Kisume Quest VI - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

> "Any idea what's on the highest floor Sombraluz's can access?"

>"No, but I imagine it's important," says Ruukoto.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Might as well take a look, then."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Might as well take a look, then."

>Ruukoto hits the button, and you feel the elevator begin to rise. The seconds tick by, as do the glyphs shown in lights above the doors. Both of you are quiet, there is not a sound but the hum of the elevator. After nearly a minute, the doors slide open. Past them, you can see red carpets and a large hall, and chandeliers hanging above. Near A huge, framed picture dominates the wall, depending what you think are men in armor, probably in combat, with a rearing horse central to it. Large columns can be seen, just beyond the elevator doors.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Keep our voice down.
> "Fancy."

[Hello Purvis]

> Keep our voice down.
> "Fancy."

>"Yeah," says Ruukoto. "I...don't think I'll know much more than you do from here on out."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "You can still read, at least. Let's take a peek out, see if anyone's here."

[Hello Purvis]

> "You can still read, at least. Let's take a peek out, see if anyone's here."

>"Yeah," says Ruukoto.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Nod.
>" Let's roll."

[Hello Purvis]

> Nod.
>" Let's roll."

>"Okay," says Ruukoto.
>She wheels you out onto the carpet. Before you opens a large hall, its its ceiling stretching a couple dozen feet into the air. The ceiling is made of intricate white panels arranged into a gentle arch, each one laden with intricate golden scrollwork in a variety of swirls. Slim alabaster columns raise up from the floor reasonably close to the edges of the rooms. Immense paintings with larger than life figures dominate the pale white walls, and slender chandeliers with hundreds of dangling crystals shed illuminate it all. The hall stretches eastward and westward, narrowing to more of a proper corridor. You notice that pairs of soldiers are stationed at either side; and one from each side is beginning to approach you.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> So they see us?

[Hello Purvis]

> So they see us?

>They probably do. You're rather visible.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Shit.
> Might as well let them come up to us.

[Hello Purvis]

> Shit.
> Might as well let them come up to us.

>You let the soldiers approach, who both come at the same time.
>"We're going to need to need to see some identification, ma'am," says one of them, a shortish man with rather impressive arms, as they both flank you.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Right."
> Fish through our pockets, with a slowly dawning look of horror on our face.
> "Oh no. Oh no."
> Turn to Ruukoto.
> "VIVIT, have you seen mine?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Right."
> Fish through our pockets, with a slowly dawning look of horror on our face.
> "Oh no. Oh no."
> Turn to Ruukoto.
> "VIVIT, have you seen mine?"

>"Um, I think I have it..." she says, frown and widened eyes that you are not entirely convinced is acting. She hands you the Purple Card.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "No, that's not it. Wait!"
> Take the Purple Card and show it to the guard that spoke.
> "I have a message from Agent Sombraluz!"

[Hello Purvis]

> "No, that's not it. Wait!"
> Take the Purple Card and show it to the guard that spoke.
> "I have a message from Agent Sombraluz!"

>You try to show the card. One of the soldiers brusquely takes it, saying "If an agent has a message, he wouldn't send it by courier. Where did you get this?"
>The other one shrugs a long metallic device from his shoulder, similar to the ones you saw on the soldiers below, but a bit shorter and more stream-lined.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "I got it from him. He's in the medical lab in pretty rough shape."

[Hello Purvis]

> "I got it from him. He's in the medical lab in pretty rough shape."

>"He would use the radio like the rest of us," says the soldier. "I'm not going to ask again, where did you get this?"

>_

[O4rfish]

>How many soldiers are in the room?
>How much danmaku can we emit at once?

[O4rfish]

We need to give them a reason to doubt their radios and procedures. The two lies I can think of involve "the alien" waking up and using electromagnetic powers or mind-control powers.

[Kilgamayan]

There's also the shuriken in the bucket.

EDIT: Also @Purvis: Check around the Government Center area of the net (with Sal's cart and Dad's computer), then check around the area you get to by leaving the Government Center area through the top.

[Hello Purvis]

>How many soldiers are in the room?
>How much danmaku can we emit at once?

>You saw four.
>You can emit a fairly decent amount of danmaku, as far as you're concerned, if you don't really care what you hit or if you hit it. It's fairly simple, but you regard it as rather pretty in its simplicity. Your spellcard can be fairly fast, but you are not mobile enough to use it without a bucket.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Did we get our spelllcard back somehow?

[Hello Purvis]

> Did we get our spelllcard back somehow?

>You have not, unfortunately. It was included for the sake of thoroughness.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

O4rfish, if you show up again and have a plan, feel free to take charge.

> Shrink back in the chair a tiny bit.
> "He said his radio broke. But we hid one of his shuriken in the bottom of the bucket in case that card wasn't good enough."

[Hello Purvis]

> Shrink back in the chair a tiny bit.
> "He said his radio broke. But we hid one of his shuriken in the bottom of the bucket in case that card wasn't good enough."

>"What," says the soldier, his tone as flat as his expression; what you can see of his expression anyway.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Jab a finger at the bucket.
> "Take a look if you don't believe me!"

[Hello Purvis]

> Jab a finger at the bucket.
> "Take a look if you don't believe me!"

>"Empty the bucket, VIVIT," says the soldier.
>"Yes, sir," says VIVIT, as she slowly begins to remove things from it. The soldier with the weapon moves to observe.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> ...We DID leave that shuriken in the bucket, right?
> How close to firing range are these two guys?
> Are the other two soldiers in the room still visible?