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Meira Quest (Part 4)
« on: November 29, 2011, 10:08:37 PM »
> You are Sonozaki Meira, currently eight years old.  You were born in the village of Mayohiga in the year 102, and have lived here for the entirety of your short life without ever leaving.  Well, until now.  The year is currently 110.
> Mayohiga was a small village within the secluded mountains of Gensokyo, parallel to Youkai Mountain, legendary for being filled with youkai.  The village of Mayohiga itself was a quiet and peaceful, albeit sparsely populated.  It was Sonozaki clan's duty to defend Mayohiga against youkai, which sometimes come into the village to spirit away or eat humans.  You are a part of the Sonozaki clan, and the only one left alive.
> Two days ago, you found a conical hat in the forest where you frequently played with your cousins.
> Yesterday was the first day of summer, and you went back into the forest with the hat.  While playing there, you discovered the original owner of the hat, a tanuki girl named Kouyoshi.  Upon returning home from the forest, you found that the village was in ruins, on fire, and inhabited by monstrous youkai.  Aided by Kouyoshi, you were able to get a katana from your house and flee from the village, but not before discovering that the blame lies in the hands of a kitsune, a rare and powerful youkai.  You have resolved to get revenge, but there is the issue of finding somewhere to stay and learning how to fight, first.
> You have travelled with Kouyoshi through the Forest of Magic and met the youkai Rumia.  You have travelled with her and Kouyoshi to the Human Village.  You have befriended Rumia.  You have come across two youkai, one of which knows of someone who may know a thing or two about the kitsune, and you have decided to go looking for them.  You have explored the Bamboo Forest.  You've started taking lessons from Mokou in using magic.  You've gone into the Forest of Magic.  You've employed the help of some faeries in finding the girl with the monster, and have learned of two possible locations: a shrine, and a "chapel" that's a day away from the Human Village.  You've gone to the shrine and discovered that it was abandoned.  You have prepared yourself and headed out on a day trip to this "chapel", picking up a kedama after accidentally setting it on fire.  When you finally made it to the chapel, you discovered that it was more like a castle.  You and Kouyoshi managed to sneak in and defeat Rika and the Evil Eye Sigma, who appear to be the only ones home...besides the winged girl Shikoba, that is.
> Now you have found out where the kitsune is: behind the "Hakurei Shrine" near the "Great Boundary".  You're in the library with Shikoba right now, trying to figure out what this "1236" on the map means.

Quests:

> n/a

Inventory:

> Red and white robes (unequipped)
  > A white kosode with a red pattern on the hems of the sleeves, with a hakama with the same design.  Footwear is geta with tabi.
> Red haori (unequipped)
  > A red haori you wear if it's colder out.
> x1 geometric yukata (dark blue) (equipped)
  > A dark blue yukata with a geometric pattern on it.  Made by Keine.
> ?15
  > An accumulation of allowance money from the past three weeks.
> Satchel
  > Your school bag.  You keep your items in here.
> x1 Pack of Crayons
  > Contains red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, brown, black, grey, and white.
> x1 Sketchbook
  > Your sketchbook.  There are already some drawings in here.
> x1 Net
  > A net used to catch bugs, frogs, and the like.
> x1 Basket
  > Used for storing said bugs and frogs.
> Blue jacket (unequipped)
  > Lent to you by Kouyoshi.
> Katana
  > A katana that belonged to your family.  Very sharp and taller than you are.
> x2 wind chimes (equipped)
  > Pretty wind chimes taken from the abandoned shrine.  You're currently wearing them in your hair.
> x1 bed roll
  > A sleeping bag borrowed from Mokou.
> x1 first aid kit
  > Contains bandages, scissors, and the like.
> Mii
  > A kedema.  She may or may not eat any food you put in here from now on.

Quote
"But how can it be both 110 and 1995?"

> Shikoba writes on the paper again.
> they are the same year.  it is 1995 right now but gensokyo calls it 110

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Re: Meira Quest (Part 4)
« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2011, 10:12:54 PM »
> "Oh... but who calls it '1995', then? And why is it such a big number?"
> Help Koakuma pick up books from when she crashed through.

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« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2011, 11:58:10 PM »
> "Oh... but who calls it '1995', then? And why is it such a big number?"
> Help Koakuma pick up books from when she crashed through.

> Shikoba scribbles something again.
> the outside world
> "No, don't help me!"  Koakuma puffs up her cheeks and scurries away from you.

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Re: Meira Quest (Part 4)
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2011, 12:15:17 AM »
> "Ohh... why didn't you say that earlier!"
> So... um... "If that map was made in, uh, 1236... then..."
> Count on our fingers. Frown. "Does that mean that years outside of Gensokyo are shorter?"

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Re: Meira Quest (Part 4)
« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2011, 12:28:34 AM »
> "Ohh... why didn't you say that earlier!"
> So... um... "If that map was made in, uh, 1236... then..."
> Count on our fingers. Frown. "Does that mean that years outside of Gensokyo are shorter?"

> I did
> You do some quick math on your fingers.
> Huh.
> If it's already 1995 out there, and it's only 110 in here, then that means Gensokyo years are longer.
> Shikoba shakes her head.

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Re: Meira Quest (Part 4)
« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2011, 12:52:26 AM »
> "No? So... wait, so why are the years different, then?"
> What do we know about Gensokyo history?

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Re: Meira Quest (Part 4)
« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2011, 01:01:19 AM »
> "No? So... wait, so why are the years different, then?"
> What do we know about Gensokyo history?

> because we started recounting the years after the formation of the great boundary
> You know Gensokyo isn't very old, compared to much Japan itself.  It was created as a safe haven for youkai, but some humans who were already living in the area got caught up in the mess, but were able to survive on their own.  Of course, this area has been densely populated by youkai for hundreds if not thousands of years before "Gensokyo" existed...

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Re: Meira Quest (Part 4)
« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2011, 01:46:09 AM »
> "Ohhh... that makes sense..."
> Finish copying the map. "Hey, hey, do you know anything about that shrine? Me and Kouyoshi went there, but there wasn't anyone there!"

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« Reply #8 on: November 30, 2011, 01:48:37 AM »
> "Ohhh... that makes sense..."
> Finish copying the map. "Hey, hey, do you know anything about that shrine? Me and Kouyoshi went there, but there wasn't anyone there!"

> You finish drawing the map.  It's not very good compared to the original one, but it's a good enough copy that you should be able to find your way around...you think.
> Shikoba shakes her head.

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Re: Meira Quest (Part 4)
« Reply #9 on: November 30, 2011, 02:19:47 AM »
> "Oh, okay." Roll up the cpoy of the map and put it in our satchel. "Thanks for your help!"
> Run back to where Kouyoshi is. "Kouyoshi, Kouyoshi, I got a map!"

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« Reply #10 on: November 30, 2011, 02:30:12 AM »
> "Oh, okay." Roll up the cpoy of the map and put it in our satchel. "Thanks for your help!"
> Run back to where Kouyoshi is. "Kouyoshi, Kouyoshi, I got a map!"

> Obtained: x1 map (copy)
> Shikoba nods again, and you leave the library.
> Upon returning to Kouyoshi, you see that a few flying eyeballs have appeared, floating around lazily.  Rika is holding one, tugging its wings, while Kouyoshi is lying on her back and staring up at the ceiling.  She turns her head to look over at you.
> "Oh, nice."

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Re: Meira Quest (Part 4)
« Reply #11 on: November 30, 2011, 02:38:13 AM »
> Flop down, using Kouyoshi's tail as a pillow. "Here!" Hand her the map.

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« Reply #12 on: November 30, 2011, 02:39:51 AM »
> Flop down, using Kouyoshi's tail as a pillow. "Here!" Hand her the map.

> Kouyoshi takes the map from you and looks at it.
> "...this is kind of detailed for crayon, isn't it?"

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Re: Meira Quest (Part 4)
« Reply #13 on: November 30, 2011, 03:14:53 AM »
> "Hee hee... I copied it! Shikoba found a map for me!"
> Get comfy... we're kind of tired, aren't we?

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« Reply #14 on: November 30, 2011, 03:18:22 AM »
> "Hee hee... I copied it! Shikoba found a map for me!"
> Get comfy... we're kind of tired, aren't we?

> "That explains it."
> You've had a long day; you're pretty tired, now that you think about it.

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Re: Meira Quest (Part 4)
« Reply #15 on: November 30, 2011, 03:44:06 AM »
> Snuggle into Kouyoshi's tail. Let's go ahead and drift off...

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« Reply #16 on: November 30, 2011, 03:52:09 AM »
> Snuggle into Kouyoshi's tail. Let's go ahead and drift off...

> You curl up against Kouyoshi's tail and let yourself drift off.
> ...
> The day before yesterday, I saw a rabbit.
> ...
> It's still a little dark out.

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Re: Meira Quest (Part 4)
« Reply #17 on: November 30, 2011, 04:14:37 AM »
> What did we do with the rabbit?

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Re: Meira Quest (Part 4)
« Reply #18 on: November 30, 2011, 05:30:15 AM »
>Yesterday, I saw a deer. Today, I saw you.

>Where was the rabbit?

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Re: Meira Quest (Part 4)
« Reply #19 on: November 30, 2011, 06:40:50 AM »
>Do we happen to be holding a starfish sculpture?

>Who said those words, anyways? Did we?

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« Reply #20 on: November 30, 2011, 11:41:00 AM »
>What were you doing when we saw the rabbit?

>Do we remember eating some awful tasting bread?

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Re: Meira Quest (Part 4)
« Reply #21 on: November 30, 2011, 08:00:49 PM »
> What did we do with the rabbit?

> You try recalling what happened in your dream the best you can.
> You didn't do anything with it.  It just was.

>Yesterday, I saw a deer. Today, I saw you.

>Where was the rabbit?

> "Kotomi..."
> It was in a forest, but it wasn't like the Forest of Magic.  It was in a rather peaceful-looking forest with lots of sunlight.

>Do we happen to be holding a starfish sculpture?

>Who said those words, anyways? Did we?

> Do you think you're in a coma or something?
> You don't remember.  You don't think anyone said them.

>What were you doing when we saw the rabbit?

>Do we remember eating some awful tasting bread?

> You weren't doing anything.  In fact, you don't think you were even there.  It was just the rabbit, and the forest.
> You spelled "hotpot" wrong.

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Re: Meira Quest (Part 4)
« Reply #22 on: November 30, 2011, 08:08:49 PM »
> Where are we? Look around.

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« Reply #23 on: November 30, 2011, 08:23:34 PM »
> Where are we? Look around.

> You look at your surroundings.  It's dark, but you're still in the room you fell asleep in.  It looks like everyone's still sleeping.  The full moon shines through the window far above.

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Re: Meira Quest (Part 4)
« Reply #24 on: November 30, 2011, 09:03:37 PM »
>Well, err, if no one said them, then, uh... we DID see a rabbit two days ago. A bunch on them!

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Re: Meira Quest (Part 4)
« Reply #25 on: November 30, 2011, 09:42:43 PM »
>Well, err, if no one said them, then, uh... we DID see a rabbit two days ago. A bunch on them!

> Maybe all those rabbits are getting to you...

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Re: Meira Quest (Part 4)
« Reply #26 on: November 30, 2011, 10:00:50 PM »
> Well... just in case, let's get out the ol' sketchbook and draw that dream. The rabbit in the forest...

Re: Meira Quest (Part 4)
« Reply #27 on: November 30, 2011, 10:07:39 PM »
Pray to the frog. He helped us understand that one dream.
I have...a terrible need...shall I say the word?...of religion. Then I go out at night and paint the stars.

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« Reply #28 on: November 30, 2011, 10:22:44 PM »
> Well... just in case, let's get out the ol' sketchbook and draw that dream. The rabbit in the forest...

> Might as well draw what you saw.
> You get out your sketchbook and start drawing.  It's not that hard, just some trees and sunlight, and the brown rabbit.  It looks rather nice this time around, and you think you've gotten a little better at drawing.

Pray to the frog. He helped us understand that one dream.

> Not sure how to interpret the dream, you pray to Mr. Frog.  You're not sure what to say, but hopefully this will help you understand a little better.

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Re: Meira Quest (Part 4)
« Reply #29 on: November 30, 2011, 10:29:33 PM »
> It's missing something...
> ... Draw a frog in the corner of the picture.