Kisume Quest II - A Z-Machine Adventure

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Ask about the golden rod

[Kilgamayan]

> "Wow. Know anyone that could read these?"

[Hello Purvis]

>Ask about the golden rod

>You asked about it a few minutes ago. She got it from someone named Sakuya for a bag of rice, and doesn't know what it does.

> "Wow. Know anyone that could read these?"

>"Maybe," says the mouse youkai. "Not had the time or inclination to really hunt anyone down.  Too bad the magician at Scarlet Devil Mansion doesn't leave much."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Hey, didn't you say that Maribel woman said the Black Box was outside junk? Maybe this is from the outside too. She might know how to read it."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Hey, didn't you say that Maribel woman said the Black Box was outside junk? Maybe this is from the outside too. She might know how to read it."

>"You think so?" says the mouse youkai. "I don't know her all that well."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Shrug.
> "Hardly sure. But if she knows outside stuff, then that's something."

[Hello Purvis]

> Shrug.
> "Hardly sure. But if she knows outside stuff, then that's something."

>"I'll ask next time I see her," says the mouse youkai. "I figured it was in one of those weird magic languages no one knows."

>_

[Hanzo K.]

>"Could still be. But it never hurts to be sure, yeah?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Could still be. But it never hurts to be sure, yeah?"

>"Yeah, I'll ask her."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> How big is the shield?

[Hello Purvis]

> How big is the shield?

>It's about two and a half feet tall, you think, and about two feet wide.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Would that even fit in the bucket if we wanted it?
> How's our upper body strength?

[Hello Purvis]

> Would that even fit in the bucket if we wanted it?
> How's our upper body strength?

>It wouldn't fit inside with you in it, at least.
>You have pretty good upper body strength, you think. Enough you think you could probably arm wrestle many of the non-oni you've met today.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Does the shield have a handle?
> Is the shield at least smaller than us?

[Hello Purvis]

> Does the shield have a handle?
> Is the shield at least smaller than us?

>The shield has two handles. You get the feeling you're supposed to loop your arm through one and hold the other.
>It is smaller than you are long, at least, but not much smaller than you are when you sit in your bucket.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> How much do we know of the outside world? Did the 'rents ever talk about it at all?

[Hello Purvis]

> How much do we know of the outside world? Did the 'rents ever talk about it at all?

>You don't know much more than the average resident of Gensokyo, you think. You know that many of them came to be judged at Higan, but not all of them. By and large, it wasn't spoken about much. Shiki wouldn't go into details about the cases she covered or judged out of respect for the departed. Komachi would sometimes drop a quip about some weird thing or other she heard from someone she ferried that usually didn't make a lot of sense to your younger self. You have a pretty good understanding that the world outside has moved strongly away from the ideas of faith and magic, and it has both solved and caused a lot of problems. You're not sure precisely how, but you know it involves a lot of weird gadgetry and such. You're also aware that those problems sometimes gave them both a greater than average workload, so you think it's probably a net negative.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> While we're ruminating on the 'rents, was it an actual issue with them that convinced us to leave, or was it just the general unbearable stuffiness of bureaucracy? Like, if we ran into either of them on some random street nowhere near Higan, would family drama ensue, or would we converse like civilized people?

[Hello Purvis]

> While we're ruminating on the 'rents, was it an actual issue with them that convinced us to leave, or was it just the general unbearable stuffiness of bureaucracy? Like, if we ran into either of them on some random street nowhere near Higan, would family drama ensue, or would we converse like civilized people?

>A bit of both. There wasn't any one event that lead to you leaving, but there was a definite personality conflict between yourself and Shikieiki, which was often exacerbated by Komachi taking her side rather than yours. You are pretty sure that toward the end, they were secretly ashamed of you. There was no big dramatic fight that lead you to leave, just a slow buildup until you finally decided it was time to leave and make your own way. You are certain this disappointed them all the more. If you met them in the streets somewhere, you're sure it would be civil, but likely with dramatic undertones. Particularly with Shikieiki, she never forgets and never forgives, underneath that calm 'rational' exterior.

>_

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Assess the feasibility of attaching the shield to the bucket. What would we need to do such a thing, and how badly would it impair flight once we got used to its presence? A shield could be very useful. We could keep the side it's attached to to the rear most of the time, but orient it forwards in battle to block danmaku.

[Hello Purvis]

>Assess the feasibility of attaching the shield to the bucket. What would we need to do such a thing, and how badly would it impair flight once we got used to its presence? A shield could be very useful. We could keep the side it's attached to to the rear most of the time, but orient it forwards in battle to block danmaku.

>You suppose you could tie it off to the side or behind if you had some rope or a strap. Alternately, you might be able to strap it to your back if you don't mind it riding a bit high. You aren't sure if it'd throw off your flight, you don't know how heavy it is, but you think positioning might deal with any wind resistance problems.

>_

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Get our spellcard recharging (aren't they supposed to do that automatically?).
>Are captured spellcards useful for anything? What function do they have?
>Take out the bottle of Souchou and the sword hilt.
>"I'm interested in the shield. I think this bottle of Souchou is probably worth something, and as for this other thing, I have no idea. Looks like a sword hilt or something, but I haven't seen one quite like this, so who knows what it could really be? I don't suppose you have any idea, do you?"

[Hello Purvis]

>Get our spellcard recharging (aren't they supposed to do that automatically?).
>Are captured spellcards useful for anything? What function do they have?
>Take out the bottle of Souchou and the sword hilt.
>"I'm interested in the shield. I think this bottle of Souchou is probably worth something, and as for this other thing, I have no idea. Looks like a sword hilt or something, but I haven't seen one quite like this, so who knows what it could really be? I don't suppose you have any idea, do you?"

>It's recharging, nothing you can do about that right now.
>You can use captured cards as inspirations for your own spellcards. As well, they are most definitely marks of honor, not just anyone can say they've captured a spellcard.
>The mouse youaki examines your bottle, and whistles. "Oh, that's some good stuff. I think I could give you the shield for this. As for that other thing, it looks like a sword hilt alright. That's what I'd use it for, anyways, if I were into swords."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

I'd rather not give up the booze, if only because we said we'd share some with Yamame. :C

[Kilgamayan]

> Put down the other stuff and pull up the Old Wok.
> "I'd be willing to give this up, too. On its own or in conjunction with something else."

[Hello Purvis]

> Put down the other stuff and pull up the Old Wok.
> "I'd be willing to give this up, too. On its own or in conjunction with something else."

>She looks at the Wok. "Well, it looks functional. Got anything else?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Put the wok away and pull out the Empty Glass Bottle.
> "Got this as well."

[Hello Purvis]

> Put the wok away and pull out the Empty Glass Bottle.
> "Got this as well."

>She laughs. "You're not really offering a lot for a glass shield that doesn't break, are you?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Was the not-breaking thing mentioned earlier.
> Frown.
> "I'm not looking at only the shield."



I'll try to write up a list of my varying degrees of willing-to-part at lunch for easy reference (and argument material).

Also I suddenly want that arrow. More than the shield, even.

[Hello Purvis]

> Was the not-breaking thing mentioned earlier.
> Frown.
> "I'm not looking at only the shield."

>She said it was made of some pretty hard stuff, and it wasn't actually glass. But she seems to consider it glass enough to call it a glass shield.
>"It's okay, it's okay," she says. "I might be willing to let go of something a bit more mundane for those. But I'll tell you what, I'm not a hard person to work with, I might be willing to cut some deals with you so far as services go."

>_