Author Topic: Sword Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure (Read 84507 times)

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #840 on:** October 19, 2014, 07:17:46 PM »

> Slowly shift our focus toward the front door and away from the other door, tilting our head as needed.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #841 on:** October 19, 2014, 07:20:53 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 19, 2014, 07:17:46 PM

> Slowly shift our focus toward the front door and away from the other door, tilting our head as needed.

>You do so. You are now certain it is moving toward the front door.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #842 on:** October 19, 2014, 07:21:22 PM »

> But it is not visible?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #843 on:** October 19, 2014, 07:23:41 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 19, 2014, 07:21:22 PM

> But it is not visible?

>There is nothing visible nor audible. This sensation of death is unconnected to anything at all that you can sense. It's just there, and moving.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #844 on:** October 19, 2014, 07:26:01 PM »

> Prepare our muscles to make a beeline for the doorway, but don't do so just yet. Continue focusing on that door, visually and audibly.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #845 on:** October 19, 2014, 07:27:21 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 19, 2014, 07:26:01 PM

> Prepare our muscles to make a beeline for the doorway, but don't do so just yet. Continue focusing on that door, visually and audibly.

>You ready yourself; and watch the door as the presence approaches it, and stops there for the moment. You do not hear or see anything out of the ordinary.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #846 on:** October 19, 2014, 07:30:39 PM »

> Prepare for wrapping our arms around that spot after we launch ourselves, as if we are tackle-hugging a person that is standing there.
> The instant we see or hear the door start to slide open, beeline for that spot!

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #847 on:** October 19, 2014, 07:32:26 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 19, 2014, 07:30:39 PM

> Prepare for wrapping our arms around that spot after we launch ourselves, as if we are tackle-hugging a person that is standing there.
> The instant we see or hear the door start to slide open, beeline for that spot!

>You prepare, but the door does not open.
>Rather, the presence simply seems to phase through it, and is gone.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #848 on:** October 19, 2014, 07:49:27 PM »

> ?????
> Fly to the door without landing and slowly open it so it doesn't make a noise.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #849 on:** October 19, 2014, 07:51:23 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 19, 2014, 07:49:27 PM

> ??
> Fly to the door without landing and slowly open it so it doesn't make a noise.

>You fly to the door and slowly open it, trying to keep quiet.
>Looking outside, you don't see anything unusual.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #850 on:** October 19, 2014, 07:59:37 PM »

> Float out into the street, close our eyes, and concentrate on where that presence might have gone.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #851 on:** October 19, 2014, 08:05:51 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 19, 2014, 07:59:37 PM

> Float out into the street, close our eyes, and concentrate on where that presence might have gone.

>You float out onto the street.
>It's so much busier here. The sounds of town life are more prominent. There is death and decay everywhere; weeds and grass preparing for the coming fall, insects, birds... But you think you an feel something moving quickly down the road, toward the edge of town.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #852 on:** October 19, 2014, 08:06:46 PM »

> Open our eyes, close the door behind us, and hastily head the same way.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #853 on:** October 19, 2014, 08:10:14 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 19, 2014, 08:06:46 PM

> Open our eyes, close the door behind us, and hastily head the same way.

>You close the door, you think you might hear something behind you, and head the same way.
>It is very difficult to focus on that presence while moving; you all but lose it in the blur of everything else around you. But you think you're getting closer. It may be speeding up, you can't tell.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #854 on:** October 19, 2014, 08:12:52 PM »

> Keep on in the direction we're moving. When we get to a point where we can stop without risking being in the way of people, stop, close our eyes, and refocus.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #855 on:** October 19, 2014, 08:16:03 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 19, 2014, 08:12:52 PM

> Keep on in the direction we're moving. When we get to a point where we can stop without risking being in the way of people, stop, close our eyes, and refocus.

>The road is currently empty of visible people. Stopping to refocus, you find that your intuition is correct; that sourceless sense of death is speeding up considerably.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #856 on:** October 19, 2014, 08:18:53 PM »

> You're not getting away that easily, mind games youkai!
> Open our eyes again and speed off in the direction of the presence. Whatever it is, if it's not Aya, it's not faster than us.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #857 on:** October 19, 2014, 08:20:09 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 19, 2014, 08:18:53 PM

> You're not getting away that easily, mind games youkai!
> Open our eyes again and speed off in the direction of the presence. Whatever it is, if it's not Aya, it's not faster than us.

>You speed off in the direction of the presence, running toward the edge of town.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #858 on:** October 19, 2014, 08:24:02 PM »

> When we get to the actual edge of town, stop again and concentrate with our eyes closed.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #859 on:** October 19, 2014, 08:30:20 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 19, 2014, 08:24:02 PM

> When we get to the actual edge of town, stop again and concentrate with our eyes closed.

>You come to the point where the road peters out into rough grass and weeds, and the southern fields are ahead.
>Coming to a stop, you concentrate again. It's harder to focus here; with so much plantlife coming to the end of their yearly cycles, it is like being in the middle of a fog cloud . It moves and sways around you, making it hard to feel out anything precise. But...you think you can sense the particular bit that you are looking for, moving back up the road.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #860 on:** October 19, 2014, 08:33:58 PM »

> Is it back in the village, then, or has it left the village and is now escaping through the field?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #861 on:** October 19, 2014, 08:34:33 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 19, 2014, 08:33:58 PM

> Is it back in the village, then, or has it left the village and is now escaping through the field?

>The former, you have definitely outsped it.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #862 on:** October 19, 2014, 08:39:33 PM »

> Damn. Well, at least we know we're much faster than it is.
> Turn around and head back into the village, chasing after it.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #863 on:** October 19, 2014, 08:41:22 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 19, 2014, 08:39:33 PM

> Damn. Well, at least we know we're much faster than it is.
> Turn around and head back into the village, chasing after it.

>You chase after it, losing metaphorical sight of it in the process as your focus shifts.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #864 on:** October 19, 2014, 08:42:52 PM »

> Stop and refocus again.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #865 on:** October 19, 2014, 08:45:28 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 19, 2014, 08:42:52 PM

> Stop and refocus again.

>You do so. As always, it's harder out here, but you think you can feel that presence turning down the alleyway that you originally came from when you first thought you saw something.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #866 on:** October 19, 2014, 08:48:20 PM »

> Open our eyes again, but this time, take flight and zip aerially back to that alleyway, so our footsteps can't be heard coming.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #867 on:** October 19, 2014, 08:48:53 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 19, 2014, 08:48:20 PM

> Open our eyes again, but this time, take flight and zip aerially back to that alleyway, so our footsteps can't be heard coming.

>You head toward the alley.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #868 on:** October 19, 2014, 08:51:17 PM »

> Refocus.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #869 on:** October 19, 2014, 08:54:38 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 19, 2014, 08:51:17 PM

> Refocus.

>You refocus, and believe you can sense it moving very quickly down the alley. You suspect, if this is connected to a person, that it holds no illusions about you any longer.

>_