Author Topic: Kisume Quest V - A Z-Machine Adventure (Read 33796 times)

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #720 on:** August 13, 2012, 01:02:01 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on August 13, 2012, 12:41:16 AM

> Take the translator back.
> "Will I talk to you in your language?"

>"Yeah, but that'll be okay," says Chiyuri.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #721 on:** August 13, 2012, 04:06:58 AM »

> Try it on.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #722 on:** August 13, 2012, 04:32:43 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on August 13, 2012, 04:06:58 AM

> Try it on.

>You try the translator on. It fits neatly over your head, the band itself being quite firm and flexible. The earpiece covers your ear completely, and the arm extends down to the front of your mouth. It feels firmly in place, you could probably do a lot of aerial acrobatics without having to worry about it falling off.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #723 on:** August 13, 2012, 04:44:50 AM »

> "So do I need to do anything else?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #724 on:** August 13, 2012, 05:01:30 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on August 13, 2012, 04:44:50 AM

> "So do I need to do anything else?"

>"Just turn it on," says Chiyuri. She reaches over and hits a button near your ear. You hear a soft hiss in your covered ear, a gentle sort of noise, something like the sound of a light rain.
>Chiyuri then says something that sounds like gibberish. After a moment, you hear her in your covered ear, saying "See? It's working. Nothing to it." The voice is...not quite right, it sounds like something that's has a metal tongue, you can't quite describe it, but there's a sense of distance and artificialness to it. The translated voice isn't loud, but it dominates your covered ear enough that you easily here it over what Chiyuri's actual words.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #725 on:** August 13, 2012, 10:32:05 AM »

> "How weird."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #726 on:** August 13, 2012, 10:59:53 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on August 13, 2012, 10:32:05 AM

> "How weird."

>"No, it's perfectly alright. You feel comfortable with it? Oh, and watch out if you get around a bunch of people talking at once. It gets pretty garbled."

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #727 on:** August 13, 2012, 11:12:21 AM »

> "I can still understand me. Is my end not working, or something?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #728 on:** August 13, 2012, 11:17:40 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on August 13, 2012, 11:12:21 AM

> "I can still understand me. Is my end not working, or something?"

>"It's just taking a moment to adjust to you," says Chiyuri. "It'll start in a moment. But don't worry, it's not going to change your words directly or anything, just it'll translate them and play them."

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #729 on:** August 13, 2012, 11:22:54 AM »

> "So I'll hear me talk in my language, and then yours?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #730 on:** August 13, 2012, 12:12:16 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on August 13, 2012, 11:22:54 AM

> "So I'll hear me talk in my language, and then yours?"

>"Yeah," says Chiyuri. "Try not to talk really fast, once it gets adjusted. It waits for pauses, then translates when you're speaking."

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #731 on:** August 13, 2012, 01:01:17 PM »

> "Seems to be taking a while."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #732 on:** August 13, 2012, 01:21:00 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on August 13, 2012, 01:01:17 PM

> "Seems to be taking a while."

>You comment, then hear your own voice a moment later, coming from the mouthpiece. It sounds a lot like you, but it has the same distant, tinny sound that Chiyuri's voice does. You have no idea what it is saying.
>"See?" says Chiyuri.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #733 on:** August 13, 2012, 02:04:32 PM »

> Look a little shocked!
> "Wow."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #734 on:** August 13, 2012, 10:36:47 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on August 13, 2012, 02:04:32 PM

> Look a little shocked!
> "Wow."

>It is hard not to be surprised when a piece of...whatever this thing is made of hovering in front of your face decides to mimic you.
>Your comment is translated a moment later, and Chiyuri grins. "Told you it'd work."

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #735 on:** August 14, 2012, 12:45:25 AM »

> "Does that other button thing work right now?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #736 on:** August 14, 2012, 12:54:52 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on August 14, 2012, 12:45:25 AM

> "Does that other button thing work right now?"

>Chiyuri nods. "Yeah, let me go get ours and we can test it. Just turn it on, I'll contact you."
>She walks away quickly and disappears down the hall again.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #737 on:** August 14, 2012, 12:57:46 AM »

> Do we remember on this thing where the button thing was?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #738 on:** August 14, 2012, 01:02:14 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on August 14, 2012, 12:57:46 AM

> Do we remember on this thing where the button thing was?

>You do, it should be right around where your ear lobe is. The button she told you to push when you want to talk should be on the opposite side of the earpiece.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #739 on:** August 14, 2012, 01:08:54 AM »

> Push it and hold it in.
> "Uh, hi?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #740 on:** August 14, 2012, 01:17:16 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on August 14, 2012, 01:08:54 AM

> Push it and hold it in.
> "Uh, hi?"

>You do not hear any response, but you do hear that mild crackle noise in your ear, so at least you've turned it on correctly.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #741 on:** August 14, 2012, 01:18:19 AM »

> She did say she couldn't talk while we pushed the button, didn't she? Let go of the button and see what happens.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #742 on:** August 14, 2012, 01:39:13 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on August 14, 2012, 01:18:19 AM

> She did say she couldn't talk while we pushed the button, didn't she? Let go of the button and see what happens.

>She did say something like that.
>You let go of it , and after a moment you hear Chiyuri's voice, sounding even more distant and tinny, say, "Hey, you hear me?"

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #743 on:** August 14, 2012, 01:43:07 AM »

> "Yeah! How'd you do that?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #744 on:** August 14, 2012, 02:04:48 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on August 14, 2012, 01:43:07 AM

> "Yeah! How'd you do that?"

>After a moment, you hear her say. "Hey, can you hear me? Remember, you have to hold down the button, these things only work one way."

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #745 on:** August 14, 2012, 02:21:22 AM »

> Oh, right!
> Press the button.
> "Yeah! Yeah! How'd you do that?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #746 on:** August 14, 2012, 02:24:04 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on August 14, 2012, 02:21:22 AM

> Oh, right!
> Press the button.
> "Yeah! Yeah! How'd you do that?"

>You press the button and speak. You note that the translator does not work this time, presumably because it is doing something else.
>"It's what the machine's made to do," says Chiyuri, after you let go of the button. "Maybe the professor could tell you in a way that'd make sense to you?"

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #747 on:** August 14, 2012, 02:29:37 AM »

> Press it again.
> "Man, this could be useful in Gensokyo."
> Let go.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #748 on:** August 14, 2012, 02:38:48 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on August 14, 2012, 02:29:37 AM

> Press it again.
> "Man, this could be useful in Gensokyo."
> Let go.

>"Yeah, we got some use out of these," says Chiyuri. "The problem is keeping them charged up. They tend to run out after a few days."

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #749 on:** August 14, 2012, 02:45:20 AM »

> Was there anything else we were going to get to before we got interrupted?