Sword Quest II - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Kilgamayan]

> Are we still actually in the hole? If not, maneuver ourselves so we are still in it.
> Is the sitting room door open?

[Hello Purvis]

> Are we still actually in the hole? If not, maneuver ourselves so we are still in it.
> Is the sitting room door open?

>You are in the hole, and the doors are closed.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> And there are no holes in the sitting room walls?

[Hello Purvis]

> And there are no holes in the sitting room walls?

>No, aside from the one you are currently standing in.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Are there any ghosts nearby?

[Hello Purvis]

> Are there any ghosts nearby?

>None that you can see.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> How many doors are there in the sitting room?

[Hello Purvis]

> How many doors are there in the sitting room?

>Just one set, on the wall to your right.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Do we recognize where this room is relative to the hallway we were just in?

[Hello Purvis]

> Do we recognize where this room is relative to the hallway we were just in?

>Yes. It connects to another hall that runs perpendicular to the one on you were in; that hall comes to an end at the doors here.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Step back into the hallway and keep going.

[Hello Purvis]

> Step back into the hallway and keep going.

>You step back into the hallway and keep going! Soon you come to an intersection; another hall passing through this one.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> This is the hall that ends at the doors to that sitting room, yes?

[Hello Purvis]

> This is the hall that ends at the doors to that sitting room, yes?

>No, you have passed that one. This is a different one.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Did we pass that one before or after getting to the hole?

[Hello Purvis]

> Did we pass that one before or after getting to the hole?

>Before, technically. It doesn't connect with the hall you are in; ending instead at the doorway to that room.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Look up and down the hallway we have come across for any ghosts or large holes.

[Hello Purvis]

> Look up and down the hallway we have come across for any ghosts or large holes.

>You pause and look up and down the new hallway. While you see no holes, you do see a few ghosts milling about, tending to their business.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Excuse me! Has anyone seen a woman in blue run by here?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Excuse me! Has anyone seen a woman in blue run by here?"

>You call out to the ghosts. They all look toward you curiously; as shouting is fairly uncommon here.
>"Ah, yes," says one of the ghosts. "She flew that way, a little while ago." She points toward the direction you were running.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Thank you!"
> Keep heading in that direction.

[Hello Purvis]

> "Thank you!"
> Keep heading in that direction.

>You resume heading that way. You are getting reasonably close to the outer walls now.
>Running down the hallway as fast as you can, you soon find two holes in the walls, one on the wall to your left and one to the right. The hallways continues ahead.

>_

[Yaersulf]

>Quickly check what's on the other side of the holes.

[Hello Purvis]

>Quickly check what's on the other side of the holes.

>Glancing through the hole to the left, you see a small room that someone seems to have claimed for themselves, give the unmade bed. Otherwise, there isn't much to distinguish it from a guest room; ghosts tend not to have much in the way of personal effects. No one seems to be here.
>Looking to the right, you see small gallery, witn several terra-cotta statues of people and animals on display. You note a ghostly couple looking at the hole in the wall curiously from inside.

>_

[Yaersulf]

>"Did anyone go through that hole?"

[Kilgamayan]

> Was the door to the claimed bedroom open?

It's gonna get harder to outguess Seiga from here. She'll know if we got this far that we didn't fall for the first hole trick.

[Hello Purvis]

>"Did anyone go through that hole?"

>"I'm not sure," says one of the ghosts.
>"We just arrived here a moment ago," says the other.

> Was the door to the claimed bedroom open?

>Glancing back, it does seem that door is open.

>_

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> How many entrances are there to the gallery, not counting the hole?
> Are any of the entrance doors open?
> "Hmm. Did you meet a woman in blue on your way here?"

[Hello Purvis]

> How many entrances are there to the gallery, not counting the hole?
> Are any of the entrance doors open?
> "Hmm. Did you meet a woman in blue on your way here?"

>Just one.
>Not in the gallery, no.
>"I don't think we say anyone like that," says the second ghost. The first shakes her head.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Nod.
> "Thank you!"
> Head through the hole into the bedroom, then head out its open door and reassess where we are.