Sword Quest X - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Kilgamayan]

> Bring our arms back home, one pair at a time, in the same order they were sent out.
> Once everyone is safely home, use the metal sheet to push us along down the tunnel.

[Hello Purvis]

> Bring our arms back home, one pair at a time, in the same order they were sent out.
> Once everyone is safely home, use the metal sheet to push us along down the tunnel.

>This is also a tangled process; some of them simply refuse to move the way you want them to, as though they were numb. It takes you a few moments to sort this all out.
>You move onward, the sheet helping you keep some semblance of balance.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Repeat the one-pair-of-arms-at-a-time talisman placing process at our new location.

[Hello Purvis]

> Repeat the one-pair-of-arms-at-a-time talisman placing process at our new location.

>You have the same problems as before, your extra arms just aren't as responsive as you want them to be. In some cases, they just cannot bend without dragging others along in involuntary motions. However, once they are extended, you have little issue summoning and placing talismans.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Do we think, with our limited extra-arm experience, it would be better or worse if we tried sending them all out at once?

> Repeat the one-pair-at-a-time arm retraction and use the metal sheet to push us further down the tunnel. Also, bee aware of any sudden changes in behavior from Tojiko, as we don't want her to turn around and see us like this.

[Hello Purvis]

> Do we think, with our limited extra-arm experience, it would be better or worse if we tried sending them all out at once?

> Repeat the one-pair-at-a-time arm retraction and use the metal sheet to push us further down the tunnel. Also, bee aware of any sudden changes in behavior from Tojiko, as we don't want her to turn around and see us like this.

>It would almost certainly be messier, but perhaps faster.
>You withdraw your arms, as awkwardly as before, and make your way further down. You don't think Tojiko has noticed anything, she is busy hacking away.

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[Kilgamayan]

> How wide are the gaps between our arms, again? About an inch each?

[Hello Purvis]

> How wide are the gaps between our arms, again? About an inch each?

>More or less.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Let's try the comedy option! Send all of our arms out in their assigned directions at once.

[Hello Purvis]

> Let's try the comedy option! Send all of our arms out in their assigned directions at once.

>Your arms go out toward their spots, and it is messy. You get the unpleasant sensation of elbowing yourself several times, and lightly hitting yourself a few as your arms collide here and there. Eventually, you get them sorted.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Place talismans with each hands, then pull them all back at once.

[Hello Purvis]

> Place talismans with each hands, then pull them all back at once.

>You place the talismans without difficulty. Drawing your arms back, however, is a mess, and they literally entangle for a few moments until you can sort it out.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Use the metal sheet to push us forward a bit, and then repeat the all-arms-at-once talisman placing process, including reeling them all back in at once. Make a game note once we have reeled them all back in.

[Hello Purvis]

> Use the metal sheet to push us forward a bit, and then repeat the all-arms-at-once talisman placing process, including reeling them all back in at once. Make a game note once we have reeled them all back in.

>You go through another cycle, placing these ones reasonably close to the prior set. It goes about as poorly as before, it feels as though you are trying to juggle far too many objects at once.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Is the metal sheet behind us as wide as our shoulder blades?

[Hello Purvis]

> Is the metal sheet behind us as wide as our shoulder blades?

>Yes.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Use the metal sheet to push ourselves forward another yard, and then repeat the all-arms-at-once talisman placing process, including reeling them all back in at once.
> How far along through the branches has the tunnel gone now?

[Hello Purvis]

> Use the metal sheet to push ourselves forward another yard, and then repeat the all-arms-at-once talisman placing process, including reeling them all back in at once.
> How far along through the branches has the tunnel gone now?

>You move forward and repeat, with similar results.
>It seems Tojiko is close to finishing it off, the fires below is much more visible now, blazing across the trunk.

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[Kilgamayan]

Almost done, then? Hmm...

> Create for ourselves another pair of arms, placed somewhat within the gap between our top two pairs of arms, but slid a little more forward on our torso since there obviously isn't enough room between our top two pairs of arms directly on our sides. There should be about a half-inch of space between the base of this new pair and each of the bases of our current top two pairs.

[Hello Purvis]

Almost done, then? Hmm...

> Create for ourselves another pair of arms, placed somewhat within the gap between our top two pairs of arms, but slid a little more forward on our torso since there obviously isn't enough room between our top two pairs of arms directly on our sides. There should be about a half-inch of space between the base of this new pair and each of the bases of our current top two pairs.

>You try to make another set of arms. They appear, but feel kind of uncomfortable in their current spot.

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[Kilgamayan]

> We're not going to have them for long, so we'll just tough it out.
> Create more sets of arms directly below the newest set in each of the other five arm gaps.

[Hello Purvis]

> We're not going to have them for long, so we'll just tough it out.
> Create more sets of arms directly below the newest set in each of the other five arm gaps.

>You create more arms, and feel too top heavy to remain upright on your own. You fall back against the metal plate, and feel like you're just too unbalanced to really move on your own anymore.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Make the plate push us forward another yard.

[Hello Purvis]

> Make the plate push us forward another yard.

>You are pushed another yard, feeling like you might topple off the side in the process.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Restructure the metal sheet to add a bit of a curve to it (as seen from above or below), sloping back from the edges to the middle, so that our upper body is protected from sliding off the side due to being 'inside' the curve.

[Hello Purvis]

> Restructure the metal sheet to add a bit of a curve to it (as seen from above or below), sloping back from the edges to the middle, so that our upper body is protected from sliding off the side due to being 'inside' the curve.

>You do so, and while you don't feel any more steady, you feel less likely to fall off.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Send our highest pair of arms straight up, our middlemost pair of arms straight out to our side, and our lowest pair of arms straight down.

[Hello Purvis]

> Send our highest pair of arms straight up, our middlemost pair of arms straight out to our side, and our lowest pair of arms straight down.

>You do this, though it's a bit hard to isolate out the arms you want, even your original ones.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Reach our upper pairs of arms between our top pair and our middlemost pair out in a roughly-evenly-spaced fan shape.
> Once this hilarious disaster has completed, reach our lower pairs of arms between our bottom pair and our middlemost pair out in another roughly-evenly-space fan shape.

[Hello Purvis]

> Reach our upper pairs of arms between our top pair and our middlemost pair out in a roughly-evenly-spaced fan shape.
> Once this hilarious disaster has completed, reach our lower pairs of arms between our bottom pair and our middlemost pair out in another roughly-evenly-space fan shape.

>You slowly unfold out all your arms, frequently they get in each other's way, and your control over them is more akin to giving helpful suggestions to hardheaded children. But, eventually, you fan them out.

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