You don't need to repost your questions if I skip over them, I'm just saving them for a more appropriate moment. :V
Since PURPLEQUEST is now being posted to
Tumblr as well (although I'm still only taking commands from you guys) I'm going to work on having a more consistent train of thought in terms of commands while still answering all your questions, since your posts can't be seen there.
> Ichirin: Examine package.
You read the note attached to it.
What an unusually thoughtful gesture! It must be a rum cake. You don't think Minamitsu has ever baked a cake before, though. She eats almost nothing except rice and fish. Maybe she bought it.
> Ichirin: Examine Wheel of Dharma rug.
You love your rug! You bought it at an oni flea market while you were sealed underground. You've had it for ages. You can't imagine getting out of bed without your comfy rug under your feet to start the day.
> Ichirin: Examine Buddha figurine.A common misconception! It's inaccurate to call this guy "Buddha", since this is actually not the Guatama Buddha that founded Buddhism. This jovial fellow is known as Hotei, a well-known incarnation of the Maitreya Buddha, who will come some day in the future to teach the true Dharma. He is sometimes called the "Laughing Buddha" but this tends to cause confusion with the original.
Look how happy he is! You hope that someday everybody will be able to benefit from the Buddha's wisdom and take it as easy as he does.
Minamitsu made this with her MAD WHITTLING SKILLS. This was just a small practice piece, but she let you have it since you liked it so much. She later made a much bigger one to put outside the temple.
> Ichirin: Rub Hotei's belly.Couldn't hurt! You rub his belly and wish for the peace and prosperity of the Myouren Temple for years to come.
> Ichirin: Examine Unzan bust.
This piece is titled "The Nyuudou". It was made by a sculptor in the Human Village after he witnessed a tussle in the courtyard that you and Unzan were involved in; he was so inspired by the sight of Unzan in battle that he went right home and started work on this.
Unzan thinks it's too embarrassing to have a statue of himself on public display, so you keep it in your room. You know he likes it a lot, though!
> Ichirin: Examine Jeweled Pagoda.
Another one of your treasured possessions, this Jeweled Pagoda lamp is a REPLICA of SUPERB QUALITY. After Byakuren was sealed, there was a discussion about how to distribute the temple's relics; it was decided that the most prized one, the JEWELED PAGODA, would be given to Shou (in retrospect, this may not have been the best decision). Shou was so grateful that she commissioned these replicas and gave one to each of you, so that "everyone could have one".
At a glance, it's indistinguishable from the real thing - it's gold-plated and made with crystal glass, with a magical glowing light within. However, the lamps would later prove to be the bane of Shou's existence when she kept losing the Pagoda and confusing it with these; as a countermeasure, Nazrin gathered them all up and inscribed "NOT THE PAGODA" on the bottom of each one.
It's pretty valuable, so you keep it well-polished.
> Ichirin: Raid the fridge.Does it count as raiding if everything inside is yours?
This is a KAPPATECH MINIFRIDGE, powered by CUCUMBER BIO-FUEL. In addition to keeping your drinks frosty, it also has a HOT setting that allows you to open it up and use it as a space heater in the winter.
Your fridge is full of TRENDY BEVERAGES from the outside world. Kourindou get a pretty wide variety of these. You check its CURRENT CONTENTS.
- 3x KAPPA-COLA. This is a cucumber-flavored soft drink produced by the kappa. They're much less sugary than the sodas from the outside world. You like to knock one back after a hard day of training.
- 2x NEW COKE. You like these colas, but they're awfully strong and they tend to leave a sticky taste in your mouth. You only have one every once in a great while. The "NEW" label makes you wonder what CLASSIC COKE tastes like, but you guess they wouldn't have changed it if the new one wasn't better. Nobody probably drinks CLASSIC COKE in the outside world anymore, which causes you to wonder why NEW COKE showed up in Gensokyo before CLASSIC COKE did.
- 1x CRYSTAL PEPSI. This is some kind of super-rare invisible cola. You dare not try it until you can get a second one!
- 2x SURGE. This is a fully loaded CITRUS SODA with CARBOS. You don't know what carbos are, but apparently they make you feel UNCOMFORTABLY ENERGETIC!
> Ichirin: Examine idol posters.
The one on the left is one of your niche favorites, MYSTIA LORELEI. She's just so spunky! But people give you a hard time for liking her, and she even lost a few of her fans after she entered her goth phase and put out her latest album BROKEN WINGS, which is PRETTY EMO compared to her usual stuff. Mystia said she wanted to sing something more meaningful, which you have MAD RESPECT for. You ignore the haters, they're probably just Prismrivers fangirls anyway.
The one on the right is YAMAME KURODANI, and she's more popular than ever after her latest album, LOVE DISEASE. Yamame started underground (both literally and figuratively) and built up a wide fanbase while experimenting with a lot of different music styles. Her popularity exploded when she burst on the stage with her new idol routine, and you are SUPER PUMPED to see her perform later today!
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