> "Hey, Nazrin, you tired or hungry?"
> Probably not a good idea to go too close to the river: we fall in and we're done in this cold.
> Can we follow the river up the mountain?
> Nazrin looks away. "Umm, a little hungry."
> Getting too close to the river would be suicide in this weather.
> Yes, it looks like you can.
> Check inventory. Maybe we have something close to cheese.
Inventory:
> Foreign-looking dress (currently worn)
> Scarf (currently worn)
> x1 newspaper fragment
> It has a missing ad for Komeiji Koishi on it. You'd better hang onto this for reference.
> 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.
> Nazrin
> As much as she doesn't like it...:\
> x12 stones
> They're not magical or anything, but that doesn't mean you can't throw them at people.
> While you're checking your inventory, you hear Nazrin squeak loudly.
> "S-something just grabbed my tail!"
> _
