Yukari Quest V - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Kilgamayan]

> Make a gap to the top of one of the rounded-top hills and head through it.

[Hello Purvis]

> Make a gap to the top of one of the rounded-top hills and head through it.

>You open another gap, and step through it with Maribel in tow. This brings you to a more gentle incline, covered with thick-leaved plants that seem somewhat reminiscent of lettuce leaves. To the west, the hill drops suddenly into a cliff that plunges into a valley. This valley seems to snake along some length of the island.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Can we see the gap we made from here?

[Hello Purvis]

> Can we see the gap we made from here?

>You cannot see it, but you think you can feel something in the general area. Which, upon reflection, is a little embarrassing; surely being many hundreds of times your proper size wouldn't have made you that sloppy...

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Hmm...it should be around here somewhere."
> Look around the immediate vicinity.

[Hello Purvis]

> "Hmm...it should be around here somewhere."
> Look around the immediate vicinity.

>"I think I feel a little something," Maribel says.
>You wander around a little, looking here and there. The gap isn't here, exactly, but you feel it is strongest near the drop to the west.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Indicate to the west.
> "Perhaps in that direction?"

[O4rfish]

>Note to self: create new compass tool when this incident is over.

[Hello Purvis]

> Indicate to the west.
> "Perhaps in that direction?"

>You gesture toward the west. Maribel frowns and says, "I'm not sure..."


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[Kilgamayan]

> "Where do you feel it from, then?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Where do you feel it from, then?"

>"Like I said, I'm not sure," says Maribel

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Ah, my apologies. I misunderstood."
> Does the land flatten out before the cliff, or is it all downward slope?

[Hello Purvis]

> "Ah, my apologies. I misunderstood."
> Does the land flatten out before the cliff, or is it all downward slope?

>"It's okay," says Maribel.
>The hill slopes downward a little, then drops off. You should be able to walk to the point where it descends sharply and peer into the valley without any problems.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Let's walk down there and do just that, then.

[Hello Purvis]

> Let's walk down there and do just that, then.

>You make your way to the western side of the hill, and peer down to see a thirty-foot drop, nearly as sheer as the mountain that you scaled earlier today. The side of the hill is fairly smooth and covered in coarse grasses and tough-leafed weeds. You notes one bare spot, and a boulder about half your size resting on the valley floor below. The valley itself is sparsely dotted with clumps of grass and the odd stone. You can feel the outermost edges of your gap below, fluttering amidst the borders like poorly measured cloth made into a serviceable garment.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Aha. I believe our goal is down there."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Aha. I believe our goal is down there."

>"Oh," Maribel says as she approaches the edge of the hill and looks down, "Good thing we don't have to worry about rain, that looks like it'd flash flood really badly."

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[Kilgamayan]

> Gap ourselves to the bare spot, assuming it's not on the face of the cliff or something.

[Hello Purvis]

> Gap ourselves to the bare spot, assuming it's not on the face of the cliff or something.

>It is more or less on the the face of the cliff; you think a boulder was probably there until some event caused it to dislodge. That said, it may serve as a decent place to stand, but it would be easy to stumble off while emerging from a gap.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Gap ourselves to next to the boulder, then.

[Hello Purvis]

> Gap ourselves to next to the boulder, then.

>You gap down to the bottom of the valley by the fallen boulder. The gap is here, some yards from it. It is indeed sloppy work on your part, likr trying to make a child's dress from a giant's bedsheet, but it is perfectly serviceable and stable. You suppose you could bring it up to your usual standard, but that really would be spending time on vanity.

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[Serela]

>"Oh, good. I found the gap I made."
>Walk over to the gap and open it, before, assuming nothing seems amiss, gesturing at it to Maribel.
>"Shall we?"
>And then ENTRANCE

[Hello Purvis]

>"Oh, good. I found the gap I made."
>Walk over to the gap and open it, before, assuming nothing seems amiss, gesturing at it to Maribel.
>"Shall we?"
>And then ENTRANCE

>"Really?" says Maribel. "I can't tell, myself. It's..."
>She rolls her hands in front of herself wordlessly, before letting them fall.
>The gap opens properly, and you are quite sure that nothing is visually awry.
>You gesture toward it and Maribel gives a small curtsey in reply. "Why, thank you very much!"
>The two of you step through the gap, and emerge in a thick forest. If you are not mistaken, this should be the same one that you followed Maribel's tracks through this morning. At a glance, nothing really stands out. The undergrowth is dense, but the trees are reasonably sparse. Off to the west, you can see the forest quickly give way to grasslands.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Look around in the sky for some other floating islands.

[Hello Purvis]

> Look around in the sky for some other floating islands.

>While the forest canopy doesn't allow for the clearest view, you can see several islands floating in the multi-colored sky above you.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Can we tell if any of them are the large mountain/drained lake island?

[Hello Purvis]

> Can we tell if any of them are the large mountain/drained lake island?

>You think you can see one that's large enough to be it, but it would help if you left the woods.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Is there an immediate obvious path?

[Hello Purvis]

> Is there an immediate obvious path?

>While there isn't an immediate path, you can probably just push your way through the foliage to the edge, it's not too terribly far away.
>"Yeah, I remember this woods," says Maribel.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Ah, good. In which direction did you go to leave this area?"