Patchy Quest: A Z-Machine Adventure

[E-Nazrin]

I am doing THE stupidest things.

>give Mystia a silent look and wait for a response

[Hello Purvis]

I am doing THE stupidest things.

>give Mystia a silent look and wait for a response

>Mystia seems to stammer for a moment, then shouts, "Patchouli! What the hell did you do to Wriggle!?"
>"Drek!" Wriggle cries, and falls from her seat in an attempt to run.

>_

[E-Nazrin]

>"Put simply, Miss Suwako was rather upset about the theft of her 'humane' frog oil."
>shift over a seat in case Wriggle tries to attack your voice!
>examine food-stand interior

[Hello Purvis]

>"Put simply, Miss Suwako was rather upset about the theft of her 'humane' frog oil."
>shift over a seat in case Wriggle tries to attack your voice!
>examine food-stand interior

>"Who cares about that!" Mystia shouts, digging into her apron for something. "You blinded my friend!"
>Wriggle isn't trying to attack, she is trying to get away. But being without sight and in a thick part of the woods doesn't make it easy. Nor does tripping over one of the stools, like she just did.
>The interior contains a number of visible spices and other food preparatory goods, and features a large grill.

>_

[Thata no Guykoro]

>Explain that you only agreed to capture Wriggle so Suwako wouldn't beat you up.

[Hello Purvis]

>Explain that you only agreed to capture Wriggle so Suwako wouldn't beat you up.

>"So you blinded her!?" Mystia steps out of the stand, scowling at you. "I don't know what Suwako thinks, and I really don't care!" She pulls out a spellcard.

>_

[Kasu]

> "FFFFFFFFFFFF-"
> Pull out Sylphae Horn to be on the safe side.
> Combat roll
> Evaluate the situation.
> Attempt to calm Mystia down.

[Fightest]

> Raise your hands, in a non-aggressive gesture, edit: without any spellcards in them.
> "Mystia, your friend has been causing trouble for everyone, and she needs to be brought it for questioning. The blindness is temporary, and I don't want to do any permanent damage to anyone. If you're really her friend, then you should help defend her case to everyone she's inconvenienced. So please put away the spellcard and help her along to the shrine."

[Hello Purvis]

> "FFFFFFFFFFFF-"
> Pull out Sylphae Horn to be on the safe side.
> Combat roll
> Evaluate the situation.
> Attempt to calm Mystia down.

> Raise your hands, in a non-aggressive gesture, edit: without any spellcards in them.
> "Mystia, your friend has been causing trouble for everyone, and she needs to be brought it for questioning. The blindness is temporary, and I don't want to do any permanent damage to anyone. If you're really her friend, then you should help defend her case to everyone she's inconvenienced. So please put away the spellcard and help her along to the shrine."

>You start to pull out Wood Sign: Sylphae Horn, then stop.
>Mystia is clearly angry about this whole situation. She seems quite willing to beat you down for Wriggle's sake. Whether she can pull it off, well, who knows?
>You raise your hands and speak. Mystia does you the honor of not using her spellcard while you do. "Wriggle's not been doing anything bad enough to warrant you breaking into her house and attacking her like some third rate Kogasa! And we already know what frogs do to insects anyways! Why should we trust Suwako?"

>_

[Kasu]

> "Because she could most likely wipe the floor with all three of us if we don't settle this soon".

[Rin Kagamine]

> Mukyu in hopes that it'll disarm her through the power of laughter
> "That's why you should go with her.  Suwako just wants an answer, but if she flips out, you would be there to keep her at bay.  Additionally, Kanako and Sanae don't want anyone to get hurt, so the numbers are against Suwako.  I didn't mean anything personal against Wriggle, but today has been a very strange day; I'd like to apologize but I really need her to go to the Moriya Shrine."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Because she could most likely wipe the floor with all three of us if we don't settle this soon".

>Mystia opens her mouth, and kinda stops in mid sentence. She spends a few moments obviously searching for some kind of objection, then gives up and silently cedes the point.

> Mukyu in hopes that it'll disarm her through the power of laughter
> "That's why you should go with her.  Suwako just wants an answer, but if she flips out, you would be there to keep her at bay.  Additionally, Kanako and Sanae don't want anyone to get hurt, so the numbers are against Suwako.  I didn't mean anything personal against Wriggle, but today has been a very strange day; I'd like to apologize but I really need her to go to the Moriya Shrine."

>You Mukyu. Mystia just looks at you funny.
>"What if she tries to hurt Wriggle? It'll be your fault, so I expect you to help her get away!"

>_

[Thata no Guykoro]

>"Fine, if she tries to kill Wriggle I'll help her flee. Now will you two go to the shrine?"

[Rin Kagamine]

> "I said I would help but as you can see, I can't do too much in my condition, so you need to come along.  If you can get her, bring Daiyousei as well; she nay not be able to help much, but strength in numbers and all that.  Could you go get Wriggle now?  I really need a rest."
> Look around for something to drink.

[Hello Purvis]

>"Fine, if she tries to kill Wriggle I'll help her flee. Now will you two go to the shrine?"

> "I said I would help but as you can see, I can't do too much in my condition, so you need to come along.  If you can get her, bring Daiyousei as well; she nay not be able to help much, but strength in numbers and all that.  Could you go get Wriggle now?  I really need a rest."
> Look around for something to drink.

>Mystia heaves a sigh, and puts her hands on her hips. "Okay, fine. Fine. Go have a seat. I'll pick up Wriggle and try to get her to settle down. And you're going to apologize! I don't know where Daiyousei is right now. Probably off playing somewhere up north."
>You can see an untouched juice where Wriggle was sitting.

>_

[E-Nazrin]

>detect rophynol

[Thata no Guykoro]

>Get the juice. Someday it may come in handy.

[Hello Purvis]

>detect rophynol

>You have nary a clue how to do this. But it seems fine if Mystia gave it to Wriggle.

>Get the juice. Someday it may come in handy.

>You obtain: Cranberry Juice

>_

[Kasu]

> Drink some of the juice.
> Mentally prep yourself for the trip ahead.

[UncertainJakutten]

>Ask Mystia about Jeff K. Anon as an aside.

[Thata no Guykoro]

>Get ye flask.
>Check map and see where you have yet to visit.

[Rin Kagamine]

> Inventory
> Current quests
> Ponder what Sakuya has against you anyway

[E-Nazrin]

>crash the Landale with the power of your mind
>Detect Communism
>ponder how to explain THIS to Suwako

[Toasty]

>wait, don't crash landale
>Remember communism is a political deal, and gensyoko is a dictatorship. Right, mein fuher hakurei?
>Go with wriggle and mystia to the shrine.

[Rin Kagamine]

> Guy made of "NOT THE bees.mp3"
> What are we going to do with Cranberry juice and pink lemonade?
> Ponder who, of the people you have come across today, are straight
> Ponder how you know that

[Hello Purvis]

> Drink some of the juice.
> Mentally prep yourself for the trip ahead.

>You drink the juice. It is nice and refreshing. A bit warm, but that is an inevitable consequence of the weather.

>Ask Mystia about Jeff K. Anon as an aside.

>Mystia stops in midstep. "Weird," she says, "it sounds familiar. But I don't think I know him."

>Get ye flask.
>Check map and see where you have yet to visit.

>That would break poor Remilia's heart.
>You have no map.

> Inventory
> Current quests
> Ponder what Sakuya has against you anyway

>Your Inventory contains:
>Suspiciously Sleepwear-Like Witch Gown (worn as clothes)
>Witch Cap (Worn as Hat)
>Metal Sign: Metal Fatigue (Used)
>List of Anti-Humidity Spell components.
>Bottle of Avalonian Colon-Killer Sauce Label
>Ballpoint Pen
>Pad of Paper
>Wood Sign: Sylphae Horn
>Earth Sign: Rage Trilithon
>Fire & Earth Sign: Lava Cromlech
>Blessing of the Great Destructor
>Fire Sign: Agni Shine
>Fire Sign: Agni Shine High Level
>Wood Sign: Sylphae Horn High Level
>Earth Sign: Rage Trilithon High Level
>Fire Sign: Agni Radiance
>Water Sign: Bury in Lake (Damaged)
>Wood Sign: Green Storm
>Earth Sign: Trilithon Shake
>Metal Sign: Silver Dragon
>Wood and Fire Sign: Forest Blaze
>Wood and Water Sign: Water Elf
>Metal and Water Sign: Mercury Poison
>Earth and Metal Sign: Emerald Megalith
>Moon Sign: Silent Selene (Used)
>Bottle of This Sauce Will Kill You For Reals.
>44 ☼
>Lucky Coin
>Silk Rose
>Secret Seashell
>Book Entitled: Civil Engineering by Hartman and Pert
>Banson's Aria
>Set of Wriggle's Clothes
>Your current quests are:
>Destroy All Humidity
>Eight Force
>Secret Collect!
>Where the Keine?
>Delivery for Moriya
>The Inevitable Consequence of Capitalism
>Where in the World are the Aki Sisters?
>Get Rid of That Stupid Tattoo
>Flandre's Present.
>Prismriver Blues
>Let's See You Wriggle Out of This One
>Helping to Wriggle Out of This One.
>You have no idea why that maid has it in for you. Maybe she thinks you're a worthless freeloader and that offends her maid honor? Maybe she suspects that you know about the pads (as though you were the only one).

>crash the Landale with the power of your mind
>Detect Communism
>ponder how to explain THIS to Suwako

>You are not Rika. Especially since you were pumping the catness rating earlier.
>You are in the middle of a privately run business. There is no communism here.
>You have no idea, and better get to work changing that.

>wait, don't crash landale
>Remember communism is a political deal, and gensyoko is a dictatorship. Right, mein fuher hakurei?
>Go with wriggle and mystia to the shrine.

>I do not know what you are talking about. Stop drinking whiskey with your pills
>You start off toward the Moriya Shrine, with Mystia half-guiding, half dragging Wriggle along.

> Guy made of "NOT THE bees.mp3"
> What are we going to do with Cranberry juice and pink lemonade?
> Ponder who, of the people you have come across today, are straight
> Ponder how you know that

>Who the what now?
>It is an interesting conundrum. Luckily you drank the cranberry juice and left the lemonade behind, so it's also academic.
>That's easy: Reimu.
>Everyone knows this.

>_

[E-Nazrin]

>"... it might be possible to convince Suwako to have you help make up for your little transgression, rather than simply being punishment."
>octopus wings

[Hello Purvis]

>"... it might be possible to convince Suwako to have you help make up for your little transgression, rather than simply being punishment."
>octopus wings

>Wriggle just nods glumly. It seems the recent events have taken the fire out of her.
>You make your way up Youkai mountain. Having been given a day pass, Hina doesn't bother you this time. Getting Wriggle up the steep parts is something of an adventure, but Mystia is well able to handle it.
>You are in the middle of Tengutown. It is not very densely populated, compared to the previous towns you've seen, but there are a few-spire-like buildings with roosts for tengu and stairs for earthbound people. To the east are the grounds of the Moriya Shrine. To the north, Momiji seems to be standing guard in front of a particular building. Obvious exits are north, east, and west.

>_

[theshirn]

> Ignore Momiji (because everyone else does it anyway) and keep going

[Hello Purvis]

> Ignore Momiji (because everyone else does it anyway) and keep going

>You enter the grounds of the Moriya Shrine. It is a rather impressive structure; clearly a lot of love have gone into constructing it. A path leads around the shrine to a pond with several Onbashira arranged in it. A paved walkway leads to the shrine itself. Sanae is scrubbing the stone path. Obvious exits are east, west, and north.
>"Ah, you're back," says Sanae. "Give me a moment, I'll tell Kanako-sama." With that, she heads into the shrine.

>_