Reimu Quest (Part 8)

[Hello Purvis]

>Let's drift toward that guide sign, and enjoy the sights. Perhaps keep an eye out for familiar faces.

[日巫子]

>Let's drift toward that guide sign, and enjoy the sights. Perhaps keep an eye out for familiar faces.

> You meander around in the air, looking for people and places.  Unfortunately, no one here has a face or distinct features.  They pass you in a blur, oblivious to your presence.
> You come across a glittering orange and gold board under a jade tree, but there's nothing written on it.

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[O4rfish]

>Look for the school.

[日巫子]

>Look for the school.

> You fly back into the sky and look around for the school.  It's not hard to pick out; it's a sky blue crystal surrounded by rubies.  There's a field of emerald within the grounds, too.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Let's head there, and see if we can find any sign of Keine around.

[日巫子]

>Let's head there, and see if we can find any sign of Keine around.

> You fly at the school, appearing at the front gates almost instantly.  You wander on in, and look around for Keine.  However, as you're wandering the halls and looking through doors, the only people you see are the shadowy figures.  You don't see anyone who looks like Keine here.

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[O4rfish]

>How long have we been asleep?

[Hello Purvis]

>Let's leave here, and fly toward the Moriya Shrine.

[日巫子]

>How long have we been asleep?

> You're not sure.

>Let's leave here, and fly toward the Moriya Shrine.

> You leave the school and fly off towards Youkai Mountain.  As you leave the town behind, it starts to look less like buildings and more like piles of gems.  The same holds true for the towns on the mountain itself.  Only the Moriya Shrine at the top of the mountain looks like an actual building.  It's not made of gems, either: it's just a normal building.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Let's head into the actual building then.

[日巫子]

>Let's head into the actual building then.

> You fly up the rest of the mountain and touch down on the shrine grounds.  Unlike the last time you were here, when there were faeries and youkai and even humans around, there is no one.  The wind blows, rustling the flowers in the grass.  More dandelions are among them, seeds flying into the air like snow.  You walk up the stairs and to the shrine's front door, but when you try to open it, you find that it's locked.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Knock.

[日巫子]

>Knock.

>  You knock on the door.
> ...
> No one answers.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Give it a minute or two. Then head around back.

[日巫子]

>Give it a minute or two. Then head around back.

> You wait, and when no one comes, you circle around the shrine to the back.  The once lively backyard is now empty.  Even the pond waters are still.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Are there any back entrances?

[日巫子]

>Are there any back entrances?

> Yes, about three of them.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Check them.

[日巫子]

>Check them.

> You check each door one at a time.  They're all locked.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Are there any windows? If so, have a look in through them.

[日巫子]

>Are there any windows? If so, have a look in through them.

> There are windows on the second floor.  When you go to check them, you see nothing but pitch blackness.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Does that feel "natural", or at least benign, at all?

[日巫子]

>Does that feel "natural", or at least benign, at all?

> Well, it doesn't feel malevolent.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Shine that flashlight into it.

[日巫子]

>Shine that flashlight into it.

> You turn on the flashlight and shine it through one of the windows.  It just gets absorbed by the darkness.

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[Hello Purvis]

What do you think, Sect? Smash out a window and investigate, or say it's just weird dream world stuff and leave it at that?

[Sect]

Before we break, let's try actually opening the windows.

> Try pushing up and at the windows to see if one of them will open.

[日巫子]

> Try pushing up and at the windows to see if one of them will open.

> You test the windows to see if they'll open.  They don't.

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[Sect]

I'm now okay with breaking open the window, Purvissen.

[Hello Purvis]

>Go find a nice large rock. Then hurl it through a second story window large enough we can easily fly through.