Patchy Quest Again: A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

> Snerk. Keep interpreting with a straight face.
> Whoops. Make a note to ask Youmu that when we're back.

>"Yeah, I can hear you all," says the voice.

> Ask everyone if they sense anything.

>"Hmmm," says Yukari. "The borders here do feel a bit...fuzzy, I suppose? Not quite wrong, but off kilter. Maybe. I might just be seeing things."
>Alice makes a gesture, and her dolls scatter to scout out the house.
>"It doesn't see like anyone has died here," Yuyuko says, while idly examining the broken window and the plethora of mold that has arisen from the rain that has come inside. "But that hat band did tell a similar story, didn't it?"

>_

[Rin Kagamine]

> Judge in your head who has bigger breasts: Yukari or Yuyuko.

[Hello Purvis]

> Judge in your head who has bigger breasts: Yukari or Yuyuko.

>Hard to tell, all those robes get in the way of making a clean judgment on Yuyuko. You suspect Yukari's got the advantage, though.
>"So, what does this guy think of the plans?" Alice asks.
>"Yeah, you'd ask that, wouldn't you psycho?" says the voice. "No dolls. Oh goddamn, no dolls. That bitch crazy! I've seen what she's does when they go rogue! Ask her about the excruciators! She won't tell you! I just barely got away from being put in a doll last time! Bitch is crazy!"

>_

[Kuma]

> "Alice, what the hell is he talking about?"

> Also, suddenly feel bad for future Chen, and hope that Yuugi and Meira are succesful in their endevors

[Rin Kagamine]

> Interpret
> Ask Jeff what's so bad about dolls.

[Serela]

>"Jeff, a lot of things were different in the time line where you existed. And they were much, much worse, from what I remember you saying. I'm sure Alice doesn't do things like that now! It might help us to do something else with you, as well."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Alice, what the hell is he talking about?"

> Also, suddenly feel bad for future Chen, and hope that Yuugi and Meira are succesful in their endevors

>"How should I know?" Alice asks. "You're the only one who can actually hear him."
>You feel bad for Chen being stuck with Youmu, that can't make her immediate future very pleasant. You expect Yuugi is probably going to go get in a brawl, blind drunk, or maybe hang with Parsee. You aren't all that sure who Meira is but you wish her well, too.

> Interpret
> Ask Jeff what's so bad about dolls.

>You pass along the message. "What!?" Alice shouts, while Yukari and Yuyuko give her looks of varying suspicion. "I wouldn't...I'd never... this is insane!"
>"Yeah, you're insane," says the voice.

>"Jeff, a lot of things were different in the time line where you existed. And they were much, much worse, from what I remember you saying. I'm sure Alice doesn't do things like that now! It might help us to do something else with you, as well."

>"Yeah, but that potential's there," says the voice. "All it takes is Medicine getting to those dolls, and she'll snag like a twig and try making "better" dolls again! And trust me, she acts all friendly now? I've watched her when there's no one around. She's out of her mind! No way she's putting in a doll!"

>_

[UncertainJakutten]

>Interpret message for group
>"Ok, so what would you like us to do? What do you want? Do you want to exist, or be forgotten forever?"

[Hello Purvis]

>Interpret message for group
>"Ok, so what would you like us to do? What do you want? Do you want to exist, or be forgotten forever?"

>You relay the message to the people gathered her. "Well fuck you!" Alice shouts at the air, and storms off.
>"My," says Yuyuko, covering her face with a fan for a moment.
>"Either way..." Say the voice. "I just wanna move on. Death, a new life, they're all the same to me. I'm pretty much not afraid to face the Enma anymore no matter which happens. Or not. I just want to be able to move on. But not with that crazy bitch, goddamnit!"
>"So...we are agreed that it was fate that was the problem?" Yuyuko asks, putting her fan away. "That it somehow interfered with Keine's work?"

>_

[Chaore]

>Take mild offense for Alice's sake, Sure, shes a bit off, But she can't POSSIBLY be that bad.

[UncertainJakutten]

>"I...think so" to Yuyuko
>Ask Jeff's opinion
> Also ask him to refrain from insulting your friends in the future. Remind him he's lucky to be even getting a chance at his goals.

[Rin Kagamine]

> Find Alice
> Make sure she's alright
> Try and bring her back

[Serela]

>"If this has to do with fate... maybe Miss Remilia could help."

[Hello Purvis]

>Take mild offense for Alice's sake, Sure, shes a bit off, But she can't POSSIBLY be that bad.

>Yeah, really! Alice has been a good friend who doesn't steal you books nearly as often as a certain black magician. What a jerk.

>"I...think so" to Yuyuko
>Ask Jeff's opinion
> Also ask him to refrain from insulting your friends in the future. Remind him he's lucky to be even getting a chance at his goals.

>You nod, and ask Jeff's opinion. "Yeah, could be." the voice admits.
>You then ask him to stop insulting your friends. "...Fine, fine," he says, "I'm just telling you what's what."
>Yuyuko claps her hands. "Then the answer is simple! We just need to sever fate."
>Yukari gives Yuyuko a look somewhere between puzzlement and suspicion.

> Find Alice
> Make sure she's alright
> Try and bring her back

>You excuse yourself, and go to find Alice, and find that she's standing near the burnt out house, fuming and cursing to herself. She's not exactly alright, but it's probably better than being in tears or doing something stupid.
>You approach her. "What?" She asks, "He have more awful things to say about me?"

>"If this has to do with fate... maybe Miss Remilia could help."

>"Huh?" Alice says.

>_

[Chaore]

>"Oh, Sorry, just thinking out loud."

[UncertainJakutten]

>"That said, I have asked him to refrain from being so offensive. I know you probably still don't want to help him but...I'd still like your insight in this issue and it's probably best to be there for everything. If you'd like I could not pass on unnecessary, rude comments?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Oh, Sorry, just thinking out loud."

>Alice frowns.

>"That said, I have asked him to refrain from being so offensive. I know you probably still don't want to help him but...I'd still like your insight in this issue and it's probably best to be there for everything. If you'd like I could not pass on unnecessary, rude comments?"

>She sighs. "Okay. But I'm doing it for you, not him, got it? And yeah, when he's being an ass like that, just say something like 'He's being a jerk again.' And...thanks for coming after me.

>_

[Janitor Morgan]

> "You're welcome, Alice. That's what friends are for, right?"
> Head back inside

[Kuma]

> hug the Alice

[Chaore]

>Make sure that hug is before you go back inside, To avoid awkwardness.

[Hello Purvis]

> "You're welcome, Alice. That's what friends are for, right?"
> Head back inside

>She nods, and the two of you head back inside.

> hug the Alice

>Make sure that hug is before you go back inside, To avoid awkwardness.

>You hug Alice. From the way she stiffens, it wasn't exactly something she anticipated. Apparently they don't work so well for coming off of a towering rage.
>"Yeah, I used to do that too," says the Voice

>_

[Serela]

>Do not repeat what Jeff said. :<

[Hello Purvis]

>Do not repeat what Jeff said. :<

>You do not and head back inside, instead.
>"Welcome back," says Yukari.

>_

[Kuma]

> Wink suggestively at Yukari

> Devise a plan on what exactly we're supposed to do

[UncertainJakutten]

>Don't actually wink
>Do devise a plan.
>Ask that Jeff apologize to this universe's Alice.

[Chaore]

> Wink suggestively at Yukari

> Devise a plan on what exactly we're supposed to do

>Didn't we agree we'd stop trying to get ourselves killed?

[Rin Kagamine]

> *ahem*
> "If this has to do with fate... maybe Miss Remilia could help."...again

[Kuma]

>Didn't we agree we'd stop trying to get ourselves killed?

Fine then
>Wink at Yukari in a tottaly non-suggestive manner

[Hello Purvis]

> Wink suggestively at Yukari

> Devise a plan on what exactly we're supposed to do

>Don't actually wink
>Do devise a plan.
>Ask that Jeff apologize to this universe's Alice.

>You decide not to wink at Yukari, even if it would be a great joke.
>"As I was saying," Yuyuko says, "The answer seems to be simplicity itself, we need only to sever fate."
>You request that Jeff apologize to Alice. "She never apologized for poisoning me and throwing me in that basement." says the voice.

> *ahem*
> "If this has to do with fate... maybe Miss Remilia could help."...again

>You mention that Remilia could help. "It's not that simple," says Yukari. "Remilia can manipulate fate, but she doesn't do it consciously. It's not a thing she can just invoke like a spell, thank the heavens. It does make dealing with the problem a lot harder, though."
>"I've already take some steps to deal with that."

>Wink at Yukari in a tottaly non-suggestive manner

>She is too busy looking at Yuyuko to notice.

>_

[Rin Kagamine]

> "Anything I need to do before you get started?"