Murasa Quest Continues 2 - A Z-Machine Adventure

[It's Purvis!]

> Try moving away from the oily feeling on our skin.

>You try to move away. You...don't think you can move. No, that's not quite right, there's some kind of movement you can do, but you don't really understand it. However, you don't think it would let you escape it, any more than you could just move away from oil spilt on yourself normally.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Abilities
> We weren't certain if we were capable of grabbing our hishaku. Can we feel it, maybe?

[It's Purvis!]

> Abilities
> We weren't certain if we were capable of grabbing our hishaku. Can we feel it, maybe?

>Normally you have the abilities of a ghost, and the capacity to function underwater. But right now, You aren't so sure...
>You try to feel for your dipper...mmm, it's there. You aren't sure where, but it is there.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> We can use our dipper to capsize ships. Is this because it is capable of generating water, or are the effects more direct and magical than that?
> If our dipper is capable of producing water, is it capable of consuming water?

[It's Purvis!]

> We can use our dipper to capsize ships. Is this because it is capable of generating water, or are the effects more direct and magical than that?
> If our dipper is capable of producing water, is it capable of consuming water?

>You capsize ships by flooding them. It does not remove water.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Where does the water we use to flood ships come from? Do we literally just scoop our dipper into the ocean and dump the contents out on the deck of the boat?

[It's Purvis!]

> Where does the water we use to flood ships come from? Do we literally just scoop our dipper into the ocean and dump the contents out on the deck of the boat?

>You aren't sure where it comes from, where it is created or taken from somewhere.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Try scooping the oily feeling with our dipper.

[It's Purvis!]

> Try scooping the oily feeling with our dipper.

>You...can't quite grip it. You aren't sure where you hands are...?

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Hmm. If we're one with the water, or becoming one with the water, maybe...
> Feel for Shou's body.

[It's Purvis!]

> Hmm. If we're one with the water, or becoming one with the water, maybe...
> Feel for Shou's body.

>That's...you aren't sure what to think about that.
>You feel around as best you can. You...aren't sure what you're feeling with, or how, or if you are even really touching anything...
>...You rest, conforming to the world around you. Unaware. Implicable. You are to flow, yet you cannot. You should not be aware of this, but you are. You do not know how, you do not care.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> What is stopping us from flowing?

[It's Purvis!]

> What is stopping us from flowing?

>You cannot tell. Something is missing... You do not know what. You have no idea what it could be. You shouldn't have ideas to start with.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Bring it back, Minamitsu! Bring it back! Focus!

[It's Purvis!]

> Bring it back, Minamitsu! Bring it back! Focus!

>None of these concepts make any sense. There is eb. There is flow.
>...
>You think you're awake again. You try to remember what you were doing, what was happening. You think you can recall the gist of it. You were feeling around for Shou, and you didn't feel anything like her, you think. How long has it been? You have no way to tell.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> What can we feel?

[It's Purvis!]

> What can we feel?

>You...argue sure. It's almost like you've got numb hands and arms. You can sort of feel things, but not quite. But you don't think there was anything...Shou-shaped?

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Forget searching for people, then.
> Let's test the theory that we're water. Try forming a small wave.

[It's Purvis!]

> Forget searching for people, then.
> Let's test the theory that we're water. Try forming a small wave.

>How do you intend to form a wave?

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> If we're not able to just do that, then perhaps we should try something else.
> Try creating a whirlpool by spinning water in place.

[It's Purvis!]

> If we're not able to just do that, then perhaps we should try something.
> Try creating a whirlpool by spinning water in place.

>You try to spin...and you swear you can almost feel something swirl inside of you. You don't know if you actually spun or not, but there is definitely a kind of swirling feeling within you.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> !
> Keep spinning it!

[It's Purvis!]

> !
> Keep spinning it!

>You try to keep doing so. You aren't sure if much is happening, but you can definitely feel it moving within you.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Can we tell anything moving in the whirlpool?

[It's Purvis!]

> Can we tell anything moving in the whirlpool?

>You wouldn't know, the sensation is just too alien. It's almost like...nausea? Except you don't feel anything, no pain or discomfort or anything. Like it was happening to someone else and you were just observing, somehow.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Try creating another one while keeping the first one going.

[It's Purvis!]

> Try creating another one while keeping the first one going.

>You try to do this, but you can't keep it up. You feel...tired? It's hard to say.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Stop the spinning.
> Then try flowing somewhere. If we need to, arbitrarily pick left as a direction to go.

[It's Purvis!]

> Stop the spinning.
> Then try flowing somewhere. If we need to, arbitrarily pick left as a direction to go.

>There is only one place to flow, you think. And that would be toward Gensokyo.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Where is that relative to our current location?
> How does the prospect of bringing this oily taint to Gensokyo make us feel?