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Title: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 25, 2017, 10:06:39 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, then sought out Patchouli and  Flandre to explain things as well as you could.
>You then went to the human village, meeting various people and relaying messages from the future. Generally you were met with various degrees of skepticism and incredulity. In one case, attempted physical assault. But you have persevered and delivered such to the Myouren Temple, the Taoists, Tenshi, Yuuka, and Shuuei while doing your best to hunt down Meiling, who is out trying to find you. You've managed to chase her down to Youkai Mountain, where apparently she is around the Moriya Shrine. You are currently going through the tengu village, passing out messages on the way up. Right now, you're speaking to the surprisingly alluring wolf tengu you met in the future, who is thoroughly convinced someone is playing a prank on her.

> "I assume that is not the case now, given your incredulity at seeing that paper."

>"No, faeries have not ever been permitted here, and there's no way that'll ever change," Kazuha says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 25, 2017, 10:14:12 PM
> "I suppose it makes little sense to do so now. But Gensokyo will change, grow, and evolve over the years, and attitudes will change with them. There were actually a fair number of tengu that lived somewhere other than this village in the future I visited."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 25, 2017, 10:21:27 PM
> "I suppose it makes little sense to do so now. But Gensokyo will change, grow, and evolve over the years, and attitudes will change with them. There were actually a fair number of tengu that lived somewhere other than this village in the future I visited."

>"Completely insane," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 25, 2017, 10:29:48 PM
> "Anyway, after some uninteresting back-and-forth that included me asking you about how to find Aya Shameimaru, I asked you what advice you would have for your younger self. The question seemed to catch you off-guard, but you said 'probably to stop getting too drunk at parties'. We parted ways after that."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 25, 2017, 10:52:43 PM
> "Anyway, after some uninteresting back-and-forth that included me asking you about how to find Aya Shameimaru, I asked you what advice you would have for your younger self. The question seemed to catch you off-guard, but you said 'probably to stop getting too drunk at parties'. We parted ways after that."

>She frowns. "Okay, who put you up to that? Because I want to know why they couldn't say it to my face."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 25, 2017, 10:58:26 PM
> "My explanation remains the same. If you still truly believe this to be an elaborate prank, I suppose you are welcome to take it up with your superiors. Unless they have restrictions against that kind of thing?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 25, 2017, 11:21:45 PM
> "My explanation remains the same. If you still truly believe this to be an elaborate prank, I suppose you are welcome to take it up with your superiors. Unless they have restrictions against that kind of thing?"

>"It's...unwise," she says. "Not without some kind of evidence."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 25, 2017, 11:22:47 PM
> "Well, whether you want evidence of a prank or evidence of my story, you have that paper, at least."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 25, 2017, 11:42:03 PM
> "Well, whether you want evidence of a prank or evidence of my story, you have that paper, at least."

>"I guess I have an incorrectly filled out form," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 26, 2017, 12:07:00 AM
> "Sorry I could not do more for you."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 12:12:20 AM
> "Sorry I could not do more for you."

>"You gave me a laugh, even if there was a barb in it," she says. "So you're really not gonna tell me who put you up to this?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 26, 2017, 12:19:06 AM
> "There is no perpetrator to tell you about, so no, I suppose not."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 12:23:18 AM
> "There is no perpetrator to tell you about, so no, I suppose not."

>"They're never going to admit to it, either," she says. "I already know."

>_

Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 26, 2017, 12:30:21 AM
> Are we permitted personal guests?
> "I'm sorry this has worked out so unfortunately for you."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 12:36:34 AM
> Are we permitted personal guests?
> "I'm sorry this has worked out so unfortunately for you."

>You are, though Remilia reserves the right to be cross with you if they aren't up to her standard.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 26, 2017, 12:39:23 AM
> Wait for a response to what we said, unless Kazuha's body language makes it clear she has no intention of responding.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 12:42:29 AM
> Wait for a response to what we said, unless Kazuha's body language makes it clear she has no intention of responding.

>She just gives you kind of an odd look, then says, "I guess."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 26, 2017, 12:54:45 AM
> "Anyway, you may keep that pass if you wish. Consider it a souvenir, from whatever you believe actually transpired."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 01:24:27 AM
> "Anyway, you may keep that pass if you wish. Consider it a souvenir, from whatever you believe actually transpired."

>She shrugs. "Okay."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 26, 2017, 01:50:18 AM
> "And, if you ever find yourself with free time, please feel free to stop by the Scarlet Devil Mansion to visit. Tell the gate guard who you are and that you're a personal guest of mine and she should let you in without trouble."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 01:51:08 AM
> "And, if you ever find yourself with free time, please feel free to stop by the Scarlet Devil Mansion to visit. Tell the gate guard who you are and that you're a personal guest of mine and she should let you in without trouble."

>"Is that the one in the papers sometimes?" she says. "With the vampire?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 26, 2017, 02:00:42 AM
> Nod.
> "That would be Mistress Remilia Scarlet herself."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 02:01:36 AM
> Nod.
> "That would be Mistress Remilia Scarlet herself."

>"So why are you inviting me?" she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 26, 2017, 02:18:53 AM
> "Because I have seen your future self, one that, as a human, I would not have had the opportunity to meet otherwise, and I would like to get to know the present you as a result. You also seem rather good-natured, given your reaction to everything I have told you."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 02:31:16 AM
> "Because I have seen your future self, one that, as a human, I would not have had the opportunity to meet otherwise, and I would like to get to know the present you as a result. You also seem rather good-natured, given your reaction to everything I have told you."

>She frowns, glancing away for a moment. "...I'm not interested in humans like that, sorry."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 26, 2017, 02:35:54 AM
> Blink.
> "...Oh. Oh! My deepest apologies, that is not at all what I meant."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 02:49:32 AM
> Blink.
> "...Oh. Oh! My deepest apologies, that is not at all what I meant."

>"Oh, what?" she says, straightening. "Well, good! That's just as it should be!"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 26, 2017, 02:56:46 AM
> "Indeed, I did not mean it that way. I'm sorry for misleading you."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 02:58:06 AM
> "Indeed, I did not mean it that way. I'm sorry for misleading you."

>"Ehhh, don't worry about it," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 26, 2017, 03:01:52 AM
> Nod.
> "Well, with that cleared up, the offer still stands."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 03:09:57 AM
> Nod.
> "Well, with that cleared up, the offer still stands."

"I'll, I'll keep it it in mind," she says. "Though I don't think I'll ever be out that way."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 26, 2017, 03:13:28 AM
> "Not for duty's sake, perhaps. But I understand. That is all I can really ask."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 03:15:21 AM
> "Not for duty's sake, perhaps. But I understand. That is all I can really ask."

>"It's a nice offer, though," she says. "Thank you."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 26, 2017, 03:16:02 AM
> "You are quite welcome, Miss Kazuha."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 03:19:42 AM
> "You are quite welcome, Miss Kazuha."

>"So, is there anything else?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 26, 2017, 03:31:26 AM
> "No, that was it. Have a pleasant day, Miss Kazuha."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 03:31:51 AM
> "No, that was it. Have a pleasant day, Miss Kazuha."

>"Alright, you too," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 26, 2017, 10:32:24 AM
> Exit the prison and head up the road, looking for Aya's pad.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 01:12:23 PM
> Exit the prison and head up the road, looking for Aya's pad.

>You make your way up the road, maneuvering around a couple of tengu children running in the street, and quickly find a tall, thin building with an obvious sign hanging over the door that reads "Bunbunmaru News".

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 26, 2017, 01:13:05 PM
> Knock on the door.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 01:27:50 PM
> Knock on the door.

>You do so. After a minute or so, the door opens and Aya peeks out. Then she frowns slightly, and looks away from the door. "Found her."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 26, 2017, 01:29:19 PM
> Raise an eyebrow.
> "That's an odd way to greet someone."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 01:52:58 PM
> Raise an eyebrow.
> "That's an odd way to greet someone."

>"You what?" comes a voice from inside.
>Aya looks back to you. "You better get in here."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 26, 2017, 01:59:41 PM
> Whose voice was that?
> Enter!
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 02:05:55 PM
> Whose voice was that?
> Enter!

>You don't know immediately.
>You step inside, and find the "front office" of Bunbunmaru News appears to be a fairly normal, if cramped, sitting room. Gathered around the table off to the side of the room is a green-haired woman in blue and white shrine maiden garb. Beside her, until she leaps to her feet, is Meiling.
>"Sakuya! Where were you?!" Meiling almost shouts. "We've been worried sick!"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 26, 2017, 02:09:50 PM
> Is the other person Sanae?
> Look surprised, then let out a sigh of relief.
> "Phew. Sorry, Meiling. It's a bit of a tale."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 02:12:15 PM
> Is the other person Sanae?
> Look surprised, then let out a sigh of relief.
> "Phew. Sorry, Meiling. It's a bit of a tale."

>Unless she has a twin sister. Or happens to be a tanuki, you hear they've been on the rise lately.
>"It better be," she says. "Flandre cried all night, you know!"
>"Geez, calm down," says Sanae, tugging on Meiling's sleeve to try to get her to sit down again.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 26, 2017, 02:16:22 PM
> Make our way over to Meiling.
> "Believe me, my absence wasn't by choice. And speaking of the Young Mistress..."
> Pull out the Picture of Future Flandre and hand it to Meiling.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 02:59:19 PM
> Make our way over to Meiling.
> "Believe me, my absence wasn't by choice. And speaking of the Young Mistress..."
> Pull out the Picture of Future Flandre and hand it to Meiling.

>She looks at the photograph. Sanae leans over to get a glimpse, and Aya is definitely circling around you to get a look.
>"What in the..." Meiling says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 26, 2017, 03:00:55 PM
> "That is from nearly one thousand years in the future."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 03:10:13 PM
> "That is from nearly one thousand years in the future."

>Meiling looks up at you blankly. Sanae just looks at you as if you've grown a second head. As does Aya.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 26, 2017, 03:14:22 PM
> Gesture to the picture again and nod.
> "Nine hundred and eighty-seven years, and approximately fifty-five to eighty-nine days, to be precise."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 03:16:02 PM
> Gesture to the picture again and nod.
> "Nine hundred and eighty-seven years, and approximately fifty-five to eighty-nine days, to be precise."

>"...What?" says Meiling.
>"You're kidding, right?" says Sanae.
>Aya doesn't say anything, but she has produced a pad and has begun to write.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 26, 2017, 03:18:38 PM
> Look at and point at Aya.
> "Before you get too invested in this, I'm only telling my story once. Either both of you get it, or neither of you get it."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 03:41:03 PM
> Look at and point at Aya.
> "Before you get too invested in this, I'm only telling my story once. Either both of you get it, or neither of you get it."

>"I'm listening," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 26, 2017, 03:44:25 PM
> "...What?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 03:46:33 PM
> "...What?"

>"If you're only telling it once," says Aya, "I'll be sure to listen."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 26, 2017, 03:49:20 PM
> "Then we had best march over there and retrieve her before I begin, yes?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 03:51:32 PM
> "Then we had best march over there and retrieve her before I begin, yes?"

>"Retrieve who? Her?" says Sanae, gesturing toward the picture.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 26, 2017, 03:57:03 PM
> "Himekaidou."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 04:24:36 PM
> "Himekaidou."

>"Urgh..." goes the tengu.
>"They'll need awhile," says Sanae.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 26, 2017, 04:29:19 PM
> "That is fine by me. I do have a few other things to do before returning home for good, if need be."
> Look back to Aya.
> "For what it is worth, I ask this because both of your future selves helped me out in different ways, and it would not sit right with me if I only told my story to one of you and not the other."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 04:32:57 PM
> "That is fine by me. I do have a few other things to do before returning home for good, if need be."
> Look back to Aya.
> "For what it is worth, I ask this because both of your future selves helped me out in different ways, and it would not sit right with me if I only told my story to one of you and not the other."

>Aya just groans again. "Fiiiine..."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 26, 2017, 04:41:57 PM
> "All right. She we go fetch her now?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 04:51:17 PM
> "All right. She we go fetch her now?"

>"If we have to, I guess," Aya says.
>"How about Aya and I do it," says Sanae. "That would probably be fastest."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 26, 2017, 04:54:56 PM
> "Sure."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 04:59:46 PM
> "Sure."

>"Alright, this will take a bit," says Sanae. "C'mon Aya, let's get going."
>"Don't mess with my stuff!" Aya says as Sanae ushers her out.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 26, 2017, 05:06:14 PM
> "Of course."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 05:07:45 PM
> "Of course."

>"...So," Meiling says. "You really...um, all that? Seriously?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 26, 2017, 05:08:34 PM
> Nod.
> "I'm sorry."
> Give Meiling a hug.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 05:12:54 PM
> Nod.
> "I'm sorry."
> Give Meiling a hug.

>She hugs you back, hard enough to hurt a little. "I was so worried!" she says. "I was convinced you got burnt up somehow!"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 26, 2017, 05:15:22 PM
> "The Future Young Mistress told me all about it. I'm so sorry..."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 05:17:41 PM
> "The Future Young Mistress told me all about it. I'm so sorry..."

>"She was pretty broken up, too," says Meiling. "We tried not to tell her, but she was listening in while we were searching the library."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 26, 2017, 05:18:25 PM
> Chuckle very lightly.
> "Yes. Even after a thousand years, she still remembered the cookies."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 05:19:01 PM
> Chuckle very lightly.
> "Yes. Even after a thousand years, she still remembered the cookies."

>"I think she did say something about that last night..." says Meiling.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 26, 2017, 05:21:27 PM
>"I must later fulfill my promise to her."
>Frown.
>"I can't believe how i let something separate us like that, and for nearly a thousand years, what i made you all go through..."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 26, 2017, 05:21:55 PM
> Let go.
> "I can tell you more about thing important to our house once we're both back home. I will say, though, that I ended up visiting your grave."
> Frown a bit.
> "It was a rather morbid experience."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 05:22:50 PM
> Let go.
> "I can tell you more about thing important to our house once we're both back home. I will say, though, that I ended up visiting your grave."
> Frown a bit.
> "It was a rather morbid experience."

>"What?" says Meiling, giving you a blank look.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 26, 2017, 05:25:21 PM
:<

>"At that time period, you had already passed away..."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 05:44:50 PM
>"At that time period, you had already passed away..."

>"What a thing to say..." says Meiling.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 26, 2017, 05:45:56 PM
> Frown a bit.
> "Er, sorry."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 05:47:24 PM
> Frown a bit.
> "Er, sorry."

>"Just...are you alright? Why did this happen?" she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 26, 2017, 05:49:30 PM
>"Nobody knows, everyone i met at that time couldn't say, not even the hakutaku, some mysterious force."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 05:55:00 PM
>"Nobody knows, everyone i met at that time couldn't say, not even the hakutaku, some mysterious force."

>"...Was it Patchouli's fault?" says Meiling.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 26, 2017, 06:00:33 PM
> "Not as far a any of us are aware. Unless she lied to the Mistress's face."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 06:02:28 PM
> "Not as far a any of us are aware. Unless she lied to the Mistress's face."

>"I don't think she'd do that," says Meiling.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 26, 2017, 06:04:07 PM
> "Neither do I."
> Shrug.
> "Given the number of people that I would have expected to have an answer that did not actually have an answer, at this point, I am not sure it is worthy further investigation."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 26, 2017, 06:06:33 PM
>"Although something else still bothers me, when i was taken to that time, for some reason i was also separated from my pocket watch."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 07:34:05 PM
> "Neither do I."
> Shrug.
> "Given the number of people that I would have expected to have an answer that did not actually have an answer, at this point, I am not sure it is worthy further investigation."

>"I suppose that'll have to do, then," she says.

>"Although something else still bothers me, when i was taken to that time, for some reason i was also separated from my pocket watch."

>"But you have it now?" she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 26, 2017, 07:36:24 PM
> "I do."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 07:42:37 PM
> "I do."

>"I wonder if it is just fated to become lost, then?" says Meiling.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 26, 2017, 07:43:22 PM
> ...That happened once before, didn't it? When Maribel returned it.
> Frown a bit.
> "I certainly hope not..."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 07:47:11 PM
> ...That happened once before, didn't it? When Maribel returned it.
> Frown a bit.
> "I certainly hope not..."

>It has happened before due to mysterious circumstances...
>"That's all I can come up with," she says. "I really don't understand anything right now."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 26, 2017, 07:48:42 PM
>"Don't worry, neither do i."
>Sigh.
>"I wonder if the force intentionally took it away for some reason."
>Speaking of the watch, examine it, everything okay ?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 07:56:17 PM
>"Don't worry, neither do i."
>Sigh.
>"I wonder if the force intentionally took it away for some reason."
>Speaking of the watch, examine it, everything okay ?

>You look over your watch. It doesn't seem to have suffered any damage that you note, and it seems to be in working order.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 26, 2017, 08:06:51 PM
> "At least that is in working order."
> Put it away.
> "The other major noteworthy part of the future - at least, of those important to us in this setting - is that the Mistress had long since vanished."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 08:09:20 PM
> "At least that is in working order."
> Put it away.
> "The other major noteworthy part of the future - at least, of those important to us in this setting - is that the Mistress had long since vanished."

>"...I don't like the sound of that," says Meiling.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 26, 2017, 08:13:12 PM
> "Apparently it was of her own volition. I have discussed it with her already and am fairly confident she can be convinced to not disappear."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 08:24:36 PM
> "Apparently it was of her own volition. I have discussed it with her already and am fairly confident she can be convinced to not disappear."

>"What happened, though?" she says. "And why?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 26, 2017, 08:27:01 PM
> Shrug.
> "No one knows. Apparently one day, she was doing the brooding thing-"
> Mimic the glass-swirl again.
> "-and then said 'They have forgotten us.' And then she left the Young Mistress in charge of everything, departed, and was never seen again by anyone in Gensokyo."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 08:30:20 PM
> Shrug.
> "No one knows. Apparently one day, she was doing the brooding thing-"
> Mimic the glass-swirl again.
> "-and then said 'They have forgotten us.' And then she left the Young Mistress in charge of everything, departed, and was never seen again by anyone in Gensokyo."

>Meiling frowns. "They?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 26, 2017, 08:31:14 PM
> Shrug again.
> "I have no idea. Even the present-day Mistress was not sure, though she briefly theorized about some people in the Outside World, I think."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 08:38:28 PM
> Shrug again.
> "I have no idea. Even the present-day Mistress was not sure, though she briefly theorized about some people in the Outside World, I think."

>"Maybe..." says Meiling.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 26, 2017, 08:47:24 PM
> Glance back at the door. Are we still alone?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 08:49:43 PM
> Glance back at the door. Are we still alone?

>You are.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 26, 2017, 08:51:55 PM
> Look back to Meiling.
> "Whatever the case, it meant that I was not able to ask the Future Mistress for permission about, well, you know."
> Point back and forth between Meiling and ourselves.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 09:02:10 PM
> Look back to Meiling.
> "Whatever the case, it meant that I was not able to ask the Future Mistress for permission about, well, you know."
> Point back and forth between Meiling and ourselves.

>She stiffens a little. "Oh no. No, no no..."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 26, 2017, 09:15:03 PM
> "I have told the present Mistress absolutely nothing about that, of course. But it would have been nice to return with something."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 09:17:56 PM
> "I have told the present Mistress absolutely nothing about that, of course. But it would have been nice to return with something."

>"You can't," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 26, 2017, 09:21:22 PM
> "I won't."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 26, 2017, 09:23:14 PM
>"Definitely won't."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 09:37:36 PM
> "I won't."

>"Definitely won't."

>She nods, relaxing at last.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 26, 2017, 09:40:25 PM
> "Sorry for the scare."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 26, 2017, 09:44:13 PM
>"Sorry for everything actually... but in the end..."
>Smile.
>"I'm really glad to finally be able to see you again... it makes me feel warm."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 09:48:07 PM
> "Sorry for the scare."
>"Sorry for everything actually... but in the end..."
>Smile.
>"I'm really glad to finally be able to see you again... it makes me feel warm."

>She nods. "Yeah, I'm...relieved as can be to see you too. I was afraid of the worst after you disappeared."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 26, 2017, 09:49:46 PM
>Grin.
>"It takes more than some mysterious force to keep me separate from my home and the people i love like that."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 10:14:39 PM
>Grin.
>"It takes more than some mysterious force to keep me separate from my home and the people i love like that."

>She smirks back. "I wouldn't expect anything less."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 26, 2017, 10:24:41 PM
> "Anyway, that is about it for things I felt best to tell you and you alone. The Future Young Mistress was a wonderful companion. I was quite proud of how she had matured. I wish I could have shown her to you."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 10:26:40 PM
> "Anyway, that is about it for things I felt best to tell you and you alone. The Future Young Mistress was a wonderful companion. I was quite proud of how she had matured. I wish I could have shown her to you."

>"Was she wearing monks robes in that portrait?" says Meiling.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 26, 2017, 10:43:33 PM
> "Yes. The Mistress was not very happy about that."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 10:49:08 PM
> "Yes. The Mistress was not very happy about that."

>"I was just about to say," says Meiling. "We'll have to be sure to look the other way when it happens."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 26, 2017, 10:53:01 PM
>"I am very grateful for what they did for her, i do wish i can find a way to somehow convince the Mistress."
>Nod.
>"And even after such length of time and the changes to her life, her danmaku prowess was still exceptional."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 11:00:57 PM
>"I am very grateful for what they did for her, i do wish i can find a way to somehow convince the Mistress."
>Nod.
>"And even after such length of time and the changes to her life, her danmaku prowess was still exceptional."

>Meling laughs. "Did the Young Mistress beat you up?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 26, 2017, 11:10:09 PM
>"Nope, she beat up an General of an Army, without too much issue."
>Grin, then make a look of recollection.
>"Oh ! I must say, i am very grateful about the small bits of martial art that you taught me, it was very useful to take care of some troublesome youkai."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 11:16:09 PM
>"Nope, she beat up an General of an Army, without too much issue."
>Grin, then make a look of recollection.
>"Oh ! I must say, i am very grateful about the small bits of martial art that you taught me, it was very useful to take care of some troublesome youkai."

>"Sakuya, don't be fist-fighting with youkai!" says Meiling.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 26, 2017, 11:21:23 PM
>"I didn't fist-fight, i just did some simple throws, they were careless and they also needed a lesson, so i showed them was an dedicated human could do."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 11:28:49 PM
>"I didn't fist-fight, i just did some simple throws, they were careless and they also needed a lesson, so i showed them was an dedicated human could do."

>"Just who did you throw?" says Meiling.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 26, 2017, 11:32:06 PM
>What were the two mountain youkai again ?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 11:41:55 PM
>What were the two mountain youkai again ?

>Hitarashi, who was an uwabami, and Fatima, who was something called a manticore. Kyouko said they come from the west.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 26, 2017, 11:44:45 PM
>"They were foreigners, one was something called an manticore called Fatima, the other an uwabami called Hitarashi, very curious youkai."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 26, 2017, 11:46:42 PM
>"They were foreigners, one was something called an manticore called Fatima, the other an uwabami called Hitarashi, very curious youkai."

>"A foreign uwabami?" says Meiling. "How strange."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 27, 2017, 12:09:09 AM
>Shrug.
>"It's what i was told, i also ran into one of the old fairy maids there, little Dreamy Sky."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 27, 2017, 12:12:48 AM
>Shrug.
>"It's what i was told, i also ran into one of the old fairy maids there, little Dreamy Sky."

>"I don't know who any of them are, they all blend together," says Meiling.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 27, 2017, 12:19:11 AM
>"Well she somehow remembered me even after hundreds of years, and a good part of her maid training too, i was surprised."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 27, 2017, 12:21:19 AM
>"Well she somehow remembered me even after hundreds of years, and a good part of her maid training too, i was surprised."

>"Wow," says Meiling. "You must have drilled her really good."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 27, 2017, 12:28:06 AM
>"It felt very satisfying, in more than one way, Dreamy even scolded an youkai on the Young Mistress' Temple because she wasn't washing the dishes properly like i taught her."
>Smile with some pride.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 27, 2017, 12:43:31 AM
>"It felt very satisfying, in more than one way, Dreamy even scolded an youkai on the Young Mistress' Temple because she wasn't washing the dishes properly like i taught her."
>Smile with some pride.

>Meiling bellows with sudden laughter. "A faerie scolding monks! You have outdone yourself, Sakuya!"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 27, 2017, 12:53:21 AM
>"The merit is not all mine of course, she was the one that kept all that knowledge preserved, she forgot some discipline, but overall she did very well, honestly, she and the other renowned maids should be examples for any worker."
>Nod.
>"And to top it off, she was also crucial towards acquiring one of the two items i needed to gather in order to return home."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 27, 2017, 12:54:06 AM
>"The merit is not all mine of course, she was the one that kept all that knowledge preserved, she forgot some discipline, but overall she did very well, honestly, she and the other renowned maids should be examples for any worker."
>Nod.
>"And to top it off, she was also crucial towards acquiring one of the two items i needed to gather in order to return home."

>"Was she?" says Meiling. "What did she do?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 27, 2017, 12:56:26 AM
>"She told me of an location where one of the maids hid some toys and simple items, with those items i could exchange some of them to get a coin from this time period, the remaining items i gave them to her."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 27, 2017, 01:02:34 AM
>"She told me of an location where one of the maids hid some toys and simple items, with those items i could exchange some of them to get a coin from this time period, the remaining items i gave them to her."

>"That sounds convoluted," says Meiling.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 27, 2017, 01:06:33 AM
>"Indeed it is."
>Nod.
>"You had also founded a dojo too."
>How big was the dojo anyways ?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 27, 2017, 01:11:42 AM
>"Indeed it is."
>Nod.
>"You had also founded a dojo too."
>How big was the dojo anyways ?

>"What? No, that's impossible," says Meiling. "I'd never leave the Scarlet Devil Mansion."
>It was moderately sized, you think.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 27, 2017, 01:20:09 AM
>"...."
>Sigh with an frown
>"...the Mansion suffered an accident at a point, soon the building was consumed by it, and only ruins were left."
>Look down.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 27, 2017, 01:22:13 AM
>"...."
>Sigh with an frown
>"...the Mansion suffered an accident at a point, soon the building was consumed by it, and only ruins were left."
>Look down.

>Meiling is quiet. "Well."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 27, 2017, 01:30:51 AM
>"Indeed..."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 27, 2017, 01:34:44 AM
>"Indeed..."

>"We'll have to be more vigilant."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 27, 2017, 01:48:21 AM
>"Aye... speaking of... i was thinking about an successor."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 27, 2017, 01:50:29 AM
>"Aye... speaking of... i was thinking about an successor."

>"Surely it's much too soon for anything like that," says Meiling.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 27, 2017, 01:58:19 AM
>"Normally, but having such event happen made me think about the future more, and i wish to have one successor that will be able to stay alive along the Mistress' lifespan unlike me."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 27, 2017, 02:00:20 AM
>"Normally, but having such event happen made me think about the future more, and i wish to have one successor that will be able to stay alive along the Mistress' lifespan unlike me."

>"Who, then?" says Meiling.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 27, 2017, 02:01:47 AM
>"I am not sure... they would need to get along well with the fairies too, and not many are able to fit such demand."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 27, 2017, 02:06:31 AM
>"I am not sure... they would need to get along well with the fairies too, and not many are able to fit such demand."

>Meiling nods. "That would be a short list. Few have your way with them. And I doubt that Renko girl would be interested, even if we would have her."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 27, 2017, 02:11:13 AM
>"Which is why i thought about the possibility of creating a fairy for that goal, or rather, incentivate the creation of one."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 27, 2017, 02:17:08 AM
>"Which is why i thought about the possibility of creating a fairy for that goal, or rather, incentivate the creation of one."

>"...What?" says Meiling.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 27, 2017, 02:27:55 AM
>"I know... it's far-fetched to say the least, but a fairy is both practically immortal, which would cover criteria one, and would be able to get along with it's kin, i would be able to commence the teachings on her easily since she would be an blank slate in essence, and maybe we could even influence in how will she be like."
>Look thoughtful.
>"But of course, that is but an hypothetical idea, so there is still much to be pondered."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 27, 2017, 02:32:38 AM
>"I know... it's far-fetched to say the least, but a fairy is both practically immortal, which would cover criteria one, and would be able to get along with it's kin, i would be able to commence the teachings on her easily since she would be an blank slate in essence, and maybe we could even influence in how will she be like."
>Look thoughtful.
>"But of course, that is but an hypothetical idea, so there is still much to be pondered."

>"I guess that is something to talk to Patchouli about," says Meiling.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 27, 2017, 02:39:34 AM
>"If she is even willing to commit to such."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 27, 2017, 02:41:16 AM
>"If she is even willing to commit to such."

>"It's all I can suggest," she says. "How would someone even "make" a faerie?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 27, 2017, 02:43:43 AM
>"Exactly, well, i suppose i could ask Sanae for help."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 27, 2017, 02:49:54 AM
>"Exactly, well, i suppose i could ask Sanae for help."

>"Does she know much about faeries?" says Meiling.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 27, 2017, 02:56:16 AM
Do try to keep in mind that we're not even remotely close to being able to bend the laws of reality like in the Daiyousei game. It's already bad enough that we're claiming to be a time traveler; babbling about other impossibilities will quickly lead to everyone thinking we're crazy.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 27, 2017, 02:58:31 AM
Yes i know, i do not put much faith in the idea, but it does not hurt to at least ponder it, we could always go back to a more standard way.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 27, 2017, 01:54:47 PM
> Shrug.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 27, 2017, 02:06:49 PM
> Shrug.

>"I think we can worry about your heir just a little later than this, anyways," says Meiling.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 27, 2017, 02:12:37 PM
> "I suppose that is true."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 27, 2017, 02:19:51 PM
> "I suppose that is true."

>"Either way, it sounds like you had fun?" she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 27, 2017, 02:28:22 PM
> "In a way. The experience was certainly quite fascinating, all shocks aside."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 27, 2017, 02:42:56 PM
>"Not only it was vastly different, it was also an much bigger place than before too."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 27, 2017, 02:48:22 PM
> "In a way. The experience was certainly quite fascinating, all shocks aside."

>Meiling nods. "I can only imagine, with all these things you're telling me."

>"Not only it was vastly different, it was also an much bigger place than before too."

>"Is that so?" she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 27, 2017, 02:48:58 PM
Let's not give everything away before the interview, now.

> "Oh yes, and much more diverse."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 27, 2017, 02:50:30 PM
> "Oh yes, and much more diverse."

>"You did mention some western youkai, didn't you?" she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 27, 2017, 02:56:48 PM
> Nod.
> "I am not sure how the...manticore? Manticore. How the manticore got into Gensokyo, but she did, along with many others from many different backgrounds. I suppose it somehow became easier to travel between mystic lands over the years. That or they simply started combining somehow."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 27, 2017, 03:43:25 PM
> Nod.
> "I am not sure how the...manticore? Manticore. How the manticore got into Gensokyo, but she did, along with many others from many different backgrounds. I suppose it somehow became easier to travel between mystic lands over the years. That or they simply started combining somehow."

>"More of those tourists, maybe?" says Meiling.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 27, 2017, 03:46:27 PM
> "Possibly, but most everyone seemed to have settled."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 27, 2017, 03:55:40 PM
> "Possibly, but most everyone seemed to have settled."

>"How strange," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 27, 2017, 03:56:32 PM
> Glance back at the door.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 27, 2017, 04:37:08 PM
> Glance back at the door.

>You glance toward the door. While you don't see anything interesting from the door, you think you do get a glimpse of some danmaku out the nearby window.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 27, 2017, 04:45:29 PM
> Frown.
> "Oh, hell."
> Head to the door, open it, and check outside.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 27, 2017, 04:50:46 PM
> Frown.
> "Oh, hell."
> Head to the door, open it, and check outside.
]

>You head outside, Meiling following behind you.
>Looking upward, you can quickly discern two tengu flying at each other in complex patterns, throwing out danmaku at various angles to try and catch the other. While it is a bit hard to see them for all their speed and maneuvering, it's clear from the various nasty things that they are shouting at each other that it is Hatate and Aya.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 27, 2017, 04:52:26 PM
> Look around for Sanae.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 27, 2017, 05:20:09 PM
> Look around for Sanae.

>You look around, and...there she is, off to the side of the battlefield. You're too far away to see what she's doing, but she's clearly not participating.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 27, 2017, 05:21:07 PM
> Beckon back to Meiling.
> "Come on, let's find out how quickly this broke down."
> Fly over to Sanae, ducking below the battlefield as needed to avoid getting caught in crossfire.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 27, 2017, 05:26:15 PM
> Beckon back to Meiling.
> "Come on, let's find out how quickly this broke down."
> Fly over to Sanae, ducking below the battlefield as needed to avoid getting caught in crossfire.

>"I suppose we could get a better view," says Meiling.
>You make your way over to Sanae, and find she is hovering there with arms crossed. You imagine if she were on the ground, she would be tapping her toe as well. "I told you it was going to take some time!" she calls as you approach.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 27, 2017, 05:27:43 PM
> "...I suppose you did, yes."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 27, 2017, 05:33:12 PM
> "...I suppose you did, yes."

>"I'd guess they're about halfway done now?" she says. "It didn't take long at all. Hatate's pretty sore over that article."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 27, 2017, 05:37:57 PM
> "Not surprising. How much talking did you do, if even anything?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 27, 2017, 05:41:01 PM
> "Not surprising. How much talking did you do, if even anything?

>"I got to say hello," She says.
>"They've said a lot more than that," says Meiling.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 27, 2017, 05:51:16 PM
> Chuckle a bit.
> "Quite. Did you happen to see the article she's talking about, Meiling?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 27, 2017, 05:56:24 PM
> Chuckle a bit.
> "Quite. Did you happen to see the article she's talking about, Meiling?"

>"I just skimmed the paper to see if you were mentioned before setting out," says Meiling.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 27, 2017, 06:02:34 PM
> "Ah. Well, it was indeed quite brutal."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 27, 2017, 06:05:55 PM
> "Ah. Well, it was indeed quite brutal."

>"Apparently someone dropped a roll around Hatate's place and no one noticed until it turned," Sanae says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 27, 2017, 06:07:06 PM
> "And that spawned that article? How unlucky for Miss Himekaidou."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 27, 2017, 06:09:44 PM
> "And that spawned that article? How unlucky for Miss Himekaidou."

>"That's certainly what she's expressing, among other things," says Sanae.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 27, 2017, 06:14:45 PM
> Can we tell who is winning, or at least ahead?
> "I wonder how long it will take them to reach the amicable state I saw in the future."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 27, 2017, 06:15:53 PM
> Can we tell who is winning, or at least ahead?
> "I wonder how long it will take them to reach the amicable state I saw in the future."

>It looks like Hatate has a slight lead, but it'll be a Pyrrhic victory at this point.
>"Ages," says Sanae.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 27, 2017, 06:19:18 PM
> "If I hadn't seen it for myself, I wouldn't have believed it would ever happen."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 27, 2017, 06:45:26 PM
>"I do hope that they at least save enough stamina to actually note what i will say."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 27, 2017, 08:33:12 PM
> "If I hadn't seen it for myself, I wouldn't have believed it would ever happen."

>"So you were really a time traveler?" says Sanae.

>"I do hope that they at least save enough stamina to actually note what i will say."

>"Yeah, that'd be nice," says Sanae
>"I can dunk them in the river if needs be," says Meiling.

>_

Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 27, 2017, 08:37:39 PM
> "If need be. And yes, I really was. Hopefully it will not happen again, I rather like not being forced out of my life situation."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 27, 2017, 08:45:35 PM
> "If need be. And yes, I really was. Hopefully it will not happen again, I rather like not being forced out of my life situation."

>"Coooool," Sanae says. "I'm so jealous!"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 27, 2017, 08:48:34 PM
> "Why?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 27, 2017, 08:49:50 PM
> "Why?"

>"You got to travel through time!" says Sanae. "That's so amazing!"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 27, 2017, 08:54:00 PM
>"It's not quite how you think it is, i agree, it was an surprising and enlightening experience, but it also came with many hardships, mainly with understanding that whole new world and with coming back."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 27, 2017, 08:59:36 PM
> "Well, I got to see a large number of rather fascinating things that I would never have had the opportunity to see otherwise. I also had to reconnect with a family that thought I had died a thousand years prior, come to grips with how a large number of my personal holdings were outdated or worse get acclimated to a world where a large number of familiar faces had either drastically changed lifestyles or were just dead and gone outright and an even larger number of unfamiliar faces had no idea who I was or any reason to care, and experience countless signs of progress that still boggle my mind no matter how many times I saw them. All without any guarantee I would ever be able to return to my proper time."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 27, 2017, 09:07:35 PM
>"It's not quite how you think it is, i agree, it was an surprising and enlightening experience, but it also came with many hardships, mainly with understanding that whole new world and with coming back."
> "Well, I got to see a large number of rather fascinating things that I would never have had the opportunity to see otherwise. I also had to reconnect with a family that thought I had died a thousand years prior, come to grips with how a large number of my personal holdings were outdated or worse get acclimated to a world where a large number of familiar faces had either drastically changed lifestyles or were just dead and gone outright and an even larger number of unfamiliar faces had no idea who I was or any reason to care, and experience countless signs of progress that still boggle my mind no matter how many times I saw them. All without any guarantee I would ever be able to return to my proper time."

>"See what I mean?" she says. "You're so lucky!"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 27, 2017, 09:11:16 PM
> Frown.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 27, 2017, 10:14:53 PM
>"And not to mention i had an deadline of 1 month to get home, else i would have been personally taken to my proper fate for that time."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 27, 2017, 11:12:13 PM
> Frown.

>"And not to mention i had an deadline of 1 month to get home, else i would have been personally taken to my proper fate for that time."

>"Why was that?" says Sanae.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 27, 2017, 11:20:09 PM
> "The yama."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 27, 2017, 11:46:35 PM
> "The yama."

>"Really?" says Sanae. "Huh. Strange."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 27, 2017, 11:53:23 PM
> "Regardless, if all that other stuff wasn't bad enough, now that I am back, most everyone that hears my story will either come to me with questions about the future I don't want or need to be bothered with, or they'll just assume I'm insane."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 27, 2017, 11:54:55 PM
>"More likely the latter until i show something convincing enough."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 28, 2017, 12:05:13 AM
> "Regardless, if all that other stuff wasn't bad enough, now that I am back, most everyone that hears my story will either come to me with questions about the future I don't want or need to be bothered with, or they'll just assume I'm insane."
>"More likely the latter until i show something convincing enough."

>"Well, yeah, obviously," says Sanae. "No one here's ever been primed for the idea. It's like trying to explain science fiction to you guys. You don't have any point of reference to get it. Why would they get time travel, either? You'd have to start from the very beginning!"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 28, 2017, 12:08:16 AM
> Glance over at Meiling.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 28, 2017, 12:12:21 AM
> Glance over at Meiling.

>"Don't look at me," says Meiling. "I don't know what she's saying. I'm watching the fight, anyways."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 28, 2017, 12:13:42 AM
> Look back to Sanae.
> "That all may be true, but it does not really reassure me that having most of the countryside think I am a lunatic is not a bad thing."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 28, 2017, 12:19:25 AM
> Look back to Sanae.
> "That all may be true, but it does not really reassure me that having most of the countryside think I am a lunatic is not a bad thing."

>"Well, maybe don't advertising it to everyone?" says Sanae. "I mean, if you have an embarrassing secret, you don't just go tell people, right?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 28, 2017, 12:24:44 AM
> "That was never going to happen, unfortunately. Too many messages from future selves to deliver, including one for one of our combatants up there."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 28, 2017, 12:33:02 AM
> "That was never going to happen, unfortunately. Too many messages from future selves to deliver, including one for one of our combatants up there."

>"Mm. Well," says Sanae. Then she shrugs.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 28, 2017, 12:38:19 AM
> "Quite."
> Check in on the fight again.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 28, 2017, 12:41:25 AM
> "Quite."
> Check in on the fight again.

>The fight hasn't changed much; both are definitely more damaged, and Hatate seems to be doing slight better, but they certainly haven't toned down their fury at all. The danmaku flying around is a lot more intense than it was beforehand, they both are definitely going out all now.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 28, 2017, 12:47:32 AM
> Are the insults still being flung?
> "Hmm. Rather impressive on both their parts."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 28, 2017, 01:06:57 AM
> Are the insults still being flung?
> "Hmm. Rather impressive on both their parts."

>Oh yes.
>"This happens once in awhile," says Sanae.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 28, 2017, 01:15:20 AM
> "Not terribly surprising. I assume everyone else just accepts and ignores it?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 28, 2017, 01:23:09 AM
> "Not terribly surprising. I assume everyone else just accepts and ignores it?"

>"Duels happen," says Sanae.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 28, 2017, 01:26:08 AM
> "I suppose."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 28, 2017, 01:32:38 AM
> "I suppose."

>"If it gets too bad, the patrols get them," says Sanae. "But that's rare."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 28, 2017, 01:43:23 AM
> "Huh, I honestly wouldn't have imagined they'd do that."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 28, 2017, 01:56:06 AM
> "Huh, I honestly wouldn't have imagined they'd do that."

>"It's rare," says Sanae. "Usually when collateral damage happens"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 28, 2017, 02:05:30 AM
> "Ah, that makes sense."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 28, 2017, 02:08:52 AM
> "Ah, that makes sense."

>"Now, whether they've had to intervene with those two, I couldn't say," says Sanae.
>There is a pause in the danmaku. It seems like both have stopped to regain their breath.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 28, 2017, 02:26:44 AM
> "I could see one of these devolving into a cat fight. Or a crow fight, as the case may be."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 28, 2017, 02:27:37 AM
> "I could see one of these devolving into a cat fight. Or a crow fight, as the case may be."

>"What's the difference between that and this?" says Meiling.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 28, 2017, 02:29:46 AM
> "Grace and elegance."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 28, 2017, 02:32:34 AM
> "Grace and elegance."

>"Oh, I see," says Meiling.
>Hatate launches another barrage,and the fight picks up again.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 28, 2017, 02:33:42 AM
> Nod.
> "There is danmaku and martial arts, and then there is hair-pulling and haymakers."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 28, 2017, 02:35:44 AM
> Nod.
> "There is danmaku and martial arts, and then there is hair-pulling and haymakers."

>"Honestly, I don't think the tengu would go for the latter," says Sanae.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 28, 2017, 02:38:30 AM
> "I don't think very many people would, anywhere. But these two make a decent case for themselves."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 28, 2017, 02:47:00 AM
> "I don't think very many people would, anywhere. But these two make a decent case for themselves."

>"I could see it," says Meiling.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 28, 2017, 02:50:26 AM
> Do we know where Casa de Yakumo is?
> "While I am thinking about it, Meiling, once we are done here, you should probably return home. I still have a couple more stops left to make before I return."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 28, 2017, 02:55:51 AM
> Do we know where Casa de Yakumo is?
> "While I am thinking about it, Meiling, once we are done here, you should probably return home. I still have a couple more stops left to make before I return."

>You do. It just before the road leading to Youkai Mountain intersects with the main road that leads between the forest of magic and the human town.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 28, 2017, 02:56:10 AM
> Wait for a response from Meiling.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 28, 2017, 02:59:38 AM
> Wait for a response from Meiling.

>"I suppose I should," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 28, 2017, 03:01:22 AM
> "Truth be told, I would much prefer your company. But our house needs us as much as it can get us right now."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 28, 2017, 03:02:53 AM
> "Truth be told, I would much prefer your company. But our house needs us as much as it can get us right now."

>She nods. "Duty calls."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 28, 2017, 03:29:32 AM
> "Sorry."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 28, 2017, 03:33:47 AM
> "Sorry."

>"Don't be sorry," she says. "You'll be back home soon enough."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 28, 2017, 03:34:58 AM
> Smile a bit.
> "True."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 28, 2017, 03:41:15 AM
> Smile a bit.
> "True."

>"So enough worrying about that," says Meiling.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 28, 2017, 12:43:33 PM
> "All right."
> Get back to watching.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 28, 2017, 02:33:12 PM
> "All right."
> Get back to watching.

>There isn't going to be much left, you can quickly see. Both of them are hurt and tired. and are putting their all into their danmaku. Aya, in particular, has chosen to sacrifice some maneuverability in exchange for more firepower, and this seems to not have worked in her favor. You don't think that Hatate is really a match for Aya in terms of raw skill or power, but she has definitely managed to take a slight lead and hold onto it with tenacity. WIthin a few moments, Aya is forced to give up her assault and draw back to catch her breath. If you're going to stop them before one of them ends up unconscious for the rest of the day, now is the time.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 28, 2017, 02:43:42 PM
> Begin flying toward the battlefield (but not getting close enough as to be caught in the crossfire).
> "All right, can we please put this on hold?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 28, 2017, 04:18:02 PM
> Begin flying toward the battlefield (but not getting close enough as to be caught in the crossfire).
> "All right, can we please put this on hold?"

>"Right when I'm about to take her down?" Aya cries, or more accurately pants.
>Hatate's reply is not very polite, but she indicates she's more than ready to inflict a final defeat.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 28, 2017, 04:34:59 PM
> "If one of you is knocked out, I'm leaving."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 28, 2017, 04:38:43 PM
>Put on an slightly annoyed face.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 28, 2017, 04:45:40 PM
> "If one of you is knocked out, I'm leaving."
>Put on an slightly annoyed face.

>"So what?" says Hatate. "Why are you even here? Weren't you supposed to be missing or something?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 28, 2017, 04:54:18 PM
> "There's a good story in it if you both stop."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 28, 2017, 05:00:30 PM
> "There's a good story in it if you both stop."

>"Well why didn't you say so!" Hatate says, as she draws back.

>_

Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 28, 2017, 05:01:13 PM
> Look to Aya.
> "Why didn't you say so?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 28, 2017, 05:07:26 PM
> Look to Aya.
> "Why didn't you say so?"

>"Probably because she went into a shrieking frenzy after like three words!" says Aya.
>"Who even would believe what you have to say, anyways!" says Hatate.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 28, 2017, 05:24:22 PM
> "Okay, well, alright. Everyone calm down and we can have a proper story about why I disappeared."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 28, 2017, 05:36:23 PM
> "Okay, well, alright. Everyone calm down and we can have a proper story about why I disappeared."

>"Well, fine!" says Hatate. "I already beat her, anyways.
>"Like hell you did!" Aya cries.
>"What was that?!"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 28, 2017, 05:41:57 PM
> Take on a slightly exasperated tone.
> "Ladies..."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 28, 2017, 06:48:44 PM
> Take on a slightly exasperated tone.
> "Ladies..."

>"So are we gonna listen to this or not?" says Aya.
>"Fine!"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 28, 2017, 06:56:30 PM
> Nod.
> "Come on down here and have a rest, then, both of you."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 28, 2017, 08:24:30 PM
> Nod.
> "Come on down here and have a rest, then, both of you."

>Hatate nods, and they both approach you.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 28, 2017, 08:30:07 PM
> "So, just to fill you in quickly, Hatate, the reason I disappeared is because I was pulled through time, to nearly one thousand years in the future."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 28, 2017, 08:32:00 PM
> "So, just to fill you in quickly, Hatate, the reason I disappeared is because I was pulled through time, to nearly one thousand years in the future."

>"Uh, what? You can't go to places that haven't happened yet," says Hatate.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 28, 2017, 09:19:16 PM
> Pull out the Picture of Future Flandre and show it to Hatate.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 28, 2017, 09:21:28 PM
>"This experience proved otherwise though."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 28, 2017, 09:31:14 PM
> Pull out the Picture of Future Flandre and show it to Hatate.

>"This experience proved otherwise though."

>Hatate looks at it, and raises her eyebrows. "...Huh. Is that the kid?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 28, 2017, 09:50:37 PM
> "That is the Young Mistress, yes. A tad bit older than she is now."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 28, 2017, 10:03:03 PM
> "That is the Young Mistress, yes. A tad bit older than she is now."

>"I'll say," says Hatate.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 28, 2017, 10:07:16 PM
A tad bit older ? Wasn't she nearing the 1500s~ by then ?

>"Many many more happened there, shall i start then ?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 28, 2017, 10:07:36 PM
> "So that's the deal. Where shall we hunker down and do this?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 28, 2017, 10:16:34 PM
>"Many many more happened there, shall i start then ?"
> "So that's the deal. Where shall we hunker down and do this?"

>"I suppose we should," says Hatate.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 28, 2017, 10:48:34 PM
> "Whereabouts?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 28, 2017, 10:52:33 PM
> "Whereabouts?"

>"Well, what do you need?" Aya says. "There's always tables at the market, and also eavesdroppers."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 28, 2017, 11:01:01 PM
> "Somewhere more private would be ideal, I think. Better to not be interrupted by the public's incredulity."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 28, 2017, 11:02:39 PM
> "Somewhere more private would be ideal, I think. Better to not be interrupted by the public's incredulity."

>"My place, then?" says Aya.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 28, 2017, 11:20:42 PM
> Look to Hatate.
> "Is that fine by you?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 28, 2017, 11:22:30 PM
> Look to Hatate.
> "Is that fine by you?"

>"Yeah, I guess," says Hatate.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 28, 2017, 11:26:08 PM
> "Very well, that is fine by me."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 28, 2017, 11:31:21 PM
> "Very well, that is fine by me."

>Aya says nothing, instead diving straight toward her house.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 28, 2017, 11:36:28 PM
> Follow!
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 28, 2017, 11:41:06 PM
> Follow!

>Aya lands on the top balcony of her house and heads inside. Given she shuts the door behind her, it doesn't seem like she expects you to come inside that way. Hatate certainly doesn't either, as she makes her way toward the front door and waits. Soon Aya opens that door and lets you all in. Meiling reclaims her spot at the table, as does Sanae. Aya has to find extra cushions for you and Hatate.
>They look at you with some expectations. Which is a bit silly, given the two tengu are both a step away from being knocked out cold.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 28, 2017, 11:51:25 PM
> "All right. Before we begin, I must say that I will give you both only as much as I feel comfortable doing. This is in the interest of trying to not influence events and individuals too much, and also to avoid spoiling various surprises, either out of regular decency or because I was specifically asked to keep things secret."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 28, 2017, 11:55:11 PM
> "All right. Before we begin, I must say that I will give you both only as much as I feel comfortable doing. This is in the interest of trying to not influence events and individuals too much, and also to avoid spoiling various surprises, either out of regular decency or because I was specifically asked to keep things secret."

>"That's fair," says Sanae.
>"I guess there's no helping it," Aya says.
>Hatate just nods.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 29, 2017, 12:00:16 AM
> "All right."
> "So it seems many are aware of the explosion at our home yesterday morning? It was in the midst of immediate damage control efforts that I was taken by an unknown force and dragged forward in time nearly one thousand years. From what I have been told in both the future and the present, it seems as though the explosion and the unknown force were unrelated. It is entirely possible we may not ever know who or what was responsible; even the hakutaku of the time was stumped."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 29, 2017, 12:04:54 AM
> "All right."
> "So it seems many are aware of the explosion at our home yesterday morning? It was in the midst of immediate damage control efforts that I was taken by an unknown force and dragged forward in time nearly one thousand years. From what I have been told in both the future and the present, it seems as though the explosion and the unknown force were unrelated. It is entirely possible we may not ever know who or what was responsible; even the hakutaku of the time was stumped."

>"Hakutaku at the time..." says Aya.
>"Whoa, so Keine really didn't make it?" says Hatate.
>Sanae gives Hatate a wide-eyed look. "Wait, she WHAT?" .
>Meiling is quiet. You get the feeling she isn't going to be saying much.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 29, 2017, 12:07:07 AM
> "Ah, you understand that is not something I can confirm or deny, given present circumstances."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 29, 2017, 12:14:56 AM
> "Ah, you understand that is not something I can confirm or deny, given present circumstances."

>"But you just-" Hatate says.
>"No, no, she's right," says Sanae. "This is important. But can you tell us is she's alright today or something?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 29, 2017, 12:17:18 AM
> "At present, she is recovering in our home. I cannot really say more than that, as I have not had the opportunity to see her or Miss Fujiwara since returning."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 29, 2017, 12:22:45 AM
> "At present, she is recovering in our home. I cannot really say more than that, as I have not had the opportunity to see her or Miss Fujiwara since returning."

>"So Fujiwara's there," says Aya, notepad out.
>"We're getting off topic," says Sanae.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 29, 2017, 12:32:41 AM
> "Right. The Gensokyo of the distant future is...enormous. More diverse, more co-existent, more advanced...but really, really enormous. It was large enough that there were a number of settlements, if not outright cities, had formed all across it, with various local governments and such, and it could take a person multiple days to travel between them depending on where they were going."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 29, 2017, 12:34:34 AM
> "Right. The Gensokyo of the distant future is...enormous. More diverse, more co-existent, more advanced...but really, really enormous. It was large enough that there were a number of settlements, if not outright cities, had formed all across it, with various local governments and such, and it could take a person multiple days to travel between them depending on where they were going."

>"Cool!" says Sanae.
>"Sounds like a mess," says Aya.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 29, 2017, 12:37:19 AM
> "It was...rather overwhelming. But honestly, everywhere I went seemed perfectly well-organized within themselves, and there was some degree of cooperation between regions. Apparently the rate of incidents that needed specialized solvers had dropped dramatically as well. I mean, one particular region was in the midst of planning military takeovers of other nearby regions, but a couple of displeased incident solvers already had that region's leader in their sights."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 29, 2017, 12:57:23 AM
> "It was...rather overwhelming. But honestly, everywhere I went seemed perfectly well-organized within themselves, and there was some degree of cooperation between regions. Apparently the rate of incidents that needed specialized solvers had dropped dramatically as well. I mean, one particular region was in the midst of planning military takeovers of other nearby regions, but a couple of displeased incident solvers already had that region's leader in their sights."

>"You'd think that more people like that would mean more incidents," says Sanae.
>"Yeah," says Hatate.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 29, 2017, 01:09:36 AM
> "Perhaps incidents simply went out of vogue, so to speak. I was told that humans and youkai had largely integrated with one another, and that the more insular youkai races were also starting to spread out. The tengu and the oni, in particular, apparently had a fair number of people leave their respective cities and settle down elsewhere, wherever they felt like. There were apparently also many more people that were human-youkai hybrids than there are now."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 29, 2017, 01:20:16 AM
> "Perhaps incidents simply went out of vogue, so to speak. I was told that humans and youkai had largely integrated with one another, and that the more insular youkai races were also starting to spread out. The tengu and the oni, in particular, apparently had a fair number of people leave their respective cities and settle down elsewhere, wherever they felt like. There were apparently also many more people that were human-youkai hybrids than there are now."

>"How scandalous," says Hatate.
>"Did something happen to Youkai Mountain?" Aya says. "I can't imagine any tengu ever living elsewhere."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 29, 2017, 01:24:10 AM
> "The mountain, and this village, were still here, doing perfectly fine, near as I could tell. I did make one visit here; the patrol that stopped me was actually led by someone kicking around right now. Miss Inubashiri tells me she's one of the newer recruits that hasn't really left the village yet for any reason, so I don't know how much information you want or are willing to print in that regard."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 29, 2017, 01:41:15 AM
> "The mountain, and this village, were still here, doing perfectly fine, near as I could tell. I did make one visit here; the patrol that stopped me was actually led by someone kicking around right now. Miss Inubashiri tells me she's one of the newer recruits that hasn't really left the village yet for any reason, so I don't know how much information you want or are willing to print in that regard."

>"Who?" says Hatate.
>"Let's err on the side of caution, okay?" says Sanae.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 29, 2017, 01:50:52 AM
> Glance toward Sanae.
> "Oh, I already told her, since I had her signature from a pass she issued to me. She thought I had forged her signature and was trying to prank her. But we can discuss that at the end if we deem it prudent, yes."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 29, 2017, 01:53:40 AM
> Glance toward Sanae.
> "Oh, I already told her, since I had her signature from a pass she issued to me. She thought I had forged her signature and was trying to prank her. But we can discuss that at the end if we deem it prudent, yes."

>"Oh really?" says Aya, writing.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 29, 2017, 03:29:57 AM
> "Really."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 29, 2017, 03:32:39 AM
> "Really."

>"Stop trying to figure out who she is," says Sanae.
>"I'm just keeping in mind what Miss Izayoi wants to tell us about the subject," says Aya.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 29, 2017, 03:56:14 AM
> "I don't particularly mind telling, it's just that she's apparently a little-enough-known name that Miss Inubashiri got rather suspicious of me when I made note of her. Given that, I don't know how appropriate putting her name in the papers would be."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 29, 2017, 04:00:44 AM
> "I don't particularly mind telling, it's just that she's apparently a little-enough-known name that Miss Inubashiri got rather suspicious of me when I made note of her. Given that, I don't know how appropriate putting her name in the papers would be."

>"I don't think she'd want her name in the papers if she thinks someone's pulling a prank on her," says Sanae.
>Aya is still writing.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 29, 2017, 04:39:46 AM
> "I suppose that is true. Hmm...ah. The Hakurei Shrine, the Moriya Shrine, and the Myouren Temple still existed, looking more elaborate than they do now. They also each had smaller 'branch' shrines and temples in the other far-reaching areas of Gensokyo."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 29, 2017, 04:50:30 AM
> "I suppose that is true. Hmm...ah. The Hakurei Shrine, the Moriya Shrine, and the Myouren Temple still existed, looking more elaborate than they do now. They also each had smaller 'branch' shrines and temples in the other far-reaching areas of Gensokyo."

>"As well we ought," says Sanae.
>"Nothing too surprising there," says Hatate.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 29, 2017, 10:37:00 AM
> "Mmm...Ah, both of your papers are still circulating. You had both done quite well for yourselves, in fact. Large publication buildings, reasonably-sized work staffs. You both also covered entirely different regions, with entirely different reader bases, so with the total lack of competition, all of the mutual resentment just dried up and vanished."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 29, 2017, 01:57:19 PM
> "Mmm...Ah, both of your papers are still circulating. You had both done quite well for yourselves, in fact. Large publication buildings, reasonably-sized work staffs. You both also covered entirely different regions, with entirely different reader bases, so with the total lack of competition, all of the mutual resentment just dried up and vanished."

>"Wow, really?" says Hatate.
>"So which one of us got run out of town?" Aya says.
>Sanae is shaking her head.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 29, 2017, 02:17:41 PM
> Smile just a bit.
> "Sorry, can't give that away. From what I could tell, though, it was entirely voluntary."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 29, 2017, 02:58:42 PM
> Smile just a bit.
> "Sorry, can't give that away. From what I could tell, though, it was entirely voluntary."

>"Now I know that's a lie," says Hatate.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 29, 2017, 03:18:32 PM
> Chuckle a bit.
> "That is fine, if you both think that now. But times will change. Most likely well after my time, but they'll change."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 29, 2017, 07:31:04 PM
> Chuckle a bit.
> "That is fine, if you both think that now. But times will change. Most likely well after my time, but they'll change."

>"Unlikely," says Hatate.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 29, 2017, 08:33:54 PM
> "Anyway, there were also a fair number of foreign humans and youkai. This included a small Avalonian village that has apparently only arrived a few years before I appeared."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 29, 2017, 08:51:15 PM
> "Anyway, there were also a fair number of foreign humans and youkai. This included a small Avalonian village that has apparently only arrived a few years before I appeared."

>"So we had foreigners making colonies?" says Aya.
>"Strange," says Hatate.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 29, 2017, 09:21:56 PM
> "Yes, and foreigners joining existing towns as well."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 29, 2017, 09:26:55 PM
> "Yes, and foreigners joining existing towns as well."

>"That's not nearly as concerning, though," says Aya. "There's a big difference between joining us and carving out a piece of Gensokyo for themselves."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 29, 2017, 09:36:38 PM
>"Considering how vast Gensokyo became i suppose that wasn't such an concern anymore."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 29, 2017, 09:52:47 PM
> "Most people weren't even aware they were there, despite them having been in Gensokyo for long enough to have learned our language."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 30, 2017, 03:51:26 AM
>"Considering how vast Gensokyo became i suppose that wasn't such an concern anymore."
> "Most people weren't even aware they were there, despite them having been in Gensokyo for long enough to have learned our language."

>"Strange," says Aya.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 30, 2017, 12:33:01 PM
> "Hmm, let's see...ah, there was also an established kobito village, somewhere nearby the Bamboo Forest. My travels did not take me in that direction, though, so I could not tell anyone anything about it."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 30, 2017, 12:56:44 PM
> "Hmm, let's see...ah, there was also an established kobito village, somewhere nearby the Bamboo Forest. My travels did not take me in that direction, though, so I could not tell anyone anything about it."

>"I guess their castle finally fell down," says Hatate.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 30, 2017, 12:58:36 PM
> Shrug.
> "I was not told anything either way about that."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 30, 2017, 01:01:04 PM
> Shrug.
> "I was not told anything either way about that."

>"That's probably it," says Hatate.
>"Actually, why are you telling us all this?" says Sanae.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 30, 2017, 01:02:14 PM
> "What do you mean?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 30, 2017, 01:15:30 PM
> "What do you mean?"

>"Well, I mean, are these things we really even need to know?" says Sanae.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 30, 2017, 01:22:08 PM
> "They are that are exceedingly likely to not change whether you know about them or not."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 30, 2017, 01:57:24 PM
> "They are that are exceedingly likely to not change whether you know about them or not."

>"I suppose," says Sanae. "But, I mean, there's not really any need for us to know any of this."
>"Speak for yourself," says Aya.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 30, 2017, 02:13:53 PM
> "There probably isn't. But this was going to come up eventually. Besides, both of them helped me in different ways in the future, so this is the least I can do in return."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 30, 2017, 07:56:30 PM
> "There probably isn't. But this was going to come up eventually. Besides, both of them helped me in different ways in the future, so this is the least I can do in return."

>"I guess that's okay, then," says Sanae.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 30, 2017, 09:20:02 PM
> "There is not really much more I can think of to say than that, really. I was able to collect the necessary materials to undo whatever was done to me and a powerful, trustworthy magic user sent me back to the present this morning."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 30, 2017, 09:50:06 PM
> "There is not really much more I can think of to say than that, really. I was able to collect the necessary materials to undo whatever was done to me and a powerful, trustworthy magic user sent me back to the present this morning."

>"Interesting speculation," says Hatate. "But there's no way tengu would leave the mountain. It's part of our souls."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 30, 2017, 10:19:23 PM
> Shrug.
> "You are welcome to believe me or not, I suppose. What will be will be independent of what I say or whether or not I even live to see it."
> Give a wink with a slight smile.
> "I'd appreciate it if you at least think of me, just a little bit, when things come to pass, though."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 30, 2017, 10:28:53 PM
> Shrug.
> "You are welcome to believe me or not, I suppose. What will be will be independent of what I say or whether or not I even live to see it."
> Give a wink with a slight smile.
> "I'd appreciate it if you at least think of me, just a little bit, when things come to pass, though."

>Sanae laughs; her light tone more amused than mocking. Even the hitherto silent Meiling smirks a little.
>"Well, if so, I'll be sure to blame you in the article," says Aya. You're pretty sure that's a joke. Pretty sure.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 30, 2017, 10:34:55 PM
> "Speaking of, is there anything either of you wish to ask? I can't promise an answer, but it's certainly possible I've not thought of something that should be fine to say."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 30, 2017, 11:03:16 PM
> "Speaking of, is there anything either of you wish to ask? I can't promise an answer, but it's certainly possible I've not thought of something that should be fine to say."

>"Hm. What are those other towns like?" says Aya.
>Sanae is shaking her head.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 30, 2017, 11:39:55 PM
> "... Large. Very large. And quite advanced. I could not find anything in the Human Village without help."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 30, 2017, 11:45:05 PM
> "... Large. Very large. And quite advanced. I could not find anything in the Human Village without help."

>"Sounds like the major cities from the old days," says Aya.
>"You've never seen those," says Hatate.
>"Quiet, you."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 31, 2017, 12:09:53 AM
> Wait patiently for this conversation to end and to be asked about question.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 31, 2017, 12:13:04 AM
> Wait patiently for this conversation to end and to be asked about question.

>It doesn't seem like the tengu have more, they're busy giving each other looks. Sanae is quiet, as is Meiling.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 31, 2017, 12:14:10 AM
> "Anything else?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 31, 2017, 12:23:34 AM
> "Anything else?"

>Aya looks away. "So just who are these tengu going rogue, anyways? Are there a bunch of them?"
>"Did something happen to the mountain?" Hatate adds after letting her glare linger for a moment longer.
>Sanae is shaking her head again.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 31, 2017, 12:45:30 AM
> "I cannot really answer those questions, for a few reasons. I suppose the best I can offer is that your leader was not terribly happy about the split, but recognized that it was most important to respect the wishes of those that departed. For what it is worth, they did not go too far away."
> Look to Aya.
> "The only really far away tengu I knew of were a couple of field reporters you had assigned to watch the region with dreams of military conquest. Ah, when that happens, if they get caught rummaging through the region's leader's laundry, try to go easy on them."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 31, 2017, 12:57:00 AM
> "I cannot really answer those questions, for a few reasons. I suppose the best I can offer is that your leader was not terribly happy about the split, but recognized that it was most important to respect the wishes of those that departed. For what it is worth, they did not go too far away."
> Look to Aya.
> "The only really far away tengu I knew of were a couple of field reporters you had assigned to watch the region with dreams of military conquest. Ah, when that happens, if they get caught rummaging through the region's leader's laundry, try to go easy on them."

>"What," says Aya.
>"Of course Aya would be sympathetic to runaways," says Hatate.
>"I don't think I heard you correctly," says Aya. "Say that one more time."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 31, 2017, 01:53:36 AM
> "You assigned a couple of your subordinates to keep an eye on the militaristic region and report on anything worth reporting on. Apparently one of them got caught looting through the region leader's laundry, and so the whole region was after them at the time, wanting to arrest them. They were able to hide away, though, and sneak into the main city in disguise to continue doing their jobs. It sounds your future self was pretty mad at them about it, though whether it was for looting laundry at all or just for getting caught, I cannot say."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 31, 2017, 02:17:17 AM
> "You assigned a couple of your subordinates to keep an eye on the militaristic region and report on anything worth reporting on. Apparently one of them got caught looting through the region leader's laundry, and so the whole region was after them at the time, wanting to arrest them. They were able to hide away, though, and sneak into the main city in disguise to continue doing their jobs. It sounds your future self was pretty mad at them about it, though whether it was for looting laundry at all or just for getting caught, I cannot say."

>"I...hm, I don't know what would annoy me more," says Aya.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 31, 2017, 07:50:25 AM
> "Well, like I said, try to go easy on them if it happens."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 31, 2017, 01:14:15 PM
> "Well, like I said, try to go easy on them if it happens."

>"We'll see," says Aya.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 31, 2017, 01:17:16 PM
> "Anything else?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 31, 2017, 01:28:00 PM
> "Anything else?"

>"So what do incidents of the future look like?" says Aya.
>Sanae is shaking her head again.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 31, 2017, 01:33:24 PM
> "Aside from the one particular wannabe-conqueror, who I never actually met, I couldn't really tell you. The only other incident I even heard about was one from fifty years prior, where an oni tried to capture a human child."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 31, 2017, 01:59:36 PM
> "Aside from the one particular wannabe-conqueror, who I never actually met, I couldn't really tell you. The only other incident I even heard about was one from fifty years prior, where an oni tried to capture a human child."

>"Surely there were more than that," says Aya.
>"I guess if everything so large," says Hatate, "It's easy to miss a lot of them."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 31, 2017, 02:06:56 PM
> Shrug.
> "Like I said, I couldn't tell you anything more than that. Researching incidents was fairly low on my list of priorities, you understand."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 31, 2017, 03:05:10 PM
> Shrug.
> "Like I said, I couldn't tell you anything more than that. Researching incidents was fairly low on my list of priorities, you understand."

>"I suppose," says Aya.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 31, 2017, 03:15:52 PM
> "Anything else?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 31, 2017, 03:20:17 PM
> "Anything else?"

>"So what's going on with the Hakurei and Moriya Shrines?" says Hatate. "You didn't say much about them."
>Sanae is shaking her head more vigorously than usual.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 31, 2017, 03:28:46 PM
> "There is either not much to say, or not much I can say."
> Smile a bit.
> "Not unless I want Sanae to shake her head clear off of her shoulders, anyway. They simply kept on keeping on over the years, both remaining popular and significant enough to expand as they felt appropriate across the various regions, as I noted earlier. I did manage to visit both of the originals, and they certainly looked nice enough. Their work over the years afforded them structural expansions onto the current buildings. Each also helped me in their own ways. The finer details of shrine maidens and deities, unfortunately, must of course be left a mystery, though everyone I talked to was certainly a reasonable enough person."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 31, 2017, 03:42:19 PM
> "There is either not much to say, or not much I can say."
> Smile a bit.
> "Not unless I want Sanae to shake her head clear off of her shoulders, anyway. They simply kept on keeping on over the years, both remaining popular and significant enough to expand as they felt appropriate across the various regions, as I noted earlier. I did manage to visit both of the originals, and they certainly looked nice enough. Their work over the years afforded them structural expansions onto the current buildings. Each also helped me in their own ways. The finer details of shrine maidens and deities, unfortunately, must of course be left a mystery, though everyone I talked to was certainly a reasonable enough person."

>"Who would have ever thought reasonable would be a term you could apply to both," says Aya.
>"Excuse me?" says Sanae. "Were you just implying something?"
>You get the feeling things are going to break down if this continues much longer.

>_

Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 31, 2017, 03:58:10 PM
> Frown a bit.
> "Ladies, please, let's not do things that way."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 31, 2017, 04:32:13 PM
> Frown a bit.
> "Ladies, please, let's not do things that way."

>The two give each other looks for a moment, but eventually look away.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 31, 2017, 04:39:38 PM
> "Anything else?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 31, 2017, 04:48:44 PM
> "Anything else?"

>"So what happened to your Scarlets and Eientei?" says Hatate.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 31, 2017, 04:53:15 PM
> "Unfortunately, I wish to keep my family's matters private. On the matter of Eientei, though, it is my understanding that no one had seen any of its residents in quite some time. Whether they went back to isolation or moved somewhere else, I do not know."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 31, 2017, 05:19:52 PM
> "Unfortunately, I wish to keep my family's matters private. On the matter of Eientei, though, it is my understanding that no one had seen any of its residents in quite some time. Whether they went back to isolation or moved somewhere else, I do not know."

>"Odd," says Aya. "But I guess it was just a matter of time before they melted back into the shadows."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 31, 2017, 05:22:37 PM
> "As with other things, investigating them was not terribly high on my list of priorities."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 31, 2017, 05:28:15 PM
> "As with other things, investigating them was not terribly high on my list of priorities."

>"So what were your priorities?" says Hatate.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on July 31, 2017, 05:32:33 PM
>"Looking into the future of the mansion and it's residents, and, of course, returning to my own time period. The latter was enough of an ordeal that I had quite the trip through much of future Gensokyo."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 31, 2017, 05:34:57 PM
> "A rather boring set, I imagine. Investigating how my family fared over the years, investigating why I was dragged forward in time, and then working to undo what had happened to me. I did collect some messages from people I knew in the present, because there was no real reason not to as long as they were reasonable messages, and that did lead to some time spent exploring the enlarged Gensokyo. Ah, that reminds me, this is for you."
> Pull out Aya's message to herself and hand it over to Aya.
> Look to 'Tater once this is done.
> "I'm sorry I don't have anything for you, but I asked and you declined. It seemed you future self couldn't think of anything she thought worth telling your present self."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 31, 2017, 08:13:30 PM
>"Looking into the future of the mansion and it's residents, and, of course, returning to my own time period. The latter was enough of an ordeal that I had quite the trip through much of future Gensokyo."

> "A rather boring set, I imagine. Investigating how my family fared over the years, investigating why I was dragged forward in time, and then working to undo what had happened to me. I did collect some messages from people I knew in the present, because there was no real reason not to as long as they were reasonable messages, and that did lead to some time spent exploring the enlarged Gensokyo. Ah, that reminds me, this is for you."
> Pull out Aya's message to herself and hand it over to Aya.
> Look to 'Tater once this is done.
> "I'm sorry I don't have anything for you, but I asked and you declined. It seemed you future self couldn't think of anything she thought worth telling your present self."

>Aya takes it the message and opens it. "...This is the strangest message I've ever gotten," she says. "But...it sound exactly like something I'd tell myself. What happened then?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on July 31, 2017, 08:25:17 PM
>Shrug. "I wouldn't know, honestly."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 31, 2017, 09:41:05 PM
>Shrug. "I wouldn't know, honestly."

>"That's...not all that far from now, actually." says Aya. "Just a year and some change. Huh."
>"What is it?" says Sanae.
>"I have no idea," says Aya. "And I think that's the point, to try and get some idea."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 31, 2017, 09:50:18 PM
> "Huh. Perhaps I will actually get to see something come true, then."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 31, 2017, 09:51:57 PM
> "Huh. Perhaps I will actually get to see something come true, then."

>"I guess I'll keep you informed," says Aya, as Hatate and Sanae get up, presumably to leave.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 31, 2017, 09:53:28 PM
> "It would be appreciated. If nothing else, for all the skepticism I've been met with, it would be nice to get some sort of gratification later."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 31, 2017, 09:55:54 PM
> "It would be appreciated. If nothing else, for all the skepticism I've been met with, it would be nice to get some sort of gratification later."

>"Yeah, I'll make a note of-hey!" Aya says, before Hatate casually yanks the message out of her hands.
>"That's for the article, jerk!" Hatate says as she strides toward the door.
>"Give that back!" Aya shouts, jumping to her feet.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on July 31, 2017, 10:04:29 PM
> "Oh my."
> Get out of the way if need be.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 31, 2017, 10:10:19 PM
> "Oh my."
> Get out of the way if need be.

>You get out of the way.
>Hatate dashes for the door and throws it open. Aya dashes for her, and catches a door to the shoulder for her trouble, giving Hatate just enough time to slip outside. Cursing, Aya is right behind her.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 31, 2017, 10:12:00 PM
//Well... there goes Aya's exclusiveness ?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 31, 2017, 10:15:18 PM
> "Well then."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 31, 2017, 10:21:07 PM
> "Well then."

>"We should give them a moment to get away from the doorway," says Sanae.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 31, 2017, 10:22:27 PM
> "Of course."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 31, 2017, 10:23:58 PM
> "Of course."

>"You really did tell them too much, don't you think?" says Sanae.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 31, 2017, 10:31:05 PM
> "I do, perhaps, regret mentioning Eientei as I did. The rest of it, however, I feel was acceptable to tell them. Reporting on them should not change then appreciably. I am glad they never thought to ask about how I got around to far-away places, though."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 31, 2017, 10:39:40 PM
> "I do, perhaps, regret mentioning Eientei as I did. The rest of it, however, I feel was acceptable to tell them. Reporting on them should not change then appreciably. I am glad they never thought to ask about how I got around to far-away places, though."

>"...Huh, yeah, that's something I didn't think of," says Sanae.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 31, 2017, 10:47:06 PM
> "For the best, I'd say."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 31, 2017, 10:52:48 PM
> "For the best, I'd say."

>"So how did you do it?" says Sanae.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 31, 2017, 10:57:48 PM
> Give a small smirk.
> "I'd have imagined you, of all people, would have guessed."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 31, 2017, 11:20:02 PM
> Give a small smirk.
> "I'd have imagined you, of all people, would have guessed."

>"Huh?" says Sanae. Then she frowns. Then she raises an eyebrow. "Wait a minute... Are you talking about that thing?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on July 31, 2017, 11:21:06 PM
> Nod.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on July 31, 2017, 11:22:13 PM
> Nod.

>"Huh!" she says. "Well, it's nice to know it's still serving a purpose."

>_

Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on July 31, 2017, 11:53:41 PM
>"It is an incredible thing, that flying chariot, or whatever may be it's name, i am very grateful that they allowed me usage of it."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 01, 2017, 02:04:48 AM
>"It is an incredible thing, that flying chariot, or whatever may be it's name, i am very grateful that they allowed me usage of it."

>"It's called a jet. And yeah, I guess someone was rooting for you," says Sanae.
>You can hear danmaku outside.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 01, 2017, 02:10:32 AM
> "Ah, there we are."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 01, 2017, 02:17:54 AM
> "Ah, there we are."

>"Yep," says Sanae.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 01, 2017, 02:19:06 AM
> "In that case, I believe my business here is finished. Unless there is anything I can do for you, Sanae?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 01, 2017, 02:47:28 AM
> "In that case, I believe my business here is finished. Unless there is anything I can do for you, Sanae?"

>"No, I think you've told me more than enough," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 01, 2017, 03:01:02 AM
> "Very well. Have a pleasant day."
> Exit Aya's house.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 01, 2017, 03:02:36 AM
> "Very well. Have a pleasant day."
> Exit Aya's house.

>The three of you exit. Overhead is something between a danmaku battle and a chase. You note that a lot of surrounding tengu are watching as well, from the streets and their balconies.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 01, 2017, 03:13:42 AM
> Look to Meiling.
> "Shall we?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 01, 2017, 03:26:12 AM
> Look to Meiling.
> "Shall we?"

>She nods. "Yeah, let's get out of here."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 01, 2017, 10:57:06 AM
> Head back out of the tengu village the way we came, and make our way down back to the foot of the mountain.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 01, 2017, 02:08:42 PM
> Head back out of the tengu village the way we came, and make our way down back to the foot of the mountain.

>The two of you exit without any problems. It seems however Meiling got into the village, the tengu are not bothered enough by it to approach you as you leave.
>Soon you are at the foot of the mountain.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 01, 2017, 02:13:32 PM
> "All right. I still need to stop over to see Saigyouji, Yakumo, and Margatroid before returning home. A real murderer's row there."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 01, 2017, 02:19:05 PM
> "All right. I still need to stop over to see Saigyouji, Yakumo, and Margatroid before returning home. A real murderer's row there."

>"Maybe I could deliver something to Margatroid for you?" says Meiling.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 01, 2017, 02:25:40 PM
> "The thought is appreciated, but I think it would be easier for me to explain why we have it."
> Pull out Alice's book.
> "It is, after all, nearly one thousand years' worth of her own research."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 01, 2017, 02:26:48 PM
> "The thought is appreciated, but I think it would be easier for me to explain why we have it."
> Pull out Alice's book.
> "It is, after all, nearly one thousand years' worth of her own research."

>"I think I understand the gist of it," says Meiling. "And if not, I think she will understand when she sees it."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 01, 2017, 02:31:29 PM
> Grin a bit.
> "You're just doing this because you want to see the one person that will actually believe my story immediately."
> Hand the book over.
> "Do let me know how she takes that story, please."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 01, 2017, 03:11:05 PM
> Grin a bit.
> "You're just doing this because you want to see the one person that will actually believe my story immediately."
> Hand the book over.
> "Do let me know how she takes that story, please."

>"Oh, I will," says Meiling, as she accepts the Volume of Alice's Research. "I'll make sure she sends a thank you note as well."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 01, 2017, 03:17:46 PM
> "Much appreciated."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 01, 2017, 03:30:01 PM
> "Much appreciated."

>"Think nothing of it," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 01, 2017, 03:40:10 PM
> "See you later, then."
> Take flight and head to the Netherworld.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 01, 2017, 04:21:42 PM
> "See you later, then."
> Take flight and head to the Netherworld.

>You heard northward, toward the Netherworld. The northern part of Gensokyo tends to be the more quiet region, and this is certainly true today. You can see the Nameless Mount in the distance as you pass by, it's collection of lilies starting to grow. But by and large, you keep close to the eastern mountains. You see faeries from time to time in the small valleys, and in a couple cases glimpse a mountain goat or two, but little of real interest.
>Soon you note the narrow valley that leads to the Underworld and fly into it. Soon the columns at the entrance loom before you, but only for a few moments before you fly between them and follow the stairs up. The mountains open up to a thick, budding forest, while grey clouds hang heavy in the sky, threatening rain. Hakugyokurou looms ahead, its gates open. As you make your way up, someone steps through them.
>Rather than the gardener you expect, it seems to be a red-haired woman in a purple kimono, her hair tied back with a bow. She regards you with a tilted head, and you're certain you've seen her lurking around the mansion on Open House day. Not quite a troublemaker, but someone that you felt the need to keep a discreet eye on.
>"...You're not a ghost," she says at length.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 01, 2017, 04:37:45 PM
Missed one: Nazrin asked us to tell her to stop skipping out on breakfast. (Also we missed mentioning her hair.) Guess it's back to the village for us!

> Isn't this the same person Yuyuko was talking about? The apparent romantic interest?
> "Indeed, despite fate's best efforts. Is Konpaku in there?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 01, 2017, 08:33:26 PM
> Isn't this the same person Yuyuko was talking about? The apparent romantic interest?
> "Indeed, despite fate's best efforts. Is Konpaku in there?"

>You think so?
>"She's working in the the Periwinkle Garden," says the red-haired woman. "Maybe she'll be here soon?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 01, 2017, 08:35:25 PM
> "I'd rather go find her and be done with it."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 01, 2017, 08:44:00 PM
> "I'd rather go find her and be done with it."

>"This isn't one of those honor duel things is it?" says the red-haired woman. "Is it to the death?"
>Why does she not sound distressed by that?

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 01, 2017, 08:50:07 PM
> Give her a brief odd look, then return to our Neutral Face of Displeasure.
> "There will be no duel here unless she starts one. I am simply in a hurry, as I have other errands to run and home to return to."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 01, 2017, 08:54:23 PM
> Give her a brief odd look, then return to our Neutral Face of Displeasure.
> "There will be no duel here unless she starts one. I am simply in a hurry, as I have other errands to run and home to return to."

>"Well when you put it that way," she says. Then points northwesterly. "It's the one that's periwinkle, you can't miss it. ...Can you?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 01, 2017, 08:55:32 PM
> "We'll just have to find out."
> Take flight and head northwest.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 01, 2017, 09:04:20 PM
> "We'll just have to find out."
> Take flight and head northwest.

>You do so! You raise above the the walls and can already see someone coming from that direction. You could wait for her by the gates, you suppose, or go to meet her.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 01, 2017, 09:09:38 PM
> "Ah, how convenient."
> Wait for her with arms crossed and face neutral.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 01, 2017, 09:13:16 PM
> "Ah, how convenient."
> Wait for her with arms crossed and face neutral.

>She approaches quickly, you barely have to wait at all.
>Youmu slows to a stop some yards from you, close enough to talk, but with plenty of room to dodge. She folds her hands in front of her, but you notice she has her right hand close to the sword hilt on her hip. "Miss Izayoi," she says with a little bow. "This is unexpected."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 01, 2017, 09:19:50 PM
> Glance down at her right hand, than back up at her face with a slight grin.
> "Not completely unexpected, it would seem. You should know that I recently had a little surprise romp through time and spent yesterday wandering the Gensokyo of nearly one thousand years in the future. Save the incredulity and questions, you'll see it in the papers soon enough. As a result of my trip, I have learned two things immediately important to you."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 01, 2017, 10:34:00 PM
> Glance down at her right hand, than back up at her face with a slight grin.
> "Not completely unexpected, it would seem. You should know that I recently had a little surprise romp through time and spent yesterday wandering the Gensokyo of nearly one thousand years in the future. Save the incredulity and questions, you'll see it in the papers soon enough. As a result of my trip, I have learned two things immediately important to you."

>"Go on, please," she says. her face stays neutral, but she is clearly prepared for things to go sour.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 01, 2017, 10:49:33 PM
> "The first is that, while I do not intend to forget what has happened in the past, I am inclined to at least coexist civilly, should our paths cross by chance. It would be appreciated, however, if you could stop by our home some time within the next week, if only so you and I can...work out our frustrations properly, shall we say."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 01, 2017, 10:55:40 PM
> "The first is that, while I do not intend to forget what has happened in the past, I am inclined to at least coexist civilly, should our paths cross by chance. It would be appreciated, however, if you could stop by our home some time within the next week, if only so you and I can...work out our frustrations properly, shall we say."

>"I can make time," she says, her tone neutral. Still, her professional face isn't nearly as good as yours and you can see her brow furrowing a little.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 01, 2017, 10:59:23 PM
> "Just let Meiling know you're there for me. I'll let her know to have me fetched and to leave you alone otherwise."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 01, 2017, 11:03:10 PM
> "Just let Meiling know you're there for me. I'll let her know to have me fetched and to leave you alone otherwise."

>She nods. "It's an unusual request, but I won't disappoint," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 01, 2017, 11:16:04 PM
> "The second thing is that, unless you want to worry your samurai friend so much that her hair starts to look like ours, you should resolve whatever romantic concerns you're dealing with sooner rather than later."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 01, 2017, 11:18:03 PM
> "The second thing is that, unless you want to worry your samurai friend so much that her hair starts to look like ours, you should resolve whatever romantic concerns you're dealing with sooner rather than later."

>"...What?" she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 01, 2017, 11:19:56 PM
> "What?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 01, 2017, 11:29:23 PM
> "What?"

>"What're you talking about?!" she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 01, 2017, 11:31:05 PM
> Is Kotohime still present?
> "You're in some romantic conundrum, correct? I'm simply telling you to figure out a solution, rather than continuing to do whatever you're doing."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 01, 2017, 11:34:06 PM
> Is Kotohime still present?
> "You're in some romantic conundrum, correct? I'm simply telling you to figure out a solution, rather than continuing to do whatever you're doing."

>She is some distance below. You aren't sure she's even paying attention.
>"What are you...augh..." Youmu says. She's definitely turning an amusing shade of pink.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 01, 2017, 11:38:15 PM
> Grin just a little more.
> "Ah, good, there you go. Whatever it is you're struggling with, apparently you're on a collision course with never actually resolving it and letting it visibly bother you. You being so visibly bothered bothered your samurai friend as well, so here I am to tell you to resolve it."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 01, 2017, 11:41:36 PM
> Grin just a little more.
> "Ah, good, there you go. Whatever it is you're struggling with, apparently you're on a collision course with never actually resolving it and letting it visibly bother you. You being so visibly bothered bothered your samurai friend as well, so here I am to tell you to resolve it."

>"Who even told you to do this?!" She stammers.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 01, 2017, 11:44:47 PM
> "Your samurai friend, the one with the Taoists, asked me to figure out why you were always acting like something was wrong. She had no clue what it was, but your mistress, the one in the future, was perfectly happy to tell me her best guess. It would seem she was correct, given your reaction."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 01, 2017, 11:47:51 PM
> "Your samurai friend, the one with the Taoists, asked me to figure out why you were always acting like something was wrong. She had no clue what it was, but your mistress, the one in the future, was perfectly happy to tell me her best guess. It would seem she was correct, given your reaction."

>Youmu doesn't say anything, but she's definitely too physically uncomfortable to be ready for any kind of oncoming attack.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 01, 2017, 11:51:48 PM
> Frown a bit.
> "...For what it is worth, I really do know nothing of the details of this issue. And, of course, such private issues will remain private."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 01, 2017, 11:53:21 PM
> Frown a bit.
> "...For what it is worth, I really do know nothing of the details of this issue. And, of course, such private issues will remain private."

>"I...I see," she says. She isn't quite looking at you when she speaks. "Thank you."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 01, 2017, 11:57:21 PM
> "Of course. ...My apologies for treating the issue so lightly."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 01, 2017, 11:58:34 PM
> "Of course. ...My apologies for treating the issue so lightly."

>She nods. "...Did Meira really say all that?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 02, 2017, 12:07:32 AM
> "I offered her the opportunity to bring a message back to the past. She said she would rather I help you, as I recall, mentioning that 'something was eating at you in the old days', and that she 'hardly had the opportunity to ask'. Perhaps that little swordswomanship club she mentioned has something to do with this?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 12:14:34 AM
> "I offered her the opportunity to bring a message back to the past. She said she would rather I help you, as I recall, mentioning that 'something was eating at you in the old days', and that she 'hardly had the opportunity to ask'. Perhaps that little swordswomanship club she mentioned has something to do with this?"

>"Well, maybe..." says Youmu. "We do meet up every once in awhile."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 02, 2017, 12:17:47 AM
> "Anyway, that is all I have for you."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 12:22:40 AM
> "Anyway, that is all I have for you."

>"...I see," says Youmu, still not quite looking directly at you. "And...you weren't told anything else?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 02, 2017, 12:24:09 AM
> Shake our head.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 12:35:04 AM
> Shake our head.

>She works her jaw a little, but says nothing.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 02, 2017, 12:37:42 AM
> "In that case, I must be going."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 12:45:04 AM
> "In that case, I must be going."

>She gives a little nod.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 02, 2017, 12:53:10 AM
> "See you soon."
> Wave a hand uncertainly.
> "And...good luck, with whatever this is."
> Take flight and head out of the Netherworld, back into Gensokyo proper.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 12:54:39 AM
> "See you soon."
> Wave a hand uncertainly.
> "And...good luck, with whatever this is."
> Take flight and head out of the Netherworld, back into Gensokyo proper.

>You depart the netherworld, leaving Youmu and Hakugyokurou behind. As you reach the bottom of the stairs, it is definitely warmer here.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 02, 2017, 12:56:40 AM
> So our goals now are the Human Village and Yakumohaus, before heading back home for good. What travel path would make the most sense to minimize time traveled?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 01:16:55 AM
> So our goals now are the Human Village and Yakumohaus, before heading back home for good. What travel path would make the most sense to minimize time traveled?

>The village, then the Yakumo household, then home would involve minimal zigzagging.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 02, 2017, 01:17:19 AM
> Head back to the Village, then, aiming particularly for the Myouren Temple.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 01:22:33 AM
> Head back to the Village, then, aiming particularly for the Myouren Temple.

>You start back toward the human village. As you do, you feel yourself starting to become inexplicably sore around your torso.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 02, 2017, 01:23:28 AM
> Look down at our wound. Does it suddenly look worse than it used to?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 01:24:41 AM
> Look down at our wound. Does it suddenly look worse than it used to?

>Your wound is currently covered, but it doesn't seem to be oozing through your clothing at least.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 02, 2017, 01:28:15 AM
> Are we wearing a one-piece dress or a short and a skirt?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 01:29:25 AM
> Are we wearing a one-piece dress or a short and a skirt?

>The latter.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 02, 2017, 01:30:07 AM
> Lift up our shirt from below enough to be able to see our wound.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 01:50:38 AM
> Lift up our shirt from below enough to be able to see our wound.

>You check your wound, and it is fine. But the hurting is getting so much worse. It's getting hard to fly.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 02, 2017, 01:53:03 AM
> Does the pain match what we felt yesterday morning, while we were stopping time?
> Are we anywhere of significance?
> Land, unless we can tell we're about Yuuka's land, or Medicine's poison flowers.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 01:55:26 AM
> Does the pain match what we felt yesterday morning, while we were stopping time?
> Are we anywhere of significance?
> Land, unless we can tell we're about Yuuka's land, or Medicine's poison flowers.

>Maybe. It's certainly...comparable on some level?
>You think you are over the Nameless Mound.
>You descend; thankfully the lilies have yet to bloom, and thus it is perfectly safe to be here. You land, and it's hard to stay on your feet. Your heart is racing.

>_

Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 02, 2017, 01:56:53 AM
> Try sitting down and gritting our teeth to endure the pain until it hopefully subsides.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 02:03:23 AM
> Try sitting down and gritting our teeth to endure the pain until it hopefully subsides.

>You sit down and grit your teeth, telling yourself you didn't stumble or fall in the process.
>Your vision is starting to swim.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 02, 2017, 02:04:27 AM
> Close our eyes.
> Keep breaths steady. There's nothing else we can do...
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 02:09:59 AM
> Close our eyes.
> Keep breaths steady. There's nothing else we can do...

>You close your eyes. Your focus on your breathing. Then there is a sensation like a dam breaking in your chest, and a feeling of that you're falling and tumbling without control. Then you're just sitting there, slightly achy but otherwise fine. There is birdsong around you.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 02, 2017, 02:12:41 AM
> Birdsong? That wasn't just there, was it?
> Open our eyes and look around.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 02:17:07 AM
> Birdsong? That wasn't just there, was it?
> Open our eyes and look around.

>You look around and find yourself in a lush, shadowy forest.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 02, 2017, 02:19:07 AM
> Frown.
> "Oh, you have got to be kidding me."
> Crest the canopy and look around.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 02:27:29 AM
> Frown.
> "Oh, you have got to be kidding me."
> Crest the canopy and look around.

>You stand up and take to the air. Cresting the canopy, you look around and see trees in just about every direction. To the north, though, they eventually give way to fields.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on August 02, 2017, 02:28:47 AM
>Hows that wound?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 02, 2017, 02:28:58 AM
> Nothing for it. Head north.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 02:46:21 AM
>Hows that wound?

>It is not sore nor does it seem to be impeding you.

> Nothing for it. Head north.

>You head north, and continue heading that direction for some minutes before leaving the forest behind. Ahead stretches a wide band of farmland, and beyond that you are pretty sure is Old Hometown, or at least a dead ringer for it.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 02, 2017, 02:50:15 AM
> Make our way back to the Hijiri Temple.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 03:03:05 AM
> Make our way back to the Hijiri Temple.

>You make your way back toward the Hijiri Temple, which takes a bit more time. Landing in front of it, you find there is a fair number of people milling about. A few youkai in monk robes seem to be washing the walls.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 02, 2017, 03:04:07 AM
> Enter and head for Flan's room, recalling how we got there last night.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on August 02, 2017, 03:09:19 AM
Well that was weird

>Look at Pocket Watch for anything out of the ordinary about it.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 03:19:03 AM
> Enter and head for Flan's room, recalling how we got there last night.

>You make your way back to Flandre's room. The door is closed.

>Look at Pocket Watch for anything out of the ordinary about it.

>Your inventory does not contain a pocket watch.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 02, 2017, 03:22:14 AM
> Knock.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 03:25:07 AM
> Knock.

>You knock.
>After a moment, the door slides open, and a youkai with ram horns peeks out. "Hello?" she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 02, 2017, 03:26:48 AM
> "Hello. I'm looking for Miss Flandre Scarlet."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 03:28:11 AM
> "Hello. I'm looking for Miss Flandre Scarlet."

>"I don't think she's visited here for months," says the youkai. "Is there a reason you're asking me?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 02, 2017, 03:31:24 AM
> Frown.
> "Months? That's no good...was this not her room?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 03:34:18 AM
> Frown.
> "Months? That's no good...was this not her room?"

>"...This has been my room for years," she says, frowning a little. "I don't think Lady Scarlet ever lived here..."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 02, 2017, 03:36:15 AM
> "Do you know where she might live now?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 03:37:34 AM
> "Do you know where she might live now?"

>"Unless something happened, she ought to be at the Lake Temple," says the youkai. "...Did something happen?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 02, 2017, 03:44:42 AM
> "...No. My apologies."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 03:49:07 AM
> "...No. My apologies."

>She nods. "Alright then, don't worry about it."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 02, 2017, 03:50:55 AM
> "Apologies for the intrusion. Have a pleasant day."
> Head back out of the Hijiri Temple.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 03:52:47 AM
> "Apologies for the intrusion. Have a pleasant day."
> Head back out of the Hijiri Temple.

>She nods, and you depart. It is easy enough to make your way back outside.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 02, 2017, 03:55:33 AM
> Take flight, as upward as necessary, and head to the lake by our home.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on August 02, 2017, 03:56:00 AM
Shit. Time traveled again, maybe?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 04:00:27 AM
> Take flight, as upward as necessary, and head to the lake by our home.

>You begin to make your way back toward the Forest of Magic; or at least what you assume is that. Then once you make your way there, you start heading toward where you remember Golden Lake to be. It takes a bit of time to complete this journey, but as you see the lake coming into view you also notice there is a fairly large and familiar-shaped building not too far from it southern shores.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 02, 2017, 04:06:27 AM
> Is it our home??
> Head there, posthaste!
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 04:13:29 AM
> Is it our home??
> Head there, posthaste!

>It seems like!
>You make your way toward the large building, and it does seem to be the Scarlet Devil Mansion! Mostly.
>You are quite certain that were never mosaics depicting various religious scenes on the walls, nor were there statues of the the Buddha by the gate itself. The gates themselves are unguarded and wide open, while the pathway to the mansion itself is lined with more statues. The old fountain and the statue garden have been removed, and now have still ponds filled with lotus pads. It seems the clock tower has been altered to replace the upper floors where you and mistress lived with a bell tower.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 02, 2017, 04:14:29 AM
> Enter the mansion proper.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 04:30:40 AM
> Enter the mansion proper.

>You make your way inside. Walking down the pathway is something of a surreal experience.
>The front hall no longer features banner, foreign portraits, suits of western armor, and other pieces from Mistress' collection. Instead, it is now dominated by a collection of a dozen bodhisattva statues, in various meditative and symbolic. The wallpaper has been replaced with what appears to be whitewash, and covered with wall hangings with what you assume are various sutras. Most of the rugs are gone, only a few long thin carpets leading toward the main doors. The bare wooden floors, however, are decently clean. You note that it seems whatever the mansion has become, it now observes the custom or removing one's shoes upon entering.
>Most bothersome of all, though, isn't how different it all is. Rather, it feels strangely familiar as well.
>A lone monk, an older human woman, is currently dusting one of the statues. She looks over toward you and says, "Ah, you're back. Lady Scarlet is in the library."

>_

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on August 02, 2017, 04:38:46 AM
And here i was thinking we completely missed the actual plot of this adventure.

>Do we recognize this woman at all?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 04:49:03 AM
>Do we recognize this woman at all?

>No.
>...Yes?

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on August 02, 2017, 08:30:26 AM
>...how so ? Do we or do we not ? Who is she ?
>Describe the elder.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 02:18:18 PM
>...how so ? Do we or do we not ? Who is she ?
>Describe the elder.

>You don't know. You're certain you've never met this woman before, But you've also starting to think maybe you have, not long ago...
>She is tall and broad-boned, her face heavily lined and her eyes a sort of light green color. Her face is round, with a short nose and barely distinguished cheekbones.
>You think you met her the first time you came to the Lake Shrine.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 02, 2017, 02:23:18 PM
> ...When did we 'first' come to the Lake Shrine? Isn't this our first time here?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 02:27:07 PM
> ...When did we 'first' come to the Lake Shrine? Isn't this our first time here?

>It is the first time you've been here.
>You think?
>You're certain you came her before, but...you also very clearly remember the forested ruins, meeting and fighting Juza...

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on August 02, 2017, 02:30:41 PM
>"Pardon me, I've had a very unusual day; but when was the last time I was here?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 02, 2017, 02:33:28 PM
> This isn't Juza herself, is it? Or maybe the wumpus/marchstepper?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 02:37:26 PM
>"Pardon me, I've had a very unusual day; but when was the last time I was here?"

>"You stayed overnight," she says. "Lady Scarlet only returned without you a little while ago."

> This isn't Juza herself, is it? Or maybe the wumpus/marchstepper?

>Definitely not in either case. She is much too old to be Juza, and nowhere near larger or savage-looking enough to be the wumpus; and thus probably not a marchstepper.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 02, 2017, 02:45:38 PM
> Is it Amaya, perhaps? Or Elise?
> Frown.
> "I did? I thought I spent last night in the Hijiri Temple in Old Hometown."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 03:09:36 PM
> Is it Amaya, perhaps? Or Elise?
> Frown.
> "I did? I thought I spent last night in the Hijiri Temple in Old Hometown."

>Definitely not.
>"You most certainly did," she says. "Lady Scarlet even had us doll up your room a little a bit to make it bit more like the old mansion."
>You can kind of remember this, now. But you also very distinctly remember staying at the Hijiri Temple.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 02, 2017, 03:10:46 PM
> Frown deeper.
> "...I must see her about this myself. Please excuse me."
> Head toward the library.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 03:27:53 PM
> Frown deeper.
> "...I must see her about this myself. Please excuse me."
> Head toward the library.

>"As you please," she says. "You'll always be welcome here."
>You head into the library. The spiderweb with Patchouli sitting in the center is no more, rather now it is arranged into a number of little reading areas with shelves around them. At a glance you can't make any sense of them, but you also remember seeing them before and learning that they are arranged roughly by subject. There are no grimoires quietly shifting themselves from shelf to shelf here, just a quiet repository of books. Several monks, both human and youkai, can be seen browsing the shelves or reading. You note, and remember, a marked increase in scrolls among the shelves from your era. The air is still dry as can be; Patchouli's legacy remains.
>This is completely unfamiliar to you, and also you are most certainly been here before. You remember it well, but you've never set foot in this place before today.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 02, 2017, 03:34:18 PM
> Maybe our warnings to the past altered the future? So that we remember what we actually went through, but are starting to remember what we would have gone through assuming those alterations were already in place...
> Is the Young Mistress visible anywhere? If not, begin systematically searching by glancing down the aisles of shelves as we pass by.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 03:37:12 PM
> Maybe our warnings to the past altered the future? So that we remember what we actually went through, but are starting to remember what we would have gone through assuming those alterations were already in place...
> Is the Young Mistress visible anywhere? If not, begin systematically searching by glancing down the aisles of shelves as we pass by.

>That may be so.
>You don't see her immediately, but a little wandering finds her near one of the corners, her nose in a book. However, she notices you just moments after you notice her and looks at you with a raised brow and nearly-pursed lips. "'Kuya?" she says, "What're you doing here? Didn't we send you back? Did Ran trick you?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 02, 2017, 03:43:21 PM
> Frown.
> "No, it worked. But whatever happened to me the first time happened again."
> Gesture around.
> "It is even stranger this time around. It would seem I have altered this time period through my warnings and messages to my present. The future I experienced yesterday had seen this building burn down many years prior."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 03:44:35 PM
> Frown.
> "No, it worked. But whatever happened to me the first time happened again."
> Gesture around.
> "It is even stranger this time around. It would seem I have altered this time period through my warnings and messages to my present. The future I experienced yesterday had seen this building burn down many years prior."

>"What're you talking about?" says Flandre. "You walked in here just yesterday."
>You remember that now...

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 02, 2017, 03:50:23 PM
> We did? But didn't we also find the rubble of this building?
> ...Do we remember what happened to the Mistress over the years?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on August 02, 2017, 03:52:01 PM
>Wait... what date is it ? If we can even recall it.
>If this is the future, shouldn't we be dead ?
>Examine ourselves carefully.
>How old are we based on the memories that seemingly appeared on our mind ?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 04:03:22 PM
> We did? But didn't we also find the rubble of this building?
> ...Do we remember what happened to the Mistress over the years?

>Yes. You did find rubble. And you came here yesterday...
>You're quite certain she vanished.

>Wait... what date is it ? If we can even recall it.
>If this is the future, shouldn't we be dead ?
>Examine ourselves carefully.
>How old are we based on the memories that seemingly appeared on our mind ?

>You don't know.
>You would probably be dead if you just sat there for about a millennium. But you aren't sure that happened. At a glance you don't look or feel any older, and you're one of the rare people who knows what looking or feeling younger or older is really like.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 02, 2017, 04:09:37 PM
> Do we still have that silver bell from the shinigami?
> What happened during our encounter with Tenshi in Bhava-agra?
> What happened during our encounter with Shuuei in Kourindou?
> What happened during our encounter with Euphemia in the underground room below Kourindou?
> Where did we leave Dreamy Sky?
> Where did we find Alice?

> "Like I said, it would seem I have altered the future. Some of what I experienced yesterday seems to have never actually happened for you and everyone else here."
> Shake our head.
> "But that does not matter. What does matter is getting to the bottom of this. We have established it is possible to send me back to my proper time, but there is no reason to do so again unless we can make sure I won't just be yanked back here afterward."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 05:12:32 PM
> Do we still have that silver bell from the shinigami?
> What happened during our encounter with Tenshi in Bhava-agra?
> What happened during our encounter with Shuuei in Kourindou?
> What happened during our encounter with Euphemia in the underground room below Kourindou?
> Where did we leave Dreamy Sky?
> Where did we find Alice?

> "Like I said, it would seem I have altered the future. Some of what I experienced yesterday seems to have never actually happened for you and everyone else here."
> Shake our head.
> "But that does not matter. What does matter is getting to the bottom of this. We have established it is possible to send me back to my proper time, but there is no reason to do so again unless we can make sure I won't just be yanked back here afterward."

>You do.
>You seem to recall it happening twice about the same way.
>...You don't recall meeting Shuuei more than once.
>You recall not only going through Kourindou, but also having to root around to find a hidden entrance around a particular spot.
>You recall leaving her at the Hijiri Temple. You also recall leaving her here...
>You found Alice...oh wow, that's going to take a moment to untangle. The images are jumbled.
>"Are you okay? You just made  a face," says Flandre as you go over the last one.
>"That's very odd," says Flandre, frowning. "Are you alright? Please, have a seat."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 02, 2017, 05:16:17 PM
> "...Thank you. Please give me a moment, Young Mistress..."
> Sit down in the most immediately convenient location.
> Who was at Kourindou, if not Shuuei?
> Go over our recollections of where we found Alice.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 05:52:09 PM
> "...Thank you. Please give me a moment, Young Mistress..."
> Sit down in the most immediately convenient location.
> Who was at Kourindou, if not Shuuei?
> Go over our recollections of where we found Alice.

>"Certainly," she says.
>You try to remember...
>There's wasn't a Kourindou. You never saw it or even gave it much thought. But comparing your memories, you think that when you hunted down the stairway leading to Euphemina's lair, it was about where Kourindou would have been.
>The Alice situation is complicated. Now that you think on it, you remember that Juza had snuck into the temple and crept into a basement that had been sealed off some ages ago, searching for relics that had been hidden away. Now that you think of it, you recall that Flandre told you they had sold off most of them over the years to keep things afloat, then to fund the transition into a proper temple. Juza had been coming and going for awhile, both in disguise and in secret, quietly casing the the place. When she finally broke into that basement, she discovered the way to Alice's hideout by accident, and ran afoul of the wooden automaton that she had left to guard the entrance. You found Juza partially by accident while poking around yourself, and from there found Alice. You were quite a bit more irate at the Warlord's Minion that time, it took Flandre to convince you to let her go and return in dishonor. Conversely, Flandre was not happy to find a secret entrance facility connected to her Temple, which Alice made some mea culpas for, though you don't think they were wholly sincere.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 02, 2017, 05:54:25 PM
> Sigh.
> "Okay, I think I have an idea or two."
> Look to Flan with a frown.
> "Young Mistress, do you know if Alice ever cast the locator spell to find my pocketwatch?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 05:56:41 PM
> Sigh.
> "Okay, I think I have an idea or two."
> Look to Flan with a frown.
> "Young Mistress, do you know if Alice ever cast the locator spell to find my pocketwatch?"

>"I...honestly don't," says Flandre. "She crept back into her secret lair, and I've not heard anything from her."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 02, 2017, 05:57:10 PM
> Stand back up.
> "Then we go find out."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 06:02:46 PM
> Stand back up.
> "Then we go find out."

>Flandre nods. "Alright. But are you sure you don't need a few more moments?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 02, 2017, 06:05:50 PM
> "Yes. I have started to figure some things out. I should not need to brace myself in such a way again, unless there are more unexpected changes."
> Leave the library and head to Alice's secret lair.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 06:14:18 PM
> "Yes. I have started to figure some things out. I should not need to brace myself in such a way again, unless there are more unexpected changes."
> Leave the library and head to Alice's secret lair.

>You make your way back to the main hall, and down into the basement. The stairs come to an end all too soon, and you recall that Flandre had the basement extended back when she was trying to make a hotel out of the mansion so that more rooms could be opened up for other uses. The way to the basement chamber where she used to live to live had been converted into a place where very old things had been stored, things Flandre herself had largely forgotten about over the centuries. She stops as you reach that door. "Oh, there's something important I forgot," she says. "Meet me at the library when you're done. I have something big to show you."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 02, 2017, 06:17:27 PM
> Nod.
> "Understood."
> Head through the door and onward to Alice. If her guard gives us problems, time-stop past it as we did before.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 06:40:58 PM
> Nod.
> "Understood."
> Head through the door and onward to Alice. If her guard gives us problems, time-stop past it as we did before.

>The door, you notice, has a sign very specifically warning there is a monster down there and instructs running from it to the stairs. There is also a detachable lamp nearby, which you grab.
>You head down the stairs, and into a storage room full of various objects, some you recognize and some that you don't. A few artworks from the gallery, some nightstands, an old range that you are certain was in use in your era... It is dust as all get out here, though you can see the dust has been heavily disturbed lately; remnants of the battle you remember having with Juza. Part of the wall is still missing, you march right through it. Within moments, you hear and then see the guardian charging. Stepping out of time, you go right around it and toward...another source of light. Curious.
>Entering into Alice's lair proper, you can see she has moved all of the furniture and the like, to make room for a large series of shapes exactly like those that she drew on Mitsu's floor. Alice herself rests in the middle of it, kneeling and concentrating.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 02, 2017, 06:57:41 PM
> "How goes the search?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 07:07:46 PM
> "How goes the search?"

>"...Why are you still here?" she says. Her voice is...not like before. No, it's exactly like before.  Argh, you are going to have to find a way to sort out these conflicting memories. She sounds more natural now.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 02, 2017, 07:20:08 PM
> Does she look more natural than 'before' as well?
> "Whatever pulled me here once did it again. I am currently thinking I need to find that pocketwatch to properly end this nonsense for good."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 07:21:35 PM
> Does she look more natural than 'before' as well?
> "Whatever pulled me here once did it again. I am currently thinking I need to find that pocketwatch to properly end this nonsense for good."

>It's hard to tell.
>"Hm," she says. "I am searching."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 02, 2017, 07:25:02 PM
> "Need more time?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 07:26:00 PM
> "Need more time?"

>"Yes."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 02, 2017, 07:34:32 PM
> "Very well. I have another idea I can pursue in the meantime. It seems that extra millennium of research has served you well, by the way. See you later."
> Exit Alice's lair, time-stop-passing by the guard again as needed, return the lamp to its proper place, and rendezvous with Flan back in the library.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 09:41:06 PM
> "Very well. I have another idea I can pursue in the meantime. It seems that extra millennium of research has served you well, by the way. See you later."
> Exit Alice's lair, time-stop-passing by the guard again as needed, return the lamp to its proper place, and rendezvous with Flan back in the library.

>She doesn't say anything, but you assume she heard.
>You make your way back up after a brief encounter with the guard and a trip out of time. Making your way back to the library, You find Flandre at the same corner as before, with a large, flat box laying in front of her.
>"So, how is she doing?" says the vampire.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 02, 2017, 09:41:57 PM
> "She needs more time. I have another idea of what to do in the meantime. After this, of course."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 10:11:11 PM
> "She needs more time. I have another idea of what to do in the meantime. After this, of course."

>Flandre nods and gestures toward the box. "I'm a little embarrassed to say, I completely forgot about this until...just a couple hours ago, while I was going the junk in the sub basement. "Sister left it for you. Be careful, it weighs a ton."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 02, 2017, 10:11:52 PM
> Adopt a curious expression.
> Open the box.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 10:23:39 PM
> Adopt a curious expression.
> Open the box.

>You have to pull the box closer to yourself, and Flandre's warnings are correct, it much heavier than it looks. But you manage. The remains of a thick layer of dust remain on it; Flandre tried to wipe it off, but after so much dust builds up you need to do more than just wipe to remove it. "I...sort of put it somewhere out of the way, and completely forgot about it over the centuries..." Flandre says, with a nervous chuckle. "I'm really sorry."
>You undo the clap and open the lid to reveal...a broad, flat length of stone. For a brief moment, you are the opposite of pleasantly surprised, before you noted it is covered in writing.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on August 02, 2017, 10:28:42 PM
>Begin reading it.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 10:59:14 PM
>Begin reading it.

>You begin to read it.
>"No doubt you are shocked to see this," it says. "But let us call this a message from the past. We, of course, have no idea where you might end up this time. Miss Kamishirasawa suggests you've been caught in some kind of cycle to ensure whatever is supposed to happen will happen, but We are...dubious. It doesn't seem so simple to us, and not even she has much faith in it. Regardless, I am writing this now because you have provided Us with a convenient loophole that We would exploit. No doubt, you have wondered long and hard about where We have gone. Well, We are under oath to tell no one among the living, but that hardly includes you are this time, does it? After all, you have vanished from the annals of history. So perhaps We are wasting our time? Or perhaps Flandre is being a naughty girl when We explicitly left instructions that this is for you only. Well, We cannot be blamed for that!"
>"Simply put, there is a place that needs Us, outside the Hakurei barrier. Miss Yukari told us, and showed us, quite a bit of it. Once it was a mighty empire, spanning nearly the entire planet. Yukari would have Us believe that it once posed a very real threat to Gensokyo, thus her interest. After some...actions on her part, it teeters at the brink of collapse. Perhaps she feels guilty for the fate of those whom this empire once ruled? Perhaps she simply wishes to make sure a steady hand guides it away from threatening Gensokyo once more? It does not matter, our sense of noblesse oblige will not allow us to turn a blind eye to the situation, and after much consideration We shall be leaving immediately to set things to rights. Perhaps, then, We may well journey back home and show that silly little republic that dare squat upon Our ancestral home exactly what we have to say about that."
>"Do not think for a moment it is coincidence that this tablet has found. We have specifically carved stone to make sure it will not fall prey to some clumsy faerie dropping wine or a candle on it. We intend it to survive the ages to reach you, because it will reach you. That is fate. As well, Sakuya, never forget that fate binds us. We shall find you once more, when you've stepped back into the annals of history. And, as a final note, should you find yourself back to your proper era, be so kind as not to mention these details to us? It has weighed heavily upon Us already, and we would rather not have that begin before its time! We are certain Yukari would rather you not mention its contents to anyone, but you're hardly bound by vows to her. Though We would ask that it be kept a strict secret from all if you should return to the mansion before We should leave."
>What follows is Remilia's signature, and a line of titles that largely make no sense to you.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 02, 2017, 11:08:47 PM
Oh fuck you a thousand times, Canus.

> Close the box with a sigh.
> Was Flan able to read the message given where she was positioned while it was open?
>If she was not: "Young Mistress, have you ever opened this box yourself?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 02, 2017, 11:27:13 PM
> Close the box with a sigh.
> Was Flan able to read the message given where she was positioned while it was open?
>If she was not: "Young Mistress, have you ever opened this box yourself?"

>You close it. "Is everything okay?" she says.
>When you ask, she simply shakes her head.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 02, 2017, 11:27:56 PM
> "I...honestly don't know."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on August 02, 2017, 11:30:47 PM
>"Things just seem to be even more complicated than they seemed before."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on August 02, 2017, 11:34:12 PM
So, I'm guessing this is relating to a past Z-Machine Adventure?

>What did we learn about what happened to the SDM in this timeline after our second departer to the future?

>What massages have we not sent yet to the people of the present?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 02, 2017, 11:37:30 PM
Only tangentially. It is not as though we can follow Remilia, and even if we could, the details of that game wouldn't really help at all.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on August 02, 2017, 11:46:37 PM
I understand, but I don't see why you can't tell me which game it was for those who are just interested in understanding the lore more?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on August 02, 2017, 11:50:31 PM
Because then parts of that other game would refer to yet another previous game, which would lead to you having to read that one first, then the same thing happens again.

Purvis is one hard working parser, he has more quests under his belt than inches, and all of them are connected in some sort of lore web.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 02, 2017, 11:50:59 PM
Oh, sure, yeah. It's the Kisume game.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on August 03, 2017, 12:03:09 AM
There was a Kisume Quest??

Man I don't even remember that one being a thing. I thought the last ones were like... Miko Yukari Iku Maribel Utsuho Reisen in some order... oh god there's so many

edit:Wait Miko was just Sword Quest wasn't it, it was miko -and- youmu and it swapped? ...I'm getting disconnected, here

>Recall if the meeting with the Hakutaku went much differently between the two timelines, apart from the matter of actually finding her.

(oh wait I shouldn't be editing in commands like 10 minutes later derpderp. I'll just repost it after if it's missed)

Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 03, 2017, 12:44:40 AM
> "I...honestly don't know."

>"I see..." she says.

>"Things just seem to be even more complicated than they seemed before."

>She nods, clearly not pressing you.

>What did we learn about what happened to the SDM in this timeline after our second departer to the future?
>What massages have we not sent yet to the people of the present?

>Things went mostly the same, you think, but they managed to catch that fire. You don't believe that- Flandre said Meiling was alive.
>You got most of them, you think.

>Recall if the meeting with the Hakutaku went much differently between the two timelines, apart from the matter of actually finding her.

>Not that you recall...

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 03, 2017, 12:47:39 AM
> Wait, Meiling's alive? Did Flan say where she was?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 03, 2017, 01:22:53 AM
> Wait, Meiling's alive? Did Flan say where she was?

>She was out wandering somewhere, you think...

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on August 03, 2017, 01:44:32 AM
>Do we know why ?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 03, 2017, 01:45:30 AM
>Do we know why ?

>Habit, from what you gathered.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 03, 2017, 02:47:36 AM
> "Well, this rather eliminated my time-killing idea. I suppose we now simply wait until Alice finds something."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 03, 2017, 03:35:54 AM
> "Well, this rather eliminated my time-killing idea. I suppose we now simply wait until Alice finds something."

>"What you you thinking about doing?" says Flandre.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 03, 2017, 11:21:32 AM
> "Investigating the Mistress's whereabouts. Though, in thinking about it, I believe I have a new lead worth investigating."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 03, 2017, 02:29:39 PM
> "Investigating the Mistress's whereabouts. Though, in thinking about it, I believe I have a new lead worth investigating."

>"Go on?" she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 03, 2017, 02:34:56 PM
> "I'm going to go see Ran again. I think she may know more than what she has shown us."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 03, 2017, 02:40:54 PM
> "I'm going to go see Ran again. I think she may know more than what she has shown us."

>"Well," says Flandre. "That sounds kind of ominous."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 03, 2017, 02:46:22 PM
> "Oh, I doubt she tried to mislead us or anything. It is more that we, perhaps, did not think to ask her the correct questions."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 03, 2017, 02:53:02 PM
> "Oh, I doubt she tried to mislead us or anything. It is more that we, perhaps, did not think to ask her the correct questions."

>"Okay, now I'm just puzzled," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 03, 2017, 02:55:31 PM
> "Don't worry about it too much. I will do my best to be back when I can."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 03, 2017, 03:03:57 PM
> "Don't worry about it too much. I will do my best to be back when I can."

>"Hm. Well, alright," says Flandre. "Is there anything you'll need?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 03, 2017, 03:15:27 PM
> "I do not believe so off the top of my head. Though, I suppose, if Meiling returns, it would not hurt to ask her to stay here a bit and wait for me as well."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 03, 2017, 03:28:09 PM
> "I do not believe so off the top of my head. Though, I suppose, if Meiling returns, it would not hurt to ask her to stay here a bit and wait for me as well."

>She nods. "Sure, I can do that."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 03, 2017, 03:37:10 PM
> "Thank you. Farewell until I return, Young Mistress. And, ah, you can return that box to where you found it."
> Exit the library and the mansion-temple altogether.
> Then make the long trek/flight to the mountain, up the mountain by cart thingy, and then straight up into the sky, to return to Bhava-agra.
> Dwell on that message while we travel. Would this qualify as abandonment/abdication, or perhaps a simple release of contract? Is our employment at the mansion even that simple, given the personal circumstances surrounding Remilia and ourselves?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 03, 2017, 05:02:39 PM
> "Thank you. Farewell until I return, Young Mistress. And, ah, you can return that box to where you found it."
> Exit the library and the mansion-temple altogether.
> Then make the long trek/flight to the mountain, up the mountain by cart thingy, and then straight up into the sky, to return to Bhava-agra.
> Dwell on that message while we travel. Would this qualify as abandonment/abdication, or perhaps a simple release of contract? Is our employment at the mansion even that simple, given the personal circumstances surrounding Remilia and ourselves?

>"Well, good luck," says Flandre. "If it looks like things are going to get hairy, don't hesitate to come back. I'll help fight on your side just as much as you need."
>You depart, and begin the long trek to Bhava-Agra. Little of note happens along the way, giving you plenty of time to dwell on that message. Honestly, it's not terribly certain whether or not this completely frees you, or if it simply transfers your services to Flandre. You suppose you haven't seen anything more in terms of payment than a place to sleep and perhaps a meal or two, but those are really more gifts than payment, you feel. On the other hand, you haven't done much in the way of service for her, either, so it is up in the air. That said, it seems as though Remilia has indeed abdicated, or so it seems at first glance. As you think on it, you suppose Remilia herself would argue that she simply moved her capital. There would be precedent in history for that, if you recall correctly. Then again, there has been no contact for...quite a long time. Could the Scarlet Devil Mansion, or you suppose the Lake Temple, be considered independent through simple neglect and subsequent self sufficiency? In the end, you suppose it will come down to how you decide to see it, given Remilia is not around to provide her input.
>You barely even notice the crowd in the cable car as you rest and ponder these matters. The trip from the mountaintop to Bhava-Agra is comparatively short, and you soon find yourself approaching the familiar floating island.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 03, 2017, 05:05:27 PM
> Is anyone visible on it, Suika or otherwise?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 03, 2017, 05:09:25 PM
> Is anyone visible on it, Suika or otherwise?

>It's not a small place, but you don't see anyone at first glance.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 03, 2017, 05:10:11 PM
> Head to where we found Suika several hours ago.
> If Suika is not there, begin systematically combing the island aerially, looking for anyone that may be on it.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 03, 2017, 05:14:37 PM
> Head to where we found Suika several hours ago.
> If Suika is not there, begin systematically combing the island aerially, looking for anyone that may be on it.

>You make your way toward the lake, and are both pleased and not at all surprised to see Suika hasn't budged an inch. She is also snoring like an avalanche.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 03, 2017, 05:23:47 PM
> Wonderful.
> Well, whatever. She who hesitates is lost! And clearly she who gallivants off into the vast blueness of the sky has no chance of getting lost. Take flight and head northeast; hopefully the palace and its island are large enough that we'll see them even if it's moved from where it was a few hours ago.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 03, 2017, 05:34:58 PM
> Wonderful.
> Well, whatever. She who hesitates is lost! And clearly she who gallivants off into the vast blueness of the sky has no chance of getting lost. Take flight and head northeast; hopefully the palace and its island are large enough that we'll see them even if it's moved from where it was a few hours ago.

>You decide to let sleeping oni lie and head toward the northeast. You fly through empty sky, and it is hard not to worry that you've gone the wrong way by just a bit. More minutes pass, and you become more and more certain that you've made a mistake until finally you can see the massive palace ahead. Apparently it is currently drifting away from the island you were just on.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 03, 2017, 05:37:24 PM
> Phew!
> Make for the palace and retrace our steps to the Yakumo room.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 03, 2017, 06:28:17 PM
> Phew!
> Make for the palace and retrace our steps to the Yakumo room.

>It takes a bit longer to retrace your steps to the Yakumo home, but they are easy and stress-free steps.
>As you approach the little building atop the arcade wall, you can see Chen is sitting on the roof, one leg folded and the other dangling off the roof. "Aren't you supposed to be gone now?" she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 03, 2017, 06:33:33 PM
> "Your master's efforts succeeded and I went back to my proper time period, if that is what you mean. To answer your question, though, it would seem fate thinks that no, I am not supposed to be gone. I suspect your master and I solved the wrong problem; I am here to try to solve the correct one."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 03, 2017, 06:36:16 PM
> "Your master's efforts succeeded, if that is what you mean. To answer your question, though, it would seem that fate thinks that no, I am not supposed to be gone. I suspect your master and I solved the wrong problem; I am here to try to solve the correct one."

>She flicks her tails. "Huh. Well, I guess she'll be willing to at least hear it out."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 03, 2017, 06:37:19 PM
> Nod.
> "Thank you."
> Head to the door and knock.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 03, 2017, 06:41:49 PM
> Nod.
> "Thank you."
> Head to the door and knock.

>"Do come in," comes Ran's muffled voice.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 03, 2017, 06:42:32 PM
> Open the door and step inside!
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 03, 2017, 06:51:28 PM
> Open the door and step inside!

>You step inside.  Ran has moved her table and such back to where it was, and is sitting there as she has been the previous times you've been here.
>"Something happened," she says, gesturing to a cushion. "Tell me what it was."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 03, 2017, 06:53:29 PM
> Have a seat where indicated.
> "Your work was successful, but it would seem fate has other ideas. I have unwillingly been dragged back here accordingly, after feeling rather like I was having a heart attack."
> Frown a bit.
> "I have reason to believe we solved the wrong problem. I need you to bring me to the place beyond the barrier where my Mistress resides."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 03, 2017, 06:55:06 PM
> Have a seat where indicated.
> "Your work was successful, but it would seem fate has other ideas. I have unwillingly been dragged back here accordingly, after feeling rather like I was having a heart attack."
> Frown a bit.
> "I have reason to believe we solved the wrong problem. I need you to bring me to the place beyond the barrier where my Mistress resides."

>"Come again?" she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 03, 2017, 06:58:41 PM
> "My Mistress currently inhabits some region, beyond the barrier, that your former Mistress guided her to. Apparently it was a potential threat to Gensokyo before your former Mistress pushed some buttons and pulled some strings and left it in chaos? The reason my Mistress disappeared from this land is because your former Mistress showed her that land with the intent of installing her as its new leader, in order to stave off societal collapse, and my Mistress agreed that she was needed there."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 03, 2017, 07:23:16 PM
> "My Mistress currently inhabits some region, beyond the barrier, that your former Mistress guided her to. Apparently it was a potential threat to Gensokyo before your former Mistress pushed some buttons and pulled some strings and left it in chaos? The reason my Mistress disappeared from this land is because your former Mistress showed her that land with the intent of installing her as its new leader, in order to stave off societal collapse, and my Mistress agreed that she was needed there."

>Ran frowns thoughtfully, and there is some silence.
>"...Oh," she says at length.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 03, 2017, 07:24:02 PM
> Grimace just a tiny bit.
> "...You...were aware of this, yes?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 03, 2017, 07:40:24 PM
> Grimace just a tiny bit.
> "...You...were aware of this, yes?"

>"I was aware of this place you speak of..." says Ran.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 03, 2017, 07:42:22 PM
> "...Can you travel there?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 03, 2017, 07:53:28 PM
> "...Can you travel there?"

>"I am not sure," she says. "But I also have no interest in finding out."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 03, 2017, 07:56:00 PM
> Frown.
> "What am I to do to find my Mistress and end this time-travel misery, then?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 03, 2017, 08:05:28 PM
> Frown.
> "What am I to do to find my Mistress and end this time-travel misery, then?"

>"What do the two have to do with each other?" says Ran.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 03, 2017, 08:12:35 PM
Sudden comedy theory/gut terror: We have to switch Remi and Mikoto.

> "I have been informed that the late Keine Kamishirasawa believes I am caught in some sort of cycle in order to make sure whatever is supposed to happen happens. She is, or was, not 100% confident in that assessment, but it appears to be a better suggestion for why this has happened than anything else anyone has theorized."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 03, 2017, 09:15:24 PM
> "I have been informed that the late Keine Kamishirasawa believes I am caught in some sort of cycle in order to make sure whatever is supposed to happen happens. She is, or was, not 100% confident in that assessment, but it appears to be a better suggestion for why this has happened than anything else anyone has theorized."


>"I don't see the connection," Ran says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 03, 2017, 09:27:40 PM
> "What else would history need me here for?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 03, 2017, 09:40:22 PM
> "What else would history need me here for?"

>"I haven't become convinced that history needs you here at all," says Ran. "What exactly gave you this idea?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 03, 2017, 09:41:53 PM
> "Being forced back to this time period despite both of our best efforts."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 03, 2017, 09:56:25 PM
> "Being forced back to this time period despite both of our best efforts."

>"And what lends your thoughts any validity beyond wishful thinking?" says Ran.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 03, 2017, 09:57:19 PM
> "The fact that you were clearly not expecting me to show up at your doorstep again."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 03, 2017, 09:59:17 PM
> "The fact that you were clearly not expecting me to show up at your doorstep again."

>"That's not evidence," says Ran. "Do you have any evidence that suggests there is anything to this random thought that popped in your head and deemed fit to bother me with."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 03, 2017, 10:09:25 PM
> Look a bit uncertain.
> "...I'm afraid we may be talking past each other. If you are asking me for anything remotely close to concrete proof that finding my Mistress will indeed fix everything, then I do not have any such thing. All I have is the message she left for me that mentioned your former Mistress as a driving force behind her disappearance. If you are asking me about why I think history itself wants me here, all I have for that are Miss Kamishirasawa's words, and the fact that I would rather not dwell on the idea that some other entity is doing this to me for who knows what reasons, an entity clever enough that the hakutaku knows nothing about it and powerful enough to do this to me a second time after you fixed the first instance."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 03, 2017, 10:22:01 PM
> Look a bit uncertain.
> "...I'm afraid we may be talking past each other. If you are asking me for anything remotely close to concrete proof that finding my Mistress will indeed fix everything, then I do not have any such thing. All I have is the message she left for me that mentioned your former Mistress as a driving force behind her disappearance. If you are asking me about why I think history itself wants me here, all I have for that are Miss Kamishirasawa's words, and the fact that I would rather not dwell on the idea that some other entity is doing this to me for who knows what reasons, an entity clever enough that the hakutaku knows nothing about it and powerful enough to do this to me a second time after you fixed the first instance."

>Ran nods. "I can see your reasoning, but I feel there are other things that need to be explored before we settle on that. Whatever a hakutaku might think, I do not put much weight on that kind of thinking about fate, and unfortunately for her I am greatly more experienced in the world than she could have hoped to be. Are there any other oddities you have noticed?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 03, 2017, 10:26:53 PM
> "My pocketwatch seems to have disappeared again. That it has now happened twice suggests it is of at least some significance, particularly given the hakutaku mentioned that an object was afflicted by the same force that has afflicted me. I have Alice Margatroid working on locating it, but her spell needs some more time."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 03, 2017, 10:33:32 PM
> "My pocketwatch seems to have disappeared again. That it has now happened twice suggests it is of at least some significance, particularly given the hakutaku mentioned that an object was afflicted by the same force that has afflicted me. I have Alice Margatroid working on locating it, but her spell needs some more time."

>"Disappeared 'again'?" says Ran. "I recall that it was gone when you left."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 03, 2017, 10:35:53 PM
> "Ah, sorry. When you sent me back to my time, it was in my possession again, as if it had never left me in the first place. When I checked after arriving in this time period again, it was once again no longer in my possession."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 03, 2017, 11:36:27 PM
> "Ah, sorry. When you sent me back to my time, it was in my possession again, as if it had never left me in the first place. When I checked after arriving in this time period again, it was once again no longer in my possession."

>"That is amazingly suspicious," says Ran.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 03, 2017, 11:47:56 PM
> "Indeed. With your confidence that my other ideas are not really worth pursuing, it would seem that watch is my only source of information."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 03, 2017, 11:53:13 PM
> "Indeed. With your confidence that my other ideas are not really worth pursuing, it would seem that watch is my only source of information."

>"Yes, I am entirely confused why you would overlook this in favor of some thing about needing to seek out a foreign empire. But  regardless, that is somewhat telling. It suggests when I cut away the force holding you here, it also cut the force holding your watch away as well, even though it wasn't here. That is...curious. And yes, I would recommend finding your watch, if only to see what has happened to it."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 04, 2017, 12:00:40 AM
> Frown a bit.
> "In my defense, my options while waiting for Alice were 'seek out a Yakumo' and 'sit around and do nothing'."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 04, 2017, 12:06:32 AM
> Frown a bit.
> "In my defense, my options while waiting for Alice were 'seek out a Yakumo' and 'sit around and do nothing'."

>"Well yes, but neither of those involve harebrained theories," says Ran. "Now, what exactly is Alice doing for you?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 04, 2017, 12:09:28 AM
> "Performing some magic locator ritual, that apparently requires a good deal of concentration. She did not bother me with the details."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 04, 2017, 12:15:53 AM
> "Performing some magic locator ritual, that apparently requires a good deal of concentration. She did not bother me with the details."

>"And what does it tell you, exactly?" says Ran.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 04, 2017, 12:24:57 AM
> "It told her the hakutaku was 'below the Forest of Magic'. I got the implication that it is capable of being more exact than that, though."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 04, 2017, 12:26:27 AM
> "It told her the hakutaku was 'below the Forest of Magic'. I got the implication that it is capable of being more exact than that, though."

>"So it's not very precise," says Ran. "That's no good."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 04, 2017, 12:28:23 AM
> "I would certainly not object to something more precise, if you are offering, or otherwise have an idea."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 04, 2017, 12:31:12 AM
> "I would certainly not object to something more precise, if you are offering, or otherwise have an idea."

>"Kindly fetch that quartz from the shelf," says Ran, gesturing toward a shelf to your right.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 04, 2017, 12:35:43 AM
> Take a look at the shelves to our right. If we see any quartz, carefully take it and bring it to Ran.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 04, 2017, 12:39:36 AM
> Take a look at the shelves to our right. If we see any quartz, carefully take it and bring it to Ran.

>You look check the shelf. It is loaded with a variety of things, small tools, scrolls, glass bowls, clay statues, and a variety of things you can make no sense of. Really, you only have the faintest idea what a quartz really is, but it helps that it the only rock on the shelf that looks like a crystal of any kind.
>"Hold it out to me," Ran says, "But keep it in your hands."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 04, 2017, 12:42:16 AM
> Hold the quartz out to Ran, but keep it in our hands.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 04, 2017, 12:50:27 AM
> Hold the quartz out to Ran, but keep it in our hands.

>She produces a fan from nowhere, and taps the quartz in a few spots. "Now clutch it tightly," she says. "Don't hurt your hand, of course."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 04, 2017, 12:55:58 AM
> Grin a bit at the fan.
> Tighten our grip on the quartz.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 04, 2017, 01:02:37 AM
> Grin a bit at the fan.
> Tighten our grip on the quartz.

>The quartz vibrates a little, then stops.
>"There," she says. "When you get within...oh, I'd say a mile and a half of your watch, it will vibrate a little. This will get stronger as you get closer to it, by the time you reach it, it should be about ready to jump out of your hand if you don't hold it. Throw it with with some force to the ground and it will stop. Do so again, and it will resume. I can't guess at how many times you can cycle it off and on. At least three or four. Oh, if you've lost anything else, it will give you a false positive if you get near it, so do keep that in mind."

>_

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 04, 2017, 01:04:07 AM
> "Impressive. Thank you very much."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 04, 2017, 01:12:24 AM
> "Impressive. Thank you very much."

>"You are certain nothing else is missing?" says Ran.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 04, 2017, 01:12:42 AM
> Inventory
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 04, 2017, 01:21:08 AM
> Inventory

>Your Inventory contains
>Maid Headband:
>A statement of your career, pleasantly frilly.
>Uniform
>It reveals a daring amount of leg, but sometimes one must be daring.
>Silver Knife x18
>Kept in your skirt pockets, and a few hidden in comfortable spots in and under your clothing. These are the basis of your danmaku. When adventuring, you tend to keep quite a few more.
>6☼
>This is 6☼
>Picture of Future Flandre
>A picture of Flandre in Gensokyo?s future.
>Writing Supplies
>A brush and an ink stone, ready for all of your calligraphic needs.
>Kanako's Message.
>To be presented to a kappa named Mitsu, in order to aid your travels.
>Bronze Bell
>A keepsake from Kari, the silent shingami of the future.
>You obtain: Silk Bag.
>A large bag of silk, it should help you carry things when you run out of pocket space.
>45 Shillings
>Currency of True Glorian, and presumably Avalon
>Stuffed Bear
>An ordinary-looking stuffed animal. Shuuei claims there is something odd about it, but isn?t sure what.
>Wound Salve w/ Rag
>Effective at treating cuts and scrapes.
>1 Mon
>The currency of Gensokyo?s future.
>Agate Ring
>A simple but well-made ring featuring a finely cut agate.
>Bronze Lantern
>A box-shaped lantern with archaic designs cut into it to allow out light


>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 04, 2017, 01:37:45 AM
> "That would appear to be it, assuming you do not count money and ammunition expended while here."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 04, 2017, 01:49:18 AM
> "That would appear to be it, assuming you do not count money and ammunition expended while here."

>"It may," says Ran. "Did any of that come back to you when I first returned you?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 04, 2017, 01:51:41 AM
> "It did not."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 04, 2017, 01:53:37 AM
> "It did not."

>"Then it probably doesn't matter," says Ran.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 04, 2017, 01:57:35 AM
> "Very good. I think that is it, then."
> Frown a bit.
> "...Though, I must wonder...will I need to gather those ingredients for you again in order to go back?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 04, 2017, 02:10:01 AM
> "Very good. I think that is it, then."
> Frown a bit.
> "...Though, I must wonder...will I need to gather those ingredients for you again in order to go back?"

>"No," she says. "I set aside the leftovers in case something like this happened."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 04, 2017, 02:17:56 AM
> "Ah, good. Thank you again."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 04, 2017, 02:21:04 AM
> "Ah, good. Thank you again."

>"I'll will ponder your situation further while you are away," says Ran. "Hm. Perhaps there is someplace you would like to go?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 04, 2017, 03:00:26 AM
> Adopt a thinking expression.
> "Hmm...I'm not sure. There's not really much for me to do other than wait for Alice to finish, I suppose. Mmm, do you want me to bring the watch to you once we have found it?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 04, 2017, 03:09:01 AM
> Adopt a thinking expression.
> "Hmm...I'm not sure. There's not really much for me to do other than wait for Alice to finish, I suppose. Mmm, do you want me to bring the watch to you once we have found it?"

>"Presuming no other answers open themselves to you in the meantime, that would be for the best."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 04, 2017, 03:19:44 AM
> "In that case, I suppose I would like to be deposited at the Lake Temple, where the Young Mistress and Alice are at present."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 04, 2017, 03:32:44 AM
> "In that case, I suppose I would like to be deposited at the Lake Temple, where the Young Mistress and Alice are at present."

>You obtain: Quartz Tracer.
>Ran nods and reaches into her sleeve and produces a paper talisman. "Burn this when you are ready and I will open a gap to bring you here. I except this may take more than one visit to sort out. Please don't use it for trivial reasons."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 04, 2017, 11:03:07 AM
> "Of course."
> Take the talisman.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 04, 2017, 02:25:05 PM
> "Of course."
> Take the talisman.

>You obtain: Ran's Talisman
>"You'll find the gap just outside," says Ran. "Try to use it quickly, before people on the other side notice."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 04, 2017, 02:26:00 PM
> "Understood. Thank you again."
> Head outside and look for said gap.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 04, 2017, 03:06:42 PM
> "Understood. Thank you again."
> Head outside and look for said gap.

>"You're welcome," says Ran.
>Stepping outside, there is indeed a gap waiting just beside the door.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 04, 2017, 03:07:09 PM
> Close our eyes and step on through!
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 04, 2017, 03:10:13 PM
> Close our eyes and step on through!

>You remember to close your eyes and step through. You can feel grass under your feet as you do. Opening your eyes, you seen to have appeared next to the Lotus Pond where Remilia's statue garden used to be.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 04, 2017, 03:10:42 PM
> The quartz isn't doing anything, is it?
> Head back inside the Lake Temple and locate Flan in the library.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 04, 2017, 03:34:56 PM
> The quartz isn't doing anything, is it?
> Head back inside the Lake Temple and locate Flan in the library.

>It is not.
>You head back inside, and go to the library. You don't see any sign of Flandre there. What you do hear, however, is the voice of a particular faerie, an annoyed voice at that, around one of the corners.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 04, 2017, 03:41:29 PM
> Does it sound like Dreamy?
> Turn the corner to see what's going on.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 04, 2017, 03:55:09 PM
> Does it sound like Dreamy?
> Turn the corner to see what's going on.

>It most definitely does.
>"Look at it!" Dreamy says, pointing where the wall meets the floor, doing her best to yell in a voice appropriate for a library, and achieving something like a stage whisper. "Look at that smust! That is the enemy! Are you just going to let the enemy live within your own walls?! Huh?! Are ya!? Are you gonna let it breed and get nasty and then suddenly make everyone sick and die!? Are you working for the enemy, is that it?!"
>The target of her lecture, a young-looking youkai with small wings on her back and tufts of hair that look like horns, seems more bewildered than anything. She has a broom in hand.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 04, 2017, 03:56:51 PM
> Look down where Dreamy is pointing. How clean or dirty is it?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 04, 2017, 04:04:36 PM
> Look down where Dreamy is pointing. How clean or dirty is it?

>You have a look, and...hmm. There's definitely some tenaciously clinging dirt there. By your standards, this is unacceptable. But your standards also include having access to an army of maids who can be lead into being a surprisingly effective cleaning force in skilled hands. For most people, it's not that bad. Something to be addressed in a seasonal or yearly cleaning at most. In your case, it never lasts long enough to build up and require that.
>Dreamy has yet to notice you, as her back is turned to you. The monk just sort of looks between you and her, puzzled as before.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 04, 2017, 04:12:41 PM
> Give the monk a light shrug and a bemused smile.
> Look to Dreamy (who we know is not looking at us).
> "I am glad to see you hard at work, Dreamy."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 04, 2017, 05:30:11 PM
> Give the monk a light shrug and a bemused smile.
> Look to Dreamy (who we know is not looking at us).
> "I am glad to see you hard at work, Dreamy."

>The monk gives a little shrug back.
>You speak, and Dreamy whirls around. Then she gives a shriek that is not even a little library-friendly and practically tries to tackle you. Thankfully, she doesn't have time to gather up enough momentum for it to be a problem.
>"You were supposed to be gone!" she exclaims into your apron.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 04, 2017, 05:42:26 PM
> Pat her on the head.
> "I was. But I forgot something, so I came back for a bit to get it."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 04, 2017, 06:31:23 PM
> Pat her on the head.
> "I was. But I forgot something, so I came back for a bit to get it."

>"I'll go get it," she says into your apron again.
>The monk takes this opportunity to excuse herself.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 04, 2017, 06:32:19 PM
> "Oh, I appreciate the thought, Dreamy, but it is something that is very difficult to find. I don't actually know where it is right now. I've had to ask two really powerful magic people to help me out."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 04, 2017, 07:35:30 PM
> "Oh, I appreciate the thought, Dreamy, but it is something that is very difficult to find. I don't actually know where it is right now. I've had to ask two really powerful magic people to help me out."

>"Oh, right. Got it," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 04, 2017, 08:03:23 PM
> How did our conversation with Future Kazuha go?
> "Do you know where the Young Mistress went?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 04, 2017, 08:07:13 PM
> How did our conversation with Future Kazuha go?
> "Do you know where the Young Mistress went?"

>Reasonably professional, then you caught her off guard by asking about messages to the past.
>"I think she's doing monk things with the wooden bell and stuff," says Dreamy.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 04, 2017, 08:19:00 PM
> Did she not remember us from the message we gave her in the past?
> "Ah, I see."
> Where is the wooden bell? Do we know?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 04, 2017, 08:36:43 PM
> Did she not remember us from the message we gave her in the past?
> "Ah, I see."
> Where is the wooden bell? Do we know?

>Apparently not. Then again, it was a chance instance nearly a thousand years ago, so it's hardly surprising.
>Thinking on it, you seem to remember that the old museum galleries were cleared out for the sake of having a proper place to gather and chant. You imagine she's there. It would also probably be bad manners to just charge in.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 04, 2017, 08:50:01 PM
> "I'm going to attend to her, then."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 04, 2017, 08:56:32 PM
> "I'm going to attend to her, then."

>"'Kay," says Dreamy.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 04, 2017, 08:59:19 PM
> "Keep up the good work, Dreamy."
> Leave the library and head toward the old galleries.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 04, 2017, 11:24:58 PM
> "Keep up the good work, Dreamy."
> Leave the library and head toward the old galleries.

>You make your way to the western wing of the mansion. Even in the hallways leading into the old galleries, you can hear the sonorous chanting of many monks.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 05, 2017, 12:02:07 AM
> Mmm...
> ...We'll bother her later. Head back to Alice.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 05, 2017, 12:13:50 AM
> Mmm...
> ...We'll bother her later. Head back to Alice.

>You make your way to the old basement again, pause time to get around the guardian, and find Alice is about as you left her. At first it seems like nothing has changed as all, but then again she was like this when she enough detail to help you find Euphemia beforehand, so who knows?

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 05, 2017, 12:21:18 AM
> "Hello again."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 05, 2017, 12:28:00 AM
> "Hello again."

>"You didn't trip the guard this time," Alice says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 05, 2017, 12:37:02 AM
> "I have my ways."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 05, 2017, 01:25:58 AM
> "I have my ways."

>"Well, I suppose it's no good to get rusty," says Alice.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 05, 2017, 01:45:11 AM
> "Any luck?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 05, 2017, 01:53:24 AM
> "Any luck?"

>"Some," she says. "It is definitely some distance from here to the northwest."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 05, 2017, 02:20:24 AM
> What is northwest of here?
> "Will we need the flying chariot again?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 05, 2017, 03:15:26 AM
> What is northwest of here?
> "Will we need the flying chariot again?"

>Most everything, if you understand correctly. What you knew of Gensokyo seems to be the southeast corner of this Gensokyo. In particular, you know that Enkyo and Haihan are there. Tsunkeido might be that way too, if it is most likely to be threatened by Haihan.
>"Or something of that nature," says Alice.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 05, 2017, 03:16:00 AM
> "That far, huh? That's rather unpleasant."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on August 05, 2017, 03:35:11 AM
I wonder if what occurred is the warlord, in her search for magical artifacts to help her conquest, found the pocketwatch long after we were gone and then did something or another to it that ended up forcing us to this time period- likely unintentionally.

>"Still, having it narrowed down is quite the help. Do you think you'll be able to narrow it down much further than that with time, or is this the expected end result?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 05, 2017, 03:42:16 AM
> "That far, huh? That's rather unpleasant."

>"Quite so," says Alice.

>"Still, having it narrowed down is quite the help. Do you think you'll be able to narrow it down much further than that with time, or is this the expected end result?"

>"I am sure I can, but I will need to gather all my thoughts and step outside," she says. "And once I leave here, I'll have to begin again."

>_

Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 05, 2017, 04:02:26 AM
> Frown.
> "So that will take a while more, then."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 05, 2017, 04:07:00 AM
> Frown.
> "So that will take a while more, then."

>"No, it can be done more or less now. Just with the issue I mentioned if it's not enough."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 05, 2017, 11:34:24 AM
> "Ah, alright."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 05, 2017, 03:35:53 PM
> "Ah, alright."

>"Which would you prefer?" says Alice.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 05, 2017, 03:59:44 PM
> "Well, we have something else to take into consideration."
> Hold up the quartz.
> "This quartz will react when we get reasonably close to the watch, within a mile and a half or so. It will also ready more the closer we get."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 05, 2017, 04:03:09 PM
> "Well, we have something else to take into consideration."
> Hold up the quartz.
> "This quartz will react when we get reasonably close to the watch, within a mile and a half or so. It will also ready more the closer we get."

>"Where did you find that?" says Alice.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 05, 2017, 04:07:18 PM
> "Yakumo."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on August 05, 2017, 04:11:42 PM
>"If your spell can narrow down the general area for me to search enough, this quartz will take care of tracking down it's exact location."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 05, 2017, 04:16:18 PM
> "Yakumo."

>"Why are you going to Yakumo when I'm already working on it? Didn't I find your hakutaku for you just fine?"

>"If your spell can narrow down the general area for me to search enough, this quartz will take care of tracking down it's exact location."

>"I guess," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 05, 2017, 04:27:53 PM
> "I actually didn't go to her about this. She simply asked about the watch, I explained the situation, and she offered."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 05, 2017, 06:03:56 PM
> "I actually didn't go to her about this. She simply asked about the watch, I explained the situation, and she offered."

>"Oh," says Alice. "Well how rude of her. But I suppose it works out for you."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 05, 2017, 06:55:07 PM
> "In that case, how long do you estimate it would take you to get a more precise bead on the watch if you did indeed move outside?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 05, 2017, 07:22:22 PM
> "In that case, how long do you estimate it would take you to get a more precise bead on the watch if you did indeed move outside?"

>"Just a couple minutes, at worst," she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 05, 2017, 07:26:13 PM
> "Let us do that, then."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 05, 2017, 07:49:46 PM
> "Let us do that, then."

>Alice nods and stands. With a motion, she dismisses the shapes on the ground. She looks to you, her face exactly as you recall it being in your era. You can't find any sign of what bothered you about her originally. Not that her face ever bothered you, in those other memories...
>"Are you done?" comes a voice from further in. It is...almost familiar.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 05, 2017, 07:57:21 PM
> Is it Patchouli, perhaps? Or Marisa?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 05, 2017, 09:47:01 PM
> Is it Patchouli, perhaps? Or Marisa?

>Possibly the latter, now that you think of it, but you've never heard her so...timid?

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 05, 2017, 09:55:26 PM
> "Hm?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 05, 2017, 10:01:46 PM
> "Hm?"

>Alice frowns a little. "More or less," she says. "But we have a guest. It's Sakuya, like I told you before..."
>"Ah..."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 05, 2017, 11:11:08 PM
> "It's been a while, Marisa."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 05, 2017, 11:26:27 PM
> "It's been a while, Marisa."

>"Yes, it has..." says Marisa.
>Alice frowns, then makes her way over to you and quietly says, "She's having a good day, but...well, be delicate."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 05, 2017, 11:34:19 PM
> Give Alice a curious look.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 05, 2017, 11:40:23 PM
> Give Alice a curious look.

>Marisa's voice comes from the other room. "I...missed you the first time, didn't I?"
>Alice just responses with a serious expression.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 06, 2017, 12:45:55 AM
> Did she?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 06, 2017, 01:03:52 AM
> Did she?

>You did.
>Thinking on it, you met Alice in the front room in those memories. She told you Marisa was further in, but absolutely not seeing anyone. She didn't elaborate at the time, she just said it was a bad day. At the time, though, you also didn't really know just how far Alice had gone in preserving herself.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 06, 2017, 05:41:48 AM
> Did Alice say anything about Patchouli being around or not?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 06, 2017, 01:43:28 PM
> Did Alice say anything about Patchouli being around or not?

>You don't think you really asked. In those memories you never saw the preserved remains, so it didn't really occur to you at the time to ask about her. Flandre had told you she passed away and you left it that.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 06, 2017, 02:29:29 PM
> "We did, yes."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 06, 2017, 02:54:30 PM
> "We did, yes."

>"That was my fault," she says. "Let me see you..."
>Alice nods, then whispers. "We don't have any lights back there, she...gets uncomfortable around light sometimes. Be careful about that."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 06, 2017, 04:11:19 PM
> Whisper back.
> "Understood."
> Raise our voice back to normal levels.
> "Of course."
> Put down the lamp and head toward the voice.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 06, 2017, 04:13:49 PM
> Whisper back.
> "Understood."
> Raise our voice back to normal levels.
> "Of course."
> Put down the lamp and head toward the voice.

>You do so and walk into the darkened room. Aside from the light of the previous room, you can't see much in here. It feels like a decently furnished sitting room with western style chairs, you can nearly make out a coffee table in the middle.
>"It really is you," says a voice from a darkened corner. You can just see a person's outline.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on August 06, 2017, 05:06:53 PM
>Do we have the same feeling about Marisa's voice that we did the first time we came to the future and met Alice ?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 06, 2017, 05:12:13 PM
> "It is. How have you been?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 06, 2017, 06:10:50 PM
>Do we have the same feeling about Marisa's voice that we did the first time we came to the future and met Alice ?

>No. It's definitely her, just...far too meek?

> "It is. How have you been?"

>"It's hard to answer that," she says.

>_

Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 06, 2017, 06:26:26 PM
> "Ah, my apologies."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 06, 2017, 06:31:15 PM
> "Ah, my apologies."

>"Don't worry, don't worry," says Marisa. "I'm just being a grump. Some days are hard, that's all. Maybe more than some."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 06, 2017, 06:39:19 PM
> "It is...strange to hear you say such things, honestly."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 06, 2017, 07:36:58 PM
> "It is...strange to hear you say such things, honestly."

>"I guess it would be," says Marisa, with a dry chuckle that bears no humor.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 06, 2017, 08:23:29 PM
> "How...long have you been back? Or did you never actually pass away?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 06, 2017, 09:04:17 PM
> "How...long have you been back? Or did you never actually pass away?"

>"I don't know," she says, her voice kind of self-effacing and rueful. "A long time, I think. I think I was gone for a long time, too."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 06, 2017, 11:01:53 PM
> "I see. How much has Alice told you about Gensokyo now?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 06, 2017, 11:42:42 PM
> "I see. How much has Alice told you about Gensokyo now?"

>"Some things, maybe not as much as I thought," she says. "I didn't know we were just under the Scarlet Devil Mansion until you strode in."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 07, 2017, 12:32:49 AM
> "Did she tell you about Reimu?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 07, 2017, 12:51:34 AM
> "Did she tell you about Reimu?"

>"She did," says Marisa, with a dry almost-chuckle "Good for her."

>_

Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 07, 2017, 01:18:17 AM
> Smile a bit.
> "Indeed."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 07, 2017, 01:29:18 AM
> Smile a bit.
> "Indeed."

>"Sometimes, I'd like to go see her," says Marisa. "But there's too much outside for me. Especially when I'm not me."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 07, 2017, 01:31:49 AM
> "When you're not you?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 07, 2017, 01:45:43 AM
> "When you're not you?"

>"Sometimes there's someone else," she says. "And all I can do is watch. She's not bad, just...terrified, I think? I wonder if she can only watch now?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 07, 2017, 01:48:03 AM
> "Odd. Who is she?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 07, 2017, 01:51:21 AM
> "Odd. Who is she?"

>"I don't know," says Marisa. "Someone else. I don't think she has anything to do with Gensokyo."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 07, 2017, 01:54:18 AM
> "Huh. I wonder why you have such a roommate."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 07, 2017, 02:00:58 AM
> "Huh. I wonder why you have such a roommate."

>"I think she was supposed to be next in line," says Marisa.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 07, 2017, 02:10:11 AM
> "Next in line?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 07, 2017, 02:24:33 AM
> "Next in line?"

>"She's the one who gets this dirty rag of a soul once I'm done with it," says Marisa. "Or maybe she had it already?"

>_

Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 07, 2017, 02:29:02 AM
> "Huh. My sympathies."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 07, 2017, 02:45:17 AM
> "Huh. My sympathies."

>"For which one?" she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 07, 2017, 02:54:02 AM
> "For both of you. It seems an unpleasant situation to be in in general. Particularly if you cannot control when you switch."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 07, 2017, 03:28:32 AM
> "For both of you. It seems an unpleasant situation to be in in general. Particularly if you cannot control when you switch."

>"Honestly, I don't think she's all there," says Marisa. "Well, neither of us are. But not her especially."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 07, 2017, 03:36:22 AM
> Frown.
> "That makes me even more sympathetic."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 07, 2017, 03:37:21 AM
> Frown.
> "That makes me even more sympathetic."

>"I meant it more literally than you think," she says. "I think there are parts missing."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 07, 2017, 04:04:04 AM
> "That sounds even less pleasant."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 07, 2017, 04:20:29 AM
> "That sounds even less pleasant."

>"I imagine it is," says Marisa.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 07, 2017, 12:32:55 PM
> "Mmm...what about Lady Patchouli? Have you and Alice done anything for her as well?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 07, 2017, 04:03:37 PM
> "Mmm...what about Lady Patchouli? Have you and Alice done anything for her as well?"

>Your eyes have adjusted to the gloom enough that you can see a vague outline of Marisa now. She is sitting in the corner, apparently relaxed, or perhaps just completely exhausted. You can't quite make out her face, but from what you can see, she appears more or less as you remember. What you do see is her gesturing for you to come closer.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 07, 2017, 04:12:59 PM
> Put on a curious face.
> Move closer.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 07, 2017, 05:23:53 PM
> Put on a curious face.
> Move closer.

>You do and move closer.
>"We don't talk about Patchouli too loudly," Marisa says. "Alice beats herself up over it so badly. But, well, Patchouli didn't take to it as well as I did. Or maybe she took to it better than me? She ran off, you see, shortly after the whole thing. She was never happy with it, and she was furious with Alice. We honestly don't know why. That was a long time ago. She's out there somewhere, I'm sure. Well, I'm sure I know where she is, because she would certainly go the one place Alice never would."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 07, 2017, 05:34:06 PM
> "Where?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 07, 2017, 06:07:57 PM
> "Where?"

>"Makai," says Marisa. "There's no doubt about it."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 07, 2017, 06:10:49 PM
> We've never been there, have we?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 07, 2017, 06:12:15 PM
> We've never been there, have we?

>No.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 07, 2017, 06:17:43 PM
> "I see...How can I get there?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 07, 2017, 06:44:47 PM
> "I see...How can I get there?"

>"I assume the gateway in the mountains behind the Hakurei Shrine is still there," says Marisa. "There might be a way from that newfangled nexus city that Kanako built herself, too."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on August 07, 2017, 10:55:03 PM
This is one hell of a twist. <______< It's so easy to just help everyone you come across... not thinking of the possible consequences of allowing Alice to actually follow through on her intentions to bring people back from the grave.

I don't know if it'd be a good or terrible idea to offer to take her research back again and so she can do it better/sooner before they're already long gone. Maybe instead try to warn her out of doing it at all in present time. >_> Well, we'll see how trying to find/talk to Patchouli goes, first.

>"I'll have to pay that place a visit soon, then."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 07, 2017, 11:07:28 PM
>"I'll have to pay that place a visit soon, then."

>"Be careful, if you do. It's not a friendly place."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 08, 2017, 01:11:03 AM
> "I can be as unfriendly as need be."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 08, 2017, 01:19:42 AM
> "I can be as unfriendly as need be."

>Marisa gives a dry chuckle. "True. But so can they. Then again, maybe Koa will know what happened, if you can find her?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 08, 2017, 01:22:55 AM
> "I don't believe I've ever said this in my life, but...here's hoping."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 08, 2017, 01:25:55 AM
> "I don't believe I've ever said this in my life, but...here's hoping."

>"Oh, I suppose she'd go by her real name there, wouldn't she?" Marisa says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 08, 2017, 01:29:54 AM
> ...Do we know her real name?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on August 08, 2017, 01:43:20 AM
So ? What about the whole Alice thing ? Should we even keep going through with it, because tampering with the cycle of life and death is never a good thing.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 08, 2017, 01:46:18 AM
> ...Do we know her real name?

>It takes you a couple moments to dig it up, you had almost entirely forgotten about it: Petite.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 08, 2017, 01:54:05 AM
That moral quandary is not our problem. We have more important things to do.

> "...Petite. Right, yes."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 08, 2017, 02:29:31 AM
> "...Petite. Right, yes."

>"Who knows, they may even be happy to see you," says Marisa.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 08, 2017, 02:35:54 AM
> Smile a bit.
> "Perhaps."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 08, 2017, 02:38:44 AM
> Smile a bit.
> "Perhaps."

>"Tell me something," says Marisa. "Is this place really built under the Scarlet Devil Mansion?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 08, 2017, 02:43:03 AM
> Nod.
> "It appears to be known as the Lake Temple, now. It is related to the Myouren, or, now, Hijiri Temple."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Yaersulf on August 08, 2017, 02:43:59 AM
>"It is, though it seems it's since been re-purposed into a buddhist temple. We're actually inside Flandre's old basement right now."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 08, 2017, 02:57:18 AM
> Nod.
> "It appears to be known as the Lake Temple, now. It is related to the Myouren, or, now, Hijiri Temple."

>"It is, though it seems it's since been re-purposed into a buddhist temple. We're actually inside Flandre's old basement right now."

>"Don't that beat all?" she says. "Maybe someday, I'll be able to visit it."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Yaersulf on August 08, 2017, 03:07:18 AM
>"I'm sure Flandre would be happy to see you after all this time, she's a monk at the temple. I'm incredibly proud of her."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 08, 2017, 03:18:28 AM
>"I'm sure Flandre would be happy to see you after all this time, she's a monk at the temple. I'm incredibly proud of her."

>"I remember her making friends with Byakuren, a long time ago," says Marisa.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 08, 2017, 04:41:09 PM
> "Ah, so that is not too long after my present time. Good."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 08, 2017, 05:29:55 PM
> "Ah, so that is not too long after my present time. Good."

>"Not too long after your Mistress absconded, if I remember well," says Marisa. "Perhaps I don't?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 09, 2017, 01:39:12 AM
> "Mmm, I see."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 09, 2017, 02:04:07 AM
> "Mmm, I see."

>"Perhaps I should visit her. Or I suppose the other way around would be best..." says Marisa.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 09, 2017, 02:05:02 AM
> "It would be good for both of you, I imagine."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 09, 2017, 02:24:56 AM
> "It would be good for both of you, I imagine."

>"Maybe, maybe..." says Marisa.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 09, 2017, 03:17:41 AM
> "That being said, I hope I am not around to see it."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 09, 2017, 03:57:10 AM
> "That being said, I hope I am not around to see it."

>"Oh, that's right," says Marisa. "Of course you'd want to go back."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 09, 2017, 04:05:37 AM
> Nod.
> "It would be nice, yes."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 09, 2017, 04:31:52 AM
> Nod.
> "It would be nice, yes."

>"Then give 'em hell," Marisa says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 09, 2017, 03:50:49 PM
> Grin.
> "Of course."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 09, 2017, 04:01:00 PM
> Grin.
> "Of course."

>"Atta girl, go give what they got coming."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 09, 2017, 05:49:55 PM
> "I shall."
> Give Marisa a little wave.
> "See you a thousand years ago."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 09, 2017, 06:27:57 PM
> "I shall."
> Give Marisa a little wave.
> "See you a thousand years ago."

>"Looking forward to it," says Marisa.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 09, 2017, 06:32:20 PM
> "You mean backward?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 09, 2017, 07:12:29 PM
> "You mean backward?"

>She gives a very dry chuckle. "Backward it is."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 09, 2017, 08:20:35 PM
> Did Alice tell Reimu about Marisa in the second version of events we remember?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 09, 2017, 08:30:52 PM
> Did Alice tell Reimu about Marisa in the second version of events we remember?

>No. She did not.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 09, 2017, 10:08:45 PM
> "That's what Reimu said, at least. Hmm, come to think of it, do you want me to tell Reimu about you? Perhaps she can come here."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 09, 2017, 10:17:36 PM
> "That's what Reimu said, at least. Hmm, come to think of it, do you want me to tell Reimu about you? Perhaps she can come here."

>"I don't know..." she says. "I don't know if I could just face her..."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 09, 2017, 10:19:32 PM
> "If you don't want to, I won't do it. And I suppose you could just ask Alice if you need time to decide and I return home before then."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 09, 2017, 10:44:41 PM
> "If you don't want to, I won't do it. And I suppose you could just ask Alice if you need time to decide and I return home before then."

>"That's true, that's true..." she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 09, 2017, 11:40:36 PM
> "Shall I leave you to decide, then?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 10, 2017, 12:01:46 AM
> "Shall I leave you to decide, then?"

>"Please close the door on your way out," says Marisa. "It's getting too bright in here..."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 10, 2017, 04:03:36 AM
> "Ah, apologies. See you around, then."
> Head back out, closing the door behind us.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 10, 2017, 04:49:04 AM
> "Ah, apologies. See you around, then."
> Head back out, closing the door behind us.

>You head back out and close the door. Alice is there, standing where she was. She smiles, just a little. "It's been a long time since she was that talkative."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 10, 2017, 11:09:53 AM
> "I do what I can."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 11, 2017, 01:00:51 AM
> "I do what I can."

>"She's been doing really well these past few days,"  Alice says. "It makes me hopeful."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 11, 2017, 10:48:51 AM
> "That's good. A shame about the other person, though."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 11, 2017, 04:53:45 PM
> "That's good. A shame about the other person, though."

>Alice doesn't say anything to that, but you can detect a note of something in her eyes. Instead she says, "Let's head to the surface, before I loose track of that watch altogether."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 11, 2017, 11:32:00 PM
> "Certainly."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 12, 2017, 12:05:22 AM
> "Certainly."

>Alice leads you upstairs, a bit more quickly than you remember her moving in either of the times you encountered her. You also recall that when she first came up into the Lake Temple, she was fairly furtive and uncomfortable about things. But now she seems to move like she owns the place.
>Heading outside the main doors, she stops by one of the lotus pools and focuses.
>"...Very far away," she says, frowning. "The Haihan region seems most likely."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 12, 2017, 03:35:25 AM
> Frown.
> "Well, that's unfortunate."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 12, 2017, 03:46:47 AM
> Frown.
> "Well, that's unfortunate."

>"It's rather fortunate," says Alice. "That means it's not in the middle of nowhere."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 12, 2017, 03:49:00 AM
> "Perhaps, but it being in the middle of nowhere would make it easy to retrieve once found. If it is in the Haihan region, I imagine it is because Teru has her mitts on it."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 12, 2017, 03:57:36 AM
> "Perhaps, but it being in the middle of nowhere would make it easy to retrieve once found. If it is in the Haihan region, I imagine it is because Teru has her mitts on it."

>"Well, hm. That would be a problem," says Alice. "But it can be solved."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 12, 2017, 03:59:12 AM
> Adopt a thinking expression.
> "... Perhaps even without any conflict, if done correctly."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 12, 2017, 04:02:39 AM
> Adopt a thinking expression.
> "... Perhaps even without any conflict, if done correctly."

>"Do you have an idea, or just a general hope?" says Alice.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 12, 2017, 04:05:37 AM
> "Both."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 12, 2017, 04:09:21 AM
> "Both."

>Alice nods. "I can try to help."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 12, 2017, 07:54:33 PM
> "Thank you."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 12, 2017, 08:19:11 PM
> "Thank you."

>"So, are we going to bother the kappa again, or do you have something else in mind?" says Alice.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 13, 2017, 11:23:26 AM
> "It would probably be best to bother her again. Better that than bothering Yakumo again."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 13, 2017, 04:43:05 PM
> "It would probably be best to bother her again. Better that than bothering Yakumo again."

>Alice nods. "Alright, let me go make sure everything is fine with Marisa, and I should be ready to go. Will you need to do anything?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 13, 2017, 05:12:11 PM
> "I don't believe so, beyond saying goodbye to the Young Mistress if she is available."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 13, 2017, 05:21:39 PM
> "I don't believe so, beyond saying goodbye to the Young Mistress if she is available."

>She nods. "I'll meet you here."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 13, 2017, 09:47:56 PM
> Where are we at present, again?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 13, 2017, 09:54:32 PM
> Where are we at present, again?

>In front of the mansion, err...shrine.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 13, 2017, 10:09:01 PM
> "All right. Best of luck."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 13, 2017, 10:26:01 PM
> "All right. Best of luck."

>Alice nods, and departs.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 13, 2017, 11:12:18 PM
> Head back to the entrance to the room where we were told Flan was.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 14, 2017, 12:32:26 AM
> Head back to the entrance to the room where we were told Flan was.

>You make your way back to the former galleries, and hear that the chanting is still going on. However, you also see Elise is outside the door, hands folded. She looks over toward you and says, "Oh, there you are."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 14, 2017, 12:47:51 AM
> "Here I am. May I presume the Young Mistress will be busy for some time longer?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 14, 2017, 12:49:29 AM
> "Here I am. May I presume the Young Mistress will be busy for some time longer?"

>"She will be," says the dog youkai.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 14, 2017, 01:04:04 AM
> "Unfortunate. I will have to make sure to return here once my business in Haihan is concluded, then."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 14, 2017, 01:34:42 AM
> "Unfortunate. I will have to make sure to return here once my business in Haihan is concluded, then."

>"Oh well," says Elise. "I'll tell her what you're up to."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 14, 2017, 04:38:27 AM
> "Please do. Thank you."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 14, 2017, 04:50:14 AM
> "Please do. Thank you."

>"You're welcome," she says. "...Um, are those people in the basement really okay? Are we going to have to make them dinner too, now?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 14, 2017, 01:16:08 PM
> Look a bit uncertain.
> "...Forgive me for passing the ☼, but that decision is entirely up to this Temple and its monks."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 14, 2017, 05:45:05 PM
> Look a bit uncertain.
> "...Forgive me for passing the ☼, but that decision is entirely up to this Temple and its monks."

>"Oh, okay," says Elise. "I thought maybe a decision had been made."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 14, 2017, 08:56:30 PM
> Shrug.
> "If there has been one, I do not know what it is."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 14, 2017, 09:44:25 PM
> Shrug.
> "If there has been one, I do not know what it is."

>She nods. "I'll ask the headmistress, then."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 15, 2017, 12:47:54 PM
> "Very well."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 15, 2017, 05:24:04 PM
> "Very well."

>There are a few awkward moments, as it's clear she doesn't have anything else to say. Then she heads into the old galleries without a word.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 15, 2017, 09:51:04 PM
> Head back to the planned meeting place with Alice.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 15, 2017, 10:35:43 PM
> Head back to the planned meeting place with Alice.

>You do so, and happen to meet her in the front hall along the way. "Is everything ready?" she says.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 15, 2017, 10:54:07 PM
> "As ready as it will ever be."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 15, 2017, 10:55:44 PM
> "As ready as it will ever be."

>She nods. "I'm nervous about leaving Marisa alone, but she did well yesterday. Let's go."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 15, 2017, 11:40:17 PM
> Frown a bit.
> "I can try to find someone else if need be. Or perhaps we could bring Reimu here. Did she ask you about that at all, by the way?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 15, 2017, 11:44:56 PM
> Frown a bit.
> "I can try to find someone else if need be. Or perhaps we could bring Reimu here. Did she ask you about that at all, by the way?"

>"I'd rather not," says Alice. "I mean, she's...difficult, sometimes. And no."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 15, 2017, 11:46:00 PM
> "I suppose she is still thinking about whether or not she wants Reimu to even know. Mmm. Well, like I said, I can find someone else if you need to stay here."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 16, 2017, 01:02:31 AM
> "I suppose she is still thinking about whether or not she wants Reimu to even know. Mmm. Well, like I said, I can find someone else if you need to stay here."

>"No, it should be fine," says Alice. "She's been doing very well lately."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 16, 2017, 03:02:02 AM
> "...If you say so."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 16, 2017, 03:06:27 AM
> "...If you say so."

>She nods. "Let's go."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 16, 2017, 03:07:30 AM
> Where did we leave Mitsu?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 16, 2017, 04:00:54 AM
> Where did we leave Mitsu?

>You parted ways from her at Youkai Mountain.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 16, 2017, 02:05:29 PM
> "All right."
> Take flight and head back to Youkai Mountain, where we left Mitsu.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 16, 2017, 06:36:55 PM
> "All right."
> Take flight and head back to Youkai Mountain, where we left Mitsu.

>You leave the mansion-turned-shrine and take to the air, heading eastward toward Youkai Mountain. It is a long and uneventful flight. But along the way, you note that Alice seems more...animated than before. She doesn't just stare ahead with an unreadable expression; she looks around, she makes various faces. She even makes a little small talk, pointing out an unusual but ultimately mundane tree at one point. No, this squares well with your memories of the other trip that you made before. She was always animated. You wouldn't be able to tell that she was a doll if she didn't tell you.
>Soon you can see Youkai Mountain ahead; and there doesn't seem to be any sign of the flying chariot in front of it.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 16, 2017, 10:58:06 PM
> Frown a bit.
> "Hmm. Perhaps she has gone back to Old Hometown."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 16, 2017, 11:16:13 PM
> Frown a bit.
> "Hmm. Perhaps she has gone back to Old Hometown."

>"We could ask around," says Alice.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 17, 2017, 01:33:43 AM
> Is there anyone in the immediate vicinity?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 17, 2017, 01:38:45 AM
> Is there anyone in the immediate vicinity?

>There are people coming and going from the cable cars. Some are lingering about on benches.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 17, 2017, 02:29:36 AM
> "As good an idea as any."
> Head down to the benches with people on them.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 17, 2017, 02:34:50 AM
> "As good an idea as any."
> Head down to the benches with people on them.

>You approach the benches. A handful of humans and part-youkai are sitting there; one family seems to be having a picnic while their child marvels at the cable cars. A couple are reading, one a newspaper and the others books. Some are just spacing out.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 17, 2017, 02:39:24 AM
> Are some/most/all of them within reasonable conversation distance?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 17, 2017, 02:42:43 AM
> Are some/most/all of them within reasonable conversation distance?

>You could get closer, but yes.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 17, 2017, 02:58:56 AM
> Get closer.
> "Pardon me, but has anyone seen Lady Yasaka's flying chariot here recently with its kappa operator?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 17, 2017, 03:03:07 AM
> Get closer.
> "Pardon me, but has anyone seen Lady Yasaka's flying chariot here recently with its kappa operator?"

>"Oh, yes, actually," says one of the people reading. "It left a while ago."
>"Miss Kochiya was there!" the young girl with the picnicking family says. "She waved and she had the pinwheels and everything!"

>_

Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 17, 2017, 11:12:50 AM
> "In which direction did it go?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 17, 2017, 05:39:44 PM
> "In which direction did it go?"

>"West,"  says the first person.
>This isn't very helpful, pretty much everything is west of here.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 17, 2017, 05:47:22 PM
> Does that include Haihan?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 17, 2017, 06:31:06 PM
> Does that include Haihan?

>It certainly does.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 18, 2017, 12:51:42 AM
> "I see. Thank you very much."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 18, 2017, 01:20:00 AM
> "I see. Thank you very much."

>"Welcome!" says the little kid, and the reader nods.
>"What now?" says Alice.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 18, 2017, 01:37:44 AM
> Look to Alice.
> "We go west."
> Take flight and head toward Old Hometown.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 18, 2017, 03:06:15 AM
> Look to Alice.
> "We go west."
> Take flight and head toward Old Hometown.

>Alice takes flight with you, while saying, "Do you think they went to deal with the incident?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 18, 2017, 06:33:08 PM
> "The thought crossed my mind. I hope that is not the case, but I can deal with it if it is."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 18, 2017, 06:58:46 PM
> "The thought crossed my mind. I hope that is not the case, but I can deal with it if it is."

>"Deal with it?" says Alice. "I've had a thought about that myself."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 18, 2017, 07:02:42 PM
> "Hmm?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 18, 2017, 07:09:56 PM
> "Hmm?"

>"Well," says Alice. "It's something I've been wondering since yesterday. Just how do the Hakurei Maidens not always get beaten to the punch if the Moriya Shrine has that flying cart of theirs?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 18, 2017, 07:40:08 PM
> "I recall talking to Reimu about that. It seems they have their own way of traveling quickly. ...I suppose it would be worth asking her about that if Mitsu is not in the Human Village."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 18, 2017, 07:49:46 PM
> "I recall talking to Reimu about that. It seems they have their own way of traveling quickly. ...I suppose it would be worth asking her about that if Mitsu is not in the Human Village."

>Alice nods. "It seems likely, given the priestess left as well."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 19, 2017, 01:00:47 AM
> "Yes, it is something to consider."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 19, 2017, 01:28:30 AM
> "Yes, it is something to consider."

>Alice nods. "I was just suggesting it as a time saver."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 19, 2017, 10:28:17 AM
> "Of course. If the flying chariot is not at Old Hometown, Reimu's will be our next destination."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 20, 2017, 03:43:11 AM
> "Of course. If the flying chariot is not at Old Hometown, Reimu's will be our next destination."

>"Right," says Alice.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 20, 2017, 03:07:16 PM
> Continue on to Old Hometown.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 20, 2017, 07:58:44 PM
> Continue on to Old Hometown.

>You make the trip to Old Hometown. Your two sets of memories about the city are mostly the same. A few little details differ here and there, but nothing is especially or significantly different. You expect you'd notice more if had lived here a few weeks or months. Mitsu's barn is where you remember it in both memories, though you notice the pond has become larger, which matches your second set of memories. The barn doors hang wide open, even from the air you cannot see the flying chariot.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 20, 2017, 08:43:34 PM
> Point at the barn.
> "It would seem you are correct."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 20, 2017, 08:50:28 PM
> Point at the barn.
> "It would seem you are correct."

>"I thought so..." says Alice. "There wouldn't be any reason to just bring her here like that."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 20, 2017, 10:12:20 PM
> "To the Hakurei Shrine, then."
> Change course and head back to Reimu's.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 20, 2017, 10:49:35 PM
> "To the Hakurei Shrine, then."
> Change course and head back to Reimu's.

>You loop around and make your way toward the other side of the city, then walled-off forest beyond it. It takes a little time, but you can see the shrine clearly. It seems to be reasonably busy.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 20, 2017, 11:02:44 PM
> "Huh. I wonder what the hubbub is?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 20, 2017, 11:06:26 PM
> "Huh. I wonder what the hubbub is?"

>"Looks like a usual crowd to me for a shrine that size," says Alice.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on August 20, 2017, 11:19:00 PM
>"Ah, I'm used to the generally empty shrine of my own time." Chuckle, and descend.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 20, 2017, 11:43:18 PM
>"Ah, I'm used to the generally empty shrine of my own time." Chuckle, and descend.

>"Well, it was more dangerous then," says Alice as you descend.
>Landing at the shrine grounds, you notice that there are a few people in shrine maiden garb dealing with various people, you don't recognize them from either set of memories. Neither of the goddesses seem to be outside.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 21, 2017, 03:16:25 AM
> Approach the crowd and listen in.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 21, 2017, 03:28:21 AM
> Approach the crowd and listen in.

>You descend and approach the shrine crowds. There isn't really any one thing to listen in to, it seems. It doesn't seem like there's anything in particular going on, just a lot of people ended up at the shrine around this time.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 21, 2017, 12:19:13 PM
> Is there any sort of line for the attention for any of the shrine maidens present?
> Is there a clear path to the shrine interior?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 21, 2017, 08:24:27 PM
> Is there any sort of line for the attention for any of the shrine maidens present?
> Is there a clear path to the shrine interior?

>Not really, it's more that people are grouped around them. You do notice that Kaori doesn't seem to be among them, if only because there's no way crowds of this size would keep her from standing out.
>You could move around the various groups of people and get there. All of the shrine entrances are open.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 21, 2017, 08:36:26 PM
> Do so, to head into the part of the shrine interior where we last saw Reimu.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 21, 2017, 08:52:19 PM
> Do so, to head into the part of the shrine interior where we last saw Reimu.

>You maneuver your way around and head in through the main doors. Inside is still and tranquil compared to outside. You find Minoriko sitting on the stage at the back of the hall, eyes closed and hands flat on her lap. As you enter, she raises an arm wordlessly and points toward a door to the side.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 21, 2017, 09:07:53 PM
> Nod.
> Head through the indicated door.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 21, 2017, 09:21:23 PM
> Nod.
> Head through the indicated door.

>You do so and find yourself in a hallway, quite humble in comparison to the room you were in. This hall runs through what used to be the bedroom in the old shrine. It still seems to be a residential area. You pass a large kitchen and come to a dining room, where Reimu is sitting at a western style table. She glances over as you enter and frowns thoughtfully. "You came back," she says. "You were pretty busy, too! Oh, hello again, Alice."
>"Hello, Reimu," says Alice.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on August 21, 2017, 10:12:51 PM
>"I came back in more ways than one, I'm afraid; I was successfully sent back to my time, only to end up forced to this era yet again shortly after." Shake our head and sigh. "It seems that I have business in Haihan, or nearby, if I'm going to try to solve this properly... but the flying chariot Kanako granted me access to earlier is already in use by someone else."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 21, 2017, 10:52:55 PM
>"I came back in more ways than one, I'm afraid; I was successfully sent back to my time, only to end up forced to this era yet again shortly after." Shake our head and sigh. "It seems that I have business in Haihan, or nearby, if I'm going to try to solve this properly... but the flying chariot Kanako granted me access to earlier is already in use by someone else."

>"Yes, you've had quite an effect in your own little ways," says Reimu. "Though I am sure the Hijiris are thrilled to have acquired your old mansion this time around. And you're thrilled the fire was contained."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 21, 2017, 10:55:15 PM
> Blink.
> "...Wait, you remember the first set of events?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 21, 2017, 10:59:11 PM
> Blink.
> "...Wait, you remember the first set of events?"

>"I'm a goddess," says Reimu. "We don't quite interact with time like you do. Kanako tells me that was rather key to a certain incident from before my time as one. Honestly, though, this is the first time this has happened and its rather confusing."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on August 21, 2017, 11:05:43 PM
>"I can sympathize with you there. I have two sets of memories of what happened the past couple days now... it's taken some getting used to."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 21, 2017, 11:06:50 PM
> "You're telling me. Though that offers me a unique opportunity. What happened to the jeweler's apprentice poltergeist? The first time around she was the proprietress of Kourindou in this time period, but now the shop is just gone, and I have no idea what has happened to her."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 21, 2017, 11:10:40 PM
>"I can sympathize with you there. I have two sets of memories of what happened the past couple days now... it's taken some getting used to."

>She nods.

> "You're telling me. Though that offers me a unique opportunity. What happened to the jeweler's apprentice poltergeist? The first time around she was the proprietress of Kourindou in this time period, but now the shop is just gone, and I have no idea what has happened to her."

>Reimu frowns for a minute. "Oh...her. It's been a long time since I thought about her. I only know the basic details, though."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 21, 2017, 11:14:12 PM
> "Anything is better than nothing. I gave her past self a letter from her future self and she went completely ballistic, getting herself blasted into unconsciousness by Yuuka because she was so rage-set on pursuing me. If something unfortunate has befallen her as a result, it is my responsibility to make things right."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 21, 2017, 11:25:29 PM
> "Anything is better than nothing. I gave her past self a letter from her future self and she went completely ballistic, getting herself blasted into unconsciousness by Yuuka because she was so rage-set on pursuing me. If something unfortunate has befallen her as a result, it is my responsibility to make things right."

>"Yeah...about that..." says Reimu. "She, um, kinda of went nuts after that."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Monarda on August 21, 2017, 11:32:51 PM
>Frown.
>"...'nuts' you say ?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 21, 2017, 11:37:12 PM
>Frown.
>"...'nuts' you say ?"

>"She vanished for a few days; the jeweler back then actually came for me to for help," says Reimu. "I managed to find her, after following a roundabout trail. But it was too late. She made managed to steal some of my talismans, and at the time I thought she was up to some kind of scheme. Well, I was right, but not about the scheme itself. She kicked up a huge public scene in the middle of town, at someone she thought was spying on her. Then applied them to herself."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 21, 2017, 11:41:58 PM
> "...I imagine that didn't end well for her."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 22, 2017, 12:13:06 AM
> "...I imagine that didn't end well for her."

>"Well. She ended, for certain," says Reimu. "Wasn't much to do after that. Iku took it hard in particular, I guess she considered that poltergeist her protege or something. There's a grave in her name in...one of the cemeteries in town. I don't remember which."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 22, 2017, 12:15:35 AM
> "I see...And I can't exactly visit Miss Nagae in this time period to prove my claim of time travel, either."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 22, 2017, 12:24:28 AM
> "I see...And I can't exactly visit Miss Nagae in this time period to prove my claim of time travel, either."

>"Well, if you're looking to bring something back," says Reimu, "Maybe get her friends to write something?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 22, 2017, 12:26:46 AM
> "Does she even have any friends that are still alive? Nagae is gone for good, and I can't imagine the jeweler hasn't passed on."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 22, 2017, 12:30:16 AM
> "Does she even have any friends that are still alive? Nagae is gone for good, and I can't imagine the jeweler hasn't passed on."

>"I thought you mean Iku," says Reimu. "As for that poltergeist, well...probably not."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 22, 2017, 12:33:20 AM
> "Ah, I understand now. Perhaps she could talk sense into the poltergeist, yes...who is still around that she would have considered a friend, though? I suppose Hinanawi is still kicking around, but I'm not really sure about anyone else."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 22, 2017, 11:04:06 PM
Oh whoops. Damn clear unreads!

> "Ah, I understand now. Perhaps she could talk sense into the poltergeist, yes...who is still around that she would have considered a friend, though? I suppose Hinanawi is still kicking around, but I'm not really sure about anyone else."

>"Me either, to be honest," says Reimu.
>"...Suika, maybe?" says Alice.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 22, 2017, 11:46:08 PM
> "I suppose she is better than nobody."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 22, 2017, 11:57:19 PM
> "I suppose she is better than nobody."

>"That's about all I have," says Reimu. "Pretty sure she had celestial friends, but hell if I knew who they were or if they're still around."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 23, 2017, 12:00:50 AM
> "Right. The first person I talked to when I first arrived there had not ever heard of her."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 23, 2017, 12:04:12 AM
> "Right. The first person I talked to when I first arrived there had not ever heard of her."

>"There you go, then.' says Reimu. "So, what was this you were asking earlier?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 23, 2017, 12:05:44 AM
> "Right. Long story short, we need to get to Haihan."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 23, 2017, 12:20:47 AM
> "Right. Long story short, we need to get to Haihan."

>She frowns. "Alright. Why?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: the old guy on August 23, 2017, 12:26:28 AM
>"My watch. I believe it to be there.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 23, 2017, 12:35:24 AM
>"My watch. I believe it to be there.

>"Not much of a why, is it?" says Reimu.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 23, 2017, 12:36:46 AM
> "Normally, no. But it appears to be key to explaining why I was brought here in the first place, never mind why I was dragged back after returning to my time once already."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 23, 2017, 12:42:31 AM
> "Normally, no. But it appears to be key to explaining why I was brought here in the first place, never mind why I was dragged back after returning to my time once already."

>"Hm, interesting," says Reimu.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 23, 2017, 12:02:35 PM
> "At least, this is what Sage Yakumo suggests."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 23, 2017, 07:43:22 PM
> "At least, this is what Sage Yakumo suggests."

>Reimu nods. "I...suppose I can do something about that. Haihan, you say?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 23, 2017, 07:55:29 PM
> Nod.
> "I would have used the flying chariot, but it would appear Mitsu and Sachiko are already on their way there."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 23, 2017, 08:05:51 PM
> Nod.
> "I would have used the flying chariot, but it would appear Mitsu and Sachiko are already on their way there."

>Reimu nods. "Things are getting rather heated over there."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 23, 2017, 08:17:36 PM
> Grin a bit.
> "I suppose the Young Mistress and I may be a bit to blame for that."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 23, 2017, 08:37:20 PM
> Grin a bit.
> "I suppose the Young Mistress and I may be a bit to blame for that."

>"Oh maybe, but you're not the one who's gonna handle it," Reimu says. Then she pauses and frowns. "...Alright, maybe I was a bit presumptuous there. But we're getting things under control."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 23, 2017, 08:38:35 PM
> "Well, maybe. If we're lucky enough, and Sage Yakumo is in a good enough mood, I may have an inkling of an idea that fixes this for good and makes everyone involved happy. But the details are too long, too private, and too insane-on-the-surface to really go into here and now."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 23, 2017, 09:15:10 PM
> "Well, maybe. If we're lucky enough, and Sage Yakumo is in a good enough mood, I may have an inkling of an idea that fixes this for good and makes everyone involved happy. But the details are too long, too private, and too insane-on-the-surface to really go into here and now."

>"Huh," says Reimu. "Color me curious. Now, I can get you there. But...I need to know what you're planning to do, exactly."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 23, 2017, 09:50:53 PM
> "Get my watch back with minimal aggression. I have already secured a means of return, if that matters."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 23, 2017, 09:52:44 PM
> "Get my watch back with minimal aggression. I have already secured a means of return, if that matters."

>"Mmm. I don't know about that kind of answer..." says Reimu.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 23, 2017, 09:55:34 PM
> "Then I'm afraid I'm not sure precisely what you're looking for."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 23, 2017, 09:57:55 PM
> "Then I'm afraid I'm not sure precisely what you're looking for."

>"Well, think about it," says Reimu. "It's not like I can just send any old schmoe across Gensokyo because they asked nicely. Even if they are old friends."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 23, 2017, 10:09:17 PM
> Frown a bit.
> "I have already told you about the significance of that watch. If that combined with the prospect of removing Teru from power in Gensokyo for good is not good enough to warrant such travel, I don't think I can possibly offer anything that would be good enough."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 23, 2017, 10:13:06 PM
> Frown a bit.
> "I have already told you about the significance of that watch. If that combined with the prospect of removing Teru from power in Gensokyo for good is not good enough to warrant such travel, I don't think I can possibly offer anything that would be good enough."

>"That's not what you said, though," says Reimu.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 23, 2017, 10:18:42 PM
> "What did you think I meant when I said 'fixes this for good and makes everyone involved happy'?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 23, 2017, 10:24:06 PM
> "What did you think I meant when I said 'fixes this for good and makes everyone involved happy'?"

>Reimu puts her fingertips to her forehead. "Look. I asked you a question, and it's an important one. I'm not even really supposed to let you have takebacks on this."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 23, 2017, 11:34:30 PM
> "Very well. My goal is to retrieve my watch, thereby putting an end to whatever is keeping both it and myself here, as well as remove Mikoto Teru from power in Haihan with minimal antagonism."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 23, 2017, 11:45:36 PM
> "Very well. My goal is to retrieve my watch, thereby putting an end to whatever is keeping both it and myself here, as well as remove Mikoto Teru from power in Haihan with minimal antagonism."

>"I guess that sounds kind of courageous..." says Reimu.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 23, 2017, 11:56:41 PM
> "...And, once my watch is retrieved and I am free from the force keeping me here, I will use my newfound freedom to save the jeweler's poltergeist apprentice from herself."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 24, 2017, 12:34:31 AM
> "...And, once my watch is retrieved and I am free from the force keeping me here, I will use my newfound freedom to save the jeweler's poltergeist apprentice from herself."

>"Eh, it'll do," says Reimu, as she stands up and approaches you. "Okay, this will be a little bit uncomfortable. Nothing real bad, but it'll be annoying."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 24, 2017, 01:52:07 AM
> "...All right."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 24, 2017, 02:20:53 AM
> "...All right."

>Reimu moves closer to you. Uncomfortably close, in fact. It's kind of strange having the likes of Reimu, of all people, looming over you, really. She moves until there is barely any space left between you. Then she raises her hands and puts them on your shoulders. Then she pushes you suddenly, sending you simply back! You lose balance and fall back into the grass, catching yourself before you completely fall over.
>Reimu is no longer in front of you. Instead, you seem to be looking into what appears to be a crowded marketplace. As well, you are sitting on grass rather than the floorboards of Reimu's shrine. However, you note out of the corner of your eye that you seem to be sitting in front of a shrine now. A small youkai in shrine maiden clothing looks at you with some alarm.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 24, 2017, 02:22:29 AM
> "...Ah...hello."
> Get up and dust ourselves off.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 24, 2017, 02:26:37 AM
> "...Ah...hello."
> Get up and dust ourselves off.

>"Um, are you Lady Usami's friends?" says the shrine maiden. You can't tell what kind of youkai she is at a glance, but you're sure she is one. Nothing seems obviously unusual about her. "You don't look like any kind of shrine maiden I've seen..."
>There is a soft noise in the grass behind you, then the sound of Alice groaning a little.

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Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 24, 2017, 06:25:36 AM
> "You mean Kaori? Yes, in a way. Reimu brought us here to help her out."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 24, 2017, 07:16:26 AM
> "You mean Kaori? Yes, in a way. Reimu brought us here to help her out."

>"Huh," she says. "You don't look affiliated with the Hakurei Shrine..."

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Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 24, 2017, 10:48:45 AM
> "We're not. But we go back many years with Reimu."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 24, 2017, 08:04:00 PM
> "We're not. But we go back many years with Reimu."

>"That's unusual," she says. "But it's not as though the proof isn't right there."
>"Ugh, she didn't have to push us," Alice says as she stands up.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Suwako Moriya on August 24, 2017, 08:13:37 PM
> Look back to Alice with a small sheepish grin.
> "On the contrary, for all we know, there is some deific reason to shove people like that to transport them long distances in an instant."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 24, 2017, 08:31:36 PM
> Look back to Alice with a small sheepish grin.
> "On the contrary, for all we know, there is some deific reason to shove people like that to transport them long distances in an instant."

>"Hey, shhh, not in public," says the shrine maiden. "So, I guess you guys are here for the whole thing incident thing?"

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 24, 2017, 10:00:14 PM
> "We're here to help, yes."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 24, 2017, 10:12:11 PM
> "We're here to help, yes."

>She nods. "Well, Lady Usami went off toward Funsai Mountain to check on some things there."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 24, 2017, 10:36:00 PM
> Frown a bit.
> "What is she checking on?"
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 24, 2017, 10:47:25 PM
> Frown a bit.
> "What is she checking on?"

>"Making sure the wild youkai up there weren't up to something," says the Shrine Maiden. "I'd been meaning to do it myself, lately, but I haven't found the time."

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 24, 2017, 10:48:16 PM
> "Ah. A shame I did not get here sooner, I could have told her they are not. Or, at least, two of them aren't."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 24, 2017, 10:54:25 PM
> "Ah. A shame I did not get here sooner, I could have told her they are not. Or, at least, two of them aren't."

>"She'll find out, I'm sure," says the shrine maiden.
>"So what's our next move?" says Alice.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 24, 2017, 10:58:42 PM
> Look to Alice.
> "We find Teru."
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 24, 2017, 11:00:54 PM
> Look to Alice.
> "We find Teru."

>Alice nods. "I guess that big castle over there wouldn't be a bad place to start.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 24, 2017, 11:12:51 PM
> Look over to where Alice is indicating.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 24, 2017, 11:24:12 PM
> Look over to where Alice is indicating.

>There is a large and obvious castle to the north, some ways away.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 24, 2017, 11:28:30 PM
> "Seems reasonable enough to me. Let's go."
> Head on foot toward the castle.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 24, 2017, 11:46:04 PM
> "Seems reasonable enough to me. Let's go."
> Head on foot toward the castle.

>"Even if she's not there, then her treasury probably is," says Alice.
>You depart the shrine, leaving the shrine maiden baffled. The streets are bustling around the market with a variety of people, making transit difficult to say the least. However, there traffic is entirely by foot; perhaps there is some ordinance against carts at certain times of day. You note a couple of armed people walking among the crowd in well-made but hard-wearing garments, wearing distinctive metal protectors on their foreheads. No one seems to react particularly poorly to this, you assume they must be some kind of law enforcement.
>You manage to cover about two blocks of the journey toward he castle, which seems to be six or seven blocks away, before you see a burst of danmaku fly over its walls, followed by more moments later.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 24, 2017, 11:54:27 PM
> Point at it.
> "Looks like we're late. Fitting, to be here in search of a lost watch."
> Pick up the pace.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 25, 2017, 12:50:53 AM
> Point at it.
> "Looks like we're late. Fitting, to be here in search of a lost watch."
> Pick up the pace.

>"Well, maybe that isn't a bad thing," says Alice, as more danmaku flies over the walls.
>You dash toward the castle as the crowd become aware of the battle going on within it. Traffic slows as people stop and gawk, but thankfully it is not so thick that you cannot maneuver through it. You vague note the surrounding buildings lean more toward large manor houses of various kinds, and the crowds thin out. In fact, you are dodging more and more around servants now, and don't seem all that out of place.
>How do you intend to approach the castle?

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 25, 2017, 12:51:53 AM
> How guarded are the walls?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 25, 2017, 12:57:14 AM
> How guarded are the walls?

>It's hard to tell from a distance, but you daresay reasonably well, given the drama that is going on.
>You also note a separate source of danmaku closer to the front now.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 25, 2017, 12:59:31 AM
> Is that new set of danmaku closer to us?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 25, 2017, 01:01:27 AM
> Is that new set of danmaku closer to us?

>It seems to be, though still at the castle.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 25, 2017, 01:04:03 AM
> Take flight and head toward the new source of danmaku, following an up-and-over-the-wall trajectory.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 25, 2017, 01:40:03 AM
> Take flight and head toward the new source of danmaku, following an up-and-over-the-wall trajectory.

>You make your way toward the newer one, and find that someone has decided to charge right through the front gates. Said gates are hanging askew, and the soldiers there are either unconscious or in disarray. The walls are no better.
>The castle itself is a multi-storied array with a central building, and numerous outbuildings connected by halls and outdoor walkways. You can see numerous courtyards and gardens between them.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 25, 2017, 01:48:10 AM
> Where did the the most recent danmaku come from?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 25, 2017, 01:52:07 AM
> Where did the the most recent danmaku come from?

>Recent as in the second outburst, or recent as in most recent?
>The former case was definitely around the gatehouse. The latter case is hard to tell, it's still quite active on both fronts.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 25, 2017, 01:54:35 AM
> The 'separate source...closer to the front row'.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 25, 2017, 02:11:10 AM
> The 'separate source...closer to the front row'.

>You're certain that came from around the gatehouse.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 25, 2017, 03:10:22 AM
> Is any danmaku currently visible anywhere?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 25, 2017, 03:11:12 AM
> Is any danmaku currently visible anywhere?

>There have been very few points where danmaku hasn't been visible from somewhere since it started.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 25, 2017, 03:15:10 AM
> Head to the gatehouse, then.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 25, 2017, 04:11:37 AM
> Head to the gatehouse, then.

>You make your way toward the Gatehouse. Most of the guards here have been knocked unconscious, but a few are trying to gather themselves up. Behind it you can see a courtyard that bears some gardens, but largely a road leading toward the central building. The danmaku seems to be mostly concentrated around there.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on August 25, 2017, 04:58:17 AM
>Status of Ran's watch-tracking quartz
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 25, 2017, 05:02:23 AM
>Status of Ran's watch-tracking quartz

>You reach into your pocket and feel the Quartz Tracer. It is vibrating gently.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 25, 2017, 11:24:23 AM
> Good to know!
> Can we see who is doing all the shooting?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 25, 2017, 10:08:34 PM
> Good to know!
> Can we see who is doing all the shooting?

>Not really, but you assume it is mostly soldiers.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 26, 2017, 01:13:33 AM
> Follow the road to the central building.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 26, 2017, 01:25:37 AM
> Follow the road to the central building.

>You follow it way into a courtyard. A half-conscious guard calls out toward you weakly, but you pay no mind.
>"We may have to be careful," says Alice. "We are intruders now."
>Unconscious guards are scattered about the courtyard you enter; you can see more rushing along the walls; they don't seem to have noticed you yet.  Near the corner of the courtyard, obscured by some gazebos, the danmaku seems to be very heavy.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 26, 2017, 01:57:16 AM
> Maneuver so as to make the corner of the courtyard more visible so we can see who's fighting.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 26, 2017, 02:02:05 AM
> Maneuver so as to make the corner of the courtyard more visible so we can see who's fighting.

>You do so, and see a woman with long green hair, firing off a very respectable amount of danmaku. Curiously, she isn't flying, or at least not flying conventionally. Rather, she seems to be sitting on a swing suspected in the air by what appeals to be a pair of sizable pinwheels that are spinning as though caught in a gale. Judging from her clothing, you are sure she is affiliated with the Moriya Shrine.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 26, 2017, 02:04:43 AM
> Does it look like Sachiko?
> Who is she firing at?
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 26, 2017, 02:10:44 AM
> Does it look like Sachiko?
> Who is she firing at?

>You're not really seen her from behind, but the long greenish ponytail certainly fits.
>She is currently firing on a lot of soldiers along the wall, who are scrambling to try and return fire, with some luck against her offensive. It seems like she may have caught them off guard.

>_
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Kilgamayan on August 26, 2017, 12:48:02 PM
> Look around the immediate area to make sure no one's coming after us directly.
> If no one is, get back to watching Sachiko, and let her take care of things.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Serela on August 26, 2017, 02:57:17 PM
>Then, at the last minute, push Sachiko off the swing from behind.
Title: Re: Sakuya Quest 12 - A Z-Machine Adventure
Post by: Hello Purvis on August 26, 2017, 07:45:44 PM
>Then, at the last minute, push Sachiko off the swing from behind.

>"Frig! This why I hate the fighting gaaaaames!" She cries, before crashing through a gazebo below.