Iku Quest Sedem: A Z-Machine Adventure

[Kilgamayan]

> "Just thinking about the past day and a half, and all the times I've shown how little I really know, and all the times you've been there to watch me flop around like an idiot."

[DracoOmega]

>"You want to know the sum total of what I knew about you when we met? That you were a poltergeist, and that you had been seen reading a book by the shadowless tree a week ago. That is seriously all."

[Kilgamayan]

>"You want to know the sum total of what I knew about you when we met? That you had been seen reading a book by the shadowless tree a week ago. That is seriously all."

> Turn back to the Poltergeist to say this.
> Add on "Oh, and that you had met another poltergeist just recently. But, really, that was it."
> Is the poltergeist still walking away and still not facing us?

[Hello Purvis]

> "Just thinking about the past day and a half, and all the times I've shown how little I really know, and all the times you've been there to watch me flop around like an idiot."

>Tenshi nods. "Yeah, yeah you did. But that's okay, pretty much everyone was."

>"You want to know the sum total of what I knew about you when we met? That you were a poltergeist, and that you had been seen reading a book by the shadowless tree a week ago. That is seriously all."

> Turn back to the Poltergeist to say this.
> Add on "Oh, and that you had met another poltergeist just recently. But, really, that was it."
> Is the poltergeist still walking away and still not facing us?

>She is still walking away from you, and she doesn't respond.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "It is true. There is plenty I don't know. Like I believe I said earlier, I know what you are, but I don't know who you are, and it's the latter I'm far more interested in."
> "And yet, as much as I am interested in who you are, I have yet to even ask one of the most important questions in that regard, and I apologize for being so cold and careless. As I said before, I am Iku. Iku Nagae, to use the full thing. My friend here is Tenshi Hinanai, the Eldest Daughter of the Hinanai Clan of Bhava-Agra. Now, I may know what they call you, but I do not know what you call yourself. What is your name?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "It is true. There is plenty I don't know. Like I believe I said earlier, I know what you are, but I don't know who you are, and it's the latter I'm far more interested in."
> "And yet, as much as I am interested in who you are, I have yet to even ask one of the most important questions in that regard, and I apologize for being so cold and careless. As I said before, I am Iku. Iku Nagae, to use the full thing. My friend here is Tenshi Hinanai, the Eldest Daughter of the Hinanai Clan of Bhava-Agra. Now, I may know what they call you, but I do not know what you call yourself. What is your name?"

>She continues not to answer you, but you think you see her jerk a little as you as her name, as though she just got shot.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Did she stop walking outright?
> Regardless, wait a few seconds in silence. If she stopped, stop. If she's still walking, keep following at the same pace.

[Hello Purvis]

> Did she stop walking outright?
> Regardless, wait a few seconds in silence. If she stopped, stop. If she's still walking, keep following at the same pace.

>No, but she might have broken her stride for a moment.
>She continues not to answer.

[Kilgamayan]

> "...Could it be...you...don't?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "...Could it be...you...don't?"

>"You aren't going to leave, are you?" she says.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "I told you. I want to help."

[Hello Purvis]

> "I told you. I want to help."

>She stops.
>"Despite exposing me, despite dragging me out into the open, despite telling me you've arranged for even more people to come after me, despite the fact I repeatedly tell you to go away and you refusing. You still tell me you want to help?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Stop and land.
> "A lot has changed between yesterday and today. I admit I've made some mistakes, and I feel bad that they've made you feel this way. But yes, I want to help."

[Hello Purvis]

> Stop and land.
> "A lot has changed between yesterday and today. I admit I've made some mistakes, and I feel bad that they've made you feel this way. But yes, I want to help."

>"Will you leave me alone?" she asks.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "After all is said and done, if  you wish to never see me again, I can do my best to fulfill that. But the demiurge you read about has tasked me with restoring Bhava-Agra to its proper place, and I have made a vow to those others who currently reside shadowless that I would restore them as well."

[Hello Purvis]

> "After all is said and done, if  you wish to never see me again, I can do my best to fulfill that. But the demiurge you read about has tasked me with restoring Bhava-Agra to its proper place, and I have made a vow to those others who currently reside shadowless that I would restore them as well."

>"Get rid of the other one," she says.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Do we know in which direction Renko and Maribel's house is from here? North?
> How close is our shadow to the poltergeist?
> "You mean Tenshi?"

[Hello Purvis]

> Do we know in which direction Renko and Maribel's house is from here? North?
> How close is our shadow to the poltergeist?
> "You mean Tenshi?"

>It should be northeast.
>Reasonably close, she could probably reach over and grab it if she wanted. it.
>"Yes."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> What does the poltergeist's shadow look like?
> "Okay."
> Turn to Tenshi.
> "Tenshi, can you fly on back to where we were earlier and wait for me there? If you meet anyone, tell them there's nothing to worry about."

[Hello Purvis]

> What does the poltergeist's shadow look like?
> "Okay."
> Turn to Tenshi.
> "Tenshi, can you fly on back to where we were earlier and wait for me there? If you meet anyone, tell them there's nothing to worry about."

>It is still a tree.
>Tenshi frowns. "You sure this is a good idea? And where at earlier? We've kinda been a lot of places earlier."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Nod.
> "I am, yes. And I meant the place where Nitori and Kogasa are. Since we came in from this direction..."
> Walk several paces back in the direction we came.
> "...hmm...it should be that way."
> Point to the northeast.
> Turn back to Tenshi in such a way that we can also see the poltergeist.
> "Don't worry. I will rejoin you soon enough."

[Hello Purvis]

> Nod.
> "I am, yes. And I meant the place where Nitori and Kogasa are. Since we came in from this direction..."
> Walk several paces back in the direction we came.
> "...hmm...it should be that way."
> Point to the northwest.
> Turn back to Tenshi in such a way that we can also see the poltergeist.
> "Don't worry. I will rejoin you soon enough."

>"Oh, why didn't you just say Maribel's house?" says Tenshi. "Fine, I'll be there. Don't take forever."
>She walks eastward

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Mentally facepalm.
> "I won't. Be well, Tenshi. I'll be with you again soon."
> Turn back to the poltergeist and watch her while listening for Tenshi's footsteps to fade. Be prepared to jump back and to the side if she comes charging at us.

[Hello Purvis]

> Mentally facepalm.
> "I won't. Be well, Tenshi. I'll be with you again soon."
> Turn back to the poltergeist and watch her while listening for Tenshi's footsteps to fade. Be prepared to jump back and to the side if she comes charging at us.

>Dang it, Tenshi.
>"Good luck," says Tenshi.
>You listen to Tenshi walking off, while the poltergeist looks between you and her. Finally, she looks around the area before focusing her eyes on you. "What do you want?" she asks.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> What emotion does the poltergeist's facial expression portray?
> What emotion did the tone of her question portray?
> Smile.
> "A number of things, I suspect. To begin with, though, I ultimately want to help you overcome whatever problem is making you think you need to hide from everyone."

[Hello Purvis]

> What emotion does the poltergeist's facial expression portray?
> What emotion did the tone of her question portray?
> Smile.
> "A number of things, I suspect. To begin with, though, I ultimately want to help you overcome whatever problem is making you think you need to hide from everyone."

>She seems more irritated than anything. Her tone is exasperated.
>You smile and tell her what you want. "Why can't you accept it is what I want to do?" she asks.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> I have now begun the habit of misreading this thread title as "Iku Quest Saddam". Congratulations on turning my mental image of Pocky and Brocky from Ika Musume to Osama bin Laden.
> "Because I know you were created that way, and because your encounter with Suika tells a different story. As did your silence when I listed all those other people."

[Hello Purvis]

> I have now begun the habit of misreading this thread title as "Iku Quest Saddam". Congratulations on turning my mental image of Pocky and Brocky from Ika Musume to Osama bin Laden.
> "Because I know you were created that way, and because your encounter with Suika tells a different story. As did your silence when I listed all those other people."

>Why you gotta be hatin' on Slovenia? Or connecting Saddam Hussein to Al Qaeda? What is this, 2002?
>"I was ignoring you in hopes you'd go away. As for the oni, she didn't try to expose me."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "But you still enjoyed her company enough to accept alcohol from her. And admit that thing about yourself that you admitted to her."

[Hello Purvis]

> "But you still enjoyed her company enough to accept alcohol from her. And admit that thing about yourself that you admitted to her."

>"I didn't want to draw suspicion," she says. "That's all. Then..." She frowns, her mask of irritation giving away to a different mask of irritation. "It's not important."

>_