Iku Quest Sedem: A Z-Machine Adventure

[Kilgamayan]

>"But people live there! Hundreds of people. People who could not have been seen or known by those on the surface until you did what you did. You exposed every single one of them."

> "And you knew it wasn't just a place! You read about the people that lived there! You knew they were there and exposed them anyway!"

> Say things in this order, with the noted modifications to the second statement.

[Hello Purvis]

>"But people live there! Hundreds of people. People who could not have been seen or known by those on the surface until you did what you did. You exposed every single one of them."

> "But you knew it wasn't just a place! You read about the people that lived there! You knew they were there and exposed them anyway!"

>"You don't need to know!" she spits. "And they wouldn't have been exposed if people didn't do it themselves!"

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[Kilgamayan]

> "That doesn't change the fact that you knowingly exposed them! Or that you had the chance to undo your damage and didn't, even though no one knew you did it!"

[Hello Purvis]

> "That doesn't change the fact that you knowingly exposed them! Or that you had the chance to undo your damage and didn't, even though no one knew you did it!"

>"They exposed themselves!" she says, before leap from the rock, and landing on the other opposite side of it.

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[Kilgamayan]

> How often do celestials leave Bhava-Agra and visit the surface?

[Hello Purvis]

> How often do celestials leave Bhava-Agra and visit the surface?

>Seldom; and pretty much of every case of it in recent memory was either Tenshi or caused by Tenshi.
>Messengers, on the other hand, do appear a bit more often.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Not to the surface, they didn't. Celestials that aren't Messengers almost never leave Bhava-Agra for any reason, and none had left it in recent memory other than Tenshi. All those people that had never been seen by Gensokyo's surface-dwellers before you exposed them..."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Not to the surface, they didn't. Celestials that aren't Messengers almost never leave Bhava-Agra for any reason, and none had left it in recent memory other than Tenshi. All those people that had never been seen by Gensokyo's surface-dwellers before you exposed them..."

>You don't get an answer, as she runs off northward into the trees.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Give chase with flight!
> Beckon Tenshi to follow.
> Shout after the poltergeist.
> "According to you, there's nothing worse than exposure! So is there really something that takes precedence?"

[Hello Purvis]

> Give chase with flight!
> Beckon Tenshi to follow.
> Shout after the poltergeist.
> "According to you, there's nothing worse than exposure! So is there really something that takes precedence?"

>You take to the air!
>You beckon to Tenshi, and find it's unnecessary. She is already following, shouting, "Get back here, I ain't even a quarter done with your ass!"

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[Kilgamayan]

> Was the poltergeist running faster than we can fly?
> Have we ever met anyone that could run faster than we could fly?
> Turn to Tenshi as best we can without losing sight of the poltergeist or the way forward so as to avoid smacking into trees.
> "If she gives up, please stand down. But if she attacks again, go ahead and do your thing."

[Hello Purvis]

> Was the poltergeist running faster than we can fly?
> Have we ever met anyone that could run faster than we could fly?
> Turn to Tenshi as best we can without losing sight of the poltergeist or the way forward so as to avoid smacking into trees.
> "If she gives up, please stand down. But if she attacks again, go ahead and do your thing."

>She didin't seem to be.
>Not that you know of, but it wouldn't surprise you that much to meet such a person.
>"Right, got it!" says Tenshi.
>You start to chase after the poltergeist, and find that she does have one advantage on the ground, this being that she can snake around trees bit more easily than you can. But you certainly seem to have a speed advantage if only from not having to worry about ground-based obstacles. Slowly but surely, you start to close in; she is a few yards ahead of you now.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Everything can all be over if you just tell me why it was okay to expose the celestials to the surface-dwellers!"
> Come do think of it, what term do we use for the collective ground-based natives of Gensokyo?

[Hello Purvis]

> "Everything can all be over if you just tell me why it was okay to expose the celestials to the surface-dwellers!"
> Come do think of it, what term do we use for the collective ground-based natives of Gensokyo?

>Surface dwellers, Gensokyoans, lambs,
>"It'll be over when I end it!" she shouts back, ducking under a branch.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Does her shadow still look tree-ish? It's probably hard to see with her movement, but...
> "So you're content being a hypocrite, then?"

[Hello Purvis]

> Does her shadow still look tree-ish? It's probably hard to see with her movement, but...
> "So you're content being a hypocrite, then?"

>You can't be sure, you're both moving too much.
>She doesn't answer, and she starts to angle westward, rushing through some branches.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Turn to Tenshi.
> "You follow on her left, I'll follow on her right."
> Turn back to the 'geist and continue the chase, adjusting our flight path so we're coming at her from behind her and to her right.
> "Admitting a mistake isn't the end of the world, you know!"

[Hello Purvis]

> Turn to Tenshi.
> "You follow on her left, I'll follow on her right."
> Turn back to the 'geist and continue the chase, adjusting our flight path so we're coming at her from behind her and to her right.
> "Admitting a mistake isn't the end of the world, you know!"

>"Going left!" says Tenshi
>You continue to follow, heading out toward the right a bit/. This turns out to be a fairly good plan, if only due to the poltergeist starting to take routes more laden with branches that would get in your way while flying. As it stands, there are still a few obstacles, but not enough to make you fall behind.
>"And you accused me of being a hypocrit!" she shouts back.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "I apologized when I thought I was wrong! Can you say the same?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "I apologized when I thought I was wrong! Can you say the same?"

>"And what about this time!"
>She continues to angle westward, and more southerly.  Tenshi is catching up with her by virtue of being on the inside track, so to speak.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "This time you've told me being exposed is the worst thing possible after exposing an entire group of people for your own self-interest! Not seeing why I should think I'm wrong when your actions tell a story different from your words! Something you've accused me of so many times!"

[Hello Purvis]

> "This time you've told me being exposed is the worst thing possible after exposing an entire group of people for your own self-interest! Not seeing why I should think I'm wrong when your actions tell a story different from your words! Something you've accused me of so many times!"

>"Blame the people who came after them!" she shouts back.
>Tenshi is getting closer.

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[Kilgamayan]

> To Tenshi: "Tenshi, watch your shadow."
> To the Brocken Spectre: "They're not the ones that dropped the celestials' hiding place into plain sight!"

[Hello Purvis]

> To Tenshi: "Tenshi, watch your shadow."
> To the Brocken Spectre: "They're not the ones that dropped the celestials' hiding place into plain sight!"

>"Trying!" Tenshi cries.
>"They're the ones that went looking, you idiot!" the spectre shouts back.
>Tenshi is coming up on her, but there's a good chance the poltergeist will have a shot at her shadow beforehand.

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[DracoOmega]

>To Tenshi: "Careful. Don't close too much ahead of me."
>To the spectre: "Sure, it was people from the surface that ultimately came to Bhava-Agra, but you enabled them. Their actions would not have been possible without yours."

[Hello Purvis]

>To Tenshi: "Careful. Don't close too much ahead of me."
>To the spectre: "Sure, it was people from the surface that ultimately came to Bhava-Agra, but you enabled them. Their actions would not have been possible without yours."

>"Don't worry!" says Tenshi.
>>You say a mouthful, it somewhat slows down you pursuit as you have to keep branches and such out of your mouth. "Don't blame me for their actions!" she shouts.
>You see Tenshi ready a keystone.

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[DracoOmega]

>"I don't. But I hold you accountable for your own. This is the consequence of your actions. Set things back, and this can end."

[Hello Purvis]

>"I don't. But I hold you accountable for your own. This is the consequence of your actions. Set things back, and this can end."

>"Never!" she shouts.
>Tenshi flings the keystone at the poltergeist, but she deftly ducks under it and keeps going.

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[DracoOmega]

>"Even if you don't care about any of us, then what of Suika? You made her island crash. The tengu are trying to drive her away because of it. She asked me when I would be fixing it. But only you can fix it for her. What harm did she ever do you?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Even if you don't care about any of us, then what of Suika? You made her island crash. The tengu are trying to drive her away because of it. She asked me when I would be fixing it. But only you can fix it for her. What harm did she ever do you?"

>"She doesn't need it!" the poltergeist shouts, as she ducks around another keystone.
>Tenshi tries to for a third attack, then the poltergeist runs over her shadow; sending Tenshi reeling.

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