Reimu Quest (Part 2)

[Hello Purvis]

>"Right, I'll let you go then."
>Do so once she indicates to. Then dive down after that Grimoire.

[日巫子]

>"Right, I'll let you go then."
>Do so once she indicates to. Then dive down after that Grimoire.

> Alice nods, and you relinquish your hold on her.  She starts to sink back underwater, but manages to pull herself out and float a few feet above the waves.  With her out of harm's way, you dive back under to retrieve the Grimoire.  In all the commotion, the book has flipped shut and fallen on Alice's doorstep, near the strange colorful plant-rock-things.  A school of fish emerge from the open door, and a few leave the group to inspect the sunken tome.

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>Ignore the fish and nab the book.
>If one gets fresh with us, toss a lazy danmaku in its direction to scare if off.

[日巫子]

>Ignore the fish and nab the book.
>If one gets fresh with us, toss a lazy danmaku in its direction to scare if off.

> You reach past the fish and take the Grimoire.  It's heavy, but you'll be able to lift it out. 
> None of the fish give you any trouble, and in fact most of them scatter at your presence.

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[Third Eye Lem]

> Please tell us the Grimoire's waterproof.
> Go and regroup with Alice.
> "What were you doing with this, anyways? I thought you weren't going to use it anymore."

[日巫子]

> Please tell us the Grimoire's waterproof.
> Go and regroup with Alice.
> "What were you doing with this, anyways? I thought you weren't going to use it anymore."

> You really can't tell how wet it is when you're completely underwater, but you'd rather not let it stay down here longer than it has to be.  You hold the book in your arms and swim up to the surface again.
> Alice snatches the book from your arms as soon as you've hit the air.  She opens the cover and starts peeling through the soggy pages in dismay.
> "It was an emergency," Alice insists.  "I know Patchouli has a spell similar to this so I wrote it down in the Grimoire, but...ohhh...."
> She crosses her legs midair and floats closer to the water.  She frowns sadly at the book.
> "It's going to be such a pain recovering all of this..." she says.

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Guess you don't have a way to dry it out without it getting warped and stuff?"
>"And what spell?"

[日巫子]

>"Guess you don't have a way to dry it out without it getting warped and stuff?"
>"And what spell?"

> Alice shakes her head.  "It requires fine precision."
> "It's a basic danmaku move," Alice explains, "You summon a set of basic runes with something as a base.  In this case, my Grimoire."
> Alice pats her book.  "The runes are solid, and float on water.  I just improvi-i-"
> Alice sneezes. 
> "Improvised."

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Weird. So, aside from the obvious problems, are you okay?"

[日巫子]

>"Weird. So, aside from the obvious problems, are you okay?"

> "No," Alice says, "My house is underwater, and I'm pretty sure there's something lurking in there."
> She shivers, but doesn't give the impression of being afraid.  As she rubs her arms, she says, "Do you have any idea what's going on here?"

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Not yet. Just that apparently this all came from some place that was filled with nothing but water. And there's some hole in the sky, which irks me pretty badly. Has anyone else been through here?"

[日巫子]

>"Not yet. Just that apparently this all came from some place that was filled with nothing but water. And there's some hole in the sky, which irks me pretty badly. Has anyone else been through here?"

> "That doesn't sound good," Alice says.  "And aside from whatever is in my house?  Marisa was here earlier today.  Have you met up with her yet?"

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[Hello Purvis]

>"No, but I've missed her a few times. What did she have to say? And, tell me about this thing in your house?"

[日巫子]

>"No, but I've missed her a few times. What did she have to say? And, tell me about this thing in your house?"

> "She wanted to make sure I was doing okay," Alice says.  "Asked if I knew anything, and then went on her way."
> "I don't know what's in my house, but lately I've been seeing this dark shadow moving around the windows.  I had some extra dolls with me that I sent down to investigate, but they never came back.  I'd check on it myself, but obviously..."
> Alice gives a snort of frustration, not directed at you.

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[Third Eye Lem]

> Is the house completely submerged?

[日巫子]

> Is the house completely submerged?

> It is.  Not even the little tower on her house has cleared the water.

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Ugh, give me a minute. I'll see what's in there."
>Get some needs prepared, and dive back down.
>Check the house, does it seem the front door is usable?

[日巫子]

>"Ugh, give me a minute. I'll see what's in there."
>Get some needs prepared, and dive back down.
>Check the house, does it seem the front door is usable?

> You reluctantly dive back under and approach Alice's house.  Nothing gets in your way.
> The front door is relatively unblocked, and appears to be ajar.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Open the door and look inside. Be ready for the usual evasive maneuvers.

[Third Eye Lem]

And here I was thinking the door would be closed still, and the water pressure would make it hard to open. :V

> Ready a spell card just in case.

[Kilgamayan]

> Don't ready a spell card because we'll ruin it.

We're underwater, remember? Trying to pull paper out of our sleeves isn't going to end well.

[日巫子]

>Open the door and look inside. Be ready for the usual evasive maneuvers.

> You push open the door and swim inside.  It doesn't give any resistance.
> Being inside Alice's house like this is bizarre.  You're used to it being warmly lit and neat and tidy, maybe with a kettle boiling on the kitchen stove.  Instead, it's like you've walked into a horror story.  It's dark and chilly in here.  The window curtains serenely in the water, but the torn up dolls floating around are a bit unsettling.  The pillows on the parlor couch appear too water-logged to float, but the tablecloth in the kitchen has tangled itself in the chandelier.  Curiously enough, the painting hanging over the fireplace has not been ruined yet.

> Ready a spell card just in case.

> Don't ready a spell card because we'll ruin it.

> You are about to take out a spellcard, but decide not to at the last minute.  You've ruined enough things in water today.

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[Third Eye Lem]

Gah, damn, you're right. I guess them being magic doesn't make them waterproof.

> Make a mental note: Figure out how to make spellcards waterproof.
> Search the first floor for that mysterious figure.

[Hello Purvis]

>Don't go charging in like a dumby.
>Instead, examine the dolls. What sort of torn up do they seem to be?
>Can we hear anything interesting?

[日巫子]

> Make a mental note: Figure out how to make spellcards waterproof.
> Search the first floor for that mysterious figure.

>Don't go charging in like a dumby.
>Instead, examine the dolls. What sort of torn up do they seem to be?
>Can we hear anything interesting?

> Quest Added: Waterproof, foolproof
     > Paper isn't waterproof.  By extension, neither are spellcards.  You'd like to find some way to remedy this.
> The rooms on the first floor, as far as you can see, include the kitchen to your left, the parlor--which is where you are right now, and a hallway with one closed door on the left and two on the right.  The end of the hallway forks off into two other hallways, which you cannot see from here.  You consider just swimming right in, but the dolls catch your eye.  You swim over to one--a particularly unfortunate-looking one in a green dress--and take a closer look.  It seems as though its limbs have been torn off, and there are strange indentations in the face that you immediately recognize as bite marks.  No special attention seems to have been paid attention to the clothes.
> You listen for any strange noises, but you don't hear anything.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Can we guess at how big of a mouth this thing has?
>Proceed into the kitchen; keep ears and eyes sharp.

[日巫子]

>Can we guess at how big of a mouth this thing has?
>Proceed into the kitchen; keep ears and eyes sharp.

> Not very big.  The doll has bite marks, but its face hasn't been torn open.
> You swim into the kitchen.  Had Alice not been such a neat-freak and put everything where it belonged, it would probably be a lot messier here right now.  All of the drawers and cabinets are closed, as is the...refrigerator?  You're pretty sure that's what it's called.  The windows, two parallel to the doorway and another parallel to the counter, have most likely been smashed in by the water.  Glass shards litter the floor.  Beyond the windows, you see more of the plant-stones, but they're bone-white and appear to have large chunks missing from them.  They leave enough space that you could squeeze out if you wanted, at the risk of cutting yourself on glass.  A few mundane fish are swimming in through here, and it is very quiet.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Do we hear anything? Or feel the water moving in a weird way?
>Does there seem to be any place a large fish could hide?

[日巫子]

>Do we hear anything? Or feel the water moving in a weird way?
>Does there seem to be any place a large fish could hide?

> The water is silent as usual, and it doesn't seem to have any distinguishable currents.
> There is no way a large fish could be in here undetected.  There would simply be nowhere for it to hide.

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[O4rfish]

>Peer out a window. Fire some glowing danmaku.