Reimu Quest (Part 8)

[Hello Purvis]

>Let the tanuki approach. Be ready to make with the grazing if needs be, but don't be obvious about it. Polite company and all.

[日巫子]

>Let the tanuki approach. Be ready to make with the grazing if needs be, but don't be obvious about it. Polite company and all.

> You stay still as the tanuki approaches.  It sniffs at your legs as it circles you, before stopping to sneeze.  Then, it walks away and hops back up on the bed, where it curls up and watches you with its beady black eyes.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Eh, any time you want a piece, sofatail.
>"I'm gonna go handle of some other things. How about you, Marisa?"

SO! What other things do we want to do? I feel securing some food supply for the village ought to be a thing, but I imagine I'm forgetting other things. Maybe hassle Parsee for more data? Forgot what we wanted to ask her, though.

[日巫子]

>Eh, any time you want a piece, sofatail.
>"I'm gonna go handle of some other things. How about you, Marisa?"

> Whatever.  That tanuki knows its no match for you.
> "I'm gonna keep lookin' for the nekomata, ze," Marisa says as she stands up.  "I bet I could get the tengu in on that."

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Got any leads?"

[日巫子]

>"Got any leads?"

> "Not really, but that doesn't matter, ze.  I'll find the cat either way."

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Where've you looked?"

[Sect]

To secure a food supply we'd either have to track down the Akis or go underground.

[日巫子]

>"Where've you looked?"

> "Youkai Mountain, Kourindou, the mountains around the Yakumos' place, the SDM, the human settlement, the hot springs behind your shrine..."  Marisa ticks off these locations on her fingers.  "Next I'm planning on hitting up Mugenkan and the Underground."

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Yeesh. I've been thinking of looking into Hakugyokurou for my own business, anyways, so I'll look around there."
>Gesture for Marisa to follow us out, so we can talk without disturbing people.
>"You've spent some time there, haven't you?"

[日巫子]

>"Yeesh. I've been thinking of looking into Hakugyokurou for my own business, anyways, so I'll look around there."
>Gesture for Marisa to follow us out, so we can talk without disturbing people.
>"You've spent some time there, haven't you?"

> You and Marisa walk out of the shack, giving Rika and Meira some peace.  Once outside, you continue your conversation.
> "Spent time where?  Hakugyokurou, ze?"

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Yeah."

[日巫子]

>"Yeah."

> "Well I've been there before, but I can't think of any super important trips I've made there, ze," Marisa says while scratching her hair.  "I mean there was that one time last spring when I went flower-viewing there, but what about it?"

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Do you know where they get their food from?"

[日巫子]

>"Do you know where they get their food from?"

> "That's....a good question, ze," says Marisa.  "I'd sure like to know.  I've taken stuff from their pantry, but I never bothered to ask Youmu how she keeps it stocked."

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[Sect]

> "Might as well find out, since even after we deal with the flooding we're going to have a hell of a time with getting food. What'll you think all this salty water'll do to the fields?"

[日巫子]

> "Might as well find out, since even after we deal with the flooding we're going to have a hell of a time with getting food. What'll you think all this salty water'll do to the fields?"

> "It's salt.  We're gonna need a miracle or really good magic to make the fields usable again, ze," Marisa says.

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Yeah, that'll be the problem to solve. But for now, I think I'm going to figure out where the ghost princess gets her food, then try to get some for the village. And maybe Eientei."

[日巫子]

>"Yeah, that'll be the problem to solve. But for now, I think I'm going to figure out where the ghost princess gets her food, then try to get some for the village. And maybe Eientei."

> "Between looking for the nekomata I'll talk to Patchy about the salt business, ze.  I'm sure she'd know something!"

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Good idea. She's supposed to know about all those elements anyways."

[日巫子]

>"Good idea. She's supposed to know about all those elements anyways."

> "Then, I'll see you later, ze!"  Marisa mounts her broom and lifts off into the air.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Let's head for Hakugyokurou, ourself.

[日巫子]

>Let's head for Hakugyokurou, ourself.

> You part ways with Marisa and fly back up into the sky.  Passing through the clouds and higher up, you eventually find the stairs leading to the Netherworld once more.  You climb the stairs in the sky, leaving the earthy realm behind.  Now that you've visited it before, getting back seems easier.
> The stairs feel endless.  The door leading to Hakugyokurou is still far away.

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[Sect]

> Groan and fly.

[日巫子]

> Groan and fly.

> With a frustrated noise, you fly up the rest of the stairs.
> When you near the doors, they ease themselves open for you.  The cherry blossom trees, forever in bloom, are in sight.

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[Hello Purvis]

Head through the doors, and look for familiar faces.

[日巫子]

> Head through the doors, and look for familiar faces.

> You enter through the doors and fly on.  You're the only one among this sea of petals, unless you count the ghosts flying around.  None of them care that you're here.

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[O4rfish]

>"Youuuuumuuuu, Lady Yuuuuuyukoooo"

[日巫子]

>"Youuuuumuuuu, Lady Yuuuuuyukoooo"

> You call out for Hakugyokurou's residents.  Your voice echoes, scaring away the nearby ghosts.

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[O4rfish]

>Explore the mansion.