Reisen Quest Still: A Z-Machine Adventure

[UncertainJakutten]

>So, the mouth appears to be a bad idea. Make damn sure we stay out of that line of fire while still shooting the gaps in the armor. Also, lasers.

[UncertainJakutten]

>Oh yeah, also, make sure to dodge in the situations where we ARE in the mouths line of fire.

[Hello Purvis]

>So, the mouth appears to be a bad idea. Make damn sure we stay out of that line of fire while still shooting the gaps in the armor. Also, lasers.

>Oh yeah, also, make sure to dodge in the situations where we ARE in the mouths line of fire.

>This would explain why it was exposing such a gap in its defenses toward you!
>You try to keep out of its line of fire again, ducking aside as it tries to snap its mandibles shut on you, and bring the the Blue Gem into play once again. The jewel fires a beam of blue light at the Oni Eater, connecting with its armored back and drawing a loud screech from it as it skitters away.
>You're starting to feel a bit dizzy, but you make it a point to stay away from its mouth.

>_

[MysTeariousYukari]

> Consider which moves faster, You or the Oni Eater.
> If we haven't already, start flying so we can better dodge the attacks.
> Is it possible to use a weaker Spell Card while still moving freely?

[Hello Purvis]

> Consider which moves faster, You or the Oni Eater.
> If we haven't already, start flying so we can better dodge the attacks.
> Is it possible to use a weaker Spell Card while still moving freely?

>You think you can fly a bit faster, but you've not exactly raced, nor are you sure you have dealt with it's top speed.
>You've been hovering. But you aren't certainly how well you'll be able to fly if this dizziness gets worse.
>Unfortunately, all of your spellcards are pretty concentration heavy in one sense or another. All of them limit your motion significantly; a few require you to hold still while concentrating, which would be suicidal.

>_

[MysTeariousYukari]

> Do we have ANY form of calling for backup or sending a distress call? As is, we could be in trouble, so we need to know what we could fall back onto incase things go bad.
> Can either of the Gems scan a target? If so, have that Gem do so, we need to know just how much juice the Oni Eater has in it.

[Hello Purvis]

> Do we have ANY form of calling for backup or sending a distress call? As is, we could be in trouble, so we need to know what we could fall back onto incase things go bad.
> Can either of the Gems scan a target? If so, have that Gem do so, we need to know just how much juice the Oni Eater has in it.

>You have no way to summon any backup. On the bright side, it's a good thing you didn't bring Youmu; adding those swords to the things it's already thrown at you would be bad.
>You do not feel that either of the gems has scanning capacity. But the Oni Eater's face is fairly bloody, its got a few burns on its carapace, and one very nasty and bloody wound where the Blue Gem's beam just hit it. It also has several oozing wounds from where your danmaku has gotten it. You aren't sure how much it has left to give, but it is most certainly hurt.

>_

[Serela]

>Continue attacking with the Gems and danmaku

[Hello Purvis]

>Continue attacking with the Gems and danmaku

>You keep up the barrage as well as possible. Now that the Oni Eater is moderately close, you can unleash the full might of the Red Gem upon it, keeping it at bay with gouts of flame. The Blue Gem's beams cut through its carapace with little difficulty, quickly opening several new deep wounds on it and giving you new places to target with your danmaku. It seems to be unable to concentrate much up affecting the metal with the pressure you are putting on it.
>The only downside is that your head is still swimming. You're going to have to end this quickly, before it can try to hit you with more of that white liquid.

>_

[MysTeariousYukari]

> Aim the Blue Gem's laser at the Oni Eaters mandible-things, in such a way that even if the laser misses the mandible, it will hit the Oni Eater in the side of it's head.
> Be ready to dodge that weird liquid

[Kilgamayan]

> Switch up the gem work: aim the Red Gem's fire at the holes the Blue Gem has opened up, while aiming the Blue Gem's beams at the creature's head (into the mouth of possible).

[Hello Purvis]

> Aim the Blue Gem's laser at the Oni Eaters mandible-things, in such a way that even if the laser misses the mandible, it will hit the Oni Eater in the side of it's head.
> Be ready to dodge that weird liquid

> Switch up the gem work: aim the Red Gem's fire at the holes the Blue Gem has opened up, while aiming the Blue Gem's beams at the creature's head (into the mouth of possible).

>You direct the Blue Gem to attack the Oni Eater's head, trying to stride its mandibles or catch it in the head. At the same time, you move the Red Gem to burn the open wounds on its body. At first, it tries to surge ahead toward you, until the Gem's Beams catch it in the head, burning into the carapace quickly and  drawing blood, while the Red Gem sets to work. It screeches, and fails a little, then falls to the ground.
>Its cilia twitch and you think its still breathing, but the pain was enough to make it black out.

>_

[UncertainJakutten]

>YAY! Go voices!
>Loot the body if we can. I suspect the gem is somewhere on it.

[Chaore]

> Be extremely careful, in case the thing gets back up.

[Thaws]

>Try to burn the cilia off, just in case. Is this too cruel? :ohdear:

[Kilgamayan]

> Smirk at the knowledge that we just defeated a monster even the Oni couldn't touch.

[Hello Purvis]

>YAY! Go voices!
>Loot the body if we can. I suspect the gem is somewhere on it.

>You examine its body, and don't find any trace of anything that might be the gem, or really anything else of value.

> Be extremely careful, in case the thing gets back up.

>You do not get too close to it. You wouldn't want to, anyways.

>Try to burn the cilia off, just in case. Is this too cruel? :ohdear:

>You consider burning off its cilia. You suspect that these probably serve a lot of sensory functions for the monster. Given how well it could dodge fireballs, you expect it could at least "see" heat, rather like a pit viper. So the question is whether or not blinding it is a cruel.

> Smirk at the knowledge that we just defeated a monster even the Oni couldn't touch.

>You feel mighty proud of yourself. And also a bit dizzy.

>_

[MysTeariousYukari]

> We either continue deeper into the cave to try and find the Gem and let the Oni Eater live, Merciful Sparing. The Oni Eater could possibly survive what we did to it, and it could realize that we are stronger then it and thus leave us alone.

OR

> We continue deeper into the cave to try and find the Gem after killing the Oni Eater, Mercy Kill. The thing is badly hurt and could very well die from blood lose, finishing it while it's out wouldn't cause it to much distress.

> I am kinda voting Mercy Kill, but I think we should let other people vote on these options before one of them is decided.

[Chaore]

> I'm thinking Kill, but it might be too much for our rabbit here. We might want to just hurry and find the gem.

[Thaws]

>Consider bringing the Oni Eater to Eirin. Remember how surprised she was when we brought the spider monkey! We're doing way better at surprising people than Kogasa.

[MysTeariousYukari]

>Consider bringing the Oni Eater to Eirin. Remember how surprised she was when we brought the spider monkey! We're doing way better at surprising people than Kogasa.

> Please don't do that. The thing was difficult enough to knock out, and it's apperently around 30 feet long. This thing could not be lifted or dragged all the way to Eientei by poor Reisen and if it wakes up, we are back to square one.

[UncertainJakutten]

>As cool as bringing it back would be, it is impractical. Mercy Kill.

[Thaws]

>Oh well, ask Satori to train this one too maybe.  :V

>Take some metallic stuff as terrible souvenir.

[Hello Purvis]

> We either continue deeper into the cave to try and find the Gem and let the Oni Eater live, Merciful Sparing. The Oni Eater could possibly survive what we did to it, and it could realize that we are stronger then it and thus leave us alone.

> We continue deeper into the cave to try and find the Gem after killing the Oni Eater, Mercy Kill. The thing is badly hurt and could very well die from blood lose, finishing it while it's out wouldn't cause it to much distress.

> I am kinda voting Mercy Kill, but I think we should let other people vote on these options before one of them is decided.

> I'm thinking Kill, but it might be too much for our rabbit here. We might want to just hurry and find the gem.

>Consider bringing the Oni Eater to Eirin. Remember how surprised she was when we brought the spider monkey! We're doing way better at surprising people than Kogasa.

> Please don't do that. The thing was difficult enough to knock out, and it's apperently around 30 feet long. This thing could not be lifted or dragged all the way to Eientei by poor Reisen and if it wakes up, we are back to square one.

>As cool as bringing it back would be, it is impractical. Mercy Kill.

>You ponder the implications of letting the Oni Eater live. At worst, it would wake up and attack you again. At best, you can't imagine that it would stop being a terror of the Underground. You really aren't sure of it's an innocent beast or something malevolent, but you are fairly sure it would probably finish you off if it could catch you off guard again. For a brief moment, you ponder ponder trying to take it to Eirin, but you imagine the thing weighs several tons, and it waking up would be much more hazardous than the monkey spider waking up on you.
>In the end, you decide to rid the world of the Oni Eater. You position the Blue Gem where you think its brain might be, and let it release a beam. It takes a few moments to burn through its head, but the job is completed and the monster dies with a final shudder. You don't think its last moments were too painful, at least.

>Oh well, ask Satori to train this one too maybe.  :V

>Take some metallic stuff as terrible souvenir.

>You claim a nearby Oni Manacle. Given that Oni seem to wear these all the time; even Yuugi had them on when all she had on was that bathrobe; it feels a little like disturbing the remains of the dead. Perhaps it will serve as proof that you were here?

>_

[Chronojet ⚙ Dragon]

> Mercy kill.
> It'd be nice to bring the big thing back up, but it's way too big and heavy. And, it could wake up if we don't kill it, then we'd be in trouble again.

Aw. People type way too fast for me.

[Thaws]

>Stay silent for a minute, respect the dead.

>"WOOHOO I DID IT"

>Roast it with Red Gem

>DIG INTO IT!

>Cut off a piece of his segmented body anyways, our wolf might enjoy it.

[MysTeariousYukari]

> Gather some of the manacles and then say a prayer that the Oni that wore them are resting peacefully now.

> While we are at it, lets say a prayer for the Oni Eater, in the hopes that it was just a misunderstood animal.

[Hello Purvis]

>Stay silent for a minute, respect the dead.

>"WOOHOO I DID IT"

>Roast it with Red Gem

>DIG INTO IT!

>Cut off a piece of his segmented body anyways, our wolf might enjoy it.

> Gather some of the manacles and then say a prayer that the Oni that wore them are resting peacefully now.

> While we are at it, lets say a prayer for the Oni Eater, in the hopes that it was just a misunderstood animal.

>You give the Oni Eater moment of silence, then try to allow yourself a celebratory whoop. The latter is disrupted by another dizzy spell.
>You consider cutting off a bit of the Oni Eater's remains, but you don't want to carry a blood-soaked thing like that around for no good reason. The wolf can eat lamprey and like it.
>You say a prayer for the fallen. Unfortunately, you have no idea how the people of Gensokyo commemorate their fallen, but you hope that the Lunarian method of wishing them safe journey through the stars will suffice for them.
>You gather five more manacles. That is about all that you can comfortably carry in your Dark Blue Backpack without weighing yourself down.

>_

[Chaore]

> Right then. We can see what Oni do with the manacles of the fallen later, lets find that gem.
> Gather your wits and remind yourself where you're at.

[Hello Purvis]

> Right then. We can see what Oni do with the manacles of the fallen later, lets find that gem.
> Gather your wits and remind yourself where you're at.

>You try to shake off the latest dizzy spell, and look around.
>You are in an immense and vaguely rectangular chamber easily dozens of yards to a side. A numerous sets of manacles from deceased oni litter the floor. You can see several exits from here. You came in through the southeast, and can see others to the north, east, and west. If you are not mistaken, you think the east exit should connect to the vaulted chamber, where you saw the first discarded manacle. Obvious exits are Southeast, East, West and North.

>_