Reimu Quest (Part 7)

[日巫子]

>Head inside.

> You enter the shrine.  The last time you were here, you turned off the lights, so it's dark now.  You don't hear the tell-tale chatter that indicates you have company.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Head toward the kitchen, see if there's any tofu there.
>Also check the kotatsu and see if anyone is collapsed around it, as seems to be the style of the time.

[日巫子]

>Head toward the kitchen, see if there's any tofu there.
>Also check the kotatsu and see if anyone is collapsed around it, as seems to be the style of the time.

> You head towards the kitchen.  Along the way, you stop in the living room and peek under the kotatsu.  There's no one under there.
> When you reach the kitchen, you check the fridge.  There is still no tofu, just that one pitiful cube.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Marisa you had one job.
>Have a discreet look in the various places we store guests, just to make sure.

[日巫子]

>Marisa you had one job.
>Have a discreet look in the various places we store guests, just to make sure.

> Oh, for god's sake.
> You leave the kitchen and sneak through the halls.  You don't really have a guest room, and people will just sleep anywhere, so you check every door you come across.  No matter what room you check, you don't find a single person.  Suika doesn't count; you're sure she's still asleep in the other room.

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[Hello Purvis]

What do, Sect? Crater lake?

[Sect]

Too dark for Crater Lake, and we don't have an underwater light source. Probably the only useful thing we can do besides sleeping is going to the Human Camp and find Marisa.

[Hello Purvis]

>How far to the human camp?

[日巫子]

>How far to the human camp?

> Far enough.  You'd have to go back to the base of Youkai Mountain.

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[Sect]

> About what time is it, and how fly spry do we feel?

[日巫子]

> About what time is it, and how fly spry do we feel?

> You'd guess it's around...2 or so in the morning?  You're not feeling as energetic as you're willing to admit.

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[O4rfish]

Marisa either got ambushed by foxes or is trying to find us, so we might as well stay put.

>Too bad we don't still have those remote communicator Yin-Yang orbs that Yukari hooked up for us that time when we first met Satori.

[Hello Purvis]

>Let's go get some sleep. Leave a note on the table for Suika or Akyuu to wake us when it's dawn, or for Marisa to get us if she shows up.

[日巫子]

>Too bad we don't still have those remote communicator Yin-Yang orbs that Yukari hooked up for us that time when we first met Satori.

> If you recall, Yukari confiscated them after the Geyser Incident, as soon as she got the chance.

>Let's go get some sleep. Leave a note on the table for Suika or Akyuu to wake us when it's dawn, or for Marisa to get us if she shows up.

> You go back into the kitchen and leave a note on the table.  Someone will wake you up eventually, if you can't do it on your own.
> With that out of the way, you go back to your room and crawl under your futon.
> ...
> You don't think you're going to fall asleep immediately this time around.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Take a bit of time to reflex and mellow out.

[日巫子]

>Take a bit of time to reflex and mellow out.

> You lie still and try not to think of all of the problems you have to solve.  It is night, and time to sleep.  Incident-solving can wait...
> Maybe if you wait a little longer, you could actually fall asleep.  However, you're still feeling restless.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Bleagh.
>Let's go prepare some lunch for tomorrow or something. See how badly flooded the basement is.

[日巫子]

>Bleagh.
>Let's go prepare some lunch for tomorrow or something. See how badly flooded the basement is.

> You can't sleep, can you.
> You get up and wander out into the hall.  You consider preparing some food, or checking out the basement.  Which will you do first?

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[Hello Purvis]

>Let's do the latter, and have the heart attack first.

[日巫子]

>Let's do the latter, and have the heart attack first.

> You decide to head out and check the basement.
> You go out back through the kitchen and look for the cellar doors.  All of the things that were down there had been moved to another part of the shrine or--in the case of the box you have on your person--given to you, so thankfully you won't have to move anything down there.
> Opening the cellar doors, you see stairs leading down to pitch black.  Whatever lights you had down there probably won't be working anymore.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Let's get a candle, then check it out.

[日巫子]

>Let's get a candle, then check it out.

> You return to the kitchen and rummage through the drawers until you find a candle.  After stuffing it into a holder and lighting it with a match, you return outside and descend down the steps.  The ceiling is low, and it smells dank.  When you reach the bottom, you step in water that sloshes around your ankles.  The candle gives just enough light for you to see the dirty water rippling with each step you take.  It's empty down here, and for the first time you can clearly see the moldy walls, paint flaking on them and the ceiling as well.  Just the sound of your breathing causes an echo.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Does it look like this is as high as the water has gotten, or can we see signs it was worse?

[日巫子]

>Does it look like this is as high as the water has gotten, or can we see signs it was worse?

> You don't see any markings on the wall that indicate the water level was any higher than this.  However, even at ankle-depth, it would still be enough to damage anything that might be stored down here.  It is also spread over a wide area, so there really is more water than meets the eye.

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[Sect]

> We're gonna need to get this place renovated.
> ... And that means getting money. Bleh.
> Wade around down here to properly assess the everything. Suika and Akyuu seemed like they did a good job rescuing everything, but might as well see if there's anything they missed.

[日巫子]

> We're gonna need to get this place renovated.
> ... And that means getting money. Bleh.
> Wade around down here to properly assess the everything. Suika and Akyuu seemed like they did a good job rescuing everything, but might as well see if there's anything they missed.

> You suppose the shrine is overdue for some renovations, but at the moment you currently lack the means and the money to make this happen.  In the meantime, you wallow around in the water, holding the candle to its murky depths and searching for anything they may have dropped.  You're sure you've done a thorough search, but you haven't found anything else.  There really must not have been a lot down here after all.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Head back up, clean up from the basement adventure, and go prepare something to for lunch tomorrow.

[日巫子]

>Head back up, clean up from the basement adventure, and go prepare something to for lunch tomorrow.

> You go back upstairs and leave the candle in the kitchen.  After changing your socks and shoes, you return to prepare lunch for tomorrow.  With the vegetables, meat, and rice you have, you could probably make something small and portable to take with you.  The biscuits, of course, need no preparations.

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[Sect]

> Prepare a simple lunch of rice and cooked meat and veggies and pack it away. It should keep until tomorrow, especially if we keep it cool.

[日巫子]

> Prepare a simple lunch of rice and cooked meat and veggies and pack it away. It should keep until tomorrow, especially if we keep it cool.

> You put a cup of rice into the cooker, and while that simmers, you prepare some pork and chopped vegetables in the frying pan.  After about fifteen minutes, you've got enough food to hold you over for lunch tomorrow.
> As you're stowing it away in the fridge, you hear plodding footsteps and rattling chains.  Then a yawn.
> "Reimuuu...?" Suika calls from the hallway.

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