Sakuya Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Mr. Sacchi]

> Is there enough space between the top of the shelves and the ceiling to allow for comfortable flight?

> If so, take flight and head in the direction of Meiling's voice, keeping an eye on the ground and on the air for her.

[Hello Purvis]

> Is there enough space between the top of the shelves and the ceiling to allow for comfortable flight?

> If so, take flight and head in the direction of Meiling's voice, keeping an eye on the ground and on the air for her.

>You can, but it may not be a good idea in terms of breathing.

>_

[Mr. Sacchi]

> How long can we hold our breath?

> How fast can we fly?

[Serela]

> Are the fallen shelves low enough we could probably fly over without much of a smoke increase?

[Hello Purvis]

> How long can we hold our breath?

> How fast can we fly?

>Not very long, and reasonably fast.

> Are the fallen shelves low enough we could probably fly over without much of a smoke increase?

>Some may be.

>_

[Mr. Sacchi]

> You really don't want us cheating through this section with flight do you parser.

> Okay then, examine front and right for any possible pathways that would require either minimal to no flight.

[Neovereign]

>Call for her again: "Meiling, what happened?"

[Hello Purvis]

> You really don't want us cheating through this section with flight do you parser.

> Okay then, examine front and right for any possible pathways that would require either minimal to no flight.

>Don't blame me, blame good safety practices. >=|
>You can proceed ahead for some yards before a fallen shelf cuts off your path.

>Call for her again: "Meiling, what happened?"

>"I dunno!" Meiling calls back. "Keine's in here somewhere, help me find her! I haven't looked on the west side yet!"

>_

[Monarda]

>"Understood !"
>Take the path to the West Area of the Library, stay low to avoid most of the smoke.

[Hello Purvis]

>"Understood !"
>Take the path to the West Area of the Library, stay low to avoid most of the smoke.

>You start picking your way westward. There are more bookcases standing in that direction. There are a few ways to could approach; going along the outer perimeter and working your way inward, heading inward then working your way across. You could try flight, but the dangers have been listed. Perhaps there are other ways?

>_

[Mr. Sacchi]

> Can we identify in which direction the source of the smoke is?

[Hello Purvis]

> Can we identify in which direction the source of the smoke is?

>At a glance, there's seems to be a few of them.

>_

[UncertainJakutten]

Wow, this kind of became a clusterfuck

>Let's head inward and work our way across.
>Is there any particular pattern to the smoke sources?

[Hello Purvis]

>Let's head inward and work our way across.
>Is there any particular pattern to the smoke sources?

>You make your way inward. A large fallen shelf and a pile of fallen books soon looms ahead. It would be difficult to climb over. Left and Right; or east and west seem clear, at least immediately.
>There's definitely smoke coming from the center of the library. Other plumes seem to be smaller and a bit more spotty. Are they fires? Grimoires doing something unpleasant? You don't know.

>_

[UncertainJakutten]

>West
>Does the smoke seem to be fading at all, or is it getting worse?

[Hello Purvis]

>West
>Does the smoke seem to be fading at all, or is it getting worse?

>Hard to tell, you've only been here a few moments. It's not noticeably better or worse, though.
>You head westward, following the remaining shelves as they lead you toward the western side of the library. There are a lot of fallen books, and one of the shelves has fallen into a neighboring row. You note a particular grimoire near an interest sort of flopping on the ground like a fish, or perhaps an agitated grasshopper. Near it is an intersection, allowing you access further inward, or further westward. Ahead, you can see some of the shelves are fallen over, or fallen and leaning on each other. Further inward, there are many books on the ground.

>_

[Mr. Sacchi]

> "Miss Keine! Can you hear me?!"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Miss Keine! Can you hear me?!"

>You call out, and get no response.

>_

[UncertainJakutten]

>How long can we stop time before it becomes really, really painful, or significantly reduces our age?
>Let's go further inward

I'm not sure we should be warning Keine of our approach, honestly.

[Hello Purvis]

>How long can we stop time before it becomes really, really painful, or significantly reduces our age?
>Let's go further inward

>You can hold it for a few minutes in reasonably stressful situations.
>You make your way further inward, approaching the fallen books. It will be difficult to walk here.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Would stopping time alleviate any breathing problems, make them worse, or have no affect on them?

[Serela]

>Fly slightly over the books as we keep moving.

[Hello Purvis]

> Would stopping time alleviate any breathing problems, make them worse, or have no affect on them?

>It would alleviate them.

>Fly slightly over the books as we keep moving.

>You hover over the books. As you do, one starts to vibrate and throw out largish sparks!

>_

[Hope ♦ Metal]

>Observe the vibrating book and pick it up if the vibration intensifies.

[Hello Purvis]

>Observe the vibrating book and pick it up if the vibration intensifies.

>The vibration does not intensify, but it does throw off a few more sparks.

>_

[Monarda]

>"Hmmm..."
>Slowly approach the book, be prepared to use a timestop if anything sudden happens.

It's probably the cause of the explosion, or at least one of them.

[Mr. Sacchi]

Shouldn't we worry first about finding Keine before trying to fix the source of the explosion?

Unless you think that Keine was directly responsible for the explosion and did so deliberately, which I have a hard time believing.

[Kilgamayan]

> Are the sparks coming at us?

[Monarda]

Not really, it's because leaving such an odd book just lying there might haunt us in the future, i know Keine is in need of aid, but we mustn't proceed carelessly, else we might end up like her too.

[Hello Purvis]

>"Hmmm..."
>Slowly approach the book, be prepared to use a timestop if anything sudden happens.

> Are the sparks coming at us?

>The book does not react differently as you approach, but it does seem to get giving off more sparks.
>They do not seem to be coming for you, just in sparking in general.

>_