Yukari Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure

[日巫子]

> Push against the mist and continue to move forward.
> Can we see what we're standing on?

[Hello Purvis]

> Push against the mist and continue to move forward.
> Can we see what we're standing on?

>You push against the mist and move forward. You are certain that the resistance is growing stronger.
>You can barely see past your elbows.

>_

[日巫子]

> Does the ground at least feel solid?
> Try slowing down a bit.  Does that make the resistance any less strong?

[Hello Purvis]

> Does the ground at least feel solid?
> Try slowing down a bit.  Does that make the resistance any less strong?

>You think it feels. It may well rippling under your feet, undetectable through the soles of your shoes.
>It doesn't feel any less strong. It seems like the mist is growing more dense.

>_

[日巫子]

> Does it feel like we can open a gap here?

[Hello Purvis]

> Does it feel like we can open a gap here?

>You think that you can. You aren't quite sure where you could open it to, though.

>_

[日巫子]

> Standing in place, try pushing the mist away from us.

[Hello Purvis]

> Standing in place, try pushing the mist away from us.

>You push against the mist, and can feel some of it ebb away from you, enough to give you a decent view of your forearms. It contracts against your hands, becoming more solid. You swear you can almost feel something in it. You can feel the mist flow between your fingers, wrapping around them and your palms like warm friendly hand. It then flows back down your arms like a lazy water flow water, soon obscuring your vision again.

>_

[日巫子]

> Close our hand around some of the mist.

[Hello Purvis]

> Close our hand around some of the mist.

>You close your hand around some mist, and you are certain you can feel something more solid within it, something warm and metallic that you have wrapped your fingers around.

>_

[Mr. Sacchi]

> List of missing tools.

"Warm and metallic?" That's pretty much my only clue, especially with the mist being so... "friendly".

[Hello Purvis]

> List of missing tools.

>You are presently missing your: Wrench, Vise Grips, Magnifying Glass, Mirror, and Astrolabe

>_

[O4rfish]

>Pull it towards us.

[Hello Purvis]

>Pull it towards us.

>You pull it toward you. There is much resistance, and you feel the mist rippling strongly around you.  The metallic feeling in your hand grows more defined as you draw it closer, and the mist flows around your like a river, along your arms and toward your hands. You can almost imagine the dull roar as it ripples around and past you. The mist grows lighter, then seems to vanish altogether as chilly air rushes in to fill its place. You are standing upon the dais again; there doesn't seem to be any sign of the tower of mist any longer. Maribels lays upon it some yards away, shaking her head at the moment.
>In your hands is a short-handled magnifying glass with a large lens.
>You have obtained: Yukari's Magnifying Glass.

>_

[日巫子]

> Put the magnifying glass away.
> "Are you okay?"

[Hello Purvis]

> Put the magnifying glass away.
> "Are you okay?"

>You tuck the magnifying glass away.
>"Yeah," says Maribel. "What happened? The stars fell, then everything became misty. Then it vanished."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> What does the magnifying glass do, again?

[Serela]

The tainted gap needed the Magnifying glass for us to work with it further, as it needed examining in order to ascertain what was wrong with it. Delicious progress.

There's still the weird face in the mountains, though...

[Hello Purvis]

> What does the magnifying glass do, again?

>Possession of it allows for you to much more closely understand the minutia of gaps and potential gaps. In general you can get a better feel for cosmic forces with it. As well, you can use it as a mundane magnifying glass.

>_

[O4rfish]

>Do we still have a hat? If not, do we know how to make a deerstalker?

[Yaersulf]

>Quickly stow the magnifying glass, hopefully before Maribel notices.

[Hello Purvis]

>Do we still have a hat? If not, do we know how to make a deerstalker?

>You left your previous Wide-Brimmed Reed Hat back in the possibly false Gensokyo.
>You could theoretically make one if you had the proper materials. It might be a bit rough, you've not dabble into haberdashery for awhile.

>Quickly stow the magnifying glass, hopefully before Maribel notices.

>You have stowed it away, and she doesn't seem to have noticed.

>_

[Hello Purvis]

>"You're sure gotten quietly lately, Yukari," Maribel says.

>_

[UncertainJakutten]

Well fuck if I know what's going on

>Inventory
>Tools
>Gaps in this area.

[Hello Purvis]

>Inventory
>Tools
>Gaps in this area.

>Your inventory contains:
>Bedsheet
>Your silken bedsheet.
>Socks and Undergarments.
>Some of your lost clothing.
>Yukari's Screwdriver.
>Seemingly a basic screwdriver. With this, you may prise open gaps with much more precision and delicately than you can alone.
>Piece of Materia Prima (Small)
>A hand-sized glob of the one element from which all flows.This could be shaped into a boggling array of things.
>Yukari's Hourglass
>This basic timekeeping device assists in maintaining gaps. With it, you can leave gaps open for longer, and without having to physically concentrate on them.
>Yukari's Pliers.
>A basic pair of pliers. These assist you in narrowing and closing gaps with far greater ease and speed than you can alone.
>Red Shoes
>You never thought you?d miss these.
>Piece of Material Prima (miniscule)
>A fingernail-sized glob of the one element from which all flows.This could be shaped into a boggling array of things.
>Yukari's Tape Measure.
>A length of material with precise markings of length. With it, you can use it bridge distance much more quickly and easily.
>Bundle of Flowers
>A collection of a dozen or so unidentified flowers taken from a garden on a floating island. Some resemble edible flowers.
>Sturdy Stick
>Suitable for aiding in walking.
> Yukari's Magnifying Glass
>A lens with a handle. This tool allows you to examine gaps and potential gaps much more closely, greatly broadening the range of options you have to work with.
>There are several gaps you know of. One is tainted in a way you haven't been able to understand. It does not feel safe with your current understanding. There is the one you used to get here, which takes you back to the floating islands. There is one that takes you to a strange place where there are only colors; even you and Maribel dissolved into colors. And there is one that you were unable to open without your Vise Grips.

>_

[UncertainJakutten]

>"Ah, have I? Well, I'm considering where we shall go next."
>The tainted gap is the one that we wanted our magnifying glass for, right?
>Oh, yes, current location?

[Hello Purvis]

>"Ah, have I? Well, I'm considering where we shall go next."
>The tainted gap is the one that we wanted our magnifying glass for, right?
>Oh, yes, current location?

>"Back into that color place?" says Maribel. "I guess, though, water isn't such a big deal anymore, so there's no hurries."
>Yes, you will need your magnifying glass to make any sense of it.
>You are currently on the dais where you found your magnifying glass, and possibly broke the sky in the process.  It is on the far northern end of this place.

>_

[UncertainJakutten]

>"I was thinking the color place might not be a bad idea, we'll be able to find more out if we explore a bit more."
>"Let's get down from here first."
>Take Mari down with us through the dais gap.

[Hello Purvis]

>"I was thinking the color place might not be a bad idea, we'll be able to find more out if we explore a bit more."
>"Let's get down from here first."
>Take Mari down with us through the dais gap.

>"Alright," says Maribel.
>There is no direct gap from the dais. You made your own and came here through it. You could easily make another to leave, but you would need a destination for it.

>_

[UncertainJakutten]

OH, okies

>Create a gap from here down to where we came here from. We're kind of randomly in the air right now, right?