Nue Quest 3rd Impact: A Z-Machine Adventure

[DracoOmega]

>And no sign of anything else, presumably? No tracks, or trails, or signs of passes into the wood from there?
>Do any of the clearings look markedly larger than any of the others?

[Hello Purvis]

>And no sign of anything else, presumably? No tracks, or trails, or signs of passes into the wood from there?
>Do any of the clearings look markedly larger than any of the others?

>There doesn't seem to be any sign of such from above.
>Looking around, you can see a few that are larger. The largest, you think, has a pond, but you can't quite tell for sure at this angle.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Fly towards the maybe-pond

[Hello Purvis]

>Fly towards the maybe-pond

>You fly toward it, and find that it is certainly a pond, its surface covered in algae and lily pads. You can barely see the water. It fills most of the clearing, with only a thin strip of shore visible from the air.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Fly down a little closer then look around.
>Can we see any breaks in the trees that might indicate paths?
>Any tracks or other signs of people passing through?

[Hello Purvis]

>Fly down a little closer then look around.
>Can we see any breaks in the trees that might indicate paths?
>Any tracks or other signs of people passing through?

>You draw closer.
>Looking at the trees, you can see a couple paths between them. You aren't who or what made them.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Do any of them seem large enough to be used by humanoids?
>Which directions are they facing?

[Hello Purvis]

>Do any of them seem large enough to be used by humanoids?
>Which directions are they facing?

>A few do, but they may also be used by large animals.
>There's a few; they seem to go primarily south and southwest.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Land and have a closer look at them.
>Does either seem to have seen appreciably more traffic than other, or show any other telling signs that a person might have passed this way?

[Hello Purvis]

>Land and have a closer look at them.
>Does either seem to have seen appreciably more traffic than other, or show any other telling signs that a person might have passed this way?

>You land by the lake shore, Mystia following your example. The forest here is dark and fairly tangled in places. You can hear the sounds of the night insects clearly, while shadows are everywhere. There are a two trails going south that you can see, a larger one and a smaller one, and a larger one going southwest. There is also a smaller one you missed going westward, and another large one leading north, on the other side of the pond.
>You can't tell if one is more traveled than the other, but you see no apparent signs of people.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"I say we head.... that way."
>Point to the southwest path.
>"Unless something else jumps out at you?"
>If she gives no objection, nor points out anything we're overlooking, take the southwest path.

[E-Nazrin]

>How capable are we of enhancing our sense of smell?

[Fightest]

Fightest: I'll give that a shot at our next available concentrated light source.

It's called the sun :V
We have a convex lens, we're entirely capable of getting a small, focused beam.

>How capable are we of enhancing our sense of smell?

Unlike just messing about with the shape of our eyes, we'd have to grow a whole new batch of chemical receptors. I imagine it'd be far, far more difficult.

[Hello Purvis]

>"I say we head.... that way."
>Point to the southwest path.
>"Unless something else jumps out at you?"
>If she gives no objection, nor points out anything we're overlooking, take the southwest path.

>Mystia looks around before saying, "No, I'm not seeing anything that stands out. But the dirt's all hard here, so I don't think obvious things like tracks are going to be common."
>You start southwesterly.

>How capable are we of enhancing our sense of smell?

>You have never been able to get the knack for it. You think there's probably organs and stuff involved you don't really understand and have no idea how to create.
>You follow along the southwestern path. It winds and wends its way through the forest, turning this way and that, but never looping back or making too complex of a tangle. It is peaceful and quiet in the forest, save for the time with you disturb a snake resting close to the path and it slithers into the underbrush, provoking a surprised cry from Mystia.
>After some minutes of walking, Mystia says, "There's a faerie house," pointing to a log.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Take a look at the log.

[Hello Purvis]

>Take a look at the log.

>It seems like an ordinary log at first. But when you look at it, you can see the edge of a little door a ways within it.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"Huh. Good catch."
>Walk over to the log and knock on the door.

[Hello Purvis]

>"Huh. Good catch."
>Walk over to the log and knock on the door.

>"You have to keep your eyes open for them," says Mystia. "They can be irritatingly subtle about hiding them."
>You kneel down, reach into the log, and knock on the round wooden door. "We are donated!" comes a voice from inside.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"Donated?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Donated?"

>"We got no more!" shouts the occupant.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"Don't need no more! Just doing a recount. How much did you donate last time, and who'd you give it to?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Don't need no more! Just doing a recount. How much did you donate last time, and who'd you give it to?"

>"I gave it to Daffodil Pollen, and she won't be coming back if she knows what's good for her!"

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"Heh. Don't like her much?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Heh. Don't like her much?"

>"She stole my name!"

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"What, your name is Daffodil Pollen, too?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"What, your name is Daffodil Pollen, too?"

>"What? No, that's her name!"

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"What's yours, then?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"What's yours, then?"

>"Well I can't tell you, she took it!"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Well, have you seen any rabbits go by today, at least?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Well, have you seen any rabbits go by today, at least?"

>"What's that got to do with anything!"

>_