Author Topic: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure  (Read 43383 times)

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #360 on: December 19, 2013, 12:51:32 PM »
>Create a gap from here down to where we came here from. We're kind of randomly in the air right now, right?

>You are presently rather high up. Or there is at least a significant contrast between the dais and the ground below.
>You create a gap and marshal Maribel through. Emerging on the other side, you find yourself among the spindly stone arches once more. The tainted gap should be nearby. Glancing around, you think you can see a familiar arch that it was close to. You most definitely note the roots on the ground, and fail to suppress the cold feeling that runs through your veins as you see them.

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #361 on: December 19, 2013, 04:29:25 PM »
>Oh geez those roots weren't there before, were they?
>Is it gap distance to reach the color gap?


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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #362 on: December 19, 2013, 04:47:47 PM »
>Oh geez those roots weren't there before, were they?
>Is it gap distance to reach the color gap?

>They were there before. It is when you learned that they do not seem to bother Maribel.
>You should be able to get to any place within this world, the color gap is easily accessible.

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #363 on: December 19, 2013, 06:52:53 PM »
While the color gap should get some revisiting, certainly, we should check out the tainted gap first; we just got the magnifying glass, and we're practically at it already, so...

>"On second thought, I think I might have an idea for that gap I didn't want to mess with before."
>Make our way towards the tainted gap, since it's right nearby.
<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 #364 on: December 19, 2013, 07:08:43 PM »
Yeah the reason I didn't do that is because it is weird as fuck that we suddenly decide to go back to the gap we told Maribel had something Wrong with it after an event she has no idea did anything. We are trying to keep the tools a kind of secret but, eh, whatever you want to do.



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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #365 on: December 19, 2013, 09:13:19 PM »
>"On second thought, I think I might have an idea for that gap I didn't want to mess with before."
>Make our way towards the tainted gap, since it's right nearby.

>"Oh?" says Maribel, as she follows you toward the gap, keeping pace as you instinctive give the roots as wide a berth as possible. You reach the gap without any undue difficulties.

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #366 on: December 19, 2013, 10:11:54 PM »
While that's true, it seems innocent enough for Yukari to just have thought of something. And, in the end- the alternative is we either wait until we don't have Maribel (which might not be for a long while) or until we have a better excuse... which doesn't seem likely. May as well just get it over with. We've made her turn around while we worked with a gap at least once before, so at least that won't be anything new, either.

>"Hmmm. Now, turn around, dearie."
>After she's turned, proceed to examine the gap with the help of the magnifying glass.
<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 #367 on: December 19, 2013, 10:54:15 PM »
Well it's easier to make up a better excuse with more events between the two. But, yeah, sure.


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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #368 on: December 19, 2013, 11:28:59 PM »
>"Hmmm. Now, turn around, dearie."
>After she's turned, proceed to examine the gap with the help of the magnifying glass.

>"What, again?" says Maribel. She turns around. "What are you up to?"
>You take a closer look at the gap this time, applying your magnifying glass. Seeing clearly through the previously unreadable miasma you can get a clear picture of this gap, and you frown deeply. Now that you can see the elements of it more clearly, you can understand why it was so confusing beforehand. This isn't a gap. Or rather, it wasn't a gap. What gap-like trait it has seems to be entirely coincidental, things that grew around this event after the fact. The borders here have been deeply scarred and torn through, like spilling powerful acids on cloth. While this phenomenon has connected two places together, has done so by literally ripping the borders apart and pushing through. A kind of gap has arisen around this hole, as nature tries to adapt to this thing. However, the force that burned through is still there; the elements of the gap are incomplete and terribly unstable. You would need to have practically all of your tools to use it with any degree of safety.
>As for the force itself... You have never seen something like this. It does not fully conform to the limitations of three dimensions the way most things do, but it is clearly a product of such. Within it, you can feel great power, a force matching the creative efforts of countless souls. Within it, you can also feel a great corrosive power, something that breaks whatever it touches. It seems almost at odds with the other aspects of this force, but it is integral to the whole. You...almost think you can feel something like desire from this force, something deeper and more primitive. Not quite a mindless will to survive, but rather a mindless will to want. You cannot describe it any better.

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #369 on: December 20, 2013, 12:29:08 AM »
>Put magnifying lens away.
>"Now, this is a weird one, isn't it? Look here, what could have caused this?"

We do want to teach her about gappery, yes?
[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 #370 on: December 20, 2013, 01:27:27 AM »
>Put magnifying lens away.
>"Now, this is a weird one, isn't it? Look here, what could have caused this?"

>You stow the magnifying glass away.
>"Caused what?" says Maribel, looking back over her shoulder.

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #371 on: December 21, 2013, 12:48:48 AM »
OK seriously if you're going to overrule me why wouldn't you follow through?

>"Well, what do you notice about this gap?"
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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #372 on: December 21, 2013, 12:55:03 AM »
>"Well, what do you notice about this gap?"

>"Not much," says Maribel. "I figured it was best to leave that sort of thing to the expert."

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #373 on: December 21, 2013, 12:57:47 AM »
>"Well, these aren't circumstances that are likely to repeat themselves, so I'm curious what you're able to see."


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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #374 on: December 21, 2013, 01:06:42 AM »
>"Well, these aren't circumstances that are likely to repeat themselves, so I'm curious what you're able to see."

>"Well, okay," says Maribel.
>She approaches the gap, then screws up her face. "There's definitely a point of transition here. But it's kind of...unwholesome? I don't know."

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #375 on: December 21, 2013, 01:21:17 AM »
>Did we figure that much out before looking at it with the magnifying glass?
>"All right...do you see anything else?"


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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #376 on: December 21, 2013, 01:59:52 AM »
>Did we figure that much out before looking at it with the magnifying glass?
>"All right...do you see anything else?"

>That and a little more.
>"No, not really," she says. "I'm not quite as good at this as you are."

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #377 on: December 21, 2013, 04:48:01 AM »
>"Don't worry too much about that dear." Say with a kindly tone
>Explain what else we found /without/ the glass to her.


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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #378 on: December 21, 2013, 05:01:29 AM »
>"Don't worry too much about that dear." Say with a kindly tone
>Explain what else we found /without/ the glass to her.

>You explain what you've discovered to Maribel, conspicuously leaving out how you did it.
>"That sounds really bad," she says. "Do you think it's alive?"

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #379 on: December 21, 2013, 05:42:51 AM »
>Does it being alive seem plausible?


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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #380 on: December 21, 2013, 02:10:43 PM »
>Does it being alive seem plausible?

>It could well have something akin to life on some level. You don't think it would be much further along than a slime mold, at most, in many respects. Certainly the creative and destructive aspects would exceed such a thing, but would it have facilities to do anything with such in a focused manner?

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #381 on: December 21, 2013, 07:54:20 PM »
>"Well that would depend on your definition of alive, but it does seem to have some qualities of life."
>If we compared our gap power to other similar powers, can we estimate how much of our prowess (without tools) is talent and how much is skill, and could we then estimate how able Maribel could become with them?
[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 #382 on: December 21, 2013, 08:15:24 PM »
>"Well that would depend on your definition of alive, but it does seem to have some qualities of life."
>If we compared our gap power to other similar powers, can we estimate how much of our prowess (without tools) is talent and how much is skill, and could we then estimate how able Maribel could become with them?

>"What qualities?" says Maribel. "Do you think it's aware of us?"
>That's hard to answer, you've had millenia to grow into the person you are, and you've definitely nurtured both your innate potential and your skill in employing it over this time. You don't think Maribel would have much luck, though. Her talents lay much more with the establishment of barriers than the exploitation of gaps. It is something of a misfortune, in that regard, she chose to pursue magic.

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #383 on: December 23, 2013, 04:21:04 AM »
>Do we think it's aware of us? I think we got a more mindless sense, right?


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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #384 on: December 23, 2013, 04:23:41 AM »
>Do we think it's aware of us? I think we got a more mindless sense, right?

>You don't know. Even like jellyfish seem to have some degree of awareness. If nothing else, it didn't seem to react to you.

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #385 on: December 23, 2013, 04:28:22 AM »
>"Well, it didn't react to either of us, so I doubt it. But there's just a sense of this will of wanting."


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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #386 on: December 23, 2013, 02:26:28 PM »
>"Well, it didn't react to either of us, so I doubt it. But there's just a sense of this will of wanting."

>"Wanting what?" says Maribel.

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #387 on: December 23, 2013, 11:39:47 PM »
>Do we know what it was wanting or was it literally just a nonspecific wanting?


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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #388 on: December 24, 2013, 12:07:26 AM »
>Do we know what it was wanting or was it literally just a nonspecific wanting?

>You could not tell.

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Re: Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #389 on: December 24, 2013, 04:50:46 AM »
>"I don't know. But it's pretty powerful. I should look at it some more."
>So, what options do we have at our disposal for dealing with this gap?