Sword Quest X - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Kilgamayan]

> Is there enough room to maneuver around her?
> In which hand(s) is she holding the machete?

[Hello Purvis]

> Is there enough room to maneuver around her?
> In which hand(s) is she holding the machete?

>Not with an umbrella open. Otherwise, you could get a tight fit.
>She has it in her right. It seems she doesn't really need the lower arms at all for this, given machetes are a one-handed tool.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Is there enough room in the tunnel for her to open a second umbrella if she had one?

[Hello Purvis]

> Is there enough room in the tunnel for her to open a second umbrella if she had one?

>Perhaps, if she overlapped them.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "I will try to help! Pass the machete to your lower right hand, then keep your upper right and lower left hands open and ready to hold some things!"

[Hello Purvis]

> "I will try to help! Pass the machete to your lower right hand, then keep your upper right and lower left hands open and ready to hold some things!"

>"Very well, Crown Prince!" Tojiko says back, as she passes the blade from he upper hands to her lower with surprising ease.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Conjure a second matching green umbrella in Tojiko's upper right hand and a second matching machete on her lower left hand.

[Hello Purvis]

> Conjure a second matching green umbrella in Tojiko's upper right hand and a second matching machete on her lower left hand.

>You do so. She looks at her new tools for a moment, then says, "This should help a little."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "You will likely have to overlap the umbrellas. Current circumstances limit our options, unfortunately."

[Hello Purvis]

> "You will likely have to overlap the umbrellas. Current circumstances limit our options, unfortunately."

>"I understand, Crown Prince," says Tojiko, as she does just that.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "If the umbrellas prove insufficient for keeping yourself safe, please inform me and I will try to produce an alternate solution."
> Use each hand to place a fire talisman on the branches in our immediate vicinity, then keep following Tojiko as she makes her progress.

[Hello Purvis]

> "If the umbrellas prove insufficient for keeping yourself safe, please inform me and I will try to produce an alternate solution."
> Use each hand to place a fire talisman on the branches in our immediate vicinity, then keep following Tojiko as she makes her progress.

>"I wouldn't complain!" Tojiko calls back, as she cuts through a few more branches.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Is she saying she wouldn't complain about an alternate solution, or if she wouldn't complain about further petal problems? Does her tone suggest one or the other?

[Hello Purvis]

> Is she saying she wouldn't complain about an alternate solution, or if she wouldn't complain about further petal problems? Does her tone suggest one or the other?

>The former, almost certainly.

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[Suwako Moriya]

> Have we any knowledge of or experience with circular blades?

[Hello Purvis]

> Have we any knowledge of or experience with circular blades?

>You have knowledge of them from sawmills, but no experience with them.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Conjure up a circular saw blade, about a foot in diameter, with a hole in the middle and a handle that extends up both sides of the blade before connecting to itself in the hole in the middle of the saw blade. The hole in the middle of the saw blade should be the perfect size for the handle's connection through said hole, but the handle should otherwise allow enough space so that the saw blade can freely rotate in place. There should also be enough of a grip on the handle that we can hold this device in two hands if need be. This new device should be held in whichever of our upper arms is not presently holding our umbrella.

[Hello Purvis]

> Conjure up a circular saw blade, about a foot in diameter, with a hole in the middle and a handle that extends up both sides of the blade before connecting to itself in the hole in the middle of the saw blade. The hole in the middle of the saw blade should be the perfect size for the handle's connection through said hole, but the handle should otherwise allow enough space so that the saw blade can freely rotate in place. There should also be enough of a grip on the handle that we can hold this device in two hands if need be. This new device should be held in whichever of our upper arms is not presently holding our umbrella.

>You conjure a saw blade on a stick.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Conjure up some protective eyewear on our face. Safety first!
> Aim the saw blade away from our body and Tojiko's body, and then make it spin very fast.

[Hello Purvis]

> Conjure up some protective eyewear on our face. Safety first!
> Aim the saw blade away from our body and Tojiko's body, and then make it spin very fast.

>You conjure some protective eyewear, then set the blade away from you and will it to spin very quickly. Branches start flying as you cut through then, then you feel some resistance from a larger branch, and a lot of noise.
>"What are you doing down there?" Tojiko calls out.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Pull the saw blade away and stop the spinning.
> "Experimenting!"
> Conjure a machete of our own in the lower hand corresponding to the saw blade hand and whack away at the cut the saw blade made in the larger branch.

[Hello Purvis]

> Pull the saw blade away and stop the spinning.
> "Experimenting!"
> Conjure a machete of our own in the lower hand corresponding to the saw blade hand and whack away at the cut the saw blade made in the larger branch.

>"I'm about there," she calls back, as you create another machete and hack at the branch. You don't do too much more damage to it, but the cut that was made is enough that you don't have to worry much about your machete getting stuck.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Keep working away at it until we cut through the branch, or Tojiko breaks through, whichever comes first.

[Mr. Sacchi]

I feel like you're having too much fun with the mindspace thing,Kilga :V

An idea I had that you could try?next time we're safe, is try something that technically doesn't exist ("lightweight petal-cutting-proof umbrella" for example) or either something entirely abstract ("the solution to this entire situation", although I'm fairly sure Purvis would shut this one down immediately :V)

If nothing else, maybe you can use the mindspace for actions rather than just summoning things, like, say, "Cut the tree in half" although, again, I'm pretty surepurvissaw that coming already, still, food for thought, just in case I miss another 4 pages like the past few days.

[Hello Purvis]

> Keep working away at it until we cut through the branch, or Tojiko breaks through, whichever comes first.

>You hack at the branch, and cut through it after a few blows. You note a lot more blossoms floating past now, so you suspect Tojiko is close.

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[Kilgamayan]

I get the distinct feeling that creative solutions are expected given the power we have access to at present. I also get the distinct feeling that this isn't going to last too much longer, though.

> Dissolve the machete, place a fire talisman into the space we just cut out of the branches with the saw blade, and then put our umbrella back up while waiting for Tojiko to finish.

[Mr. Sacchi]

> Instead of physically placing the talisman, try to cojure it directly on the tree, place it normally if it doesn't work.

[Hello Purvis]

> Dissolve the machete, place a fire talisman into the space we just cut out of the branches with the saw blade, and then put our umbrella back up while waiting for Tojiko to finish.

> Instead of physically placing the talisman, try to cojure it directly on the tree, place it normally if it doesn't work.

>You mentally direct the talisman, and it flies into place. Then put your umbrella back up. Even with Tojiko in the way, you still feel a few petals hit it, and find a couple cutting your way through.
>"There!" your companion cries. "It's awful out here!"

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[Kilgamayan]

> Did we cut out enough with the circular saw to create a hole we could move into to get out of Tojiko's way, if she wanted to descend back into the branches?

[Hello Purvis]

> Did we cut out enough with the circular saw to create a hole we could move into to get out of Tojiko's way, if she wanted to descend back into the branches?

>You would need to be careful with your umbrella and squeeze a bit.

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