>"Oh. So, what're you doing down here anyways?"
> The mouse girl reaches for her hair, as if she's going to grab it.
> "Ughh, I just wanted to go spelunking, but I got caught by this cat who dragged me back to that horrible Palace and I haven't been able to escape...well...there were still treasures to find underground and that satori's food is surprisingly good...but it's that cat's fault! I couldn't leave!"
> Yuugi props her elbow on the table and rests her chin in her hand. "I could've--"
> "No!"
> Mokou makes some sleepy noises. "Mmrrr..."
> Check inventory. Hopefully some berk hasn't ganked our shit while we were out.
Inventory:
> Foreign-looking dress (currently worn)
> Scarf (currently worn)
> x1 newspaper fragment
> It has a missing ad for Komeiji Koishi on it. Now that you've found Koishi, you don't really need it.
> x6 spellcards
> Taken from the comatose surface world girl. Copying down the characters written on them would have been a pain, so you took them with you.
> According to Tokiko, the cards are named "Long-Arm and Long-Leg", "Moreya's Iron Ring", "Jade of the Horrid River", "Frog is Eaten by Snake due to Croak", "Native Myth vs Central Myth", and "Mishaguji-sama".
> x1 chair
> Souvenir from the lake mansion's gate.
> x1 bottle of spring
> It's a sealed bottled with a pretty flower inside. It's a one-use item that doubles as an attack--a strong gust of wind--and a way of being able to produce flowers.
> x1 seeing stone
> A triangular stone with a circle inscribed in it. If you hold it up to your eye, you can see things that are normally invisible.
> x1 compass
> Borrowed from Kourindou for the purpose of navigating through the Bamboo Forest.
> x3 mochi balls
> Mooched off the rabbits after the whole Bamboo Forest Incident was solved.
> ☼3000
> Part of the reward you got for getting Koishi home safely.
> x1 Eye-shaped orb
> The "secret" reward that came with the ☼3000. It glows with the same energy as that golden chain from Kourindou.
> It's safe to assume that the mouse Orin gave you is this girl.
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