Okuu Quest Thereafter - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

>"No, I will not disarm myself. You have lied to me in the most profound possible way. I'm just not willing to extend that kind of trust to you at the moment. I still wish to speak with her, but I am not willing to put myself at your mercy, and believe you will not take advantage of it."

>She frowns. "As you wish."
>Preparation "Takeminakata Invocation"!
>Suddenly red Danmaku flies from Sanae, taking the shape of a star. Then it splits into many stars, flying right at you!

> Current Charge

> Did we stop fighting her?

>Charged to 100%!
>You did, she wasn't fighting back. Until just now.

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[DracoOmega]

>"Can you not stand for anyone to disagree with you!?"

>She's still at point blank range, right? If so, launch a very large sphere from our current position. Is she's that close, it should be very hard to dodge something that large.
>Simultaneously dash backwards as fast as we can. Try to outrun the danmaku, and open up some room to actually dodge them.

[Doll.S CUBE]

> Dodge those stars!!

> Once clear, launch a big ball of plasma at her, stay behind it so that she doesn't see you, then when you think your close enough, get out from behind it and blast her with a spread shot

[UncertainJakutten]

> What do we remember in our inventory?

[Hello Purvis]

>"Can you not stand for anyone to disagree with you!?"

>She's still at point blank range, right? If so, launch a very large sphere from our current position. Is she's that close, it should be very hard to dodge something that large.
>Simultaneously dash backwards as fast as we can. Try to outrun the danmaku, and open up some room to actually dodge them.

> Dodge those stars!!

> Once clear, launch a big ball of plasma at her, stay behind it so that she doesn't see you, then when you think your close enough, get out from behind it and blast her with a spread shot

>You dash backward as the stars fly out, one of them just barely grazing your torso, before the stop and begin to break apart, sending bullets everywhere.
>You unleash another large ball of Plasma, sending it flying at Sanae as she creates a wave of blue stars to match the red. It crashes through her danmaku, losing intensity as it moves along. Being in the middle of an invocation, she can't really dodge, but it seems her danmaku offers some defensive benefit as well. Shen it clears, she is still there; burnt worse, but the card is holding firm.
>You follow up with another burst of rays. She moves as the blue stars finish, grazing past your shots.

> What do we remember in our inventory?

>Your Inventory contains:
>Fusion Set (Worn as accessory)
>Green Bow (worn as accessory)
>Casual clothes (Damaged) (worn as clothes)
>Fake Institute ID
>Yumemi's Institute ID
>The Pocketwatch

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[UncertainJakutten]

> Are we in a position that let's us use the pocket watch to slow down time or is that too intricate?

(Our inventory sucks )

[DracoOmega]

>If the danmaku is slowing down our big shots, go for penetrating power, instead. Level a fusion beam at her, and see if we can cut straight through them

[Doll.S CUBE]

>If the danmaku is slowing down our big shots, go for penetrating power, instead. Level a fusion beam at her, and see if we can cut straight through them

> But wait until she starts another invocation, so that she can't dodge it

[Kilgamayan]

Oh for the love of

Whatever.

> Hold up. Koishi's involved?
> Try to recall our dream with Koishi in it.

[Hello Purvis]

> Are we in a position that let's us use the pocket watch to slow down time or is that too intricate?

(Our inventory sucks )

>You don't know if it would work for you. Or really, how it works, aside from what you read of the SCP report on it.

>If the danmaku is slowing down our big shots, go for penetrating power, instead. Level a fusion beam at her, and see if we can cut straight through them

>You charge up and level a fusion beam at her, but all the danmaku in the air is making it hard to aim.
>You, and find it cuts through through the flak without nearly so many problems as your last attack. It strikes her, illicting an actual cry of pain. The card holds, but it's on its last legs now, and you are surrounded by thick danmaku whose motions you have not not paid much attention to!
>Charged to 45%

> Hold up. Koishi's involved?
> Try to recall our dream with Koishi in it.

>Should you really be thinking about this right now?

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Fine, we'll remember the Koishi dream later.
> Whip out the watch and open it up.

[DracoOmega]

>Can we avoid the danmaku by simply continuing backwards and putting more distance between her and ourself? Do so, if possible
>If not, and it's too dense to have confidence of dodging normally, open the pocketwatch.

[UncertainJakutten]

> Also see if any aerial avenues of dodging exist.

[Doll.S CUBE]

> Hey wait, can we blast those bullets away?

[Hello Purvis]

> Fine, we'll remember the Koishi dream later.
> Whip out the watch and open it up.

>Can we avoid the danmaku by simply continuing backwards and putting more distance between her and ourself? Do so, if possible
>If not, and it's too dense to have confidence of dodging normally, open the pocketwatch.

> Also see if any aerial avenues of dodging exist.

>It is behind you as well, now.
>You open The Pocketwatch.
>The danmaku around you slows to a crawl. It's still dense and intimidating, but you think you can find your way through it for the time being. It's moving too slowly for you to really read, but you can tell it is moving in a lot of directions at once. This is a really nasty spellcard if you're not paying attention!
>You have no idea how much time you have left before it resumes normal speed.

> Hey wait, can we blast those bullets away?

>So far, it doesn't seem that way with what you have. If you spent more charge on an attack, it might work.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Blaze our way through the danmaku toward Sanae as fast as we can. Being careful isn't as important as speed right now; be willing to take a couple of glancing blows in the interest of saving time, if necessary.
> When we get to Sanae, cock our un-rodded arm back.
> "Spell Break!"
> Punch Sanae in the gut as hard as we can.

[UncertainJakutten]

> How charged are we?
> Is there a decent path to get within melee range of Sanae?
> If not, how close can we get?
> If we have a decent amount of charge (40%+) get as close as we can to her and attempt to pin her with danmaku, and then blast her in the face with a large plasma blast.
> If we don't, do what Kilga suggested.

[Hello Purvis]

> Blaze our way through the danmaku toward Sanae as fast as we can. Being careful isn't as important as speed right now; be willing to take a couple of glancing blows in the interest of saving time, if necessary.
> When we get to Sanae, cock our un-rodded arm back.
> "Spell Break!"
> Punch Sanae in the gut as hard as we can.

> How charged are we?
> Is there a decent path to get within melee range of Sanae?
> If not, how close can we get?
> If we have a decent amount of charge (40%+) get as close as we can to her and attempt to pin her with danmaku, and then blast her in the face with a large plasma blast.
> If we don't, do what Kilga suggested.

>You are charged to 50%
>You...think you can get there.
>You duck and weave through the sluggish danmaku, picking you way through the mess. Up ahead, you can see more red stars make their way from Sanae.
>Then time flows once again, and suddenly you are in the middle of the storm. You have no idea which way any of this is going, or how safe your current position is.
>Charged to 55%

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[DracoOmega]

>Red stars means she's still in the middle of the invocation, and can't dodge properly
>Aim at her with the fusion beam and give it everything we've got! We have to end this before it ends us.

[Hello Purvis]

>Red stars means she's still in the middle of the invocation, and can't dodge properly
>Aim at her with the fusion beam and give it everything we've got! We have to end this before it ends us.

>You work out that you have a window, and fire!
>Pouring as much energy as you can into it, the beam cuts through the danmaku and strikes Sanae, breaking the card. You breath a sign of relief as the glowing spheres of pain around you disappears.
>Sanae looks a little burnt up; that card did a good job keeping her safe, but overall in condition enough to go a few more rounds. As such, you're rather surprised when she turns tail and flees without a word.
>Charged to 5%

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[Doll.S CUBE]

> How tired are we? If were quite tired, let her flee, we need to meet up with Parsee and Ace

[DracoOmega]

>Quickly look around. Can we see anything else that could have prompted her to disengage?

[Kilgamayan]

> "Oh, that's why you follow her around! You can't do anything right either! Like goddess, like priestess, huh?"
> Direction check: where is she going?

[Hello Purvis]

> How tired are we? If were quite tired, let her flee, we need to meet up with Parsee and Ace

>You're alright. You took a hit to the leg, but it's not very bad. Just a little cut. It should stop aching in a bit. Despite how bad that last attack was, you avoided being hurt.

>Quickly look around. Can we see anything else that could have prompted her to disengage?

>You don't see anything odd. She's flying at a pretty good clip, though.

> "Oh, that's why you follow her around! You can't do anything right either! Like goddess, like priestess, huh?"
> Direction check: where is she going?

>She doesn't answer. You don't think she heard you.
>She seems to be flying toward the Military Base.

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[Doll.S CUBE]

> If she is flying towards the military base, the people there might know whats going on, mark it as a place of extreme interest

> Can we catch up with her before she makes it there?

[communist unity (comm-unity)]

> Go back to Ace and Parsee then, it would be suicide to follow her into a military base. She's probably retreating to get some backup like the coward she is!

[UncertainJakutten]

> Nah, she's just getting the giant mech.
> We should follow her before she gets into it.

[Kilgamayan]

> Not if we can catch up to her before she gets there. Letting her go off and do her own thing will cost us the initiative later. Who knows what forces she'll wrangle up at a military institution.
> This voice votes for speeding after her, while still charging (but only if charging doesn't hamper flight speed).

[DracoOmega]

>Incidentally, there any clock towers, or other large visible clocks that we could use to rewind the pocket watch to the correct time?

[Hello Purvis]

> If she is flying towards the military base, the people there might know whats going on, mark it as a place of extreme interest
> Can we catch up with her before she makes it there?

>You don't think you would have had nearly so much trouble learning things if the whole military was in on it.
>Maybe. She flies only  a little slower than you, but you're made for diving.

> Go back to Ace and Parsee then, it would be suicide to follow her into a military base. She's probably retreating to get some backup like the coward she is!

>That's certainly possible. You take a moment to get your bearings.

> Nah, she's just getting the giant mech.
> We should follow her before she gets into it.

> Not if we can catch up to her before she gets there. Letting her go off and do her own thing will cost us the initiative later. Who knows what forces she'll wrangle up at a military institution.
> This voice votes for speeding after her, while still charging (but only if charging doesn't hamper flight speed).

>There are probably non-personnel things she could get into, though...
>You should be able to charge and fly, as long as you're not doing anything intricate.

>Incidentally, there any clock towers, or other large visible clocks that we could use to rewind the pocket watch to the correct time?

>None you can see.

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