Maribel Quest Abridging - A Z-Machine Adventure

[E-Nazrin]

I wonder if the silk would be a good way to apply the oil...

That said, I need to sleep at a decent hour, so I guess I'll leave the rest of this to you guys, at least for now. Guerrilla warfare!

[DracoOmega]

>Approximately how many feet of cloth do we think we have?
>Is the vial of oil uncorked or something? Is so, and the cork is not difficult to remove, put it back on. We may need to dodge things with it in our hands

>Since we've been spotted, step up the speed and fly towards the front door.
>Quickly survey the inside

[E-Nazrin]

>Try and snipe the doll before it reports, if no others are in immediate sight.

Worth a shot.

[Hello Purvis]

>Approximately how many feet of cloth do we think we have?
>Is the vial of oil uncorked or something? Is so, and the cork is not difficult to remove, put it back on. We may need to dodge things with it in our hands

>Since we've been spotted, step up the speed and fly towards the front door.
>Quickly survey the inside

>Try and snipe the doll before it reports, if no others are in immediate sight.

>You have a couple yards worth of silk; enough to make an ersatz cloak or ghost costume.
>It is not uncorked, but the cork is loose enough now to flick it off with your thumb.
>You speed up and head back through the front door. You see the doll who spotted you flying for the west wing. You hit her with a line of speedy shots, and drop her to the ground. You notice there are several other dolls here as well, a couple watching the door you fled through, and two flanking the entrance to the library, which is still half open. They begin to fire on you.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Dash towards the library, shifting out of the way of the shots
>Fire on the dolls flanking the library as we approach

[Kilgamayan]

Suggestion to ignore the two guarding the door we went through and beeline for the library door, taking the two flanking it out.

I'll leave you imaginative combatant-types to sort out the details. :V

EDIT: Oh. Well!

[Hello Purvis]

>Dash towards the library, shifting out of the way of the shots
>Fire on the dolls flanking the library as we approach

>You dash toward the library, moving around the thankfully sparse shots the dolls are firing at you.
>You shoot at the two dolls guarding the door, striking down one as the other dives out of the way.
>Flying into the library, and find a flurry of shots coming at you!

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Can we identify the source of the shots?
>Quickly dash back out. Preferably around the corner of the door

[Kilgamayan]

> Emit a cry of surprise as we dash back out.

[Hello Purvis]

>Can we identify the source of the shots?
>Quickly dash back out. Preferably around the corner of the door

> Emit a cry of surprise as we dash back out.

>They are coming from ahead, You think it's Patchouli shooting at you?
>You give a lovely squawk of of surprise as you try to come to a halt in midair.
>Reversing your momentum, you dash back outside just ahead of the shots and around the door. The bullets fly past you. Then the doll that dived away from your initial barrage looks at you, before getting to its knees and raising its hands in your direction.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Shoot the doll

>"Patchouli! I'm trying to help! I'm not with Alice, I swear it! None of this was supposed to happen this way!"
>"I tried to fight her but got cornered. I think she's run off to the west wing. She wants to steal something, I don't know what."

[Hello Purvis]

>Shoot the doll

>"Patchouli! I'm trying to help! I'm not with Alice, I swear it! None of this was supposed to happen this way!"
>"I tried to fight her but got cornered. I think she's run off to the west wing. She wants to steal something, I don't know what."

>You shoot the doll, but not before she sends a wave of bullets at you.
>You start to explain things, before hearing a, "Sorry!"

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Move out of the way of the bullets
>Tentatively poke our head in the door again

[Hello Purvis]

>Move out of the way of the bullets
>Tentatively poke our head in the door again

>You move out of the way of the fallen doll's bullets; thankfully it isn't too hard, though you are certain the other two are probably coming for you now.
>Looking through the door, you see Patchouli standing there, leaning on a chair, and tersely gesturing for you to come inside.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Quickly move inside
>Glance around for Renko
>If we don't see her: "Where's Renko?"
>"Did Alice come this way already? Do you know what she's after?"

[Hello Purvis]

>Quickly move inside
>Glance around for Renko
>If we don't see her: "Where's Renko?"
>"Did Alice come this way already? Do you know what she's after?"

>You head inside, and toward Patchouli.
>You look around, and see Renko sitting in one of the seats, resting. She looks toward you with obvious concern on her face.
>"No and no," says Patchouli. "Either she does not care about the library, or it simply isn't a priority for her right now."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Well, she wants something from here. I think she's in the west wing. Anything she'd want that's that way?"

[DracoOmega]

>"I think she's in the west wing somewhere. One of the dolls she left as a lookout ran that way when I entered, although I shot it before it got very far."
>"This may sound silly to you, but I don't intend to just sit here and let her get what she came for after the circumstances that have enabled her to do it."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Well, she wants something from here. I think she's in the west wing. Anything she'd want that's that way?"

>"I think she's in the west wing somewhere. One of the dolls she left as a lookout ran that way when I entered, although I shot it before it got very far."
>"This may sound silly to you, but I don't intend to just sit here and let her get what she came for after the circumstances that have enabled her to do it."

>"That's where the galleries are, but there's nothing exceptional over there... Valuable, but not exceptional"
>"I would be doing battle with her right now," says Patchouli, "If someone hadn't rushed with with approximately two hundred or so faeries. As it stands, I had to send Petite to slow her down."

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"Alice was watching and waiting to take advantage of these circumstances all along. I'm going back out there. I don't care how lousy my odds may be; I can't leave things as they are after what's happened."
>"Are you in any shape to fight at all? I... think I may have a way to disable her, if I can get close. Or at least significantly impede her."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Alice was watching and waiting to take advantage of these circumstances all along. I'm going back out there. I don't care how lousy my odds may be; I can't leave things as they are after what's happened."
>"Are you in any shape to fight at all? I... think I may have a way to disable her, if I can get close. Or at least significantly impede her."

>"Good," says Patchouli. "And no. I couldn't take another hit right now."

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"Then I guess I'm on my own, aren't I? I'd best hurry..."
>"Before I go, though, I don't suppose you might have anything around here I could borrow that you think might help in stopping her? I think I could use every advantage I can get given the odds I'm going up against."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Then I guess I'm on my own, aren't I? I'd best hurry..."
>"Before I go, though, I don't suppose you might have anything around here I could borrow that you think might help in stopping her? I think I could use every advantage I can get given the odds I'm going up against."

>"What am I, chopper liver?" asks Renko.
>"Not that you could use effectively," says Patchouli. "Well, except for a handful of charred legos I keep around for sentimental purposes..."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Oh, parser, you are an absolute card.
> "Renko, are you really okay to go?"

[DracoOmega]

>"I... didn't think you had much left in you either, Renko. I didn't want to push you too hard."

[Hello Purvis]

> Oh, parser, you are an absolute card.
> "Renko, are you really okay to go?"

>A series of punchcards~
>"Probably not," says Renko, "but you need back-up, right? And it is my fault."

>"I... didn't think you had much left in you either, Renko. I didn't want to push you too hard."

>"It's just danmaku, right?"

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"If you think you have it in you, I could use all the help I can get, Renko. But promise me you're not just putting on a brave face for my sake."

[Hello Purvis]

>"If you think you have it in you, I could use all the help I can get, Renko. But promise me you're not just putting on a brave face for my sake."

>"I dunno which I'm doing," she says, as she gets to her feet, "But it's my fault too."

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"Well, then let's go put an end to it."
>To Patchouli: "I'll do everything in my power to stop her. I promise."
>Carefully exit the library, keeping an eye out for nearby dolls
>If they've all run off, head towards the west wing

[Hello Purvis]

>"Well, then let's go put an end to it."
>To Patchouli: "I'll do everything in my power to stop her. I promise."
>Carefully exit the library, keeping an eye out for nearby dolls
>If they've all run off, head towards the west wing

>Renko nods, and walks over to join you.
>She nods. "I expect you will. You seem the type to do that kind of thing."
>You exit the library, and don't see any dolls. It seems they've moved on. Alice definitely knows. You can see the doll you shot earlier while coming in starting to stir
>Moving on toward the west wing, you see a number of dolls in the hallway. They raise their hands as you enter.

>_