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Title: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on June 29, 2017, 01:53:40 PM
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>You are Sakuya Izayoi, Accidental Chrononaut!
>After having a normal morning, an explosion at the mansion lead to you having some kind of accident while trying to freeze time and blacking out. You awoke in a strange forest, and after exploring and bickering with some faeries, eventually found a river, and then some fisherwomen. From there, you sent to their town, a little farming hamlet called True Glorian, and after a faux paus on your part, met with their leader, one Sir Kay of the Round Table. Sir Kay handled some of your questions, helping you figure out that you were in someplace still called Gensokyo. Following his advice, you went northward, over a sizable forest, and found an equally sizable town, larger than any you had seen before. From there, you went eastward after inquiring with a local youkai and found the Hakurei Shrine, and Reimu.
>You learned that you have awoken centuries into the future. Reimu has become a goddess, Scarlet Devil Mansion is gone, and the world has changed greatly, According to Reimu, there is a surviving member of the Mansion at the Myouren Temple, which seems to have been renamed the Hijiri Temple. After inquiring about things such as who is still around, and what had happened in the world, you decided to try to learn what you could, then find a way home. You have obtained a blessing from your old friend-turned-goddess, and her invitation to return whenever you need to.
>After some false starts, you made your way to the Hijiri Temple, and found Flandre had taken up residence there, as well as the youkai form of her old pet dog. She told you the story of the slow decline of Scarlet Devil Mansion, as as much about the fates of its residents as she could. You then convinced her to join you for a time. With Flandre in tow, you followed Reimu's advice and went to Bhava-Agra. There you encountered Miko, who had ascended to Celestialhood herself, and followed her to the Dragon Palace. You briefly met Tenshi, who seemed to have become the leader in the mean time, and then was taken to meet Ran Yakumo, who had ascended herself as a consequence of being a kitsune. >Ran seemed to have taken over Yukari's role, and after a somewhat rocky start, offered to help try to return you to your proper place in time, giving you a few items to seek out for her to do so: Rainbow Sand, an object that has endured between your era and this one, and echoes of the incident that brought you here.  She gave you a pendant to collect the last one with. Armed with this, you then went on to explore a new place that had sprung up since your departure from history: Apex.
>Apex was a riot of colors, technologies and cultures, almost too much to take in; loud, crowded, and alien. With Flandre's help, you found a tea house that Nue runs, and fulfilled an obligation that you made to Sir Kay. Along the way, you were also robbed by a youkai named Coyote, who helped you find your way to Nue's place. Nue welcomed you, and told you what she knew, suggesting that you seek out someone called the Rainbow Serpent to get the rainbow sand you need, then suggested visiting the central building, the Diet, to learn more.
>Taking this advice, you met Kanako and Sir Ector, father of Sir Kay, in the lobby. Discussing with them, you got a general idea of where the Rainbow Serpent might be found, and something of an idea of what to expect, as well as a little background on Apex itself. You then followed their directions into the Avalonian Quarter. Asking around led you toward a marketplace, where you met the somewhat familiar face of the Hell Raven, who was all too happy to help you find your way while talking about various things.
>With her help, you found the Rainbow Serpent in a public forest, and followed her on a strange journey that lead you through barren landscapes and speaking with a talking nautilus before suddenly awakening on the ground with the Rainbow Sand you needed in hand, and no sign of your benefactor, just a talking nautilus in the nearby creek. The hell raven then took you Hatate's place of business, where you managed to secure a meeting with the tengu, talk for a little bit, and obtain a picture of Flandre. Splitting off from her, you visited Shou at the Myouren branch temple and found Tojiko there as well. Afterward, you finally put Apex behind you and escorted Flandre back home.
>You set out to find Futo, and did so successfully. After a chat with her, however, you encountered a shinigami with orders to take you back to Higan. You complied, and found that Komachi had become the Yama in the intervening time, and convinced her to give you time to sort things out before being tried for apparently exceeding your lifespan. as an aid, she ordered the shinigami to take you to two places with her abilities. While on the way, however, things became complicated as Yuuka managed to reach into whatever distortion the shinigami causes while travelling and yank you out of it. Things were tense for a little bit, but the two of you eventually came to an understanding. You then met with a kappa in Kanako's service, who agreed to provide rapid transit to the other cities on the goddess' orders.
>You then returned to the site of Scarlet Devil Mansion, where you encountered a hostile agent of The Warlord, a local troublemaker, trying to excavate any lost items of power that may have been left behind. You defeated her after a brief but nasty fight, and took it upon yourself to explore. You found a wooden guardian monstrosity, and past it a hidden underground lair, where Alice has been hiding for heaven knows how long, attempting to perfect vessels for Patchouli and Marisa, both of whom had passed on. She has agreed to aid you in exchange for bringing her research back to her past self.
>After visiting the dojo that Meiling had established and was buried at, you visited the Hakurei Shrine once more for some ideas, then returned to the old human village to visit a museum in hopes of finding the last component you need to return home. Meeting with the staff gave you some hope, they have some old coins they are willing to part with for a high price or a equivalent trade. Using the vehicle that Kanako loaned you, you went to the netherworld in an effort kind of patch things up with Yuyuko. It is unclear if you really succeeded or not, but you didn't come away feeling sated at all. Afterward you picked up Nue, and had a rather awkward sort of date with the kappa driving the vehicle and crushed her heart. From there, you took Nue to meet with Sir Kay, who are apparently old acquaintances.
>From there you went to gather some digging supplies, and prepared to go hunting for the last piece you needed the old fashioned way! Along the way you met one Shuuei Spectre, who offered to take the tools off your hands when you were done. Returning to the ruins of Scarlet Devil Mansion, you worked you way up to the old stone bridge that used to be reasonably close to it, and found that faeries still liked to gather there. In particular, you found one of your previous maids, and quickly got drawn into dealing with a monster that has been terrorizing them. This monster, the Wumpus, turned out to be a savage and primative brute of a youkai who attacked you directly, and barely let up until you finally took her down in a drawn out battle.
>Afterward the maid, Dreamy Sky, showed you on old cache of toys and junk that a faerie kept in the mansion ruins, not long after you vanished from history. Securing it, and taking care not to damage the aged and delicate thing, you reunited with Mitsu and had a brief flight back to her home in Old Hometown. Dreamy did not take well to the flight, and is slow to leave, sitting on your lap as you sit in the vehicle's passenger seat. You've traded some of the objects in the trove for for an old coin at the museum, which completes your necessities for returning home. Since then, you have been coming and going to the Hijiri Temple, preparing for the evening. You visited Aya, and learned a bit around the world, but nothing about what happened to Remilia. You've arranged to let Dreamy Sky stay with Flandre and help with temple duties, and you had lunch and parted ways with Alice.
>The next morning came all too soon, despite your sleeping in. Still, you met with Flandre, who was determined to accompany you until you returned home, and Alice once more. You gathered a little information about the buddhists you have yet to meet, then went to visit Mitsu once more to use her flying chariot to find them. You visit visted Enkyo, a city with a large number of religious institutions, and eventually found Nazrin, as well as Meira, after bouncing around between a few such institutions. The former signed your statement, while the latter obligated to try to help out Youmu in a nonspecific manner in your era.
>Next you went to the Haihan region to begun searching for Kyouko. This lead toward the supposedly cursed Funsai Mountain. You have a quick tangle with the residents of the lower reaches of the mountain, you found Kyouko and a couple of tengu reporters. You gathered some information on the area's leadership, as well as Kyouko's signature. Afterward you returned to the chariot to find a small military deployment waiting for you. After being unable to ease their suspicions, things broke down into violence, which Flandre helpfully dealt with.
>Afterward, you flew back to Apex and informed Kanako of the event. Then you went to find Seiga. After some asking around at the branch temple there, then hiring a local kobold to be passable guide, you located her at a bakery and managed to convince her to sign the statement. Afterward, you left Apex, and made a donation at the Moriya Shrine, which resulted in a brief and somewhat tense conversation with Suwako. Afterward, you visited the Netherworld once more, and were disappointed to learn that Youmu's problems may have been romantic in nature. Regardless, you had a reasonably civil conversation with Yuyuko before leaving, and being upbraided by Flandre for being cold.
>With your travels done, you returned to Old Hometown, and found that Alice had managed to somewhat narrow down that the Hakutaku of that era had hidden herself in the Forest of Magic. From there, you deduced that the merchant there would have some idea where she lived, and found she knew exactly where the Hakutaku lived.  After some wrangling, you managed to gain access the Hakutaku's home, a series of chambers burrowed under the forest, and gained an audience. She, unfortunately, didn't seem to know much you had not already learned, or perhaps simply refused to tell you.
>With that done, you made your way back to Ran's home, with a brief stopover at Miko's home for a signature, and had her return you to your era. Returning, you found that a day had passed and the maids were trying to clean up the damage. After briefly speaking with Koakuma, you then made your way to Remilia's side, where you are filling her in as well as you can. Currently you are making suggestions for the future.

> Nod.
> "Another simple immediate example, though perhaps more personal than political, is that Miss Kamishirasawa is on track for a premature demise."
> Frown a bit again.
> "She recovered from yesterday's accident, but came out of it more frail than one such as herself should be. She was later taken by a sufficiently nasty bout of pneumonia that not even Miss Yagokoro could address. It seems prudent to try to stave this off as we are able, even if we are not able to prevent it outright."

>"How do we keep her from catching a disease?" says Remilia.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on June 29, 2017, 02:04:39 PM
> "I imagine the best we can do is make sure she does not do more outdoor traveling in the winter than absolutely necessary."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on June 29, 2017, 02:14:28 PM
> "I imagine the best we can do is make sure she does not do more outdoor traveling in the winter than absolutely necessary."

>Remilia nods. "We'll have to make sure to tell the doctor."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on June 29, 2017, 02:37:32 PM
> "These are just a couple of possibilities. Perhaps we should see Lady Patchouli before discussing more? I would like to speak to the Young Mistress as well at some point, of course."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on June 29, 2017, 03:00:02 PM
> "These are just a couple of possibilities. Perhaps we should see Lady Patchouli before discussing more? I would like to speak to the Young Mistress as well at some point, of course."

>"Well, normally We would not suggest waking Our younger sister, but perhaps it would be best we did just this once."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on June 29, 2017, 03:11:18 PM
> Nod.
> "Understood, Mistress."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on June 29, 2017, 11:24:32 PM
> Nod.
> "Understood, Mistress."

>"You may fetch her, then," says Remilia. "Doctor Yagokoro has turned the guest chambers by the music hall into her medical ward. I'll be there."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on June 30, 2017, 12:12:35 AM
> Curtsy.
> "Very good. I shall see you there, Mistress."
> Exit the room and head down to Flan's room.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on June 30, 2017, 12:41:03 AM
> Curtsy.
> "Very good. I shall see you there, Mistress."
> Exit the room and head down to Flan's room.

>You make your way down the the clocktower stairs, into the front hall, and down into the basement.
>Flandre's room is much as you left it. Now that you have seen the future, you cannot help but eye the spot where Alice will someday burrow a hole into her wall. That aside, Flandre is flopped face-down atop her bed, her face mostly buried in a pillow. She doesn't seem to be sleeping particularly well, judging from the look on her face.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on June 30, 2017, 12:50:34 AM
>...actually, how long would it take for us to arrive at the kitchen to get a cookie and come back ?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on June 30, 2017, 12:57:54 AM
>...actually, how long would it take for us to arrive at the kitchen to get a cookie and come back ?

>Awhile, unless someone made some while you were gone.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on June 30, 2017, 01:18:57 AM
> "Young Mistress? Please wake up."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on June 30, 2017, 01:19:33 AM
>Using Time Manipulation, how much time can we cut from the process ?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on June 30, 2017, 01:44:32 AM
> "Young Mistress? Please wake up."

>"Uhhhhn..." she replies.

>Using Time Manipulation, how much time can we cut from the process ?

>Some, but they would still need to bake.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on June 30, 2017, 01:52:18 AM
> "Please wake up, Young Mistress. I have a pleasant surprise for you."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on June 30, 2017, 01:54:36 AM
> "Please wake up, Young Mistress. I have a pleasant surprise for you."

>Flandre flops over. looks at you, and cries out.
>"I'm sorry!" she shouts. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to!"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on June 30, 2017, 01:56:48 AM
>Look confused.
>"Why are you sorry Young Mistress ? I do not recall you doing any ill."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on June 30, 2017, 02:18:40 AM
>Look confused.
>"Why are you sorry Young Mistress ? I do not recall you doing any ill."

>"I didn't mean to ask you for cookies like that!" she says, her eyes starting to water. "I'm sorry I made you leave!"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on June 30, 2017, 02:41:30 AM
> Smile.
> "Young Mistress, it is okay. That had nothing to do with my disappearance. Will you come with me to see Lady Patchouli so I can tell my story?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on June 30, 2017, 02:50:57 AM
> Smile.
> "Young Mistress, it is okay. That had nothing to do with my disappearance. Will you come with me to see Lady Patchouli so I can tell my story?"

>She takes a long sniffle, then nods. "Really?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on June 30, 2017, 03:03:18 AM
> Nod.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on June 30, 2017, 03:08:42 AM
> Nod.

>She takes a long swallow, and wipes her eyes with her forearm. "So, I'm not in trouble? Not even for sleeping in my clothes?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on June 30, 2017, 03:11:02 AM
>Nod again.
>"Do not concern yourself with that, i am the one that must apologize for my absence."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on June 30, 2017, 03:56:12 AM
>Nod again.
>"Do not concern yourself with that, i am the one that must apologize for my absence."

>She swallows again, then rolls out of bed. "Okay. I'm ready."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on June 30, 2017, 05:02:21 AM
>"Of course, but before so..."
>Give her a gentle hug.
>"It is good to see you again Flandre."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on June 30, 2017, 05:30:16 AM
>"Of course, but before so..."
>Give her a gentle hug.
>"It is good to see you again Flandre."

>She hugs you back. "It's really not my fault?" she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on June 30, 2017, 05:43:43 AM
>"If anything dear, you were one of the main reasons that motivated and helped me to come back sooner."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on June 30, 2017, 06:05:28 AM
>"If anything dear, you were one of the main reasons that motivated and helped me to come back sooner."

>"Oh," she says, in a tone that plainly expresses she has no idea what you mean. "Thank you."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on June 30, 2017, 06:13:39 AM
>"I want to make you happy."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on June 30, 2017, 10:35:01 AM
> "Now come, let's go."
> Head out of Flan's room (with her in tow) to the guest chambers by the music hall.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on June 30, 2017, 11:06:08 AM
>"I want to make you happy."

>She nods. "Thank you..."

> "Now come, let's go."
> Head out of Flan's room (with her in tow) to the guest chambers by the music hall.

>You lead her back to the main hall, then up to the second floor. The halls are empty; you suspect that Remilia has probably sent most of the maids to their quarters. That would work to keep them from going too wild for a little while. You note that one of the guest room doors is ajar; you can just heard Remilia speaking inside.

>_

Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on June 30, 2017, 11:10:11 AM
> Knock and enter.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on June 30, 2017, 11:20:22 AM
> Knock and enter.

>You knock, then enter with Flandre in tow.
>Patchouli rests the guest bed, propped up by a number of stolen pillows and looking more frail than you can ever recall. Her traditional gown has been replaced with with a light shift that seems to be tied in place. You note some bandages peeking through it. However, her eyes are still sharp and fall upon you as you walk into the room. Remilia sits in a chain next to her.
>"Are you feeling better, Patch-patch?" Flandre says.
>"I'm doing better, Flan," she says. "But it'll be a little while, yet." Then she looks to you and says, "You're back. Remilia tells me you've have quite the adventure." You can't tell if her tone is supposed to be sarcastic or not.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on June 30, 2017, 11:24:39 AM
> Is Eirin here?
> "Indeed. How much have you heard? I have not told the Young Mistress anything yet."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on June 30, 2017, 11:47:28 AM
> Is Eirin here?
> "Indeed. How much have you heard? I have not told the Young Mistress anything yet."

>She has not.
>"Apparently you have become unstuck in time?" says Patchouli.
>"What does that mean?" says Flandre.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on June 30, 2017, 12:00:00 PM
> Look to Flan.
> "It means I went to almost a thousand years in the future."
> Pull out and show her the picture of her future self.
> "See? This is the future you."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on June 30, 2017, 12:30:30 PM
> Look to Flan.
> "It means I went to almost a thousand years in the future."
> Pull out and show her the picture of her future self.
> "See? This is the future you."

>Flandre looks at the picture and frowns. "...Do I really look like that?"
>Oh right, she can't see herself in mirrors.
>"You do, young Flandre," says Remilia.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on June 30, 2017, 12:33:32 PM
> Can Remilia?
> "Indeed."
> Smile.
> "She grew up to be a fine woman, very wise and mature. I was very proud of her."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on June 30, 2017, 12:35:54 PM
> Can Remilia?
> "Indeed."
> Smile.
> "She grew up to be a fine woman, very wise and mature. I was very proud of her."

>Not that you know of, but she's had portraits commissioned to get around that. Frankly, you think Patchouli has helped in the past as well, before your time.
>You swear you hear Remilia grumble as you praise Flandre's future self.
>"Really?" says Flandre. "I was like that?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on June 30, 2017, 12:36:42 PM
> ...Why would Remilia be upset by this?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on June 30, 2017, 12:46:08 PM
> ...Why would Remilia be upset by this?

>Likely for the same reason she was upset previously.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on June 30, 2017, 01:00:10 PM
> Nod.
> "Indeed. And she wanted me to give you a message. She wants you to know that it will get better, that you will develop and maintain control of yourself."
> Give her a wink and a grin.
> "And I believe her, since I got to see it first-hand."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on June 30, 2017, 01:20:30 PM
> Nod.
> "Indeed. And she wanted me to give you a message. She wants you to know that it will get better, that you will develop and maintain control of yourself."
> Give her a wink and a grin.
> "And I believe her, since I got to see it first-hand."

>"Really?" says Flandre.
>"Surely she would not lie about something so important, Flandre," says Remilia.
>"You're carrying messages from what has yet to come?" says Patchouli.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on June 30, 2017, 01:25:09 PM
> Look to Patchouli.
> "Yes. I had wondered if doing so would influence too much, but Miss Soga stated rather firmly that it is exceedingly unlikely that an individual could cause very much damage. In this particular case, I imagine that if there is any change with the Young Mistress, it will be that she grows even faster."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on June 30, 2017, 02:01:48 PM
> Look to Patchouli.
> "Yes. I had wondered if doing so would influence too much, but Miss Soga stated rather firmly that it is exceedingly unlikely that an individual could cause very much damage. In this particular case, I imagine that if there is any change with the Young Mistress, it will be that she grows even faster."

>"Assuming Miss Soga has a single clue what she's even on about," says Patchouli.
>"Patchouli, We'll not hear such words about Miss Toyosatomimi's retainers without good reason," says Remilia.
>"I couldn't agree more," says Patchouli.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on June 30, 2017, 02:44:41 PM
> "She gave an explanation rooted in Taoism, relating it to ripples in a pond. It was apparently good enough to convince a very skeptical Miss Toyosatomimi that it was not a bad idea to influence the past."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on June 30, 2017, 02:58:00 PM
> "She gave an explanation rooted in Taoism, relating it to ripples in a pond. It was apparently good enough to convince a very skeptical Miss Toyosatomimi that it was not a bad idea to influence the past."

>"They just say whatever pops into their heads," says Patchouli. "There's not an iota of research in it. So maybe they're not even wrong. They just don't know why."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on June 30, 2017, 06:37:08 PM
> "I'm afraid that is out of my area of expertise."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 01, 2017, 12:33:29 AM
> "I'm afraid that is out of my area of expertise."

>"Let us move on to the meat of the issue?" says Remilia. "I'm sure Our Patchouli is correct and there's no need to dwell on it."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 01, 2017, 12:43:44 AM
> "Indeed. As I told the Mistress before, the future nodes very well for Gensokyo on the whole, but very poorly for our household specifically. I believe it would behoove us to work toward helping along those things that good, or at least not interfering with them, and correcting those that are bad."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on July 01, 2017, 12:51:50 AM
//Too bad she'll never grow up to become a good person because of her abusive older sisters smugness! Making all of this completely pointless!
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 01, 2017, 01:05:00 AM
//Ey, this just the start of things, i doubt Flandre would just take those words silently and obediently, a LOT can still happen.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 01, 2017, 01:09:12 AM
> "Indeed. As I told the Mistress before, the future nodes very well for Gensokyo on the whole, but very poorly for our household specifically. I believe it would behoove us to work toward helping along those things that good, or at least not interfering with them, and correcting those that are bad."

>"So you're saying I shouldn't expect a gift from the future myself," says Patchouli.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 01, 2017, 01:12:41 AM
> "Well, not from yourself directly."
> Pull out Alice's book and wave it a little bit (but don't offer it).
> "Margatroid will probably share her gift to herself with you, however. She preserved your corpse rather impressively."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 01, 2017, 02:10:34 AM
> "Well, not from yourself directly."
> Pull out Alice's book and wave it a little bit (but don't offer it).
> "Margatroid will probably share her gift to herself with you, however. She preserved your corpse rather impressively."

>"Good," says Patchouli. "I never doubted she had steel when it counted."
>"What book is that?" says Remilia.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 01, 2017, 02:25:23 AM
>"Notes of research, i have promised to deliver them to her past self."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 01, 2017, 02:28:29 AM
>"Notes of research, i have promised to deliver them to her past self."

>"And why, praytell, are you delivering something like that to the magician who invaded our household?" says Remilia.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 01, 2017, 02:32:33 AM
> "I am not terribly happy with it either, but she assisted me tremendously in the future in exchange for delivering this."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 01, 2017, 02:42:00 AM
> "I am not terribly happy with it either, but she assisted me tremendously in the future in exchange for delivering this."

>"How tremendously?" says Remilia.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 01, 2017, 02:47:38 AM
> "I could not have located the hakutaku without her."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 01, 2017, 04:16:57 AM
> "I could not have located the hakutaku without her."

>Remilia frowns. "Very well, but I would still recommend throwing it straight into the fire."
>"If you're going to do that, give it to me," says Patchouli.
>"So you can pass it along to that magician?" Remilia says. "Hardly."
>"Perhaps once  I am done with it," says Patchouli with a weak shrug.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 01, 2017, 10:41:31 AM
> "Well, I have not looked through it myself, but I presume the information contained within this book is research about the creation of artificial bodies for Margatroid to extend life spans, if not outright make someone pseudo-immortal. It would appear she intends to grant this to Lady Patchouli, as well as Marisa, for what that is worth."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 01, 2017, 10:55:54 AM
> "Well, I have not looked through it myself, but I presume the information contained within this book is research about the creation of artificial bodies for Margatroid to extend life spans, if not outright make someone pseudo-immortal. It would appear she intends to grant this to Lady Patchouli, as well as Marisa, for what that is worth."

>Remilia makes a kind of annoyed sound, which is her saying you have a point but she doesn't like it and won't verbally concede to it.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 01, 2017, 11:04:41 AM
> "There were a curious number of helpful people in the future that I would probably not give the time of day in the present, admittedly. Shameimaru, Hinanawi...even Saigyouji, in her standard irritating, circuitous way."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 01, 2017, 11:06:52 AM
> "There were a curious number of helpful people in the future that I would probably not give the time of day in the present, admittedly. Shameimaru, Hinanawi...even Saigyouji, in her standard irritating, circuitous way."

>"That useless celestial actually did something?" says Patchouli. "Now I am sure you're making things up."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 01, 2017, 11:15:50 AM
> "Believe me, I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it myself."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 01, 2017, 11:32:31 AM
> "Believe me, I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it myself."

>"It is hard to credit," says Remilia. "But I believe we are drifting off topic?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 01, 2017, 11:37:28 AM
> "Of course. I suppose the most immediate societal matter is that Yakumo is apparently working to expend Gensokyo outward somehow. It was much larger than it is now. The end result seemed good enough to me. The barrier was also apparently more stable."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 01, 2017, 11:54:47 AM
> "Of course. I suppose the most immediate societal matter is that Yakumo is apparently working to expend Gensokyo outward somehow. It was much larger than it is now. The end result seemed good enough to me. The barrier was also apparently more stable."

>"That does sound like something she would do," says Patchouli. "I'd kill to find out how she did it."
>Remilia nods. "When?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 01, 2017, 12:01:18 PM
> "I did not learn too many of the details, but it sounded like it was completed not too much longer after I disappeared. She passed away shortly after that, and had been gone for quite some time."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 01, 2017, 12:30:01 PM
> "I did not learn too many of the details, but it sounded like it was completed not too much longer after I disappeared. She passed away shortly after that, and had been gone for quite some time."

>"Huh," says Patchouli. "I wonder if those things are related?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 01, 2017, 12:42:16 PM
> Nod.
> "I believe there was something of a feeling that her life's work was complete."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 01, 2017, 12:53:21 PM
> Nod.
> "I believe there was something of a feeling that her life's work was complete."

>"I suppose that could be the case," says Patchouli.
>"Who can say?" says Remilia. "What else do you need to tell us?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 01, 2017, 01:16:20 PM
> "Yes. Probably the other most momentous happening is the neighbouring dimension that gets created. It would seem that the Moriya Shrine, and Miss Yasaka in particular, have quite progressive ambitions, which clashed with the 'traditionalists', those who were quite happy with the things the way they were. There was apparently great tension until the neighbouring dimension was created and the progressives moved there, allowing everyone to live where they saw fit while still enjoying peace and easy travel to those in the other dimension."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 01, 2017, 01:18:22 PM
> "Yes. Probably the other most momentous happening is the neighbouring dimension that gets created. It would seem that the Moriya Shrine, and Miss Yasaka in particular, have quite progressive ambitions, which clashed with the 'traditionalists', those who were quite happy with the things the way they were. There was apparently great tension until the neighbouring dimension was created and the progressives moved there, allowing everyone to live where they saw fit while still enjoying peace and easy travel to those in the other dimension."

>"Are you saying those Moriyas have their own world?" says Remilia. "We cannot allow that."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 01, 2017, 01:21:40 PM
> "If you'll pardon my curiosity, Mistress, why not?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 01, 2017, 01:29:10 PM
> "If you'll pardon my curiosity, Mistress, why not?"

>"That is simply much too much for some petty little shrine, wouldn't you agree?" says Remilia.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 01, 2017, 01:32:37 PM
> "Well, they didn't try to lay any claim of authority over Gensokyo beyond their own shrine, at least."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 01, 2017, 01:33:51 PM
> "Well, they didn't try to lay any claim of authority over Gensokyo beyond their own shrine, at least."

>"With the amount of money they could grift from the place you're describing, they wouldn't need to make any official claim," says Remilia. "Property deeds would do the talking for them."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 01, 2017, 02:24:17 PM
> "I cannot say for sure what the details of such things were, but it was not an immediately-observed problem. It is also possibly worth noting that Yasaka was only one member of their government, which seemed composed of many high-level people from various realms of origin. Including Avalon, with may be of Lady Patchouli's interest."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 01, 2017, 02:48:46 PM
> "I cannot say for sure what the details of such things were, but it was not an immediately-observed problem. It is also possibly worth noting that Yasaka was only one member of their government, which seemed composed of many high-level people from various realms of origin. Including Avalon, with may be of Lady Patchouli's interest."

>"They had Avalonians there?" says Patchouli. "That's...unexpected."
>"So they had quite a bit of trade to skim from," says Remilia. "Absolutely unacceptable."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 01, 2017, 02:52:15 PM
> Shrug.
> "I do not know what to tell you, Mistress. These problems did not seem to be present, but I suppose it is possible that they could not be overfeed at a glance and no one ever thought them worth mentioning in my presence."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 01, 2017, 02:59:49 PM
> Shrug.
> "I do not know what to tell you, Mistress. These problems did not seem to be present, but I suppose it is possible that they could not be overfeed at a glance and no one ever thought them worth mentioning in my presence."

>"Well yes, one does not just talk about graft," says Remilia. "Especially not with strangers."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 01, 2017, 03:03:00 PM
> "I meant more that the citizens of the new dimension did not seem to have issues with the government."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 01, 2017, 03:08:33 PM
> "I meant more that the citizens of the new dimension did not seem to have issues with the government."

>"Regardless, I'm sure you'll agree it is absolutely too much power for the likes of the Moriya Shrine," says Remilia.
>"I don't mind," says Patchouli.
>"Well, yes, but you've been favorably inclined toward them for years," says Remilia. "We take a more critical view."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 01, 2017, 03:35:46 PM
> "As you say, Mistress."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 01, 2017, 03:37:46 PM
> "As you say, Mistress."

>"Take note of this, Flandre," says Remilia.
>Flandre, who had been silently at your side, simply nods.
>"Do go on, Our Sakuya," Remilia says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 01, 2017, 03:40:27 PM
> "Hmm, what else...ah, a tangentially related curiosity, since Lady Patchouli took note of it. Near as I can tell, Gensokyo seemed to have subsumed Avalon. It also appears one of their leaders had previously run into Nue Houjuu, regarding a sword with an apparently sordid history."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 01, 2017, 03:52:22 PM
> "Hmm, what else...ah, a tangentially related curiosity, since Lady Patchouli took note of it. Near as I can tell, Gensokyo seemed to have subsumed Avalon. It also appears one of their leaders had previously run into Nue Houjuu, regarding a sword with an apparently sordid history."

>"That's not possible," says Patchouli. "It would be like saying our mansion subsumed air."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 01, 2017, 03:56:12 PM
> Shrug.
> "Well, there were Avalonians there, and they had made an effort to learn our language."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 01, 2017, 04:00:46 PM
> Shrug.
> "Well, there were Avalonians there, and they had made an effort to learn our language."

>"Then they're invaders," says Patchouli. "If what you said happened, you wouldn't have met anyone you would have known, because they would be dead and their concepts erased."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 01, 2017, 04:06:06 PM
> "I am not sure I would classify then as invaders in anything but the most technical of senses. But it is possible that is what you intended anyway."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 01, 2017, 04:09:14 PM
> "I am not sure I would classify then as invaders in anything but the most technical of senses. But it is possible that is what you intended anyway."

>"I suppose you could call them guests or immigrants or whatever," says Patchouli. "Invaders would be the classical term."
>"What were these Avalonians doing, precisely?" says Remilia.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 01, 2017, 04:19:54 PM
> "Nothing in particular beyond living their lives in their own neck of the woods. Most people in the main area of Gensokyo that I talk to about then did not even know they were there. Which was not terribly surprising, they were over an hour's flight southwest of the Hakurei Shrine."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 01, 2017, 04:21:05 PM
> "Nothing in particular beyond living their lives in their own neck of the woods. Most people in the main area of Gensokyo that I talk to about then did not even know they were there. Which was not terribly surprising, they were over an hour's flight southwest of the Hakurei Shrine."

>"Hmph, interesting," says Patchouli. "According to rumor, there used to be a passage to Avalon around that area, but it was closed awhile ago."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 01, 2017, 04:25:15 PM
> "Perhaps Nue had something to do with that?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 02, 2017, 12:08:55 AM
> "Perhaps Nue had something to do with that?"

>"A fair guess," says Patchouli. "I'm more inclined to blame Yukari, of course."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 02, 2017, 02:45:24 AM
> "I could not say what changed it. Though, apparently, there was some sort of time flow difference between the two lands. From Nue's perspective, it had been many centuries since she had seen her local noble friend, but from his perspective, it had only been a few years."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 02, 2017, 02:53:21 AM
> "I could not say what changed it. Though, apparently, there was some sort of time flow difference between the two lands. From Nue's perspective, it had been many centuries since she had seen her local noble friend, but from his perspective, it had only been a few years."

>"Not surprising," says Patchouli. "While I can't say I've experienced it myself, I've read about it happening in many places."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 02, 2017, 05:06:48 AM
> "What else, what else...I already mentioned Princess Sukuna. Ah, the Usami and Hearn lines were still going strong. Apparently at least a few of them were well off, if the donation notes on the museum's placards were any indication."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 02, 2017, 05:17:00 AM
> "What else, what else...I already mentioned Princess Sukuna. Ah, the Usami and Hearn lines were still going strong. Apparently at least a few of them were well off, if the donation notes on the museum's placards were any indication."

>"We suppose that isn't a surprise," says Remilia. "Those kids are destined to wind up successful or barely recognizable corpses."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 02, 2017, 10:43:31 AM
> "Let us hope it is the former, given some of the positions their descendants found themselves in."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 02, 2017, 10:57:40 AM
> "Let us hope it is the former, given some of the positions their descendants found themselves in."

>"What sort of positions?" says Patchouli.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 02, 2017, 11:29:41 AM
> "The Hakurei Shrine Maiden was an Usami, for one."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 02, 2017, 11:31:49 AM
> "The Hakurei Shrine Maiden was an Usami, for one."

>"We didn't think it possible for there to be a Hakurei Shrine without a Hakurei Maiden..." says Remilia.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 02, 2017, 11:33:19 AM
> "I know, I was surprised too. But the goddess of the Shrine was a Hakurei, so I suppose that counts."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 02, 2017, 11:48:49 AM
> "I know, I was surprised too. But the goddess of the Shrine was a Hakurei, so I suppose that counts."

>"What," says Remilia.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 02, 2017, 12:02:54 PM
>"Miss Reimu Hakurei apparently ascended into godhood in the future."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 02, 2017, 12:08:36 PM
> Don't say that.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 02, 2017, 12:09:30 PM
> "It is as I have said. The goddess of the Shrine was a Hakurei. A former shrine maiden that ascended to godhood, it seems."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 02, 2017, 12:22:23 PM
> "It is as I have said. The goddess of the Shrine was a Hakurei. A former shrine maiden that ascended to godhood, it seems."

>"Hm. How intriguing," says Remilia.  "I suppose Reimu's example eventually meant something."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 02, 2017, 12:29:58 PM
> Nod.
> "It would seem so."
> Frown a bit.
> "I must admit, though, that I am not immediately sure what else there is to say that is relevant to our house."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 02, 2017, 12:38:17 PM
> Nod.
> "It would seem so."
> Frown a bit.
> "I must admit, though, that I am not immediately sure what else there is to say that is relevant to our house."

>"Why not tell Us about Our rivals, then," says Remilia.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 02, 2017, 12:39:32 PM
> Who would this include? Presumably Saigyouji. Anyone else?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 02, 2017, 01:23:56 PM
> Who would this include? Presumably Saigyouji. Anyone else?

>In theory, everyone else, including allies.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 02, 2017, 01:28:53 PM
> "All right. Saigyouji had not changed over bit, though Konpaku was long since dead."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 02, 2017, 01:36:07 PM
> "All right. Saigyouji had not changed over bit, though Konpaku was long since dead."

>"Who served in her place?" says Remilia.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 02, 2017, 01:38:02 PM
> "No one that I saw. Saigyouji had somehow come into a young runaway human girl, no more than ten or twelve, but she did not actually serve. I have no idea if Saigyouji intended to eventually have her do so."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 02, 2017, 01:56:41 PM
> "No one that I saw. Saigyouji had somehow come into a young runaway human girl, no more than ten or twelve, but she did not actually serve. I have no idea if Saigyouji intended to eventually have her do so."

>"Who can say?" says Remilia.
>"I can't imagine her impressing a runaway," Patchouli says. "It seems...uncharacteristic."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 02, 2017, 02:07:58 PM
> "She did say she suspected the child had been abused before running away. Perhaps that was a deciding factor."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 02, 2017, 02:13:35 PM
> "She did say she suspected the child had been abused before running away. Perhaps that was a deciding factor."

>"I definitely can't see her placing an abused child into servitude, either," says Patchouli. "Perhaps I am wrong?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 02, 2017, 02:38:26 PM
>"More like the child itseld would likely do so on her own from what i experienced."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 02, 2017, 02:46:28 PM
>"More like the child itseld would likely do so on her own from what i experienced."

>"We suppose that is to be expected," says Remilia. "Had anything changed there? And what of Eientei?"
>"Frankly, I'm surprised you're telling us all this," says Patchouli.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 02, 2017, 03:04:47 PM
> "I would say it is my duty to do so. Unless you mean you are surprised I was so adventurous?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on July 02, 2017, 03:07:47 PM
>"The netherworld was about the same, perhaps quieter. Eientei was actually no more, at that point in time. No one was quite sure just what had happened to them, if I recall correctly."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 02, 2017, 03:17:14 PM
> "I would say it is my duty to do so. Unless you mean you are surprised I was so adventurous?"

>"You'd think someone would be restrained about these kinds of stories," says Patchouli. "The better they are known, the more likely someone may try to prevent them from coming to pass. Whether by malice, or simply wishing to reinforce their freedom from fate."

>"The netherworld was about the same, perhaps quieter. Eientei was actually no more, at that point in time. No one was quite sure just what had happened to them, if I recall correctly."

>"How unexpected," says Remilia, frowning a little.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 02, 2017, 03:24:53 PM
> "Indeed. The only rabbit I encountered had never even been there. I never learned the details, though personally I would not be surprised if their disappeared was related to whatever was done to Fujiwara after Keine passed away."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 02, 2017, 03:27:51 PM
> "Indeed. The only rabbit I encountered had never even been there. I never learned the details, though personally I would not be surprised if their disappeared was related to whatever was done to Fujiwara after Keine passed away."

>"Speaking of," says Patchouli, "Miss Fujiwara's probably in the other room. She's been lurking around, anyways."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 02, 2017, 04:03:23 PM
> Did we ask earlier if Eirin is here?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 02, 2017, 04:07:37 PM
> Did we ask earlier if Eirin is here?

>Perhaps not directly, but you were told such.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 02, 2017, 05:30:11 PM
> "Is Keine over there as well?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 03, 2017, 12:19:35 AM
> "Is Keine over there as well?"

>"Of course," says Remilia. "The doctor would not hear of moving her any further."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 03, 2017, 12:22:38 AM
> "I see. It is probably for the best she is not present for this conversation. Her future was no more pleasant than ours."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 03, 2017, 12:46:17 AM
> "I see. It is probably for the best she is not present for this conversation. Her future was no more pleasant than ours."

>"We agree," says Remilia. "Best to keep that quiet."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 03, 2017, 01:15:03 AM
> "In regards to other noteworthy people, the Buddhist faction and the Taoist faction seemed to be on much friendlier terms. Miss Toramaru and Miss Soga in particular almost seemed one step short of being in a relationship."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 03, 2017, 01:24:22 AM
> "In regards to other noteworthy people, the Buddhist faction and the Taoist faction seemed to be on much friendlier terms. Miss Toramaru and Miss Soga in particular almost seemed one step short of being in a relationship."

>"Not surprising," says Patchouli, "It's not as though they aren't exactly the same thing."
>"Patchouli, have some manners," Remilia says, frowning at the magician.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 03, 2017, 04:04:46 AM
> "To that end, I have procured a number of their signatures on a statement of suggesting peace, to be show to their present selves in the hope of expediting the lowering of tensions."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 03, 2017, 04:20:18 AM
> "To that end, I have procured a number of their signatures on a statement of suggesting peace, to be show to their present selves in the hope of expediting the lowering of tensions."

>"Ah, how ambitious," says Remilia. "You do Us proud, Our Sakuya!"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 03, 2017, 04:35:29 AM
> Smile.
> "I do what I can, Mistress."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 03, 2017, 04:53:36 AM
> Smile.
> "I do what I can, Mistress."

>Remilia nods.
>"Is there anything else we need to know?" says Patchouli.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 03, 2017, 12:10:06 PM
> "I cannot think of anything else specifically, unless you have someone in mind you wish to know about in particular."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 03, 2017, 12:46:43 PM
> "I cannot think of anything else specifically, unless you have someone in mind you wish to know about in particular."

>"Hm. We think that you have covered all of Our immediate concerns," says Remilia.
>"What happened," says Patchouli, her statement not a question.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 03, 2017, 12:52:50 PM
> "Pardon?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 03, 2017, 02:05:52 PM
> "Pardon?"

>"Why exactly were you gallivanting through the ages to begin with," Patchouli says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 03, 2017, 02:18:59 PM
> "I was hoping either you or Keine could tell me that. Neither Ran Yakumo nor the hakutaku could tell why what happened happened. Only that some unknown force dragged me through time."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 03, 2017, 02:31:36 PM
>Examine our pocket watch speaking of that.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 03, 2017, 02:33:39 PM
> "I was hoping either you or Keine could tell me that. Neither Ran Yakumo nor the hakutaku could tell why what happened happened. Only that some unknown force dragged me through time."
>Examine our pocket watch speaking of that.


>Your watch seems completely normal. Nothing about it strikes you as awry.
>"That can happen?" says Patchouli. "Well, I can't tell you anything off the top of my head. And I'm afraid I'm not really disposed to research it at the moment."
>"Miss Kamishirasawa has only been briefly conscious," says Remilia. "Miss Fujiwara has monopolized most of that time."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 03, 2017, 02:41:21 PM
>"Understandable."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 03, 2017, 02:47:37 PM
>"Understandable."

>"That said, We are sure the good doctor will answer any questions you may have," says Remilia. "Provided she is not busy."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 03, 2017, 03:10:58 PM
> "Well, unfortunately, at this point I had assumed whatever caused the explosion had something to do with the unknown force. If it did not, then I am completely at a loss as to why this happened."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 03, 2017, 03:12:32 PM
> "Well, unfortunately, at this point I had assumed whatever caused the explosion had something to do with the unknown force. If it did not, then I am completely at a loss as to why this happened."

>"I doubt it," says Patchouli. "I wasn't experimenting with anything like that."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 03, 2017, 03:43:43 PM
>"So the cause is still unknown ?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 03, 2017, 04:14:15 PM
>"So the cause is still unknown ?"

>"Isn't that what I just said?" says Patchouli. "Unless you've had some brilliant revelation, we're no further along on why you went on your little journey than we were three minutes ago."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 03, 2017, 04:26:56 PM
>Would it be possible to assemble all the maids so they can report what they saw on the day of the explosion on an organized manner ?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 03, 2017, 04:40:26 PM
>Would it be possible to assemble all the maids so they can report what they saw on the day of the explosion on an organized manner ?

>In theory. In reality, you are certain such a meeting where they have to volunteer information would quickly devolve.
>As well, you didn't have any maids posted there. Patchouli complains if you're not there to personally supervise them.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 03, 2017, 05:24:25 PM
>Hmm... are there any maids on the staff that possess special abilities ?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 03, 2017, 05:32:44 PM
>Hmm... are there any maids on the staff that possess special abilities ?

>Some do. But you strongly encourage them not to dabble into that sort of thing while on duty. It is a poor idea to leave a faerie to her best judgment with special abilities around delicate things. Or other maids. It would give you a headache trying to plan around it.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 03, 2017, 06:26:33 PM
>Which ones are the most notable ones ?
>"For now i have yet to think of anything more other than what we can already assume."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 04, 2017, 12:58:06 AM
>"For now i have yet to think of anything more other than what we can already assume."

> Don't say this. We already said basically the exact same thing (https://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,20888.msg1350128.html#msg1350128) and we don't really need to act like we forgot our own words from a minute ago when we already look dumb in front of our superiors.
> "Of course. So what was that explosion about, anyway?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 04, 2017, 01:23:57 AM
>Which ones are the most notable ones ?

>There are a few tied to bushes who seem to have a talent for coaxing plants to grow, another tied to a stream that can create a small, room-sized rain shower, and another who seems to be able to gather dust and small objects to herself without touching them. You aren't sure what the last one is connected to.

> "Of course. So what was that explosion about, anyway?"

>"I'm still working on that," says Patchouli. "My suspicion is that one of my reagents had gone bad."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 04, 2017, 02:22:56 AM
> "Ah. That is unfortunate."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 04, 2017, 05:56:10 AM
> "Ah. That is unfortunate."

>"I've been trying to get my good for nothing familiar to have a look through the supplies," says Patchouli, "But she insists that she needs to watch the gate while Meiling's gone."
>"It is an important task," says Remilia.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 04, 2017, 11:22:20 AM
> "I suppose I should go find Meiling, then. Unless there is anything else you all wish to know?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 04, 2017, 11:57:04 AM
> "I suppose I should go find Meiling, then. Unless there is anything else you all wish to know?"

>"We think that will do," says Remilia.
>"I'll ask more later," says Patchouli.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 04, 2017, 02:48:51 PM
> "All right. If it is permissible, I will make a number of deliveries while I am out, small favors in return for small favors in the future."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 04, 2017, 02:57:31 PM
> "All right. If it is permissible, I will make a number of deliveries while I am out, small favors in return for small favors in the future."

>Remilia nods. "As We have stated, We imagine you will need some time."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 05, 2017, 02:06:51 AM
> "Thank you, Mistress. I will do my best to not take longer than necessary."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 05, 2017, 02:39:29 AM
> "Thank you, Mistress. I will do my best to not take longer than necessary."

>"Do not strain yourself," says Remilia.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on July 05, 2017, 04:37:15 AM
>"I shall return later."
>Bow, and then make our way back out to the gate.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 05, 2017, 05:29:42 AM
>"I shall return later."
>Bow, and then make our way back out to the gate.

>You depart, making your way out of mansion and toward the front gates.
>"Hoy," says Koa as you approach, waving lazily.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 05, 2017, 12:43:22 PM
> "Hello again. I'm off to retrieve Meiling so she can return to her post and you can look through Lady Patchouli's reagents to see what may have gone bad."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 05, 2017, 03:59:45 PM
> "Hello again. I'm off to retrieve Meiling so she can return to her post and you can look through Lady Patchouli's reagents to see what may have gone bad."

>Koakuma gives a long groan and leans heavily against the shield. "Please, anything but that!"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 05, 2017, 04:11:30 PM
> "Sorry, but it is not my place to supersede a request from Lady Patchouli. Best of luck."
> Take flight and head to the Hakurei Shrine.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 05, 2017, 04:17:54 PM
> "Sorry, but it is not my place to supersede a request from Lady Patchouli. Best of luck."
> Take flight and head to the Hakurei Shrine.

>You take to the air, and head toward the Hakurei Shrine.
>The cool spring air is a sharp and pleasant contrast to the warm summer air of the future era. The trees are leafing up nicely, and you can see a variety of faeries playing above them, and sometimes below. You pass over Mystia's stand, not yet open for the day but plainly visible due to the thin leaves. Then you leave the forest behind for the fields and the farms outside the human town. Activity bustles below them as people get out their spring crops.
>Soon you reach the forest where the Hakurei Shrine rests. It is a bit less leafy than the Forest of Magic now, making the shrine easier to pick out. You land outside the torii.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 05, 2017, 04:18:49 PM
> Land and head toward the shrine proper on foot.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 05, 2017, 04:23:51 PM
> Land and head toward the shrine proper on foot.

>You make your way up the fieldstone path. The shrine itself stands timeless among the budding trees, its timbers colored with the ages and standing strong. You wouldn't even know it was knocked down a few years ago, during the whole weather incident. No one seems to be outside right now, the donation box and prayer bells stand alone, while the basin for ritual cleansing is only half full. The front door stands half open. If you squint a little, you can almost mentally fill in the additions made to the future shrine.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 05, 2017, 04:26:17 PM
> Knock on the half-open front door (or the wooden frame around it if it is made of paper).
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 05, 2017, 04:37:46 PM
> Knock on the half-open front door (or the wooden frame around it if it is made of paper).

>You approach the door and knock. After a moment, it slides open and Reimu peeks out. It is strangely reassuring to see her as your memories say she should be, shorter and more slender than you. "Huh, oh hey there, Sakuya," says Reimu. She glances around for a moment. "It's not too often you stop by. Here to just hang around?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 05, 2017, 04:43:23 PM
> "Sadly, no. There was an accident at my home and I went missing for a while. Everything is fine now, but it is my understanding that Meiling has gone looking for me. Did she come by here?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 05, 2017, 04:55:38 PM
> "Sadly, no. There was an accident at my home and I went missing for a while. Everything is fine now, but it is my understanding that Meiling has gone looking for me. Did she come by here?"

>"Ooooh, right," says Reimu. "Well, yeah, she was here this morning, actually. Told me the gist the story and was asking if you were around. She didn't say you were missing, so much? I guess she was just trying to cover for you or something. "

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 05, 2017, 04:59:17 PM
> Nod.
> "A sensible decision. Did she say where she was going next?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 05, 2017, 05:38:00 PM
> Nod.
> "A sensible decision. Did she say where she was going next?"

>"I think she said she was going to poke around the village," says Reimu. "She looked pretty crestfallen when I said you hadn't been here."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 05, 2017, 05:41:45 PM
> "Very well. Thank you for your help, Reimu."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 05, 2017, 05:47:31 PM
> "Very well. Thank you for your help, Reimu."

>"No problem," she says. "Guess you're gonna go chasing off after her right now? I've got tea on, you know."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 05, 2017, 05:53:18 PM
> Grin just a bit.
> "Then I had best hope I find her quickly, before it gets cold. See you later."
> Take flight and head to the Human Village.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 05, 2017, 06:08:06 PM
> Grin just a bit.
> "Then I had best hope I find her quickly, before it gets cold. See you later."
> Take flight and head to the Human Village.

>"Good luck!" says Reimu, as you take off and fly westward.
>It's just a few minutes to the human village from here. A small but burgeoning town with dirt roads and and adding a new housing block every year, you suppose you could see how it might evolve into something like Old Hometown over the years, even if you can't imagine it having anything larger than a tavern or a granary. The buildings are mostly small things, some with two stories and some not. You can see a few places of note from your westward approach. The market is to the southeast, not too far from the larger and finer homes with the likes of the Child of Maire currently reside. Further west is the main crossroads, where the tavern lies. North of that are some more shops, then the Myouren Temple. East of the Temple lies the bulk of the residences, as well as more shops. Granaries and farms dot the outskirts of town.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 05, 2017, 06:12:15 PM
> Head toward the Myouren Temple. Might as well start delivering messages while we search!
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 05, 2017, 06:33:42 PM
> Head toward the Myouren Temple. Might as well start delivering messages while we search!

>You head toward the Myouren Temple. Along the way, you notice a gathering at the shops to the south of it, it seems there's an event going on.
>The temple has done well for itself over the years, expanding from humble beginnings to a proper, if ship-shaped, place of worship. Wooden statues of the Buddha and various Bodhisattva line the outer grounds, donations from various followers. The front doors hang slightly open, enough to invite people in without letting too many bugs inside, though it is a bit early in the season to worry about things like that. A few people mill around statues, mostly humans. You do pick out Ichirin among them.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 05, 2017, 06:45:43 PM
> Make our way over to Ichirin.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 05, 2017, 06:55:56 PM
> Make our way over to Ichirin.

>You land close to her, seeing that she is busy fixing a bit of scuffed grass with her foot. She looks up as you land and says, "Hello, Sakuya! Here to visit Mr Morichika again?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 05, 2017, 07:09:13 PM
> When was the last time we visited Rinnosuke?
> "Actually, no, not this time. There was an accident at my home and I went missing for a while. Everything is fine now, but it is my understanding that Meiling has gone looking for me. Did she come by here?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 05, 2017, 07:12:13 PM
> When was the last time we visited Rinnosuke?
> "Actually, no, not this time. There was an accident at my home and I went missing for a while. Everything is fine now, but it is my understanding that Meiling has gone looking for me. Did she come by here?"

>It's been awhile.
>Ichirin nods. "That's a shame, he's been in a mood lately. As for Meiling, she was asking if you had shown up this morning."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 05, 2017, 07:14:46 PM
> Nod.
> "I will do my best to return here once Meiling is found, then. Do you know where she might have gone?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 05, 2017, 07:19:54 PM
> Nod.
> "I will do my best to return here once Meiling is found, then. Do you know where she might have gone?"

>Ichirin shakes her head. "I assume she was just asking around town. I don't know, she seemed kind of distracted or something."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 05, 2017, 07:23:21 PM
> What time is it now?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 06, 2017, 02:29:06 AM
> What time is it now?

>You believe it is just after noon, give or take.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 06, 2017, 02:56:41 AM
> Frown a bit.
> "Unfortunate."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 06, 2017, 03:27:02 AM
> Frown a bit.
> "Unfortunate."

>"Is something going on?" says Ichirin, frowning slightly.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 06, 2017, 11:25:09 AM
> Shake head.
> "No, merely frustrated at the prospect of tracking her down. Certainly no one here is to blame for that."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 06, 2017, 11:44:47 AM
> Shake head.
> "No, merely frustrated at the prospect of tracking her down. Certainly no one here is to blame for that."

>"She's not up to anything, is she?" says Ichirin.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 06, 2017, 11:45:44 AM
> "No, but she is needed back at her post now that I have returned."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 06, 2017, 12:01:34 PM
> "No, but she is needed back at her post now that I have returned."

>"Returned?" she says. "Were you on vacation?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 06, 2017, 12:40:07 PM
> "Not as such. This is likely going to be met with skepticism, but there was an accident at our home, and in the midst of dealing with it, some unknown force flung me forward in time, nearly one thousand years into the future."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 06, 2017, 01:11:28 PM
> "Not as such. This is likely going to be met with skepticism, but there was an accident at our home, and in the midst of dealing with it, some unknown force flung me forward in time, nearly one thousand years into the future."

>"...What?" says Ichirin, frowning and tilting her head a little.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 06, 2017, 01:18:06 PM
> Smile a little.
> "That is admittedly less skeptical than I expected. I do have something of interest to your Temple from the future, though, if you wish to see."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 06, 2017, 01:20:05 PM
> Smile a little.
> "That is admittedly less skeptical than I expected. I do have something of interest to your Temple from the future, though, if you wish to see."

>"I don't even know what you just said, let alone know enough to be skeptical about it," says Ichirin. "And...I guess I can look at it. It's not dangerous, is it?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 06, 2017, 01:25:21 PM
> "The long and short of it is that I traveled forward in time somehow. And I would not say it is dangerous at all. Rather, it is a simple message from several of your future selves. With signatures, of course, to help show authenticity."
> Pull out and offer the Sworn Statement.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 06, 2017, 01:57:00 PM
> "The long and short of it is that I traveled forward in time somehow. And I would not say it is dangerous at all. Rather, it is a simple message from several of your future selves. With signatures, of course, to help show authenticity."
> Pull out and offer the Sworn Statement.

>Ichirin looks at it, her brow slowly furrows with obvious confusion. Then, she says, "How did you steal all of our signatures?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 06, 2017, 01:58:44 PM
> "Those are from your future selves."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 06, 2017, 02:33:41 PM
> "Those are from your future selves."

>"I don't understand what you mean," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 06, 2017, 02:42:32 PM
> Frown a bit.
> "I'm not sure how else to explain it. When I was sent to a thousand years in the future, many of you were still alive and well, and you all signed that statement to be brought back to your present selves to see."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 06, 2017, 02:58:31 PM
> Frown a bit.
> "I'm not sure how else to explain it. When I was sent to a thousand years in the future, many of you were still alive and well, and you all signed that statement to be brought back to your present selves to see."

>She looks at the statement again, frowning. "So you really did that? Skipped ahead so many years, then came back? How?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 06, 2017, 03:13:23 PM
> "I do not know the details. Some unknown force was responsible. Even the hakutaku of the time was not sure how it happened. My getting back was the work of Ran Yakumo; all I did was gather materials for her, and she did the rest."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 06, 2017, 03:17:21 PM
> "I do not know the details. Some unknown force was responsible. Even the hakutaku of the time was not sure how it happened. My getting back was the work of Ran Yakumo; all I did was gather materials for her, and she did the rest."

>"How strange," she says. She glances toward the Sworn Statement. "So...this is real? I feels like some kind of prank."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 06, 2017, 03:19:55 PM
> "It is indeed real, and nearly everyone was immediately happy to contribute. Only Miss Toyosatomimi had any reservations, and they were only about influencing the past, not the actual message."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 06, 2017, 03:22:58 PM
> "It is indeed real, and nearly everyone was immediately happy to contribute. Only Miss Toyosatomimi had any reservations, and they were only about influencing the past, not the actual message."

>You can definitely make out her lips tightening for a moment when you mention Miko. "It is a very nice message...but I notice a few names are missing."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 06, 2017, 03:30:08 PM
> "There are at least two people I am aware of that exist physically in this time but did not exist physically in the future, yes. I admit it is also possible that either your family or theirs have more members than I was aware of."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 06, 2017, 03:35:39 PM
> "There are at least two people I am aware of that exist physically in this time but did not exist physically in the future, yes. I admit it is also possible that either your family or theirs have more members than I was aware of."

>She frowns, then nods. "Might I show this to the others?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 06, 2017, 03:37:26 PM
> "That is actually my goal, though I would request I go with you. On top of all of the necessary explaining, Miss Toramaru requested I deliver a message to her specifically, in private."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 06, 2017, 04:03:09 PM
> "That is actually my goal, though I would request I go with you. On top of all of the necessary explaining, Miss Toramaru requested I deliver a message to her specifically, in private."

>"Oh, okay," says Ichirin. "That's fine. Come with me?"

>_

Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 06, 2017, 04:05:07 PM
> "Sure."
> Follow!
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 06, 2017, 04:45:57 PM
> "Sure."
> Follow!

>She leads you into the shrine, and pausing to remove her shoes in the vestibule. Then from the front area, she leads you down a hallway to the side. The halls here are narrow and wooden, well-cared for nonetheless. You aren't entirely unfamiliar with them, having visited here from time to time for Rinnosuke. Usually he is up on the second floor, but it seems Ichirin is leading you elsewhere. You pass what you are sure are a few personal rooms before you come to a small kitchen with a sizable dinner table in the middle of it. You note that Nazrin is here, kneeling at the table and reading a scroll of some kind. The mouse youkai glances at you curiously for a moment, then goes back to her reading.
>"Please wait here," says Ichirin, "I'll get the others. Nazrin, is Shou still at the store?"
>"Yep," says Nazrin, not looking up.
>"Would you fetch her for me? Miss Sakuya has brought something important."
>Nazrin groans, and slowly stands up.

>_

Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on July 06, 2017, 04:49:03 PM
>"I noticed there seemed to be some sort of event going on at some of the stores. I don't intend to keep you from getting Shou, but what's that about?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 06, 2017, 04:55:13 PM
>"I noticed there seemed to be some sort of event going on at some of the stores. I don't intend to keep you from getting Shou, but what's that about?"

>"Oh, it's sapling day," says Nazrin.
>Ah, that would explain it. One of the rare times that Yuuka comes to town, to sell young plants of all kinds to whomever she thinks will give them a good home. It can be kind of a tense time, and you imagine that Reimu would probably like to know about this, because Yuuka definitely didn't say anything to her.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 06, 2017, 05:04:05 PM
> "Ah, how fortuitous. I had something for her as well. But that can come later."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 06, 2017, 05:12:46 PM
> "Ah, how fortuitous. I had something for her as well. But that can come later."

>"Just a few moments," says Ichirin, as she disappears through one door, and Nazrin through the way you came.
>It takes a few minutes before people start to file into the kitchen, Murasa first, looking mildly bothered, then Kyouko and Ichirin again. Ichirin's nyuudo companion quietly drifts in next, and occupies a spot near the ceiling, where others have a fair amount of room. Byakuren follows, having to double over to get through the small door.
>"So," says Murasa, as the others get seated. "You've got a present for us?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 06, 2017, 05:17:37 PM
> Did we get the statement back from Ichirin, or does she still have it? Or did we never actually outright hand it over to her in the first place?
> Nod.
> "Indeed. However, I must preface this by explaining how it came to be. As unbelievable as this may sound, yesterday morning, some sort of unknown force dragged me forward through time, to nearly one thousand years in the future."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 06, 2017, 05:22:45 PM
> Did we get the statement back from Ichirin, or does she still have it? Or did we never actually outright hand it over to her in the first place?
> Nod.
> "Indeed. However, I must preface this by explaining how it came to be. As unbelievable as this may sound, yesterday morning, some sort of unknown force dragged me forward through time, to nearly one thousand years in the future."

>You have the Statement.
>"What," says Murasa.
>"The future?" Kyouko says. "What."
>"How extraordinary," says Byakuren.
>"She has something like proof," says Ichirin.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 06, 2017, 05:25:55 PM
> "Yes. I have this."
> Offer the Statement to Byakuren.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 06, 2017, 05:33:15 PM
> "Yes. I have this."
> Offer the Statement to Byakuren.

>Byakuren takes it and looks it over. The others peer around her arms. The nyuudo floats over her, peering over her shoulder.
>"How interesting..." she says at length.
>"Who forged this?" says Murasa.
>"Forged what?" says Nazrin as she comes in, accompanied by Shou.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 06, 2017, 05:35:44 PM
> "Those signatures are from your future selves. Well, ah, most of your future selves."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 06, 2017, 05:49:00 PM
> "Those signatures are from your future selves. Well, ah, most of your future selves."

>"What?" says Shou, as she makes her way to the table and plops down.
>"Future selves," says Kyouko. "That's what she said."
>"Sakuya says she's been to the distant future," Byakuren says. "Apparently this is a message she brought back from us."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 06, 2017, 05:57:46 PM
> "Yes. As I told Miss Kumoi, nearly everyone I found was immediately happy to contribute. Only Miss Toyosatomimi had any reservations, and they were only about influencing the past. She supported the actual message just fine."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 06, 2017, 06:36:22 PM
> "Yes. As I told Miss Kumoi, nearly everyone I found was immediately happy to contribute. Only Miss Toyosatomimi had any reservations, and they were only about influencing the past. She supported the actual message just fine."

>"Did they really say something like that?" Kyouko says, as the newcomers crowd in to read over Byakuren's arm.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 06, 2017, 06:44:21 PM
> Nod.
> "The impression I got was that things had been that way for a while before I appeared. It is perhaps worth noting that I found Miss Toramaru and Miss Soga at the same time, preparing to share a meal at a smaller branch Temple in a different region."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 06, 2017, 06:46:49 PM
Edited, sorry
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 06, 2017, 06:49:27 PM
> Nod.
> "The impression I got was that things had been that way for a while before I appeared. It is perhaps worth noting that I found Miss Toramaru and Miss Soga at the same time, preparing to share a meal at a smaller branch Temple in a different region."

>"So how come me and Hijiri didn't sign it, then," says Murasa. "You trying to imply we're in the wrong or something?"
>"Let's not ask that kind of question, Minamitsu," says Byakuren. "There are quite a few answers, and I'm sure it's not important for us to know which is which."
>"Does anyone even know what their signatures look like?" says Ichirin.
>"I've gotten a couple of letters," says Shou. "Um, I think those look generally correct? But what's this about a branch temple?"
>"And sharing meals?" says Ichirin.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 06, 2017, 06:51:55 PM
> Look at Murasa and shake our head.
> "Apologies for the concern, but it is nothing like that. It is simply that neither of you were present when I was collecting signatures."
> Look over to Byakuren.
> "That is to say, in your case, Miss Hijiri, your presence in this building was no longer physical."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on July 06, 2017, 07:26:53 PM
>Should we really say something like that to Byakuren? It's probably best not to share more info about the future than we need to- as she herself just stated.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 06, 2017, 07:34:10 PM
Oh, fine, be that way. :(

> Look at Murasa and shake our head.
> "Apologies for the concern, but it is nothing like that. It is simply that neither of you were present when I was collecting signatures."
> Look over to Byakuren.
> "That is to say, in your case, Miss Hijiri, your presence in this building was no longer physical."

> Don't do this.

> Look at Murasa and shake our head.
> "My apologies for causing concern. I assure you that any missing names are absent for much less offensive reasons."
> Look back to the general crowd.
> "Anyway, at thee risk of telling too much of the future, there will eventually come a time where having multiple establishments is prudent for your faith, as well as a number of businesses. Miss Toramaru appeared to be in charge of one such Temple; when I visited, Miss Soga was also present, and I believe you two were preparing lunch."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 07, 2017, 03:46:10 AM
> Don't do this.

> Look at Murasa and shake our head.
> "My apologies for causing concern. I assure you that any missing names are absent for much less offensive reasons."
> Look back to the general crowd.
> "Anyway, at thee risk of telling too much of the future, there will eventually come a time where having multiple establishments is prudent for your faith, as well as a number of businesses. Miss Toramaru appeared to be in charge of one such Temple; when I visited, Miss Soga was also present, and I believe you two were preparing lunch."

>You decide to err on the side of caution.
>"Branch Temples? Really?" says Shou. "We must have become quite popular by then."
>"Businesses?" says Kyouko. "And what were they having for lunch?"
>"Kyouko, that's not particularly important, is it?" says Ichirin.
>"Not particularly important? Maybe not to you!"

>_

Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 07, 2017, 03:52:55 AM
> "I do not recall what lunch was."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 07, 2017, 04:12:00 AM
> "I do not recall what lunch was."

>"Awww!" Kyouko pouts.
>Byakuren pats her head, then says to you, "Still, I must say, this is quite a difficult thing to accept, even if the news that you bring is most encouraging."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 07, 2017, 04:20:13 AM
> Nod.
> "Of course. Though perhaps I can add just a little more, even if it is not particularly concrete proof that this happened?"
> Look to Shou.
> "In particular, I have a personal message for you, Miss Toramaru, to be delivered in private."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 07, 2017, 04:25:40 AM
> Nod.
> "Of course. Though perhaps I can add just a little more, even if it is not particularly concrete proof that this happened?"
> Look to Shou.
> "In particular, I have a personal message for you, Miss Toramaru, to be delivered in private."

>"Oh, that's ominous..." says Shou.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 07, 2017, 04:32:01 AM
> "It is better than you might think. It will also be quite quick. Is there somewhere nearby that we can shuffle off to for a few moments?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 07, 2017, 04:51:13 AM
> "It is better than you might think. It will also be quite quick. Is there somewhere nearby that we can shuffle off to for a few moments?"

>"I guess we can go to the pantry," says Shou, gesturing toward a small door off to the side.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 07, 2017, 05:25:57 AM
>Nod and follow.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 07, 2017, 05:31:05 AM
>Nod and follow.

>She leads you into a small roof filled with bags of millet and rice, and a distressingly small amount of other things. Dinnertime is exactly as bland and samey here as you feared, you're glad you've never stayed for it.
>"So, a message?" she says, fidgeting a little.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 07, 2017, 05:36:50 AM
>Was the Message that Shou gave us physical or spoken ?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 07, 2017, 10:34:27 AM
> "Yes. Your future self says to not worry about Murasa."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 07, 2017, 11:04:24 AM
> "Yes. Your future self says to not worry about Murasa."

>"Really?" she says, frowning a little.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 07, 2017, 11:06:59 AM
> Nod.
> "Apparently you worry that she will not find peace? I would guess that did indeed come to happen, though your future self did not outright say so."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 07, 2017, 11:35:51 AM
> Nod.
> "Apparently you worry that she will not find peace? I would guess that did indeed come to happen, though your future self did not outright say so."

>Shou grimaces. "Well...I mean, it's not like I would just say that kind of thing out loud..."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 07, 2017, 11:39:39 AM
> "Of course. I presume that is why your future self wanted this message to be private."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 07, 2017, 01:57:30 PM
> "Of course. I presume that is why your future self wanted this message to be private."

>Shou nods. "I suppose so. Please, don't mention it to anyone."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 07, 2017, 01:59:05 PM
> Nod.
> "Of course. That is all I had to say. Or all that you had to say, I suppose."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 07, 2017, 02:11:59 PM
> Nod.
> "Of course. That is all I had to say. Or all that you had to say, I suppose."

>"Well, okay, good," says Shou. "Should I send anyone else in here?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 07, 2017, 02:18:41 PM
> "No, no one else requested anything private."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 07, 2017, 02:25:11 PM
> "No, no one else requested anything private."

>She nods, and makes her way out.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 07, 2017, 02:33:21 PM
> Follow!
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 07, 2017, 02:39:31 PM
> Follow!

>Returning to the kitchen, you see the Sworn Statement is being passed around.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 07, 2017, 02:59:56 PM
> Watch the proceedings.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 08, 2017, 02:37:23 AM
> Watch the proceedings.

>The signatures are scrutized for flaws, and generally found to pass muster. Murasa seems to have come to the opinion that she would have been too smart to sign something so obviously questionable if it is genuine.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 08, 2017, 02:43:54 AM
> "There is no rush, of course, but I would like that back before I leave."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 08, 2017, 11:29:47 AM
> "There is no rush, of course, but I would like that back before I leave."

>"Ah, yes, you would need to show to them as well," says Byakuren.
>"You're gonna show it to them?" says Kyouko, frowning.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 08, 2017, 11:48:16 AM
> Give a small smile.
> "With all due respect, Miss Kasodani, it is for everyone that signed it to see. Once everyone has seen it, I will let your two organizations decide what is to be done with it, unless either or both of you want nothing to do with it."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 08, 2017, 07:26:05 PM
> Give a small smile.
> "With all due respect, Miss Kasodani, it is for everyone that signed it to see. Once everyone has seen it, I will let your two organizations decide what is to be done with it, unless either or both of you want nothing to do with it."

>"Let the two organizations decide?" says Kyouko. "But they'd just abuse it to burn down our stuff."
>"Kyouko..." says Byakuren.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 08, 2017, 07:38:09 PM
> "I don't think you will need to worry about that."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 09, 2017, 09:23:37 AM
> "I don't think you will need to worry about that."

>"You don't think I will need to worry about it?" she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 09, 2017, 09:24:41 AM
> Shake our head.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 09, 2017, 09:31:15 AM
> Shake our head.

>"I dunno...they're up to something, they always are," says Kyouko.
>"I'm sure they aren't always up to something, Kyouko," says Byakuren.
>"Just a lot of the time," says Ichirin.
>"Ichirin..."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 09, 2017, 09:41:12 AM
> "Well, you are free to take this information however you wish."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 09, 2017, 09:43:20 AM
> "Well, you are free to take this information however you wish."

>"I, for one, would love to discuss this with Miss Toyosatomimi," says Byakuren.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 09, 2017, 09:44:36 AM
> "I don't suppose any of them are in the area?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 09, 2017, 11:09:57 AM
> "I don't suppose any of them are in the area?"

>"It is hard to say," says Byakuren.
>"They come and go as they please," says Murasa. "It's a pain, really."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 09, 2017, 03:51:46 PM
> "I suppose I will simply hope to luck into one, then."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 09, 2017, 04:21:05 PM
> "I suppose I will simply hope to luck into one, then."

>"There's certainly worse places you can look than around the village," says Ichirin. "When they can be found, it tends to be around here."
>"Will you be visiting Rinnosuke today?" says Byakuren.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 09, 2017, 04:32:17 PM
> "...Perhaps later. I do still need to find Meiling, and there are other messages to deliver."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 09, 2017, 04:35:04 PM
> "...Perhaps later. I do still need to find Meiling, and there are other messages to deliver."

>Byakuren nods. "Just be aware, he's in another funk. He hasn't left the bed all day, I don't think."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 09, 2017, 04:38:24 PM
> Oh, that's not good. How do we normally handle such situations?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 09, 2017, 05:43:33 PM
> Oh, that's not good. How do we normally handle such situations?

>Sometimes you can talk him out of it a little. Other times...he simply won't respond. In fact, it seems Murasa has just slipped off, perhaps she was with him beforehand?

>_

Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 09, 2017, 05:53:08 PM
> Frown a bit.
> "Mmm, that's not good. I suppose I could see him for a bit, then."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 09, 2017, 05:56:28 PM
> Frown a bit.
> "Mmm, that's not good. I suppose I could see him for a bit, then."

>Byakuren nods. "Alright. You may go at your leisure."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 09, 2017, 06:02:41 PM
> "Thank you."
> Head toward Rinnosuke's room.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 09, 2017, 06:41:47 PM
> "Thank you."
> Head toward Rinnosuke's room.

>You know the way, down the hall, and up the suspiciously ladder-like stairs, then make a right.
>The door hangs open, you invite yourself in. Murasa is there, as you expected, but upon seeing you she quietly leaves and closes the door. You don't see him with other people around, that is the rule.
>The room is small and fairly impersonal, not really all that different than the one in the far future where you spent the night. There are some books in the shelves by the window, and a chest of clothes, all neatly tucked away. More books are roughly stacked near the bed, where Rinnosuke lays. He has indeed not bothered to get up, nor has he bothered to put on his glasses. In fact, it doesn't seem like he bothered to change out of his clothes last night and slept in them.
>He doesn't really glance over as you enter, but you don't think he needs to. You're sure he knows what your footsteps sound like. He speaks, his voice soft, as if he didn't want to disturb the silence. You expertly suppress a twitch of annoyance, you knew what he was going to say. He always says these kinds of things. It's why you can't meet him with others around very often, he won't behave.
>"Ah, cousin,"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 09, 2017, 06:49:36 PM
> ...Okay, time to be completely, 100% honest with ourselves. What's our actual relation to Rinnosuke?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 09, 2017, 06:57:53 PM
> ...Okay, time to be completely, 100% honest with ourselves. What's our actual relation to Rinnosuke?

>None whatsoever. He is addressing a corpse.
>Worse, he's doing so incorrectly, there is no way that someone who's seen several centuries as he has would be merely a cousin; at least it would be many times removed. You're certain it would be grand niece, with any number of greats prefixing it. It's hard to tell, family trees tend to be more oral than written and there is quite a memory gap in this case.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 09, 2017, 07:01:49 PM
> "I see you are still in bed."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 09, 2017, 07:02:28 PM
> "I see you are still in bed."

>He sighs, and kind of nods. "Sorry."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 10, 2017, 05:07:12 AM
> Is there anywhere in the room to sit down?
> Take on a slightly gentler tone.
> "At least promise me you will get dressed today, okay? Even if you don't want to do any more than that."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 10, 2017, 05:44:56 AM
> Is there anywhere in the room to sit down?
> Take on a slightly gentler tone.
> "At least promise me you will get dressed today, okay? Even if you don't want to do any more than that."

>There are a couple of chairs.
>"I'll try, I suppose... When I get to it."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 10, 2017, 06:10:13 AM
> Have a seat.
> "Of course."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 10, 2017, 07:55:46 AM
> Have a seat.
> "Of course."

>You have a seat.
>Silence reigns.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 10, 2017, 11:05:13 AM
> What do we normally talk about during our visits?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 10, 2017, 11:09:43 AM
> What do we normally talk about during our visits?

>Usually day to day things, or whatever comes up.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 10, 2017, 11:29:27 AM
> "So what interesting things have I missed since I was last here?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 10, 2017, 11:32:13 AM
> "So what interesting things have I missed since I was last here?"

>"I have no idea," he says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 10, 2017, 11:36:55 AM
> Is it permissible to discuss Kourindou while here?
> "Then what uninteresting things have I missed?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 10, 2017, 11:48:23 AM
> Is it permissible to discuss Kourindou while here?
> "Then what uninteresting things have I missed?"

>Moreso now than before. At this point, he's mostly been broken of his old issues. It's just that what's left are things like this. Some days he is fine, others he becomes listless, and some he's simply despondent and without any meaning.
>"Not much, I think," he says at length. "People come and go. Meals happen sometimes."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 10, 2017, 11:53:28 AM
> How often does he leave the room?
> Have we told him about the kobito incident?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 10, 2017, 01:58:09 PM
> How often does he leave the room?
> Have we told him about the kobito incident?

>When he's in a good mood, about like anyone else. Less and less so when he's in worse spirits.
>Not really, actually. The topic hasn't quite come up yet.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 10, 2017, 02:18:51 PM
> "Have you been out and about recently? Setting today aside, of course."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 10, 2017, 02:30:11 PM
> "Have you been out and about recently? Setting today aside, of course."

>"Not really," he says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 10, 2017, 02:36:58 PM
> "Mmm. That is unfortunate."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 10, 2017, 03:02:04 PM
> "Mmm. That is unfortunate."

>"I think they mentioned there was a scuffle the other day," he says. "Apparently Miss Kumoi met the Taoist ghost in the market and exchanged some sharp words?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 10, 2017, 03:06:04 PM
> Frown a bit.
> "Hopefully that will decline soon, if not outright end."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 10, 2017, 03:17:33 PM
> Frown a bit.
> "Hopefully that will decline soon, if not outright end."

>"I suppose," he says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 10, 2017, 03:48:44 PM
> "It would be for the good of everyone involved, at least."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 10, 2017, 03:51:23 PM
> "It would be for the good of everyone involved, at least."

>"I suppose," he says. "I don't see it ever seeing it ending."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 10, 2017, 03:57:50 PM
> Did we retrieve the Sworn Statement, or did we leave it with the crowd?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 10, 2017, 03:58:32 PM
> Did we retrieve the Sworn Statement, or did we leave it with the crowd?

>You left it behind.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 10, 2017, 04:33:03 PM
> "You might be surprised, actually. A very curious thing happened yesterday morning, where some unknown force dragged me forward in time, nearly one thousands, to the Gensokyo of the future."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 10, 2017, 04:34:47 PM
> "You might be surprised, actually. A very curious thing happened yesterday morning, where some unknown force dragged me forward in time, nearly one thousands, to the Gensokyo of the future."

>"Huh," he says. You aren't sure if he doesn't believe you, or can't muster up any interest.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 10, 2017, 04:35:45 PM
> "Indeed. It would appear that, at some point down the line, the Temple and Miss Toyosatomimi's faction will come to something of a peace accord, if not outright friendship."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 10, 2017, 04:47:10 PM
> "Indeed. It would appear that, at some point down the line, the Temple and Miss Toyosatomimi's faction will come to something of a peace accord, if not outright friendship."

>"I can't imagine it at all," he says. "I suppose Miss Hijiri and Miss Toyosatomimi can get along well enough for a little while, but the rest?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 10, 2017, 04:56:03 PM
> "Yes, I was surprised too."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 10, 2017, 05:00:38 PM
> "Yes, I was surprised too."

>"Were you gone long?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 10, 2017, 05:02:05 PM
> "Only a little over a day or so. I returned to this time no more than an hour or two ago."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 10, 2017, 05:14:28 PM
> "Only a little over a day or so. I returned to this time no more than an hour or two ago."

>"I can't say I fathom it," he says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 10, 2017, 05:25:24 PM
> "It is admittedly very hard to believe. Time travel is not exact an everyday occurrence. You might be amused to know, however, that I found your glasses on display in a museum that will eventually be built here in the village."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 11, 2017, 05:40:12 AM
> "It is admittedly very hard to believe. Time travel is not exact an everyday occurrence. You might be amused to know, however, that I found your glasses on display in a museum that will eventually be built here in the village."

>"Fitting, I suppose," he says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 11, 2017, 11:32:19 AM
> Do we remember what the plaque for his glasses said?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 11, 2017, 01:31:44 PM
> Do we remember what the plaque for his glasses said?

>They were made from an unknown craftsman, and donated by the Hijiri Temple. They were dated around Keio 60, which you assume is when they were made.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 11, 2017, 01:35:03 PM
> "Kourindou also still stood, though the proprietress was someone I had never met before."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 11, 2017, 01:36:44 PM
> "Kourindou also still stood, though the proprietress was someone I had never met before."

>"Hm. Funny," he says. "Who was it?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 11, 2017, 01:52:34 PM
> How often does Rinnosuke use that dead woman's name?
> "I trust you will not try to alter the future with this information?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 11, 2017, 02:15:21 PM
> How often does Rinnosuke use that dead woman's name?
> "I trust you will not try to alter the future with this information?"

>He is kind enough not to do this. Perhaps because you threatened never to talk with him again. You're willing to put up with the other if only because it wouldn't be strictly true for that person.
>"I don't imagine I'll change very much at all," he says. "But fine."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 11, 2017, 02:18:38 PM
> "It is doubtful any of us could change anything on a grand scale, but altering one or two lives is easier, I think. Regardless, her name was Shuuei, I believe. Apparently she currently works as an apprentice at the jeweler's shop. Her remarks also suggested you will return to Kourindou at some point; I got the feeling she only took over after your passing."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 11, 2017, 02:21:04 PM
> "It is doubtful any of us could change anything on a grand scale, but altering one or two lives is easier, I think. Regardless, her name was Shuuei, I believe. Apparently she currently works as an apprentice at the jeweler's shop. Her remarks also suggested you will return to Kourindou at some point; I got the feeling she only took over after your passing."

>"...Ichiro's apprentice?" he says, his undisguised bewilderment actually managing to cut through his previously flat tones. "The one with the noh mask?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 11, 2017, 02:24:08 PM
> "I assume so, though she did not have any sort of mask at the time. She was applying some sort of...something that made it so it was impossible to actually focus on her visually. It was like she was simply some sort of blur, where I could only occasionally make out minor edge details. She refused to answer any questions about it and quickly requested I change the subject. If she's running around in the present day behind a mask, that does at least suggest she is the same person."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 11, 2017, 02:28:03 PM
> "I assume so, though she did not have any sort of mask at the time. She was applying some sort of...something that made it so it was impossible to actually focus on her visually. It was like she was simply some sort of blur, where I could only occasionally make out minor edge details. She refused to answer any questions about it and quickly requested I change the subject. If she's running around in the present day behind a mask, that does at least suggest she is the same person."

>"I wouldn't have any idea on how she is doing something like that," says Rinnosuke. "But it definitely sounds like Ichiro's little poltergeist. But would would she leave the jeweling trade to hawk goods in the middle of the forest? ...I suppose that's just the sort of person she is."

>_

Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 11, 2017, 02:31:45 PM
> Shrug.
> "I couldn't really say beyond what I saw for myself."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 11, 2017, 03:09:40 PM
> Shrug.
> "I couldn't really say beyond what I saw for myself."

>"It's an interesting speculation, if nothing else," he says. "Frankly, I suspect this is one of your jokes."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 11, 2017, 03:20:14 PM
> ...How often do we try to put one over on Rinnosuke?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 11, 2017, 03:36:06 PM
> ...How often do we try to put one over on Rinnosuke?

>Before his incident, you used to do so when the mood stuck. But since, you've not really felt like it would be a proper thing to do.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 11, 2017, 03:39:13 PM
> "That would be rather inappropriate, given the circumstances."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 11, 2017, 03:51:53 PM
> "That would be rather inappropriate, given the circumstances."

>"I suppose," says Rinnosuke.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 11, 2017, 04:16:09 PM
> "Regardless, I am not sure there is much else in the future I saw that you would be interested in, though if you have any curiosities, I would be glad to answer them as best I can."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 11, 2017, 04:22:50 PM
> "Regardless, I am not sure there is much else in the future I saw that you would be interested in, though if you have any curiosities, I would be glad to answer them as best I can."

>"I honestly don't even know what to ask," he says. "I cannot ever see myself returning to Kourindou, though."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 11, 2017, 04:24:44 PM
> "It is possible I am extrapolating erroneously, I suppose."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 11, 2017, 04:31:34 PM
> "It is possible I am extrapolating erroneously, I suppose."

>"It would be too..." He lets it drop off.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 11, 2017, 04:33:06 PM
> ...What might he have been implying?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 11, 2017, 04:35:19 PM
> ...What might he have been implying?

>Presumably it would be unpleasant in some way.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 11, 2017, 04:36:59 PM
> "Right, I understand."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 11, 2017, 04:39:20 PM
> "Right, I understand."

>He nods.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 11, 2017, 05:00:22 PM
> "Perhaps there is something else you are curious about instead?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 11, 2017, 05:03:29 PM
> "Perhaps there is something else you are curious about instead?"

>"Mmm, I don't know," he says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 11, 2017, 05:08:40 PM
> "Then it can be simply set aside as an amusing curiosity."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 11, 2017, 05:09:36 PM
> "Then it can be simply set aside as an amusing curiosity."

>He nods.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 11, 2017, 05:16:55 PM
> How long do our visits usually last?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 11, 2017, 05:21:33 PM
> How long do our visits usually last?

>There's no real set time. Sometimes they are brief and sometimes they are not.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 11, 2017, 05:26:42 PM
> "Regardless, the only other really interesting thing that has happened since my last visit here would probably be the incident with the amanojaku and the kobito. Had you heard about that at all?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 11, 2017, 05:29:12 PM
> "Regardless, the only other really interesting thing that has happened since my last visit here would probably be the incident with the amanojaku and the kobito. Had you heard about that at all?"

>"Something about a revolution that went nowhere?" says Rinnosuke.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 11, 2017, 05:30:23 PM
> Opinion of Seija Kijin.
> "More or less. The kobito as a whole should come out of it okay, though."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 11, 2017, 05:35:59 PM
> Opinion of Seija Kijin.
> "More or less. The kobito as a whole should come out of it okay, though."

>She is a pain in the ass.
>"I never had anything to do with them," he says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 11, 2017, 05:46:04 PM
> "Of course. You may in the future, though. But I hope you never have anything to do with that amanojaku. The less Gensokyo sees of her, the better."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 11, 2017, 05:51:33 PM
> "Of course. You may in the future, though. But I hope you never have anything to do with that amanojaku. The less Gensokyo sees of her, the better."

>"So I hear," he says. "I've heard stories for some time."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 11, 2017, 05:54:20 PM
> "I imagine they're all true. They are probably even too kind, given who you probably heard them from."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 11, 2017, 05:57:19 PM
> "I imagine they're all true. They are probably even too kind, given who you probably heard them from."

>"What was she like?" says Rinnosuke.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 11, 2017, 05:58:13 PM
> "A proper pain in the ass."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 11, 2017, 05:59:12 PM
> "A proper pain in the ass."

>"Hardly detailed, but descriptive," he says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 11, 2017, 06:01:37 PM
> What was she like? General description aside.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 11, 2017, 06:19:37 PM
> What was she like? General description aside.

>She was an Amanojaku, which is to say she delights in causing irritation and drawing ire. Frankly, you got the feeling that was her one big hurrah and she was largely in over her head. You suspect she is reasonably minor the rest of the time, whether it is due to preference or lack of ability to aim large you aren't sure. You're also aware that everything she says is a lie, but she's a master of many varieties of misinformation and can quite cheerfully tell an almost-truth and expect you to misinterpret it as a total lie. Or vice versa.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 11, 2017, 06:22:20 PM
> "She did her job of being irritating quite well. She also is a rather nasty combination of a habitual liar and clever enough to word her lies to fool a listener that knows her to be a liar anyway."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 12, 2017, 12:42:03 AM
> "She did her job of being irritating quite well. She also is a rather nasty combination of a habitual liar and clever enough to word her lies to fool a listener that knows her to be a liar anyway."

>"How charming," says Rinnosuke.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 12, 2017, 12:43:24 AM
> "Like I said, the less Gensokyo sees of her, the better."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 12, 2017, 12:53:44 AM
> "Like I said, the less Gensokyo sees of her, the better."

>"I can imagine," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 12, 2017, 01:34:30 AM
> "Anyway, that is about it for interesting happenings recently."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 12, 2017, 01:41:27 AM
> "Anyway, that is about it for interesting happenings recently."

>"So what was the kobito's involvement, exactly?" he says.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 12, 2017, 01:44:19 AM
> "She was duped by the amanojaku. Fed some lies about how humans have oppressed kobito, or some such, I think?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 12, 2017, 01:49:57 AM
> "She was duped by the amanojaku. Fed some lies about how humans have oppressed kobito, or some such, I think?"

>"Hm," he says. "She must be easily duped. Or, I suppose, was just hearing what she wanted to hear."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 12, 2017, 01:51:34 AM
> "Quite possibly. She did at least see the light after the fact."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 12, 2017, 01:55:21 AM
> "Quite possibly. She did at least see the light after the fact."

>"I am curious, despite myself," he says. "Where do they live? I can't recall ever seeing a kobito."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 12, 2017, 01:57:23 AM
> Whereabouts is Shinmyoumaru, anyway?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 12, 2017, 01:58:50 AM
> Whereabouts is Shinmyoumaru, anyway?

>To your knowledge, Reimu is keeping her in a cricket cage until she settles down. And to keep an eye on the Miracle Mallet.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 12, 2017, 02:13:07 AM
> "I am only presently aware of the one, though she is apparently a princess. Last I was aware, Reimu kept her in a cage at the shrine, to keep an eye on her."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 12, 2017, 02:14:37 AM
> "I am only presently aware of the one, though she is apparently a princess. Last I was aware, Reimu kept her in a cage at the shrine, to keep an eye on her."

>"...Honestly?" he says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 12, 2017, 02:16:03 AM
> Nod.
> "In Reimu's defense, she has a rather powerful wish-granting magic mallet."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 12, 2017, 08:23:04 AM
> Nod.
> "In Reimu's defense, she has a rather powerful wish-granting magic mallet."

>"That does explain a lot," he says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 12, 2017, 10:21:09 AM
> "Indeed. I imagine it will not last too much longer, though."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 12, 2017, 11:12:28 AM
> "Indeed. I imagine it will not last too much longer, though."

>"What, the kobito's visit?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 12, 2017, 11:14:02 AM
> "Her imprisonment."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 12, 2017, 11:33:05 AM
> "Her imprisonment."

>"Perhaps I am overestimating her, but couldn't a kobito escape from a cricket cage fairly easily?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 12, 2017, 12:16:09 PM
> "Apparently not, in this case. Either that, or she doesn't want to leave."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 12, 2017, 12:19:56 PM
> "Apparently not, in this case. Either that, or she doesn't want to leave."

>"Hm. Well, perhaps Reimu is a gracious host?" says Rinnosuke. "After all, Suika certainly hangs around."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 12, 2017, 12:24:02 PM
> Nod.
> "It would not surprise me."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 12, 2017, 12:44:57 PM
> Nod.
> "It would not surprise me."

>"I suppose she wouldn't mind such a smaller lodger, either," says Rinnosuke. "She can't be harder to feed than an oni."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 12, 2017, 12:52:42 PM
> How far is Rinnosuke allowed to travel, supervised or unsupervised?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 12, 2017, 01:26:13 PM
> How far is Rinnosuke allowed to travel, supervised or unsupervised?

>In theory, he can go about anywhere now. He just doesn't. The concern is no longer that he'll return his old ways, but rather than he's seeming to have no luck finding a new way.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 12, 2017, 01:32:48 PM
> "Perhaps you would be interested in visiting her?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 12, 2017, 01:58:38 PM
> "Perhaps you would be interested in visiting her?"

>"I suppose I could..."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 12, 2017, 02:00:50 PM
> Would Rinnosuke, as a non-combatant, need assistance traveling such a distance?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 12, 2017, 02:33:57 PM
> Would Rinnosuke, as a non-combatant, need assistance traveling such a distance?

>Probably not, the faeries around the Hakurei Shrine tend to be of the more mild disposition. It doesn't mean he might not appreciate the company anyways.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 12, 2017, 02:40:16 PM
> Nod.
> "Would you like to today, or some later day? I would be glad to accompany you there since I need to see Reimu again, but I have some other bits of business to conduct here in the Village first."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 12, 2017, 03:20:56 PM
> Nod.
> "Would you like to today, or some later day? I would be glad to accompany you there since I need to see Reimu again, but I have some other bits of business to conduct here in the Village first."

>"Mmm, maybe?" he says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 12, 2017, 03:25:09 PM
> "It is up to you."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 12, 2017, 03:50:04 PM
> "It is up to you."

>"It sounds interesting," he says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 12, 2017, 03:55:12 PM
> Nod.
> "If you like, I can take care of my other village business and then return here when you have made a decision. Or, if you have decided already, I can wait until you are ready, and you can join me on that business."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 12, 2017, 04:39:22 PM
> Nod.
> "If you like, I can take care of my other village business and then return here when you have made a decision. Or, if you have decided already, I can wait until you are ready, and you can join me on that business."

>There is a moment of silence. Then he says, "Come back once your business is done," he says. "I should be ready by then."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 12, 2017, 04:44:59 PM
> Nod again.
> "Of course. I hope to be back shortly."
> Exit the room and make our way back to the kitchen where everyone else was.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 12, 2017, 04:48:34 PM
> Nod again.
> "Of course. I hope to be back shortly."
> Exit the room and make our way back to the kitchen where everyone else was.

>You make your way back to the kitchen, and find most of the crowd has dispersed, only Kyouko remains.
>"Oh, you did come back," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 12, 2017, 04:49:15 PM
> "Yes. I have other quick business to attend to in the village, but will be back shortly once it is done. do you know where the statement has gone?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 12, 2017, 04:51:57 PM
> "Yes. I have other quick business to attend to in the village, but will be back shortly once it is done. do you know where the statement has gone?"

>"I got it," she says, holding up the statement, neatly rolled. "Hijiri says I gotta give it back, but you shouldn't show it to them. It's only gonna cause all kinds of trouble."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 12, 2017, 05:02:29 PM
Mental notes: Hanayama, Nyoigataki, Tsukiyo.

> Smile a little bit.
> "You might be surprised. Here, something to make your returning the statement to me worthwhile."
> Pull out Future Kyouko's letter to herself (https://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,20753.msg1338654.html#msg1338654) and hand it over while retrieving the Sworn Statement.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 12, 2017, 05:19:06 PM
> Smile a little bit.
> "You might be surprised. Here, something to make your returning the statement to me worthwhile."
> Pull out Future Kyouko's letter to herself (https://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,20753.msg1338654.html#msg1338654) and hand it over while retrieving the Sworn Statement.

>"Make it worthwhile?" she says, accepting it. Then her eyes go wide as she tears open the letter.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 12, 2017, 05:21:02 PM
> Put the Sworn Statement away and watch Kyouko patiently, waiting for a reaction.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 12, 2017, 05:45:19 PM
> Put the Sworn Statement away and watch Kyouko patiently, waiting for a reaction.

>She reads for a few moments, then says, "That's too good. I can't figure out how you'd fake something like this."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 12, 2017, 05:48:33 PM
> Nod.
> "I hope it is of some use to you. And that it will not result in any accidental mischief. I did not read it myself, as the label requested."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 12, 2017, 05:52:47 PM
> Nod.
> "I hope it is of some use to you. And that it will not result in any accidental mischief. I did not read it myself, as the label requested."

>She nods. "Okay. I think I have some advice for you, then."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 12, 2017, 05:53:45 PM
> "Shoot."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 12, 2017, 06:23:10 PM
> "Shoot."

>"I'll shoot!" she says. "So, maybe you shouldn't be announcing this whole time thing to just anyone. Because you sound like a crazy person, and you probably don't want gossip to spread? Maybe you should treat it like a secret instead. Because, um, Murasa thinks you've lost your mind now."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 12, 2017, 06:24:32 PM
> "Oh, I do not intend to tell everyone, certainly. But I believe those for whom I have messages deserve an explanation, at least."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 12, 2017, 06:31:12 PM
> "Oh, I do not intend to tell everyone, certainly. But I believe those for whom I have messages deserve an explanation, at least."

>"Well, okay," says Kyouko. "But you should treat it like a secret rather than calling everyone together and announcing it. Because that's how rumors happen."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 12, 2017, 06:31:51 PM
> "Of course."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 12, 2017, 06:40:22 PM
> "Of course."

>"And, maybe try to make other people think they're the only ones who know, and can know? So they're less likely to talk about it. Otherwise, um, people are going to start thinking you're crazy."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 12, 2017, 06:53:06 PM
> "I will do my best."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 12, 2017, 07:17:23 PM
> "I will do my best."

>"I mean, it's just some advice."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 12, 2017, 07:18:55 PM
> Nod.
> "Of course. It is appreciated."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 12, 2017, 07:19:41 PM
> Nod.
> "Of course. It is appreciated."

>"Anyways, this is, um, interesting...?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 12, 2017, 07:22:32 PM
> "Is there anything you are able and willing to share? I must confess I am rather curious. If it is entirely private, however, then that is fine."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 12, 2017, 07:52:39 PM
> "Is there anything you are able and willing to share? I must confess I am rather curious. If it is entirely private, however, then that is fine."

>"No!" she says quickly.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 12, 2017, 07:55:50 PM
> Nod.
> "Understood. My apologies."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 12, 2017, 08:16:44 PM
> Nod.
> "Understood. My apologies."

>She nods, quickly rolling the message up.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 12, 2017, 08:56:11 PM
> "Anyway, do you know where Ichirin went? I have one last quick message for her."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 12, 2017, 09:19:02 PM
> "Anyway, do you know where Ichirin went? I have one last quick message for her."

>"I think she went back outside," says Kyouko.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 12, 2017, 10:11:36 PM
> "Excellent. Thank you."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 13, 2017, 06:32:26 AM
> "Excellent. Thank you."

>"It's no problem," says Kyouko. "So, is there anything else you need?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 13, 2017, 11:39:39 AM
> "I do not believe so."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 13, 2017, 11:49:10 AM
> "I do not believe so."

>"Okay, well, uh...need someone to walk you out?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 13, 2017, 12:46:37 PM
> "Oh, ah, no, I should be fine. Thank you, though. Have a pleasant day."
> Head back out the front.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 13, 2017, 04:59:25 PM
> "Oh, ah, no, I should be fine. Thank you, though. Have a pleasant day."
> Head back out the front.

>You make your way back outside. What little crowd there was has dissipated, leaving only Ichirin, who is taking a rake to the grass to remove some sticks.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 13, 2017, 05:24:20 PM
> "Ah, Miss Kumoi, one last thing before I depart for a bit."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 13, 2017, 05:58:19 PM
> "Ah, Miss Kumoi, one last thing before I depart for a bit."

>She glances toward you, and says, "Huh?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 13, 2017, 06:05:48 PM
> "A brief message from yourself to yourself; patch the hole in the roof sooner rather than later, if possible."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 13, 2017, 06:27:33 PM
> "A brief message from yourself to yourself; patch the hole in the roof sooner rather than later, if possible."

>Ichirin frowns. "Did Mr. Morichika say something about that?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 13, 2017, 06:29:48 PM
> "I did not tell him, as it was message to you from you, not to him or from him."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 13, 2017, 06:43:04 PM
> "I did not tell him, as it was message to you from you, not to him or from him."

>"Well, yes, but he knows about the ceiling. I thought maybe he complained," says Ichirin.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 13, 2017, 06:43:52 PM
> "Oh. My apologies, I did not realize. No, this is from your future self. He did not bring it up."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 13, 2017, 07:50:01 PM
> "Oh. My apologies, I did not realize. No, this is from your future self. He did not bring it up."

>She nods. "Well. I'll keep it in mind, I suppose."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 13, 2017, 07:55:22 PM
> "Of course. I will actually be back for Rinnosuke in a bit; we will be traveling to the Hakurei Shrine together, but I have other things to do in the village first, and he needs to get ready."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 13, 2017, 08:15:55 PM
> "Of course. I will actually be back for Rinnosuke in a bit; we will be traveling to the Hakurei Shrine together, but I have other things to do in the village first, and he needs to get ready."

>"Oh, he's perked up, then?" says Ichirin. "That's great news!"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 13, 2017, 08:19:14 PM
> Nod.
> "Indeed."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 13, 2017, 08:28:44 PM
> Nod.
> "Indeed."

>"I was hoping he just needed someone new to talk with," she says. "The Jeweler hasn't been able to make it for awhile, either."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 13, 2017, 08:30:21 PM
> "He did seem to take a bit of interest in the prospect of meeting the kobito princess."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 13, 2017, 08:50:32 PM
> "He did seem to take a bit of interest in the prospect of meeting the kobito princess."

>"Hm, I see," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 13, 2017, 09:15:18 PM
> "Anyway, I will be back soon. Take care."
> Head toward the market.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 13, 2017, 09:26:34 PM
> "Anyway, I will be back soon. Take care."
> Head toward the market.

>"Bye!" says Ichirin.
>Will you be flying to the market, taking the main roads, or the more direct backroad road?

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 13, 2017, 09:34:12 PM
> Take the main roads; our goal at present is Yuuka. Make a note if we go by the tavern, though.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 13, 2017, 09:40:39 PM
> Take the main roads; our goal at present is Yuuka. Make a note if we go by the tavern, though.

>You do not make it to the market, nor do you make it to the tavern. Instead, you find Yuuka and a sizable  crowded lined up around her, just down the road from the Temple, in a small area that has grown some permanent stores over the years, including a clothing store that Shou started in the early days of the Myouren group's re-emergence, a store dealing in lanterns, and the recently opened Suzunaan. Yuuka has set up a table off to the eastern side of the road, almost up against the side of Suzunaan, and the line curls back to nearly block the entrance. While the line is very well defined close to the flower youkai's table, further back, it dissolves into a crowd of farmers and townsfolk.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 13, 2017, 09:43:16 PM
> ...Has Yuuka's table ever been that popular with the townsfolk?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 13, 2017, 09:52:38 PM
> ...Has Yuuka's table ever been that popular with the townsfolk?

>It is the one time a year that Yuuka appearing isn't a bad omen. Also, she is one of the very best sources for saplings and spouts. As such, it is a very popular time for anyone involved with agriculture or floriculture.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 13, 2017, 09:55:42 PM
> Wonderful. Of all the times in the world for us to actually want to talk to Yuuka and she's right there and we still don't have the opportunity.
> Make a mental note of the length of the line, and then head toward whichever of the tavern and the jeweler's store is closer to our current location.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 13, 2017, 10:00:48 PM
> Wonderful. Of all the times in the world for us to actually want to talk to Yuuka and she's right there and we still don't have the opportunity.
> Make a mental note of the length of the line, and then head toward whichever of the tavern and the jeweler's store is closer to our current location.

>Alas.
>You believe either would be about equidistant from here. Well, you would have to go around the crowd to get to the jewelry store.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 13, 2017, 10:03:13 PM
> Go to the jewelry store anyway. Maybe getting closer to the crowd will give us an idea of how long we can expect this to take.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 13, 2017, 10:07:27 PM
> Go to the jewelry store anyway. Maybe getting closer to the crowd will give us an idea of how long we can expect this to take.

>You observe the crowd and Yuuka, as you pass by. It seems she has brought her plants on a wagon, which is parked just in the alley around Suzunaan. It seems like she is dealing with people rather briskly. She glances toward you briefly as you pass by, your eyes meet, then she returns her attention to the farmer ahead of her.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 13, 2017, 10:10:33 PM
> Good. She'll want to know what's up when we return.
> Continue on to the jewelry store.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 13, 2017, 10:19:55 PM
> Good. She'll want to know what's up when we return.
> Continue on to the jewelry store.

>You pass by Suzunaan and make your way up a side road. Passing by a housing row, you see the jewelry store up ahead, opposite of the Kirisame Charm Shop.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 13, 2017, 10:25:08 PM
> Enter (the jewelry shop)!
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 13, 2017, 10:35:48 PM
> Enter (the jewelry shop)!

>You walk inside. The store is empty, save for yourself, an older man with a whispy beard sitting at the counter, and a small woman in a blue coat at a workbench against the far wall, her back turned to you. A variety of necklaces, rings, bracelets, and earrings adorn tables covered with lengths of silk. Some pieces rest inside small glass cases which give you a sudden memory of the glass coffin that Alice was resting in.
>"Welcome," says the older man. "Please, look around as you wish. If you need anything, let me know."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 13, 2017, 10:44:35 PM
> Time for some acting!
> Nod.
> "Thank you."
> Look mildly relieved.
> "And also thank you both for being only two people, and two people uninterested in Miss Kazami's wares, no less. Better the quiet of here than the mob out there."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 14, 2017, 08:56:08 AM
> Time for some acting!
> Nod.
> "Thank you."
> Look mildly relieved.
> "And also thank you both for being only two people, and two people uninterested in Miss Kazami's wares, no less. Better the quiet of here than the mob out there."

>"It's that time of year," saws the jeweler with a chuckle. "And who can blame them, I am led to understand her plants will thrive without fail."
>The woman in the blue coat, who is either Shuuei or a very good impersonator, seems to be doing all she can not to acknowledge your presence.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2017, 11:06:17 AM
> "This is what I've heard too. Anyway, I'm searching around town because I have a letter to be delivered to a Miss Shuuei, and it is my understanding she tends to be somewhere around the village. Would either of you know where I can find her?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 14, 2017, 11:30:42 AM
> "This is what I've heard too. Anyway, I'm searching around town because I have a letter to be delivered to a Miss Shuuei, and it is my understanding she tends to be somewhere around the village. Would either of you know where I can find her?"

>"That would be my apprentice here," says the Jeweler, lazily gesturing toward the blue-coated person at the workbench with his thumb.
>"No one sends messages to me," says Shuuei, not bothering to look up from whatever it is that she's doing.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2017, 11:34:59 AM
> "Ah, how fortuitous."
> Pull out Spectre's Missive and give a slight grin.
> "Apparently there is a first time for everything, Miss Shuuei."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 14, 2017, 12:01:29 PM
> "Ah, how fortuitous."
> Pull out Spectre's Missive and give a slight grin.
> "Apparently there is a first time for everything, Miss Shuuei."

>The Jeweler smirks a little as you withdraw your message. This smirk has vanished by the time that Shuuei stands up and approaches the counter. She looks quite a bit like what you when you froze time to look at her in the future, but with the addition of a noh-style oni mask covering her face.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2017, 12:02:39 PM
> Offer her her own missive.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 14, 2017, 12:25:44 PM
> Offer her her own missive.

>She takes it, then steps back so she can turn to keep both you and the Jeweler from peaking at it before she unfolds and starts to read it.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2017, 12:27:00 PM
> Wait patiently for a reaction.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 14, 2017, 12:46:30 PM
> Wait patiently for a reaction.

>You can't read her expression behind the mask. However, you can see her shoulders tense more and more. The Jeweler observes with apparent detachment, but you note a small frown tugging at his lips. Finally, she says, "This isn't funny. Get out of here."

>_

Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2017, 12:53:55 PM
> Frown a bit ourselves.
> "Mmm, the sender did warn me you wouldn't take it so well. I can assure you it is no prank, however."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 14, 2017, 01:17:03 PM
> Frown a bit ourselves.
> "Mmm, the sender did warn me you wouldn't take it so well. I can assure you it is no prank, however."

>"How did you find out these things?" she says. Then she glances at the Jeweler. "Ichiro, I'm sorry, I need you to leave. It's important."
>The jeweler nods. "It's been awhile since that's happened." He then heads toward and opens a door behind the counter. "Just remember to call for me once this is over, please," he adds before disappearing behind it.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2017, 01:33:08 PM
> Look back to Shuuei.
> "I assure you that I do not know anything about what is written in that letter. The sender requested I not read it."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 14, 2017, 01:42:54 PM
> Look back to Shuuei.
> "I assure you that I do not know anything about what is written in that letter. The sender requested I not read it."

>"There is no sender," she says, her voice practically a growl. "How do you know this?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2017, 01:50:22 PM
> "I will be glad to tell you my story, though I will warn you that the sender, whose handwriting I imagine you recognize, told me you would most likely not believe me."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 14, 2017, 02:02:04 PM
> "I will be glad to tell you my story, though I will warn you that the sender, whose handwriting I imagine you recognize, told me you would most likely not believe me."

>"I know what you're trying to pull," she says. "What I don't know is how you found out"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2017, 02:11:05 PM
> Frown.
> "I promise you, I know nothing of what is written there."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 14, 2017, 02:17:48 PM
> Frown.
> "I promise you, I know nothing of what is written there."

>"Why did you make this?" she growls. "Are you just trying to mock me?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2017, 02:22:03 PM
> "Not at all. Quite the opposite, in fact. And, again, I did not make it. I merely offered to deliver it."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 14, 2017, 02:37:29 PM
> "Not at all. Quite the opposite, in fact. And, again, I did not make it. I merely offered to deliver it."

>"Then who did this," she says, her eyes cold behind the mask.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2017, 02:39:19 PM
> "You did, nearly one thousand years from now."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 14, 2017, 04:32:08 PM
> "You did, nearly one thousand years from now."

>"No," she says. "Tell me who actually made it. I need to know who's been watching me!"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2017, 05:02:18 PM
> "I did say you would most likely not believe me. Or, rather, your future self told me you would most likely not believe me. It is your handwriting, is it not?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 14, 2017, 05:33:38 PM
> "I did say you would most likely not believe me. Or, rather, your future self told me you would most likely not believe me. It is your handwriting, is it not?"

>"Was it Ichiro?" she says. "Tell me!"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2017, 05:53:02 PM
> Frown.
> "If it really was someone else, what motive would they have to do this?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 14, 2017, 05:56:38 PM
> Frown.
> "If it really was someone else, what motive would they have to do this?"

>"I don't know!" she says. "It doesn't matter! What matters is who did this! Tell me, now!"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2017, 06:07:10 PM
> "I have told you already. I understand that time travel is hard to believe, but yours is not the only message that has come back with me. You are welcome to ask the Temple about what they got to confirm what I have told you. Or you could ask Miss Kazami once I have given her her message to herself."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 14, 2017, 06:08:02 PM
> "I have told you already. I understand that time travel is hard to believe, but yours is not the only message that has come back with me. You are welcome to ask the Temple about what they got to confirm what I have told you. Or you could ask Miss Kazami once I have given her her message to herself."

>"Stop lying!" she shouts. "Now tell me the truth!"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2017, 06:11:23 PM
> Shrug.
> "Very well. If you do not wish to believe what I have told you, despite having the opportunity to check with other people, that is your decision to make. I have other messages to deliver, so I will be taking my leave."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 14, 2017, 06:19:02 PM
> Shrug.
> "Very well. If you do not wish to believe what I have told you, despite having the opportunity to check with other people, that is your decision to make. I have other messages to deliver, so I will be taking my leave."

>"No," she says. "You're going to tell me who's been spying on me."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2017, 06:21:14 PM
> "Or what?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 14, 2017, 06:22:35 PM
> "Or what?"

>Her response is to vault over the counter.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2017, 06:25:41 PM
> Toward us or away from us?
> If she is coming toward us, wait until she is almost upon us, and then step out of time.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 14, 2017, 06:27:58 PM
> Toward us or away from us?
> If she is coming toward us, wait until she is almost upon us, and then step out of time.

>Definitely toward you.
>She does not stop coming at you, prompting you to step out of time.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2017, 06:30:10 PM
> Exit the store, doing our usual best to not break the door while opening or closing it.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 14, 2017, 06:33:09 PM
> Exit the store, doing our usual best to not break the door while opening or closing it.

>You leave the shop. The door presents you a little bit of resistance, but not enough that you cannot open it. Stepping outside, the world is gray and frozen.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2017, 06:37:37 PM
> Is the line for Yuuka visible from here?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 14, 2017, 06:38:24 PM
> Is the line for Yuuka visible from here?

>Somewhat. It's mostly obscured by other buildings.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2017, 06:49:30 PM
> Run toward it, less out of a sense of panic and escape and more out of a sense of trying to not over-exert ourselves by stepping out of time for too long.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 14, 2017, 06:57:49 PM
> Run toward it, less out of a sense of panic and escape and more out of a sense of trying to not over-exert ourselves by stepping out of time for too long.

>You make your way toward the line at a good pace, reaching it with little difficulty.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2017, 07:03:53 PM
> Step back into time.
> Get into line properly.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 14, 2017, 07:35:06 PM
> Step back into time.
> Get into line properly.

>You get into line. While Yuuka is handling things quickly and efficiently, you get the feeling this will take awhile. There are a few dozen people, at least.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2017, 07:36:53 PM
> Look back toward the jewelry shop.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 14, 2017, 07:38:52 PM
> Look back toward the jewelry shop.

>You cannot see it from the end of the line. Suzunaan and some housing blocks obscure it.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2017, 07:43:47 PM
> Mmm. In that case, pull out Yuuka's missive and make our way back toward her table.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 14, 2017, 07:56:59 PM
> Mmm. In that case, pull out Yuuka's missive and make our way back toward her table.

>You leave the line and head toward Yuuka herself.
>As you come close, without looking toward you, she says "Line," in a bored tone.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2017, 07:59:03 PM
> Wave the missive a little bit.
> "Delivery, not purchase."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 14, 2017, 08:27:55 PM
> Wave the missive a little bit.
> "Delivery, not purchase."

>"Bring it here," she says, equally bored-sounding.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2017, 08:30:31 PM
> Make our way to the table and hand over the missive.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 14, 2017, 08:55:25 PM
> Make our way to the table and hand over the missive.

>"Who is it from?" Yuuka says, she hands a small bush to the person she was dealing with, then takes it.
>Up the road, you note that Shuuei is prowling around, looking into alleys and the like.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2017, 09:08:49 PM
> Good. Let her find us, and we'll see what Little Miss Secretive tries here in broad daylight.
> "You won't believe me unless you read it. You might not even after that, really."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 14, 2017, 09:18:12 PM
> Good. Let her find us, and we'll see what Little Miss Secretive tries here in broad daylight.
> "You won't believe me unless you read it. You might not even after that, really."

>"That's a curious response," says Yuuka, frowning. "I simply asked an honest question, I'm sure you'll agree it merits an honest answer. Or are you trying to imply it is private in a very cheeky manner?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2017, 09:23:26 PM
> "The latter. My apologies. It will make more sense once you read it."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 14, 2017, 09:32:50 PM
> "The latter. My apologies. It will make more sense once you read it."

>She raises an eyebrow, but says nothing. Then she unfolds the message and reads it. Then she gives you a flat look. "Has your devil taken up handwriting mimicry, then?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2017, 09:38:57 PM
> Glance toward Shuuei, then look back at Yuuka.
> Shake our head.
> "Not at all. That handwriting is genuine. I would be glad to discuss it in private once your line has died down."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 14, 2017, 09:40:32 PM
> Glance toward Shuuei, then look back at Yuuka.
> Shake our head.
> "Not at all. That handwriting is genuine. I would be glad to discuss it in private once your line has died down."

>Shuuei is still up the road. If she has seen you, she hasn't acted on it yet.
>"Does that include the message itself?" says Yuuka.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2017, 09:46:42 PM
> "Yes. Incidentally, the sender did correctly guess you would immediately suspect forgery, which is why it is signed."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 14, 2017, 10:00:50 PM
> "Yes. Incidentally, the sender did correctly guess you would immediately suspect forgery, which is why it is signed."

>"Hm. Well then. I can certainly take a break," says Yuuka.
>There is a kind of subdued groan from someone behind you.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2017, 10:04:04 PM
> Look back.
> "Terribly sorry, everyone. I'll be sure to make this quick."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 14, 2017, 10:41:00 PM
> Look back.
> "Terribly sorry, everyone. I'll be sure to make this quick."

>"I'll be back soon," Yuuka says as she stands up from her table. "No cutting!"
>Then steps around the table to your side. "Now, where shall we speak?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2017, 10:45:07 PM
> Glance toward Shuuei again.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 14, 2017, 10:48:28 PM
> Glance toward Shuuei again.

>...You think that she has found you, because she is dashing this way at full speed. It'll take her some moments to get here, though.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2017, 10:50:51 PM
> Look back to Yuuka.
> "Hmm. Perhaps in a side alley? There are not too many places in this village I can think of off the top of my head that are truly private and secluded."
> Look back at Shuuei.
> "Ah, though it seems that we may have a little bit of extra time to dwell on it."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 14, 2017, 10:59:15 PM
> Look back to Yuuka.
> "Hmm. Perhaps in a side alley? There are not too many places in this village I can think of off the top of my head that are truly private and secluded."
> Look back at Shuuei.
> "Ah, though it seems that we may have a little bit of extra time to dwell on it."

>Yuuka glances toward Shuuei. "Oh, is that a problem?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2017, 11:01:25 PM
> "She was, ah, far more skeptical about her letter than you were of yours, shall we say."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 14, 2017, 11:05:32 PM
> "She was, ah, far more skeptical about her letter than you were of yours, shall we say."

>"Well, that is a problem," says Yuuka. She then levels her umbrella in Shuuei's general direction. The phantom does not stop her charge. "You may want to stand back," says Yuuka, to everyone gathered here.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2017, 11:07:01 PM
> Is the umbrella open or closed?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 14, 2017, 11:09:23 PM
> Is the umbrella open or closed?

>It is closed, but judging from the glimmer of light starting to gather around it, it doesn't mean much.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2017, 11:10:15 PM
> Take a couple of steps to the side away from Yuuka.
> Look to Shuuei and call out.
> "You might want to stand down!"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 14, 2017, 11:17:41 PM
> Take a couple of steps to the side away from Yuuka.
> Look to Shuuei and call out.
> "You might want to stand down!"

>You step away and call out. Shuuei might have had an answer, but you certainly don't hear it as a beam of bright yellow light erupts from the tip of Yuuka's umbrella and roars down the street. It lasts only a moment, then it is gone without a trace. There are a number of gasps and some obvious panic among the crowd, but Yuuka turns to them as says, "Nothing to worry about! Just a little troublemaker!' The crowd doesn't exactly calm, but some people seem to be a bit more reassured.
>Shuuei does not seem to have been able to dodge, and is currently lying motionless on the street. You note a cat dashing down the road in a mad panic.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2017, 11:20:36 PM
> Any property damage?
> Look to the crowd.
> Hold up a hand in what we hope is a reassuring gesture.
> "Sorry again, everyone. It's fine now."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 14, 2017, 11:22:36 PM
> Any property damage?
> Look to the crowd.
> Hold up a hand in what we hope is a reassuring gesture.
> "Sorry again, everyone. It's fine now."

>There is a bit of scorching on the dirt, but otherwise things seem to be fine. Honestly, Marisa could learn a thing or two from this, you think.
>You aren't certain that the crowd is reassured, but at least it doesn't seem like they're getting worse.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2017, 11:24:23 PM
> Look back to Yuuka.
> "Anyway, some sort of side alley? Preferably one in her direction, I imagine I will be carrying her somewhere once our conversation is concluded."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 14, 2017, 11:25:14 PM
> Look back to Yuuka.
> "Anyway, some sort of side alley? Preferably one in her direction, I imagine I will be carrying her somewhere once our conversation is concluded."

>"That's hardly dignified," says Yuuka, "But I suppose it can do."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2017, 11:26:18 PM
> "Well, we could use the tavern instead, I suppose, though it carries a risk of being overheard."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 14, 2017, 11:28:00 PM
> "Well, we could use the tavern instead, I suppose, though it carries a risk of being overheard."

>"I'm sure it will be fine," says Yuuka. "We don't have to shout."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2017, 11:30:22 PM
> "The tavern it is, then."
> Head toward the tavern.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 14, 2017, 11:38:50 PM
> "The tavern it is, then."
> Head toward the tavern.

>You head down the main thoroughfare, past the bulk of the line. People are still rattled by the sudden attack, but the comparative quiet in the aftermath seems to have done much to keep things from degenerating.
>Soon you reach the main crossroads, where the tavern rests on the western side of the road. There's a fair amount of traffic here, most of it going eastward toward the market. The tavern itself has its door held open with a small rock.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 14, 2017, 11:45:56 PM
> Curious. Peek inside!
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 15, 2017, 08:01:51 AM
> Curious. Peek inside!

>You peek inside and see there is a modest crowd of people, a good mix of farmers and townspeople. You note the rokurokibe from the mallet incident is here as well. There is a corner booth that should allow you two a modicum of privacy.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 15, 2017, 11:01:35 AM
> Enter and make our way to said corner booth. Make note of who the server is along the way.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 15, 2017, 11:46:00 AM
> Enter and make our way to said corner booth. Make note of who the server is along the way.

>You make your way there. It seems Tenshi is currently taking care of things at the moment; you suppose she must still be under "punishment" for the whole scarlet weather incident. She gives Yuuka a look as the two of you get seated, which Yuuka seems to ignore entirely.
>"Now," says Yuuka, "I've decided to indulge your little fancy, if only because I would like to believe you wouldn't just come up with this kind of prank out of nowhere and make your Mistress look bad."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 15, 2017, 12:00:57 PM
> "Of course. The short version of my story is that there was an explosion in our library yesterday morning, and during the immediate rescue efforts, some unknown force flung me forward in time nearly a thousand years. I only returned to this time late this morning. That letter you have was written by your future self."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 15, 2017, 01:08:45 PM
> "Of course. The short version of my story is that there was an explosion in our library yesterday morning, and during the immediate rescue efforts, some unknown force flung me forward in time nearly a thousand years. I only returned to this time late this morning. That letter you have was written by your future self."

>"That is completely absurd," says Yuuka.
>Tenshi approaches your table. "What'll you be having?" she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 15, 2017, 01:32:40 PM
> Are we hungry at all?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 15, 2017, 01:36:34 PM
> Are we hungry at all?

>Not really, you had a few tea and snacks stops before coming back to the present.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 15, 2017, 01:41:23 PM
> What teas are on the menu?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 15, 2017, 01:52:20 PM
> What teas are on the menu?

>The place is known for its mint teas, as well as a nice sedate green. Nothing you can't exceed, of course.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 15, 2017, 01:56:32 PM
> Do we have enough of our own currency on-hand to cover a mint tea?
> If so: "A mint tea for me, please."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 15, 2017, 02:02:35 PM
> Do we have enough of our own currency on-hand to cover a mint tea?
> If so: "A mint tea for me, please."

>You do.
>"That sounds nice," says Yuuka. "I'll have an extra large."
>"We don't have extra large cups," says Tenshi.
>"Then find one," says Yuuka.
>Tenshi gives a dramatic sigh and walks off.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 15, 2017, 02:18:08 PM
> "Anyway, yes, I realize how nonsensical and impossible it sounds. Certainly I'd have a hard time believing myself if I didn't live through it. All I can really offer in the way of evidence is the messages I have brought back for various people from their future selves, as much as that apparently wasn't good enough for the jeweler's apprentice."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 15, 2017, 02:55:14 PM
> "Anyway, yes, I realize how nonsensical and impossible it sounds. Certainly I'd have a hard time believing myself if I didn't live through it. All I can really offer in the way of evidence is the messages I have brought back for various people from their future selves, as much as that apparently wasn't good enough for the jeweler's apprentice."

>"Let's just get to the meat of it, shall we?" says Yuuka.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 15, 2017, 02:56:17 PM
> "Certainly. What do you wish to know?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 15, 2017, 03:04:34 PM
> "Certainly. What do you wish to know?"

>"Why, the whole reason we're here," says Yuuka. "Apparently there is a message for me?"
>Before you can continue, Tenshi returns with your drinks. In Yuuka's case, it seems she has just filled a bowl. The flower youkai says nothing as she is presented with this.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 15, 2017, 03:08:17 PM
> Look to Tenshi.
> "Thank you."
> Wait for Tenshi to leave, then look back to Yuuka.
> "Yes, though I'm rather surprised your future self did not simply write such in the missive. Anyway, your future self says that you 'don't have nearly as much time to put Yukari in her place' as you think."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 15, 2017, 03:18:37 PM
> Look to Tenshi.
> "Thank you."
> Wait for Tenshi to leave, then look back to Yuuka.
> "Yes, though I'm rather surprised your future self did not simply write such in the missive. Anyway, your future self says that you 'don't have nearly as much time to put Yukari in her place' as you think."

>Yuuka nudges the bowl aside, then says, "Well. That certainly doesn't sound like something your devil would love, hmm?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 15, 2017, 03:28:52 PM
> Why would Remilia not like that?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 15, 2017, 05:06:38 PM
> Why would Remilia not like that?

>You are certain Remilia would not mind Yukari being taken down a peg out of principal.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 15, 2017, 05:13:10 PM
> "I beg your pardon?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 15, 2017, 05:22:37 PM
> "I beg your pardon?"

>"Simply observing how this situation would coincidentally favor your mistress, that's all," says Yuuka, chuckling.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 15, 2017, 07:06:29 PM
> "Ah, I suppose that is true."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 15, 2017, 08:11:47 PM
> "Ah, I suppose that is true."

>"It does sound like something I would say," Yuuka says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 15, 2017, 08:21:34 PM
> "For what it is worth, if you do see fit to act on this, I hope you go easy on her, so to speak. The Gensokyo of the future has grown tremendously in size and space, and it is my understanding that she had a hand in that expansion before finally kicking the bucket. I think it would be best for Gensokyo if that outcome were not disturbed."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 15, 2017, 08:33:23 PM
> "For what it is worth, if you do see fit to act on this, I hope you go easy on her, so to speak. The Gensokyo of the future has grown tremendously in size and space, and it is my understanding that she had a hand in that expansion before finally kicking the bucket. I think it would be best for Gensokyo if that outcome were not disturbed."

>She waves a hand. "Oh, I won't destroy her or anything. That's no fun. It's just reminding her of her place."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 15, 2017, 08:47:08 PM
> "Ah, that is good. That is no business of mine, then."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 15, 2017, 09:01:34 PM
> "Ah, that is good. That is no business of mine, then."

>"Oh dear," says Yuuka. "Ah, a final question. Have you any messages for our little barkeep there?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 15, 2017, 09:04:56 PM
> Purse our lips a bit.
> "...Yes, actually."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 15, 2017, 10:10:03 PM
> Purse our lips a bit.
> "...Yes, actually."

>"You have five minutes," says Yuuka, as she stands up.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 16, 2017, 12:28:16 AM
> ...Until what?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on July 16, 2017, 04:20:33 AM
I presume Yuuka has seen what Tenshi is doing in regards to her drink or locating a proper large cup, and... well.  :getdown:
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 16, 2017, 07:54:44 AM
> ...Until what?

>You have only the vaguest notions, but you imagine after five minutes Tenshi is going to have her hands very full.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 16, 2017, 04:42:14 PM
> Raise our eyebrows, but say nothing.
> Sample our tea.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 16, 2017, 04:50:53 PM
> Raise our eyebrows, but say nothing.
> Sample our tea.

>Yuuka does not seem perturbed by this reaction in the least.
>The tea is cool and minty. Perhaps not the best fit for a cool spring day, but tasty nonetheless.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 16, 2017, 05:04:23 PM
> Did she go anywhere, or is she just standing in place?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 16, 2017, 05:30:54 PM
> Did she go anywhere, or is she just standing in place?

>She is leaving now. Presumably this is the start of your five minutes.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 16, 2017, 08:13:29 PM
> Did she touch her tea?
> Finish ours off.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 16, 2017, 09:08:46 PM
> Did she touch her tea?
> Finish ours off.

>She has not. In fact, just as you notice this, Tenshi calls out, "Hey! You forgot to pay!"
>"Don't worry," says Yuuka as she glides out the door, "I'll be back in five minutes!"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 16, 2017, 09:11:19 PM
> Glance over at Tenshi while continuing to drink our tea. If she looks at us, give a light shrug.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 16, 2017, 09:45:09 PM
> Glance over at Tenshi while continuing to drink our tea. If she looks at us, give a light shrug.

>Tenshi grimaces, then says, "If she doesn't come back, that's something you'll have to pay for."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 17, 2017, 03:22:29 AM
> "I expect she will return. I do have something for you in the meantime, though."
> Sip.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 17, 2017, 09:13:52 AM
> "I expect she will return. I do have something for you in the meantime, though."
> Sip.

>"Huh, what?" says Tenshi, approaching your table.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 17, 2017, 11:17:29 AM
> Take a quick glance around. Nobody obviously listening or easily within earshot, we hope?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 17, 2017, 11:32:17 AM
> Take a quick glance around. Nobody obviously listening or easily within earshot, we hope?

>Not that you can see.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 17, 2017, 11:35:13 AM
> Take on a low tone of voice.
> "I have been delivering messages for various people today. The Temple folks got one, the jeweler's apprentice got one, Miss Kazami got one. You got one as well. They can be taken as fortunes, or advice for the future, or what-have you. You can take yours with whatever volume of salt you desire, but I can, at least, vouch for the authenticity of the source of the message in relation to you, regardless of the value of the message itself."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 17, 2017, 12:07:46 PM
> Take on a low tone of voice.
> "I have been delivering messages for various people today. The Temple folks got one, the jeweler's apprentice got one, Miss Kazami got one. You got one as well. They can be taken as fortunes, or advice for the future, or what-have you. You can take yours with whatever volume of salt you desire, but I can, at least, vouch for the authenticity of the source of the message in relation to you, regardless of the value of the message itself."

>"...What?" says Tenshi, furrowing her brow.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 17, 2017, 12:11:15 PM
> "Sorry. The long and short of it is that someone you can trust asked me to deliver a message to you. You can take it or leave it as you wish. And no, before you ask, this is not me trying to get out of my bill."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 17, 2017, 12:23:05 PM
> "Sorry. The long and short of it is that someone you can trust asked me to deliver a message to you. You can take it or leave it as you wish. And no, before you ask, this is not me trying to get out of my bill."

>"Okay, that's certainly not ominous and making me think the exact opposite," says Tenshi.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 17, 2017, 12:32:53 PM
> Pull out the cost of our tea and put it on the table.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 17, 2017, 12:43:47 PM
> Pull out the cost of our tea and put it on the table.

>You put one ☼ on the table.
>"Okay..." says Tenshi.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 17, 2017, 12:49:14 PM
> "Anyway, the advice I am to deliver to you is to 'Meet up in the barn. Aim for the upper left shoulder, near the neck.' I have no idea what this is in relation to; they didn't give me anything other than that."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 17, 2017, 01:37:12 PM
> "Anyway, the advice I am to deliver to you is to 'Meet up in the barn. Aim for the upper left shoulder, near the neck.' I have no idea what this is in relation to; they didn't give me anything other than that."

>"Who the heck gave you that kind of message?" says Tenshi.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 17, 2017, 01:38:46 PM
> "I'll tell you if you really want me to, but I imagine you won't believe me. It must absolutely be kept a secret, however."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 17, 2017, 02:38:16 PM
> "I'll tell you if you really want me to, but I imagine you won't believe me. It must absolutely be kept a secret, however."

>"Okay fine sure I'll keep your secret," says Tenshi.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 17, 2017, 02:58:50 PM
> Nod.
> "It was you, nearly one thousand years from now."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 17, 2017, 03:02:14 PM
> Nod.
> "It was you, nearly one thousand years from now."

>"...What." Were her voice any more flat, it could be used as a building tool.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 17, 2017, 03:12:07 PM
> Grin just a little bit.
> "I did warn you that you would likely not believe me."
> Sip.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 17, 2017, 04:17:18 PM
> Grin just a little bit.
> "I did warn you that you would likely not believe me."
> Sip.

>"You're weird," says Tenshi.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 17, 2017, 04:23:25 PM
> "As I said, the information is yours to do with as you will, even if you decide to do nothing but think me out of my mind. I would guess, however, that since your future self did not elaborate at all, you presumably have someone in mind already."
> Sip.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 17, 2017, 05:25:23 PM
> "As I said, the information is yours to do with as you will, even if you decide to do nothing but think me out of my mind. I would guess, however, that since your future self did not elaborate at all, you presumably have someone in mind already."
> Sip.

>"I don't even have any idea what you or she is talking about," says Tenshi. "What kind of advice was that supposed to be?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 17, 2017, 05:27:44 PM
> "It sounds like combat advice to me. Perhaps a duel you do not wish to be discovered immediately, or at all? Beyond that, I couldn't begin to tell you what your future self was thinking."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 17, 2017, 05:31:45 PM
> "It sounds like combat advice to me. Perhaps a duel you do not wish to be discovered immediately, or at all? Beyond that, I couldn't begin to tell you what your future self was thinking."

>"I don't think whoever came up with this was thinking at all," says Tenshi. "But thanks, I guess?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 17, 2017, 05:33:41 PM
> "You are quite welcome."
> Sip.
> "For what it is worth, you seemed to have done quite well for yourself in the future."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 17, 2017, 05:37:34 PM
> "You are quite welcome."
> Sip.
> "For what it is worth, you seemed to have done quite well for yourself in the future."

>"Yeah, I bet. Maybe I got to be a peach peeler or something," says Tenshi.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 17, 2017, 05:39:55 PM
> Shrug lightly again.
> Sip.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 17, 2017, 06:44:39 PM
> Shrug lightly again.
> Sip.

>"I guess I'll try to remember it," Tenshi says. "So, thanks?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 17, 2017, 06:56:40 PM
> Nod.
> "You're welcome."
> Sip.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 17, 2017, 07:59:33 PM
> Nod.
> "You're welcome."
> Sip.

>"Weirdo," she says, before heading off to take care of another table.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 17, 2017, 08:46:14 PM
> Finish off our tea.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 17, 2017, 09:24:38 PM
> Finish off our tea.

>You finish your drink quickly enough, as a few new people come into the pub. Just some farmers, by the look of them.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 17, 2017, 10:44:24 PM
> How much would Yuuka's drink be, and do we have enough to cover it, just in case?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 17, 2017, 10:48:01 PM
> How much would Yuuka's drink be, and do we have enough to cover it, just in case?

>You don't know, you don't think she actually ordered something on the menu.
>You do have enough for six more basic teas, though.
>Another group of farmers comes in, on the heels of the last group.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 17, 2017, 10:51:36 PM
> Were they in line earlier?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 17, 2017, 10:55:55 PM
> Were they in line earlier?

>You aren't certain, but they do seem that they are not completely unfamiliar?
>Another group follows them in, as the first group takes a seat.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 17, 2017, 11:01:20 PM
> Frown a bit.
> "What on Earth...?"
> Get up and head to the door, looking outside.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 17, 2017, 11:03:45 PM
> Frown a bit.
> "What on Earth...?"
> Get up and head to the door, looking outside.

>You leave, as a 4th group enters, then a fifth. And looking out the door, you see a 6th about to come in, and more behind them.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 17, 2017, 11:16:43 PM
> Head outside and check Yuuka's table.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 17, 2017, 11:26:34 PM
> Head outside and check Yuuka's table.

>You head outside, having to dodge around the sixth group, and see the whole event appears to be making its way toward the tavern. You see that Yuuka is putting her table onto the wagon full of saplings, dangling it from the side.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 17, 2017, 11:29:28 PM
> Make our way over to Yuuka.
> "She's all yours."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 17, 2017, 11:32:18 PM
> Make our way over to Yuuka.
> "She's all yours."

>"It will take a few minutes for everything to be ready," says Yuuka. "But you may not want to be too close by when it is."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 17, 2017, 11:35:54 PM
> Can we see the place where Shuuei lay on the ground from here?
> "That is fine. I believe I should be cleaning up the mess left in the street right now anyway."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 17, 2017, 11:38:37 PM
> Can we see the place where Shuuei lay on the ground from here?
> "That is fine. I believe I should be cleaning up the mess left in the street right now anyway."

>You can, she is still there. A couple of people from the nearby housing block are peering at her curiously from their doors and porches.
>"If you like," says Yuuka.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 17, 2017, 11:49:02 PM
> Nod.
> "It should be little trouble. Have a pleasant day, Miss Kazami."
> Walk over to Shuuei's limp body.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 17, 2017, 11:55:13 PM
> Nod.
> "It should be little trouble. Have a pleasant day, Miss Kazami."
> Walk over to Shuuei's limp body.

>"Oh I will," says Yuuka. "Do have a good day."
>You make your way over to Shuuei. She...definitely looks like someone who lost a danmaku battle; she's out cold and her coat is in tatters. It says something that her mask is intact. She doesn't seem to be particularly harmed. In fact, you suspect her endurance might be rather low for a youkai. You're sure a good deal of them wouldn't be completely knocked out by this.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 17, 2017, 11:55:55 PM
> Is the missive visible and undamaged?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 17, 2017, 11:57:37 PM
> Is the missive visible and undamaged?

>You don't see it on her.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 18, 2017, 12:08:24 AM
> Lift the youkai up, sling her over our shoulder, and head back to the jewelry shop.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 18, 2017, 12:24:33 AM
> Lift the youkai up, sling her over our shoulder, and head back to the jewelry shop.

>You are fairly strong for your size, and she is definitely quite light even for a small person, but you are still human and it is a struggle to lift her. Still, you're able to do it and straining under the load you make your way back toward the jewelry shop. You find yourself wishing Yuuka would have dealt with this problem sooner, so you wouldn't have to lug her so far!
>Still, you manage to get to the door of the jewelry store without panting too hard from the load.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 18, 2017, 12:25:11 AM
> Peek inside. Is the owner back out front again?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 18, 2017, 12:46:41 AM
> Peek inside. Is the owner back out front again?

>You struggle to open the door, and see he is there.
>"Oh!" he says, as she comes around the counter quickly. "Let me help you!"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 18, 2017, 12:52:50 AM
> Nod.
> "Thank you."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 18, 2017, 12:54:10 AM
> Nod.
> "Thank you."

>He quickly bustles over and offers some support for Shuuei, taking much of her weight off of your shoulder.
>"Let's get her upstairs, shall we?" he says. "There's a bed we can put her on."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 18, 2017, 12:58:40 AM
> "Certainly."
> Help get Shuuei where she needs to go.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 18, 2017, 09:54:08 AM
> "Certainly."
> Help get Shuuei where she needs to go.

>He leads you past the storefront and up a narrow stairway, into a small loft room that badly needs cleaning, with a surprising number of paper screens set up for a fairly modest living space. He leads you past one of them, to a small sleeping area with an embarrassing amount of dirty clothes strewn around. The two of you place the unconscious phantom on the futon. He then walks over to you side. "Let's give her some space, shall we?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 18, 2017, 11:15:29 AM
> "Of course."
> Head back down into the main shop.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 18, 2017, 12:14:36 PM
> "Of course."
> Head back down into the main shop.

>You make your way back down. "I always expected she would bite off more than she could chew one of these days," says the jeweler on the way down. "Thank you so much for bringing her back. I apologize for the trouble she caused you."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 18, 2017, 12:16:40 PM
> "Oh, it was not too much trouble. I apologize in return that Miss Kazami left her in this state."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 18, 2017, 01:07:31 PM
> "Oh, it was not too much trouble. I apologize in return that Miss Kazami left her in this state."

>"That was her?" says the jeweler as you return to the storefront. "My my, I thought you did that."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 18, 2017, 01:13:10 PM
> Shake our head.
> "I did not wish to engage in such a confrontation, for a handful of reasons. I do feel at least partially responsible for what happened regardless, as much as I did not expect Miss Kazami to pull the trigger, so to speak, so quickly."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 18, 2017, 01:40:25 PM
> Shake our head.
> "I did not wish to engage in such a confrontation, for a handful of reasons. I do feel at least partially responsible for what happened regardless, as much as I did not expect Miss Kazami to pull the trigger, so to speak, so quickly."

>He nods, an understanding smile on his lips. "Still, thank you."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 18, 2017, 02:13:57 PM
> "Of course. If I may, I might suggest visiting the Temple with her once she is active again, and have her ask them about a message I gave to them, how I claim I got it for them, and what they think of such a claim. She doesn't need to go into any details about her own message; just knowing that the Temple also received one should hopefully be enough to calm her down."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 18, 2017, 02:22:59 PM
> "Of course. If I may, I might suggest visiting the Temple with her once she is active again, and have her ask them about a message I gave to them, how I claim I got it for them, and what they think of such a claim. She doesn't need to go into any details about her own message; just knowing that the Temple also received one should hopefully be enough to calm her down."

>He frowns, then nods. "I'll try. To be frank, I'm not optimistic."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 18, 2017, 02:33:10 PM
> "Of course."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 18, 2017, 04:51:39 PM
> "Of course."

>"I'll see what I can do to calm her down when the time comes," says the jeweler. "Don't hesitate to inquire later."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 18, 2017, 04:55:39 PM
> Nod.
> "Thank you."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 18, 2017, 05:06:11 PM
> Nod.
> "Thank you."

>"You're most welcome," he says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 18, 2017, 05:11:19 PM
> Do we remember how to get to the present-time cave that Futo was in in the future?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 18, 2017, 05:18:12 PM
> Do we remember how to get to the present-time cave that Futo was in in the future?

>You do.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 18, 2017, 05:21:19 PM
> "I must continue my business now. Have a pleasant day, Mister Ichiro."
> Exit the store and make our way to the Taoist cave.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 18, 2017, 06:04:06 PM
> "I must continue my business now. Have a pleasant day, Mister Ichiro."
> Exit the store and make our way to the Taoist cave.

>You depart, and head toward the cemetery behind the Myouren Temple. Compared to the future, it is notably smaller and in shabbier shape. The grass is going out of control in some places, and in others the markers are old and crumbling.  You think they latter may have just been gone in the future era. You make your way toward a wooded area in the back, to the southwest, It takes a few minutes of picking through before you find a gaping hole in the ground that looks like a normal hill from most sides, leading into a pitch black cavern.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 18, 2017, 06:05:13 PM
> Poke our head in.
> "Miss Toyosatomimi? Are you there?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 18, 2017, 06:14:59 PM
> Poke our head in.
> "Miss Toyosatomimi? Are you there?"

>You poke your your head in and call out. Your voice echoes a little, but you don't hear any kind of response.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 18, 2017, 06:15:48 PM
> Did we pick up a light source, such as a torch or a lantern, at any point?
> If not, do we recall if the Temple had one, or if any of the shops sell them?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 18, 2017, 06:27:09 PM
> Did we pick up a light source, such as a torch or a lantern, at any point?
> If not, do we recall if the Temple had one, or if any of the shops sell them?

>You did not.
>There was a lantern shop across from Suzunaan, that you recall.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 18, 2017, 06:31:57 PM
> How much cash do we have on-hand?
> Head back to said lantern shop.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 18, 2017, 07:11:08 PM
> How much cash do we have on-hand?
> Head back to said lantern shop.

>You have 6 ☼, 45 shillings, and 1 mon. You are certain the latter two will get you nowhere.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 18, 2017, 07:15:59 PM
> Oh, we did come home with 1 mon? Whoops. Oh well.
> Head back to the Temple instead.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 18, 2017, 07:18:09 PM
> Oh, we did come home with 1 mon? Whoops. Oh well.
> Head back to the Temple instead.

>You return to the temple, where you find that Ichirin has amassed a small pile of sticks from her efforts.
>"Oh, is it time?" says Ichirin. "I'll go bring him out for you."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 18, 2017, 07:22:17 PM
> Hold up a hand.
> "Wait, not yet. Do you have a torch or a lantern I can borrow for a bit? I have one more stop before I am done here."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 18, 2017, 07:40:25 PM
> Hold up a hand.
> "Wait, not yet. Do you have a torch or a lantern I can borrow for a bit? I have one more stop before I am done here."

>"Um, I suppose?" says Ichirin, frowning.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 18, 2017, 07:41:50 PM
> "I wish to check the cave in the southwest corner of the cemetery. I hope that is not a problem."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 18, 2017, 07:43:18 PM
> "I wish to check the cave in the southwest corner of the cemetery. I hope that is not a problem."

>"I guess we can lend you a candle this once," says Ichirin. "But you really shouldn't get involved with them."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 18, 2017, 07:44:19 PM
> "Miss Hijiri did wish to discuss things with Miss Toyosatomimi, at least."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 18, 2017, 07:49:49 PM
> "Miss Hijiri did wish to discuss things with Miss Toyosatomimi, at least."

>"Maybe so, but it's much better to do that on our terms, don't you think?" says Ichirin.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 18, 2017, 07:53:28 PM
> "Perhaps, but I have also promised to deliver personal messages to some of them as well."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 18, 2017, 08:40:09 PM
> "Perhaps, but I have also promised to deliver personal messages to some of them as well."

>"Well, I guess so," says Ichirin. "Hold on a minute."
>She disappears into the Temple. As you wait, you see an explosion of danmaku from the other side of town, which would be right around where the Tavern  is. Ichirin appears a moment later, with a lit candle in hand. "This should do," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 18, 2017, 08:57:35 PM
> Take it.
> "Thank you. Incidentally, since Miss Houjuu was not around for my visit, when telling her about all this, would you let her know that her Avalonian friend is doing quite well for himself?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 18, 2017, 08:59:50 PM
> Take it.
> "Thank you. Incidentally, since Miss Houjuu was not around for my visit, when telling her about all this, would you let her know that her Avalonian friend is doing quite well for himself?"

>She nods. "Okay, sure. If she floats in her again anytime soon, anyways."
>More danmaku fills the sky to the south. Ichirin glances toward it, frowning, but then looks back to you.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 18, 2017, 09:02:55 PM
> "Of course. She is quite lucky that the time flow between Gensokyo and Avalon is so different, as it means she will actually get to see him again. If she can find him. Don't worry about that danmaku, by the way, Miss Kazami and Miss Hinanawi simply differ in opinions on proper etiquette."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 18, 2017, 09:32:16 PM
> "Of course. She is quite lucky that the time flow between Gensokyo and Avalon is so different, as it means she will actually get to see him again. If she can find him. Don't worry about that danmaku, by the way, Miss Kazami and Miss Hinanawi simply differ in opinions on proper etiquette."

>"Oh," says Ichirin. "Well. I guess they can sort that out."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 18, 2017, 09:39:21 PM
> "Indeed. Thank you again, and I will be back soon."
> Head back to the cave and actually enter and explore it this time.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 18, 2017, 10:12:02 PM
> "Indeed. Thank you again, and I will be back soon."
> Head back to the cave and actually enter and explore it this time.

>You make your way back to the cave, careful not to accidentally extinguish your candle. Then you head inside. The cave continues downward at sharp angle, its floor rough and craggy. The ceiling is lined with stalactites, and in general is uncomfortable to traverse. The air is damp and cool, your candlelight feels feeble in the oppressive darkness. Then the floor and ceiling grow less rough; the floor becoming cobbled even, though you aren't certain if it is a carving or actual cobblestones. You come to a pair of immense doors hanging open, there frames lined with Chinese characters and painted with wise bearded figures of a long ago era. Beyond lies a sizable chamber.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 18, 2017, 10:15:15 PM
> "Pardon me, but is anyone here?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 18, 2017, 10:52:36 PM
> "Pardon me, but is anyone here?"

>You call inside, but get no answer.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 18, 2017, 11:10:14 PM
> Very well. Pass through the doors and press onward!
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 19, 2017, 12:10:05 AM
> Very well. Pass through the doors and press onward!

>You do so, and soon come to the banks of a surprisingly clear- pool of water, which seems to host lily pads, despite being underground. Just at the edge of the candle's light, you think you can make out the edge of an island.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 19, 2017, 12:11:26 AM
> Head to the seeming-island.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 19, 2017, 12:20:41 AM
> Head to the seeming-island.

>You make your way to the island, and find it is made of well-cut stone made into a stepped dais.  You find a wooden wall raising into the air at the top of the island dais, the wood old and well-preserved . Your light illuminates two others to the left and right, revealing what seems to be an hexagon-shaped tower.
>"Hello?" comes a voice nearby, Tojiko, perhaps?

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 19, 2017, 12:21:10 AM
> "Ah. Miss Soga, is that you?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 19, 2017, 12:42:53 AM
> "Ah. Miss Soga, is that you?"

>"Who's there?" comes the voice, defensive. You are certain she is on the other side of the island.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 19, 2017, 12:48:12 AM
> Make our way toward the voice.
> "Sakuya Izayoi, of the Scarlet Devil Mansion. I have something important for you and your family."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 19, 2017, 12:52:23 AM
> Make our way toward the voice.
> "Sakuya Izayoi, of the Scarlet Devil Mansion. I have something important for you and your family."

>"Wait, the maid?" says Tojiko, her voice getting closer. Then she floats into view, arms crossed and face openly confused. "What are you doing here?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 19, 2017, 12:56:28 AM
> "It is a bit of a story that I would rather tell everyone only once, if possible. The immediately important aspect is that I have a message for Miss Toyosatomimi and her advisors, and it will require a bit of an explanation."
> Jerk a thumb back in the direction we came.
> "Unless you are looking for a more practical answer to the question, in which case it is because the door was open. Though I at least made sure to ask if anyone was present before inviting myself in."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 19, 2017, 12:57:35 AM
> "It is a bit of a story that I would rather tell everyone only once, if possible. The immediately important aspect is that I have a message for Miss Toyosatomimi and her advisors, and it will require a bit of an explanation."

>"Well, I can get Futo and Miko if you need them," says Tojiko. "What's all this about?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 19, 2017, 01:00:43 AM
> "It would be appreciated."
> Pull out the Sworn Statement, but don't hand it over or display it so it is easy for Tojiko to read.
> "As for what this is about, please forgive my impertinence, but I would really rather not need to explain myself more than once, given how outlandish the origins of this message will seem."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 19, 2017, 01:07:59 AM
> "It would be appreciated."
> Pull out the Sworn Statement, but don't hand it over or display it so it is easy for Tojiko to read.
> "As for what this is about, please forgive my impertinence, but I would really rather not need to explain myself more than once, given how outlandish the origins of this message will seem."

>"How important is that message?" says Tojiko.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 19, 2017, 01:10:44 AM
> Frown a bit, then sigh.
> "...It has your signatures on it, from nearly one thousand years in the future."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 19, 2017, 01:13:11 AM
> Frown a bit, then sigh.
> "...It has your signatures on it, from nearly one thousand years in the future."

>"That sounds either really important or really fake," says Tojiko. "I'll go get them."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 19, 2017, 01:14:07 AM
> Nod.
> "Thank you."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 19, 2017, 01:29:32 AM
> Nod.
> "Thank you."

>She vanishes. leaving you alone in the darkness with your candle.
>In retrospect, this might not have been the best idea. What if Yuuka or Tenshi caused a cave-in through their fight? That would be a problem, to say the least. It's difficult not to think about things like this when just lingering, a single candle your real hope of getting out intact.
>Other lights join come into view, three of them, illuminating Miko and her two attendants as they walk, or float in the ghost's case, around the tower.
>"Miss Izayoi, was it not?" says Miko, as she sets her lantern aside. "Tojiko says you have a message for us?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 19, 2017, 01:39:29 AM
> "Indeed. My apologies for the intrusion, Miss Toyosatomimi. The quick summary is that, yesterday morning, an unknown force dragged me forward in time nearly a thousand years. I was able to return this morning, and brought back messages for a number of people in this time period. This includes you and your advisors."
> Hand over the Sworn Statement to Miko.
> "As well as, ah, a number of other people, as you can see."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 19, 2017, 09:00:20 AM
> "Indeed. My apologies for the intrusion, Miss Toyosatomimi. The quick summary is that, yesterday morning, an unknown force dragged me forward in time nearly a thousand years. I was able to return this morning, and brought back messages for a number of people in this time period. This includes you and your advisors."
> Hand over the Sworn Statement to Miko.
> "As well as, ah, a number of other people, as you can see."

>"That's preposterous!" says Futo.
>"Is this some strange joke?" Tojiko says.
>Miko accepts the statement wordlessly, then glances over it. Her companions crowd closely around her. There is silence for a moment.  "Surely you do not credit this, Crown Prince!" Futo says at length.
>"She is not lying," Miko says, not looking up from the statement. "Or rather, if she is lying, it is because she herself has been thoroughly deceived."
>"What?" says Tojiko.
>"Her desires are open to me," says Miko. "And nothing of them reads of deception. This is a forgery, then it is one presented so well that she would have no choice but to believe it is genuine."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 19, 2017, 10:51:51 AM
> 'Desires are open?' What does that mean?
> Blink with a bit of an uncertain expression, then nod.
> "Thank you, Miss Toyosatomimi."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 19, 2017, 05:33:30 PM
> 'Desires are open?' What does that mean?
> Blink with a bit of an uncertain expression, then nod.
> "Thank you, Miss Toyosatomimi."

>You aren't sure, but she can be close to being a mind reader sometimes, in your limited experience.
>"Hmmm. Our signatures look genuine," says Miko. "This note is certainly recent, as well."
>"It would not be Patchouli's tomfoolery, would it?" says Futo.
>"Not impossible," says Miko. "But unlikely. I cannot imagine a reason for her to forge such a thing on her own. Now, Miss Scarlet, that is a different and more difficult to fathom question... Presuming fabrication, of course."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 19, 2017, 05:45:01 PM
Everything go okay?

> "Of course. Unfortunately, I have little else to offer in the way of private information that might further verify my story. The future Miss Mononobe did ask me to pass on a personal private message to get, but it is verbal and not particularly long or informative. At least, not that I can tell."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 19, 2017, 06:16:33 PM
Perfectly smooth sailing. I've had to dissuade him from the riding mower once today already.

> "Of course. Unfortunately, I have little else to offer in the way of private information that might further verify my story. The future Miss Mononobe did ask me to pass on a personal private message to get, but it is verbal and not particularly long or informative. At least, not that I can tell."

>"So you're saying we agreed to this?" Futo says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 19, 2017, 06:22:57 PM
> "The statement there? Oh yes, everyone that signed it read the full message and was completely on board with it. The Miss Toyosatomimi of the future had some reservations about altering the past, but other than that, no one had any real concerns."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 19, 2017, 06:23:48 PM
> "The statement there? Oh yes, everyone that signed it read the full message and was completely on board with it. The Miss Toyosatomimi of the future had some reservations about altering the past, but other than that, no one had any real concerns."

>"Absolutely preposterous," says Futo.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 19, 2017, 06:28:53 PM
> "Does this mean that you do not wish to hear your future self's message?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 19, 2017, 06:35:11 PM
> "Does this mean that you do not wish to hear your future self's message?"

>"I know not what trickery has been played upon you," says Futo, "But I would have no part of it."
>"Hear her out, Futo," says Miko. "There is no point in turning it down. If it is indeed lies carried afar, then surely it is no match for your wisdom."
>"I suppose, when put in that kind of light..."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 19, 2017, 06:43:20 PM
> Nod.
> "Very well. The Miss Mononobe of the future did request complete privacy, however. It is up to you whether you want to take her advice or not, but I want to be sure the request is at least understood."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 19, 2017, 07:45:28 PM
> Nod.
> "Very well. The Miss Mononobe of the future did request complete privacy, however. It is up to you whether you want to take her advice or not, but I want to be sure the request is at least understood."

>"Mmm. Very well," says Futo. "I shall hear you out."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 19, 2017, 07:53:15 PM
> "All right. Where shall we go?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 19, 2017, 08:23:29 PM
> "All right. Where shall we go?"

>"Let us enter the Mausoleum itself," says Futo. "I have faith that Miko and Tojiko shall allow us perfect privacy."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 19, 2017, 08:24:15 PM
> Nod.
> "Lead the way."
> Follow!
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 19, 2017, 09:00:43 PM
> Nod.
> "Lead the way."
> Follow!

>You follow Futo around the tower, and Miko and Tojiko continue to talk between themselves about the missive.
>Inside, you find things are...fuzzy. You can see the wooden floor that you stand upon, but the rest seems to be lost in the darkness, even though you should be able to see at least some of the walls. You can almost swear you see something like motes of light, but you can't be certain it isn't just your eyes playing tricks on you...
>"Very well," says Futo. "Let me hear this message, be it false or otherwise."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 19, 2017, 09:04:22 PM
> "Of course. I must say in advance, however, that I have no idea about the context of this. Your future self warned me that you may not take it well, and that it would definitely be a problem if said in the presence of others. Presumably it is related to something deeply personal. As such, I can assure you I have no knowledge of the significance of this message."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 19, 2017, 09:12:21 PM
> "Of course. I must say in advance, however, that I have no idea about the context of this. Your future self warned me that you may not take it well, and that it would definitely be a problem if said in the presence of others. Presumably it is related to something deeply personal. As such, I can assure you I have no knowledge of the significance of this message."

>Futo nods. "I shall do my best to keep it in mind."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 19, 2017, 09:15:30 PM
> "Very well. Your future self says that 'there is nothing to fear'."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 19, 2017, 09:36:02 PM
> "Very well. Your future self says that 'there is nothing to fear'."

>"....I-I beg your pardon?" she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 19, 2017, 09:41:58 PM
> Shrug.
> "'There is nothing to fear.' That is all that she said."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 19, 2017, 10:00:15 PM
> Shrug.
> "'There is nothing to fear.' That is all that she said."

>"But...what did she mean?" says Futo, frowning.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 19, 2017, 10:04:25 PM
> "I can only guess at possibilities. Perhaps you have some deep-rooted fear, or an embarrassing fear you have never told anyone? She actually preemptively apologized to me in the event that you acted out against me, for what that is worth. That suggests it is related to something you do not want anyone to know."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 19, 2017, 10:15:29 PM
> "I can only guess at possibilities. Perhaps you have some deep-rooted fear, or an embarrassing fear you have never told anyone? She actually preemptively apologized to me in the event that you acted out against me, for what that is worth. That suggests it is related to something you do not want anyone to know."

>Futo takes a step back. "I can't make a lick of sense of what you're saying..."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 19, 2017, 10:20:06 PM
> How does she look? Angry, confused, terrified and ready to bolt, something else?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 19, 2017, 10:22:13 PM
> How does she look? Angry, confused, terrified and ready to bolt, something else?

>It's hard to say. Any of the latter three might apply, but you don't think she's primarily angry, at least.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 19, 2017, 10:25:12 PM
> Frown and nod.
> "Understood. My apologies that I was not able to offer you anything of use to you."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 19, 2017, 10:37:39 PM
> Frown and nod.
> "Understood. My apologies that I was not able to offer you anything of use to you."

>She takes another step back. "What sort of t-trick is this?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 19, 2017, 10:38:32 PM
> Blink.
> "Nothing of the sort, Miss Mononobe. Is something wrong? Can I help you somehow?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 19, 2017, 10:44:49 PM
> Blink.
> "Nothing of the sort, Miss Mononobe. Is something wrong? Can I help you somehow?"

>Before you can finish, she turns and runs out the door, dropping her lantern.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 19, 2017, 10:46:42 PM
> "Ah! Miss Mononobe, wait!"
> Step out of time, retrieve the lantern with a free hand (hopefully our candle only requires the one), step back into time, and give chase!
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 19, 2017, 10:48:28 PM
I was gonna post something, but it would probably be nothing useful in the end.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 19, 2017, 10:53:47 PM
> "Ah! Miss Mononobe, wait!"
> Step out of time, retrieve the lantern with a free hand (hopefully our candle only requires the one), step back into time, and give chase!

>"Futo!" Tojiko cries out, after you reclaim the lamp and time resumes once again.
>You give chase! She quickly takes to the air and leaves the island.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 19, 2017, 10:58:18 PM
> Step out of time again.
> Get ahead of Futo by a few yards, then stop in her flight path, turn around, hold our arms out to our sides, and step back into time.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 19, 2017, 10:59:28 PM
> Step out of time again.
> Get ahead of Futo by a few yards, then stop in her flight path, turn around, hold our arms out to our sides, and step back into time.

>You prepare to step out of time, but you hear Miko cry out, "Izayoi, wait!"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 19, 2017, 11:00:25 PM
> Stop our chase.
> Look in the direction of the voice.
> "Miss Toyosatomimi?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 19, 2017, 11:03:04 PM
> Stop our chase.
> Look in the direction of the voice.
> "Miss Toyosatomimi?"

>"Don't you think it's foolish to chase one so distressed?" says Miko. You note she has a restraining hand on Tojiko's shoulder.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 19, 2017, 11:05:12 PM
> Look back in the direction Futo was bolting, then back to Miko.
> "...Sorry."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 19, 2017, 11:11:38 PM
> Look back in the direction Futo was bolting, then back to Miko.
> "...Sorry."

>Miko nods, as she lets Tojiko go. The ghost looks about as chastised as you feel.
>"I'm sure she won't be in any danger," says Miko. "She will come back when it is time."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 19, 2017, 11:14:35 PM
> "Please give her my apologies when she does. Though I suppose she probably believes me now, if she didn't before. Did you happen to overhear any of that?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 19, 2017, 11:20:18 PM
> "Please give her my apologies when she does. Though I suppose she probably believes me now, if she didn't before. Did you happen to overhear any of that?"

>"Of course not," says Miko. "As well, you may keep the lantern. We have plenty."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 19, 2017, 11:21:28 PM
> "Ah, well, thank you."
> Nod.
> "By the way, Miss Hijiri wishes to discuss that statement with you."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 19, 2017, 11:29:15 PM
> "Ah, well, thank you."
> Nod.
> "By the way, Miss Hijiri wishes to discuss that statement with you."

>"I bet she would," Tojiko says, arms crossed again, any of her prior shame gone.
>"Now now, Tojiko," says Miko. "I am not surprised to hear that."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 19, 2017, 11:33:14 PM
> Nod.
> "She did not offer any sort of time table, so presumably any time that works for you."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 19, 2017, 11:38:22 PM
> Nod.
> "She did not offer any sort of time table, so presumably any time that works for you."

>"That is good," says Miko. "I will need time to prepare. I will keep this Statement as well, so that I may investigate it further."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 19, 2017, 11:40:25 PM
> "Understood. Do you wish for me to be present for this, or should I move on to other things? Or does it not matter?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 19, 2017, 11:56:23 PM
> "Understood. Do you wish for me to be present for this, or should I move on to other things? Or does it not matter?"

>"I think it would best that we speak between ourselves," says Miko. "Whether you've seen something to be or not, I don't think it matters here and now."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 19, 2017, 11:59:20 PM
> "Understood. I hope it goes well for everyone involved."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 20, 2017, 12:27:52 AM
> "Understood. I hope it goes well for everyone involved."

>"I think I shall lay hopes aside, and simply see what unfolds," says Miko.
>"I'm just not going to bother with it," says Tojiko.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 20, 2017, 12:31:49 AM
> "Ah, yes. Miss Soga, your future self wanted to let you know that, in a general sense, 'things will work out'. She did not offer specifics or request privacy, only that message."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 20, 2017, 12:35:11 AM
> "Ah, yes. Miss Soga, your future self wanted to let you know that, in a general sense, 'things will work out'. She did not offer specifics or request privacy, only that message."

>"Well. Yes, I imagine they would," says Tojiko, rolling her sleeve between her fingers. "That is rather the point of the Tao."

>_

Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 20, 2017, 12:42:12 AM
> "Well, at least you can take comfort in the knowledge that they will."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 20, 2017, 12:45:52 AM
> "Well, at least you can take comfort in the knowledge that they will."

>She nods. "Yes, quite. Thank you, though. I appreciate it."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 20, 2017, 12:47:46 AM
> "Any time. In that case, unless Miss Kaku is around, I shall impose upon you no longer."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 20, 2017, 12:55:45 AM
> "Any time. In that case, unless Miss Kaku is around, I shall impose upon you no longer."

>"I'm afraid not," says Miko. "She lives in the bamboo forest these days."
>"Schmoozing with that princess," says Tojiko.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 20, 2017, 01:00:42 AM
> Allow ourselves a slight grin.
> "I see. Well, the next time you see her, please tell her to try the baklava. I imagine that will not make sense for a very long time, but if she remembers it when it becomes relevant, she will not be disappointed."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 20, 2017, 01:03:58 AM
> Allow ourselves a slight grin.
> "I see. Well, the next time you see her, please tell her to try the baklava. I imagine that will not make sense for a very long time, but if she remembers it when it becomes relevant, she will not be disappointed."

>"Crown Prince, what's a baklava," says Tojiko.
>"A foreign thing, I'm sure," says Miko.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 20, 2017, 01:06:36 AM
> "I believe it is, yes. It is even entirely possible it has not been invented yet. But she recommended it to me, and it was delicious, so it is the least I can do to return the favor."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 20, 2017, 01:13:38 AM
> "I believe it is, yes. It is even entirely possible it has not been invented yet. But she recommended it to me, and it was delicious, so it is the least I can do to return the favor."

>"Well, I will keep it in mind," says Miko.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 20, 2017, 01:15:52 AM
> Can we tell which way is out?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 20, 2017, 01:20:36 AM
> Can we tell which way is out?

>You think it is on the other side of the mausoleum from the door.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 20, 2017, 01:25:41 AM
> "Thank you."
> Curtsy (as best as possible without lighting ourselves on fire).
> "Have a pleasant day. And please keep me informed of how things go. As much as it is not my business, it would be nice to know that something came of all my message delivery."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 20, 2017, 01:45:06 AM
> "Thank you."
> Curtsy (as best as possible without lighting ourselves on fire).
> "Have a pleasant day. And please keep me informed of how things go. As much as it is not my business, it would be nice to know that something came of all my message delivery."

>"I'll try to keep it in mind," says Miko.
>"We'll likely visit the Scarlet Devil Mansion again at some point anyways," Tojiko says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 20, 2017, 01:48:39 AM
> "Thank you. See you all around."
> Head in the direction we think 'out' is.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 20, 2017, 01:55:25 AM
> "Thank you. See you all around."
> Head in the direction we think 'out' is.

>You make your way out! With the lantern, you can see the floors and ceiling much better, which makes the trip out significantly less worrying. Soon you can see daylight ahead, and then emerge once more into the little woods in the back of the graveyard.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 20, 2017, 01:56:43 AM
> Head back to the Temple.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 20, 2017, 02:00:12 AM
> Head back to the Temple.

>You head back to the Myouren Temple. The candle completely gutters out in the meantime, only leaving a useless stub. There's also little reason to leave the lantern lit as well.
>You return to find Ichirin and Unzan are busy doing something with one of the wooden Buddha statues.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 20, 2017, 02:15:14 AM
> "Hello again."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 20, 2017, 02:16:47 AM
> "Hello again."

>Ichirin looks back. "Oh, sorry. Didn't see you."
>She glances to her nyuudo companion. "Do you think you have it?"
>He nods.
>"Okay, good." Then she looks back to you. "So, ready for him now?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 20, 2017, 02:19:36 AM
> "Yes. And here."
> Offer the candle back.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 20, 2017, 11:21:00 AM
> "Yes. And here."
> Offer the candle back.

>You offer Ichirin the useless stub. "Oh, sure I'll throw that away," she says as she heads into the temple.
>She goes to do so, leaving Unzan to make minute adjustments on the statue. Judging from the dirt thrown up around it, it was knocked over.
>Ichirin returns after a moment, Rinnosuke following. He has changed clothes and has freshened himself up nicely; you could almost believe he was back to what you remembered him to be at a glance. He nods toward you and says, "Lead the way?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 20, 2017, 11:31:31 AM
> Nod.
> "Of course."
> Look to Ichirin.
> "Thank you again, Miss Kumoi. And just as a heads-up, Miss Toyosatomimi agrees that meeting with Miss Hijiri about that statement is a good idea. I imagine she will be by later today."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 20, 2017, 11:41:13 AM
> Nod.
> "Of course."
> Look to Ichirin.
> "Thank you again, Miss Kumoi. And just as a heads-up, Miss Toyosatomimi agrees that meeting with Miss Hijiri about that statement is a good idea. I imagine she will be by later today."

>"Well good, because she has a lot of explaining to do," says Ichirin.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 20, 2017, 11:50:44 AM
> "Did something else happen while I was gone?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 20, 2017, 11:55:31 AM
> "Did something else happen while I was gone?"

>"Her little catspaw went and did a running kick on one of our statues!" says Ichirin

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 20, 2017, 12:00:23 PM
> "Really?"
> Frown and facepalm.
> "Ugh, Miss Mononobe..."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 20, 2017, 05:11:27 PM
> "Really?"
> Frown and facepalm.
> "Ugh, Miss Mononobe..."

>"It could be worse, I guess," says Ichirin, frowning as your palm and face meet.
>"Mmm, more of your messenger business, Sakuya?" says Rinnosuke.

>_

Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 20, 2017, 05:14:42 PM
> "Yes. Miss Mononobe also had a personal private message to be delivered. She, ah, took it very poorly..."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 20, 2017, 05:38:04 PM
> "Yes. Miss Mononobe also had a personal private message to be delivered. She, ah, took it very poorly..."

>"...How poorly?" says Ichirin.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 20, 2017, 05:39:49 PM
> "She started panicking almost immediately and did not take long to simply run off. I was set to give chase to try to calm her down, but Miss Toyosatomimi told me not to while physically holding Miss Soga back from presumably doing the same thing I was doing."
> Glance over at the state with a frown.
> "I had wondered where she had gotten to..."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 20, 2017, 06:09:18 PM
> "She started panicking almost immediately and did not take long to simply run off. I was set to give chase to try to calm her down, but Miss Toyosatomimi told me not to while physically holding Miss Soga back from presumably doing the same thing I was doing."
> Glance over at the state with a frown.
> "I had wondered where she had gotten to..."

>"Well she definitely built up a head of steam when she jump kicked our stature," says Ichirin. "Didn't miss a beat, either."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 20, 2017, 06:12:58 PM
> "Where did she go afterward?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 20, 2017, 06:17:59 PM
> "Where did she go afterward?"

>"Into town," says Ichirin. "Now that I've heard your story, I am wondering if she was meaning to go anywhere?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 20, 2017, 06:18:21 PM
> "I haven't the foggiest idea, I'm afraid."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 20, 2017, 06:51:37 PM
> "I haven't the foggiest idea, I'm afraid."

>"What a pain," says Ichirin.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 20, 2017, 06:58:42 PM
> "I imagine she will turn up eventually. Oh, that reminds me - how did the other fight go? I assume it is at least over?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 20, 2017, 07:42:54 PM
> "I imagine she will turn up eventually. Oh, that reminds me - how did the other fight go? I assume it is at least over?"

>"Seems like," says Ichirin. "No idea how it turned out."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 20, 2017, 07:48:02 PM
> "Well, it is what it is."
> Look to Rinnosuke.
> "Let's go, then."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 20, 2017, 08:03:52 PM
> "Well, it is what it is."
> Look to Rinnosuke.
> "Let's go, then."

>"What fight are we speaking of?" says Rinnosuke, as he comes to your side.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 20, 2017, 08:16:37 PM
> "Miss Kazami and Miss Hinanawi."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 20, 2017, 08:27:47 PM
> "Miss Kazami and Miss Hinanawi."

>"Hm. Well," he says. "A zugzwang indeed."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 20, 2017, 08:33:42 PM
> "Indeed. Perhaps it will be worth looking into later. For now, the Hakurei Shrine beckons."
> Head (on foot) to Reimu's.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 20, 2017, 08:39:13 PM
> "Indeed. Perhaps it will be worth looking into later. For now, the Hakurei Shrine beckons."
> Head (on foot) to Reimu's.

>You proceed toward the Hakurei Shrine.
>This route takes you past the pub, and you notice it is packed full. You also catch sight of Tenshi leaned up against the side of the building, unconscious.
>You pass through the market, where nothing seems to be especially out of place. Rinnosuke's demeanor changes a little as you walk through it, his shoulders hunched a little, his eyes constantly roaming over each booth and stall. He says nothing, but keeps a resolute pace. It isn't until you leave the human village entirely that he seems to relax again.
>Soon you enter the shrine's forest. Rinnosuke talks idly about little things he sees; this tree and that budding bush. Faeries are at play deeper in the woods, but they seem to be interested in leaving the two of you alone. After a few minutes, the shrine's torii peeks out through the foliage.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 20, 2017, 08:43:01 PM
> "Ah, here we are."
> Head through the torii. Hopefully Reimu's still outside.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 20, 2017, 08:47:36 PM
> "Ah, here we are."
> Head through the torii. Hopefully Reimu's still outside.

>You enter the shrine grounds.
>Reimu is currently sitting on her porch with a cup of tea. "Huh," she says. "Didn't expect that. What's the incident this time?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 20, 2017, 08:56:07 PM
> "Nothing of the sort, unless you count Yuuka selling her plants in the village and then beating the tar out of Tenshi."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 20, 2017, 09:05:05 PM
> "Nothing of the sort, unless you count Yuuka selling her plants in the village and then beating the tar out of Tenshi."

>"Oh son of a...! Lemme go get my gohei."
>She stands up.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 20, 2017, 09:07:39 PM
> "Ah, if you see Miss Mononobe while you're there, please try to simply send her home, she's in quite a distressed state. Also, is the little princess accepting visitors right now?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 20, 2017, 09:23:03 PM
> "Ah, if you see Miss Mononobe while you're there, please try to simply send her home, she's in quite a distressed state. Also, is the little princess accepting visitors right now?"

>"...Right," says Reimu, as she heads inside. It takes her own a moment to come back with gohei in hand. "Yeah, she's free."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 20, 2017, 09:30:41 PM
> Do we know where Shinmyoumaru is kept?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 20, 2017, 09:35:08 PM
> Do we know where Shinmyoumaru is kept?

>Usually inside. You think the cage gets moved around from time to time.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 20, 2017, 09:42:37 PM
> Is she ever allowed out?
> How mature is she? Childish, young adult, proper adult?
> "Thank you. Beat of luck."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 20, 2017, 09:46:19 PM
> Is she ever allowed out?
> How mature is she? Childish, young adult, proper adult?
> "Thank you. Beat of luck."

>You...aren't sure.
>It seems to vary, from your limited experience.
>"Yeah, sure," says Reimu as she takes to the air.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 20, 2017, 09:52:40 PM
> "Ah! One last thing! Is she allowed out?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 20, 2017, 10:05:07 PM
> "Ah! One last thing! Is she allowed out?"

>"Yeah, whatever!" Reimu calls back. She didn't hear you.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 20, 2017, 10:10:34 PM
> Look to Rinnosuke and shrug.
> Head inside the shrine and search for the princess.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 20, 2017, 10:14:01 PM
> Look to Rinnosuke and shrug.
> Head inside the shrine and search for the princess.

>You head inside, and quickly find Shinmyoumaru in the kitchen, sitting on a cushion on top of the kotatsu (of course Reimu hasn't put that away yet), reading a newspaper. You imagine it must be a pain to turn the pages.
>"Oh, it's you," says the kobito, glancing over. Then she frowns at Rinnosuke "And...you?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 20, 2017, 10:19:24 PM
> "Greetings, princess, This is Rinnosuke Morichika, a friend of mine."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 20, 2017, 10:21:47 PM
> "Greetings, princess, This is Rinnosuke Morichika, a friend of mine."

>"Oh, it's Princess now?" says Shinmyoumaru, as she sits up and arranges her legs under her in a proper kneels. "And hello, Mr. Morichika. I am Shinmyoumaru of the Sukuna dynasty, the pleasure is all mine."
>"Thank you," says Rinnosuke.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 20, 2017, 10:33:58 PM
> What did we call her before?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 20, 2017, 10:42:10 PM
> What did we call her before?

>You weren't nearly so polite before.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 20, 2017, 10:44:56 PM
> "Circumstances have changed, so yes."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 20, 2017, 10:53:36 PM
> "Circumstances have changed, so yes."

>"Hmph," she says. "Well, okay, sure. Get comfy?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 20, 2017, 10:57:44 PM
> What does Shinmyoumaru look like? (Try not to ogle.)
> "Thank you."
> Get comfy!
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 20, 2017, 11:03:05 PM
> What does Shinmyoumaru look like? (Try not to ogle.)
> "Thank you."
> Get comfy!

>You have a seat at the kotatsu, as does Rinnosuke.
>Shinmyoumaru is about the size you'd expect from a kobito. She is a young, somewhat slender woman who still has some baby fat clinging to her face. She is still wearing that fingerbowl. Honestly, when she was human sized, she was still quite on the short side of things.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 20, 2017, 11:05:27 PM
> "So how have things been here at the Shrine?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 20, 2017, 11:08:15 PM
> "So how have things been here at the Shrine?"

>"Boring, then surprisingly energetic," says Shinmyoumaru. "Honestly, I kind of like the really lazy pace here. Reimu doesn't care if you sleep til noon. Well, she doesn't care if I do it, she definitely cares if Suika does it because Suika's going to be in the way. If it weren't for that damned faerie..."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 20, 2017, 11:12:41 PM
> "Fairy? Has Cirno been bothering Reimu recently?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 20, 2017, 11:29:33 PM
> "Fairy? Has Cirno been bothering Reimu recently?"

>"No, I mean the other one, the one that lives here!"
>She means Plum Flower. A faerie about the size of a kobito, she's been here for ages, madly obsessed with Reimu. You don't think you've ever seen a faerie get so obsessed over anyone or anything for that long.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 20, 2017, 11:40:08 PM
> "Oh. Ah, Plum Flower. I presume you have been giving as good as, if not better than, you have been getting from her?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 20, 2017, 11:47:53 PM
> "Oh. Ah, Plum Flower. I presume you have been giving as good as, if not better than, you have been getting from her?"

>"Oh she's weak as can be," says Shinmyoumaru, smirking and tilting her chin up. "But she's so persistent! And she's convinced I'm up to something!"
>"Such drama," says Rinnosuke.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 21, 2017, 12:13:10 AM
> "Is she around now?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 21, 2017, 12:21:17 AM
> "Is she around now?"

>"No, she got lost the other day. So we have a little while before she find her way back."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 21, 2017, 12:21:51 AM
> "Ah, how fortuitous."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 21, 2017, 12:25:17 AM
> "Ah, how fortuitous."

>"But the hysterics when she gets back are going to be the worst. They always are."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 21, 2017, 12:26:12 AM
> "All the more reason to enjoy what you have while you have it."
> Gesture to the newspaper.
> "Anything worth reading?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 21, 2017, 12:35:51 AM
> "All the more reason to enjoy what you have while you have it."
> Gesture to the newspaper.
> "Anything worth reading?"

>"Not much," says Shinmyoumaru. "There's some vague report on an accident at some mansion, but no real details. Also the reporters are sniping at each other again. Oh, and the plant youkai's doing a thing in town?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 21, 2017, 12:45:35 AM
> Chuckle.
> "Which paper is that? Bunbunmaru or Kakashi?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 21, 2017, 01:12:26 AM
> Chuckle.
> "Which paper is that? Bunbunmaru or Kakashi?"

>"Bunbunmaru," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 21, 2017, 01:17:53 AM
> "Shameimaru sure is fast. That mansion is my home, which I am sure you will visit sooner or later if the interest takes you, and the explosion was just yesterday morning. I am surprised Reimu did not know Yuuka was selling her plants in the village today if it was listed in the paper, though. And what's this about Shameimaru and Himekaidou going at it some more?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 21, 2017, 01:24:25 AM
> "Shameimaru sure is fast. That mansion is my home, which I am sure you will visit sooner or later if the interest takes you, and the explosion was just yesterday morning. I am surprised Reimu did not know Yuuka was selling her plants in the village today if it was listed in the paper, though. And what's this about Shameimaru and Himekaidou going at it some more?"

>"...Oh, that's your mansion?" she says. "I thought you were at the one with the rabbits."
>Rinnosuke snickers. You suddenly want to put a hole in his foot.
>"Reimu hadn't read it yet," the kobito continues. "I...kinda beat her to it. As for the tengu, well there's a special column about how apparently the Kakashi Spirit News has a long-term problem with food related trash."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 21, 2017, 01:31:47 AM
> Why would Rinnosuke find that comment funny?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 21, 2017, 01:36:00 AM
> Why would Rinnosuke find that comment funny?

>Because he probably thinks its hilarious for you to be associated with the wrong master, rather than appalling. Even if it is an honest mistake on Shinmyoumaru's part.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 21, 2017, 01:38:31 AM
> "That sounds good for a laugh. May I see it?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 21, 2017, 01:44:11 AM
> "That sounds good for a laugh. May I see it?"

>"Sure," says Shinmyoumaru, gesturing toward the paper in front of her cushion.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 21, 2017, 01:52:14 AM
> "Thank you."
> Have a look for this article and read through it if we find it.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 21, 2017, 02:02:16 AM
> "Thank you."
> Have a look for this article and read through it if we find it.

>You quickly find the article, entired "Gut-Churning Stench of Decay Found Emanating from Kakashi Publishing Office, to Surprise of No One."
>Reading through it, you find such colorful phrases as "accurately horrifying" and "The Odor of Kakashi", it seems that apparently there has been a build-up of food related trash at the office where Kakashi Spirit News is published; and what you believe is likely also to be its publisher's home. The article is very careful, you note, not to explicitly name lengths of time or amounts of trash or the like. But it certainly hints at very long and a huge amount.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 21, 2017, 02:34:02 AM
> Chuckle again.
> "Well then."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 21, 2017, 02:43:32 AM
> Chuckle again.
> "Well then."

>"I didn't think you took joy in tengu spats, Sakuya," says Rinnosuke.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 21, 2017, 03:05:43 AM
> Glance over at Rinnosuke.
> "Normally, no. But consider what I have been through very recently."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 21, 2017, 11:23:09 AM
> Glance over at Rinnosuke.
> "Normally, no. But consider what I have been through very recently."

>"How ominous," says Rinnosuke.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 21, 2017, 11:26:46 AM
> "Oh, on the contrary, it will get better rather than worse. Not a lot better, but better."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 21, 2017, 01:04:36 PM
> "Oh, on the contrary, it will get better rather than worse. Not a lot better, but better."

>"Sounds like a real fight to watch, then!" says Shinmyoumaru. "I can't wait to see how Kakashi fires back!"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 21, 2017, 01:11:10 PM
> "Indeed. Regardless, princess, would you like to tell Rinnosuke a bit about yourself?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 21, 2017, 01:45:23 PM
> "Indeed. Regardless, princess, would you like to tell Rinnosuke a bit about yourself?"

>"Well," says Shinmyoumaru, "I'm Princess of the Kobito. I haven't exactly been, you know, crowned yet since I'm too young. Which is fine with me, it's been more fun getting out of that stupid castle. Um, I guess this is kind of like a vacation for me, though I guess it's more jail time? I don't really know how this works anymore."
>Rinnosuke nods.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 21, 2017, 01:56:57 PM
> Do we remember any other kobito in the castle?
> "I imagine time in the cage has become less and less? Particularly since Reimu just left you here."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 21, 2017, 06:23:09 PM
> Do we remember any other kobito in the castle?
> "I imagine time in the cage has become less and less? Particularly since Reimu just left you here."

>You remember a lot of faeries inside, but you didn't really go exploring all that much. You assume they were there.
>"I just wanted a room for myself," says Shinmyoumaru.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 21, 2017, 06:26:29 PM
> "Ah, I see."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 21, 2017, 07:08:23 PM
> "Ah, I see."

>"Well, okay, maybe Reimu was kind of intending to lock in me there?" says Shinmyoumaru, "But, I don't think she had the heart to go through with it after Plum Flower started screaming 'Usurper!' at me."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 21, 2017, 07:11:43 PM
> Grin a little bit.
> "That would make sense. Reimu is kinder than her gruff exterior would have one believe."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 21, 2017, 07:26:18 PM
> Grin a little bit.
> "That would make sense. Reimu is kinder than her gruff exterior would have one believe."

>"It is true," says Rinnosuke. "Though it never seemed to extend to actually purchasing anything..."
>"Yeah, it's turned out to be a nice little vacation," says Shinmyoumaru.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 21, 2017, 07:33:08 PM
> "Will you stay here permanently, then?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 21, 2017, 08:18:45 PM
> "Will you stay here permanently, then?"

>"Well, not permanently," says Shinmyoumaru. "I mean, I do have duties to go back to sometime..."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 21, 2017, 08:34:48 PM
> Nod.
> "Of course. We all do."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 21, 2017, 08:43:37 PM
> Nod.
> "Of course. We all do."

>"But that is then and this is now," says Shinmyoumaru.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 21, 2017, 08:46:55 PM
> "Enjoy it while you have it, yes."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 21, 2017, 08:58:23 PM
> "Enjoy it while you have it, yes."

>"So why're you two travelling together?" says Shinmyoumaru. "Are you siblings or something?"
>Rinnosuke snorts again.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 21, 2017, 09:15:30 PM
> Is the blood relation between Rinnosuke and that dead woman public knowledge?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 21, 2017, 09:16:17 PM
> Is the blood relation between Rinnosuke and that dead woman public knowledge?

>No, thank the heavens!

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 21, 2017, 09:33:04 PM
> Shoot him a quick icy glare, then return focus to the kobito with a casually neutral expression.
> "Hardly. Rinnosuke has simply recently had a rough time, and we both know it is good for him to travel now and again. Since he had never met a kobito before, it seemed logical to visit you. Not to make a spectacle out of you, of course."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 21, 2017, 09:43:31 PM
> Shoot him a quick icy glare, then return focus to the kobito with a casually neutral expression.
> "Hardly. Rinnosuke has simply recently had a rough time, and we both know it is good for him to travel now and again. Since he had never met a kobito before, it seemed logical to visit you. Not to make a spectacle out of you, of course."

>"Well, that's fine, I suppose," says Shimyoumaru. "Are you satisfied, then?"
>He nods. "I have quite a few questions, actually, but I would rather not bog you and Sakuya down with them. As I understand, she has a busy day yet."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 21, 2017, 10:29:55 PM
> "Well, I will not speak for the princess, but honestly, in my case, I would not mind it too much. I had figured you would have at least a few curiosities when I suggested we visit here."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 21, 2017, 10:43:55 PM
> "Well, I will not speak for the princess, but honestly, in my case, I would not mind it too much. I had figured you would have at least a few curiosities when I suggested we visit here."

>"Also, it's not like we have to keep you?" says Shinmyoumaru. "It's not like you two are joined at the hip."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 21, 2017, 11:03:04 PM
> "There is that as well, yes."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 21, 2017, 11:18:54 PM
> "There is that as well, yes."

>"It should be fine," Rinnosuke says.
>"So," says Shinmyoumaru, "you're not at the mansion with the rabbits? That's disappointing, I wanted to see 'em!"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 21, 2017, 11:33:03 PM
> Do we know how to get to Eientei?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 21, 2017, 11:35:04 PM
> Do we know how to get to Eientei?

>Not on your own, but you hear that there are markers now if you start at the right place.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 21, 2017, 11:58:16 PM
> "It is my understanding that there are markers that will lead you there, if you enter the Bamboo Forest at the right place."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 22, 2017, 12:08:20 AM
> "It is my understanding that there are markers that will lead you there, if you enter the Bamboo Forest at the right place."

>"Eeeeeeh, I dunno about that. It sounds like a bad place to gamble on getting lost," says Shinmyoumaru.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 22, 2017, 12:15:56 AM
> "Go with Reimu sometime, perhaps? I would consider offering my own services, really, but I do not have business there at present."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 22, 2017, 12:39:55 AM
> "Go with Reimu sometime, perhaps? I would consider offering my own services, really, but I do not have business there at present."

>"Reimu doesn't go anywhere, though," says Shinmyoumaru.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 22, 2017, 12:44:26 AM
> "Ah, that is a shame."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 22, 2017, 12:48:55 AM
> "Ah, that is a shame."

>"And all Suika does is say I'm not old enough to come with her!" says Shinmyoumaru. "She doesn't even go anywhere special!"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 22, 2017, 01:05:11 AM
> Frown.
> "That is unfortunate."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 22, 2017, 01:39:34 AM
> Frown.
> "That is unfortunate."

>"Maybe I could convince Marisa? She comes by all the time..." says Shinmyoumaru.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 22, 2017, 01:41:12 AM
> "You probably could."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 22, 2017, 01:48:12 AM
> "You probably could."

>"If she doesn't flake out, I guess," says the kobito.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 22, 2017, 01:54:14 AM
> Shrug.
> "That, I cannot say."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 22, 2017, 01:56:33 AM
> Shrug.
> "That, I cannot say."

>"Yeah," says the kobito.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 22, 2017, 02:02:18 AM
> Look to Rinnosuke.
> "Are you sure you do not wish to ask anything?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 22, 2017, 02:07:38 AM
> Look to Rinnosuke.
> "Are you sure you do not wish to ask anything?"

>"I wouldn't want to keep you, Sakuya" he says. "But, Miss Sukuna, I am rather curious about where you hail from?"
>"Well, that can be a story," says Shinmyoumaru.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Yaersulf on July 22, 2017, 06:44:21 AM
>"I have to admit I'm curious about some of the details myself."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 22, 2017, 12:58:18 PM
>"I have to admit I'm curious about some of the details myself."

>"Well, it's Shining Needle Castle," she says. "It kinda just floats around. Normally it's more to the west, but it can be just about anywhere."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 22, 2017, 01:21:37 PM
What the hell this state is wet and depressing who lives here anyway

> Nod for her to continue.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 22, 2017, 01:24:41 PM
?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 22, 2017, 01:52:32 PM
Oh you lucky, it's only gonna get 84 up there. High of 89 down here, and with all this humid. Though I suppose the latter isn't a new thing for ye.

> Nod for her to continue.

>"I guess for you guys, it's just a castle. but for us it's an entire city," says Shinmyoumaru.
>"Why is it floating?" says Rinnosuke.
>"To get away from you guys," says Shinmyoumaru. "But especially the faeries."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 22, 2017, 02:36:20 PM
> "I suppose I can't blame you for that, if you're not able to connect with them."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 22, 2017, 02:40:51 PM
> "I suppose I can't blame you for that, if you're not able to connect with them."

>"Who cares about connecting?" says Shinmyoumaru. "They're big destructive idiots! You can't even do anything before some faerie comes along to wreck it!"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 22, 2017, 02:45:57 PM
> Chuckle.
> "You might be surprised. It would be worth your time visiting my home some time, I think."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 22, 2017, 02:53:37 PM
> Chuckle.
> "You might be surprised. It would be worth your time visiting my home some time, I think."

>"As long as they stay out of my home," says Shinmyoumaru.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 22, 2017, 03:09:50 PM
> "It sounds like you have already taken care of that."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 22, 2017, 03:49:27 PM
> "It sounds like you have already taken care of that."

>"Kind of," says Shinmyoumaru. "Then that stupid amanojaku infested the castle with them."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 22, 2017, 03:54:29 PM
> Frown.
> "My sympathies."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 22, 2017, 04:25:47 PM
> Frown.
> "My sympathies."

>"Got most of them out," says Shinmyoumaru, "I think there's still a few lurking around like like mice, though."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 22, 2017, 04:36:59 PM
Lots of corn here on US-62.

> "Will you have your retainers take care of them?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 22, 2017, 04:45:57 PM
There should be some soybeans, too!

> "Will you have your retainers take care of them?"

>"We've been rooting them out when we can," says Shinmyoumaru. "But it's not like we have a dedicated force or anything."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 22, 2017, 04:55:57 PM
Just hit our first unpaved road! Not sure if we've seen any soy beans, though.

> "Of course."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 22, 2017, 06:24:58 PM
Corn is tall, soybeans are not. And you mean you first non-asphalt road, or your first dirt road?

> "Of course."

>"So yeah, faeries aren't anything but trouble," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 22, 2017, 08:00:03 PM
It was a lot of rocks, so I suppose the first one.

> "Like I said, you should visit my home sometime."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 22, 2017, 08:33:18 PM
You goddamn east coast elitist, that's a normal paved road >=!

> "Like I said, you should visit my home sometime."

>"Ehhh...maybe," says Shinmyoumaru, "I don't know, I'm not nearly as excited about it now that I've found out you don't have the bunnies."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 22, 2017, 10:25:39 PM
> "Well, we have a number of fascinating pieces of art and various historical artifacts from a number of past civilizations."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 22, 2017, 10:29:11 PM
> "Well, we have a number of fascinating pieces of art and various historical artifacts from a number of past civilizations."

>"Huh, well," says Shinmyoumaru. "I guess I should probably look at that."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 22, 2017, 10:49:24 PM
> Nod with a bit of a smile.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 22, 2017, 10:55:23 PM
> Nod with a bit of a smile.

>"You'll have to start up a tourist committee soon, it seems," says Rinnosuke.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 22, 2017, 11:01:18 PM
> Does Rinnosuke know about the open house days?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 22, 2017, 11:03:59 PM
> Does Rinnosuke know about the open house days?

>You imagine he would have to. Then again, he can be dense at times.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 23, 2017, 08:22:26 AM
> "We do already have the open house days, at least."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 23, 2017, 01:08:27 PM
> "We do already have the open house days, at least."

>"That's true, I suppose," he says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 23, 2017, 01:33:19 PM
Back home, sound and safe.

> "Anyway, perhaps I should continue searching for Meiling. I assume you two will be fine by yourselves."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 23, 2017, 01:43:24 PM
Did you get any shitty summer storms that last 3-7 minutes, then completely evaporate up in an hour, making everything worse? We did!

> "Anyway, perhaps I should continue searching for Meiling. I assume you two will be fine by yourselves."

>"That shouldn't be a problem," says Rinnosuke.
>"Sure, okay," says Shinmyoumaru. "I think she was here this morning, looking for someone?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 23, 2017, 01:46:38 PM
Yep, at least three or four! Luckily most of them were during the ceremony or the reception, but the humidity and puddles were still very unpleasant.

> "Yes, she was looking for me."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 23, 2017, 01:49:23 PM
Hahahah perfect, welcome to Neohio! (Thunder clapped while I typed that. Here comes another one!)

> "Yes, she was looking for me."

>"Oh. Well," says Shinmyoumaru.

>_


Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 23, 2017, 01:52:38 PM
> "I unexpectedly disappeared yesterday, so. Thankfully I was able to return this morning, so now I need to retrieve her."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 23, 2017, 01:59:01 PM
> "I unexpectedly disappeared yesterday, so. Thankfully I was able to return this morning, so now I need to retrieve her."

>"Well, good luck," says Shinmyoumaru.
>"Do you know where to search next?" says Rinnosuke.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 23, 2017, 08:53:13 PM
> "Unfortunately not. I am simply doing to continue delivering messages and hope I run into her."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 23, 2017, 10:43:09 PM
> "Unfortunately not. I am simply doing to continue delivering messages and hope I run into her."

>"Hmmm, If I were looking for someone, I would be asking around population centers," says Rinnosuke. "So if she's not in town, perhaps she would be at Youkai Mountain?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 23, 2017, 11:29:10 PM
> "That is my next stop, yes."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 23, 2017, 11:55:13 PM
> "That is my next stop, yes."

>"I wish you luck, then." says Rinnosuke.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 24, 2017, 12:15:48 AM
> "Thank you."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 24, 2017, 12:27:38 AM
> "Thank you."

>"Think nothing of it," says Rinnosuke.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 24, 2017, 01:45:35 AM
> "I will see you both at a later date. Farewell!"
> Leave the Shrine, then take flight and head toward Youkai Mountain.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 24, 2017, 02:22:08 AM
> "I will see you both at a later date. Farewell!"
> Leave the Shrine, then take flight and head toward Youkai Mountain.

>You leave the shrine, taking to the air and heading south by south east toward Youkai Mountain. You fly over empty fields where the faeries play, and it is something of a relief that this trip to the mountain doesn't seem to take forever. It doesn't take long to loom ahead of you, and you soon reach its heavily-wooded foothills. Below, you can see a single road leading toward the mountain and disappearing into the slow-budding forest that rings the mountain.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 24, 2017, 03:12:29 AM
> Land and make our way along the road up the mountain by foot.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 24, 2017, 04:35:19 AM
> Land and make our way along the road up the mountain by foot.

>You descend and make your way along the road.
>For some of the way, the forest is peaceful and pleasant, slowly rousing itself from the winter slumber. The remains of beautiful leaves, having slept the past several months under a blanket of snow, over the ground. Even in their decay, their colors are vivid and eye-catching. Supposedly this is where Minoriko and her sister live, but you have never seen then here.
>Then, as you carry on, the forest grows a little more cold. The trees become more angular, their bark closer to black than brown. You've passed through here before, so the chill in the air and the strange monstrous shapes that the trees make do not bother you, but you are aware that it is not just for show. Even the faeries here are different, less kind in their play and prone to nastier pranks than faeries elsewhere in Gensokyo. You are not terribly surprised to see red among the black of the trees ahead, as the guardian of this place makes herself known, pirouetting from the scraggly underbrush with rare grace.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 24, 2017, 05:29:58 AM
> Give a short wave.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 24, 2017, 12:49:55 PM
> Give a short wave.

>She waves back, and approaches.
>"You shouldn't come here, it's very dangerous," she calls, then she pauses as she comes closer. "Ah, it's you. Never mind."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 24, 2017, 12:53:58 PM
> Have we seen this person before?
> Smile a bit.
> "Thank you. Say, did a well-built woman with long red hair come through here this morning?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 24, 2017, 12:58:39 PM
> Have we seen this person before?
> Smile a bit.
> "Thank you. Say, did a well-built woman with long red hair come through here this morning?"

>You have, though you tend to pay her little mind.
>"I believe so, yes," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 24, 2017, 01:00:17 PM
> "Excellent. Thank you again, and have a pleasant day."
> Continue on up the mountain.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 24, 2017, 01:47:04 PM
> "Excellent. Thank you again, and have a pleasant day."
> Continue on up the mountain.

>You make your way up the mountain, leaving her behind, as she disappears behind a tree.
>Soon the blackened and angular forest gives way to the lower slops of the mountain. Here the kappa live, their homes built along the river fed by the mountain's waterfall. Little ponds dot the land, fed by the river. Cattails and swamp grasses are everywhere, with small footpaths cut between them. Among the paths are small gardens and little huts covered in mud and cattails, some half submerged in the river or one of the ponds, somewhat blended into the landscape. If seen from the air, you might not notice them. However, this attempt to blend into the scenery is somewhat marred by a large building on the other side of the river that looks like several barns and apparently a couple of turrets mashed together. The thriving fish market on the river banks also stands out rather nicely, as does a boxy warehouse on the southern side of town that is splattered with mud and such in a questionably sincere effort to blend into the architectural style of the town.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 24, 2017, 01:52:49 PM
> Do we know what the large building is?
> Head to the large building.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 24, 2017, 05:42:15 PM
> Do we know what the large building is?
> Head to the large building.

>If you understand correctly, it is some kind of university.
>You make your way toward it, crossing over a bridge leading directly toward it. A sign declares several names, most of them painted over. It seems the current name is Youkai Mountain Institute of Knowledge, while you can see some of the others include Youkai University, Fishfry College, and The Learning Hole. The building itself sets on a large field that has been mostly cleared out by persistent foot traffic. There are quite a few kappa milling about, talking among themselves or rushing to get here or there. The Institute itself seems to be active, from what you can make out through the windows.

>_

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 24, 2017, 05:46:57 PM
> Do any nearby outdoor kappa look not particularly busy?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 24, 2017, 05:53:11 PM
> Do any nearby outdoor kappa look not particularly busy?

>It doesn't seem that way, but you do note what seems to be an elderly human sitting at a concrete table with a park bench near the building itself, who seems to just be watching the chaos.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 24, 2017, 05:59:04 PM
> Make our way over to the human.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 24, 2017, 06:08:42 PM
> Make our way over to the human.

>You make your way toward him. He is a short and balding old gentle, who gives a cheery smile as you approach. "Good afternoon, young lady," he says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 24, 2017, 06:09:42 PM
> "Good afternoon, sir. Did you happen to see a well-built woman with long red hair come through here recently?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 24, 2017, 06:31:41 PM
> "Good afternoon, sir. Did you happen to see a well-built woman with long red hair come through here recently?"

>"Oho, would she have been asking about a maid, perhaps?" he says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 24, 2017, 06:34:04 PM
> Nod.
> "That would have been me, in fact."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 24, 2017, 07:06:12 PM
> Nod.
> "That would have been me, in fact."

>"Is that so?" he says. "Well, she was by here, not too terribly long ago."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 24, 2017, 07:20:59 PM
> "Ah, wonderful. Do you know which way she went?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 24, 2017, 07:24:01 PM
> "Ah, wonderful. Do you know which way she went?"

>"Well," he says. "She didn't seem to find anything around here. So I imagine she's moved upward. Perhaps the shrine?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 24, 2017, 07:33:53 PM
> "All right, I'll try there next. Thank you very much."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 24, 2017, 07:44:11 PM
> "All right, I'll try there next. Thank you very much."

>You're certainly welcome, miss," he says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 24, 2017, 07:47:47 PM
> "Have a pleasant day, sir."
> Head back to the path up the mountain and continue on upward by foot.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 24, 2017, 08:00:11 PM
> "Have a pleasant day, sir."
> Head back to the path up the mountain and continue on upward by foot.

>"You too, you too," he says, waving as you depart.
>You make your way through the kappa village with ease; you don't encounter many on the roads and those you do give you wide berth. Soon you are past it, and looking up a past that slowly twists and turns its way up a sheer mountainside. It will take quite some time to ascend this.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 24, 2017, 08:04:06 PM
> Take to the air and fly up it, then, rather than trying to hike it.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 24, 2017, 08:06:34 PM
> Take to the air and fly up it, then, rather than trying to hike it.

>You take to the air!
>It doesn't take long before you notice one of the tengu air patrols closing in on you.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 24, 2017, 08:09:27 PM
> Stop in place and watch them with a calm, neutral expression.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 24, 2017, 08:34:02 PM
> Stop in place and watch them with a calm, neutral expression.

>You do so. A white wolf tengu detaches from the patrol as comes within a hundred yards of you and approaches.
>"What's the purpose of this visit?" she says, her voice flat and bored.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 24, 2017, 08:48:18 PM
> Does she look familiar?
> "It is twofold. Primarily, I'm looking for a well-built woman with long red hair. I hear she may have come this way recently."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 24, 2017, 08:54:59 PM
> Does she look familiar?
> "It is twofold. Primarily, I'm looking for a well-built woman with long red hair. I hear she may have come this way recently."

>You think so. You're pretty sure she does a lot of patrolling.
>"She might have, why?" says the tengu.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 24, 2017, 08:55:53 PM
> "She would have been looking for me. It is important I meet up with her again and bring her home."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 24, 2017, 08:57:35 PM
> "She would have been looking for me. It is important I meet up with her again and bring her home."

>The tengu nods. "Then yes, she went to visit the temple."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 24, 2017, 09:04:38 PM
> "The one in the Human Village?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 24, 2017, 09:05:36 PM
> "The one in the Human Village?"

>"Up on top of the mountain," says the tengu.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 24, 2017, 09:07:27 PM
Mental notes: Hanayama, Nyoigataki, Tsukiyo.

> "Oh, I see. My apologies. Would I be permitted to retrieve her, then?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 24, 2017, 09:12:59 PM
> "Oh, I see. My apologies. Would I be permitted to retrieve her, then?"

>"Sure," says the wolf tengu. "But you may visit the temple only."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 24, 2017, 09:16:13 PM
> Grimace just a bit.
> "Has something happened?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 24, 2017, 09:19:38 PM
> Grimace just a bit.
> "Has something happened?"

>"We would rather not have people running willy-nilly through our town simply because they feel like it," says the tengu.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 24, 2017, 09:30:36 PM
> "Ah. Of course, of course. I understand. It simply sounded like something catastrophic happened, like that money thing a couple of years ago."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 24, 2017, 09:33:56 PM
> "Ah. Of course, of course. I understand. It simply sounded like something catastrophic happened, like that money thing a couple of years ago."

>She nods. "No, nothing like that," she says. "I apologize for misleading you."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 24, 2017, 09:44:42 PM
> "No worries. This does segue into my other reason for coming here, however. If possible, I would appreciate audiences with Aya Shameimaru, Hatate Himekaidou, and Kazuha Hanayama. Fairly casual audiences, it is not as though any of them have wronged me. ...Recently."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 24, 2017, 09:49:09 PM
> "No worries. This does segue into my other reason for coming here, however. If possible, I would appreciate audiences with Aya Shameimaru, Hatate Himekaidou, and Kazuha Hanayama. Fairly casual audiences, it is not as though any of them have wronged me. ...Recently."

>"Why?" says the tengu, raising an eyebrow as you mention Kazuha.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 24, 2017, 09:59:49 PM
> "I have been takes with delivering personal messages to each of them."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 24, 2017, 10:13:01 PM
> "I have been takes with delivering personal messages to each of them."

>"Who has messages for Hanayama?" says the tengu. "I don't think she'd know anyone outside of town."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 24, 2017, 10:20:17 PM
> "Oh my. Well, I personally do."
> Curtsy.
> "Sakuya Izayoi, chief maid of the Scarlet Devil Mansion."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 24, 2017, 10:36:04 PM
> "Oh my. Well, I personally do."
> Curtsy.
> "Sakuya Izayoi, chief maid of the Scarlet Devil Mansion."

>"Momiji Inubashiri," says the tengu. "Well. I suppose if you have messages to deliver, you better go deliver them."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 24, 2017, 10:45:30 PM
> "Thank you. Though, ah, I must confess I do not know where exactly in town any of those three live."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 24, 2017, 11:12:52 PM
> "Thank you. Though, ah, I must confess I do not know where exactly in town any of those three live."

>"You'll find Hanayama looking over the prison," says Momiji. "Bunbunmaru Publishing is just up the road from it, you can't miss it. Kakashi Publishing is not too far from the waterfall, you'll have to look for the sign."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 25, 2017, 02:19:28 AM
> Nod.
> "Do I need some sort of permit?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 25, 2017, 02:29:59 AM
> Nod.
> "Do I need some sort of permit?"

>"Just don't do anything strange," says Momiji.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 25, 2017, 03:19:46 AM
> "Understood. Thank you for your time."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 25, 2017, 03:26:31 AM
> "Understood. Thank you for your time."

>"And thank you for your cooperation," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 25, 2017, 03:29:18 AM
> "Any time. Have a pleasant, Miss Inubashiri."
> Continue on into the village, looking for a prison.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Yaersulf on July 25, 2017, 07:20:12 AM
MIght be worth checking the shrine first in case Meiling is still there, before she dissapears again.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 25, 2017, 11:10:57 AM
I would, but I don't want to risk dragging her through TenguTown and getting in trouble for it. We only got permission for ourselves.

EDIT: Actually you're probably right, I changed my mind.

> "Any time. Have a pleasant, Miss Inubashiri."
> Continue on into the village, looking for a prison.

> Don't do these. Instead:

> "Of course. In that regard, just to be sure, may I retrieve my friend first? Or is it not permissible for her to join me in my business in the village?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 25, 2017, 12:54:19 PM
Even if we don't get permission, we could ask her to wait on the outskirts or something.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 25, 2017, 02:01:19 PM
> "Any time. Have a pleasant, Miss Inubashiri."
> Continue on into the village, looking for a prison.

> Don't do these. Instead:
> "Of course. In that regard, just to be sure, may I retrieve my friend first? Or is it not permissible for her to join me in my business in the village?"

>You nearly leave, but decide to ask another question first.
>"We'd rather that you not," says Momiji.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 25, 2017, 02:06:43 PM
Figured as much. Oh well.

> "All right, I'll retrieve her afterward."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 25, 2017, 02:25:45 PM
> "All right, I'll retrieve her afterward."

>The tengu nods.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 25, 2017, 02:29:52 PM
> How attractive is Momizi, anyway? Presumably not comparable to Future Kazuha since we didn't think about it immediately, but the question still stands.
> The other tengu in this squad are still a good distance away, right?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 25, 2017, 04:14:29 PM
> How attractive is Momizi, anyway? Presumably not comparable to Future Kazuha since we didn't think about it immediately, but the question still stands.
> The other tengu in this squad are still a good distance away, right?

>Reasonably, but Kazuha definitely has her beat.
>Yes.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 25, 2017, 04:21:20 PM
> Frown a bit in thought.
> "...One final thing, before I leave you be. How close are you the people I mentioned? Consider it a curiosity."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 25, 2017, 04:26:26 PM
> Frown a bit in thought.
> "...One final thing, before I leave you be. How close are you the people I mentioned? Consider it a curiosity."

>"Well. I respect Aya's work, even if she's awful," says Momiji. "Hatate's not even in her league, but I guess she's a little more tolerable. Kazuha's a new recruit, which is why she's on paperwork duty right now."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 25, 2017, 04:29:27 PM
> Nod.
> "Thank you. I will detain you no longer, then. Have a pleasant day, Miss Inubashiri."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 25, 2017, 04:40:45 PM
> Nod.
> "Thank you. I will detain you no longer, then. Have a pleasant day, Miss Inubashiri."

>She nods, and turns to rejoin her patrol.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 25, 2017, 04:47:13 PM
> Continue on into the village, looking for a prison.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 25, 2017, 04:58:24 PM
> Continue on into the village, looking for a prison.

>You continue up the mountain.
>Most of the buildings are tall, thins things with multiple stories and several balconies; rather like the ones you saw in the future mountain and Apex. Streets are narrow and and mostly sloped to some degree. It would be a bad place to drop your money. However, you also pick out a couple of blockier buildings; one is large and fairly ornate, with sloping roofs and a couple of pagoda-style towers. Another is smaller and more humble in the middle of the town, bearing little decoration, looking like a like an artless rectangle in the middle of everything.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 25, 2017, 05:00:12 PM
> Aim for that nondescript building. That seems more likely to be a prison than the fancy building.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 25, 2017, 05:55:59 PM
> Aim for that nondescript building. That seems more likely to be a prison than the fancy building.

>You land in front of it. The streets are narrow and have a fair deal of foot traffic; several tengu in various clothing look at you curiously as you descend, as do several lounging on their balconies. The building is no less spartan from the front than it was from the air. The door is simple but heavy, easily thick enough to resist most shoulder ramming. A sign above the door simply reads, "Prison."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 25, 2017, 05:57:47 PM
> Is the door guarded from the outside?
> If not, enter.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 25, 2017, 06:04:58 PM
> Is the door guarded from the outside?
> If not, enter.

>It is not.
>You make your way inside, and find yourself in a fairly cramped and poorly organized office. The walls are bare and covered with a cheap-looking plaster. Sitting at the desk is a white wolf tengu frowning at a paper, then writing something on it. Then she glances up and frowns at you. You recognize her as Kazuha, she's a bit more round-faced than you remember, but quite recognizable.
>"Uh," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 25, 2017, 06:09:10 PM
> Did the door close behind us? If not, close it.
> "Miss Kazuha, I presume? Miss Momizi told me you would be here."
> Curtsy.
> "Sakuya Izayoi, chief maid of the Scarlet Devil Mansion. I have something for you that you may find amusing."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 25, 2017, 06:24:42 PM
> Did the door close behind us? If not, close it.
> "Miss Kazuha, I presume? Miss Momizi told me you would be here."
> Curtsy.
> "Sakuya Izayoi, chief maid of the Scarlet Devil Mansion. I have something for you that you may find amusing."

>You close the door.
>"...Yeah, that's me..." she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 25, 2017, 06:29:43 PM
> "Oh, don't worry, it's not anything bad. At least, I don't think so."
> Walk up to the desk, pull out the Expired Fairy Pass, and offer it to Kazuha.
> "Though not everyone has reacted favorably to this sort of thing, so perhaps my judgement is off."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 25, 2017, 06:31:56 PM
> "Oh, don't worry, it's not anything bad. At least, I don't think so."
> Walk up to the desk, pull out the Expired Fairy Pass, and offer it to Kazuha.
> "Though not everyone has reacted favorably to this sort of thing, so perhaps my judgement is off."

>She takes the form in hand, and looks it over.
>"...This is the weirdest forgery I've ever seen," she says. "Who ever heard of a faerie pass? Or this kind of authorization number? And I definitely couldn't sign off on this. Oh!" She chuckles. "This is some kind of prank! Where did you get this?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 25, 2017, 06:35:47 PM
> Does that pass have some sort of date on it?
> Smile a bit.
> "Not a prank at all, Miss Kazuha. The truth is far stranger than that. That pass actually comes from nearly a thousand years in the future."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 25, 2017, 06:37:38 PM
> Does that pass have some sort of date on it?
> Smile a bit.
> "Not a prank at all, Miss Kazuha. The truth is far stranger than that. That pass actually comes from nearly a thousand years in the future."

>It does, but she probably hasn't looked at it.
>"Oh, it does say that," she says, snickering. "Did the captain put you up to this?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 25, 2017, 06:45:12 PM
> "I'm afraid I don't know who 'the captain' is. You are welcome to look at the date, though I believe Gensokyo may have changed the way it tracks years some time between now and then."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 25, 2017, 08:47:13 PM
> "I'm afraid I don't know who 'the captain' is. You are welcome to look at the date, though I believe Gensokyo may have changed the way it tracks years some time between now and then."

>"No, it looks like it's exactly our dating system," says Kazuha. "But really, who put you up to this?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 25, 2017, 08:53:18 PM
> Frown a bit.
> "No one has. It is as I have said. I admit I know extremely little about the tengu law enforcement system, but frankly, if one of your superiors were going to try to put one over on you, it seems to me that there are much easier and better ways of doing so than to grab one of the servants of Gensokyo's non-tengu houses and have her tell you stories about time travel."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 25, 2017, 08:57:29 PM
> Frown a bit.
> "No one has. It is as I have said. I admit I know extremely little about the tengu law enforcement system, but frankly, if one of your superiors were going to try to put one over on you, it seems to me that there are much easier and better ways of doing so than to grab one of the servants of Gensokyo's non-tengu houses and have her tell you stories about time travel."

>"That's exactly why it'd work, who'd expect it?" she says. "Either way, tell them they did great. I was honestly confused by this for a moment."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 25, 2017, 09:00:44 PM
> Sigh.
> "May I assume, then, that you do not have any interest in hearing about your future self, or what she wants to tell you?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 25, 2017, 09:03:15 PM
> Sigh.
> "May I assume, then, that you do not have any interest in hearing about your future self, or what she wants to tell you?"

>"I guess I should at least let you finish the joke," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 25, 2017, 09:14:32 PM
> "Very well. I did make one visit to this village in the future, and of the patrol that spotted me, you were the one that came close and approached me, similar to what Miss Momizi just did to me a few minutes ago."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 25, 2017, 09:17:34 PM
> "Very well. I did make one visit to this village in the future, and of the patrol that spotted me, you were the one that came close and approached me, similar to what Miss Momizi just did to me a few minutes ago."

>"Uh-huh," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 25, 2017, 09:32:11 PM
> "I had a fairy companion at the time, and apparently fairies were forbidden from entering this village."
> Gesture at the Expired Fairy Pass.
> "Though temporary access would be granted for a small fee."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 25, 2017, 09:41:57 PM
> "I had a fairy companion at the time, and apparently fairies were forbidden from entering this village."
> Gesture at the Expired Fairy Pass.
> "Though temporary access would be granted for a small fee."

>"Absolutely insane," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 25, 2017, 09:46:41 PM
> "I assume that is not the case now, given your incredulity at seeing that paper."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 25, 2017, 09:51:40 PM
> "Also our encounter ended with us doing the do several times because you're so hot. Honestly, I came here hoping this one could end the same way."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 11 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 25, 2017, 10:05:01 PM
> "Also our encounter ended with us doing the do several times because you're so hot. Honestly, I came here hoping this one could end the same way."

>"Alright look, just save me some trouble and get in the first cell over other, okay?" she says flatly.