Sword Quest VIII - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

> Well, yes, but her perspective is also turned roughly 180 degrees.
> I know this is a text adventure, but the only way I know how to possibly describe why I'm confused is through interpretive dance an image. It seems like one of the three things below is happening, where arrows indicate directions of travel.
>
> Am I missing something?

>Who the motherfuck changed physics when I wasn't looking. No, seriously, who the motherfuck changed physics because I've described this exact same scenario and had it described exactly as above, and it doesn't match with your chart.
>She's going right.

[Kilgamayan]

> No worries, Broseph Brostar, it happens to all of us.
> Anyway, keep heading on our current path, but slam on the brakes when we're about a half-second away.

[Hello Purvis]

> No worries, Broseph Brostar, it happens to all of us.
> Anyway, keep heading on our current path, but slam on the brakes when we're about a half-second away.

>Thanks Broseidon, Lord of the Brocean.
>You do so!  As you slow, Meira breaks toward the right!

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[Kilgamayan]

> Breaking toward us or away from us?

[Hello Purvis]

> Breaking toward us or away from us?

>Away, she seems to be trying to circle around you again.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Sharp turn to the right! Maybe we can cut her off.

[Hello Purvis]

> Sharp turn to the right! Maybe we can cut her off.

>You make a sharp turn to the right, attempting to cut her off!
>You suppose that you, but it turns out that she has no interest in stopping and the horse slams into you, sending you back and stumbling, your chest aching fiercely! You don't even have time to regain your footing before you see Meira's blade descending from the left and above!

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[Hello Purvis]

>You make a sharp turn to the right, attempting to cut her off!
>You suppose that you do cut her off, but it turns out that she has no interest in stopping and the horse slams into you, sending you back and stumbling, your chest aching fiercely! You don't even have time to regain your footing before you see Meira's blade descending from the left and above!

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[Kilgamayan]

> Hold both swords out horizontally in front of us in order to catch her swing.

[Hello Purvis]

> Hold both swords out horizontally in front of us in order to catch her swing.

>You hold your swords out to try to catch the attack as you fight to regain your balance. Veering backward, you think you can easily catch it off Hakurouken, or perhaps bat it away with your other blade with some focus.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Do the first one, catch her sword with Hakurouken.

[Hello Purvis]

> Do the first one, catch her sword with Hakurouken.

>You catch it. The downward force, combine with your poor footing, sends you to to the ground, landing hard on your rump.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Painful, but perhaps better for our situation than being off-balance.
> While Hakurouken is locked with Miko's sword, bring Roukanken down on top of Miko's sword, closer to the hilt, and start pushing upward (and slightly away from us) with Hakurouken and pulling downward (and slightly away from us) with Roukanken at the same time, in an effort to twist Meira off-balance, if not rip the sword right out of her hands (or drag her right out of the saddle).

[Hello Purvis]

> Painful, but perhaps better for our situation than being off-balance.
> While Hakurouken is locked with Miko's sword, bring Roukanken down on top of Miko's sword, closer to the hilt, and start pushing upward (and slightly away from us) with Hakurouken and pulling downward (and slightly away from us) with Roukanken at the same time, in an effort to twist Meira off-balance, if not rip the sword right out of her hands (or drag her right out of the saddle).

>Hakurouken is not locked, you were thrown to the ground.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Oh, whoops. Damnit.
> Bring our swords up around hers in an attempt to create the clamp described in the previous post. Since Hakurouken's probably on the inertia rebound right now, swing Roukanken up on top of Miko's blade first.

[Hello Purvis]

> Oh, whoops. Damnit.
> Bring our swords up around hers in an attempt to create the clamp described in the previous post. Since Hakurouken's probably on the inertia rebound right now, swing Roukanken up on top of Miko's blade first.

>You try to swing at Meira's blade, but she circles around you and leaves you at a poor angle to do so. Sitting on the ground, you are not in a good position to adjust after her.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Roll to whichever side is further away from her and use that momentum to get ourselves back up off the ground and on our feet.

[Hello Purvis]

> Roll to whichever side is further away from her and use that momentum to get ourselves back up off the ground and on our feet.

>You roll away from Meira and get back to your feet. As you rise, you see she has circled around to your other side, and her blade is already descending.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Let's try the same plan as before. Raise Hakurouken up horizontally to block her swing, and once the blades clash, bring Roukanken down horizontally on top of Miko's blade, closer to the hilt of Miko's blade than where Hakurouken is. If this is successful, push upward (and slightly away from ourselves) with Hakurouken and pull downward (and slightly away from ourselves) with Roukanken in an effort to either pull the blade out of her hands or yank her clear off the horse.

[Hello Purvis]

> Let's try the same plan as before. Raise Hakurouken up horizontally to block her swing, and once the blades clash, bring Roukanken down horizontally on top of Miko's blade, closer to the hilt of Miko's blade than where Hakurouken is. If this is successful, push upward (and slightly away from ourselves) with Hakurouken and pull downward (and slightly away from ourselves) with Roukanken in an effort to either pull the blade out of her hands or yank her clear off the horse.

>You try to enact this plan, but having just risen, you only have time to snap up Hakuroukan to keep her sword from going through your head. The two blades clash with a loud ring, and the force of it jars your arm a little. She continues to circle, recovering her blade's position. You also find that for this to work, you'll need to draw her attack fairly low, or you won't have the leverage to apply much force to her while she is mounted.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Back off a bit in the direction opposite of the one Meira is currently in and give ourselves a chance to breathe and stabilize.

[Hello Purvis]

> Back off a bit in the direction opposite of the one Meira is currently in and give ourselves a chance to breathe and stabilize.

>You back off and give yourself a breather. Meira circles around, and is coming at your right side now, her sword held in position that could strike from a number of angles.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Would dropping to one knee bring us low enough to the ground that it would give us the leverage we need to wrench the sword out of her hand while still allowing us to maintain the necessary balance?

[Hello Purvis]

> Would dropping to one knee bring us low enough to the ground that it would give us the leverage we need to wrench the sword out of her hand while still allowing us to maintain the necessary balance?

>Unlikely; her leverage advantage comes from height, and being that low, you likely wouldn't be able to catch her sword at the point you need to to successfully apply such force.

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[Kilgamayan]

> When we determined we would need to 'draw her attack fairly low', then, what precisely did we mean?

[Hello Purvis]

> When we determined we would need to 'draw her attack fairly low', then, what precisely did we mean?

>In this case, meaning having your arms lower so that you can put more of your body into to the maneuver. Right now, Meira is notably higher up than you are and enjoys a significant leverage advantage.

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[Kilgamayan]

> So catching a downward slash (for example) on our own blades lower than we have been?

[Hello Purvis]

> So catching a downward slash (for example) on our own blades lower than we have been?

>Yes.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Are we confident enough in our lateral speed to think that we could sidestep a downward slash?

[Hello Purvis]

> Are we confident enough in our lateral speed to think that we could sidestep a downward slash?

>If you see it coming in time, and have proper footing. You might be in trouble if you're caught in the middle of another movement.

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