Patchy Quest Moreso: A Z-Machine Adventure

[E-Nazrin]

> If she calls her spellcard, turn around as if to leave.
>don't be an idiot in front of someone trying to beat the crap out of you, especially after having already attacked
>retreat some to make an escape if needed

[Hello Purvis]

> Don't enable her. Put away spellcards and show empty hands.
> "Can we postpone the fight until after you help me, please?"

>You put away your spellcard.
>You try to say something, but she speaks over it, saying, "Explosion Sign, Mega Flare!"
>Her third leg begin to emit an audible hum, she swipes it across the air, sending a wave of immense, angry-looking spheres at you.

> Don't Approach.
> Water Sign: Bury in Lake
> Inventory

>You keep back, giving yourself a little breathing space.
>You have just enough time to draw out Water Sign: Bury in Lake
>A thin beam of ice fires through the wave of oncoming explosions, forcing Utsuho back, followed by a wall of water that slams into oncoming spheres, and evaporates them with a loud hiss, filling the chamber with steam. You cannot see Utsuho now.
>Water Sign: Bury in Lake, falls apart from the stress
>Your Inventory contains:
>Suspiciously Sleepwear-Like Witch Gown (worn as clothes)
>Witch Cap (Worn as Hat)
>Metal Sign: Metal Fatigue (Used)
>List of Anti-Humidity Spell components.
>Ballpoint Pen
>Pad of Paper
>Wood Sign: Sylphae Horn
>Earth Sign: Rage Trilithon
>Fire & Earth Sign: Lava Cromlech
>Blessing of the Great Destructor
>Fire Sign: Agni Shine
>Fire Sign: Agni Shine High Level
>Wood Sign: Sylphae Horn High Level
>Earth Sign: Rage Trilithon High Level
>Water Sign: Bury in Lake (Destroyed)
>Wood Sign: Green Storm
>Earth Sign: Trilithon Shake (Used)
>Metal Sign: Silver Dragon
>Wood and Fire Sign: Forest Blaze
>Wood and Water Sign: Water Elf
>Earth and Metal Sign: Emerald Megalith
>Moon Sign: Silent Selene (Used)
>19 ☼
>Lucky Coin
>Book Entitled: Civil Engineering by Hartman and Pert
>Banson's Aria
>AOL Disk with a Cardboard Sleeve
>Ladle
>Bottle of Jazz-Style Hot Sauce
>Bottle of Stomach Ulcer Inducing Hot Sauce
>Floating Trumpet
>Grilled Lamprey Sandwich
>Tiger Cub Pin (wore as accessory)
>Large Bag of Beans
>Ultimate Truth
>Hobo Penny

>"Do you REALLY want to make Satori angry again?! She just led me here!"

>"Satori doesn't mind if I have have some fun!" calls out Utsuho; you hear her voice coming from somewhere higher up than before; she must be flying again.

> Water Sign: Bury in Lake
> If she calls her spellcard, turn around as if to leave.

>You hear her cry out: "Blazing Star: Fixed Star!"
>You turn to leave, but are cut off by a huge sphere of heat floating past you lazily.

> If she calls her spellcard, turn around as if to leave.
>don't be an idiot in front of someone trying to beat the crap out of you, especially after having already attacked
>retreat some to make an escape if needed

>You let the sphere pass, and draw back a bit. You can see a number of lights twinkling in the fog, coming toward you.

>_

[Janitor Morgan]

> Sigh
> Wood Sign: Sylphae Horn High Level, to see if you can sweep Utsuho into a wall or something

[Rin Kagamine]

> Wood Sign: Green Storm

[UncertainJakutten]

>Wood and Water Sign: Water Elf

[Fightest]

> Sigh again.
> Nuclear fusion reactions require fuel and a moderator. Typical fuel is hydrogen, which there should be precious little of in this hot environment so stop feeding her reaction and:
> Wood and Water Sign: Water Elf
> Fire Sign: Agni Shine

[Rinnosuke Morichika]

> Stop Sign: Quit Using All Our Damn Spellcards
> Dodge the attack
> Pray to Kanako to clear the steam

[Fightest]

> If Utsuho cannot see us at any point, we can try playing dead, as it were.

[Hello Purvis]

> Sigh
> Wood Sign: Sylphae Horn High Level, to see if you can sweep Utsuho into a wall or something

>You sigh. It had been an alright day, for the most part, until now.
>You use Wood Sign: Sylphae Horn.
>A strong breeze blows through the cavern, filling it with many leaves. As the steam clears, you can see at least half a dozen immense spheres orbiting around Utsuho, as she spreads more shots about with her third leg. Your leaves blow around fiercely, but the spheres ignite many of them, leaving the sky mercifully clear for her.

> Wood Sign: Green Storm

>You use Wood Sign: Green Storm
> The wind redoubles in fury, send more leaves flying about in all directions. Still, Utsuho's spheres guard her from the worst of it.
>One of her shots connects with your side, shocking you with enough force to throw you from your feet. The pain mostly fades a moment later, muted by the spellcard's effects. But is enough to throw off your concentration and break your own spellcard's magic.

>Wood and Water Sign: Water Elf

>You use Water and Wood Sign: Water Elf
>Rain begin to to drizzle from above, as you send out yet more leaves to try and break through Utsuho's spellcard. Little of it manages to break through, but it is enough to force her to have to start paying more attention to her wellbeing.

> Sigh again.
> Nuclear fusion reactions require fuel and a moderator. Typical fuel is hydrogen, which there should be precious little of in this hot environment so stop feeding her reaction and:
> Wood and Water Sign: Water Elf
> Fire Sign: Agni Shine

>You sigh again, this is being more difficult than you thought!
>You use Fire Sign: Angi Shine.
>Thick flames fill the air, unaffected by the heat generated by Utsuho's fusion. Unable to dodge so well with her current spellcard, one quickly slams into her and breaks the Blazing Star effect.

> Stop Sign: Quit Using All Our Damn Spellcards
> Dodge the attack
> Pray to Kanako to clear the steam

>"You were making me wonder for a moment, there!" says Utsuho, as she draws out another card. "Let's see what you can do with my last one? Heaven and Hell Meltdown!"
>Suddenly, you feel a great heat behind him. Thinking quickly, you run ahead as it explodes into a huge sphere of light. Another blossoms ahead of you, engulfing Utsuho harmlessly and confining you to a narrow area.
>You have other things to pray to Kanako for right now.

> If Utsuho cannot see us at any point, we can try playing dead, as it were.

>She can see you quite well, as she soars to and fro in the blaze.

>_

[UncertainJakutten]

>fire non card danmaku like MAD at her

[Toasty]

>Mukyu as loudly as you can without inducing asthma attacks.
>Metal Sign: Silver Dragon
>follow up with:
>Earth and Metal Sign: Emerald Megalith

[Hello Purvis]

>fire non card danmaku like MAD at her

>Even since Marisa stole your Non-Directional Laser, you've not been so good at that.

>Mukyu as loudly as you can without inducing asthma attacks.
>Metal Sign: Silver Dragon
>follow up with:
>Earth and Metal Sign: Emerald Megalith

>You Mukyu loudly as you do your best not to get burned, as both of the spheres around you begin to emit shots.
>You use Metal Sign: Silver Dragon
>Bits of Silver fill the air, following Utsuho around as they expand and shift. She dodges to and fro, but is clearly hard-pressed by the barrage.
>You follow up with Earth and Metal Sign: Emerald Megalith.
>Columns of emerald suddenly erupt from the ground, taking Utsuho from below and sending her skyward! The effects of both spellcards disappear, as Utusho tries to catch herself in midair. This doesn't work as well as she hoped, and she still lands on her feet pretty hard.
>"Not bad," she says. "Not bad at all." She hands you a card.
>You obtain: Explosion Sign: Mega Flare (Used)
>Given how easily she dealt with Wood Sign: Sylphae Horn and Wood Sign: Green Storm, you are obligated to hand them over to her.

>_

[Janitor Morgan]

> "Now that we've finished that...I wanted to talk to you about Sun Shards. Might you have one you'd be willing to part with?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Now that we've finished that...I wanted to talk to you about Sun Shards. Might you have one you'd be willing to part with?"

"I wish I had one!" Says Utsuho, as she walks away from the blazing lake back toward the less bright areas of the cavern. "Sun shards are a kind of leftover from when a sun first ignites. I was never able to really make one myself; Reimu got to me the first time I tried. And she told me if I ever try it again she'd "shove my third leg so far down my throat I'd like an ouroborus drawn by a high-functioning retarded preschooler"; Her words. So if you want a sun shard, you're going to have visit the sun."

>_

[Toasty]

>I knew we should have just asked nitori what was wrong with the sun. I KNEW IT.
>Go to surface, find nitori, ask about the sun, avoid talking about magical stuff as to not put her off.

[Rin Kagamine]

> Not yet, we just fought with her, so we need to use this opportunity to talk to her.
> Show component list, ask if she knows about anything else on there.

[Thata no Guykoro]

>Ask about Rin Satsuki
>Ask about hot sauce
>Ask about Jeff K. Anon

[Toasty]

>Don't ask about Rin Satsuki, she doesn't exist.
>No, don't ask about Jeff K. Anon.
>You already know okuu and orin keep some in the kitchen. In order to be more specific, ask if you can have that hot sauce.
>Unyu

[Hello Purvis]

>I knew we should have just asked nitori what was wrong with the sun. I KNEW IT.
>Go to surface, find nitori, ask about the sun, avoid talking about magical stuff as to not put her off.

> Not yet, we just fought with her, so we need to use this opportunity to talk to her.
> Show component list, ask if she knows about anything else on there.

>You think about running off for a moment, then decide to make the most of your trip.
>Utsuho looks over your list, then says, "Don't you think those bamboo people with the bunnies would know a lot about bamboo flowers?"

>Ask about Rin Satsuki
>Ask about hot sauce
>Ask about Jeff K. Anon

>"It's pronounced Kaenbyou, actually. She's my best friend!"
>"Yeah, I love that stuff! I've got some up in the mansion."
>"Who? Is he someone that ended up here back when it was Current Hell?"

>Don't ask about Rin Satsuki, she doesn't exist.
>No, don't ask about Jeff K. Anon.
>You already know okuu and orin keep some in the kitchen. In order to be more specific, ask if you can have that hot sauce.
>Unyu

>"Oh, sure, you can have some. Orin makes it for me, so it's not hard to get more."
>"Hey!" She gives you a foul look. "Don't be a jerk winner!"

>_

[Janitor Morgan]

> Thank Utsuho for her time, then begin heading back to the surface
> On the way out:
>>> Grab hot sauce
>>> See how Keine's doing
>>> Watch out for Kisume
>>> Ponder whether recreating your lost spellcards would be a breach of the agreement between you and Sakuya

[Hello Purvis]

> Thank Utsuho for her time, then begin heading back to the surface
> On the way out:
>>> Grab hot sauce
>>> See how Keine's doing
>>> Watch out for Kisume
>>> Ponder whether recreating your lost spellcards would be a breach of the agreement between you and Sakuya

>"Hey, you're welcome," says Utsuho. "If you need anything, let me know. I do owe you one."
>You depart the blazing caverns, and return to the merely stuffy Palace of the Earth Spirits. It doesn't seem that Satori has waited around for you.
>You search the kitchen and find two bottle of Hot Sauce. One is a Bottle of Orin's Hell Yes Sauce, the other is a Bottle of Okuu's Fusion In a Jar.
>You Obtain: Bottle of Okuu's Fusion in a Jar Sauce.
>You return to the marketplace, and see that Keine and the Oni are still brawling. Keine definitely looks worse for wear.
>No sign of Kisume yet. Maybe she doesn't come in here?
>You don't think that remaking a spellcard would be a breech of the agreement; Sakuya makes her own, after all.

>_

[Fightest]

> Wait around for Keine to finish her latest cage match.
> Ask her what she's up to.

[Toasty]

>Ask her who discovered makai

[Kasu]

> Keep an eye out for Yuugi.

[Hello Purvis]

> Wait around for Keine to finish her latest cage match.
> Ask her what she's up to.

>You don't have to wait very long. Keine is quickly knocked out. The oni who beat her helps herself to Keine's money, then leaps off the roof and props Keine on the side of a takoyaki stand.

>Ask her who discovered makai

>You conclude she must not know, given she isn't answering in her unconscious state.

> Keep an eye out for Yuugi.

>No signs of Yuugi yet.

>_

[mad]

>Treat Keine's wounds

[Hello Purvis]

>Treat Keine's wounds

>Keine doesn't seem to have much in the way of wounds that you can treat. Mostly she has bruises and such. A damp cloth wouldn't hurt, though. What she really needs is a good place to rest.

>_

[Seian Verian]

> Attempt to wake Keine
> Ask people if they know of a place you could take her to rest, and if she won't wake up, if they'd help you, since you can't well drag her.

[Hello Purvis]

> Attempt to wake Keine
> Ask people if they know of a place you could take her to rest, and if she won't wake up, if they'd help you, since you can't well drag her.

>Keine groans, and mutters, "N'tnite,"
>"S'clinic up 'round the Southwest side of town, like," says one of the oni.

>_

[Thata no Guykoro]

>Attempt to get Keine to the clinic.