Iku Quest P?t: A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

>Wait a moment for her to close to the proper distance
>Right before contact, quickly duck under the elbow strike, bracing ourselves against her, and use Sameko's own momentum and gravity to effectively throw her over ourselves
>If this succeeds, round on her, and fire danmaku at her falling form before she can catch her footing again

>You allow her to close, waiting for that elbow to come, you start to duck...
>And then have the wind rush from you as she socks you in the gut with her other hand! That did not feel pleasant at all...

[DracoOmega]

>Grit our teeth and try to get some air back
>Raise one hand to try and block or deflect the elbow, if it is still incoming
>Swing our body out to the opposite side the punch just came from, trying to open up enough room to prevent a second, while using her moment to move around her, letting her descend
>Fire another burst of danmaku at her torso with our spare hand

[Hello Purvis]

>Grit our teeth and try to get some air back
>Raise one hand to try and block or deflect the elbow, if it is still incoming
>Swing our body out to the opposite side the punch just came from, trying to open up enough room to prevent a second, while using her moment to move around her, letting her descend
>Fire another burst of danmaku at her torso with our spare hand

>You grit your teeth and try to get your breath back. You try to shift away from her left hand, and raise your other hand to block her elbow and instead feel her hand clamp tightly around your wrist.
>You send a burst of danmaku into her stomach, bringing a solid grunt from her. Unfortunately, her grip on your arm doesn't slacken.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Fire a quick burst of danmaku at her face with our free hand
>As we fire, swing to the side and up, pivoting along our gripped arm and try to force her to extend the arm that's holding it, while also rotating to position our legs properly for the next action
>Level a solid stomp/kick at the center-underside of the shoulder joint of her extended arm
>Try to pull our arm free on impact, assuming the above success

[Hello Purvis]

>Fire a quick burst of danmaku at her face with our free hand
>As we fire, swing to the side and up, pivoting along our gripped arm and try to force her to extend the arm that's holding it, while also rotating to position our legs properly for the next action
>Level a solid stomp/kick at the center-underside of the shoulder joint of her extended arm
>Try to pull our arm free on impact, assuming the above success

>You try to fire a quick burst at her face, but she smacks your hand aside, sending the burst wide. You try to twist into a better position, but Sameko reacts by placing pressure on your arm and wrist, forcing you back down on the pain of wrenching yourself. "That all you got to challenge me with, girl?" she asks.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"Be glad that I've been parted from my weapon, or you might be saying otherwise."
>Fire a spray of danmaku towards her grasping arm, particularly the elbow joint, but aim for wider coverage in case she tries to evade
>Try to twist our wrist out of her grasp, upon impact
>If we get loose, backdash and open some distance. Cover with another wide spray of danmaku

[Hello Purvis]

>"Be glad that I've been parted from my weapon, or you might be saying otherwise."
>Fire a spray of danmaku towards her grasping arm, particularly the elbow joint, but aim for wider coverage in case she tries to evade
>Try to twist our wrist out of her grasp, upon impact
>If we get loose, backdash and open some distance. Cover with another wide spray of danmaku

>"Once I'm done with you-" she says.
>You try to fire again; she responds by smacking you hand away again, then twisting your wrist, forcing you closer to her.
>"-you can go get your weapon, and I'll beat shit out of you again!"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Yank back with the arm that Sameko is holding onto, in order to pull her closer to us.
> At the same time, put our head down and charge our upper body forward so as to hit Sameko in the face or chin with the crown of our head.

[DracoOmega]

>If we make contact, try to follow up with a sharp knee to the gut

[Hello Purvis]

> Yank back with the arm that Sameko is holding onto, in order to pull her closer to us.
> At the same time, put our head down and charge our upper body forward so as to hit Sameko in the face or chin with the crown of our head.

>You yank her toward you while she yanks you toward her. With gravity on your side, you win out.  You feel her connect solidly with the top of your head, with enough force to rattle your teeth and leave a dull ache. You don't even want to imagine what it did to your hat.

>If we make contact, try to follow up with a sharp knee to the gut

>Despite the impact reverberating in your head, you try to knee her in the stomach. The aftermath of the previous hit works against you, and you just graze her a bit.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Twist our wrist hard to the side and yank our arm free
>If we break free, backdash
>Cover our retreat with a wide spray of danmaku in front of us
>How's our charge?

[Hello Purvis]

>Twist our wrist hard to the side and yank our arm free
>If we break free, backdash
>Cover our retreat with a wide spray of danmaku in front of us
>How's our charge?

>You twist your wrist against her hand, and wrench it free while leaving a fierce ache.
>You back away while the youkai shakes her head, her nose bleeding.
>You throw some danmaku, but give your own sorenesses and situation, it's not as much as you would like; a couple bullets hit the youkai.
>Your charge is not doing so well; being beaten on does little to help you gather energy.

>_

[Jana]

>How's our dizzyness? Have we recovered from any shortness of breath?
>If we're feeling better, we should move on in and attack!

>Assuming we feel up to it, fly in quickly to close our distance. Lead with one foot, and aim right for the kisser!

[DracoOmega]

Are you sure we should be closing back in on a melee specialist, when we're far weaker than her in that area? We just fought hard for the distance we just got.

[Kilgamayan]

> Before flying in with a kick, volley off some normal danmaku cover fire aimed at her torso.

[Hello Purvis]

>How's our dizzyness? Have we recovered from any shortness of breath?
>If we're feeling better, we should move on in and attack!

>Assuming we feel up to it, fly in quickly to close our distance. Lead with one foot, and aim right for the kisser!

> Before flying in with a kick, volley off some normal danmaku cover fire aimed at her torso.

>You're still a little short of breath, but it's not so crippling now.
>You decide to press your advantage. You lead in with another round of danmaku, catching her with a couple shots in the chest. She jerks back from this, the motion ruining the original aim of your kick. But you still make contact, slamming your foot solidly into her check, right below her neck. She makes a sort of squawking noise; then you feel something clamp around your ankle!
>Before you can try to struggle out, you are whipped to the side. Your hip aches fiercely in protest to this and the world starts to spin for a moment and blur for a moment. Then suddenly you are flying outside of your own power and the ground is much much closer than you remember it being and closing fast!

>_

[Jana]

>Try to turn our body so that we can at least face the ground with our feet. If we can't regain our flight without hitting the ground first, use both our hands and feet to absorb the impact.
>After we land or resume flight, keep the fight moving in the direction we want to go!

[Kilgamayan]

Uh, Sameko just whipped us at the ground as hard as she could. Trying to land on our hands and feet will likely get our wrists and ankles broken.

[Kilgamayan]

>Try to turn our body so that we can at least face the ground with our feet. If we can't regain our flight without hitting the ground first, use both our hands and feet to absorb the impact.

> Belay this.
> Instead, try to pull up and move forward so that our downward momentum is properly converted into centripetal acceleration so we take a curved flight path that tries to get completely horizontal before it crashed into the ground.

[Hello Purvis]

>Try to turn our body so that we can at least face the ground with our feet. If we can't regain our flight without hitting the ground first, use both our hands and feet to absorb the impact.
>After we land or resume flight, keep the fight moving in the direction we want to go!

> Belay this.
> Instead, try to pull up and move forward so that our downward momentum is properly converted into centripetal acceleration so we take a curved flight path that tries to get completely horizontal before it crashed into the ground.

>You consider trying to take the blow, but instead throw yourself to the side. This works fairly well, and you are practically horizontal as you reach the tree branches. Then whip by you painfully, but thankfully you don't hit any large ones. Then you slam back-first onto the ground. Aches race throughout your body, but they are tolerable aches; you did well to break the worst of it. It pales compared to this morning.
>With your eyes turned upward, you see Sameko is flying at you fast through the rain!

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Keep charging. Draw on the charged atmosphere to accelerate the charge rate as best we can.
> How is Sameko's face holding up?

[Hello Purvis]

> Keep charging. Draw on the charged atmosphere to accelerate the charge rate as best we can.
> How is Sameko's face holding up?

>You're still working on it; you've got a decent charge now but you could do better.
>There's red on it, but it's very difficult to read it as she's coming at you with a fist drawn back.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Assess how much longer she will need before we're in punching range. A few seconds?
> Is she coming at us from directly above, or more from a horizontal angle?

[Hello Purvis]

> Assess how much longer she will need before we're in punching range. A few seconds?
> Is she coming at us from directly above, or more from a horizontal angle?

>Probably not even that much.
>Directly from above.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Fire a quick spray of regular danmaku right at her, with a little bit of coverage to our left as well. Don't take more than a second to do this.
> Once this spray has been fired, roll over to our left. Use our arms and hands to help spring us a bit up and more toward the direction in which we're rolling when we're on our stomach, but keep rotating.

[Hello Purvis]

> Fire a quick spray of regular danmaku right at her, with a little bit of coverage to our left as well. Don't take more than a second to do this.
> Once this spray has been fired, roll over to our left. Use our arms and hands to help spring us a bit up and more toward the direction in which we're rolling when we're on our stomach, but keep rotating.

>You toss a few danmaku at her, then roll! You throw yourself aside when you hands hit the ground. You almost feel her hit the ground beside you as you roll away, followed by angry pained noises mixed with half-garbled profanity.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Keep charging. Note how close we are to a good flash bolt charge.
> Check in visually with Sameko.
> Stand up, if we haven't already. If possible, keep a little horizontal momentum going so as to increase distance from Sameko, but only if this doesn't greatly interfere with the actual standing-up process.

[Hello Purvis]

> Keep charging. Note how close we are to a good flash bolt charge.
> Check in visually with Sameko.
> Stand up, if we haven't already. If possible, keep a little horizontal momentum going so as to increase distance from Sameko, but only if this doesn't greatly interfere with the actual standing-up process.

>You keep building up a charge and get to your feet. Sameko hovering horizontally a couple feet above the ground, shaking her left hand and swearing. There are a couple between the two of you now.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> What kind of shoes are we wearing? Flats or heels?
> Keep that charge coming.
> Fire some normal danmaku at her midsection.
> Move back a little bit after firing.

[Hello Purvis]

> What kind of shoes are we wearing? Flats or heels?
> Keep that charge coming.
> Fire some normal danmaku at her midsection.
> Move back a little bit after firing.

>You wear flats, heels tend to be bad for dancing.
>It is still coming.
>You fire some normal danmaku at her misection, she seems to see it coming, as she twists in midair, putting her feet on the ground, and slides around it.
>You back away as she massages her hand a bit.

>_