Yukari Quest III - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

>Continue peering into mirrors until we see something other than just ruined buildings.

>How will you proceed in examining the mirrors?

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[Yaersulf]

>Peer into mirrors along the side of the hallway that we are facing looking for anything other than ruined buildings, if we get to a fork, stop.

[Hello Purvis]

>Peer into mirrors along the side of the hallway that we are facing looking for anything other than ruined buildings, if we get to a fork, stop.

>You begin to make your way toward the hall, peering into mirror after mirror. In each one you peer into, you see the outlines of shattered architecture, exposed steel, and broken furniture. You are able to make out the interiors of offices, building plazas and arcades, and sometimes the exteriors of buildings. Here and there, you make out a broken pinnacle that is likely as unsafe as the one you visited before. There is little to see but devastation and ash.
>You work your way into the first corridor that you entered, and make your way along the gentle curve, finding scene after scene of ruin.  As you reach the point where it begins to curve back to the right, you notice something unusual in the reflection are looking at. The scene you can see in it is yet another broken office, or perhaps some waiting room, with the usual assortment of debris. What is curious, though, is a small white object in the reflection, close to the bottom of the mirror. It doesn't seem to be a part of the scene itself, as it is mirrored as many times as your own reflection is.

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[Yaersulf]

>Can we see it in any of the other mirrors?

[Hello Purvis]

>Can we see it in any of the other mirrors?

>You look around, and see that it is reflected in some of the other mirrors as well.

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[O4rfish]

>Is it in the room we are in?

[Hello Purvis]

>Is it in the room we are in?

>You do not see it anywhere in the corridor. You think you would have noticed it the first time that you passed through.

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[O4rfish]

>Which room is it in?

[Hello Purvis]

>Which room is it in?

>There are no rooms here. You're in the middle of a corridor filled with mirrors.

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[O4rfish]

>From which mirror does the image of the small white object originate?

[Hello Purvis]

>From which mirror does the image of the small white object originate?

>You aren't certain at a glance.

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[O4rfish]

>We are the one who taught math to Gensokyo's greatest mathematician. We are the youkai astronomer. Using our knowledge and experience of parallax, vectors, optics, and anything else applicable, perform actions in line with finding the small white object, wherever it is.

I'm not going to enter incremental commands like "Take a step to the right. Wave left hand so our reflection intersects with image of object. Is the object behind us or in front of us?"

[Hello Purvis]

>We are the one who taught math to Gensokyo's greatest mathematician. We are the youkai astronomer. Using our knowledge and experience of parallax, vectors, optics, and anything else applicable, perform actions in line with finding the small white object, wherever it is.

>You are well familiar with such things. How do you intend to go about applying this knowledge, and will you be doing anything in particular while applying it?

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[Kilgamayan]

I'm not going to enter incremental commands like "Take a step to the right. Wave left hand so our reflection intersects with image of object. Is the object behind us or in front of us?"

I BEG TO DIFFER, SIR

> Since the object is near the floor, gently lift on of our legs just a fraction of an inch off the ground and sweep it in front of us so it passes the reflection of the object. Does our leg cover the object or does the object cover part of our leg?

[Hello Purvis]

> Since the object is near the floor, gently lift on of our legs just a fraction of an inch off the ground and sweep it in front of us so it passes the reflection of the object. Does our leg cover the object or does the object cover part of our leg?

>You sweep your foot a bit, and cover the object as well as all its reflections when you pass over it.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Move our leg across our body again until it covers up the object again.
> Once that is done, slowly swing our leg backward, trying to keep the object covered.

[Hello Purvis]

> Move our leg across our body again until it covers up the object again.
> Once that is done, slowly swing our leg backward, trying to keep the object covered.

>You cover up the object, and pull your leg back, until you have have to reflexively walk backward a step to keep from falling. The object remains covered in the mirror.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Put an arm straight out behind us.
> Slowly walk backward, aiming to keep our leg covering the object. Use our arm to feel for when we're about to hit the wall behind us.

[Hello Purvis]

> Put an arm straight out behind us.
> Slowly walk backward, aiming to keep our leg covering the object. Use our arm to feel for when we're about to hit the wall behind us.

>You feel behind you and continue to walk back, keeping the white object obscured, until your hand brushes against the frame of an opposing mirror.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Look down between our legs, hiking up our dress a little bit if needed to increase our field of vision. Is the object visible under us, perhaps?

[Hello Purvis]

> Look down between our legs, hiking up our dress a little bit if needed to increase our field of vision. Is the object visible under us, perhaps?

>You check the floor around you and under your skirt, and do no see any kind of object, white or otherwise.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Not even in the reflection of the mirrored floor?

[Hello Purvis]

> Not even in the reflection of the mirrored floor?

>There are some reflections of it on the floor, though you are also blocking a few.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Comparing how we are angled at the reflections where we are blocking it and at the reflections where we are not blocking it, can we tell where it might be relative to us?
> Can we even tell what it is?

[Hello Purvis]

> Comparing how we are angled at the reflections where we are blocking it and at the reflections where we are not blocking it, can we tell where it might be relative to us?
> Can we even tell what it is?

>It is a bit difficult to tell directly where it is, but you are certain it is more to the left at the moment.
>You aren't quite sure what it is. It is rather instinct, like it were made of mist, and somewhat shaped like an egg.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Look back up to keep using our leg for blocking reference.
> Shift a foot to our left, keeping our blocking leg still blocking the object.

[Hello Purvis]

> Look back up to keep using our leg for blocking reference.
> Shift a foot to our left, keeping our blocking leg still blocking the object.

>You shift your foot to the left and find nothing. What you do notice is that you block off the reflection on the mirror left of the one that were originally blocking.

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[Kilgamayan]

>  Are we still blocking the original reflection?

[Hello Purvis]

>  Are we still blocking the original reflection?

>Yes.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Interesting!
> Let's walk forward a bit, aiming our blocking leg toward the space between the two mirrors. Eventually the object should be visible in both again: watch for this.