Kisume Quest VIII - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

> Turn back up as we continue forward, then, so we'll clear it when it comes. Pick up the pace a tiny bit, too.

>You speed up a bit, and clear the bullet arc with little difficulty. The stream continues to follow you, and you have to stay close to top speed to keep away from it.

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[Kilgamayan]

> How close are we to Sariel now?

[Hello Purvis]

> How close are we to Sariel now?

>You are about six yards away, maybe a little less. However, you are also not really headed toward her at the moment.

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[Kilgamayan]

> That's fine. In fact, with the way we're being tailed by arrowheads, that's probably good. Our goal is to get on the other side of Sariel.
> Keep heading forward down the hall, maybe picking up speed a tiny bit more.

[Hello Purvis]

> That's fine. In fact, with the way we're being tailed by arrowheads, that's probably good. Our goal is to get on the other side of Sariel.
> Keep heading forward down the hall, maybe picking up speed a tiny bit more.

>You keep going. keeping ahead of the arrowheads as they follow you around the corridor, ducking and weaving under the oncoming lines of blue shots. Then, suddenly, the constant hiss of the stream behind you dies away.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Take a glance at Sariel.

[Hello Purvis]

> Take a glance at Sariel.

>You glance toward Sariel in time to see her shoot toward the ceiling and hard to the right. As well, you see a huge mass of swirling orange and purple kunai danmaku coming right at you!

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[Kilgamayan]

> Drop altitude posthaste!

[Hello Purvis]

> Drop altitude posthaste!

>You drop down close to the floor, and find yourself about to collide with an arc of light blue shots!

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[Kilgamayan]

> Wahh, forward, forward!

[Hello Purvis]

> Wahh, forward, forward!

>You charge direction as fast as you can, the edge of your bucket just barely grazing along the bullet arc below you.
>Spirals upon spirals of colorful kunai danmaku swirl past overhead, lines of them spinning off from the central column.  Two of them come toward you from above.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Bank left to get out of their way.

[Hello Purvis]

> Bank left to get out of their way.

>You bank left as the main part of the attack passes by; beginning to unwind and dissipate.  For the moment, things, seem reasonably clear.  A light blue arc is coming at you from above and ahead, but you feel you can handle that if nothing else goes wrong.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Are Sariel or Kasen immediately visible? If so, what are they up to?

[Hello Purvis]

> Are Sariel or Kasen immediately visible? If so, what are they up to?

>You can see Kasen, some distance away, gathering up more danmaku around her.
>Sariel is to your left and above, and is closing in on you quickly!

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[Kilgamayan]

> Does she have the wand pointed at us?

[Hello Purvis]

> Does she have the wand pointed at us?

>She does not.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Oho, she wants to play, huh?
> Start ruushing toward Sariel, getting a grip on our rebar in the meantime.

[Hello Purvis]

> Oho, she wants to play, huh?
> Start ruushing toward Sariel, getting a grip on our rebar in the meantime.

>You start rushing toward Sariel, following behind one of the light blue arcs. She does not seem dissuaded by your eagerness to approach, and only a couple of yards remain between you.

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[Kilgamayan]

> So she's just hurtling headlong toward us with no apparent attack pose, like having an arm out or something?

[Hello Purvis]

> So she's just hurtling headlong toward us with no apparent attack pose, like having an arm out or something?

>She might be preparing to do something with her wand, but you aren't really in the position to evaluate her body language at the moment.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Is there any danger visible behind her?

[Hello Purvis]

> Is there any danger visible behind her?

>Not that you can see.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Pull out the rebar and hold it in a 'ready' position to our side.
> Swing our momentum in a more upward direction, say about 45 degrees. We should still be traveling forward, just not at the same horizontal speed. Whatever horizontal speed is lost should be compensated for by vertical speed.

[Hello Purvis]

> Pull out the rebar and hold it in a 'ready' position to our side.
> Swing our momentum in a more upward direction, say about 45 degrees. We should still be traveling forward, just not at the same horizontal speed. Whatever horizontal speed is lost should be compensated for by vertical speed.

>You ready your Length of Rusty Rebar, then swing yourself upward. 
>Sariel banks to the side, and readies her wand must as you have readied your weapon.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Is she banking to the right or the left?

[Hello Purvis]

> Is she banking to the right or the left?

>She is banking toward the left.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Bank in the same direction whilestopping our upward momentum and pulling back slightly on our forward momentum.
> Keep the rebar at the read, but do not swing it unless she swings her wand toward us, and only then swing it at her wand instead of her.

[Hello Purvis]

> Bank in the same direction whilestopping our upward momentum and pulling back slightly on our forward momentum.
> Keep the rebar at the read, but do not swing it unless she swings her wand toward us, and only then swing it at her wand instead of her.

>You bank in the same direction, and slow slightly. She swings at you the wand at you, and swing your Length of Rusty Rebar to meet it, keeping her from staving in your head with it. The impact runs down your arm and draws a dull throb from your side, the metal-on-wood collision is loud enough to briefly drown out the sounds of danmaku around you.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Do we have one hand on the rebar or two?