Reisen Quest Another: A Z Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

Oh, well, that shoots my entire plan to shit.

> Shoot the rabbit trying to arm herself.

>You give the rabbit trying to arm herself a faceful of danmaku, dropping her to the ground easily. Luckily, the rest of it hits crates and chests, things that can take the damage.
>"Fall back to me!" Rise cries. You see her taking cover behind an statue near the rear of the storeroom. The other two rabbits duck down behind whatever they can find.

What had your plan been?

> Have Youmu flank the moon rabbits and be ready with a spell card or her swords.

>She nods and moves in. Unfortunately, flanking in such tight quarters is going to be difficult. But she moves in and tries to improvise.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

Cute, they're going to hide behind valuable stuff and take pot shots at us. Perhaps we should just turn around? No way in hell Youmu's getting through the courtyard now, though.

EDIT: Actually, I think I might have an idea of how to deal with this. Give me a minute.

[Kilgamayan]

> "Crap! This is no good, we can't attack them in this place. Let's get out of here before anyone else notices us."
> Beckon Youmu to come with us, and run out of the room, back toward the entrance to Eientei.
> Once we're several feet away from the entrance to the store room, stop, turn around and face toward the doorway. Silently beckon Youmu to keep going back toward the entrance. She's a fighter, she'll figure it out.
> Wait for a few moments. If any rabbits decide to pop out of the storeroom, blast them.

[Hello Purvis]

> "Crap! This is no good, we can't attack them in this place. Let's get out of here before anyone else notices us."
> Beckon Youmu to come with us, and run out of the room, back toward the entrance to Eientei.
> Once we're several feet away from the entrance to the store room, stop, turn around and face toward the doorway. Silently beckon Youmu to keep going back toward the entrance. She's a fighter, she'll figure it out.
> Wait for a few moments. If any rabbits decide to pop out of the storeroom, blast them.

>You draw back, beckoning Youmu to follow you. Then you stop some distance from the entrance and motion for Youmu to move on. She does so. You wait, and faintly hear the rabbits talking, although on you can't make out what they are saying.
>After a few moments, one of the rabbits pokes her head out around the doorframe. She has just enough time to start to cry out before you fill the hallway with bullets and neatly drop her to the ground. You hear Rise and the other rabbit cry out inside.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

Tch. Hoping for more than just the one.

> Snicker just loudly enough so that the rabbits hear.
> Run back down the hall a ways. If we go far enough to see Youmu again, silently indicate to her that we're not done yet.
> If we don't run into any further trouble (i.e. people coming out of the courtyard), use our flight abilities to float a half-foot off the ground, then fly silently back down the hall toward the storeroom, stopping where we were before, but not landing.

[Kilgamayan]

Forgot to add:

> Prepare to blast any rabbits that pop out of the storeroom.

[Hello Purvis]

Tch. Hoping for more than just the one.

> Snicker just loudly enough so that the rabbits hear.
> Run back down the hall a ways. If we go far enough to see Youmu again, silently indicate to her that we're not done yet.
> If we don't run into any further trouble (i.e. people coming out of the courtyard), use our flight abilities to float a half-foot off the ground, then fly silently back down the hall toward the storeroom, stopping where we were before, but not landing.

Forgot to add:
> Prepare to blast any rabbits that pop out of the storeroom.

>You snicker loudly enough for the rabbits to hear, then fall back.
>You find Youmu standing near the intersection, keeping watch in the direction of Eirin's office. You really can't think of a way to indicate that you're not done yet without talking, but she seems content to let you run the show.
>You fly back toward the storeroom, this is harder than it seems as flight is hardly a precise or delicate thing. But given the hall is straight and you're basically moving in a straight line, you pull it off without any problems or undue noise. Hovering it as bit more difficult, but you can hold it for a little while.
>You wait a few moments. One seems to be interested in leaving the storeroom.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Lie in wait for that one to poke her head out. Blast her when we see her. We can play mental games with the remaining one, we're the goddamn rabbit of lunacy.
> Also, how did the door to the storeroom open? Into the room, into the hall, or on a slider?

[Hello Purvis]

> Lie in wait for that one to poke her head out. Blast her when we see her. We can play mental games with the remaining one, we're the goddamn rabbit of lunacy.
> Also, how did the door to the storeroom open? Into the room, into the hall, or on a slider?

>You wait longer. It doesn't seem like anyone has an interest in coming out. You think you can hear them whispering to each other, but you aren't sure.
>The doors open into the storeroom. Otherwise it would be too easy to break in.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Float just a little bit closer to the door, and then land as slowly and delicately as we can. We want to make no noise when we hit the ground.
> Continue to keep watch for any adventurous rabbits coming out of the storeroom. Try to make out what they're whispering about.

[Hello Purvis]

> Float just a little bit closer to the door, and then land as slowly and delicately as we can. We want to make no noise when we hit the ground.
> Continue to keep watch for any adventurous rabbits coming out of the storeroom. Try to make out what they're whispering about.

>You float toward the door, doing your best not to overshoot, then let yourself down as easily as possible; you weren't sure how much longer you could just hover there anyways.
>No one seems to be coming out. You try to listen in to their conversation. It's a little difficult, but you think you make it out.
>"So we're just going to tell her that we were pinned down?"
>"It's true enough, isn't it?" Rise says.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Excellent. Keep on waitin' waitin' waitin.
> Give a brief listening into the button while we're waiting. Not too long, though, we don't want to distract from the rabbit conversation.

[Hello Purvis]

> Excellent. Keep on waitin' waitin' waitin.
> Give a brief listening into the button while we're waiting. Not too long, though, we don't want to distract from the rabbit conversation.

>You keep waiting.
>"What do you think this is?" Asks Rise.
>"I dunno. Hey, look! It's one of those clocks in a dome with the spinny things in it!"
>"What do they call those, anyways?"
>"No clue."
>You listen in on the button. You hear relaxed breathing.
>The courtyard doors open.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

Tch.

> Fly back toward the front hall, but stop before we come in proper view of anyone that might be in there.
> Listen.

[Hello Purvis]

Tch.

> Fly back toward the front hall, but stop before we come in proper view of anyone that might be in there.
> Listen.

>You fly back to the hall, stopping near Youmu, who has lowered herself into a position akin to the one she took before dealing with the gate guards.
>You hear the courtyard doors close, and some footsteps. "If they've not reported in, it's a pretty safe bet Reisen's already here," says one of them. "I mean, it's not like she's just gonna disappear."
>"I still don't know what she did in the forest back there," says another. "But I nearly peed myself when she made those flames. Do you think she learned sorcery from the sage?"
>"I'm more worried about the actual plan," the first says. "I don't like the look of that sky. Something bad's happening, I'm telling you."
>They are about to cross where the halls intersect.

>_

[MysTeariousYukari]

> Either we pop out and take them down by surprise...
OR
> We could wait for them to notice us, put on a big cheesy grin and fire the Blue Gem and some Danmaku at them.

I'll let this be decided by the others.

[Kilgamayan]

> Did Youmu notice us?

EDIT: It looks like Youmu's prepping to take them down herself, but let's check in with her first.

[Hello Purvis]

> Either we pop out and take them down by surprise...
> We could wait for them to notice us, put on a big cheesy grin and fire the Blue Gem and some Danmaku at them.

>You consider some plans with the little time you have left.

> Did Youmu notice us?

>She is glanced at you when you arrived. She knows you're there.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

In that case...

> Quickly look behind us to see if Rise and her friend are coming out of the storeroom.
> If not, let the guards come to us.

[Hello Purvis]

In that case...

> Quickly look behind us to see if Rise and her friend are coming out of the storeroom.
> If not, let the guards come to us.

>It doesn't seem like they have any intention of emerging anytime soon.
>The approaching moon rabbits will be on you within a couple seconds.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Prepare to fire, just in case, but only shoot if Youmu doesn't attack.

[Hello Purvis]

> Prepare to fire, just in case, but only shoot if Youmu doesn't attack.

>You prepare to attack in case Youmu can't cover things.
>Your preparation is entirely unnecessary. The two of them barely have time to set foot past the corner before Youmu is on them, firmly planting a knee into the further one's solar plexus. Within a couple moments, both have been subdued.
>"If I heard them correctly," says Youmu as she sheathes her swords, "I imagine that Yorihime will be expecting them to report back soon."

>_

[MysTeariousYukari]

> "If that's the case, then we need to act fast. It's only a matter of time before she knows that someone has entered the building forcefully and assaulted some of her own troops."

[Hello Purvis]

> "If that's the case, then we need to act fast. It's only a matter of time before she knows that someone has entered the building forcefully and assaulted some of her own troops."

>Youmu nods. "I don't think I can handle her. But, at least I should be able to keep anything between the two of you between just the two of you."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Let's go back to the sitting room and check on our guest, shall we? These girls aren't going anywhere for a while."
> Head back to the sitting room and peer in on the courtyard.
> Listen to button again.

[Hello Purvis]

> "Let's go back to the sitting room and check on our guest, shall we? These girls aren't going anywhere for a while."
> Head back to the sitting room and peer in on the courtyard.
> Listen to button again.

>Youmu nods, and follows you.
>You return to the sitting room and look through the windows. You see that Yorihime is looking toward the doors, seeming a bit concerned. Unfortunately, the doors are in the same direction as the window, but she doesn't seem to have noticed you as of yet. ut if she looks over just a little bit and peers through the windows, the chance she'll spot you is pretty good. Kaguya seems to be talking with her guards.
>You listen to the button again, and hear steady breathing still. There much not be much noise wherever the other button is.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Quickly back out of view.
> Boot other voices to contribute more, this one voice is starting to get tired of domineering everything.

[Hello Purvis]

> Quickly back out of view.
> Boot other voices to contribute more, this one voice is starting to get tired of domineering everything.

>You back out. Lack of quick action on Yorihime's part suggests she didn't see you.

>_

[MysTeariousYukari]

> Speak into the button to try and get a response. Try to muffle our voice a little bit when doing so though.
> Hope that the fight we heard didn't end up with Patchy caught, and with Yorihime having the button.

[Hello Purvis]

> Speak into the button to try and get a response. Try to muffle our voice a little bit when doing so though.
> Hope that the fight we heard didn't end up with Patchy caught, and with Yorihime having the button.

>You hear some odd noises from the button, then Patchouli's voice, sounding oddly distant, says, "They have us at Eientei. I'm not sure where."

>_