Nue Quest 10 - The Lost Levels: A Z-Machine Adventure

[Kilgamayan]

> "Trust me, he's not that much better when he's talking. Anyway, Byakuren was wondering if you wanted to try going back to Avalon really quickly to retrieve some of your stuff. Neither of us knows how much longer the hole will remain open."
> How do we compare agewise to Mamizou?
> How do we compare agewise to each of the Temple crew?

[Hello Purvis]

> "Trust me, he's not that much better when he's talking. Anyway, Byakuren was wondering if you wanted to try going back to Avalon really quickly to retrieve some of your stuff. Neither of us knows how much longer the hole will remain open."
> How do we compare agewise to Mamizou?
> How do we compare agewise to each of the Temple crew?

>"Hmm, that is not be a bad idea," says Mamizou, "At least I can close some of the accounts owed to me, and grab a couple of things.
>You aren't sure how you compare to Mamizou in terms of age, you've never asked, and you imagine she couldn't give you a ready answer. It gets difficult to remember the exact number after you get into three digits. In regards to the rest of the people here, you think you're probably older than Murasa and Ichirin, and definitely older than Nazrin. With the rest, you cannot be sure. Age tends not to have much value among youkai after a certain point.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "You ready to take off now, then?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "You ready to take off now, then?"

>"I imagine I am," she says, leaving the box behind.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Let's go, then."
> Make our way back to our shoes, put them back on, and return to Byakuren.

[Hello Purvis]

> "Let's go, then."
> Make our way back to our shoes, put them back on, and return to Byakuren.

>You return back to the front, put your shoes back on, and head back outside to the front porch, where Byakuren is.
>Stepping outside, you see her talking with someone, an older human woman that you vaguely recognize, you might have seen her in the crowds before, but you don't know anything about her.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Make our way over to the conversation.

[Hello Purvis]

> Make our way over to the conversation.

>It is not difficult to make your way over. Byakuren is currently reassuring the woman that the behemoth will not be returning.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Has she mentioned Suwako taking the sword away with the behemoth inside?

[Hello Purvis]

> Has she mentioned Suwako taking the sword away with the behemoth inside?

>She hasn't mentioned this explicitly, but she has said that the behemoth has been locked away, and put into the hands of the gods.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Good enough.
> Get in Byakuren's line of vision if we aren't already and give a quick wave.

[Hello Purvis]

> Good enough.
> Get in Byakuren's line of vision if we aren't already and give a quick wave.

>You move so that Byakuren can see you, and wave. She glances over for a moment and returns the gesture.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Take flight and head back to the area of the forest where the hole to Avalon was. Use the Scarlet Devil Mansion and the heretic house and landmarks to guide us.
> Along the way, turn to Mamizou.
> "And now you've met the main reason I've gone soft."

[Hello Purvis]

> Take flight and head back to the area of the forest where the hole to Avalon was. Use the Scarlet Devil Mansion and the heretic house and landmarks to guide us.
> Along the way, turn to Mamizou.
> "And now you've met the main reason I've gone soft."

>You make your way toward the part of the forest with the odd trees. It shouldn't be too hard to find from the Heretic's house...
>"I must confess I can see why," says Mamizou. "She seems the kind of person whom disappointing would be on par with making a kitten cry."

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[Kilgamayan]

> We could see the trapezoid of them from the sky, right? We can use that as a backup plan if needed.
> "Yeah. Hopefully you didn't charge her too high for your temporary merchant-sitting job."

[Hello Purvis]

> We could see the trapezoid of them from the sky, right? We can use that as a backup plan if needed.
> "Yeah. Hopefully you didn't charge her too high for your temporary merchant-sitting job."

>You think you ought to be able to, having spent a bit of time paying attention to those particular trees.
>"I intend to make up the difference in meals," says Mamizou.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "That likely won't be a problem. I'll tell you right now, though, I spend most of my time underground, so I at the very least don't get to see her as often as possible."

[Hello Purvis]

> "That likely won't be a problem. I'll tell you right now, though, I spend most of my time underground, so I at the very least don't get to see her as often as possible."

>"I should hope so!" says Mamizou. "I can hardly expect people there to tell me the truth about your various embarrassments if you're hanging around."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Embarrassments? You mean like the time I stared a giant red ox of oppression right in the eye and told it to sod off while an entire village of humans and youkai alike was shitting itself in fear?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Embarrassments? You mean like the time I stared a giant red ox of oppression right in the eye and told it to sod off while an entire village of humans and youkai alike was shitting itself in fear?"

>"Oh, I can only imagine what stories they will have to tell," says Mamizou. "Perhaps hiding in the laundry from some sort of law enforcement again?"
>You are...reasonably certain she isn't referring to anything that actually happened in the past.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Whaddaya mean, 'again'? I don't hide in laundry. You sure you're not thinking of you?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Whaddaya mean, 'again'? I don't hide in laundry. You sure you're not thinking of you?"

>"Surely not," says Mamizou. "I don't get in trouble with the law to start with."

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[Kilgamayan]

> Wave a hand dismissively.
> "The law ain't a problem here anyway. Sanae likes me too much. Reimu knows she can come get some any time she wants some, but she never dredges up enough care to want some so it's a moot point."

[Hello Purvis]

> Wave a hand dismissively.
> "The law ain't a problem here anyway. Sanae likes me too much. Reimu knows she can come get some any time she wants some, but she never dredges up enough care to want some so it's a moot point."

>"So in short, you've become too pathetic even in the eyes of the authorities to bother with," says Mamizou. "I suppose that isn't too surprising in retrospect."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "If you want to swindle the oni, be my guest. I hope you enjoyed what my back looked like earlier, because you'd get to experience it for yourself. "

[Hello Purvis]

> "If you want to swindle the oni, be my guest. I hope you enjoyed what my back looked like earlier, because you'd get to experience it for yourself."

>"Must you drag me down to your level?" says Mamizou. "Swindles are your business, and why so much of your free time involves posing as laundry."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Whatever. Anyway, the law enforcement here isn't working for a select group of pompous buffoons in undeservedly high positions of power, so there's a lot less motivation to go on havoc sprees."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Whatever. Anyway, the law enforcement here isn't working for a select group of pompous buffoons in undeservedly high positions of power, so there's a lot less motivation to go on havoc sprees."

>"Not even that one?" says Mamizou, gesturing toward Scarlet Devil Mansion as you pass it by.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Are there one or two figures at the gate?
> "I think that place might've given Gensokyo trouble once and Reimu whacked 'em good. I've never seen them be a problem.  Any pompous buffoonery that might happen there is self-contained, and they can knock themselves out in that regard for all I care. The head of house's little sister is a sweet kid, too. She has the only wings in Gensokyo that come close to mine in terms of greatness."

[Hello Purvis]

> Are there one or two figures at the gate?
> "I think that place might've given Gensokyo trouble once and Reimu whacked 'em good. I've never seen them be a problem. The head of house's little sister is a sweet kid, too. She has the only wings in Gensokyo that come close to mine in terms of greatness."

>There only seems to be one at the moment.
>"That poor child," says Mamizou.

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