Reimu Quest (Part 3)

[Sect]

That course of plans sounds good to me.

[Hello Purvis]

Thinking on it, didn't Yuuka say a thing worth looking into? And maybe someone else? My memory is poor.

[日巫子]

>"Maybe. I don't know if they work well underwater."

> "You could ask her about that as well, then."

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[Sect]

Oh, right. Yuuka mentioned a secret garden that doesn't exist in places we know about. Something about needing to find out about a "fringed orchid". I missed it the first time but I saw it when I double checked.

> "Thanks, I will."
> Take our leave of Remilia, and go bug Patchouli again.

[日巫子]

> "Thanks, I will."
> Take our leave of Remilia, and go bug Patchouli again.

> You leave Remilia to her piano-playing and trace your way back to the library.  When you arrive, you see that Patchouli still has not moved from her desk.  She's currently poring over a book with a quill in one hand, scratching down annotations in the margins.

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[Hello Purvis]

Let's cover something we forgot!

>"Hey Patche. You ever read about holes opening up in the sky?"

[日巫子]

>"Hey Patche. You ever read about holes opening up in the sky?"

> Patchouli looks over her shoulder at you.  "I have.  Are you talking about portals?"

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[Hello Purvis]

>"No, I mean more like a hole kind of hole."

[日巫子]

>"No, I mean more like a hole kind of hole."

> "....No, I don't believe I have any books about that."  Patchouli squints at you.

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[Hello Purvis]

>"I guess you can start compiling one, because we have a hole in the sky. Anything you could tell me about it?"

[日巫子]

>"I guess you can start compiling one, because we have a hole in the sky. Anything you could tell me about it?"

> Patchouli takes the cone-shaped device off her desk and speaks into it: "Koa, bring me some parchment."
> She sets the device down.  "If it's not a portal, then this is a new topic for me."

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[Hello Purvis]

>"I don't think it is. It's more like someone knocked a hole in some glass or something."

[日巫子]

>"I don't think it is. It's more like someone knocked a hole in some glass or something."

> "Ah."  Patchouli bounces up and down in her seat, glancing towards the bookshelves.  Within seconds, Koakuma comes wheeling in on the book cart with a roll of papers under one arm.  She hops off and hands the papers off to Patchouli, who immediately starts writing on it.
> Koakuma stands there awkwardly, as though expecting to be scolded for using the book cart, but when Patchouli says nothing, she just grins and wheels away.
> "Aha, I see.  That's very interesting," Patchouli mumbles.

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[Hello Purvis]

>"I tried shouting into it, but no luck. I...didn't get the feeling it was a good idea to stick my hand through or toss something past it."
>Describe its size and shape properly.

[日巫子]

>"I tried shouting into it, but no luck. I...didn't get the feeling it was a good idea to stick my hand through or toss something past it."
>Describe its size and shape properly.

> "Uh-huh."  Patchouli nods and keeps writing as fast as she can. 
> You describe what it looked like, and Patchouli peppers your explanation with little interjections such as "aha" "I see" and "how very interesting".  By the time you're done talking, she has more written than what you just said, complete with a sketch of the hole.  It looks different from what you actually saw, but she at least gets the main details in.

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[Sect]

> "Eh, close enough. Good enough to start writing? Marisa's gonna check it out, too, so there's a canary for you."

[日巫子]

> "Eh, close enough. Good enough to start writing? Marisa's gonna check it out, too, so there's a canary for you."

> "Good.  I'll make sure to have someone flag her down next time she flies over the mansion," Patchouli says, and then coughs.

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[Sect]

> "So, I just remembered something. Yuuka told me about some garden that's not here or in the Outside World, and it had something to do with fringed... dandelions? No, orchids, fringed orchids. Sound familiar?"

[日巫子]

> "So, I just remembered something. Yuuka told me about some garden that's not here or in the Outside World, and it had something to do with fringed... dandelions? No, orchids, fringed orchids. Sound familiar?"

> "Fringed orchids...?"
> Patchouli sets her papers to the side and digs into one of her drawers.  She pulls out a dog earred book and flips through it.
> "The Habenaria radiata, also known as White Egret Flower or the Fringed Orchid.  The petals look very much like wings, do they not?"
> She holds up the book for you to see a photo of beautiful white flowers.

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[Sect]

> Do they look familiar?

[日巫子]

> Do they look familiar?

> They don't.

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[Sect]

> "Yeah, looks like it could fly away. So what do you think Yuuka's on about?"

[日巫子]

> "Yeah, looks like it could fly away. So what do you think Yuuka's on about?"

> Patchouli nods and closes the book.  Hugging it to her chest she says, "She must be trying to convey something with those types of orchids.  Alice tells me she's fond of flower language."

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[Sect]

> "So what's the meaning of that flower? 'Incident this way'?"

[日巫子]

> "So what's the meaning of that flower? 'Incident this way'?"

> Patchouli shakes her head. 
> "I don't know off the top of my head but I am willing to lend out a book for you, provided you return it the very next day," she wheezes.

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Incident. Can't make that kind of promise. Let's call it the next few days?"

[日巫子]

>"Incident. Can't make that kind of promise. Let's call it the next few days?"

> "Then give me something of yours to hold in exchange," Patchouli says.

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Who do you take me for, Marisa?"

[日巫子]

>"Who do you take me for, Marisa?"

> "No but you associate with her," Patchouli says.  "Who's to say she'll take the book next time you see her?"

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Me."