Sword Quest X - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Suwako Moriya]

> Of what other transparent materials are we aware? Plastic, perhaps?

[Hello Purvis]

> Of what other transparent materials are we aware? Plastic, perhaps?

>You've never heard of that.  Transparent things are kind of hard to make!

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[Kilgamayan]

> Cringe and dissolve the glass.
> "How unfortunate. Mmm, we may have to simply peek around this metal sheet from time to time, if we are to journey upward."

[Hello Purvis]

> Cringe and dissolve the glass.
> "How unfortunate. Mmm, we may have to simply peek around this metal sheet from time to time, if we are to journey upward."

>"What lays upward, Crown Prince?"

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[Kilgamayan]

> Glance back down at the tree, making a note of how much it is burning.
> "The source of these petals, it would seem."

[Hello Purvis]

> Glance back down at the tree, making a note of how much it is burning.
> "The source of these petals, it would seem."

>The branches you just ignited are burning, while the ones you set fire to recently has spread a bit. Further down, through the hole that you have made, you can see the visible trunk has quite a deal of fire clinging to it.
>"It must be pretty big," says Tojiko, looking out over the colorless horizon; or at least as far as she can see before the view is completely engulfed by falling blossoms.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Mmm, this is true, and there does not really seem to be anything up there, at least not close by...perhaps we would be best served continuing to demolish this tree and waiting for something to react."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Mmm, this is true, and there does not really seem to be anything up there, at least not close by...perhaps we would be best served continuing to demolish this tree and waiting for something to react."

>"As you wish, Crown Prince," says Tojiko.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Nod, then will Tojiko's wounds healed and pain relieved.
> Make our way across the top of the branches to the other side of the tree, bringing the metal sheet along with us to shield us.

[Hello Purvis]

> Nod, then will Tojiko's wounds healed and pain relieved.
> Make our way across the top of the branches to the other side of the tree, bringing the metal sheet along with us to shield us.

>You will Tojiko to be healed, and her wounds disappear. She glances at her upper left arm curiously for a moment.
>You make your way to the other side of the tree, the sheet following along. You can see some fire through the branches, but none of them seem to have ignited.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Would it be safe to tunnel down here, or is the fire in the way?

[Hello Purvis]

> Would it be safe to tunnel down here, or is the fire in the way?

>It should be safe to go through the branches for at least some ways.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Gesture to the branches.
> "This should be safe from the fire for a time, I think."

[Hello Purvis]

> Gesture to the branches.
> "This should be safe from the fire for a time, I think."

>Tojiko nods. "So it seems, at least until you get to it, Crown Prince."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "I trust we will be able to adjust should the fire get too close for comfort. Particularly since we will no longer need our umbrellas. Ah, speaking of which, shall I trade yours in for tools more fitting our current task?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "I trust we will be able to adjust should the fire get too close for comfort. Particularly since we will no longer need our umbrellas. Ah, speaking of which, shall I trade yours in for tools more fitting our current task?"

>"Certainly," she says.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Turn Tojiko's umbrellas into machetes, so she has one in every hand. (Obviously, she should be holding the handles, and not the blades.)

[Hello Purvis]

> Turn Tojiko's umbrellas into machetes, so she has one in every hand. (Obviously, she should be holding the handles, and not the blades.)

>She glances at her newfound blades. "Well, that'll help," she says.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Mmm...actually, would you like to try the hand-held saw blade tool I was using earlier? I may be able to make one so that you can activate it without my assistance."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Mmm...actually, would you like to try the hand-held saw blade tool I was using earlier? I may be able to make one so that you can activate it without my assistance."

>"If you think I should," says Tojiko with a shrug that passes through her arms like a wave.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Very well. Give it a try, and see what you think. It is not as though we cannot change our minds if you decide you do not like it. You will need protective eyewear, however."
> Give Tojiko some protective eyewear (and reform our own if it's not still there), and then turn the machete into a saw blade on a stick like the one we had before, except with a button on the handle that will make it go and stop as pressed.

[Hello Purvis]

> "Very well. Give it a try, and see what you think. It is not as though we cannot change our minds if you decide you do not like it. You will need protective eyewear, however."
> Give Tojiko some protective eyewear (and reform our own if it's not still there), and then turn the machete into a saw blade on a stick like the one we had before, except with a button on the handle that will make it go and stop as pressed.

>You do so, finding you do need to reform your own eyewear. Tojiko looks at the sawblade. "How silly," she says, then she presses the button and watches it spin with raised eyebrows.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "You can press the button again to make it stop, if you come across a particularly thick branch that requires a regular blade."

[Hello Purvis]

> "You can press the button again to make it stop, if you come across a particularly thick branch that requires a regular blade."

>She nods and presses it again.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Gesture to the branches.
> "Go ahead and cut some branches with it, to see how it feels to you."

[Hello Purvis]

> Gesture to the branches.
> "Go ahead and cut some branches with it, to see how it feels to you."

>Tojiko nods, presses the button again, and then swings her blade at the tree. A few branches go flying.
>"Mmm, doesn't take as much work, at least," she says.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Wonderful! Here, have another one."
> Turn the machete in Tojiko's other upper hand into a match saw blade on a stick with a button.

[Hello Purvis]

> "Wonderful! Here, have another one."
> Turn the machete in Tojiko's other upper hand into a match saw blade on a stick with a button.

>"You're quite proud of these things, Crown Prince," Tojiko says. "I'm starting to wonder."

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[Kilgamayan]

> Raise an eyebrow.
> "I'm not sure I follow."

[Hello Purvis]

> Raise an eyebrow.
> "I'm not sure I follow."

>"I wonder about what's going on in that head of yours, after all this," says Tojiko, smirking.

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