Okuu Quest After - A Z-Machine Adventure

[DracoOmega]

>How can the shots be both coming from her, and all around us? Are they fast enough that the cloud has ALREADY reached us?
>Is the sun still moving?

[Hello Purvis]

>How can the shots be both coming from her, and all around us? Are they fast enough that the cloud has ALREADY reached us?
>Is the sun still moving?

>It seems to be that way! And you think they're starting to undulate.
>Yes.

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[DracoOmega]

>How dense is the cloud?
>If we think we can navigate laterally through it, try to position ourselves so that the sun is between us and Kanako, and can serve as shield, at least briefly
>While doing such, try to launch a couple more shots at Suwako

[Hello Purvis]

>How dense is the cloud?
>If we think we can navigate laterally through it, try to position ourselves so that the sun is between us and Kanako, and can serve as shield, at least briefly
>While doing such, try to launch a couple more shots at Suwako

>It's not so dense as the frogs, but it's much faster. Slipping between it would be a tight, slow fit.  By the time you reached the sun shot, it would have faded. But between them, there is a fair amount of breathing room, but you think they are starting to curve around a bit. On its one, it wouldn't be so bad, but with Suwako throwing her frogs from another direction...
>You fire a few more shots at Suwako, but she has moved away from the sun shot, and can see them coming.
>Charged to: 20%

[DracoOmega]

>Given a cursory analysis of the patterns around us, how do we feel about our ability to approach Suwako and Kanako respectively?
>Do we see any areas not currently (or shortly to be) within the both of these clouds?

[Hello Purvis]

>Given a cursory analysis of the patterns around us, how do we feel about our ability to approach Suwako and Kanako respectively?
>Do we see any areas not currently (or shortly to be) within the both of these clouds?

>You take the moment of relative peace to analyze it.
>To the south, your left, is Suwako and her frog cloud. It is slow moving, and each of the shots jump up and down as they move in an otherwise straight ling, fanning out as they go further.. Your sun shot has cleared something of a path in them, but Suwako will likely try to refill it.
>To the west, ahead of you, is Kanako. She is unleashing this line of fast shots. They seem to be slowly moving to the right and left, horizontally, rather like a snake's slither. Were it not for Suwako's bullets, it would be each to move closer to or futher away from Kanako; while the tightness of the slithering bullets keeps you from approaching Suwako. Both extend upwards and downwards, creating a wall.
>To the North is the fretful, mop-hatted woman. It is relatively clear over there, the frog shots seem to lose their power at that distance and fade.
>The Sun shot vanishes.
>The pillars of light are beginning to move.
>Charged to 30%

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[DracoOmega]

>Fly towards Kanako, taking care to avoid the incoming frogs as best as possible in the process
>Take whatever opportunities present themselves between Kanako's snakes to shift northward, a little at a time
>Leave some bullets in our wake, generally directed sideways towards Suwako's location
>How/where do the pillars seem to be moving?

[Hello Purvis]

>Fly towards Kanako, taking care to avoid the incoming frogs as best as possible in the process
>Take whatever opportunities present themselves between Kanako's snakes to shift northward, a little at a time
>Leave some bullets in our wake, generally directed sideways towards Suwako's location
>How/where do the pillars seem to be moving?

>You fly toward Kanako. doing your best to weave through the frogs. It is slow going. Not only do Suwako's bullets get in the way, the snakes do not allow you to move in a straight line.
>You leave some shots in your wake; but Suwako reads them correctly, not moving and staying out of trouble. You need to be able to strafe a few times to get a good effect out of this.
>The pillars of light are gathering overhead, spreading themselves out.
>Charged to 40%

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[DracoOmega]

>Continue trying to push to the north, shifting through the gaps in the snakes as best as possible
>How can they be gathering and spreading at the same time?
>Do they appear to be angling towards us?

[Hello Purvis]

>Continue trying to push to the north, shifting through the gaps in the snakes as best as possible
>How can they be gathering and spreading at the same time?
>Do they appear to be angling towards us?

>You keep working your way northward.
>There were two groups of them, now they are gathering into one group, and spreading out over the pattern Kanako and Suwako have made.
>No, they seem to angling straight down.
>You are about one third the way to Kanako now.
>Charged to 50%

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[DracoOmega]

>Continue to move as we have been
>Fire a couple larger danmaku, followed by a stream of wide-angle smaller danmaku towards Kanako. (Both non-charge types) Hopefully, the concentration of moving all those things will limit her ability to dodge at least a little
>Are the pillars angling straight down towards the ground, or down towards us? If the former, and this is essentially like lining up a grid of nails to hammer into a board, how large are the gaps between these pillars? How large are the pillars themselves?
>Keep an eye on them, and be ready to fire and move quickly as soon as those pillars show any signs of sudden movement

[Hello Purvis]

>Continue to move as we have been
>Fire a couple larger danmaku, followed by a stream of wide-angle smaller danmaku towards Kanako. (Both non-charge types) Hopefully, the concentration of moving all those things will limit her ability to dodge at least a little
>Are the pillars angling straight down towards the ground, or down towards us? If the former, and this is essentially like lining up a grid of nails to hammer into a board, how large are the gaps between these pillars? How large are the pillars themselves?
>Keep an eye on them, and be ready to fire and move quickly as soon as those pillars show any signs of sudden movement

>You keep moving forward, taking somt time to fire on Kanako. It slows you a little. She dodges the slower, larger shots easily, but your faster stream manages to clip her shoulder.
>The analogy of a grid of nails over a board is an apt one, you think. You have a hard time judging how much space there will be if they move; the motion of the snake shots makes it hard to read.
>Charged to 60%

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[DracoOmega]

>Are they just spreading over the area currently covered in the snake/frog field?
>How close are we to the outside or range limit of either field?

[Hello Purvis]

>Are they just spreading over the area currently covered in the snake/frog field?
>How close are we to the outside or range limit of either field?

>Yes.
>Heading toward Kanako has more or less put you in the thick of it. But the area covered by the combined attack is pretty large.

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[DracoOmega]

>If we were to use a supernova style attack at current charge, how far out from us would it reach?

[Hello Purvis]

>If we were to use a supernova style attack at current charge, how far out from us would it reach?

>You need 90% or more charge for this; or rather 50% worth of overcharge on a Sun shot. Assuming you did, it would reach Kanako easily. But she's also probably wary of it now.

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[DracoOmega]

>I meant more in the point-blank sense, centered on ourselves

[Hello Purvis]

>I meant more in the point-blank sense, centered on ourselves

>You aren't sure. Closer would be better for that.

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[MysTeariousYukari]

> Continue moving towards Kanako as best as possible, while making our way through the danmaku pattern and throwing a few bullets towards her that do NOT use charge, if possible.
> Are the pillars directly above us/ if they came straight down right now, would any be able to hit us?

[Hello Purvis]

> Continue moving towards Kanako as best as possible, while making our way through the danmaku pattern and throwing a few bullets towards her that do NOT use charge, if possible.
> Are the pillars directly above us/ if they came straight down right now, would any be able to hit us?

>You keep moving toward her, you're a little more than halfway there. You fire on her when you can, but she is anticipating it now.
>You are have covoered about 3/5ths the distance now.
>Glancing upward, you see there are pillars above you.
>Charged to 70%

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[DracoOmega]

>Try to position ourselves so that there is no pillar immediately above us
>Are they still spreading out?

[Hello Purvis]

>Try to position ourselves so that there is no pillar immediately above us
>Are they still spreading out?

>This will be difficult. There is one over you right now, and there are many of them ahead.
>Not any more.

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[DracoOmega]

>Can we at least see the openings between the pillars, even if all the snakes and frogs around us make it difficult to maneuver to said openings?

[Hello Purvis]

>Can we at least see the openings between the pillars, even if all the snakes and frogs around us make it difficult to maneuver to said openings?

>Yes. But you note the majority of these openings seem to be where the snake and frog danmaku are.
>The snake danmaku is undulating uncomfortably close to your right side.

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[DracoOmega]

>Keep moving northwest
>The moment the pillars start to move, launch a sun towards Kanako
>Follow in the gap created in its wake (positioning ourselves to use it as shelter against both the snakes and frogs) to a safe spot between the pillars
>Wait for the pillars to pass by

[Hello Purvis]

>Keep moving northwest
>The moment the pillars start to move, launch a sun towards Kanako
>Follow in the gap created in its wake (positioning ourselves to use it as shelter against both the snakes and frogs) to a safe spot between the pillars
>Wait for the pillars to pass by

>You keep moving northwest. As much as you can.
>It doesn't take long for the pillars to start to drop, and they do so quickly! You launch a sun shot toward Kanako. It clears many of frogs shots out of the way, granting you a moment of respite before new ones flood into the gaps. You slip between the pillars as they descend, one come uncomfortably close.
>Kanako doesn't seem to react to the incoming shot, but it has not yet reached her.
>The pillars come to a stop below the danmaku net, then because to rise up again.
>Charged to 30%

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[DracoOmega]

>Quickly follow the wake of that sun
>Move into another gap, closer to Kanako that we can reach before the pillars rise back up through this, again
>If we can launch some more shots at her while moving, without losing too much speed, do so

[Kilgamayan]

>If we can launch some more shots at her while moving, without losing too much speed, do so

> Specifically, use the splitting danmaku shots to do this, so that she's hemmed into the flight path of the sun

[Hello Purvis]

>Quickly follow the wake of that sun
>Move into another gap, closer to Kanako that we can reach before the pillars rise back up through this, again
>If we can launch some more shots at her while moving, without losing too much speed, do so

>You follow in the wake of the sun shot as quickly  as possible.
>You get to an accessible opening between the rising columns, and find the frog shots are already flowing back into it.
>Up ahead, You see several columns collide with your sun shot, all of them disappearing. You are neatly sandwiched between two of them, with frog shots now a few feet from your face.
>You are now within a few yards of Kanako.
>Charged to 40%

[DracoOmega]

>Can we safely occupy the space WITHIN one of our own suns?