Author Topic: (Skyseas of Gensokyo) Nazrin Quest (Part 3) (Read 49543 times)

Oldmansour · « **Reply #90 on:** June 22, 2011, 07:39:53 PM »

>Does there appear to be any mouse hideouts in the vicinity?

DracoOmega · « **Reply #91 on:** June 22, 2011, 08:03:14 PM »

Quote from: Sourfang on June 22, 2011, 07:39:53 PM

>Does there appear to be any mouse hideouts in the vicinity?

>You don't see any right by the bank of the river, but there are undoubtedly plenty of mice living in the forest, if you went and looked around for one.

Oldmansour · « **Reply #92 on:** June 22, 2011, 08:05:06 PM »

>Proceed into the forest.
>Keep an ear open for anything out of the ordinary.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #93 on:** June 22, 2011, 08:52:58 PM »

Quote from: Sourfang on June 22, 2011, 08:05:06 PM

>Proceed into the forest.
>Keep an ear open for anything out of the ordinary.

>You proceed into the forest without a particular direction in mind. The light dims around you as you walk deeper beneath the thick canopy and soon the river is visible through little more than the occasional gap in the trees behind you.
>As you walk, you keep your ears peeled for anything out of the ordinary. Of course, most of what you hear is very ordinary: the sound of birds and insects (of the mundane variety), and perhaps a few squirrels and other small creatures. You don't notice any mice about at the moment, but that's not unusual for this time of day.

Oldmansour · « **Reply #94 on:** June 23, 2011, 01:13:18 AM »

>Search for: Detectable mouse hideouts, tracks that do not conform to any 'standard' animal, heavy insect activity.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #95 on:** June 23, 2011, 01:37:36 AM »

Quote from: Sourfang on June 23, 2011, 01:13:18 AM

>Search for: Detectable mouse hideouts, tracks that do not conform to any 'standard' animal, heavy insect activity.

>You search about the woods, looking for a variety of things which might be serve as clues. You see no obviously out of place tracks, although the terrain here is not ideal for preserving them. You see no unusually heavy insect activity, at least no more than you would expect out in the woods. There's certainly no shortage of flies about...
>While you find neither of the above in a few minutes of casting about, you do locate another mouse burrow, sheltered underneath a fallen log.

Oldmansour · « **Reply #96 on:** June 23, 2011, 01:58:33 AM »

>Alright, someone else to interrogate.
>"Anybody home in there?"

DracoOmega · « **Reply #97 on:** June 23, 2011, 02:02:18 AM »

Quote from: Sourfang on June 23, 2011, 01:58:33 AM

>Alright, someone else to interrogate.
>"Anybody home in there?"

>It does seem possible.
>You call out, but there is no immediate response.

Oldmansour · « **Reply #98 on:** June 23, 2011, 02:06:28 AM »

>Rap on the log a couple times.
>"Wake up, I need some answers."
>Break off another bit of cracker, just in case.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #99 on:** June 23, 2011, 02:15:01 AM »

Quote from: Sourfang on June 23, 2011, 02:06:28 AM

>Rap on the log a couple times.
>"Wake up, I need some answers."
>Break off another bit of cracker, just in case.

>You rap on the log and call out again. You get a somewhat startled squeak from inside, in response.
>"What!?" it responds, sounding just a little alarmed.
>You take out another cracker and break off a piece.

Oldmansour · « **Reply #100 on:** June 23, 2011, 02:16:46 AM »

>"Calm down, I'm a friend. In fact, I have food."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #101 on:** June 23, 2011, 02:17:50 AM »

Quote from: Sourfang on June 23, 2011, 02:16:46 AM

>"Calm down, I'm a friend. In fact, I have food."

>"Food?" it repeats. It still doesn't poke its head out.

Oldmansour · « **Reply #102 on:** June 23, 2011, 02:19:42 AM »

>Scared the poor little guy, didn't we.
>"Food. Come on out, there's nothing bad around."
>Sniff the air for any predators in the vicinity.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #103 on:** June 23, 2011, 02:25:31 AM »

Quote from: Sourfang on June 23, 2011, 02:19:42 AM

>Scared the poor little guy, didn't we.
>"Food. Come on out, there's nothing bad around."
>Sniff the air for any predators in the vicinity.

>Whether you scared him or not, he does seem quite skittish.
>You try to reassure him. Just as you're about to assume he's not coming out, his head tentatively pokes into view. You see him sniff in your direction.
>You take a sniff, yourself. Most of the scents around here seem quite normal and nonthreatening: the usual complement of trees, plants, and forest creatures. Nothing nearby which you'd expect would spook the mouse.

Oldmansour · « **Reply #104 on:** June 23, 2011, 02:30:18 AM »

>Offer him the biscut bit.
>"Have you smelled any cowjobs out this way?"

DracoOmega · « **Reply #105 on:** June 23, 2011, 02:38:05 AM »

Quote from: Sourfang on June 23, 2011, 02:30:18 AM

>Offer him the biscut bit.
>"Have you smelled any cowjobs out this way?"

>You offer him the piece of cracker. He moves out just far enough to snatch it back beneath the shelter of the log before he starts to nibble at it.
>"Any what?"

Oldmansour · « **Reply #106 on:** June 23, 2011, 02:48:40 AM »

>Try and describe a cow to him in terms he might understand. Or at least would recognize if any of them have passed by this way.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #107 on:** June 23, 2011, 02:56:19 AM »

Quote from: Sourfang on June 23, 2011, 02:48:40 AM

>Try and describe a cow to him in terms he might understand. Or at least would recognize if any of them have passed by this way.

>You do your best to find a way to describe cows that he understands, although you continue not to get any real sense of recognition from him. It's quite possible that, living in the forest as he is, he's never seen any. However, focusing on the 'large' concept does get a reaction from him. He's seen things like that moving back and forth here recently. You get the impression they weren't cows, though...

Oldmansour · « **Reply #108 on:** June 23, 2011, 02:57:25 AM »

>"What did they smell like?"

DracoOmega · « **Reply #109 on:** June 23, 2011, 03:00:40 AM »

Quote from: Sourfang on June 23, 2011, 02:57:25 AM

>"What did they smell like?"

>"Like bad stuff," he says. "Stuff you can't to eat because it's bad. They were big and scary and fast. But they didn't see me - I stayed out of sight."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #110 on:** June 23, 2011, 03:02:18 AM »

>"Clever guy."
>"Which way did they go?"

DracoOmega · « **Reply #111 on:** June 23, 2011, 03:05:45 AM »

Quote from: Sourfang on June 23, 2011, 03:02:18 AM

>"Clever guy."
>"Which way did they go?"

>"Hiding is good," he says. "It's bad to be caught by the big things."
>"They go around. Sometimes that way, sometimes this way. More of them are that way." He indicates roughly northward.

Oldmansour · « **Reply #112 on:** June 23, 2011, 03:06:47 AM »

>Does that seem to be more or less in line with the directions we got from the last mouse?
>"Were the big things bigger than me?"

DracoOmega · « **Reply #113 on:** June 23, 2011, 03:10:23 AM »

Quote from: Sourfang on June 23, 2011, 03:06:47 AM

>Does that seem to be more or less in line with the directions we got from the last mouse?
>"Were the big things bigger than me?"

>Somewhat. The previous mouse indicated more westward than this one did. Both had a fairly sizable northward component, though.
>"Different big," he says. "Less tree-like big. More rock-like big."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #114 on:** June 23, 2011, 03:17:03 AM »

I'm not sure what that means, but I'm beginning to wonder about that ants theory now.

>"More legs than you?"

DracoOmega · « **Reply #115 on:** June 23, 2011, 03:19:22 AM »

Quote from: Sourfang on June 23, 2011, 03:17:03 AM

>"More legs than you?"

>"Maybe? I don't know. But they were big."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #116 on:** June 23, 2011, 03:33:51 AM »

Well, I got nothing else to ask this little guy.

>"Thanks. You can go back to sleep now."
>Head in the direction this mouse indicated. Quietly. Don't want to disturb anything big and nasty at this point.

Narouge · « **Reply #117 on:** June 23, 2011, 04:12:36 AM »

the farther we get to the worse of this the worse this is sounding to me. this however dose not sound like ants to me.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #118 on:** June 23, 2011, 04:46:16 AM »

Quote from: Sourfang on June 23, 2011, 03:33:51 AM

>"Thanks. You can go back to sleep now."
>Head in the direction this mouse indicated. Quietly. Don't want to disturb anything big and nasty at this point.

>"Sure," he squeaks, continuing to munch on the cracker.
>You head northward, making an effort to move quietly. For all the ominous information you've been given, the trip is remarkably... mundane. Were you not expecting something unpleasant, the environment would give you no cause to suspect such. You carry on in this fashion for another 15 minutes or so, keeping an eye out for unusual trails or anything else which stands out. There are several places where the ground may have been disturbed by something large, but the markers are indistinct; you cannot be certain that it was such a creature, let alone what kind of creature it was. Really, it could be caused by any number of things. You're probably overreaching...
>Eventually, you become aware of a new scent among the wood. Something... faintly unpleasant, although it's very vague and you cannot say what it is.

Oldmansour · « **Reply #119 on:** June 23, 2011, 04:48:21 AM »

>Hold our position.
>Determine the direction the scent is coming from.
>How quickly can we climb a tree unaided?