Iku Quest P?t: A Z-Machine Adventure

[Kilgamayan]

Are you not supposed to graze it? That's how I cleared it.

Then again, I only ever played it on Normal. I guess it must last longer on Lunatic.

[Janitor Morgan]

I'm a Normal mode player, too, so...

Just tried it on Hard, and grazing seemed to work. Maybe I just misjudged my safe distance when I tried it before.

[Hello Purvis]

>As best we can, shape the pattern to the following specifications: focus on the region closer to the ground, with primarily horizontal bolts for better coverage of this. Until she demonstrates an ability and willingness to fly, worry less about aerial coverage. Density greatest in the poltergeist's immediate vicinity, with ideally at least one bolt directly through her current position, and another cutting across whatever direction she seems to be moving in at the time
>Fire!

>You send the lightning racing along the ground. The poltergeist is already watching you warily, and cries out when the lines proceeding the lightning fill the air. Then the electricity follows, filling the whole area with arcs of blue light. She is unable to move in time, and the blast sends her to the ground. Quickly, she gets back to her feet, having ended up close to a couple trees.

> Do we hear anyone coming now?

>You do not.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> How badly are we still aching?
> Set up another attack in the same vein as the first, but aim adjusted for the poltergeist's new position. In addition, take a bolt previously used to help cage her in and aim it so it follows a path behind the two trees she is closest to, so as to prevent her from escaping by hiding behind them. Don't use a bolt that would give her an easy way out of her current position to do this, though, and don't use any bolts aimed directly at her.
> Can we prepare our shawl for drill use at all, or is too much energy and concentration required for the card?

[Hello Purvis]

> How badly are we still aching?
> Set up another attack in the same vein as the first, but aim adjusted for the poltergeist's new position. In addition, take a bolt previously used to help cage her in and aim it so it follows a path behind the two trees she is closest to, so as to prevent her from escaping by hiding behind them. Don't use a bolt that would give her an easy way out of her current position to do this, though, and don't use any bolts aimed directly at her.

>Fairly badly, but you're reasonably sure this is residual aching rather than new damage.
>You set up a similar attack to the first. She doesn't waste time gawking this time, and moves away from the trees. As the lightning flashes, she stands safely, if a bit snugly, between two of the bolts.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Can we prepare our shawl for drill use at all, or is too much energy and concentration required for the card?
> How long are these lines? Could we conceivably get one to pass through us while still taking part in hemming her in?
> If we struck ourselves with a bolt, would it simply hurt us, or could we absorb the electricity back into ourselves for later use?

> Set up another attack like the first. In particular, try to create a small, crude triangle of lines to surround her current position, giving her somewhere between one and two feet from her current position before she'd run into a bolt. In addition to that, fire a bolt straight through her current position, and at least one more through the triangle elsewhere. The remaining bolts should be used to cover the area outside the triangle as best as possible.

> While still concentrating our vision on her, what does the ground look like out of the bottom of our eyes?
> While still concentrating our vision on her, can we see the tree we're next to with our peripheral vision?

[Hello Purvis]

> Can we prepare our shawl for drill use at all, or is too much energy and concentration required for the card?
> How long are these lines? Could we conceivably get one to pass through us while still taking part in hemming her in?
> If we struck ourselves with a bolt, would it simply hurt us, or could we absorb the electricity back into ourselves for later use?

> Set up another attack like the first. In particular, try to create a small, crude triangle of lines to surround her current position, giving her somewhere between one and two feet from her current position before she'd run into a bolt. In addition to that, fire a bolt straight through her current position, and at least one more through the triangle elsewhere. The remaining bolts should be used to cover the area outside the triangle as best as possible.

> While still concentrating our vision on her, what does the ground look like out of the bottom of our eyes?
> While still concentrating our vision on her, can we see the tree we're next to with our peripheral vision?

>You cannot take other physical actions while using this card.
>They can and do pass through you, and do nothing to you either way.
>The ground, as far as you can see, is pretty much entirely covered now.
>You can see the tree is still there, but you don't have a really good awareness of any specifics of it without looking at directly.
>You try to set up a slightly different pattern. She moves away from the bolt going through her current position, but isn't fast enough to evade the rest, shocking her once again.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Are our hands in front of us while we use this spellcard, like they were when we used our giant flash earlier?
> If not, can we move our hands to that position without disrupting the spellcard? Pure curiosity question: Do not actually do this yet.

> Do we have to be directly looking at an area to fire off the line bolts, or could we visualize a certain pattern we want to use, close our eyes, and then fire it off from memory?

[Hello Purvis]

> Are our hands in front of us while we use this spellcard, like they were when we used our giant flash earlier?
> If not, can we move our hands to that position without disrupting the spellcard? Pure curiosity question: Do not actually do this yet.

> Do we have to be directly looking at an area to fire off the line bolts, or could we visualize a certain pattern we want to use, close our eyes, and then fire it off from memory?

>They are not in that position, but you could do this.
>You can just visualize a pattern, but it helps to actually be watching your target if you want it to hit.

>_

[Mr. Sacchi]

>Can we unleash some some electric danmaku in a circle-like pattern while doing this card?

Just a question, but it might help, Iku did something similar/equal to this on my most recent run of Reimu's Story mode. And it was a pain to dodge.

[Hello Purvis]

>Can we unleash some some electric danmaku in a circle-like pattern while doing this card?

>You can, it just takes a few attacks to charge up. Certainly this wasn't left out of the database due to Iku usually not lasting very long when the parser fought her =I
>You have charged it up now.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> We haven't been charging that up, have we?

[Hello Purvis]

> We haven't been charging that up, have we?

>It charges itself. You may employ it when ready.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Whoops, missed the edit, sorry.
> Set up another attack of the same general ilk as the previous attacks, compensated for her new position, using the same triangle strategy as last time. This time, however, try to invert the triangle in comparison to how it was set up last time. In addition, fire off the circular pattern electric orbs, now that the charge there is ready.
> Take note of how she reacts if she gets hit.

[Hello Purvis]

> Whoops, missed the edit, sorry.
> Set up another attack of the same general ilk as the previous attacks, compensated for her new position, using the same triangle strategy as last time. This time, however, try to invert the triangle in comparison to how it was set up last time. In addition, fire off the circular pattern electric orbs, now that the charge there is ready.
> Take note of how she reacts if she gets hit.

>Welcome to my world!!!
>You change up the pattern slightly, inverting the triangle. The lightning flashes; and the Poltergeist ducks. The lightning flies over her harmlessly. However, she did anticipate the orbs. She tries to roll aside, but it catches her in the side.
>The poltergeist's reaction is about what you would expect. She's doing her best not to cry out, but you can see the last few attacks have taken their toll. You doubt she can take another, unless she has some secret she's been hiding.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Change the triangle pattern back to the original triangle shape and fire again. This time, though, use the bolt that was passing through the triangle to cut off means of escape instead of hit her to come down on her from above, angling in on her from behind. This is aimed at her in addition to the one that's cutting across horizontally and aimed right at her.

[DracoOmega]

>Also, if possible, vary the height of the other bolts to different levels, some lower to the ground than previously, such that ducking is not a guaranteed safe action
>Spare another quick glance to the ground shadows around us. Any change?

[Kilgamayan]

Ducking was the point of the coming in at her from above and behind. I'm actually hoping she ducks again, because she'll get fried if she does.

[Hello Purvis]

> Change the triangle pattern back to the original triangle shape and fire again. This time, though, use the bolt that was passing through the triangle to cut off means of escape instead of hit her to come down on her from above, angling in on her from behind. This is aimed at her in addition to the one that's cutting across horizontally and aimed right at her.

>Also, if possible, vary the height of the other bolts to different levels, some lower to the ground than previously, such that ducking is not a guaranteed safe action
>Spare another quick glance to the ground shadows around us. Any change?

>The ground below you is completely covered.
>You invert the triangle pattern, vary some of the heights of the lightning bolts, and move one to strike from above and behind. As the pattern forms, while the poltergeist stands, she quickly notices one of the lines going through her and moves. She dodges it and mush of the triangle easily and moves past several other bolts, but does not notice one lurking around near foot level. It catches her, and she tumbles to the ground with a strained squawk.

>_
>

[Kilgamayan]

> Is she facing up or down?

[Hello Purvis]

> Is she facing up or down?

>She is face down, and doesn't seem to be correcting it.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Create another web, with several bolts aimed directly vertically through different parts of her form. Keep the rest primarily horizontal and relatively low to the ground, with staggered heights
>Fire!

[Hello Purvis]

>Create another web, with several bolts aimed directly vertically through different parts of her form. Keep the rest primarily horizontal and relatively low to the ground, with staggered heights
>Fire!

>This works exactly as intended. She jerks a little, but nothing else.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Is the ground still covered in shadow?

[Kilgamayan]

> Look around the area. Has shadow covered all of the ground we can see? (Do not move our head so its shadow stops casting on the tree, however.)
> Has shadow crept up any trees or bushes? Make particular note of the tree against which our shadow lies.

[Hello Purvis]

>Is the ground still covered in shadow?

> Look around the area. Has shadow covered all of the ground we can see? (Do not move our head so its shadow stops casting on the tree, however.)
> Has shadow crept up any trees or bushes? Make particular note of the tree against which we stand.

>Yes, in all cases. It looks as though you were standing under some large thing.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> So our shadow has actually been completely enveloped by the large shadow spread as it went up the tree?
> Do we feel odd at all?

[DracoOmega]

>Glance up. There really IS nothing above us we can see, correct?

[Hello Purvis]

> So our shadow has actually been completely enveloped by the large shadow spread as it went up the tree?
> Do we feel odd at all?

>Yes.
>No more than you did beforehand.

>Glance up. There really IS nothing above us we can see, correct?

>You see no sign of anything unusual above you.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Look back at the poltergeist.