Kisume Quest VIII - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Kilgamayan]

> At what angle did shots last come from Kasen?

[Hello Purvis]

> At what angle did shots last come from Kasen?

>Somewhere below you, roughly speaking.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Hopefully she's paying enough attention to dodge.
> Expediently drop altitude.

[Hello Purvis]

> Hopefully she's paying enough attention to dodge.
> Expediently drop altitude.

>You drop down, and find that Kasen is a short ways ahead of you. Then shots from the explosion begin to to rain down from above. One of then passes close enough to tug at your hair, but little else thankfully.
>You can see that Sariel is already conjuring another circle of bullets, this one to the left of her.

>_

[O4rfish]

>Circle strafe right, then headbucket.
>If lasers appear, do a barrel roll.

[Hello Purvis]

>Circle strafe right, then headbucket.
>If lasers appear, do a barrel roll.

>You circle rightwards, do you intent to ascend?

>_

[O4rfish]

>No, except to reach the head.

[Hello Purvis]

>No, except to reach the head.

>You try to circle around, as much as the hallway will allow for. As you do, Kasen sends out spray of speedy purple shots, thankfully not so wide as to hinder you. Sariel slips between them, but you note that her wings make this more difficult than it would be for many people.
>The circle of shots she had created explode, sending another wave of glowing shots everywhere, including your direction! You have just enough time to see four of them coming in your general direction.

>_

[O4rfish]

>Maximum acceleration. Bucket bottom to reaper face.
>Assuming she dodges bucket, reach out with granite fist, tag face.

[Hello Purvis]

>Maximum acceleration. Bucket bottom to reaper face.
>Assuming she dodges bucket, reach out with granite fist, tag face.

>You accelerate toward Sariel, and toward the shrapnel-like danmaku. This works about as well as one would expect; one of the bullets slams into your shoulder, bringing a fierce ache that sets off your wounded side again and derailing your efforts to accelerate and stay on course.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Assuming we can see through the pain, how close to Sariel are we now?

[Hello Purvis]

> Assuming we can see through the pain, how close to Sariel are we now?

>You can see, though it is a bit blurry. You are about three yards away from her. She is nearly done summoning another ring of exploding shots; this one to her right.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> And we are presently to her right?
> Given the size of the shrapnel shots we've seen so far, could we tank a shot or two with the bucket if we tried?

[Hello Purvis]

> And we are presently to her right?
> Given the size of the shrapnel shots we've seen so far, could we tank a shot or two with the bucket if we tried?

>You are.
>You probably could catch one or two with your bucket. The problem is that they are dense and come from many directions, you think each detonating shot sends out its payload in straight lines, and with their positioning it creates a tangled mess.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Is Sariel close to the ceiling, close to the ground, or roughly in the middle of the room?

[Hello Purvis]

> Is Sariel close to the ceiling, close to the ground, or roughly in the middle of the room?

>She is about halfway between the middle of the corridor and the ceiling.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Swipe our uninjured-side arm horizontally to throw a wave of arrowheads at Sariel, then fall back a little bit since shrapnel bullets will be incoming.

[Hello Purvis]

> Swipe our uninjured-side arm horizontally to throw a wave of arrowheads at Sariel, then fall back a little bit since shrapnel bullets will be incoming.

>You send a wave of arrowheads toward Sariel and fall back. She moves out of the way of your shots, but you are close enough that she has a little difficulty in pulling her wings out of the way, and you clip one of them.
>Your predictions are correct; the shots explode again, and the shrapnel flies everywhere! Several shots come toward you, faster than you can hope to back away.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> How are they coming at us?

[Hello Purvis]

> How are they coming at us?

>Several are high, a couple are coming straight toward you, or very nearly so, and a few are coming low.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> What about left and right?

[O4rfish]

What if we turtle using the wok?

[Kilgamayan]

Let's find out!

> How large is the wok compared to, say, our head?

EDIT: Or you can find out, at least, but I'm going to bed. The wok might work as a shield, but I'd avoid trying to bucketslam again unless you're already really close.

[Hello Purvis]

> What about left and right?

>Too jumbled to tell, if you spent time deciphering it, you would not have time to dodge it.

> How large is the wok compared to, say, our head?

>It's not very large; otherwise you would be able to carry with you. You could probably fit it atop your head with little problem, but keeping it there would be difficult.

>_

[O4rfish]

>Use wok to increase angle of protection.

>Is it even possible to dodge exploding shots?

[Hello Purvis]

>Use wok to increase angle of protection.

>Is it even possible to dodge exploding shots?

>You imagine they can be dodged, you did it once before. However, you probably don't have time to do that and put a wok on your head.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Dodge to the left. (Unless there's a wall there, in which case head right instead.)

[Hello Purvis]

> Dodge to the left. (Unless there's a wall there, in which case head right instead.)

>You dodge to the left, and very nearly run into another shrapnel bullet! However, you manage to stop yourself in time, and slip between it and one that was coming through your prior location handily.

>_

[O4rfish]

>Assuming we have space, move closer to Sariel.

[Kilgamayan]

> Defining 'having space' as there being no bullets presently directly between ourselves and Sariel.