Author Topic: Okuu Quest Thereafter - A Z-Machine Adventure (Read 64539 times)

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #270 on:** July 16, 2010, 04:17:52 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on July 16, 2010, 04:01:06 AM

>If we focus on a piece that is missing, and let our mind drift, can we get a sense of direction, somehow? Kind of like letting this feeling of a particular absence act like a mental dowsing rod, gently pulling our thoughts towards something. Don't force it. Just be with it for a while

>You try to focus on something missing, and just let your thoughts drift.
>You...find you have a curious sense of being out of place. You shouldn't be here. Here is a strange concept, as you think on it. You should be somewhere...less bright, less open. That feels more like home, more like your small, perpetually dank little house. That's how it should be.

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #271 on:** July 16, 2010, 04:25:09 AM »

>Focus more on this feeling of home
>Is our house here small and perpetually dank? Or is this something else?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #272 on:** July 16, 2010, 04:31:59 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on July 16, 2010, 04:25:09 AM

>Focus more on this feeling of home
>Is our house here small and perpetually dank? Or is this something else?

>You try to focus more on this feeling. Now that you're really thinking about it, you can't help but feel a sort of alienation now.
>Your home is not very large; it's only half of a house after all, and you do tend to never open the curtains. Sunlight inside just felt weird. It's home...and now it really doesn't feel like it should be.

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #273 on:** July 16, 2010, 04:38:28 AM »

>If our house doesn't feel like home, what SHOULD feel like home?
>The images from the cat ghost had a feeling of heat and darkness, that was somehow familiar. Could this be related?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #274 on:** July 16, 2010, 04:51:27 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on July 16, 2010, 04:38:28 AM

>If our house doesn't feel like home, what SHOULD feel like home?
>The images from the cat ghost had a feeling of heat and darkness, that was somehow familiar. Could this be related?

>You think you may have answered your own question. Someplace warmer. Someplace much less sunny.

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #275 on:** July 16, 2010, 04:54:59 AM »

>Can we remember more about this place? Is this a place we actually remember being?

>Can we use the sense of WHERE we should be to inform our sense of WHAT we should be? Can it help fill in any of the sense of what is missing about ourselves?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #276 on:** July 16, 2010, 05:02:34 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on July 16, 2010, 04:54:59 AM

>Can we remember more about this place? Is this a place we actually remember being?

>Can we use the sense of WHERE we should be to inform our sense of WHAT we should be? Can it help fill in any of the sense of what is missing about ourselves?

>Not really, you feel you've gotten all that you're going to get out of it right now.
>You aren't sure...you know there are feelings of wings and...freedom? You aren't certain, but those feel like they're missing.

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #277 on:** July 16, 2010, 05:07:28 AM »

>Freedom? Could this be from being able to fly with these wings, or do we think it's something different?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #278 on:** July 16, 2010, 05:14:38 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on July 16, 2010, 05:07:28 AM

>Freedom? Could this be from being able to fly with these wings, or do we think it's something different?

>You think it is the former, and more than that. A sense of...strength? Something was definitely taken from you.

>_

Blitzer · « **Reply #279 on:** July 16, 2010, 05:18:34 AM »

>Attempt to connect that thought with the concept of nuclear fusion. See if they're related.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #280 on:** July 16, 2010, 05:18:47 AM »

>Taken from us? So, do we feel that it was forcibly removed, somehow, and not simply lost?
>Think back on the history of our life. If we had something that was now lost, how does that fit in with what we remember of our past?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #281 on:** July 16, 2010, 05:34:23 AM »

Quote from: RKS Blitzer on July 16, 2010, 05:18:34 AM

>Attempt to connect that thought with the concept of nuclear fusion. See if they're related.

>You aren't certain. It doesn't feel hideously wrong.

Quote from: DracoOmega on July 16, 2010, 05:18:47 AM

>Taken from us? So, do we feel that it was forcibly removed, somehow, and not simply lost?
>Think back on the history of our life. If we had something that was now lost, how does that fit in with what we remember of our past?

>Your feelings say taken.
>You aren't sure. You don't remember any sort of taking occurring.

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #282 on:** July 16, 2010, 05:47:52 AM »

>If we feel that it was taken, yet we don't remember losing it at any point in our life's history, is it possible that the memories of our past are somehow wrong, too?
>If we think on our life, stretching back into the past, is there any point itself which feels somehow wrong?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #283 on:** July 16, 2010, 05:54:46 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on July 16, 2010, 05:47:52 AM

>If we feel that it was taken, yet we don't remember losing it at any point in our life's history, is it possible that the memories of our past are somehow wrong, too?
>If we think on our life, stretching back into the past, is there any point itself which feels somehow wrong?

>You think this is possible.
>You think back...and, there is a point. You're not sure where it is; memory is not your strong suit.

>)

DracoOmega · « **Reply #284 on:** July 16, 2010, 05:59:25 AM »

>Memory may not be our strong suit, but this is important. Try to muster the extra focus to pull it out. Try going slowly chronologically backwards. 'Feel' the sense of our memory as we go backwards. Can we isolate it at all?
>Does this feel like a point where a memory is wrong or missing? Or a point beyond which none of our memories are right?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #285 on:** July 16, 2010, 06:04:24 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on July 16, 2010, 05:59:25 AM

>Memory may not be our strong suit, but this is important. Try to muster the extra focus to pull it out. Try going slowly chronologically backwards. 'Feel' the sense of our memory as we go backwards. Can we isolate it at all?
>Does this feel like a point where a memory is wrong or missing? Or a point beyond which none of our memories are right?

>You try your best to reconstruct your memories. This quickly becomes futile; after a couple days in the past, your memories start to fall apart. You know you're mixing things up, blurring events together, recalling things in the wrong order. Just a little bit after first, but moreso the further you go back.
>You cannot find a distinct when things go from acceptable to wrong, but you feel it is around some point months ago.

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #286 on:** July 16, 2010, 06:09:05 AM »

>Have we ever kept a journal, or any other sort of tangible record of our past?

>This point at which things go wrong, and which we feel something was taken... does this in any way feel associated with the research institute in some fashion? Or anything else of that sort?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #287 on:** July 16, 2010, 06:16:37 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on July 16, 2010, 06:09:05 AM

>Have we ever kept a journal, or any other sort of tangible record of our past?

>This point at which things go wrong, and which we feel something was taken... does this in any way feel associated with the research institute in some fashion? Or anything else of that sort?

>You have not. It just seemed kind of silly.
>You aren't sure. All you have are vague feelings of these things, and no real idea why.

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #288 on:** July 16, 2010, 06:22:10 AM »

>Let our mind drift freely among the thoughts of ourself, the world, what was lost, and what is wrong. Float like that for a while. Does any facet float to mind that we hadn't yet focused on?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #289 on:** July 16, 2010, 06:38:27 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on July 16, 2010, 06:22:10 AM

>Let our mind drift freely among the thoughts of ourself, the world, what was lost, and what is wrong. Float like that for a while. Does any facet float to mind that we hadn't yet focused on?

>You just let your mind drift through a number of things. The world is wrong, this you know well. You have a feeling that this isn't where you should be, and that at some point, your memories have gone wrong. As well, you know something was taken from you. Thoughts of wings stay with you, as does a sense of lost freedom. You aren't sure why you feel any of these things, but you do.
>Caw.

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #290 on:** July 16, 2010, 06:42:14 AM »

>Caw?
>Can we sense the spectral crow's presence here, in any way?
>Try to reach out to it

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #291 on:** July 16, 2010, 06:47:38 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on July 16, 2010, 06:42:14 AM

>Caw?
>Can we sense the spectral crow's presence here, in any way?
>Try to reach out to it

>That is what you thought.
>You don't sense anything, at least not in the way you sense Stargazer.
>You try to reach out to it. You aren't sure if you're succeeding or failing or just imagining one or the other.
>Caw.

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #292 on:** July 16, 2010, 06:51:20 AM »

>If the crow is somehow in our thoughts, let it be so. Relax and be receptive to it. Focus on this 'caw', wherever it comes from

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #293 on:** July 16, 2010, 07:01:57 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on July 16, 2010, 06:51:20 AM

>If the crow is somehow in our thoughts, let it be so. Relax and be receptive to it. Focus on this 'caw', wherever it comes from

>You try to focus on the Caws. You think you recognize what it's supposed to mean, it's just a declaration of being there. Crows do it all the time when trying to find a flock, or letting others know they are around.

>_

Blitzer · « **Reply #294 on:** July 16, 2010, 08:24:29 AM »

>Have you ever just wanted you to declare that you were "there"?
>Realize that your terrible memory is now an Informed Ability. Unless the hecticness of the past few days is changing that...

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #295 on:** July 16, 2010, 08:33:22 AM »

Quote from: RKS Blitzer on July 16, 2010, 08:24:29 AM

>Have you ever just wanted you to declare that you were "there"?
>Realize that your terrible memory is now an Informed Ability. Unless the hecticness of the past few days is changing that...

>You do just by existing, you think. Don't you?
>What?
>Caw.

>_

Kasu · « **Reply #296 on:** July 16, 2010, 02:49:50 PM »

> Try imagining Rin and her cat ghost to see what happens.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #297 on:** July 16, 2010, 02:53:09 PM »

Quote from: Kasunagi-no-Tsurugi on July 16, 2010, 02:49:50 PM

> Try imagining Rin and her cat ghost to see what happens.

>You imagine your sister, and her ghostly companion. You wonder if she's going through anything like this, too?
>Caw.

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #298 on:** July 16, 2010, 05:03:11 PM »

>Try focusing and visualizing communication with this crow spirit
>"Hello, can you understand me?"
>If that doesn't seem to do anything, try mentally cawing back

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #299 on:** July 17, 2010, 12:42:44 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on July 16, 2010, 05:03:11 PM

>Try focusing and visualizing communication with this crow spirit
>"Hello, can you understand me?"
>If that doesn't seem to do anything, try mentally cawing back

>You get a sense of...something else. You really can't describe it well. It is something... simple. It is sort of like Stargazer, if Stargazer weren't actually feeling anything.
>Caw/
>You try cawwing back.
>Caw.

>_