Kisume Quest VI - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

> "...Could you make it back down to the entrance by yourself if you had to?"

>"I...might be able to to," says Ruukoto. "But, I don't know. I think they are going to be rounding up VIVIT. Why?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "I'm wondering about flying up the side of the building."

[Hello Purvis]

> "I'm wondering about flying up the side of the building."

>She nods. "That might work. But there are people who watch the outside, too. Snipers and things, so be careful if you do."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Really? I thought the professor said flight was an advantage here."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Really? I thought the professor said flight was an advantage here."

>"Well, yeah," says Ruukoto. "But that doesn't mean they can't see you if you aren't careful."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "What if I just hug the opaque walls?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "What if I just hug the opaque walls?"

>"It probably wouldn't hurt," says Ruukoto, "But some people have night vision goggles, I'm pretty sure. So, don't stay out there too long? ...Wait," Ruukoto frowns. "can you get back in? I don't think these are made to open from outside."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "I'll be looking for Emperor Happy, so if i spot him I'll just blast my way in."

[Hello Purvis]

> "I'll be looking for Emperor Happy, so if i spot him I'll just blast my way in."

>"Oh. Well. You know this isn't normal glass, right?" says Ruukoto. "It's reinforced and such. Um, I don't know if that means anything to you, but it's not so easy to break as most glass."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Oh."
> Beat.
> "Then how do we get to the top floor?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Oh."
> Beat.
> "Then how do we get to the top floor?"

>"I guess we find someone with top clearance?" she says. "And I guess you could hide outside if you needed to?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "I'm not gonna hide outside if they can shoot me there. Who has top clearance?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "I'm not gonna hide outside if they can shoot me there. Who has top clearance?"

>"Probably the same people we thought did before? But...well, maybe we don't need top clearance? I imagine he has to come down here sometime, right?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Maybe? I don't know the purpose of this floor, or if he would need it."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Maybe? I don't know the purpose of this floor, or if he would need it."

>"Me either," says Ruukoto. "But I can't imagine it's ignored much..."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "So you think we should wait in here and hope he comes into this room?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "So you think we should wait in here and hope he comes into this room?"

>"Um, I don't know about this particular room," says Ruukoto. "But, maybe we could look around, at least? Maybe wait for the Professor to contact us?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Oh, actually."
> Press the button on the communicator.
> "Hello?"
> Press the button again.

[Hello Purvis]

> "Oh, actually."
> Press the button on the communicator.
> "Hello?"
> Press the button again.

>You turn on the communicator and call out.
>"There you are!" comes Yumemi's voice. "I half-wondered if we were too late!"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Press.
> "Are you here, then?"
> Press.

[Hello Purvis]

> Press.
> "Are you here, then?"
> Press.

>"Yes," says Yumemi, "We've been trying to get into contact with you before continuing further."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Press.
> "We're on the third-highest floor, but I guess we've caused enough of a disturbance that they're looking for us now."
> Press.

[O4rfish]

>"I...might be able to to," says Ruukoto. "But, I don't know. I think they are going to be rounding up VIVIT. Why?"

First mental image: increasing robot population to a nice even number.
(second mental image is the obvious)
Third mental image: PADs

[Kilgamayan]

That last one sounds like the best interpretation to me.

Would that be necessary for robots, though? If they have the technology to mass-produce the robots in the first placce then surely they have the technology to mass-produce seamlessly-attachable physical 'upgrades'. VIVIT requires additional memory!

[UncertainJakutten]

...could you even take that, Kilga? Not only would they be bigger, but they'd be *functional* and bigger. It's like everything you like wrapped into one VIVIT shaped packaged :O

[Kilgamayan]

Health issues may result, I will admit.

[Hello Purvis]

> Press.
> "We're on the third-highest floor, but I guess we've caused enough of a disturbance that they're looking for us now."
> Press.

>"Oh good," says Yumemi, "So they won't mind any additional explosions. Have you had any successes on the lower floor objectives?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Press.
> "Woke up my friend. She's expecting you, but Chiyuri should say what I told her to say anyway. Too much medical bay chaos; we couldn't afford the time to get my stuff back."
> Press.

[Hello Purvis]

> Press.
> "Woke up my friend. She's expecting you, but Chiyuri should say what I told her to say anyway. Too much medical bay chaos; we couldn't afford the time to get my stuff back."
> Press.

>"I see," says Yumemi. "What is the situation in the medical bay, as you left it? I assume Ruukoto is still intact?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "She's fine. I knocked out a doctor and two guards and pissed off three more doctor in a surgery room, or something. The room with my friend."