Author Topic: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure  (Read 43374 times)

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #210 on: November 22, 2013, 09:07:20 PM »
>Does the pattern resemble any star chart we have made?

>It does not resemble any chart that you have made or seen.

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #211 on: November 23, 2013, 09:53:07 AM »
>Examine the sky.
>Compare it to the markings before us.

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #212 on: November 24, 2013, 12:05:41 AM »
>Examine the sky.
>Compare it to the markings before us.

>You examine the sky, trying to find a pattern that fits the one you see on the dais. You can quickly pick out a number of obvious groupings among the strange stars that would make obvious patterns, but none of them seem to match the one that you are seeking. However, after a few moments, you notice that there are a few constellations grouped together in such a way that the space between them would conform to this shape if you redrew the mental lines you have placed on those stars.

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #213 on: November 24, 2013, 12:42:07 AM »
>Do so.
[9:49:09] <Purvis> Generally not, but your mother may be an exception.

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #214 on: November 24, 2013, 12:49:07 AM »
>Do so.

>You take a moment to contemplate it and compare the two. The gap between those constellations does indeed conform to the one here.
>Maribel takes to poking at the shards with her walking stick.

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #215 on: November 24, 2013, 01:39:55 AM »
>If there -was- something significant about this... is there anything we know of in particular one could do with a pattern of stars? Apart from simply studying them.
>Can we detect anything special about the dais apart from the smoothness and markings, such as any kind of magical power?
>Can we see the "face" from here?
>"Do you think those shards would be any good for light if we took a piece of one with us? Or if we could even break off a piece, for that mattter?"
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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #216 on: November 24, 2013, 02:27:06 AM »
>If there -was- something significant about this... is there anything we know of in particular one could do with a pattern of stars? Apart from simply studying them.
>Can we detect anything special about the dais apart from the smoothness and markings, such as any kind of magical power?
>Can we see the "face" from here?
>"Do you think those shards would be any good for light if we took a piece of one with us? Or if we could even break off a piece, for that mattter?"

>Stars tend to play a significant role in the manipulation of mystical forces. Their patterns and movements can sometimes be used to divine knowledge of other forces at work in the universe with proper knowledge, if not some inkling of what the future may hold. Unfortunately, deriving such knowledge tends to require a thorough grasp on their movements, which you do not have for these stars.
>Checking the dais more closely, you do note a kind of subtle, latent power around the markings. It is difficult to read.
>You see no signs of the face. Which is strange, you calculated that you would appear right in front of it.
>"I don't know," Maribel calls back, her voice quite ragged as she raises it. "Trying to see if they're safe!"

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #217 on: November 24, 2013, 04:54:47 AM »
Renko would be better at this.

But, this should be kept in mind, at the least. Along with the curiosity of not appearing at the face...

>Go investigate the shards with Maribel.
<mauvecow> see this is how evil works in reality, it just wears you down with bureaucracy until you don't care anymore

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #218 on: November 24, 2013, 06:11:49 AM »
>Go investigate the shards with Maribel.

>You walk over to join Maribel, as she kneels down and touches a shard with the back of her hand. "It feels safe," she says. "Like a normal rock."

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #219 on: November 24, 2013, 04:17:18 PM »
>Take a closer look at them ourself.

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #220 on: November 24, 2013, 09:49:52 PM »
>Take a closer look at them ourself.

>You have a closer look at one of the shards.
>It is about ten feet long, it's surface smooth and faceted. The shape and the opaque white color brings to mind a pure salt crystal that has managed to avoid weathering and become impossibly long and thin. It, like the other shards, is about a thick as your thumb. The glow it sheds is quite weak, but having enough of them in one place has created a fair amount of soft light. You think you can feel something weakly magical about them, which likely explains the glow and their shape. Were Maribel not able to nudge one with her stick without apparently harming it, you would imagine that these would be impossibly delicate as well.

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #221 on: November 25, 2013, 08:20:27 PM »
>Do any of the shards look as if they might fit together?
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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #222 on: November 25, 2013, 08:28:32 PM »
>Do any of the shards look as if they might fit together?

>At a glance, they all seem to come to a point at the ends, while the sides are smooth. You might be able to stack them easily, but they do not seem to join together.
>Maribel picks one up. "Wow," she says, before coughing. "These don't weigh anything!"

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #223 on: November 25, 2013, 09:42:21 PM »
>So, they are rods ... if we poke two of the ends together at an angle, will they stick to each other?
[9:49:09] <Purvis> Generally not, but your mother may be an exception.

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #224 on: November 25, 2013, 09:46:59 PM »
>So, they are rods ... if we poke two of the ends together at an angle, will they stick to each other?

>You don't think so, but anything is possible, you suppose.

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #225 on: November 27, 2013, 03:10:42 AM »
>Take one of these shards and poke the dais with it.

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #226 on: November 27, 2013, 03:19:11 AM »
>Take one of these shards and poke the dais with it.

>You pick up a smaller shard, about ten or so feet long, and find that it is so light that you have to rebalance yourself when you pick it up. There is practically no weight to it; and despite being almost twice as long as you are you feel you could swing it around effortlessly. Despite its lack of weigh, the shard feels as solid as stone under your fingers and slightly cool and smooth to touch.
>You obtain: Glowing stone shard: 10 feet
>You prod the dais with it the shard, and can feel a slight magical reaction between the two, like a small sound that's just out of hearing range. Nothing seems to happen aside from this.

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #227 on: November 27, 2013, 03:45:46 AM »
>Are the lines on the dais a similar length to the shards?
[9:49:09] <Purvis> Generally not, but your mother may be an exception.

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #228 on: November 27, 2013, 03:47:03 AM »
>Are the lines on the dais a similar length to the shards?

>Some of the lines on the dais match in length with the shorter shards. Many of the shards are longer.

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #229 on: November 27, 2013, 08:00:34 AM »
> Pick up another shard and prod the dais with both, see if the reaction gets any stronger.

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #230 on: November 27, 2013, 09:35:23 AM »
>You collect another shard of similar length and prod the dais with them both. The reaction is no stronger, but both are reacting at once.

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #231 on: November 27, 2013, 09:41:57 PM »
>Try to place some shards exactly on the lines.
[9:49:09] <Purvis> Generally not, but your mother may be an exception.

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #232 on: November 27, 2013, 10:15:52 PM »
>Try to place some shards exactly on the lines.

>Which shards do you intend to place?

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #233 on: November 27, 2013, 10:36:34 PM »
>Are the shards different from each other in any category besides length?
[9:49:09] <Purvis> Generally not, but your mother may be an exception.

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #234 on: November 27, 2013, 10:40:27 PM »
>Are the shards different from each other in any category besides length?

>They do not seem to be much different other than length. Some have differing kinds of facets or different ways that their surfaces are marked, but neither of these things strike you as especially significant.

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #235 on: November 27, 2013, 10:43:06 PM »
>On the lines on the dais, place some shards of the same length.
[9:49:09] <Purvis> Generally not, but your mother may be an exception.

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #236 on: November 27, 2013, 10:54:35 PM »
>On the lines on the dais, place some shards of the same length.

>You go searching for some shards of the appropriate length.
>Maribel quickly notices you as you pull a six-foot long shard from a pile, which should fit on the dais nicely, and says, "What are you up to?"

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #237 on: November 27, 2013, 11:47:38 PM »
>Science, Maribel!
>"I suspect that these shards have something to do with this dais, see if you can find some about the same length as these lines."
>Apply 6 foot shard to appropriate dais location.

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #238 on: November 27, 2013, 11:55:09 PM »
>Science, Maribel!
>"I suspect that these shards have something to do with this dais, see if you can find some about the same length as these lines."
>Apply 6 foot shard to appropriate dais location.

>Maribel nods and gives a cough.
>You step onto the dais and place the six foot long shard over a line. As the shard touches the dais, it quietly sinks through the stone as though it simply did not exist. Within a moment, there is no sign of the shard at all.

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #239 on: November 28, 2013, 01:05:45 AM »
>"It appears my hunch was correct."
>Begin searching for more shards of appropriate length.