Patchy Quest Again: A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

> "Let's just say that we'd be lucky to ever see Letty Whiterock again if her plan worked."

>"That would make things difficult, I imagine,"

>"As for HOW she did it, I have no idea."
>check for Hourai, if she's there, "I've had my fill of this place. Let's head back to Gensokyo and get this worked out."

>"Maybe it would be a good idea to find out what she did?" says Shizuha. "I can't imagine Yuka would want to be up here the whole time, and it'd be a shame not to turn it off before we leave."

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[E-Nazrin]

>"Do you have any suggestions for what she might have done? I'm not sure there's anything obvious that would have caused this whole mess. Though I guess the sun did seem rather angry in general... but I'm not sure what could have caused that, or what it meant. Especially anything we can disable here and now, without interrogating Yuuka. And I didn't leave her in any condition to talk before sending her back with Yukari... I'd be waiting for quite a while for her to recover."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Do you have any suggestions for what she might have done? I'm not sure there's anything obvious that would have caused this whole mess. Though I guess the sun did seem rather angry in general... but I'm not sure what could have caused that, or what it meant. Especially anything we can disable here and now, without interrogating Yuuka. And I didn't leave her in any condition to talk before sending her back with Yukari... I'd be waiting for quite a while for her to recover."

>"Did you see anything unusual out there?" asks Shizuha. "Well, I mean, something Yuka could have conceivably done?"

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[E-Nazrin]

>"To be fair, my first guess would be the rock we've landed on, and all the flowers growing on it."

[Hello Purvis]

>"To be fair, my first guess would be the rock we've landed on, and all the flowers growing on it."

>"I don't think the island is that strange." Shizuha answers. "The sun has to set on something. You might have a point with the flowers, though."

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[Toasty]

>"also, the sun was surrounded by a ring of silvery flowers, which i'd say were possibly magical. And did i mention both the rock i'm on AND gensyoko are practically floating islands?"

[E-Nazrin]

>"Fair enough. Although... I don't think the sun actually attacked me until I harmed the flowers here. Was that a coincidence?"
>shake head
>"I think I could use some water before I investigate, at least. My leg still hurts."
>retrieve a quick snack

[Thata no Guykoro]

>Check inventory for a light
>If light is avaliable, lean out of the rocket and make sure there's nothing important you're leaving behind.

[Hello Purvis]

>"also, the sun was surrounded by a ring of silvery flowers, which i'd say were possibly magical. And did i mention both the rock i'm on AND gensyoko are practically floating islands?"

>"That bears worth investigating. And what's wrong with that? The moon also floats."

>"Fair enough. Although... I don't think the sun actually attacked me until I harmed the flowers here. Was that a coincidence?"
>shake head
>"I think I could use some water before I investigate, at least. My leg still hurts."
>retrieve a quick snack

>"I couldn't really tell you. But there is still some tea in the cabinet."
>Yoy get some tea and cucumber chips.

>Check inventory for a light
>If light is avaliable, lean out of the rocket and make sure there's nothing important you're leaving behind.

>You have a light floating over you.
>You look outside the rocket, and see nothing except a few legos within the light's radius, so fair as things you can leave behind are concerned.

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[Chaore]

>Take a few if you have time, Flaming Legos huzzah.

[E-Nazrin]

>"I'll look again. Be back in a bit, Shizuha."
>collect legos and sip tea while investigating the flowers

[Hello Purvis]

>Take a few if you have time, Flaming Legos huzzah.

>"I'll look again. Be back in a bit, Shizuha."
>collect legos and sip tea while investigating the flowers

>You set about picking up discarded and somewhat charred legos. You manage to find 80 of them.
>While sipping tea, you approach the ring of silvery flowers that were growing around where the sun was once located. You quickly discover that their petals are mirrored. They also seem to be pretty hard on the soil, and little else grows near them.

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[E-Nazrin]

>angered by its own light? Curious.
>try to take a few

[UncertainJakutten]

You know, it's really fortunate this is fixable. Because we basically killed Richter Belmont when we should have been shooting at the little green bubble of Shaft.

And no, that's not a parser command.

[Serela]

>After trying to take some of the mirror flowers, go ANGRY RAGING SMASH SMASH on the rest until they are all destroyed. Maybe use that half-expended Rage Trilithon spellcard if needed. We don't want to make a new sun only for it to go berserk too just because of some flowers.

[Hello Purvis]

>angered by its own light? Curious.
>try to take a few

>You are able to pluck the mirrored flowers with no problem.
>You obtain: Bouquet of Mirrored Flowers.

>After trying to take some of the mirror flowers, go ANGRY RAGING SMASH SMASH on the rest until they are all destroyed. Maybe use that half-expended Rage Trilithon spellcard if needed. We don't want to make a new sun only for it to go berserk too just because of some flowers.

>It is not difficult to destroy the rest of them, and this is quickly done.

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[Serela]

>Mmkay, lets get back in the rocket and back to Gensokyo!

[Hello Purvis]

>Mmkay, lets get back in the rocket and back to Gensokyo!

>You return to the rocket and take especial joy in getting off of your burnt leg. "Did you find anything?" Shizuha asks.

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[Serela]

>"I think Yuka was doing whatever she did to the sun using these mirrored flowers."
>Show Shizuha the bouquet
>"I destroyed the rest of the flowers, so the next Sun should be okay."

[Chaore]

>"Also, Burned legs really really hurt."

[Hello Purvis]

>"I think Yuka was doing whatever she did to the sun using these mirrored flowers."
>Show Shizuha the bouquet
>"I destroyed the rest of the flowers, so the next Sun should be okay."

>You wave the flowers in the air, not really sure where Shizuha is.
>"That's a relief," Shizuha says. "Just give me a moment, and we'll be ready to leave."

>"Also, Burned legs really really hurt."

>"Hopefully Nitori will have some ointment. Well, hold on tight. This shouldn't take nearly as long as it did to get here."
>You feel the rocket lurch and lift up, much like it did before. Then your stomach practically does a gymnastic event as the whole right starts to accelerate. Very quickly, you realize that you're falling back toward Gensokyo.

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[Serela]

>Try not to scream
>Wonder if the landing is going to be even somewhat safe
>Ask Shizuha what in the world Nitori was thinking when she planned this

[Chaore]

>Instead, Channel to a dull whimper of realization. No one could blame you.

[Hello Purvis]

>Try not to scream
>Wonder if the landing is going to be even somewhat safe
>Ask Shizuha what in the world Nitori was thinking when she planned this

>You opt to be speechless instead.
>This is a very good thing to wonder. Sadly, you cannot really calculate an answer with the present information, let alone the one you would like to have.
>"I'm a little busy right now," says Shizuha.

>Instead, Channel to a dull whimper of realization. No one could blame you.

>You're not sure if this feels any better than a scream, but at least it lets you retain some dignity.
>The rocket lurches to the right suddenly, leaving you with the feeling that your stomach is in the side of your throat. Then the rocket shudders and comes to a stop.
>"There we go," says Shizuha. "All done!"

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[Janitor Morgan]

> Did Hourai survive that flight?
> Make sure she's all right, then exit the rocket

[Kuma]

>Check windows.
>If we re back home, Come out of the rocket looking all triumphant

[Chaore]

>Regain your balance before doing all this. Don't just get up and trip.

[Hello Purvis]

> Did Hourai survive that flight?
> Make sure she's all right, then exit the rocket

>Hourai made due by clinging to the back of the chair. She seems rather dazed now, and hovering unsteadily.

>Check windows.
>If we re back home, Come out of the rocket looking all triumphant

>Regain your balance before doing all this. Don't just get up and trip.

>You look out the window, and see a starry night sky and the shadows of trees in the distance.
>You stand and take a moment to regain your bearing. Then you take a proud regal stride and exit the rocket.
>You still have your light spell giving you some illumination as you head outside. You can hear the roar of a waterfall immediately, and see that you are on a rather steep rocky incline. It seems you have landed near the cliffs of Youkai mountain, somewhere past kappa town and below tengu town; looking about you can see lights from both of them. It shouldn't be too hard to get to either of them from here.
>You think you can hear voices from the west.

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[Serela]

>Move towards the voices and eavesdrop
>Now that we have the ingredients for the humidity spell, can we just cast it once we get back to the Library or is there preparation to do?

[Hello Purvis]

>Move towards the voices and eavesdrop
>Now that we have the ingredients for the humidity spell, can we just cast it once we get back to the Library or is there preparation to do?

>The voices move toward you, as well. "Hey, there's a light up there!" says one of them, which sounds suspiciously like Nitori.
>You will have to prepare it, but this can be done over the course of an hour at the library at your leisure. For all intents and purposes, it is up to you when you want to do it.

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