Author Topic: Sword Quest IX - A Z-Machine Adventure (Read 94142 times)

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #150 on:** August 14, 2015, 06:29:46 AM »

> Take a look over at Futo. Is she asleep yet?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #151 on:** August 14, 2015, 10:03:24 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on August 14, 2015, 06:29:46 AM

> Take a look over at Futo. Is she asleep yet?

>Not quite, but you imagine it won't be long.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #152 on:** August 14, 2015, 11:12:46 AM »

> Look back to Reimu.
> "Would you like some assistance before I depart?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #153 on:** August 14, 2015, 07:53:06 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on August 14, 2015, 11:12:46 AM

> Look back to Reimu.
> "Would you like some assistance before I depart?"

>"Naw, this is easy," she says.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #154 on:** August 14, 2015, 08:10:05 PM »

> Nod.
> "Very well. I hope to return shortly."
> Give a smile and a small wave to our companions, and then take flight and head back into the Forest of Magic, to the mouse's shop.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #155 on:** August 14, 2015, 09:26:34 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on August 14, 2015, 08:10:05 PM

> Nod.
> "Very well. I hope to return shortly."
> Give a smile and a small wave to our companions, and then take flight and head back into the Forest of Magic, to the mouse's shop.

>You make your way Southwest, toward the forest and Kourindou. Crossing the fields south of town, you find the faeries are getting more numerous, and there is a fair amount of danmaku coming from some of the groups.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #156 on:** August 14, 2015, 09:42:19 PM »

> Best to avoid them, then. What options do we have for such?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #157 on:** August 14, 2015, 09:55:00 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on August 14, 2015, 09:42:19 PM

> Best to avoid them, then. What options do we have for such?

>You could try to go over or under them, but these both carry the obvious risks. Trying to go around them might take longer, and it comes down to how lucky you are in avoiding their attention.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #158 on:** August 14, 2015, 10:10:36 PM »

> Let's try going around. We have a little bit of time leeway.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #159 on:** August 14, 2015, 11:46:58 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on August 14, 2015, 10:10:36 PM

> Let's try going around. We have a little bit of time leeway.

>You find there are three major groups of them. One group is of moderate size, and seems to be drifting about at random. There is a larger group that seems to be patrolling from north to south, though you don't think that's their intention. Then the third seems to wander around at random, sometimes breaking into two smaller groups before remerging. As you leave the woods where the Hakurei Shrine lies behind, you see the third group meet with the second and clash for a bit, before breaking away.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #160 on:** August 15, 2015, 12:24:45 AM »

> Any openings in these fairy clouds between us and the forest?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #161 on:** August 15, 2015, 01:56:42 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on August 15, 2015, 12:24:45 AM

> Any openings in these fairy clouds between us and the forest?

>There are for the time being, there's a sizable gap between the first and second group, but whether it will remain is hard to tell.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #162 on:** August 15, 2015, 02:20:53 AM »

> Fortunee favors the bold! Go for the gap between the first and second groups.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #163 on:** August 15, 2015, 03:55:35 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on August 15, 2015, 02:20:53 AM

> Fortunee favors the bold! Go for the gap between the first and second groups.

>You decide to be bold and go for it. As you fly forward into the plains, you notice the first group is closing in from the east.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #164 on:** August 15, 2015, 04:02:39 AM »

> Do they seem to have spotted us?
> Are they traveling faster than us?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #165 on:** August 15, 2015, 04:41:35 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on August 15, 2015, 04:02:39 AM

> Do they seem to have spotted us?
> Are they traveling faster than us?

>Not as a whole, at least, but perhaps some individuals have.
>You think so. Faeries can be fairly speedy.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #166 on:** August 15, 2015, 04:42:22 AM »

> Are they flying at our level, or are they higher or lower than us?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #167 on:** August 15, 2015, 04:47:56 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on August 15, 2015, 04:42:22 AM

> Are they flying at our level, or are they higher or lower than us?

>They are about at your level, though with some yards of variance either way, given it is a group.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #168 on:** August 15, 2015, 04:49:33 AM »

> Descend a bit while continuing onward.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #169 on:** August 15, 2015, 05:39:47 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on August 15, 2015, 04:49:33 AM

> Descend a bit while continuing onward.

>You descend a bit and continue forward. Judging from the cried you hear among the general noise, you are certain you've drawn the attention of some of the faeries.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #170 on:** August 15, 2015, 05:40:42 AM »

> Speed up if we can.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #171 on:** August 15, 2015, 06:42:25 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on August 15, 2015, 05:40:42 AM

> Speed up if we can.

>You speed up. There are definitely more cries from the faeries, and you believe they are starting to angle toward you.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #172 on:** August 15, 2015, 04:53:16 PM »

> Ugh.
> Just keep going. Don't bother engaging them unless they engage us first.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #173 on:** August 15, 2015, 06:29:58 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on August 15, 2015, 04:53:16 PM

> Ugh.
> Just keep going. Don't bother engaging them unless they engage us first.

>You keep moving. The faeries are definitely following you. You can hear a few shouting toward you, though you can't really make out what is being said through all the crowd noise.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #174 on:** August 15, 2015, 06:35:10 PM »

> Are they coming from behind, or a side?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #175 on:** August 15, 2015, 08:45:14 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on August 15, 2015, 06:35:10 PM

> Are they coming from behind, or a side?

>They are coming from you left, and a little bit behind now.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #176 on:** August 15, 2015, 10:56:39 PM »

> Keep on going ahead, then. At least they have to approach at an angle, and we might be able to get away before they properly catch up.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #177 on:** August 16, 2015, 01:23:59 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on August 15, 2015, 10:56:39 PM

> Keep on going ahead, then. At least they have to approach at an angle, and we might be able to get away before they properly catch up.

>You keep going, keeping a surreptitious eye on the oncoming cloud. At least some of the faeries are closing in on you, laughing and carrying on, but you may be faster than the bulk of them.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #178 on:** August 16, 2015, 01:39:59 AM »

> Speed up just a bit more, if we can.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #179 on:** August 16, 2015, 02:00:18 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on August 16, 2015, 01:39:59 AM

> Speed up just a bit more, if we can.

>You put on a bit more speed, now in the aerial equivalent of a dash. This slowly puts a bit more distance between you and the main cloud, but at least a dozen faeries are still following.

>_