Author Topic: Nitori Quest - For Science, We March! (Read 116497 times)

FinnKaenbyou · « **Reply #30 on:** July 16, 2010, 04:28:48 PM »

Quote from: KitsunΣ-mouse on July 16, 2010, 04:22:05 PM

>Consider ways to bypass these problems by working out an agreement with Okuu directly about how to help with it - an engineer on call in case anything goes wrong would probably be useful for her, after all.
>Is there any way to communicate with her, at least indirectly?

> As far as you're aware, the Moriya Shrine is in charge of the engineering. You'd have to take it up with them, mainly because if they don't tell Okuu that a visitor is coming she'll immediately fry them assuming they're an intruder.
> No, but you make a mental note to put time later into a device that could do exactly that. The gap youkai came up with a magical equivalent a while back, but science should be able to match that.

> Telephone added to Recipe List.

E-Nazrin · « **Reply #31 on:** July 16, 2010, 04:38:26 PM »

>Consider how safe it would be to make a visit to the shrine about this.
>Regret not asking Momiji about plausible test subjects/victims for the malfunctioning optical camo device.
>Did we ever pick apart the optic camo and make a detailed blueprint of it? Being able to make more given the right materials would be pretty damn awesome. If nothing else, that's worth doing if it's managed to get beyond repair.

FinnKaenbyou · « **Reply #32 on:** July 16, 2010, 04:41:33 PM »

Quote from: KitsunΣ-mouse on July 16, 2010, 04:38:26 PM

>Consider how safe it would be to make a visit to the shrine about this.
>Regret not asking Momiji about plausible test subjects/victims for the malfunctioning optical camo device.
>Did we ever pick apart the optic camo and make a detailed blueprint of it? Being able to make more given the right materials would be pretty damn awesome. If nothing else, that's worth doing if it's managed to get beyond repair.

>Safe, yes. Likely to meet success, less so. For all your genius you've yet to make any great contributions, so you're still something of an unknown. Maybe if you show them the Optic Camo-goddammit, not again.
>You sigh, wondering if anyone would be watching her at her post. If you're desperate you could probably find another five minutes or so, but that's it.
>You have a blueprint, but this stuff is nightmarish to make by hand. Repairing it from mild damage is one thing, but building it from scratch is another. You don't want to give up on this belt yet, either.

E-Nazrin · « **Reply #33 on:** July 16, 2010, 05:00:28 PM »

>Still, a very good thing to have. Especially if someone else happens to want one, or there's time to make a backup just in case. Also, it's something to refer back to in checking for what might be wrong with the current half-broken one.
>How vulnerable are the Moriyas to bribery?
>Lacking anything better to do, head back to work on fixing the camo based on the blueprint - or at least seeing how it's been changed in order to be able to reproduce it if SCIENCE! of what it can do now results in something awesome.

FinnKaenbyou · « **Reply #34 on:** July 16, 2010, 05:14:26 PM »

Quote from: KitsunΣ-mouse on July 16, 2010, 05:00:28 PM

>Still, a very good thing to have. Especially if someone else happens to want one, or there's time to make a backup just in case. Also, it's something to refer back to in checking for what might be wrong with the current half-broken one.
>How vulnerable are the Moriyas to bribery?
>Lacking anything better to do, head back to work on fixing the camo based on the blueprint - or at least seeing how it's been changed in order to be able to reproduce it if SCIENCE! of what it can do now results in something awesome.

> Noted. You'll keep that in mind for later.
> Considering that almost every youkai on the mountain offers them gratuitous donations? Not very.
> You make your way back to the Science Shack and start analysing the new form of the belt. After a few minutes of analysis, you find that this is a combination of circuits that hasn't been documented anywhere, and its immediate use is as a result unknown. But you get the feeling that maybe, just maybe, you're on to something with this. All the best discoveries are accidental, after all! Now, how to test it...

Kasu · « **Reply #35 on:** July 16, 2010, 05:44:00 PM »

> Consider using Cirno as a guinea pig.

FinnKaenbyou · « **Reply #36 on:** July 16, 2010, 06:07:58 PM »

Quote from: Kasunagi-no-Tsurugi on July 16, 2010, 05:44:00 PM

> Consider using Cirno as a guinea pig.

>This is an intruiging idea. It's not a long walk to the Misty Lake from here, and she's likely easy to dupe.

E-Nazrin · « **Reply #37 on:** July 16, 2010, 06:13:48 PM »

>She'll also recover readily enough even if this kills her. There is very little to consider wrong with this plan, aside from the possibility of the belt exploding or something.
>Assuming that doesn't seem very likely, head to the lake to find the nineball.

FinnKaenbyou · « **Reply #38 on:** July 16, 2010, 06:19:07 PM »

Quote from: KitsunΣ-mouse on July 16, 2010, 06:13:48 PM

>She'll also recover readily enough even if this kills her. There is very little to consider wrong with this plan, aside from the possibility of the belt exploding or something.
>Assuming that doesn't seem very likely, head to the lake to find the nineball.

>You take another little trek, and it's only a few minutes before you make it to the lake. A little part of you wishes that you had someone to talk to, but your inner scientist insists that you should stand alone.

>As you reach the lake, you meet a fairy, but it isn't Cirno. She seems more powerful than most of her kind, though, and for a fairy she seems pretty...big.
"Oh, a kappa? Sorry, you probably won't find anything in this lake - there have been plenty of other plunderers recently. Actually, weren't you the one who showed up a week ago and left content with a few copper coins...?"

E-Nazrin · « **Reply #39 on:** July 16, 2010, 06:24:56 PM »

>If that's true, give her a little bow and say, "I have simple needs."
>If not, "I think that was someone else."

FinnKaenbyou · « **Reply #40 on:** July 16, 2010, 06:35:32 PM »

Quote from: KitsunΣ-mouse on July 16, 2010, 06:24:56 PM

>If that's true, give her a little bow and say, "I have simple needs."

>Regrettably, it is. Daiyousei looks at you in pity.
"Well, I don't think there's any more remains for you to survive off of. Is there anything else you need?

Kasu · « **Reply #41 on:** July 16, 2010, 06:38:04 PM »

> Inquire about Cirno's whereabouts.

FinnKaenbyou · « **Reply #42 on:** July 16, 2010, 06:55:36 PM »

> "Hm? Cirno? Just a minute, I'll go find her for you if you want."
Daiyousei flies off to some other part of the lake. You can hear a conversation going on in the distance, but you only pick up the occasional tidbit.
"...Now please...put the frog down..."
"No way! It...and then I...the strongest!"
"Someone's asking...you..."
"REALLY?!"

> You hear something smash into a million pieces in the distance roughly half a second before Cirno blasts towards you. By the time she realises she's going too fast it's too late to stop, and her attempt to brake simply results in you colliding with her stomach rather than her face. That's going to cost you precious brain cells.
"Ah, sorry 'bout that. When you're the strongest sometimes it's hard to hold back, y'know? So whaddaya want?"

E-Nazrin · « **Reply #43 on:** July 16, 2010, 06:59:30 PM »

>Probably a little late to consider this, but we CAN beat Cirno senseless if she tries to steal the belt, right?
>"I made something neat that I thought you might like to try out!"

FinnKaenbyou · « **Reply #44 on:** July 16, 2010, 07:02:45 PM »

Quote from: KitsunΣ-mouse on July 16, 2010, 06:59:30 PM

>Probably a little late to consider this, but we CAN beat Cirno senseless if she tries to steal the belt, right?
>"I made something neat that I thought you might like to try out!"

>It's certainly an option.
>"Really?! It's a spellcard, right!? Something so incredibly powerful that only the STRONGEST IN GENSOKYO can possibly control it! Lemme see!"

Kasu · « **Reply #45 on:** July 16, 2010, 07:06:47 PM »

> "Er... It isn't a spellcard, but its still something cool that I thought you might want to try out. Its supposed to make you invisible."

FinnKaenbyou · « **Reply #46 on:** July 16, 2010, 07:10:50 PM »

Quote from: Kasunagi-no-Tsurugi on July 16, 2010, 07:06:47 PM

> "Er... It isn't a spellcard, but its still something cool that I thought you might want to try out. Its supposed to make you invisible."

> "Invisible?! That's like invincible but with less letters! It's streamlined, it's gotta be better! ...Not like I need help, 'cause I'm invincible already, but I wanna try it anyway!"

Kasu · « **Reply #47 on:** July 16, 2010, 07:17:05 PM »

> "I was right to have come to you then."
> Give the belt to Cirno and if need be, help her put it on.
> Tell her how to start it.

E-Nazrin · « **Reply #48 on:** July 16, 2010, 07:18:02 PM »

>Keep your distance in case things fuck up badly.

FinnKaenbyou · « **Reply #49 on:** July 16, 2010, 07:21:46 PM »

Quote from: Kasunagi-no-Tsurugi on July 16, 2010, 07:17:05 PM

> "I was right to have come to you then."
> Give the belt to Cirno and if need be, help her put it on.
> Tell her how to start it.

> Cirno takes the belt and immediately determines its purpose, tying it around her head. You hold in the urge to laugh, but it'll work anyway. You pull out a little remote control so you can turn it on yourself...

Quote from: KitsunΣ-mouse on July 16, 2010, 07:18:02 PM

>Keep your distance in case things fuck up badly.

>...but not before stepping back a few paces.
>"Alright. With this, I won't just be the strongest...I'll be the strongestest!"

E-Nazrin · « **Reply #50 on:** July 16, 2010, 07:26:26 PM »

>Hit it.

theshirn · « **Reply #51 on:** July 16, 2010, 07:30:05 PM »

> Eat Cirno.

FinnKaenbyou · « **Reply #52 on:** July 16, 2010, 07:38:57 PM »

Quote from: KitsunΣ-mouse on July 16, 2010, 07:26:26 PM

>Hit it.

>You push da button, and the belt starts to shine.
"Wow! This is so coo-"
Cirno's cry of amazement is cut short as suddenly a flash of light engulfs everything. When you open your eyes you find the belt lying on the ground, but the ice fairy is nowhere to be seen. You poke at the space she had been before to check if she's simply invisible, but there's no sign of her.

Quote from: theshim on July 16, 2010, 07:30:05 PM

> Eat Cirno.

> You can't eat her, you have sensitive teeth. That and, well, she's just vanished.

theshirn · « **Reply #53 on:** July 16, 2010, 07:40:45 PM »

> Eat Daiyousei instead.

Kasu · « **Reply #54 on:** July 16, 2010, 07:44:30 PM »

> "That wasn't supposed to happen..."
> Attempt to comfort Daiyousei as she is most likely tweaking balls right now.

FinnKaenbyou · « **Reply #55 on:** July 16, 2010, 07:46:25 PM »

Quote from: theshim on July 16, 2010, 07:40:45 PM

> Eat Daiyousei instead.

>"Waah?! Cirno is...where'd she go?! Where'd she-aaaah!"

Daiyousei is pulled out of her panic by you clamping your teeth into her head. She promptly flies into the distance, terrified.

Quote from: Kasunagi-no-Tsurugi on July 16, 2010, 07:44:30 PM

> "That wasn't supposed to happen..."
> Attempt to comfort Daiyousei as she is most likely tweaking balls right now.

>By the time you snap out of your sudden hunger, she's too far away to hear you, and likely too frightened to care.

Kasu · « **Reply #56 on:** July 16, 2010, 07:51:28 PM »

> Pick up the belt.
> Ponder what the hell happened to Cirno.
> Pray that Reimu doesn't catch wind of this.

FinnKaenbyou · « **Reply #57 on:** July 16, 2010, 07:56:44 PM »

Quote from: Kasunagi-no-Tsurugi on July 16, 2010, 07:51:28 PM

> Pick up the belt.
> Ponder what the hell happened to Cirno.
> Pray that Reimu doesn't catch wind of this.

> You take the belt and put it back in your inventory.
> Cirno is gone, that's for sure. Whether you just obliterated her to the last atom or managed to send her somewhere else, you aren't sure yet.
> You suddenly have a mental image of Daiyousei flying to the Hakurei Shrine and telling her that there's now a rabid kappa on the loose. Crap, this is what happens when you go without breakfast...

Blitzer · « **Reply #58 on:** July 16, 2010, 07:58:17 PM »

>If she was obliterated, she's probably going to recover. Fairy immortality and all that.
>Find Cirno and/or Daiyousei.

FinnKaenbyou · « **Reply #59 on:** July 16, 2010, 08:01:42 PM »

Quote from: RKS Blitzer on July 16, 2010, 07:58:17 PM

>If she was obliterated, she's probably going to recover. Fairy immortality and all that.
>Find Cirno and/or Daiyousei.

>You wait...and wait...and wait. Cirno doesn't return.
>Daiyousei flew across the lake, and you're relatively sure she's on the way to the Hakurei shrine. You can follow her, but she'll likely be coming back with a pissed off shrine maiden in tow.