Reimu Quest (Part 4)

[Hello Purvis]

>"Did you see Sanae fly past here a couple hours ago?"

[日巫子]

>"Did you see Sanae fly past here a couple hours ago?"

> "Yes, ma'am," the wolf tengu says.  "Lady Kochiya was last seen three hours ago flying due north in the direction of Yukimura.  That is all."

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Thanks! You're a big help!"
>Let's move to replicate that flight path.

[日巫子]

>"Thanks! You're a big help!"
>Let's move to replicate that flight path.

> "Yes ma'am!" the wolf tengu shouts at you as you leave.
> You go in the direction the wolf tengu indicated.  Your path takes you down the mountain and north over the town, away from the mountain range.  The sun has sunken lower in the sky, and in the opposite direction you see that the sky is quite dark.  Is that a star you see, rising from the horizon?  You leave Nakashima behind and fly over the fields which ripple like waves, until you're flying over Yukimura once more.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Proceed toward the town, but scan the sky and the ground for Sanae-like objects.

[日巫子]

>Proceed toward the town, but scan the sky and the ground for Sanae-like objects.

> You fly over the town, looking at your surroundings as you go.  There do not appear to be any green-haired shrine maidens anywhere.  If she were in the sky, this would make your job so much easier.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Land back in town, and have a look around our landing point. In particular, for people who strike us as having likely been out around that the time she would have passed by.

[日巫子]

>Land back in town, and have a look around our landing point. In particular, for people who strike us as having likely been out around that the time she would have passed by.

> You land in town, much to the disinterest of onlookers.  Although most people seem to have gone home for the day, or are going home, you see some street vendors still out, selling homemade food.  Perhaps they have been here for a long time.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Let's approach one with an open canopy on their stand. Or at least not  a heavy canopy that would obscure their view of the sky.

[日巫子]

>Let's approach one with an open canopy on their stand. Or at least not  a heavy canopy that would obscure their view of the sky.

> You approach a stout woman spinning cotton candy into flower shapes.  When she sees you, she flashes a warm smile.
> "Would you like some cotton candy?" she asks you.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Huh. Does dream food count? Or dream money?
>"Maybe. Do you know Sanae? The wind priestess?"

[日巫子]

>Huh. Does dream food count? Or dream money?
>"Maybe. Do you know Sanae? The wind priestess?"

> Probably not.
> "Miss Kochiya, from the mountain?  I see her here every now and then."

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[Hello Purvis]

>"You didn't happen to see her today, did you?"

[日巫子]

>"You didn't happen to see her today, did you?"

> "Oh, I saw her a few hours ago along the north road," the woman says.  "Looked really upset, she did."

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[Hello Purvis]

>Nod.
>"Where was she going?"

[日巫子]

>Nod.
>"Where was she going?"

> "Towards the forest.  The road extends out far, so she was probably going for a walk."

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[Hello Purvis]

>Point where we think the road goes and she's talking about. "So, that way?"
>"Also, I'll take one of those, please."

[日巫子]

>Point where we think the road goes and she's talking about. "So, that way?"
>"Also, I'll take one of those, please."

> "Yep."
> You ask for some cotton candy, and the woman grins even wider.
> "That'll be 5μ."

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[Hello Purvis]

>Pay up and nab a flower.
>Dig into it while floating down the road.

[日巫子]

>Pay up and nab a flower.
>Dig into it while floating down the road.

> You obtain a blue cotton candy, fluffy like a cloud and in the shape of a rose.
> You eat as you fly, floating down the street and eventually leaving the town.  As trees surround you on both sides, the sound of cicadas grow louder.  This is definitely the road you took when you first got here.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Keep following it til we get to the stairs where we saw the animal tracks.

[日巫子]

>Keep following it til we get to the stairs where we saw the animal tracks.

> You float along the road for a while, finishing the cotton candy well before you reach your destination.
> The stairs are there, all right.  It might be a bit dim to walk through, but you're sure you'll be able to go through easy enough.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Pull out the light source we hijacked from SDM, and see if we can find any of Sanae's footprints around the stairs.

[日巫子]

>Pull out the light source we hijacked from SDM, and see if we can find any of Sanae's footprints around the stairs.

> You summon the will-o-wisp.  It has grown dimmer since you last used it.
> Going up the stairs, you look around for footprints.  Aside from the pawprints that are still here, there's a single footprint...or rather, shoe print that's a little bigger than yours.  It only appears right after you leave the stairs.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Which way is the footprint headed?

[日巫子]

>Which way is the footprint headed?

> It's headed towards the forest.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Follow it.

[日巫子]

>Follow it.

> You enter the forest.
> As it turns out, summer evenings are chillier than you thought.  You float along for what feels like forever, before you see the stairs leading up to the shrine.  Flying up the stairs you see that there's a soft glow coming from the shrine grounds, like candlelight.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Head toward the glow. Get our gohei ready just in case.

[日巫子]

>Head toward the glow. Get our gohei ready just in case.

> Wielding your gohei, you ascend the rest of the stairs and enter the shrine grounds.
> The lanterns during your first visit have been lit.  It seems you won't be needing your will-o-wisp here.
> There is no one here, but you do see a broom lying abandoned on the pathway.

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