Author Topic: Parsee Quest (Part 4) (Read 70092 times)

日巫子 · « **Reply #120 on:** February 18, 2011, 12:51:06 AM »

Quote from: Sectretariat on February 18, 2011, 12:41:27 AM

> O_O Holy...
> "Y-you could tell how many just by smell- wait, one thousand fireflies? Isn't that a bit too... exact?"

> That's way too much!
> 'It's true, though,' she says dryly. She flattens her ears and lets out a low growl at the tree.

Quote from: Purvissimo on February 18, 2011, 12:41:35 AM

>Are there any distinct auras among these dots?

> The yellow auras in the trees are the exact same color. Now that you look closer it looks like they're all connecting by tiny, barely visible threads.

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Sect · « **Reply #121 on:** February 18, 2011, 12:56:34 AM »

> "Um... Ran? The ones in the trees, those are the fireflies, right? Their auras are all connected."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #122 on:** February 18, 2011, 12:56:48 AM »

>Do the threads seem to lead to any central thing, or is more like a net?

日巫子 · « **Reply #123 on:** February 18, 2011, 01:03:53 AM »

Quote from: Sectretariat on February 18, 2011, 12:56:34 AM

> "Um... Ran? The ones in the trees, those are the fireflies, right? Their auras are all connected."

> Ran snarls at the tree. You hear the rustling of hundreds of bugs fleeing into the underbrush, and see the auras quickly retreating.

Quote from: Purvissimo on February 18, 2011, 12:56:48 AM

>Do the threads seem to lead to any central thing, or is more like a net?

> It's more like a net. It doesn't really have much of a center.
> As the bugs retreat, you see a thousand little lights in the branches. The lights are actually fireflies, and they swarm behind a tree and flicker out. There's now a single aura hiding behind the tree.
> A figure steps out from behind it and points at Nazrin. "We're not creepy!"
> "Eh--?!"

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Sect · « **Reply #124 on:** February 18, 2011, 01:06:57 AM »

> "She wasn't talkin' about you, she was talkin' 'bout the bugs. Unless you're callin' yourself a bug..."
> Get a good look at the new person.

GuyYouMetOnline · « **Reply #125 on:** February 18, 2011, 01:14:20 AM »

>Wait, did all those fireflies turn into her?

日巫子 · « **Reply #126 on:** February 18, 2011, 01:17:03 AM »

Quote from: Sectretariat on February 18, 2011, 01:06:57 AM

> "She wasn't talkin' about you, she was talkin' 'bout the bugs. Unless you're callin' yourself a bug..."
> Get a good look at the new person.

> "I am a bug. More specifically, a firefly."
> You take a closer look at the new person. It's a gangly young girl with short, tossled green hair and antennae that stick up from her head. She wears a long black cape, black pants, and a wine red dress shirt. You notice a few fireflies melding into her cape as she speaks.
> "Anyway..." She eyes Ran. "Ah--G-greetings!" Humbled by the kitsune's presence, she bows in a single sweeping gesture before resuming a disgruntled tone. "Anyway, this is my neck of the woods. You better have a good reason for tromping on through here. Also, have you seen a little doll around here? 'Cause a friend of mine dropped one..."

Quote from: GuyYouMetOnline on February 18, 2011, 01:14:20 AM

>Wait, did all those fireflies turn into her?

> Yes, they did.

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Sect · « **Reply #127 on:** February 18, 2011, 01:19:23 AM »

> "Jeez, everyone's losing everything these days... your friend wouldn't happen to be Alice, would she?"
> "We're just on our way to see Yuuka Kazami."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #128 on:** February 18, 2011, 01:45:15 AM »

>"Or maybe some faeries?"

GuyYouMetOnline · « **Reply #129 on:** February 18, 2011, 01:46:27 AM »

>"Also, my name is Mizuhashi Parsee."

Sect · « **Reply #130 on:** February 18, 2011, 01:51:15 AM »

> No need to introduce our self: when she gives her name we'll give ours.

日巫子 · « **Reply #131 on:** February 18, 2011, 02:01:26 AM »

Quote from: Sectretariat on February 18, 2011, 01:19:23 AM

> "Jeez, everyone's losing everything these days... your friend wouldn't happen to be Alice, would she?"
> "We're just on our way to see Yuuka Kazami."

Quote from: Purvissimo on February 18, 2011, 01:45:15 AM

>"Or maybe some faeries?"

Quote from: GuyYouMetOnline on February 18, 2011, 01:46:27 AM

>"Also, my name is Mizuhashi Parsee."

Quote from: Sectretariat on February 18, 2011, 01:51:15 AM

> No need to introduce our self: when she gives her name we'll give ours.

> "Who the heck is Alice? No faeries, either."
> You think about introducing yourself, but then you take it back and explain your purpose instead.
> "Mine's Wriggle Nightbug, queen of insects. My name, I mean." Wriggle proffers her hand for you to shake. "Wait, Yuuka?! So casually?!"
> Wriggle looks genuinely shocked. She squints and sizes up you and Nazrin. "Well...you do look young enough that she won't attack you right away. She really likes kids."
> Nazrin isn't buying it. "Are you kidding me?"
> Ran speaks up. 'I've never heard that about her. How do you know this?'
> "Because her field's right next to my turf."

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Blitzer · « **Reply #132 on:** February 18, 2011, 02:04:52 AM »

>"Just how much do you know about Yuka? ~~And by the way, my name is Parsee Mizuhashi.~~" (Crap.)

日巫子 · « **Reply #133 on:** February 18, 2011, 02:07:47 AM »

Quote from: Ulferios Blitzer, White Knight on February 18, 2011, 02:04:52 AM

>"Just how much do you know about Yuka?"

> "Well, she spends all of her time in her field, but apparently she has this big mansion in the mountains with a gate guard and everything. She's very mysterious; one of those people you'd have to meet in person to understand," Wriggle explains.

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Sect · « **Reply #134 on:** February 18, 2011, 02:12:44 AM »

> Do we really seem that young? Nazrin, sure, but us?
> "Really, she lives so far away from her field? Weird... So, we keep hearing that she's bad news, but you don't seem to be scared by her."

GuyYouMetOnline · « **Reply #135 on:** February 18, 2011, 02:14:47 AM »

>"So if you're a 'queen of insects', does that mean you can make them do stuff?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #136 on:** February 18, 2011, 02:19:43 AM »

>"Or, better yet, do they tell you things?"

日巫子 · « **Reply #137 on:** February 18, 2011, 02:30:15 AM »

Quote from: Sectretariat on February 18, 2011, 02:12:44 AM

> Do we really seem that young? Nazrin, sure, but us?
> "Really, she lives so far away from her field? Weird... So, we keep hearing that she's bad news, but you don't seem to be scared by her."

> Not really...well, your apparent age is early to mid teens, although you have a small build to begin with...
> Wriggle's antennae curl and uncurl. "That's because part of my insect kingdom includes bees, which pollinate flowers. It's like we're all being used, but we don't care since we're not being shot at. And you get used to her being that close after a while." She gestures in the direction of the field.

Quote from: GuyYouMetOnline on February 18, 2011, 02:14:47 AM

>"So if you're a 'queen of insects', does that mean you can make them do stuff?"

> "Yup. They're all my comrades. Getting everyone together is kind of a pain, though, these days."

Quote from: Purvissimo on February 18, 2011, 02:19:43 AM

>"Or, better yet, do they tell you things?"

> "Of course, I need to know what goes on in the forset, after all."

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Sect · « **Reply #138 on:** February 18, 2011, 02:32:03 AM »

> "Huh... you or your minions wouldn't have seen a nekomata or a celestial with a peach hat, would they?"

日巫子 · « **Reply #139 on:** February 18, 2011, 02:39:03 AM »

Quote from: Sectretariat on February 18, 2011, 02:32:03 AM

> "Huh... you or your minions wouldn't have seen a nekomata or a celestial with a peach hat, would they?"

> Wriggle doesn't answer at first. She instead goes over to a tree trunk and picks a centipede off of it. After spending a few minutes consulting it, she lets it go and turns back.
> "Tenshi-chan's the only one with a peach hat in this forest," she announces. "No cats, though."
> 'I'm looking for that celestial,' Ran says. 'Where is she?'
> Wriggle is taken aback. "I don't know right now!"

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Sect · « **Reply #140 on:** February 18, 2011, 02:40:49 AM »

> "How 'bout this, then? Can you figure out where she is, and tell us when we get back from talking to Yuuka?"

日巫子 · « **Reply #141 on:** February 18, 2011, 02:45:48 AM »

Quote from: Sectretariat on February 18, 2011, 02:40:49 AM

> "How 'bout this, then? Can you figure out where she is, and tell us when we get back from talking to Yuuka?"

> "'Kay then." Wriggle claps her hands. "Guys! Head out! Use some of those dolls if you have to!"
> You hear the rustling of bugs swarming from the trees and scurrying into the forest.
> Wriggle jumps onto a tree branch. She turns back to you, makes the sign of the horns, and says, "Fifteen minutes tops."

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Sect · « **Reply #142 on:** February 18, 2011, 02:52:27 AM »

> "All right. See ya later."
> Dolls? Could she be talking about those London dolls that Alice lost?

日巫子 · « **Reply #143 on:** February 18, 2011, 02:54:03 AM »

Quote from: Sectretariat on February 18, 2011, 02:52:27 AM

> "All right. See ya later."
> Dolls? Could she be talking about those London dolls that Alice lost?

> With that, Wriggle dissolves into a thousand fireflies and disappears.
> Most likely. They were scouters, weren't they?

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Sect · « **Reply #144 on:** February 18, 2011, 02:57:05 AM »

> "Hey, Ran, let's get going." Snuggle back onto Ran's back.

日巫子 · « **Reply #145 on:** February 18, 2011, 03:04:31 AM »

Quote from: Sectretariat on February 18, 2011, 02:57:05 AM

> "Hey, Ran, let's get going." Snuggle back onto Ran's back.

> You snuggle onto Ran's back again. Nazrin follows suit, not wanting to be left out.
> 'Very well, then...' Ran takes off through the trees again. It doesn't take very long until you emerge from the trees. Ran skids to a halt, and you nearly fall off. Ahead lays the biggest field you have ever seen. The grass is healthy and lush here, and there are sunflowers every, stretching high. Not only sunflowers, though: there are other smaller flowers dotting the field here and there. Flowers you already recognize, flowers whose names you've long forgotten, flowers that you've never seen before...Compared to the rest of the surface, where everything seems so dead, this place is an oasis.

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Sect · « **Reply #146 on:** February 18, 2011, 03:17:48 AM »

> "Wow... Hey, Nazrin, I bet those sunflowers would be good for a snack."

日巫子 · « **Reply #147 on:** February 18, 2011, 03:29:02 AM »

Quote from: Sectretariat on February 18, 2011, 03:17:48 AM

> "Wow... Hey, Nazrin, I bet those sunflowers would be good for a snack."

> Nazrin catches a bit of drool with her sleeve. "Yeah..."
> 'Don't do it,' Ran warns.

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Sect · « **Reply #148 on:** February 18, 2011, 03:31:04 AM »

> "Huh, yeah, I guess she'd get a bit mad if we started picking her plants without asking..."
> If Ran doesn't move: "Should we get off here and look for her, or keep on going?"

日巫子 · « **Reply #149 on:** February 18, 2011, 03:46:49 AM »

Quote from: Sectretariat on February 18, 2011, 03:31:04 AM

> "Huh, yeah, I guess she'd get a bit mad if we started picking her plants without asking..."
> If Ran doesn't move: "Should we get off here and look for her, or keep on going?"

> "Yeah, they're so pretty, too..." Nazrin laments.
> Ran doesn't move. 'She should be here. Let's look for her.'

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