Kisume Quest VIII - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

> What's Sariel up to now?

>Glancing over, you see her slipping around another line of bullets from Kasen, and sending another exploding shot in her direction.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> How large are the familiars' bullets?
> How close are the bullets to us?
> How close are we to the near familiar?
> How close are we to the ceiling?
> How densely populated is the air in front of us?

[Hello Purvis]

> How large are the familiars' bullets?
> How close are the bullets to us?
> How close are we to the near familiar?
> How close are we to the ceiling?
> How densely populated is the air in front of us?

>They are spheres, a few inches across.
>You have a second or so before the light blue bullets reach you, a bit more than that before the next wave of dark blue bullets comes.
>You aren't much closer than before, about ten or eleven yards way.
>You have maybe two feet of clearance between yourself and the ceiling.
> Immediately, it is clear, but you will soon have dark blue shots filling it.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Is either color bullet noticeably faster than the other?

[Hello Purvis]

> Is either color bullet noticeably faster than the other?

>They seem to be about the same speed.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> How's the ground below look?

[Hello Purvis]

> How's the ground below look?

>At a fraction of a second glance, it seem there are several waves of bullets between it and you.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

Crap.

> Keep heading forward as long as we have the space.

[Hello Purvis]

> Keep heading forward as long as we have the space.

>You head forward, passing over the oncoming wave of dark blue shots and just dodging around the oncoming light blue shots, then manage to just squeak under the next one. The dark blue shots are becoming less like oncoming waves now, and more like angled walls that might catch you in the face. The space between them is starting to contract, which is going to make it increasingly difficult to dodge anything else coming at you. 
>Right now, you have a light blue shot arcing in front of you, coming uncomfortably close to your nose, and will have a wall of dark blue shots coming at you shortly. You hear Sariel's bullet explode somewhere behind and below you. You're probably within six yards of the familiar, and are a couple above it.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> How shortly is 'shortly'? A few seconds? Less than one second?

[Hello Purvis]

> How shortly is 'shortly'? A few seconds? Less than one second?

>Within a second or so, you have time to re-position yourself to a fair degree.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Is the dark blue wall horizontal or vertical?
> How does the air look immediately below us?

[Hello Purvis]

> Is the dark blue wall horizontal or vertical?
> How does the air look immediately below us?

>It is diagonal, but a bit more vertical than horizontal.
>Glancing down, you see the wave of dark blue that you just passed by is almost done passing below and behind you.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Summon some demon fire and chuck it at the near familiar. then drop down a bit into the area that said wave of dark blue is about to vacate.

[Hello Purvis]

> Summon some demon fire and chuck it at the near familiar. then drop down a bit into the area that said wave of dark blue is about to vacate.

>You summon some demon fire and throw it, then have to immediately drop to avoid getting a face full of dark blue shots!
>Dropping down to momentary safety, you are pleased to see the familiar ignite into bright flame for a moment then burn out completely.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> How does the bullet density look now?

[Hello Purvis]

> How does the bullet density look now?

>It will take a few moments for the last of the blue shots to go away, but things should be markedly less crowded and dangerous.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> What dangers are immediate?

[Hello Purvis]

> What dangers are immediate?

>You have some light blue shots coming at you very shortly from the left, coming up at your diagonally. Another wave of dark blue shots, the second to last one, will be reaching you shortly after that. As well, Sariel seems to be leveling her wand in your direction.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> How are the dark blue shots approaching?

[Hello Purvis]

> How are the dark blue shots approaching?

>Diagonally, slightly more vertical than horizontal, you think.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Hoow does the air immediately in front of us look like? Include what's slightly above and what's slightly below.

[Hello Purvis]

> Hoow does the air immediately in front of us look like? Include what's slightly above and what's slightly below.

>Immediately in front of you is clear for the moment; above and ahead you see the blue wave that you just dodged is passing by. Below and ahead, you can see the next wave coming.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Head straight forward for a little bit, ideally at a speed not slower than the walls approaching us.

[Hello Purvis]

> Head straight forward for a little bit, ideally at a speed not slower than the walls approaching us.

>You head forward a little. As you do, a blast of red danmaku fires from Sariel's wand, zooming toward you much too quickly and is already almost on top of you!

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Were the exploding shots also red?

[Hello Purvis]

> Were the exploding shots also red?

>No, they were more yellow and spherical. These look more like arrowheads.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Nothing for it. Drop altitude and hope for the best!

[Hello Purvis]

> Nothing for it. Drop altitude and hope for the best!

>You drop down, thankfully avoid the dark blue wave.
>The burst of red arrowheads pass over you, and you see that it is not a burst as you first thought, but rather a continuous stream. The stream of head arrowheads begins to descend downward toward you.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Anything ddangerous visible in front or to the left or right of or below us?