Maribel Hearn Quest: ACT III - Part 3

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"T-That's enough speaking of all of this. So..."
//Let's just drop the topic now.

>"Alright..."

>Frown a bit, this reminds us of the bad past...

>You frown.
>_

[Monarda]

>"Okay, let's head back to the Temple, i have an idea."

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"Okay, let's head back to the Temple, i have an idea."

>"Huh?" Renko asks, "What is it?"
>_

[Monarda]

>"I'll simply open and close the gap so that it accompanies us, that way, Chen can peek through it."

[Neovereign]

>Ponder if we could make a gap contained in an area, akin to Yukari's hat-gap we're wearing.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"I'll simply open and close the gap so that it accompanies us, that way, Chen can peek through it."

>"Oh! That's a brilliant idea, Merry!"

>Ponder if we could make a gap contained in an area, akin to Yukari's hat-gap we're wearing.

>You ponder...
>Well, you know for sure that it's possible, you just don't know how much energy it takes to maintain it... Or how to do it for that matter
>_

[Neovereign]

>If that wasn't Renko...
>"It's Maribel. Only Renko gets to call me Merry."

>Close the gap and head inside.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>If that wasn't Renko...
>"It's Maribel. Only Renko gets to call me Merry."

>"Merry, don't you recognize me?" Renko frowns.

>Close the gap and head inside.

>You close the gap and start leading everyone back to the temple.
>_

[Neovereign]

>Head into the room we slept in.
>"Alright, I'm making it here."
>Create the gap.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>Head into the room we slept in.
>"Alright, I'm making it here."
>Create the gap.

>You do so.

>"Alright." says Renko as you re-create the gap.
>_

[Neovereign]

>Party Check.
>Inventory Check.
>Necessities Check.
>Try to close the exit gap (underground) while keeping the one with us open.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>Party Check.

>You are with Chen, Renko, Sumireko, Matenshi, Okuu, and Koishi.

>Inventory Check.

>INVENTORY:

 >Black and White Shirt (equipped)
 >>A shirt obtained in Makai. It's a little too small. It feels tight around your chest.

 >Black Skirt (equipped)
 >>A skirt obtained in Makai.

 >Hat (equipped)
 >>A white cap that you wear almost all the time.

 >Satchel (capacity: 18/20 units)
 >>A bag for carrying items. Has a limited carrying capacity.

  >Cellphone (1 unit)
  >>A communication device used to call other people. You doubt this would be of much use in Gensokyo...

  >Coin Pouch (2 units)
  >>A bag filled with coins from Makai. You gave some of them to Kagerou.

  >Burnt Photo (1 unit)
  >>A picture found in the Prismriver mansion, it depicts the four Prismrivers, except Layla has her head and upper body burned off.

  >Clothes (8 units)
  >>Your signature outfit, a purple and white dress with a black belt.

  >Cloak (4 units)
  >>A grey cloak with a hood you obtained in Makai.

  >Notebook (1 unit)
  >>A blank notebook you can easily tear the pages out of.

  >Pen (1 unit)
  >>A writing utensil.

  >Flash Drive (0 units)
  >>A flash drive that you believe belongs to Rikako Asakura. It's labelled "Personal Files." You could probably access it with a computer or laptop, but would you want to?

>Necessities Check.

>Hunger: Slightly hungry
>Bathroom: Good
>Rest: Rested
>Energy: Slightly drained

>Try to close the exit gap (underground) while keeping the one with us open.

>You attempt to close one end of the gap.
>It takes a bit of energy, but you think it works... You can no longer see the door through the gap.
>_

[Monarda]

>Try to go through it now.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>Try to go through it now.

>You enter...
>You end up in gapspace, but with the color of your gaps instead of Yukari's purple.
>_

[Monarda]

>"Curious..."
>Step outside.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"Curious..."
>Step outside.

>You step back into the room.
>"Was something wrong over there?" Renko asks, "We were about to follow you."
>_

[Monarda]

>"It's a different place, it's not like Lady Yukari's, it's like an separate space from hers."

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"It's a different place, it's not like Lady Yukari's, it's like an separate space from hers."

>"Huh? But I thought you were making a gap to Koishi's place?"
>_

[Neovereign]

>"I was seeing if it was alright to unmake the gap there and make it where we'll be. Like, another room."

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"I was seeing if it was alright to unmake the gap there and make it where we'll be. Like, another room."

>"Oh."
>_

[Neovereign]

>Remake the door gap.
>"I'll try to reopen one whenever we're at a still place, like a room, as I said. That way, Chen can still sorta monitor us, with just a peek."

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>Remake the door gap.
>"I'll try to reopen one whenever we're at a still place, like a room, as I said. That way, Chen can still sorta monitor us, with just a peek."

>You attempt to remake the door gap, only to have a new gap, leading to the door, appear next to your "half closed" one.
>_

[Neovereign]

>Try to reconnect the two.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>Try to reconnect the two.

>You...
>...Are not sure how to do this...
>_

[Neovereign]

>What do we know about our gaps and their creation/removal processes? What special techniques have we employed with them (like multiple gaps or larger ones...)?

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>What do we know about our gaps and their creation/removal processes? What special techniques have we employed with them (like multiple gaps or larger ones...)?

>You make gaps by first picturing the area you want to go in your head, and then willing the spatial boundaries to part from each other, creating a literal "gap" as opposed to cutting through a boundary, which would create a tear.

>There isn't really any special technique to making multiple gaps, you just do the gap creating method multiple times. However, there is an upper limit to how many you can sustain at the same time.

>Creating a larger gap is simply willing it to be larger upon creation, of course, the gap drains more of your energy the larger it is...
>_

[Monarda]

>Try making it so that the pathway from the new gap moves over and connects with the first one, as if we were removing an pipe from an input and putting it elsewhere, while still having the same output.

[Neovereign]

>If that analogy doesn't work, use one with electrical cords.
>Try to picture the gap area we checked in from the half gap. See if it shimmers.
>>Whether it does or doesn't, go into the half gap and do it again.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>Try making it so that the pathway from the new gap moves over and connects with the first one, as if we were removing an pipe from an input and putting it elsewhere, while still having the same output.

>You attempt to do so...
>All you manage to do is move the new gap about an inch closer to the other one. It drains a bit of energy...

>If that analogy doesn't work, use one with electrical cords.
>Try to picture the gap area we checked in from the half gap. See if it shimmers.
>>Whether it does or doesn't, go into the half gap and do it again.

>You try to picture your own gapspace...
>Nothing seems to happen...

>You head back inside the half-gap and open a new gap to the door.
>It works, but it's not perfect...  It feels like you have one extra active gap than you should, as if you only managed to create a new gap within the half gap as opposed to connecting the half gap to a new exit...
>_

[Neovereign]

//Confusing confusing. We need to find a way to reconnect the half gap to the door so we can update the half gap when we get somewhere different.