Sword Quest X - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Kilgamayan]

> "Ah."
> Give a slightly sad smile.
> "I admit this is not my finest moment. I can only pray my imperfections can be overlooked on the grounds of coming as a result of such an unusual situation."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Ah."
> Give a slightly sad smile.
> "I admit this is not my finest moment. I can only pray my imperfections can be overlooked on the grounds of coming as a result of such an unusual situation."

>"Certainly, Crown Prince," says Tojiko, still wearing her smirk and chuckling.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Chuckle a bit ourselves.
> "You have my gratitude. We can discuss this in more detail once we have both returned to the Shrine, I think."

[Hello Purvis]

> Chuckle a bit ourselves.
> "You have my gratitude. We can discuss this in more detail once we have both returned to the Shrine, I think."

>She nods.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "In that case, shall we make a new tunnel downward through the branches?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "In that case, shall we make a new tunnel downward through the branches?"

>"As you wish, Crown Prince," says Tojiko, descending and beginning to hack her way through it.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Focus back on the metal sheet above us and tilt it away from us to dump petals off of it.

[Hello Purvis]

> Focus back on the metal sheet above us and tilt it away from us to dump petals off of it.

>You do so, and send quite a shower of them spilling off to the side, some fluttering back in your direction.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Do we have room on our torso above our waist for another pair of arms, if we wanted to?

> Wave an upper hand in front of us at the incoming petals, to make a small breeze from our hand to blow the petals back.

[Hello Purvis]

> Do we have room on our torso above our waist for another pair of arms, if we wanted to?

> Wave an upper hand in front of us at the incoming petals, to make a small breeze from our hand to blow the petals back.

>Maybe.
>You wave toward the petals, and a small breeze blows them away.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Look down at and inspect our sides. Given the current spacing of our arm pairs, does it look like one more pair would fit?

[Hello Purvis]

> Look down at and inspect our sides. Given the current spacing of our arm pairs, does it look like one more pair would fit?

>It seems like you could, though it might be a bit tight.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Focus on the metal sheet again, and unrotate it to return it to its former position.
> Look back to Tojiko in preparation for following her into the soon-to-be tunnel.

[Hello Purvis]

> Focus on the metal sheet again, and unrotate it to return it to its former position.
> Look back to Tojiko in preparation for following her into the soon-to-be tunnel.

>You return the sheet to its former position, and see that Tojiko has made some progress hacking her way into the branches.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Let's give this a try, then. Look back down at our sides, and conjure another set of functional arms for ourselves, just a tiny bit above our waist.

[Hello Purvis]

> Let's give this a try, then. Look back down at our sides, and conjure another set of functional arms for ourselves, just a tiny bit above our waist.

>You conjure up a third set of arms.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Follow Tojiko into the tunnel, practicing movement with our new lower arms a little bit.

[Hello Purvis]

> Follow Tojiko into the tunnel, practicing movement with our new lower arms a little bit.

>You follow Tojiko, and try out your next set of arms. They move well, but you can already tell that using them with the others is going to be a headache.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Is it that they're all going to get in the way of each other, or that it is a strain to keep track of everything mentally?

[Hello Purvis]

> Is it that they're all going to get in the way of each other, or that it is a strain to keep track of everything mentally?

>The latter is going to cause the former.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Let's try practicing, then. Move our upper arms up and outward to reach out toward the upper part of the branch tunnel walls, our middle arms straight outward to reach toward the middle part of the branch tunnel walls, and our lower arms down and outward to reach out toward the lower part of the branch tunnel walls.

[Hello Purvis]

> Let's try practicing, then. Move our upper arms up and outward to reach out toward the upper part of the branch tunnel walls, our middle arms straight outward to reach toward the middle part of the branch tunnel walls, and our lower arms down and outward to reach out toward the lower part of the branch tunnel walls.

>You practice a little. The process is not as clean as you would hope. You normal arms do alright; the others take moment to really sort themselves out and reach where you wish to.

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[Kilgamayan]

> That's okay, this'll take some time.
> As long as we're reaching out, conjure a fire talisman in each hand and place them on the branches.

[Hello Purvis]

> That's okay, this'll take some time.
> As long as we're reaching out, conjure a fire talisman in each hand and place them on the branches.

>You place several fire talismans, your lower arms needing a moment to place them correctly.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Bring our arms back toward our body one pair at a time, first with the upper, then with the middle, then with the lower.
> Move a bit further down the tunnel, assuming there is room to do so.

[Hello Purvis]

> Bring our arms back toward our body one pair at a time, first with the upper, then with the middle, then with the lower.
> Move a bit further down the tunnel, assuming there is room to do so.

>You bring your arms back. There is a moment where you have to concentrate on arranging the middle and lower set correctly.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Once we've moved a bit further down the tunnel, say a couple of yards, splay our arms again in the same manner as before, placing flame talismans on the surrounding tunnel walls once all hands are in place. There is no need to do this quickly, getting the hang of proper control is what's important.

[Hello Purvis]

> Once we've moved a bit further down the tunnel, say a couple of yards, splay our arms again in the same manner as before, placing flame talismans on the surrounding tunnel walls once all hands are in place. There is no need to do this quickly, getting the hang of proper control is what's important.

>You do so, placing some more talismans. It's still clumsy, but you do a bit better this time.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Pull our arms back in as we did before, from top to middle to bottom, and advance again if there is room.

[Hello Purvis]

> Pull our arms back in as we did before, from top to middle to bottom, and advance again if there is room.

>You do so, having about the same trouble as before, and advance a little.

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