Okuu Quest : A Z-Machine Adventure.

[Kasu]

> Step into the outside world.
> Examine the landscape.

[E-Nazrin]

>Add quest: Stellar Road Trip, in search of a Guide
>wear towel as cape

[Hello Purvis]

> Step into the outside world.
> Examine the landscape.

>You decide to at least have a look outside. You can always come back in afterwards. You leave the house.
>It is a warm, partly cloudy day outside. You have a modest yard to go with your part of the double; you and Orin mow it for Satori when it needs to be done. A few feet away, you can see the entrance to Satori's half of the house. The house itself is in okay condition, but it really needs some work done on the roof, and some of the siding replaced. This aptly describes most of the neighborhood, the houses here are pretty sorta run down as whole. The sidewalks are uneven and cracked, and the street has a pothole a few houses down. It's quiet, save for a lone dog barking in the distance and the echoes of traffic. You have to suppress a shudder, and you realize that this familiar scene is wrong as well, and you're all alone. Obvious exits are South 1, South 2, East and West.

>Add quest: Stellar Road Trip, in search of a Guide
>wear towel as cape

>Perhaps it wouldn't hurt to get a book, even if it is wrong... You'll probably have to take the bus somewhere.
> You try to tie the towel around your neck, but can't make the knot stay. You'd feel pretty silly with a cape, anyways.

>_

[Kasu]

> Head eastwards!

[Hello Purvis]

> Head eastwards!

>You head eastwards, up the street. Old houses in various states of being run down line the street, most of them fairly inactive at the moment. Up ahead, you can see your neighbor, Miss Hieda, standing at the mailbox reading something. Looking upwards a block or so, you can see the postman on his scooter, running his route. You also see a murder of four crows sitting on the power lines, you don't think you recognize them. In the distance, you hear traffic from the freeway echoing through the neighborhood.

>_

[E-Nazrin]

>fashion towel into cape by any and all means possible
>seek out Professor Yumemi when viable
>greet Hidea-san

[Hello Purvis]

>fashion towel into cape by any and all means possible
>seek out Professor Yumemi when viable
>greet Hidea-san

>You've tried all the means at your immediate disposal.
>Who?
>You greet Miss Hieda. She starts a bit, and looks over at you. "Oh, hello Okuu," she says. She smiles at you, but you can immediately see that her heart is not in it. It seems like she's about to cry. It's kind of weird to see, since Miss Hieda is rather on the short side and looks much younger than she is.  Satori says her whole family is like that.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Is something wrong?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Is something wrong?"

>"I...my..." She sighs, it sounds like she's choking back a sob. "My house just got condemned..."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "What! Why?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "What! Why?"

>"I...don't know," she says. "It's a little run down, but..." She shakes her head, clearly at a loss for words.

>_

[E-Nazrin]

>"D'ya have any idea who condemned it?"

[Thata no Guykoro]

>Ponder the possibility of adding "IN GENSOKYO" to the end of all your sentences.

[E-Nazrin]

>wonder if Suika is a filthy communist

[Kilgamayan]

> "I thought those kinda of notices usually came with reasons. Condemning your house and not telling you why? That ain't fair! You should complain!"

[Jana]

>Oh boy! I'm as giddy as Sana in a hat store!
>Try and think of things Miss Hieda likes that you can bring up to comfort her after these questions are answered.

[Fightest]

>Causal clothes (worn as clothes)

> Check causality of clothes. If their causality is suspect, use this property to alter the flow of cause and effect to have stuffed our nuclear science textbooks into a backpack when we were still at home and taking them with us.
> If not possible, then go back, pack the textbooks anyway, then come back here!
> Hang in there Okuu! This voice will help you achieve your dreams of being a nuclear technician!  :ohdear:
> Evaluate personal knowledge of nuclear engineering.

[Hello Purvis]

>"D'ya have any idea who condemned it?"

>"I think it's someone from the city..." she says.

>Ponder the possibility of adding "IN GENSOKYO" to the end of all your sentences.

>You could do this if you like getting punched in the face a lot.

>wonder if Suika is a filthy communist

>Whoika?
>You don't think there are any communists here. Politically speaking, there's really not any parties at all.  While Gensokyo Isle is a democracy, no one bothers to run against the Governor.

> "I thought those kinda of notices usually came with reasons. Condemning your house and not telling you why? That ain't fair! You should complain!"

>"I just got it," she says. "Let me finish reading it. And...I should, I suppose. But do you think it would do any good?"

>Oh boy! I'm as giddy as Sana in a hat store!
>Try and think of things Miss Hieda likes that you can bring up to comfort her after these questions are answered.

>You shouldn't rejoice over your neighbors getting into a jam.
>You actually don't know her all that well. She's not quite a recluse, but you seldom see her.  You'll have to trust your instincts.

> Check causality of clothes. If their causality is suspect, use this property to alter the flow of cause and effect to have stuffed our nuclear science textbooks into a backpack when we were still at home and taking them with us.
> If not possible, then go back, pack the textbooks anyway, then come back here!
> Hang in there Okuu! This voice will help you achieve your dreams of being a nuclear technician!  :ohdear:
> Evaluate personal knowledge of nuclear engineering.

>Hey fuck you I'm dyslexic.
>You do not have a backpack with you! But there is one in your closet. You excuse yourself from Miss Hieda while she finish reading her condemnation notice. You excuse yourself and return home.
>You are in the living room of your home. An old couch you and Orin scavenged from the side of the road the north wall, resting beside the door leading to the bathroom. To the east is a bookshelf full of books that Orin has collected over the years, and a few of your own that are mostly gifts from Satori.  A door to the east leads into the small kitchen and dining room. To the west are the doors to you and Orin's rooms; the old computer the two of you share sits in the northwest corner. Against the north wall is the television, sitting on top of a scavenged and sparsely filled entertainment center. Near the television is the door outside. Obvious exits are North, South, East, West 1 and West 2
>You consider your old dream. The main stumbling blocks you encountered were applying proper mathematics to the subject and there was a point when the jargon just over-saturated you. Despite this, you're familiar with the basic concepts, and though you don't understand the math behind it, you know what realistically happens during various reactions. Dealing with particularly isotopes tends to get you into jargon overload.

>_

[Fightest]

>You do not have a backpack with you! But there is one in your closet. You excuse yourself from Miss Hieda while she finish reading her condemnation notice. You excuse yourself and return home.
>You are in the living room of your home. An old couch you and Orin scavenged from the side of the road the north wall, resting beside the door leading to the bathroom. To the east is a bookshelf full of books that Orin has collected over the years, and a few of your own that are mostly gifts from Satori.  A door to the east leads into the small kitchen and dining room. To the west are the doors to you and Orin's rooms; the old computer the two of you share sits in the northwest corner. Against the north wall is the television, sitting on top of a scavenged and sparsely filled entertainment center. Near the television is the door outside. Obvious exits are North, South, East, West 1 and West 2
>You consider your old dream. The main stumbling blocks you encountered were applying proper mathematics to the subject and there was a point when the jargon just over-saturated you. Despite this, you're familiar with the basic concepts, and though you don't understand the math behind it, you know what realistically happens during various reactions. Dealing with particularly isotopes tends to get you into jargon overload.

>_

> Retrieve backpack, grab all textbooks barring History of Time and Physics for Dummies, providing they can fit into our backpack comfortably, shove all bar one, chosen at random, into backpack. The former textbook isn't going to be helpful, and the latter... well, we may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer, but it don't mean some crummy book can be condescending about it.
> Open contents page of remaining textbook, start marking off sections that we do and do not get. This voice bets Okuu just needed some nice revision notes.  :ohdear:
> We're gonna need a lot of notebooks.
> Do we know anyone at the Research Foundation?

[Hello Purvis]

> Retrieve backpack, grab all textbooks barring History of Time and Physics for Dummies, providing they can fit into our backpack comfortably, shove all bar one, chosen at random, into backpack. The former textbook isn't going to be helpful, and the latter... well, we may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer, but it don't mean some crummy book can be condescending about it.
> Open contents page of remaining textbook, start marking off sections that we do and do not get. This voice bets Okuu just needed some nice revision notes.  :ohdear:
> We're gonna need a lot of notebooks.
> Do we know anyone at the Research Foundation?

>You head west, into your room.
>Your room is pretty messy, to be honest. Clothes are strewn about on the floor, as well as some old papers you never got around to putting away. An old stereo/CD player occupies your desk, along with your modest CD collection. A few plushies occupy open spaces, competing for space with cheap figurines of various video game characters. A bag of birdseed sits on the edge of your desk, beside your purse. Your closet, built into the wall with sliding doors, is open, and is somewhat bare, with a majority of your clothes on the floor. An old backpack adorned with a biohazard symbol (an honest mistake on Satori's part when she got it years ago) hangs in there.
>You obtain: Bio Hazard Backpack
>You seem to be contradicting yourself on which books you want to take. Regardless, you could slip them all in pretty easily, but it get a tad heavy.
>You start to highlight parts of the table of contents in the textbooks you don't understand too well. Oh dear, that's a lot of fluorescent yellow... Maybe you aren't even as comfortable with this as you thought.
>You do not know anyone at the Research Foundation.

>_

[Fightest]

> Oh dear.
> Well, we shouldn't abandon Miss Hieda like that. Keep one textbook open in one hand, stuff the rest into backpack, put on backpack, crack open a fresh notebook and rest it on the textbook, and start taking notes. Focus on general theory first, we need to re-establish a strong foundation.
> In this manner, not paying attention to where we're walking at all, try to make our way back to Miss Hieda's.

[Hello Purvis]

> Oh dear.
> Well, we shouldn't abandon Miss Hieda like that. Keep one textbook open in one hand, stuff the rest into backpack, put on backpack, crack open a fresh notebook and rest it on the textbook, and start taking notes. Focus on general theory first, we need to re-establish a strong foundation.
> In this manner, not paying attention to where we're walking at all, try to make our way back to Miss Hieda's.

>It's really not helping the issues you've already had today, either. You're starting to feel a bit depressed.
>You obtain: Nuclear Physics (Second Edition) by Irving Kaplan
>You obtain:Splitting the Atom by Aloysius Alvin Non
>You obtain: Introductory Nuclear Physics by Kenneth S. Krane.
>You decide it really was kinda mean to walk off on Miss Hieda like that on a whim. You fetch an extra notebook, you've learned to keep spares just in case, and return outside. You start to jot down some notes while heading East. As you walk down the sidewalk, you hear a distinctive "Caw!" by your feet.

>_

[Fightest]

> Examine source of Caw.

[Hello Purvis]

> Examine source of Caw.

>You look down and see a large crow with a very slight greenish tinge to her feathers near your feet, cocking her head and looking at you expectantly. That's Emeralda, one of the braver crows who hang around here. She's something of a flying pig, and you can tell she's expecting a treat. She caws at you again.
>Out of the corner of your eye, you notice Miss Hieda is sitting on her front steps now.

>_

[Fightest]

> Do we carry bird seed with us normally?
> Evaluate Miss Hieda out of corner of eye.

[ravaens]

>Ask Miss Hieda if you can read the notice that informed about her house being condemned.
>Ask Miss Hieda rumour about gangs.
>Remember the history of Gensenkyo Gensokyo Isle.
>Wonder if you possess portable laptop.

[communist unity (comm-unity)]

> If we have birdseed on hand, consume birdseed after feeding Emeralda.
> Try to remember the integrity of Gensokyo Isle. How rampant are blighted and run down neighborhoods?
> Speaking of history, any recent wars we should be aware of?

[Hello Purvis]

> Do we carry bird seed with us normally?
> Evaluate Miss Hieda out of corner of eye.

>Typically you do, but you've left it at home with your purse right now.
>She seems to be staring at the ground.

>Ask Miss Hieda if you can read the notice that informed about her house being condemned.
>Ask Miss Hieda rumour about gangs.
>Remember the history of Gensenkyo Isle.
>Wonder if you possess portable laptop.

>You decide that Miss Hieda is a bit more important that Emeralda being a little piggy, and approach her. You ask about the notice. She wordlessly nods, not really bothering to look up at you, and hands you the letter.
>"I've seen some kids from Armistice High running around," she mutters.
>You weren't great at history, but you do remember the basics of what you learned in high school. The island was uninhabited and undiscovered, until it was found by the Japanese during WWII and make into an impromptu base. The USA found it and took it over for themselves shortly afterward. In the end of WWII, there was a dispute over over ownership, but the two nations quickly agreed to share it, knowing it would serve as a good strategic point against their common enemy, the USSR. For a short time, it was a joint protectorate, but the machinations of the Governor managed to do a lot to allow the nation autonomy, and eventually force its recognition as a sovereign state in the mid 60s. Still, the USA maintains a military base here. Rumor has it there are even nuclear launch silos. The Japanese government maintains an embassy, but has no real political influence.
>You do not. Just your old desktop in the front room.

> If we have birdseed on hand, consume birdseed after feeding Emeralda.
> Try to remember the integrity of Gensokyo Isle. How rampant are blighted and run down neighborhoods?
> Speaking of history, any recent wars we should be aware of?

>You've done this before; it's not very good. When you have money, you tend to get sunflower seeds so you can share them.
>This is one of the worst neighborhoods, to be honest. Much of the isle is a lot less run down. You think a lot of shortcuts were used in building this place up.
>None here. The USA has been messing around in the Middle East for years, though. And there's always something going on in Africa, you're pretty sure.

>_

[Fightest]

> Read Miss Hieda's letter.

[Hello Purvis]

> Read Miss Hieda's letter.

>You start to read the letter. Almost immediately, your eyes start to glaze over as you work your way through the stilted legalistic language of the letter. Gah, you always hated this stuff!
>After staring at it for a minute, you find the part you're looking for. Apparently a recent inspection revealed that her water and sewage systems were below code. That combined with the general dilapidation of the house seems to have influenced the decision.

>_