Sakuya Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hope ♦ Metal]

>TAKE
>THE
>BOOK

[Kilgamayan]

> But only if it is safe to get in grabbing range and safe to pick up.

[Hello Purvis]

>TAKE
>THE
>BOOK

> But only if it is safe to get in grabbing range and safe to pick up.

>You grab the book! It vibrates in your hands, throwing off sparks more quickly!

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Shut the book!

[Hope ♦ Metal]

>Hope it doesn't explode.

[Hello Purvis]

> Shut the book!

>Hope it doesn't explode.

>You slam the book shut. It quivers in your hands, but stops throwing off sparks.

>_

[Hope ♦ Metal]

>Wait and see if the book calms down.
>Continue finding Meiling.

[Kilgamayan]

>Continue finding Meiling.

> Don't do this just yet.

> Is the book small enough to fit in a pocket?
> Are there any spaces on nearby shelves where the book could fit but would also be pinned closed by surrounding books?

[Hello Purvis]

>Wait and see if the book calms down.
>Continue finding Meiling.

> Don't do this just yet.

> Is the book small enough to fit in a pocket?
> Are there any spaces on nearby shelves where the book could fit but would also be pinned closed by surrounding books?

>After a moment, it falls still.
>It is too hard to fit in your pockets.
>You would have to hunt a bit to find one, but you are sure that there is such a spot.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Take it with us and continue on the way we were going before the book interrupted us.

[Hello Purvis]

> Take it with us and continue on the way we were going before the book interrupted us.

>You continue forward, and find your way into the center of the library.
>The tables have been thrown aside, as if swept around by a typhoon. None of the shelves closest to the circle are standing, and books have been thrown everywhere. You can see broken glass and piping here and there. The carpet is surprisingly intact, aside from all the odd little bits of damage here and there. One of the tables has reduced to large pieces of exceptionally nice scrap wood, which feeds a scatted fire burning merrily around it. Or so you think, anyways, perhaps it is just burning glass shards or the like. The smell of something overpowering hangs in the air, it's difficult not to gag at the smell of it. It seems you can go further west here, as well as east and south.

>_

[Monarda]

>Take some quick peeks at each direction.
>Meiling said she hadn't searched in the West area yet, so might as well do it.

[Hello Purvis]

>Take some quick peeks at each direction.
>Meiling said she hadn't searched in the West area yet, so might as well do it.

>Looking ahead, it seems a large number of the shelves have fallen; books are everywhere. To the west, you can see that there are a lot of shelves that have fallen against each other. As you look , one of them slips, sending itself and the shelf it was leaning against tumbling to the ground. Eastward, a lot of the shelves are still standing, through many of have their contents fall out.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> How does south look?

[Hello Purvis]

> How does south look?

>South would be ahead. It seems a large number of the shelves have fallen; books are everywhere. Upon a second glance, there may be some small plumes of smoke that way.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> So we just came from the North? If so, head East. If we just came from East, head South.

[Hello Purvis]

> So we just came from the North? If so, head East. If we just came from East, head South.

>You make your way eastward. The floor here is littered with books a couple of them moving a little. You note one book still on its shelf quietly fly out and move to another. This is common behavior for some of the grimoires. As it lands, however, it seems to be enough to make the already off-balance shelf fall backward with a loud clatter. The way ahead is clear, save for the aforementioned books.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Any tracks on the floor, perchance? Footprints in dust, or soot, or maybe footprints OF soot?

[Hello Purvis]

> Any tracks on the floor, perchance? Footprints in dust, or soot, or maybe footprints OF soot?

>Nothing like that that you can see.

>_

[Monarda]

>Okay, let`s take a step back and think some more, Keine is around this Library, the library has 4 differents sectors for each direction, Keine is probably either stuck or unconscious, most likely the latter since we haven`t heard a reply from her, and she would have probably attempted to draw attention in some way.
>"Hello ?!?! Miss Keine ?!?!!? Anyone ?!?!!?"
>Wait for a possible reply.

[Hello Purvis]

>Okay, let`s take a step back and think some more, Keine is around this Library, the library has 4 differents sectors for each direction, Keine is probably either stuck or unconscious, most likely the latter since we haven`t heard a reply from her, and she would have probably attempted to draw attention in some way.
>"Hello ?!?! Miss Keine ?!?!!? Anyone ?!?!!?"
>Wait for a possible reply.

>This information is likely all true.
>"Still here!" says Meiling, her voice pretty closeby. "Where are you?"

>_

[UncertainJakutten]

To be honest I think Keine IS the cause, so I'm not sure we'll have much luck calling for her.  but it's possible she's unconscious.

>What would be the best way to describe where we are?
>What direction is Meiling's voice coming from?

[Hello Purvis]

>What would be the best way to describe where we are?
>What direction is Meiling's voice coming from?

>You would say you are close to the center, in the eastern section.
>It came from the southeast a little ways.

>_

[Mr. Sacchi]

> Look to the southeast, what is immediately in that direction?

I don't doubt that Keine is somehow involved, no, but I also very much doubt that Keine also did this deliberately.

Although...

> Did we fight Mokou all the way back in the Imperishable Night incident?
> If so, do we remember if her fire had any discernable features that we could differentiate it from regular fire?
> And if so, does the fire around here match said features?

@EDIT:

> Actually belay those last two actions. (I'm leaving them in so other players can see my thought process.)
> Do we know of any relationship between Keine and Mokou?

[Hello Purvis]

> Look to the southeast, what is immediately in that direction?
> Did we fight Mokou all the way back in the Imperishable Night incident?
> If so, do we remember if her fire had any discernable features that we could differentiate it from regular fire?
> And if so, does the fire around here match said features?

>You look southeast; there are bookshelves in the way, keeping you from seeing very far.
>You did!
>Not that you particularly noted. You wouldn't be surprised to learn there were some differences, but you did not see them. Of course, you were busy dodging and the like, so some subtly might have eluded you.
>Insomuch as both look like normal fire to you.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "To your north and west! The carpet in the center area held up amazingly well!"

[Hello Purvis]

> "To your north and west! The carpet in the center area held up amazingly well!"

>"Any sign of her?" Meiling calls back.

>_

[the old guy]

>"No, not yet. Hopefully she hasn't died".

[Hope ♦ Metal]

>Examine the book's cover.
>Would flying higher help us look for Keine and Meiling?

[AzyWng]

>"No, not yet. Hopefully she hasn't died".

Are we really sure we should say that second part?

>Let's not say the second part. Sounds a bit... pessimistic to me.