kasen. After a moment, she looks up and approaches you.
>"Have you found something?" she says.

>_

Hanzo K. · « **Reply #908 on:** July 14, 2012, 06:16:32 PM »

>"Yeah, this hill looks pretty fishy, don't it?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #909 on:** July 14, 2012, 06:19:25 PM »

Quote from: Hanzo K. on July 14, 2012, 06:16:32 PM

>"Yeah, this hill looks pretty fishy, don't it?"

>She looks down toward it, and nods. "Yes, it certainly does."

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #910 on:** July 14, 2012, 06:23:22 PM »

> Drop down and get up close to the hill.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #911 on:** July 14, 2012, 06:46:46 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2012, 06:23:22 PM

> Drop down and get up close to the hill.

>You drop down and get close to the hill.
>Looking at it, the grass doesn't seem to match that of the grass around the hill. Nor does the hill seem to be properly rounded...its concave where it should be convex.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #912 on:** July 14, 2012, 06:55:19 PM »

> Reach out and touch the ground of the hill.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #913 on:** July 14, 2012, 06:58:01 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2012, 06:55:19 PM

> Reach out and touch the ground of the hill.

>Where will you be touching it? Near the base, somewhere along the middle, or the top?

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #914 on:** July 14, 2012, 07:01:38 PM »

> Where it's concave instead of convex.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #915 on:** July 14, 2012, 07:15:59 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2012, 07:01:38 PM

> Where it's concave instead of convex.

>You touch the ground somewhere near middle, and find that the "ground" yields under your touch, stretching further inward. You also note that the grass doesn't feel right, it's more like silk than plant matter. ...Not quite like silk, something less cloth-like.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #916 on:** July 14, 2012, 07:24:00 PM »

> Grab it and pull on it.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #917 on:** July 14, 2012, 07:24:47 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2012, 07:24:00 PM

> Grab it and pull on it.

>You pull on the grass, and the "ground" moves outward. You suspect you have found a well-made tarp.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #918 on:** July 14, 2012, 07:26:07 PM »

> Get a grip on the "ground" with both hands and try to pull the tarp away from whatever it's on.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #919 on:** July 14, 2012, 07:45:05 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2012, 07:26:07 PM

> Get a grip on the "ground" with both hands and try to pull the tarp away from whatever it's on.

>You grab the tarp, and try to pull it away. It resists your efforts, as it feels like it is rather heavy. Kasen quietly moves beside you and tugs on it as well, You feel the tarp yield to your collective pull, and the two of you easily tug it away.
>Underneath the tarp is a large metallic...thing. It looks like a small building, or perhaps a free-standing room. However, it is not properly built on a foundation, but instead stands on some small, foot-tall stilts. The edges of it are oddly rounded, making the whole thing look kind of like an oval. A rounded door, a hinged one like those at the manner rather than the typical sliding door, rest on the side facing you.
>"What in the world..." says Kasen.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #920 on:** July 14, 2012, 07:46:34 PM »

> "Classy."
> Open the door nearest us and have a look inside.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #921 on:** July 14, 2012, 07:56:14 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2012, 07:46:34 PM

> "Classy."
> Open the door nearest us and have a look inside.

>"I suppose," says Kasen. "I don't like this thing at all..."
>You open the only door, and reveal a metallic interior inside. The floor is metal, and the walls are covered with strange...you assume it's machinery. There is light inside, coming from a source on top that you cannot see. From outside, a lot of the room is outside of your view.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #922 on:** July 14, 2012, 07:58:35 PM »

> "Well, fortunate favors the bold."
> Enter!

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #923 on:** July 14, 2012, 08:18:05 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2012, 07:58:35 PM

> "Well, fortunate favors the bold."
> Enter!

>You walk inside.
>The room is not very large. The southern part of it is dominated by panels of what you assume is machinery. There are levers and buttons strange lights, and things you simply cannot make sense of. There are a couple seats by the machinery, presumably for the people using it to sit at. There are a couple more seats in the middle of the room, though they seem to be entirely covered in cloth, rather than made of proper wood. Toward the back, you see what seem to be metal cabinets...and a motionless woman in a maid outfit!
>The woman bows toward you, and says, "Welcome back, master? Shall I ready your tea?" Her hair is red and drawn back into a long ponytail, while she wears a blue dress under her apron. She is of about average size and build, and doesn't look to be very remarkable other than the fact that she's here!

>_

GuyYouMetOnline · « **Reply #924 on:** July 14, 2012, 08:23:57 PM »

>"Yes."

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #925 on:** July 14, 2012, 08:27:31 PM »

> "Thank you."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #926 on:** July 14, 2012, 08:30:21 PM »

Quote from: GuyYouMetOnline on July 14, 2012, 08:23:57 PM

>"Yes."

>"Please have a seat, master," says the maid, gesturing toward the seats in the middle with both hands, and bowing again.
>"What's going on in here?" says Kasen, as she walks inside behind you.
>"Oh, you brought a gesture, master?" says the maid. "I wish you would have warned me, and I would have prepared snacks. But there I can offer tea."
>"...What?" says Kasen, looking to the maid, then to you.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #927 on:** July 14, 2012, 08:32:44 PM »

> Look at the maid.
> "Sorry about that."
> Turn to Kasen, shrug with a sheepish grin, then head to one of the seats and, leaving our bucket right at the foot of the seat, sit down in it.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #928 on:** July 14, 2012, 08:40:18 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2012, 08:32:44 PM

> Look at the maid.
> "Sorry about that."
> Turn to Kasen, shrug with a sheepish grin, then head to one of the seats and, leaving our bucket right at the foot of the seat, sit down in it.

>You make your way over to the seat and sit down. Kasen follows you and has a seat beside you, frowning and looking around, while the maid goes to the back part of the room. You hear her tinkering opening what sounds like some metallic containers, then tea pouring.
>"Would either of you like some sugar with your tea? Or milk?" she asks.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #929 on:** July 14, 2012, 08:43:14 PM »

> What do we prefer in our tea?