Kisume Quest VIII - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

> Can we throw fire that far?

>You can, but you are not fully confident in your accuracy while having to dodge all the danmaku around you.

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[Kilgamayan]

> How open is the way forward along the wall?

[Hello Purvis]

> How open is the way forward along the wall?

>It is about as open as it was; that is you'll have to take it slowly and carefully, and you don't feel particularly safe in doing it.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Has Kasen been hugging the wall?
> Are the familiars firing bullets behind themselves?

[Hello Purvis]

> Has Kasen been hugging the wall?
> Are the familiars firing bullets behind themselves?

>She seems to be favoring the middle of the corridor more.
>They seem to be. Looking at them a bit more closely, you think the familiars serve as the hub of a several arms of bullets that rotate around them like a pinwheel.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Advance a little bit more along the wall at the same pace we were moving before. It seemed to be working well enough for us.

[Hello Purvis]

> Advance a little bit more along the wall at the same pace we were moving before. It seemed to be working well enough for us.

>You move forward, slipping through the oncoming waves of dark blue shots while the light blue shots come from the sides at inconvenient angles, some of them brushing to close to you. You gain another couple of yards, finding a wave of dark blue shots coming at you and another just behind you, before Sariel points her wand at you, and sends a single bullet flying in your direction.

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[Kilgamayan]

> We are still about halfway between the floor and ceiling, yes?
> How do the bullet patterns above and below us differ from the ones on our level?
> How large a spread did the exploding bullet have when it went after Kasen?

[Hello Purvis]

> We are still about halfway between the floor and ceiling, yes?
> How do the bullet patterns above and below us differ from the ones on our level?
> How large a spread did the exploding bullet have when it went after Kasen?

>You are about halfway between the floor and the ceiling.
>The ones above and below you seem to be coming out from the familiars at angles, the whole thing seems to look like a giant sphere.
>It was fairly large; at least three yards across.

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[Kilgamayan]

> If we moved up or down a considerable distance, would we have to rastically alter out dodging pattern?
> How dense was the bullet's explosion?

[Hello Purvis]

> If we moved up or down a considerable distance, would we have to rastically alter out dodging pattern?
> How dense was the bullet's explosion?

>Probably.
>It was dense enough you don't think you could escape it if you were in range, not even through dumb luck.

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[Kilgamayan]

> And how tall is the room again?

[Hello Purvis]

> And how tall is the room again?

>From about floor to ceiling, it is approximately 15 feet high.

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[Kilgamayan]

> How clear is the air immediately above us?

[Hello Purvis]

> How clear is the air immediately above us?

>There is a wave of dark blue shots passing overhead.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Will it be gone by the time the shots headed right for us arrive?

[Hello Purvis]

> Will it be gone by the time the shots headed right for us arrive?

>You think so, if they're moving at a similar rate to the ones coming at you from the front.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Let's fly up to the ceiling once the air above is clear, then. Hopefully we'll be far enough away from the large bullet that the bucket will shield whatever happens to come our way, if anything.

[Hello Purvis]

> Let's fly up to the ceiling once the air above is clear, then. Hopefully we'll be far enough away from the large bullet that the bucket will shield whatever happens to come our way, if anything.

>You make your way upward as the wave passes overheard, gaining about a yard, and find several light blue shots coming at you from the left. As well, you aren't especially confident that you'll be clear of the explosion.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Wait, so we're on the western wall again?
> Are the shots coming in from our left also coming at us from the front?

[Hello Purvis]

> Wait, so we're on the western wall again?
> Are the shots coming in from our left also coming at us from the front?

>The wall is to your right; are you sure you want to dwell on compass directions at the moment?
>The light blue shots are coming at you largely from the left and little ahead, from the familiar on the opposite side of the hall. Dark blue shots coming at you largely from the familiar you have been trying to approach.

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[Kilgamayan]

> And those dark blue shots are coming from straight ahead right now?

[Hello Purvis]

> And those dark blue shots are coming from straight ahead right now?

>Not exactly, they are are also coming from below from varying degrees. The same is true of the ones coming from the left.

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[Kilgamayan]

> So we can move straight forward without getting hit?

[Hello Purvis]

> So we can move straight forward without getting hit?

>You doubt it would be that easily, while they are coming up at you from an angle, they are still coming up at you.  You doubt your bucket would catch them all.

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[Kilgamayan]

> If they're coming from below, what about us moving forward and upward at the same time?

[Hello Purvis]

> If they're coming from below, what about us moving forward and upward at the same time?

>It would probably work, but you run the risk of hitting the wave that is travelling above that one.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Then let's not worry about what's coming at us from pseuo-below and concentrate on moving further upward.
> Once the wave right above us gives us the opportunity to do so safely, keep heading upward, and move forward at the same time. Concentrate on not running into things above us.

[Hello Purvis]

> Then let's not worry about what's coming at us from pseuo-below and concentrate on moving further upward.
> Once the wave right above us gives us the opportunity to do so safely, keep heading upward, and move forward at the same time. Concentrate on not running into things above us.

>You wait for a moment, then ascend again right as the light blue shots start to close in on you, as the next wave passes overhead. Moments after you ascend, the lone orange shot reaches your previous position, and explodes violently, coming much too close to the bottom of your bucket and lingering for a few moments.
>The next wave of dark blue bullets is coming at you at a noticeable able, probably close to 40 or so degrees from the floor. More vexingly, so are the light blue from the farther away familiar, making them that much more difficult to compensate for.

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[Kilgamayan]

> What's Sariel up to now?